(2020-06-02). The Forgotten Coup Against 'The Most Loyal Ally'. mintpressnews.com 
On November 11, 1975, Gough Whitlam, then Prime Minister of Australia, was to inform Parliament about the secret CIA presence in his country, by day's end, he was out of a job.
(2020-06-02). Will Italy be the Next Country to Leave EU? globalresearch.ca On May 27, the political movement Italia Libera submitted a constitutional bill to the Supreme Court of Cassation demanding a referendum for Italy to leave the EU. After years of discussions, the foundation stone was laid for Italians to debate …
(2020-06-02). Video: Who's Funding the Protest Movement? Who's Behind it? globalresearch.ca Author's Note | This interview was first published in November 2011. It focussed on the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street, both of which were funded by corporate foundations. | Who is behind the protest movements in the US? | Who is behind …
(2020-06-02). Belt and Road: Can China's Silk Road Survive Coronavirus? globalresearch.ca China's priority infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), faces enormous problems just seven years after it was proclaimed in 2013. Serious problems and charges of China luring poorer nations into what a leading Indian analyst termed a "debt …
(2020-06-02). "The World Cannot Breathe!" Squashed by the U.S. — A Country Built on Genocide and Slavery. globalresearch.ca More than two centuries of lies are now getting exposed. Bizarre tales about freedom and democracy are collapsing like houses of cards. | One man's death triggers an avalanche of rage in those who for years, decades and centuries, have been …
(2020-06-02). US police state faces revolt as Trump expands it at home and abroad. thegrayzone.com Dr. Gerald Horne on the George Floyd protests, the black freedom struggle, and Trump's expansion of the US police state…
(2020-06-02). Lee Camp: 19 Facts About American Policing That Will Blow Your Mind. mintpressnews.com 
Just a few facts will change everything you think you know about American police, writes Lee Camp, with pictures by Eleanor Goldfield from the streets of downtown Washington.
(2020-06-02). Video: Syrian Air Force Received Batch of MIG-29 Jets From Russia. globalresearch.ca Russia has intensified its military involvement in the Syrian conflict. | On May 30, Syrian state media announced that it had received a batch of MiG-29 multirole fighters from Russia. Damascus did not provide details regarding the number of the received …
(2020-06-02). 'The U.S. vs China: Asia's New Cold War?' by Jude Woodward reviewed by Sean Ledwith. mronline.org 
The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 has slammed into the global system with almost the same impact we might expect from an asteroid strike. All aspects of economic, cultural and political activity on the planet have been devastated and disrupted in ways that seemed unimaginable just a few months ago.
(2020-06-02). Is It Time to Boycott the USA? counterpunch.org 
In his infinite ignorance, Donald Trump has invited world leaders to the White House for a face-to-face meeting at the end of June. Unlike the other countries in the G7, the United States has yet to get the coronavirus pandemic under control. One of the hotspots that the White House itself has identified is none
(2020-06-02). Serial TV and indignities of class: 'Snowpiercer,' 'Normal People,' 'Little Fires Everywhere'. peoplesworld.org 
One of the effects of the coronavirus crisis is the accentuation of already exacerbated class differences. Yes, "middle-class" digital workers cheered what amounts to working-class first responders from their windows, but that did not result in increased pay for these workers performing the most dangerous tasks involving medical treatment and food supplies. Jeering from the …
(2020-06-02). Turning point: Trump threatens military rule, turns country toward fascism. peoplesworld.org 
Was he declaring martial law, or was he not? The vagueness of Trump's "law and order" speech Monday night was calculated to give the appearance of getting tough against those protesting the murder of George Floyd and the systemic racism ingrained in U.S. policing, but he left out precise details as to exactly what he …
(2020-06-02). Deploying Federal Troops in a War at Home Would Make a Bad Situation Worse. counterpunch.org 
Although the National Guard has often been used against civil rebellion, deploying federal military forces within the U.S. is a drastic and historically rare move. I've studied the history and geography of U.S. military interventions from the "Indian Wars" to the Middle East, and have documented only a handful of times that Army, Marines, or federalized National Guard forces have been used against U.S. citizens over the past century. For Trump to take such a profound leap would be an admission, as Gov. Walz stated, that a conflict at home is being equated to an "overseas war." Sending in soldiers trained for comb…
(2020-06-02). Independent Autopsy Concludes George Floyd's Death Was A Homicide. therealnews.com 
An independent autopsy released by Floyd's family raises serious questions about the previous findings, which implied underlying health issues were responsible for his death. Forensic pathologist Dr. Cyril Wecht says police should never place downward pressure on a person in a prone position…
(2020-06-02). Illinois Gov. Pritzker, others warn of Trump's dangerous turn. peoplesworld.org 
CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill., the progressive legal group Human Rights First and the pro-worker VoteVets veterans organization are all sounding alarms about GOP President Donald Trump's turn towards fascism, starting with his threats of a military takeover of U.S. cities. Pritzker was irate, saying afterwards that Trump "is strictly trying to make himself …
(2020-06-02). Global Warming is Nuclear War. counterpunch.org 
Thermodynamically, we have greenhouse gas-bombed out of existence the pristine biosphere and its habitable climate that first cradled and nurtured the infancy of our species 2000 centuries ago, and then fed and protected the development and growth of that fragile chimera we call "civilization," which our potentates have been proudly boasting about for at least 8,000 years. And we're still bombing, now at an ever increasing rate.
(2020-06-02). Beating Swords to Plowshares. counterpunch.org 
Inscribed on a wall across from the United Nations in New York City are ancient words of incalculable yearning: "They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore." — Isaiah 2: 4 I've stood with activists in
(2020-06-02). Peaceful protests in Indiana met with police violence. peoplesworld.org 
INDIANAPOLIS — On Saturday and Sunday, Black Lives Matter held peaceful protests in downtown Indianapolis in response to the extrajudicial murders of George Floyd, 46, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as Dreasjon Reed, 21, in Indianapolis. Some 1,000 demonstrated at the Indiana War Memorial, about two blocks north of Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis on …
(2020-06-02). Know Your Rights While Protesting Police Brutality. aclu.org 
The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy and enshrined in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, people across the country have taken to the streets to demand racial justice and an end to police brutality and systematic racism against Black people. , , Especially in the time of COVID-19, it's important to know your rights and stay safe while protesting. In this video taken over the weekend at a protest in Brooklyn, New York, Emerson Sykes, staff attorney for the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, & Technology Project, sh…
(2020-06-02). Thousands In Baltimore March For Justice For George Floyd. therealnews.com 
Protesters blocked streets and highways to demand politicians end police brutality and economic violence amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2020-06-02). Nobel Peace Prize Campaign for Cuban Physicians grows across the globe. peoplesdispatch.org 
Cuban doctors' solidarity, once again, has gained international attention. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, 1,800 Cuban healthcare professionals have been sent to dozens of countries. In response to the initiative, a Nobel Peace prize campaign to honor the physicians have been gaining more support each day. | Launched by the French organization "
(2020-06-02). Behind the Walls: Prisoner resistance roundup. workers.org 
Prisoners are acting to protect themselves and each other in the middle of the global pandemic as they protest inhuman cages across the country and across the world. In the brutal facilities of incarceration in the U.S. alone, there have been hundreds of recorded actions related to COVID-19 since late . . . |
(2020-06-02). Police Repression Backfires As Protests Multiply. therealnews.com 
Professor Lester Spence argues America is facing two pandemics: COVID-19 and political policing.
(2020-06-02). The Black Man Lab In Atlanta Is Providing A Reprieve For Men. therealnews.com 
Atlanta's Black Man Lab is a forum where Black men can speak frankly and honestly address their concerns, even in the middle of a pandemic.
(2020-06-02). The BLM's License to Destroy Sagebrush Ecosystems. counterpunch.org 
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is now taking comments on a massive vegetation project for the Great Basin and adjacent areas of the Colorado Plateau. The PEIS for Fuels Reduction and Rangeland Restoration in the Great Basin (the Fuels Reduction and Rangeland Restoration PEIS) analyzes several options for carrying out fuel reduction and rangeland
(2020-06-02). An Unavoidable Recognition of Failure: Trump's Withdrawal From Afghanistan. counterpunch.org 
In October 2001 I was standing on a hilltop 40 miles north of Kabul watching US aircraft bomb the Taliban front line. The night sky was lit up with the flash of explosions and the sparkle of ineffectual anti-aircraft fire. It was fairly obvious who was going to come out the winner. A few weeks
(2020-06-02). "A Declaration of War Against Americans": Trump Threatens to Deploy Military to Quell Protests. democracynow.org 
As a historic week-long uprising against police violence continues and curfews are in place across the United States, President Trump has declared himself "the president of law and order" and threatened to send thousands of heavily armed soldiers into the streets. "President Trump's speech almost amounted to a declaration of war against Americans," says Kristen Clarke, president of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. We also speak with William Arkin, longtime reporter on the military, who notes Trump is getting "no pushback" from Defense Department officials.
(2020-06-02). Black Lives Matter Co-Founder: Protests Are the Result of "Police Terror with No Accountability" democracynow.org 
As thousands in Los Angeles continue to protest against police brutality and face mass arrests, Mayor Eric Garcetti is facing criticism for increasing the budget for the Los Angeles Police Department. Organizers have called on the City Council to enact a People's Budget that slashes money for police and invests in services for the community instead. "We have created a system that overrelies on law enforcement and prioritizes their money, their budget, their needs over everything else," says Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, and Reform L.A. Jails. "Now is the time that we redirect resources back…
(2020-06-02). Headlines for June 2, 2020. democracynow.org Trump Threatens to Send Military into Streets to Crack Down on Nationwide Uprising, Protests Spread Around the U.S. and the Globe as Autopsies Confirm George Floyd Died of Homicide, Louisville Police Chief Fired After African American Man Shot and Killed Monday, 15,000 People Attend Youth Rally in Oakland, CA; Police Continue Attacks on Protesters, Outrage After White Bar Owner Who Shot and Killed 22-Year-Old James Scurlock Dodges Criminal Charge, Facebook Workers Stage Virtual "Walkout," Call Out Inaction on Trump's Posts Inciting Violence, Iranian Scientist Who Contracted COVID-19 in ICE Jail Is Deported, First…
(2020-06-02). Autopsy Reports Showing George Floyd's Death Was a Homicide Underscore Corruption & Police Impunity. democracynow.org 
Two autopsies have agreed George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police was a homicide. "I don't think that most of us are surprised that the county medical examiner tried to find a reason related to why George Floyd died that distanced it from law enforcement's role," says Nekima Levy Armstrong, civil rights attorney, activist, founder of the Racial Justice Network and former president of the Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP. She also discusses the local history of police accountability: "What this does is illustrates the corruption that exists within Hennepin County, where you have law enforcement wor…
(2020-06-02). Malcolm X on Being American. counterpunch.org 
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(2020-06-02). Who's Trashing Downtown Every Night and Why? dissidentvoice.org 
The corporate media and corporate politicians are paralyzed with indecision. Which fake myth do we adhere to? "Black people burning down their own neighborhoods" or "outside agitators"? What if it's both, and more…? Media coverage of the past few days and nights of the multiracial uprising that is currently taking place in various forms in …
(2020-06-02). Social Justice Is The Way To End Riots. therealnews.com 
Eddie Conway talks with Jacqueline Luqman about the myths surrounding peaceful protests, uprisings, economic oppression and capitalism, valuing property over people, and the country's founding on violence.
(2020-06-02). Two knees: One a call for change, the other a murder weapon. peoplesworld.org 
A tale of two knees. One, belonging to San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, pressed into soft green grass for a minute and 56 seconds. The other, that of Minneapolis police office Derek Chauvin, violently digging into the soft tissue of an African-American man's neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, senselessly robbing the man …
(2020-06-02). Pride 2020 is About Resilience, and we are Resilient Together. aclu.org 
Pride has never been just about the parties. To the LGBTQ community, Pride is about staking our place in the world and speaking truth to power. It's about making clear that we're here, we belong, and we are resilient — resilient together., , As our Trans Justice Campaign Manager LaLa Zannell has said: "For many Black and Brown queer and trans people, gathering in person has always come with a health and safety risk — including from law enforcement, and others who feel they have the right to harm us for simply being who we are … For many of us, this is not the first pandemic that shows the injust…
(2020-06-02). Speaking the 'language of the unheard' is our only option. greenleft.org.au 
Dr. Martin Luther King | "Yeah, you're right — we should protect our Second Amendment rights,
| Because in a second a dirty cop could kick our door in at night.<...
(2020-06-02). Endangered species of seahorse returns to former stronghold due to lockdown. thecanary.co 
The endangered spiny seahorse has recolonised its former stronghold in Dorset due to the coronavirus lockdown, marine conservationists say.During one regular survey dive at Studland Bay, the Seahorse Trust found 16 seahorses including pregnant males and a juvenile that had been born this year.This is the largest number found in a single dive on the site since the charity began monitoring there in 2008.Prior to this, a seahorse had not been seen at the site for two years.Studland Bay in Dorset (Martin Keene/PA)Neil Garrick-Maidment, who founded the Seahorse Trust, puts the increase down to the reduction in people,…
(2020-06-02). Wales's health minister defends George Floyd protesters in US. thecanary.co 
Wales's health minister has defended people protesting against the death of George Floyd in the United States, saying the loss of black lives was the "biggest harm" to the country. | Vaughan Gething said that the US was not alone in appearing to be "going backwards" on race relations, and that though all lives should matter "in some countries they don't". | African American Floyd died in police custody last week after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. | Gething, who became the first black minister of any of the UK's devolved governments in 2013, was speaking after posting a…
(2020-06-02). Prostate cancer is now the UK's most commonly diagnosed cancer. thecanary.co 
Prostate cancer is now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK, according to new figures. | Data analysed by the charity Prostate Cancer‚ÄØUK shows prostate cancer has overtaken breast cancer to be the most commonly diagnosed form of the disease, with 57,192 new cases in 2018 — the most recent data available. | This comes just ahead of 57,153 breast cancer cases, 48,054 cases of lung cancer and 42,879 of bowel cancer. | Prostate Cancer‚ÄØUK said the news comes a decade earlier than previously predicted, largely due to increased awareness which has led to more men get…
(2020-06-02). MPs endure Alton Towers-style queuing as they decide lockdown voting procedure. thecanary.co 
Chaotic scenes emerged in the House of Commons as MPs were forced to join an Alton Towers-style queue to decide their voting method during the Covid-19 pandemic.Speaker Lindsay Hoyle and his officials were left repeatedly shouting instructions at MPs as social distancing measures required them to join a queue, keep two metres apart, walk through the Commons chamber and announce their vote.The queue stretched for several hundred metres, snaking through Westminster Hall and running to Portcullis House, the newer part of the parliamentary estate.It came as the government dropped procedures which allowed MPs to vote…
(2020-06-02). Bishop 'outraged' after tear gas used on crowds before Trump church photo op. thecanary.co 
A bishop in the US has said she is "outraged" after tear gas was used to clear protesters ahead of president Donald Trump visiting a church to pose for photos while holding a bible.Thousands of protesters had gathered at Lafayette Park by the White House in Washington DC on Monday as part of demonstrations over the death of African American George Floyd in police custody.Shortly before Trump made an address to the nation, police officers dispersed the peaceful crowd, firing tear gas and using flash bangs.After the president had used his speech to threaten to deploy the military if US state governors did not stop…
(2020-06-02). Australian PM Morrison accepts Trump's G7 invitation. rt.com 
Australia will accept an invitation to attend a Group of Seven (G7) nations meeting, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told US President Donald Trump on Tuesday. | Last week, Trump said he will be postponing the G7 summit he had hoped to hold next month until September or later. He also wants to expand the list of invitees to include Australia, Russia, South Korea and India. Trump called Morrison on Tuesday to extend the invitation and it was accepted, Reuters reported, citing a spokesman for the Australian prime minister. | Morrison has teamed up with the US in its tougher stance against China, Austral…
(2020-06-02). Turkish authorities issue detention warrants for 118 military, security personnel over suspected Gulen links. rt.com 
Turkey issued detention warrants for 118 people, mostly members of the military and security forces, who are suspected of links to the network that Ankara says was behind a 2016 coup attempt. | The Istanbul prosecutor's office said Tuesday that detention warrants had been issued for 42 military and gendarmerie personnel as a result of statements by previously detained people and analyses of payphone calls. Among them, 24 officers were on active duty. | It had requested the detention of 76 military, gendarmarie personnel and civilians in a separate operation, after determining they'd used payphones to contact m…
(2020-06-02). Warring parties in Libya agree to restart ceasefire talks — UN. rt.com 
The United Nations' mission in Libya has said the country's warring parties have agreed to restart talks aimed at reaching a lasting ceasefire, after a three-month suspension. | In a statement late on Monday, UNSMIL "welcomed" moves by the Government of National Accord (GNA) and forces backing eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar to accept "restarting negotiations on a ceasefire and the related security arrangements." | Pro-Haftar forces have been battling since April last year to seize the capital Tripoli from the UN-recognized GNA. A military commission made up of five GNA loyalists and five Haftar dele…
(2020-06-02). G7 is indeed outdated and out of touch, Moscow agrees with Trump, but without China it will stay that way. rt.com 
Moscow agrees with Donald Trump's criticism of G7 as a "very outdated" institution that does not represent "what's going on in the world," but cannot see how it can be improved without China's participation. | The US president lashed out at the group of seven major industrialized nations last week as he canceled a planned G7 summit in the US. The event was scheduled for June, but Trump said he wanted an extended meeting in September, and wanted Russia to attend. | "I'm postponing [the summit] because I don't feel, as a G7, it probably represents what's going on in the world. It's a very outdated group of count…
(2020-06-02). Top US lawmaker slams 'bully' Beijing amid tensions along India-Chinese border. rt.com 
US House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel has accused China of "aggression" in relation to tensions along its border with India. Beijing and New Delhi said they would prefer to defuse the situation through talks. | Engel expressed concern over "the ongoing Chinese aggression" along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), which de facto separates Indian-controlled and Chinese-controlled parts of disputed Kashmir. | "China is demonstrating once again that it is willing to bully its neighbors rather than resolve conflicts according to international law," he said, urging Beijing to "respect norms and use d…
(2020-06-02). 300 asymptomatic Covid-19 cases found in Wuhan, after it screens entire population. rt.com 
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus originated, has tested almost 10 million people for Covid-19. No active cases of the disease were recorded, but 300 people were identified as asymptomatic infection carriers. | Since the launch of centralized nucleic acid testing on May 14, over 90 percent of Wuhan's population has been tested. According to the city authorities, 300 symptomless carriers were discovered and ordered to self-quarantine. | Read more | | While asympt…
(2020-06-02). French govt launches virus tracing app as it allows people to go to restaurants & cafes. rt.com 
France is rolling out an official coronavirus contact-tracing app aimed at containing fresh outbreaks, as lockdown restrictions gradually ease. The French are able to download the StopCovid app on their Google Android devices and Apple iPhones starting Tuesday — the same day they are once again allowed to go to restaurants and cafes. | The country has become the first major European state to deploy the smartphone technology, amid a debate over privacy fears. The UK, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland are developing their own apps. They are using different technical protocols, raising questions about compatib…
(2020-06-02). All remaining virus restrictions in New Zealand may be removed next week — PM. rt.com 
New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday that all remaining restrictions to limit the spread of coronavirus may be lifted next week, after the country all but eliminated the virus domestically. | Ardern said New Zealand could move to alert level 1 next week, which means all social distancing measures and curbs on mass gatherings would be lifted. Borders will remain closed, she said. | "Our strategy of go hard, go early has paid off… and in some cases, beyond expectations," Ardern told reporters. The cabinet will decide on June 8, earlier than the planned date of June 22. | New Zealand recorded no new ca…
(2020-06-02). The handheld high-intensity UV lamp that could KILL coronavirus once and for all. rt.com 
We may have a powerful new weapon in the war against Covid-19, as a scientific breakthrough has paved the way for personal, handheld devices that emit high-intensity ultraviolet (UV) light capable of killing the coronavirus. | Chemical or UV exposure are the most common methods of sanitizing and disinfecting surfaces from bacteria and viruses. In the latter case, there need to be sufficiently high levels of UV radiation — 200 to 300 nanometers — to kill the unwanted bugs. | Such devices do exist at present, but are prohibitively expensive, use discharge lamps that contain mercury, are bulky and short…
(2020-06-02). Ming the pantless! Politician caught on VIDEO stream attending European parliament in underwear. rt.com 
Irish politician Luke 'Ming' Flanagan has taken video conferencing calamities to extraordinary new heights by being caught on camera attending a European Parliament committee in his underpants. | MEPs have been participating in European Parliament debates via video link due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development was plodding along at a pedestrian pace on Tuesday when all-of-a-sudden Flanagan was beamed onto the screens of everyone watching, sitting on a bed in a state of undress. | When putting his questions to the chairman the politician was seemingly unaware that t…
(2020-06-02). Czech Republic to classify states 'based on coronavirus risk' as it opens foreign travel from June 15. rt.com 
The Czech Republic will open up foreign travel from June 15. It also plans to introduce a system to classify other countries according to their coronavirus risk. | Prague will place 19 European states in the least-risky category under its new color-coded system. Travel to and from Britain and Sweden will be put in the riskiest category, Reuters said. | Czechs have undone most restrictions, with restaurants and hotels fully reopened on May 25. Tourism suffered as lockdown measures hit the economy. Only short-term business travelers from the EU, people in transit or students were allowed into the country. | Czec…
(2020-06-02). Dubai announces full reopening of malls & private businesses from Wednesday. rt.com 
The United Arab Emirates' business hub, Dubai, will allow the full reopening of malls and private businesses starting on Wednesday, Reuters reported, citing the media office. | The authorities began easing restrictions in May, and some retail and wholesale businesses reopened, subject to social distancing, along with cinemas and gyms. | Dubai's economy, which heavily relies on retail, tourism, and hospitality, has suffered from the lockdown and travel restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus outbreak spread. | The Dubai-based Emirates airline, which flew to 157 destinations in 83 countries before the pa…
(2020-06-02). Be our guest! Russia invites Pentagon chief to take part in Victory Day parade. rt.com 
Russia's Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu invited US Defense Secretary Mark Esper to visit the upcoming Victory Day parade in Moscow. The 75th-anniversary event has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. | The rare invitation was made on Tuesday, when the two officials held phone talks, Russia's Defense Ministry revealed in a statement. | While the Red Square parade marking the victory over Nazi Germany is traditionally held on May 9, it has been postponed this year, owing to the coronavirus situation. Instead, the parade will be held on June 24 — the date on which the original Victory Day parade w…
(2020-06-02). GCHQ propagandizing kids as young as four in secretive school 'educational' programs aimed at recruitment — report. rt.com 
Britain's GCHQ spy agency is running secretive "educational" programs in dozens of schools and disseminating propaganda to children as young as four years old, without the knowledge of parents, it's been revealed. | The intelligence agency is running the programs in at least 40 schools with access to 22,000 children who are potentially being spied on, according to an investigation by Declassified UK. | According to the investigative website, GCHQ officers themselves are operating in at least one of the schools and parents of the pupils involved have not been made aware of the extent of the spy agency's role in…
(2020-06-02). 'Riots only help Trump': Rock legend Roger Waters slams US president but calls for peaceful protests. rt.com 
Denouncing the US police as "vicious" and President Donald Trump as wanting a race war, musician Roger Waters called for protesters to not fall into their trap and focus on peaceful civil disobedience. | "Trump is trying with the whole holding up the Bible thing to reinforce the idea he wants a civil war between the white supremacist Christian right and anyone willing to stand up with a baseball bat and say no," Waters told RT America on Tuesday. | While he understands that a lot of people are "desperately angry" about George Floyd or other African-Americans killed by "vicious" police all over the US, Waters b…
(2020-06-02). German govt may swap EU travel warning for softer guidelines this week, FM Maas says. rt.com 
The German cabinet will on Wednesday discuss a resolution on downgrading the travel warnings currently in force for EU countries and several other associated states into softer guidelines, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said. | "We are preparing a resolution for the cabinet tomorrow, which is still being agreed within the government," Maas told reporters on Tuesday. | "This week, we want to start by turning the travel warning we have for the European Union and the associated countries into travel guidelines," Reuters quoted him as saying.
(2020-06-02). Italy's opposition parties and supporters defy social distancing rules at anti-govt rally. rt.com 
Opposition parties and hundreds of supporters defied Italy's social distancing rules on Tuesday, gathering for an anti-government protest in Rome. The demonstration was organized by the League, Brothers of Italy and Go Italy parties, to protest against the coalition government led by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. | The event took place on the anniversary of a referendum on replacing the monarchy with a republic after the Second World War. | Protesters carried a large national flag along the Via del Corso, leading to the Piazza del Popolo in Rome's historic center. Many activists were not wearing face masks, w…
(2020-06-02). Philippines President Duterte suspends his move to scrap US troop deal. rt.com 
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has suspended his decision to scrap a two-decades-old troop deployment agreement with the United States. His foreign minister on Tuesday explained the U-turn citing political and other developments in the region. | The termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), which is central to one of Washington's most important alliances in Asia, was due to take effect in August. It was also Duterte's biggest move yet towards delivering on longstanding threats to downgrade ties with the Philippines' former colonial ruler, Reuters said. | Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin said t…
(2020-06-02). Five asteroids inbound THIS WEEK as 2020's relentless onslaught continues. rt.com 
NASA is reporting that at least five asteroids are headed towards Earth this week, adding yet another ominous threat people should watch out for. | According to NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), four of the near-Earth objects are due to fly past the planet on Tuesday, June 2. | Kicking things off will be the 108-foot wide 2020 KK7, cruising along at 34,000mph. It is due to skim past the Earth at 4: 43am EDT, at a merciful distance of roughly 319,000 miles, or just beyond the Moon. Close one. | Next up will be 2020 KD4, measuring 115 feet wide, with a velocity of almost 12,000 miles per hour,…
(2020-06-02). Taliban and Al-Qaeda retain ties despite US' Afghanistan deal, UN monitors warn. rt.com 
Ties between the Taliban, especially its Haqqani Network branch, and Al-Qaeda remain close, despite a US-Taliban pact that Washington hoped would sever them, the independent UN sanctions monitors said. | "The Taliban regularly consulted with Al-Qaeda during negotiations with the US and offered guarantees that it would honor their historical ties," the monitors said in a report to the UN Security Council, which was made public on Monday. | Under the February 29 US-Taliban deal that could pave the way toward a full withdrawal of foreign soldiers from Afghanistan, the Taliban promised to prevent Al-Qaeda from usi…
(2020-06-02). State of Minnesota files racial discrimination charges against police department over George Floyd death. rt.com 
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has announced the state's Department of Human Rights will be investigating Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) for signs of racial discrimination, following the death of George Floyd. | According to state officials, the investigation will go far beyond the death of Floyd — who was choked to death by a police officer during his detention in Minneapolis on May 25 — and look into the policies and practices of the police department for the past 10 years to "determine if the MPD has engaged in systemic discriminatory practices towards people of color and ensure any such practic…
(2020-06-02). Joe Rogan jokes humanity is 'two catastrophes away from an alien invasion' as Yellowstone hit by SWARM of earthquakes. rt.com 
Seismic activity near Yellowstone National Park spiked over the weekend, with the US Geological Survey reporting a swarm of eleven earthquakes on Friday alone, the strongest of which measured a magnitude of 3.1. | The latest swarm follows an additional 34 quakes in the past month, all ranging in magnitude from between 1.6 to 3.1 and all roughly three miles deep. | While earthquake swarms are common enough across the continental US, each one that takes place near Yellowstone ratchets up tensions that the 'Big One' (a catastrophic earthquake that would likely destroy the western seaboard of the US and disrupt li…
(2020-06-02). Covid-19 death rates in England HIGHER among ethnic minorities — Public Health England report. rt.com 
Covid-19 mortality rates among BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) people in England are higher than for the white population, with black people most likely to contract the deadly disease, according to an official report. | A review of "Disparities in the risk and outcomes of Covid-19" was finally The government-led inquiry found that black people wer…
(2020-06-02). 'A visual thank you': London designer CREATES striking ornamental masks to honor key workers during Covid-19 crisis. rt.com 
A London-based fashion designer has used everyday items to create a striking set of decorative face masks to honor various groups of Covid-19 essential workers and the results are certainly eye-catching, if a little creepy. | In Facebook posts displaying the creations, designer Freyja Sewell said she had been looking for a way to turn her free time in lockdown into something good, and came up with the masks as a "visual thank you" to key workers. | Sewell created eight completely different colorful designs to honor the eight main groups of essential workers outlined by the UK government, including healthcare,…
(2020-06-02). Suicide blast in mosque near Afghanistan's Green Zone leaves 1 dead, 3 injured. rt.com 
A suicide bomber has struck a mosque at the entrance to the international zone in the Afghan capital Kabul during evening prayers, killing one person and injuring at least three others. | Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian confirmed that the attacker blew himself up inside a washroom at the Wazir Akbar Khan mosque in the central district, next to the Green Zone — home to international offices, journalists and diplomats — at around 7: 25pm local time on Tuesday. The mosque's imam Mohammad Ayaz Niazi was killed in the blast. | No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. | Kabul has recorded…
(2020-06-02). Patterns found in spiral galaxies indicate universe could be far more orderly than previously believed. rt.com 
An astronomer surveying data from roughly 200,000 galaxies claims to have found a veritable needle in the universal haystack — a pattern underlying the movement of the universe which could upend current models and theories. | In a yet-to-be-peer-reviewed paper, computational astronomer Lior Shamir of Kansas State University claims to have detected a pattern in the distribution of spin among the galaxies in the universe. | If he is proven correct, this would disprove assumptions that the complex and mind-bogglingly vast structures of the universe are random in nature, and would suggest that the early univ…
(2020-06-02). 'Understandable & more than legitimate': Germany backs 'peaceful' US protests. rt.com 
Berlin has voiced its support for what it calls "legitimate" and "understandable" protests that are raging across the US. Germany also expressed hope that protests don't "turn violent" — which they already have. | The support for civil unrest, sparked by the death of unarmed black man George Floyd at hands of American police, was voiced by German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Tuesday. | The peaceful protests that we see in the US, involving many moving gestures, including by American police officers, are understandable and more than legitimate. | "I can only express the hope that the peaceful protests d…
(2020-06-02). "I Can't Breathe": The Murder of George Floyd Was a Lynching in Broad Daylight. commondreams.org Demonstrators march down I-94 in St. Paul, Minnesota, protest after the death in police custody of George Floyd on May 31. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-06-02_at_12.12.56_pm.png …
(2020-06-02). Exponentially Rising Hunger in America. globalresearch.ca How is it possible that anyone could go hungry in the world's richest country? | The scourge of neoliberal indifference toward public welfare caused the disturbing reality. | It's the American way, supported by both right wings of the one-party state — …
(2020-06-02). Combat Troops Coming to US Streets? globalresearch.ca In his book titled "The Psychology Science (1966)," psychologist Abraham Maslow said the following: | "I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail." | Others made similar …
(2020-06-02). Susan Rice Goes Full Conspiracy Rant on CNN: 'Russians Behind Race Protest Mayhem!'. globalresearch.ca "This is fuxxing lunacy — conspiratorial madness of the worst kind — but it's delivered by a Serious Obama Official and a Respected Mainstream Newscaster so it's all fine," Intercept journalist Glenn Greenwald
(2020-06-02). Of Plowshares and Protests: The Moral Obligation to Resist. progressive.org On nuclear weapons and police brutality, what's our excuse not to do more?
(2020-06-02). Listen to the Doctors, End the Lockdowns. globalresearch.ca Six hundred physicians recently signed a letter to President Trump calling for an end to the coronavirus lockdowns. The physicians wrote that, far from protecting public health, the lockdowns are causing "exponentially growing negative health consequences" for millions of Americans….
(2020-06-02). Solidarity with U.S. protests in India. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist). | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) organizes demonstrations expressing solidarity with the American people fighting against racist oppression and anti-people, pro-capitalist policy of the Trump administration | Undaunted by the Corona pandemic Cadres and leaders of the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) marched om the streets and organized demonstrations in the metropolises and numerous small towns throughout India voicing solidarity with struggling people of USA who have come o…
(2020-06-02). Government Mischief in an Age of Coronavirus. globalresearch.ca It is interesting to watch how the folks in Congress and the White House have been using the at-least- somewhat self-generated crisis over COVID-19 to serve as cover for legislation and other activities that many Americans just might object to. …
(2020-06-02). Sweden's Triumph; Staying Free in a Lockdown World. globalresearch.ca Why is the media so preoccupied with Sweden? And why is the media so determined to prove that Sweden's approach to the coronavirus is wrong? Are we supposed to believe that the same MSM that promoted every bloody coup, intervention …
(2020-06-02). Israeli Forces Hand out Demolition Orders near Hebron. imemc.org Palestinian residents of Birayn village, south of Hebron, were informed, on Sunday, about Israel's intent to demolish five residential structures in addition to village council building, according to a local activist. Activist, Foad Amour, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that an Israeli army force invaded the village to hand demolition …
(2020-06-02). Save the Life of Imprisoned Indian Public Intellectuals and Social Justice Activists. globalresearch.ca Chief Justice of India | 5, Krishna Menon Marg | New Delhi, 110011 | India | .. | We, the undersigned, demand the release of public intellectuals and social justice activists, Prof. G.N. Saibaba and Varavara Rao, who are imprisoned in fabricated cases and …
(2020-06-02). 13 Percent of Environmental Activists Are Killed Worldwide. telesurenglish.net The Autonomous University of Barcelona's Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB) published a study that shows that 13 percent of environmental activists are killed and another 18 percent are victims of physical violence worldwide. | RELATED: | Research reveals that citizen movements halt ecological degradation by up to 27 percent of environmental conflicts, despite the high rate of crimi…
(2020-06-02). Jax Fraternal Order of Police president threatens local teacher. fightbacknews.org Jacksonville, FL – Just hours after 3500 people rallied for police accountability in downtown Jacksonville on May 30, the president of the city's police union took to Facebook and threatened a local teacher and community activist. | The target of these threats was Christina Kittle of the Jacksonville Community Action Committee (JCAC), who helped co-organize and lead the massive May 30 peaceful protest. Kittle also teaches middle school civics in Jacksonville, where she serves as her school's union representative. | "This is Christina Kittle, one of the organizers of the so-called peaceful protest today in Jackson…
(2020-06-02). Anti-Fascist Activists Speak Out Against Trump's "Terrorist" Label. truthout.org The sight of burned police stations and looted corporate shopping centers sent right-wing media into a tailspin as protests escalated the weekend of May 29. Those media and right-wing politicians quickly concocted a narrative that deemed anti-fascists (or "antifa") the enemy of choice. The aggressive protest tactics were said to be the work of "outside agitators," a common theme used to delegitimize protests. Instead of understanding that the vast majority of protesters were taking up aggressive protests…
(2020-06-02). Put human rights at the centre of coronavirus response urges Muhammad-Bande. news.un.org The nations of the world must put human rights at the heart of their ongoing response to COVID-19 and ensure that everyone can enjoy "justice and peace" wherever they may be, the President of the General Assembly said on Tuesday.
(2020-06-02). Colombia: Senators to Debate Cuban Role in Peace Agreement. telesurenglish.net Colombian Senators Ivan Cepeda and Antonio Sanguino will lead today a political debate to analyze Cuba's role in the country's peace processes and the aggressions of Ivan Duque's Government against the Antillean nation. | RELATED: | The Senate's Second Committee debate aims to make Colombia's Government accountable for the State's international obligations in the face of the peace talks. | They will also analyze the agreements and their implementation,…
(2020-06-02). State Terrorism Across America. dissidentvoice.org In a blizzard of destruction, assaults on peaceful demonstrators, provocateurs, lies, cover-ups, and fascist proclamations, America teeters at a tipping point. The murder, by police, of George Floyd, has sparked a jaw-dropping response across America. Police in many locations have behaved as instigators and perpetrators of savage violence against citizens attempting to exercise their First …
(2020-06-02). Appleton, WI joins in demanding justice for George Floyd. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI – On May 30, as many as 1000 people braved the pandemic, wearing masks and practicing social distancing where they could while filling Houdini Plaza in downtown Appleton. People joined together to protest the savage and racist police killing of Minneapolis resident George Floyd last week, and to rally for the Black Lives Matter movement. | With chants of "No justice, no peace!" and signs that read "Police accountability now!" the diverse crowd of outraged protesters stood in the sun for hours and marched several times around the police station. The demonstration was able to proceed without any troubl…
(2020-06-02). No Justice, No Peace, No Leader at the Top. commondreams.org …
(2020-06-02). New York Mayor Bill de Blasio defends police violence against protesters. wsws.org In a news conference Saturday night, de Blasio defended police who drove their cruisers into a crowd of peaceful protesters earlier that evening in Brooklyn.
(2020-06-02). ACLU Demands Congressional Probe Into 'Politically-Motivated' Attack on Peaceful Protest Outside Trump White House. commondreams.org "This appears to be grossly unjustified use of a dangerous chemical weapon on protesters and raises serious human rights concerns under international law," the civil liberties group said. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/tear_gas_aclu.jpg …
(2020-06-02). DC Bishop 'Outraged' by Trump Clearing Protests With Tear Gas and Using Bible as a Prop for Church Photo Op. commondreams.org President Donald Trump had police violently disperse peaceful protesters with tear gas and rubber bullets on Monday night so he could threaten to deploy the military to U.S. cities from the Rose Garden then walk to the nearby St. John's Episcopal Church for a photo op—moves sharply condemned by the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12168266391.jpg …
(2020-06-02). To Provide Safety and Solidarity, DC Residents Open Doors to Protesting Teens Cornered by Police Crackdown. commondreams.org "I hope that they go out there today, peacefully as they did yesterday, and not blink," said Rahul Dubey, who sheltered dozens of people, "because our country needs them." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/dubey.jpeg …
(2020-06-02). How Barack Obama Destroyed Libya. strategic-culture.org Libya's long-running civil war has taken a new turn in recent weeks after the Turkish-backed Government of National Accord launched an offensive against would-be strongman Khalifa Haftar, pushing him and his Libyan National Army out of Tripoli and a number of near-by strongholds. But anyone who thinks that peace is at hand after nine years of anarchy and collapse should think again. Odds are all but certain that all it will do is introduce new chaos into a country that has already seen more than its fair share. | But before we speculate about the future, let's pause for a moment to consider the past and how th…
(2020-06-02). Veterans Call on the Minnesota National Guard to Stand Down. indybay.org Veterans For Peace calls for the immediate withdrawal of the Minnesota National Guard. We are appalled to see military weapons, vehicles and equipment once again deployed in U.S. cities to control community members who are reacting to a long history of state-sanctioned violence. When an already embattled community is subjected to militarized intimidation, by design, their environment becomes a war zone. We call on all those who are serving with the National Guard to refuse to serve violent and racist interests.
(2020-06-02). Gravestones in Garden for George Lloyd and Others Murdered by Police Pt. I. indybay.org In Palo Alto on May 31, the Raging Grannies and members of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom paid respect to 8 Black Americans murdered by police, including two women. There are many more whose names should not be forgotten.
(2020-06-02). Gravestones in Garden for George Lloyd and Others Murdered by Police Pt. II. indybay.org In Palo Alto on May 31, the Raging Grannies and members of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom paid respect to 8 Black Americans murdered by police, including two women. Neighbors participated and shared sentiments.
(2020-06-02). Demands for Trump's Removal Grow as Fascist Speech Condemned. truthout.org President Donald Trump's pledge Monday evening to deploy the full force of the U.S. military against demonstrators protesting the killing of George Floyd — and the president's authorization of police violence against peaceful protesters to clear the way for a photo-op — amounted in the eyes of lawmakers, rights groups, and commentators to "declaration of war" against the U.S. public that must result in Trump's removal from office. | Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) characterized Trump's remarks from the Ros…
(2020-06-02). Vietnam felicitates Ghalibaf on election as new Parl. Speaker. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan congratulated Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on his election as the new Iranian parliament Speaker and called for bilateral relations to achieve global peace and stability.
(2020-06-02). Videos: Thousands of Protesters Defy DC Police Curfew Outside White House. sputniknews.com Thousands of protesters on Tuesday converged outside the White House to protest one day after US police violently dispersed peaceful protesters in Washington, DC, using tear gas and rubber bullets.
(2020-06-02). YPG/PKK terror group disturbs peace in northern Syria. yenisafak.com Terror group YPG/PKK does everything to disturb peace in Operation Euphrates Shield (2016), Olive Branch (2018) and Peace Spring (2019) zones in northern Syria, according to Turkish security forces, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.Terrorists usually attack agricultural fields, and in the latest incident on May 26, they set fire in fields in the east of Operation Peace Spring zone.The terror group also attacked those who were trying to put out the fires, wounding two from the Syrian National Army, and a civilian.Explosives were found and destroyed after the search and sweep a…
(2020-06-02). Britain says violence seen at US protests is very alarming. yenisafak.com The violence witnessed at protests in the United States sparked by the death of a black man in police custody is very alarming, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's spokesman said on Tuesday."The violence which we're seeing is clearly very alarming … people must be allowed to protest peacefully," the spokesman said.
(2020-06-02). All lives, black lives matter: EU foreign policy chief. yenisafak.com The EU supports the right to peaceful protest, and it condemns violence and all forms of racism, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told a news conference on Tuesday. "All lives matter, black lives also matter," Borrell stated, referring to nationwide protests in the US following the death of an African-American man, George Floyd, in police custody. | He described the circumstances of the unarmed man's death as "shocking." | "All societies must remain vigilant against the excessive use of force" and ensure that people in charge of public order do not exercise their authority the way they did in the case of Fl…
(2020-06-02). Protests, Riots, And Clashes Grow. popularresistance.org The country-wide rebellion that was kicked off by the police murder of George Floyd continues to grow, as across the US people hit the streets in solidarity. Mass demonstrations, freeway shut-downs, riots, looting, and clashes with law enforcement were widespread; as authorities rushed to call in the national guard. In many cities, large scale demonstrations that remained peaceful were also held. | What follows is a brief overview of the extensive resistance that was seen on Saturday, May 30th, for some cities, the second and third day of hitting the streets. Military buildup in Minneapolis also continued, as did…
(2020-06-02). UK Government Urged To Suspend Export Of Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets And Riot Shields To US. popularresistance.org The government is being urged to suspend the sales of British tear gas, rubber bullets and riot shields to the United States amid fears they are being used against civil rights protesters. | The US has been rocked by angry demonstrations for nearly a week following the death of George Floyd, a black man who died pleading for air while a Minneapolis police officer pressed a knee into his neck for eight minutes. | The police response, apparently endorsed by president Donald Trump, has seen security forces ramming crowds with cars, deploying gas and baton rounds against peaceful demonstrators, and arresting and shoo…
(2020-06-02). [Commentary] Endpoints used in phase III randomized controlled trials of treatment options for COVID-19. thelancet.com Studies to identify potential drugs effective in treating the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are currently ongoing at a rapid pace, although no drug has yet shown improved mortality outcomes in a randomized clinical trial (RCT). Whether the ongoing RCTs are using endpoints that matter remains unknown. Here we provide a summary of the endpoints used in the actively recruiting phase III RCTs for the treatment of COVID-19.
(2020-06-02). New Zealand: Thousands March in Solidarity With Floyd Protests. telesurenglish.net Thousands of people Monday demonstrated in various New Zealand cities against racism and in solidarity with the death of George Floyd after a white police officer held him on the ground and put pressure on his neck with his knee in Minneapolis. | RELATED: | "The New Zealand crowds were largely made up of young workers and students, of all ethnicities including white people, Maori, Pacific Islanders and immigrants from many nationa…
(2020-06-02). 100,000-plus join protests called by National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – In cities across the country, more than a 100,000 people responded to the call from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression to make May 30 a Day of Protest against the racist murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery by police and vigilantes. | Protesters demanded that Floyd's, Taylor's and Arbery's killers be arrested and jailed, while the millions who are trapped in prisons, jails, and immigrant detention centers be freed from the threat of COVID-19. Finally, the many thousands who lifted their voices demanded the inalienable democratic right for communities t…
(2020-06-02). Mexico: Citizens Block US Border Over COVID-19. telesurenglish.net A group of Mexican citizens, concerned about the increase of COVID-19 positive cases in the country, took matters into their own hands and blocked the border entry at Puerto Laredo Tuesday. | RELATED: | Protesters demand more strict controls on travelers from the U.S., on the grounds that they could bring new coronavirus cases to Mexico. "We've got a block on the international line. If we have cases of coronavirus here, it's becaus…
(2020-06-02). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Health care workers in Argentina and Brazil have staged protests against government neglect as COVID-19 surges throughout the region.
(2020-06-02). Anti-Racist Demonstrations Continue Despite Escalating Government Repression. globalresearch.ca When the videotaped public execution by a white Minneapolis police officer of African American George Floyd, 46, was posted in social media, a firestorm of opposition, protests and rebellion swept throughout the United States and internationally. | In just a …
(2020-06-02). African American Mayors and Sheriffs Stand Among George Floyd Protestors in Central North Carolina. globalresearch.ca Four years ago, Rakeem Jones was
(2020-06-02). Floyd Murder Sparks Violent Protests in US — Citizens at Breaking Point with Police State Oppression? globalresearch.ca How many times are we going to see another appalling episode of racist white cops maliciously murdering another unarmed black man, before we realize this repugnant injustice fueling our anger at this point is multilayered, penetrating to the core of …
(2020-06-02). Protestors Defy Curfew as Raleigh Values Property Over Life. globalresearch.ca After a night of heavy-handed riot police response to pockets of youthful protestors in its gentrified downtown, Raleigh mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin announced an absolute curfew on Monday, June 1, 2020, starting at 8: 00 pm. Under the curfew, no one is …
(2020-06-02). 'I Took the Helmet Off and Laid the Batons Down'. zcomm.org Michigan Sheriff and Police Didn't Disperse Their Town's Protest—They Joined It…
(2020-06-02). Hundreds in New Orleans rally against police, racism and gender-based violence. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – May 30, 400 New Orleanians gathered in Duncan Plaza to protest in memory of George Floyd and in solidarity with Minneapolis demonstrators. The rally coordinated with the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression's National Day of Protest. Participants demanded: "Justice for victims of police crime," "Community control of the police," and "Mass release of prisoners, in response to COVID-19." | The crowd of demonstrators, which was multinational and mostly made up of Black and white working-class people, made militant chants. They proudly shouted, "Fuck 12", "Abolish the police" an…
(2020-06-02). Thousands march in Fort Lauderdale against killer cops. fightbacknews.org Fort Lauderdale, FL – Over 3000 members of the South Florida community took to the streets in downtown Fort Lauderdale to protest the killing of George Floyd. They marched to demand the arrest of the other Minneapolis cops involved in Floyd's murder and an end to all racist police violence. | The protesters, all wearing masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, gathered at Huizenga Park where they rallied, heard speeches and chanted phrases such as, "Black lives matter," and "I can't breathe!" While speeches were going on, volunteers handed out water bottles and snacks for anyone in attendance who needed help cop…
(2020-06-02). US: Violence Increases After Trump Threatens to Deploy Army. telesurenglish.net The speech given by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House Monday, in which he threatened to send the Army into the streets, led to an increase in violence on the streets, where both police and protesters are accused of unjustified attacks. | RELATED: | A dramatic photo shoot by Trump preceded the bloody night, according to local media. | D.C. police forcibly cleared the streets with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash grena…
(2020-06-02). Australia to Investigate US Police Assault on Aussie Reporters. telesurenglish.net Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister Marise Payne Tuesday confirmed that her country will investigate the police assault against two Australian journalists who were covering the George Floyd protests in Washington D.C. | RELATED: | "Our embassy in the United States will approach the relevant authorities, and Channel Seven will also provide us with their views on how they wish to deal with it," Payne explained. | On…
(2020-06-02). Thousands Attend #BlackLivesMatter Protests in Paris. telesurenglish.net Thousands of people demonstrated Tuesday in Paris, France, defying a ban to protest over the death of a young black man in French police custody in 2016. | RELATED: | Using slogans in English such as "Black Lives Matter" and "I can't breathe," protesters echoed the protest movement in the United States (U.S.) over the police killing last week of unarmed black man, George Floyd. | "Today we are not just talking abo…
(2020-06-02). US: George Floyd's Brother Requests Protesters to End Violence. telesurenglish.net George Floyd's younger brother, Terrence Floyd, Monday requested rioters and looters to cease the violence after visiting the site where four police officers detained and murdered his brother on May 25. | RELATED: | "I understand you're upset, but if I'm not over here wildin' out, if I'm not over here blowing up stuff, if I'm not over here messing up my community – then what are y'all doing? Nothing, because t…
(2020-06-02). Nurses at HCA Healthcare across the US protest job cuts and lack of PPE. wsws.org Nurses protests are erupting under conditions where hospitals across the country are denying access to personal protective equipment in the pandemic and have already laid off thousands of health care workers.
(2020-06-02). Trump administration deploys military to the capital as nationwide protests continue. wsws.org Trump's dictatorial moves to quash protests against the police murder of George Floyd signal an escalation of state violence.
(2020-06-02). In the face of ongoing nationwide protests, Trump administration deploys military to the capital. wsws.org Trump's dictatorial moves to quash protests against the police murder of George Floyd signal an escalation of state violence.
(2020-06-02). Protests across New Zealand over US police murder of George Floyd. wsws.org Thousands rallied in solidarity with those protesting police killings in the United States, and many expressed opposition to the further militarisation of the New Zealand Police.
(2020-06-02). Owner Assaulted by Troopers While Protecting His Business. unicornriot.ninja Minneapolis, MN — Minneapolis business owner Louis Hunter was standing in front of his business Saturday night when State Troopers assaulted him and our team in efforts to enforce a city wide curfew. The 8 p.m. curfew was issued Friday evening following days of protests…
(2020-06-02). Selected Articles: Racism and the Protest Movement in America. 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 …
(2020-06-02). Many US Journalists Arrested After New York Times Falsely Claims That Doesn't Happen In America. strategic-culture.org Caitlin JOHNSTONE | arrested a CNN reporter named Omar Jimenez the other day while he was live on air covering the protest of George Floyd's murder by police in Minneapolis. | The arrest was preceded by hours of sycophantic police-worshipping CNN coverage and followed by days of self-righteous preening by the entire corporate media machine about the crucial role of journalism in a free society, with (2020-06-02). NLG Condemns Violent Police Response to Black Lives Matter Protests Nationwide. indybay.org "Racialized, violent policing of Black, Brown, and Indigenous bodies has always existed in this country. Now is the time for accountability. Property can always be replaced. Black lives can not," stated NLG Executive Director Pooja Gehi.
(2020-06-02). Trump's Anti-Blackness Is Overt in Protest Response and Covert in Policymaking. truthout.org Over the weekend, President Trump used his bully pulpit to openly fantasize about the Secret Service siccing "vicious dogs" on demonstrators outside the White House who were protesting police brutality following the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota last week. Trump's calls for violence against protesters reflect the anti-Blackness of economic policies he and the GOP have relentlessly pursued since 2016, including recent attempts to destroy public sector jobs and to make discrimination in…
(2020-06-02). Protests Are the Result of Police Terror With No Accountability. truthout.org Image Credit: Courtesy E. Mackey | As thousands in Los Angeles continue to protest against police brutality and face mass arrests, Mayor Eric Garcetti is facing criticism for increasing the budget for the Los Angeles Police Department. Organizers have called on the City Council to enact a People's Budget that slashes money for police and invests in services for the community instead. "We have created a system that overrelies on law enforcement and prioritizes their money, their budget, their needs over every…
(2020-06-02). Black Owner of Yaya's BBQ Killed by Louisville Police Often Gave Them Free Meals. truthout.org A 53-year-old Black business owner in Louisville, Kentucky, was killed by police gunfire early on Monday morning during protests in that city, as law enforcement attempted crowd control in the neighborhood near his barbecue business. | David McAtee, 53,
(2020-06-02). VIDEO: Street of Los Angeles amid US widespread protests. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — Cities across the United States have been the scene of riots and tensions between people and police after a US cop brutally murdered a black citizen earlier this week.
(2020-06-02). George Floyd Protests Highlight Social Injustice, 'Endemic' Racial Bias in US, UN Official Says. sputniknews.com For a week now US cities have been rocked by large-scale protests against police brutality, negligence towards the black population, and those of colour following unarmed African American resident of Minneapolis, George Floyd, being killed by the police.
(2020-06-02). COVID-19: Munich Bans Display of Nazi-Era Stars of David at Anti-Lockdown Protests. sputniknews.com Demonstrations against safety measures introduced to curb the spread of the disease continue in Germany, despite the authorities having eased some restrictions. Protests were held in major cities, including the capital Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich, and Stuttgart.
(2020-06-02). Hong Kong's Lam Blasts US for 'Double Standard' Security Law Criticism Amid Protest Repressions. sputniknews.com Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam sharply criticized the US on Tuesday for applying a "double standard" to the city's new national security law being drafted by Beijing, as the US has seen widespread police repression and violence against Black Lives Matter protesters.
(2020-06-02). UN sends over 100 truckloads of aid to Syria's Idlib. yenisafak.com Transiting through Turkey, the UN on Tuesday sent 106 truckloads of humanitarian aid to northwestern Syria, where millions of people are in need of assistance due to internal conflict in the country.The trucks carrying supplies entered Idlib, Syria through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey's southern Hatay province.The aid will be distributed to residents of Idlib and nearby rural areas.Syria has been ravaged by a civil war since early 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protesters.Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced, according to UN estimate…
(2020-06-02). WFTU Campaign: Solidarity to the U.S. people's struggle. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the World Federation of Trade Unions. | The popular outrage that erupted a week ago in the United States after the cold-blooded murder of 47-year-old African-American worker George Floyd by police in Minneapolis is continuing against the state repression and the brutal force used by the police. Hundreds of thousands of Americans took the streets over the weekend in more than 80 major cities, in two-thirds of the country's states, to protest state barbarism and racist violence, of the repressive forces. | Despite the outcry over the 47-year-old's…
(2020-06-02). Trump Labels Anitfa As A Terrorist Organization Without Any Basis In Fact. popularresistance.org United States President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that the U.S. will go ahead and label Antifa as a "terrorist organization," raising serious concerns about the unconstitutionality of such a threat if carried out. | "The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization," Trump said, as protests over the murder of the black man, George Floyd, continued in at least 30 cities in the United States on Sunday, with Minneapolis as the epicenter. | Without evidence, Trump and several top officials from his administration, including U.S. Attorney General William Barr, have blamed Antifa an…
(2020-06-02). White Women Line Up To Form Human Shield To Protect Black Protesters. popularresistance.org Injustice and discrimination tend to be described in binary terms: good vs. evil, female vs. male, Black vs. White. | However, at one of the at least twenty anti-police violence demonstrations held across the country on Thursday, an act of alliance disrupted that line of thinking by showing White bodies on the line to protect Black lives. | In an image captured by photographer Tim Druck, scores of White women in Lousiville lined up arm-in-arm to form a human shield separating the Louisville Metro Police from protestors expressing their angst about the murder of Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black people at…
(2020-06-02). Julian Assange unable to attend court hearing due to illness as legal travesty continues. wsws.org Assange has a chronic lung condition and his health has been ruined by years of psychological torture and medical neglect.
(2020-06-02). Trudeau government exploits pandemic to renew $14 billion arms deal with despotic Saudi regime. wsws.org With the attention of most Canadians focused on preventing COVID-19 from infecting their family and friends, Canada's Liberal government saw the opportunity to resume issuing permits for the export of armoured vehicles to the Saudi absolutist regime.
(2020-06-02). Coronavirus a challenge, and opportunity, to fix remittances system than funnels billions home from abroad. news.un.org With a euro here and a dollar there, remittances — the money that migrant workers send home to their families — have been adding up in a big way to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals and lift tens of millions out of extreme poverty.
(2020-06-02). Trump Opens the Door for a Deadlier Arms Race, and the Danger of 'Limited' Nuclear War. globalresearch.ca His decision to walk away from the Open Skies Treaty is part of a pattern aimed at converting the bipolar era arms control regime into one which could unrestrain the US and hold China down. | *** | US President Donald Trump…
(2020-06-02). US Sanctions Shipping Companies, Torpedoes Venezuela Oil-for-Food Deal. venezuelanalysis.com Washington is cracking down on swap deals that provide Venezuela with food, fuel and other vital imports in exchange for crude oil.
(2020-06-02). Nicaragua — False Witness, False Memory. COVID-19 and Nicaragua's Community Approach to Health Care. globalresearch.ca On Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. The standard Western canonical sources of record, namely international institutions, non-governmental organizations and media outlets, practically universally contend that all three countries are authoritarian or even tyrannical regimes, denying their peoples' basic democratic rights. The …
(2020-06-02). Insurers Shouldn't Have to Be Shamed Into Providing Free Coronavirus Treatment. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-06-02). The Obama — Flynn Connection. globalresearch.ca It is more than a coincidence that as the coronavirus (Covid 19) continues to peak and then peak again, millions of Americans remain In Shelter; thereby out-of-the-loop about the most significant political corruption crisis in American history; especially as on-going …
(2020-06-02). Brazilian Trotskyists issue call for working-class action against pandemic. wsws.org With the virus spreading rapidly, Brazil already has the second highest number of cases and sixth highest number of deaths of any country in the world.
(2020-06-02). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: What we know about virus transmission. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most common mode of transmission for COVID-19 is through close contact from person to person. While it is possible that someone can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose or possibly their eyes, this …
(2020-06-02). To the Class of 2020: You Deserved Better Than This. thenation.com To the Class of 2020: You Deserved Better Than This…
(2020-06-02). Groups Opposing Affordable Coronavirus Medicines Fueled by Big Pharma Contributions. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-06-02). New study shows how SARS-CoV-2 made its journey from bats to humans. peoplesdispatch.org A lot has been said about the origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, both in terms of conspiracy theories and scientific evidence. While the conspiracy theorists still spitefully campaign that the novel coronavirus was made in a Chinese lab or it was accidentally leaked from the lab, evidence contradicts such malicious notions and has firmly said that the virus has natural roots. It has also been said that the novel coronavirus jumped to humans from bats via another mammal, the pangolins. | In a latest development, scientists have found that the SARS-CoV-2 could jump to humans from animals by doing crucial rearrangem…
(2020-06-02). Patients Call on AstraZeneca to Make Coronavirus Vaccine Patent-free. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-06-02). 'Dogged pragmatism' needed to save Ocean: UN Special Envoy. news.un.org 'Dogged pragmatism' is needed to save the Ocean as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, according to the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for the Ocean.
(2020-06-02). Washington, DC area begins reopening as coronavirus infections top 100,000. wsws.org Public officials throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area are rushing to reopen the region's businesses, even as medical experts warn of the dangers of resuming normal economic activity.
(2020-06-02). Indian government abandons lockdown measures as coronavirus infections soar. wsws.org An epidemiologist who is advising the government on its plan to "reopen" the economy blithely acknowledged that it will result in a catastrophic loss of life, declaring that "India may see at least two million deaths."
(2020-06-02). UK: Allowing mass-attended sporting events to go ahead led to COVID-19 deaths. wsws.org Ignoring the WHO's announcement on January 30 that the emergence of the novel coronavirus represented a "public health emergency of international concern," the Conservative government made no preparations to stop its spread in Britain.
(2020-06-02). Coronavirus grief: Coping with the loss of routine during the pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It isn't easy adjusting to changes brought on by the pandemic. Consider how to deal with grief caused by the loss of your normal routine. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has changed people's lives in many ways. In addition to feeling grief over the loss of life caused by COVID-19, you're likely grieving the loss …
(2020-06-02). DC On Fire: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com — US government prioritizes ordinary Americans over the desires of wealthy sociopaths. | — Derek Chauvin charged with second-degree murder immediately after murdering someone, because that's what you're supposed to do. | — Everything's cool. | — We're all still talking about Tiger King. | ~ | "The people are angry about police violence. What should we do?" | 'Hmm… have we tried using police violence?' | "Yeah! It just made them angrier!" | 'Must not be violent enough. Let's try military violence.' | ~ | Mainstream America is being made more and more aware of the vast chasm of difference betw…
(2020-06-02). The Pandemic Revives Fears the U.S. Is Developing 'Ethnic Bioweapons' Against Russia. globalresearch.ca It has been 75 years since the surrender of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Russia postponed its annual Victory Day celebrations last month due to the health crisis as …
(2020-06-02). How the Credibility Gap Became a Chasm in the Age of Trump. commondreams.org The credibility gap and the war that generated it gave rise to another kind of division: "the generation gap." (Photo: Scott Heins/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/systemchange_0.jpg …
(2020-06-02). The Oligopoly That Controls Our Digital Infrastructure Has Deepened Economic and Racial Divides. commondreams.org Many experts, and policymakers (such as Senator Warren), have suggested that these "Big Tech" companies should be broken up, and if they are, then cloud computing services are among the most logical services to be spun off. (Photo: Free Press/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/internet_net_neutrality_0_0.jpg …
(2020-06-02). Coup d'état in Washington: Trump declares war on the Constitution. wsws.org In a series of politically criminal acts, Trump is establishing a presidential dictatorship based on the military and police.
(2020-06-02). e-Cigarette Hoodies and Backpacks Prompt FDA Warnings. jamanetwork.com Ten companies have received FDA warnings to stop manufacturing or selling products such as backpacks and hoodies that are designed to hold or hide electronic cigarettes.
(2020-06-02). COVID-19 and 6 Dimensions of Health Care Poised for a "New Normal" jamanetwork.com In this Viewpoint, Donald Berwick summarizes the rapid changes the COVID-19 pandemic has wrought on the pace, scientific standards, delivery mechanisms, and working conditions of health care and how it has sharply increased awareness of the societal costs of poor public health preparedness and health inequities.
(2020-06-02). Black Lives Matters: The Perils of Liberal Philanthropy. globalresearch.ca The Movement for Black Lives has started turning to foundations for funding. But the history of the Black Power movement offers a cautionary tale about the warping effects of liberal philanthropy's soft power. | *** | In 2016, the Ford Foundation, …
(2020-06-02). New Study Warns of Dire Human Impacts if Wildlife Extinction Crisis Continues. globalresearch.ca A scientific study published today concludes that natural life-support systems crucial to the survival of humanity could collapse if action isn't taken to save wildlife populations. | The study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examined 29,400 species of …
(2020-06-02). Yemen: 'Hanging on by a thread', UN chief requests funding to meet staggering humanitarian crisis. news.un.org More than five years of conflict have left Yemenis "hanging on by a thread, their economy in tatters" and their institutions "facing near-collapse", the UN chief told a virtual pledging conference on Tuesday, calling for a demonstration of solidarity with some of the world's poorest and most vulnerable.
(2020-06-02). NLG Statement on the President's Unlawful Declaration of Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-06-02). Cuba and FAO Sign Deal for Agricultural Resilience Project. telesurenglish.net Cuba's Agriculture Ministry (MINAG) and the Food and Agriculture Organization for United Nations (FAO) Monday signed an agreement for climate-changing confrontation in the agricultural field in the Caribbean island. | RELATED: | "This project constitutes an important contribution to Cuba's efforts t…
(2020-06-02). George Floyd Murder Enflames US. America Is a Failed State. globalresearch.ca On 26 May 2020 social media watched a black man (George Floyd) handcuffed and pinned to the pavement pleading to the 4 white American police officers — 'I can't breathe'. Onlookers watching George, whose neck was being pressed …
(2020-06-02). Black Lives Matter: The Perils of Liberal Philanthropy. globalresearch.ca This carefully research article first published in 2016 shows that Black Lives Matter has been funded by philanthropists and corporate foundations including Soros' Open Society Initiative and the Ford Foundation which has links to the CIA. | The underlying objective is …
(2020-06-02). This Is Not a Revolution. It's a Blueprint for Locking Down the Nation. globalresearch.ca "When it gets down to having to use violence, then
(2020-06-02). Focus on Looting Detracts From Racism. globalresearch.ca As people of conscience in the United States rage against the institutional racism most recently demonstrated in the savage, brutal murder of George Floyd, President Donald Trump and a government-compliant media are struggling to take control of the narrative. | This …
(2020-06-02). Breaking the Paralysis of Servitude. A New Normal Based on Fear Based Uniformity. globalresearch.ca It has become abundantly clear that 'we the people' are being subjected to a divisive and derisive 'leadership' pantomime of truly global proportions and we cannot any longer simply hope some sanity will emerge to change this situation. | Stand back …
(2020-06-02). The Bank of Canada: In Crisis and Beyond. globalresearch.ca Viewing the COVID-19 pandemic as a purely exogenous shock, Canadian economists and policymakers have tended to predict a quick return to economic growth once health restrictions are lifted. As an account of current events, this turns a blind eye to …
(2020-06-02). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Health and Human Services plays key role in supporting Americans amid COVID-19 crisis. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The COVID-19 pandemic has been a unique situation that has required work across federal and state agencies to support communities and frontline workers during this challenging time. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has played a key role by providing effective health and human services and fostering advances in medicine, public health …
(2020-06-02). 'Unprecedented' financing needed to halt recession of 'unparalleled proportions': Mohammed. news.un.org As COVID-19 has halted economic activity and threatens social wellbeing across the globe, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held a wide-ranging policy discussion on Tuesday, exploring financing options to address the pandemic and mobilize the resources needed for a proactive recovery.
(2020-06-02). Racing against time, medical researchers, life science companies and COVID-19 survivors launch national campaign to drive plasma donation. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org "The Fight Is In Us" campaign seeks to mobilize COVID-19 survivors to accelerate the development of potentially lifesaving therapies [ROCHESTER, Minn.]
(2020-06-02). Address 'appalling impact' of COVID-19 on minorities, UN rights chief urges. news.un.org Urgent action is needed to address "the major disproportionate impact" of COVID-19 on racial and ethnic minorities, including people of African descent, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday.
(2020-06-02). SEP (Sri Lanka) calls for action committees to counter COVID-19 and defend jobs. wsws.org In defending their rights, workers cannot rely on the trade unions which have become appendages of big business.
(2020-06-02). Senegal: Gov't Postpones Reopening of Schools Due to COVID-19. telesurenglish.net Senegal's President Macky Sall Monday announced that the reopening of schools will be postponed due to a COVID-19 outbreak among teachers. | RELATED: | "Teachers that tested positive for COVID-19 have been reported in the southern Ziguinchor region," Senegalese Education Minister Mamadou Talla stated to local news media. | In early May, Senegalese leader announced markets and shops were to reopen in June, as part of pre…
(2020-06-02). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Hospital safety during COVID-19. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org While many nonessential businesses closed or suspended operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals continued to operate and take care of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients. How have Mayo Clinic hospitals navigated the pandemic and kept patients and staff safe? On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Robert Cima, chair of hospital practice at Mayo Clinic, explains …
(2020-06-02). Tennessee government to stop sharing information on known COVID-19 infections. wsws.org The Republican governor Bill Lee's decision will place first responders such as paramedics, police and social workers at risk of catching the deadly infection.
(2020-06-02). COVID-19 pandemic exposes a rapidly developing global health crisis. wsws.org The pandemic has caused severe disruptions in the delivery of health care in fragile health systems the world over.
(2020-06-02). Managing levels of specific protein, mineral early in COVID-19 may prevent severe illness. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org PHOENIX ? Managing levels of calcium in the blood and the protein albumin early on in COVID-19 may prevent patients from progressing to severe illness and death, a study by Mayo Clinic researchers published in the journal Gastroenterology found. The findings are based on the remarkably similar clinical features and autopsy results of patients who died …
(2020-06-02). "Failed State" Status Here We Come. counterpunch.org Americans have at various times in our past battled horrific bouts with infectious disease. And Americans have lived through times of sheer economic desperation. But we've never — until this corona spring — experienced both at once. The stats out this week have made this grim landmark "official." Over 100,000 Americans now dead from Covid-19.
(2020-06-02). Peru: Minister Requests Aid for COVID Infected Police Officers. telesurenglish.net Peru's Ombudsman office on Monday requested health assistance for 30 COVID-19 infected police officers in the Tumbes department. | RELATED: | "We request the regional government to provide food and lodging to police officers who were infected with COVID-19 during the Emergency State," the government body tweeted. | Tumbes is one of Peru's most affected departments, with over 1,300 cases. According to the Ombudsman office, the…
(2020-06-02). Impact of COVID-19 and George Floyd killing on artistic life: An interview with a young artist-actor in Brooklyn, New York. wsws.org Artist and actor Bamoozie (his artist moniker) spoke with the WSWS about the impact of the pandemic on his economic situation, artistic work and political perspective, as well as his thoughts on the police murder of George Floyd.
(2020-06-02). COVID-19 outbreaks continue surge in meatpacking plants following forced reopenings. wsws.org Meatpacking plants continue to be a major source of COVID-19 transmission in US Midwestern states.
(2020-06-02). Two Bimbo Workers Dead, Others Fired After Raising COVID-19 Concerns. zcomm.org "We believe Bimbo is risking the health and lives of us–the workers and community members (including Bimbo customers) with which we live."
(2020-06-02). COVID-19 and the Financial Health of US Hospitals. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint reviews the revenue sources and financial liquidity of nonfederal US general hospitals to estimate the economic effects pandemic-related reductions in elective procedures and outpatient revenues might have, and argues for targeted government financial support for smaller, independent, and more rural institutions.
(2020-06-02). One year after taking charge, Nayib Bukele faces severe criticism for handling of COVID-19. peoplesdispatch.org Salvadoran president's first year in office has been marked by political tensions, militarization and false promises. However, his failures in handling COVID-19 are bringing more people on to the streets…
(2020-06-02). Argentina Extends Debt Restructuring Negotiations. telesurenglish.net The Government of Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez Monday decided to extend the deadline for negotiations to reach an agreement on the country's foreign debt, despite pressure from large investment funds. | RELATED: | The negotiations will extend until June 12 with the idea of seeking to get creditors to lower their claims. | The Government maintains hermetism regarding what is the Net Presidential Value (NPV) th…
(2020-06-02). Easy Jet to Resume Flights to European Destinations in August. telesurenglish.net The EasyJet airline Tuesday announced plans to restart flights in most of its routes this summer, with flights from all of its U.K. airports during July and August. | RELATED: | EasyJet will fly half of its 1,022 routes in July and 75% in August, although with lower frequencies. | This will represent just under a third of its normal capacity in the high season. | The move comes after it announced that it would reduc…
(2020-06-02). Philippines Backtracks on Ending US Military Pact. telesurenglish.net The Philippines government announced Tuesday that will extend the military pact with the United States and suspend the termination it had stated back in February 2020 and had a 180-day legal effect. | RELATED: | "The suspension shall start on even date and shall continue for six months, which period is extendible by the Philippines for another six months," after which the countdown to termination "shall resume," a Ju…
(2020-06-02). 'Completely Overcome With Rage' F1 Champ Says on Floyd's Death. telesurenglish.net Six-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton joined the voices publicly condemning RELATED: | "This past week has been so dark. I have failed to keep hold of my emotions. I have felt so much anger, sadness, and di…
(2020-06-02). New laws to criminalise public interest information. truepublica.org.uk By TruePublica Editor: A new Declassified report published only a few days ago goes to show the situation we find our selves in right now. In the midst of a crisis, while the commentariat are lobbing rocks at each other over the endless scandals and the media are focused on the pandemic — the government …
(2020-06-02). Australia's richest "Top 20" soar further in wealth during pandemic. wsws.org The results illustrate the immense concentration of wealth since governments bailed out the financial elite after the 2008—09 economic breakdown.
(2020-06-02). The Pandemic Has Sent Child Hunger to Record Levels. thenation.com The Pandemic Has Sent Child Hunger to Record Levels…
(2020-06-02). Dominic Cummings 'spare cottage' — no planning consent, pays no council tax. truepublica.org.uk TruePublica Editor: Dominic Cummimgs — the highly controversial Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, made it clear that he had stayed at a "spare cottage" at his father's farm when he addressed allegations that he had broken lockdown restrictions in April. The subsequent 'Rose Garden' interview turned into a media fiasco and demonstrated not just …
(2020-06-02). How Much Violence and Destruction is Enough for Depraved American Leaders and Their Subjects? counterpunch.org "Without trampling through all the historical details, we can designate the entire history of [Americans]—the glorious past so eulogized by our fathers—as the history of shame, for in that history there is more betrayal, apostasy, perfidious intrigue, ignominious defeat, well-deserved failure, base vengeance, merciless retaliation and brutality that no hypocrisy can mask…So let's forget about
(2020-06-02). Sinister Flatulence: Trump Versus Twitter. counterpunch.org Sawing off the branch you sit on can hardly be the best of policies. But that all depends on the nature of the branch. US President Donald Trump has huffed himself into another small historical moment, going on the offensive against social media companies using the very language his faux progressive opponents use against them.
(2020-06-02). Bolsonaro and Trump: Separated at Birth. counterpunch.org The tricks of Mother Nature There are two types of twins — identical (monozygotic) and fraternal (dizygotic). One fertilized egg (ovum) splits and develops two babies with exactly the same genetic information to form identical twins. They differ from fraternal twins, where two eggs (ova) are fertilized by two sperm and produce two genetically unique
(2020-06-02). U.S. Urban Riots Revisited. counterpunch.org What follows is an updated essay on the "perennial nature of U.S. urban riots" which I wrote a little over five years ago. The original version appeared on my blog on 9 May 2015 following racial rioting in the city of Baltimore. The murder of George Floyd, an African American, by police in Minneapolis on 25 May 2020,
(2020-06-02). Trump's "Free Speech:" Doctrine: Never, Ever, Ever Mention He's a Liar. counterpunch.org On May 28, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order on "Preventing Online Censorship." From the title and the document respectively we can draw to two lessons. First: Never, ever, ever believe the title of a government document. The internal texts of congressional bills and resolutions, as well as executive branch orders, "findings," intelligence
(2020-06-02). 'Extinction Is a Political Choice,' Scientist Says After Study Warns of Threat to Civilization From Humans Destroying Wildlife. commondreams.org After years of warnings from scientists that the world is witnessing Earth's sixth mass extinction, a new study concludes that the current crisis is not only "human caused and accelerating" but also "may be the most serious environmental threat to the persistence of civilization, because it is irreversible." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-6302827001.jpg …
(2020-06-02). 5G, nuovo campo della corsa agli armamenti. globalresearch.ca Alla base aerea Nellis in Nevada — annuncia il Pentagono — inizierà in luglio la costruzione di una rete sperimentale 5G, che diverrà operativa nel gennaio 2021. In questa base si è svolta lo scorso marzo la
(2020-06-02). 5G, novo campo da corrida aos armamentos. globalresearch.ca Na base aérea de Nellis, no Nevada — anuncia o Pentágono — comeàßará em Julho, a construàßà£o de uma rede experimental 5G que ficará operacional em Janeiro de 2021. Nesta base ocorreu, no passado mês de Maràßo, o
(2020-06-02). George Floyd Endgame: Martial Law and a Police State. globalresearch.ca It is disturbing to hear people who should know better describe the George Floyd riots as anarchism. The riots are not anarchistic, they are nihilistic. The people engaged in looting, arson, and widespread assault have zero comprehension of political philosophy….
(2020-06-02). 'The Fury of the Virus Illustrates the Folly of War' — But Trump Is Waging War on the World Health Organisation. strategic-culture.org On March 23, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres
(2020-06-02). Tuesday 6/2: POSTPONED: Rally to Defend West Oakland Homeless Community During the Coronavirus Pandemic. indybay.org The Corner of 18th & Wood st in West Oakland…
(2020-06-02). Navajo Loren Tapahe 'My sister is not a number'. indybay.org In a tender memoir, Navajo author and publisher Loren Tapahe remembers his sister Emily, who died from the coronavirus, and reminds us, 'My sister is not a number.'
(2020-06-02). Sean Penn's nonprofit Core Response is testing for Covid-19 in Oakland. indybay.org Coronavirus Covid-19 Testing In Oakland:…
(2020-06-02). New COVID-19 infections worldwide hit record levels. indybay.org The United States, the richest country in the world has lost far more of its people to the coronavirus than any other nation because of the greed, callousness and sheer incompetence of its ruling elite. | In the eyes of working people around the world, this is a political and social disgrace from which American capitalism will never recover.
(2020-06-02). #CancelRent Movement Escalates Amid Growing National Unrest. indybay.org "We're at a Breaking Point: " #CancelRent Movement Escalates Amid Growing National Unrest, and Warns that Police Enforcement of Evictions Will Destroy More Black Lives!!!
(2020-06-02). NLG Statement on the President's Unlawful Declaration of Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization. indybay.org "When police continue to murder Black people with impunity and when calls for systemic change to policing and structural racism are ignored, popular unrest is inevitable," said National Lawyers Guild legal worker Kris Hermes. "Federal investigations and the targeting of Antifa will unfortunately result in increased surveillance and repression, and must be resisted."
(2020-06-02). Wednesday 6/3: The Town Sits OUT the Curfew. indybay.org Oscar Grant Plaza | 14th & Broadway, Oakland, CA…
(2020-06-02). Oakland From Covid-19 To Cops: We Can't Breath Caravan. indybay.org Rally at the California State Building to demand that Cal-OSHA enforce the health and safety laws…
(2020-06-02). This Treasury Official Is Running the Bailout. It's Been Great for His Family. truthout.org Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have become the public faces of the A major beneficiary of that bailout so far: Muzinich & Co., the asset ma…
(2020-06-02). To Become Safer Amid Pandemic We Must Explore Our Responses to Abuse More Deeply. truthout.org Becoming safe from an abusive partner has most often been defined by the act of leaving the relationship. Leaving can cause hardship, including financial struggles, and is more difficult for survivors who are marginalized by race, gender identity, disability, language or immigration status. While leaving an abuser has been shown to
(2020-06-02). Majority of Americans Support Uprisings, Disagree With Trump, Poll Finds. truthout.org As President Donald Trump
(2020-06-02). Neil Ferguson says UK must keep transmission reduced by 65% to control pandemic. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's Professor Neil Ferguson says that the UK must keep coronavirus transmission suppressed by around 65% to control the pandemic.
(2020-06-02). Imperial scientists show policymakers how UK can benefit from circular economy. imperial.ac.uk How to transition to a circular economy, a topic rising up the economic and climate agendas, was the focus of The Forum's latest policy workshop.
(2020-06-02). Fuel export to Venezuela 'within framework of intl. regulations': Brig. Gen. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — Deputy Chief of Sarallah Headquarters Brigadier General Esmail Kosari on Tue. said that Iran's export of gasoline to the Bolivarian country of Venezuela has been made within the framework of international rules and regulations.
(2020-06-02). Iran COVID-19 update: 3117 new cases, 64 deaths in 24 hours. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has infected 3117 people and claimed 64 lives in Iran in the past 24 hours, a senior health official said.
(2020-06-02). US Police's terrorism revealed inhumane nature of US regime: Iran Parl. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — Iranian lawmakers issued a statement on Tuesday, slamming the racist behavior of US police against African Americans.
(2020-06-02). 'Resisting, standing up against enemies', key success of Imam Khomeini: Interior min. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 03 (MNA) — Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, in a message on the occasion of the demise anniversary of the founding father of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini [RA], said on Tue. that resisting and standing up against enemies, persisting on beliefs and also relying upon the religious democracy were of the key success factors of the late Imam Khomeini.
(2020-06-02). Iran's export of products to Afghanistan up 30% in current year: IRICA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — Iran's exports value of products to neighboring Afghanistan registered a 30 percent hike in the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year [from March 21 to May 20, 2010].
(2020-06-02). Iran to respond to any enemy's threat at same level: Brig. Gen. Pakpour. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — The Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour on Tue. said that Islamic Republic of Iran will respond to any threat at the same level.
(2020-06-02). Army Air Force plays key role in securing Iran's airspace: cmdr. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — The Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) Brigadier General Aziz Nasirzadeh said that the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Army has always played a key role in securing the country's airspace.
(2020-06-02). US sanctions should not disrupt developing economic ties between Iran-Serbia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the US sanctions should not create any obstacle in development of economic relations between Islamic Republic of Iran and Serbia.
(2020-06-02). US' cruel sanctions behind tough economic conditions: Hemmati. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — Governor of Central Bank of Iran [CBI] Abdolnasser Hemmati called on the government to cooperate with the bank in order to contain the rising inflation in the country.
(2020-06-02). Khomeini's policies led to durability of Iranian revolution despite threats: Falk. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — Commenting on the legacy of Imam Khomeini (RA), Prof. Falk says the clarity of AK's practice and policies led to the durability of the Iranian revolutionary process in the face of many threats to weaken or destroy what Iran had become.
(2020-06-02). US should be tried in intl. courts for human rights violation: Judiciary Chief. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi slammed the US police violence against American citizens, noting that the regime in Washington should be sued internationally.
(2020-06-02). Russia's State Duma Speaker calls for interaction between Iranian, Russian legislators. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — Russia's State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin on Tue. called for interaction and cooperation between Iranian and Russian lawmakers with each other.
(2020-06-02). Iranian scientist Asgari to arrive in country on Wednesday morning: Mousavi. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said that Iranian scientist Asgari, who had been imprisoned in the US, will return to the country on Wednesday morning.
(2020-06-02). US has taken hostage health of 83 million Iranians: Rouhani. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemned the unjust sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran which is affecting the civilians.
(2020-06-02). Ghalibaf hails Imam Khomeini's path as guarantor of independence, dignity. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 02 (MNA) — Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said that the approach and path defined by the late founder of the Islamic Revolution will be guarded and followed by the new parliament.
(2020-06-02). Rivalry With China May Boil Over Into 'Eventual Conflict', UK Defence Committee Chief Warns. sputniknews.com MP for Bournemouth East, Chair of the House of Commons Defence Select Committee Tobias Ellwood has called for the UK to collaborate with its top western partner, the US, to work out an effective roadmap for global unity amid China's "different course".
(2020-06-02). US Military Reportedly Mulls Pouring Money Into Unmanned Submarines Instead of Conventional Warships. sputniknews.com Unmanned technologies are slowly making their way into militaries around the world with at least Russia and China, alongside the US, already working on fielding unmanned submarines and even warships.
(2020-06-02). 'Questions to Heaven': China to Carry Out Its First Mission to Mars This Summer. sputniknews.com China has set a goal to become a major space power as a means of catching up with Russia and the United States, pursuing ambitions to launch missions to the red planet and the Moon.
(2020-06-02). Face Masks Help Stop COVID-19, But Only If You're Not Showing Symptoms, New Study Shows. sputniknews.com Although the current debate over the efficacy of different types of masks in reducing the spread of the novel coronavirus continues the latest research suggests family members who are more at risk of coming into contact with the illness, such as healthcare workers, should consider using them at home, a professor of Global Biosecurity tells Sputnik.
(2020-06-02). COVID-19: 'There's a Good Chance That Child Sexual Abuse at Home Will Go Down', Academic Says. sputniknews.com A former UK Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, looking at what effect the coronavirus lockdown has had on child abuse, warned that the ongoing coronavirus pandemic has created a "perfect storm" for vulnerable children forced into isolation with their abusers.
(2020-06-02). Indian Schoolgirl Reportedly Commits Suicide Over Alleged Lack of Access to Online Classes. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Spuntik): On Monday, the Indian state of Kerala began its 2020-21 academic year via online classes. The state government has opted for various virtual platforms like the KITE Victers television channel and online mode, so that the education of children is not harmed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2020-06-02). Trump Faces New Lawsuit Over Executive Order Targeting Twitter – Advocacy Group. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump faces a new lawsuit accusing him of breaking the First Amendment to the US Constitution by issuing an executive order targeting Twitter and other social media platforms as they seek to counter misinformation, the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) said in a news release.
(2020-06-02). Straight From Valhalla: Norwegian Couple Finds Viking Axe in Ancient Grave Under Their Floor. sputniknews.com Sometimes people have to travel far and wide to find something that belongs to history — deep in the woods, at the bottom of the ocean, or in a cave. Other times you just need to dig a little bit in your own house and epic artefacts will start popping up.
(2020-06-02). Size of Turkey's ICT sector in 2019 topped $22B. yenisafak.com Turkey's information and communication technology (ICT) sector has reached a volume of 152.7 billion Turkish liras (about $22 billion), with sector employment and exports also on the rise, said the head of the country's Informatics Industry Association (TUBISAD) on Tuesday."Despite a slowdown in the observed growth rate of our economy and a period dominated by a cyclical point of uncertainty, the ICT sector last year continued to grow in Turkish lira terms, posting a 14% rise," said Kubra Erman Karaca.She added that last year the sector also added 143,000 jobs."However, as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, I thi…
(2020-06-02). Russia's PM says 2-year economic stimulus plan to cost 5 trln roubles. yenisafak.com Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Tuesday that Russia's economic stimulus plan to help the economy recover after the coronavirus outbreak and lockdown would cost Russia around 5 trillion roubles ($72.75 billion) over the next two years.Speaking to President Vladimir Putin at a televised government meeting, Mishustin also said the plan would require changes to be made to a spending plan that was announced by Putin before the crisis. ($1 = 68.7251 roubles)…
(2020-06-02). 'Turkey set to break new export records after pandemic'. yenisafak.com Turkey's exporters will recover quickly and set new trade records after the pandemic period, the head of the Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TIM) said on Tuesday.Saying that the pandemic led to the sharpest fall in German exports in three decades, Ismail Gulle said Turkey's exports were also affected.In May, Turkish exports dropped 40.9% to $9.96 billion on an annual basis, and 12-month rolling exports fell 8.4% to stand at $165.7 billion."Although our country has experienced similar declines in exports during crises, it has always managed to rapidly hit new records," he recalled.Following the crisis of 2001, Turkey…
(2020-06-02). European bank loans $67M to Turkey's key fruit producer. yenisafak.com The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Tuesday announced that it is providing a ‚Ǩ60 million loan (nearly $67 million) to Anadolu Etap, the leading fruit producer in the country. "Half of the loan has been syndicated to the Dutch development bank FMO under the EBRD's structure," according to a statement.Anadolu Etap supplies fruits and produces fruit puree, concentrates and juices that are sold throughout Turkey and 60 other countries.The new financing will help the company ensure continuous growth despite the uncertainty caused by the pandemic."A loan maturity of six yea…
(2020-06-02). Turkish villagers proclaim themselves 'guardian angels' of | storks in bird haven. yenisafak.com Interest in bird-watching has reached a fever pitch after millions across the world became homebound amid the coronavirus pandemic as they discover a feast for the eyes in the comfort of their very own backyards.As Marcel Proust famously once said, "The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes."However, a village in Turkey's Mediterranean resort city of Antalya has been relishing in the pleasures of bird-watching and "looking with fresh eyes versus seeking new adventures elsewhere" as it hosts and protects dozens of storks every year during the late winter season. T…
(2020-06-02). Turkey's national palaces reopen as 'new normal' begins. yenisafak.com National museums in Istanbul, including the iconic Dolmabahce Palace and Beylerbeyi Palace that were temporarily closed on March 18 to slow the spread of coronavirus, reopened to the public on Tuesday.Istanbul's Topkapi Palace, which served as the main residence and administrative headquarters of Ottoman sultans, also began receiving visitors on Monday just as other museums and archeological sites across Turkey reopened.Several protective measures have been taken by the National Palaces Administration as part of the normalization process.Social distancing has been made compulsory with "social distance control lab…
(2020-06-02). Turkey sends medical supplies to Tajikistan. yenisafak.com Turkey's state-run aid agency has delivered 70,000 face masks and 1,000 medical overalls to Tajikistan to help the country tackle the coronavirus outbreak.The help by the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) was acknowledged by Tajikistan's deputy health minister, who said the medical supplies were a "significant contribution to the country's fight against the pandemic."Saida Umarzoda said TIKA has carried out many projects in the country, including the establishment of Disability Rehabilitation Center, renovation of Pediatric Infection Hospital in Tursunzade province, and the founding of the Contem…
(2020-06-02). UK calls on China to 'step back from brink'. yenisafak.com The UK on Thursday called on China to "re-consider" and "step back from the brink" over the crisis in Hong Kong.In a statement to parliament, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said Hong Kong's success was built on its autonomy and freedoms, and that China itself has long affirmed the One Country, Two Systems approach."The UK, through successive governments, has consistently respected and supported that model, as reflected both in China's Basic Law and also the Joint Declaration," Raab said.The Joint Declaration is a UK-China treaty registered with the UN, which was part of the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1984.
(2020-06-02). Hong Kong extends coronavirus curbs after new cluster. yenisafak.com Hong Kong has decided to extend coronavirus restrictions after a new cluster of infections was detected, local media reported on Tuesday.According to Hong Kong Free Press, the government has prolonged the ban on public gatherings of more than eight people and the restrictions on customers at bars and restaurants.The decision was taken after nine new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Hong Kong, raising its total to 1,093, including four deaths.The curbs, which were due to end on Thursday, will remain in force until June 18, according to Food and Health Secretary Sophia Chan.Entry restrictions and mandatory quaranti…
(2020-06-02). Morocco: Number of coronavirus cases surpasses 7,800. yenisafak.com Health authorities in Morocco and Tunisia confirmed more cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, as the countries struggle to stem the spread of the pandemic.In Morocco, the Health Ministry confirmed 26 new virus cases, pushing the total infections to 7,859. Moroccan authorities have so far confirmed 205 deaths and 6,291 recoveries from the disease.The country had declared a nationwide medical emergency on March 20 to curb the spread of coronavirus.The Tunisian Health Ministry, meanwhile, said the country's infections rose to 1,086 as two new cases were registered.Tunisia's death toll from the virus now stands…
(2020-06-02). Iran's coronavirus death toll nears 8,000. yenisafak.com Iran on Tuesday confirmed 64 more fatalities from the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 7,942.A further 3,117 people have tested positive for the virus, raising the overall count to 157,562, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said.Jahanpour said 123,077 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, while 2,565 patients remain in critical condition.Despite the rising number of cases, government employees went back to work, and mosques resumed daily prayers across the Middle Eastern country on Saturday.Shopping malls are now open beyond th…
(2020-06-02). French cafe culture alive as virus restrictions lifted. yenisafak.com Parisians especially are faithful to cafe life, with the outdoor space offering a respite from often cramped living quarters.The city without cafes is like a house without walls or the sky without stars: It cannot stand, and it just does not shine as bright.The reopening though comes with conditions: Seating can only happen outside, with the prospect that the close proximity of tables and chairs indoors could foment the spread of the virus. All tables must be at least one meter (3.2 feet) apart.No more than 10 patrons can be seated at any given time and all must stay seated as well, which means for the moment sta…
(2020-06-02). Steven Donziger Challenged A Corporate Polluter And Won, Now They're Trying To Ruin Him. popularresistance.org Texaco was the first oil company to drill in the Amazon. To maximize profits, and because they thought they could get away with it, they did not take any steps to protect local communities or the environment from their toxic waste. For a long time, they did get away with it. Then a group of lawyers and organizations worked with locals to sue Chevron, which bought Texaco, and won a $9.5 billion judgment. Chevron refuses to pay and instead has gone after the lawyer, Steven Donziger, in unprecedented ways with a vengeance. We speak with Donziger and Paul Paz y Miño of Amazon Watch.
(2020-06-02). Two Bimbo Bakery Workers Dead, Others Fired After Raising COVID-19 Concerns. popularresistance.org Two workers who were employed at Bimbo Bakeries USA's Cicero factory have passed away due to COVID-19, according to records from the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. | Their deaths come after the company fired two other employees who were quoted in a Cicero Independiente article published on April 7 raising concerns about the lack of workplace safety during the COVID-19 crisis. Prior to the two deaths, Bimbo Bakery USA workers, many of whom are organizing with a group called Black Workers Matter, accused the company's Cicero factory of lacking proper sanitation, failing to enforce social distancing, and bei…
(2020-06-02). The Treason Of The Ruling Class. popularresistance.org The ruling elites no longer have legitimacy. They have destroyed our capitalist democracy and replaced it with a mafia state. What the Roman philosopher Cicero called a commonwealth, a res publica, a "public thing" or the "property of a people," has been transformed into an instrument of naked pillage and repression on behalf of a global corporate oligarchy. We are serfs ruled by obscenely rich, omnipotent masters who loot the U.S. Treasury, pay little or no taxes and have perverted the judiciary, the media and the legislative branches of government to strip us of civil liberties and give them the freedom to comm…
(2020-06-02). When Can A Soldier Disobey An Order? popularresistance.org In March 1968, a U.S. infantry platoon under the command of 2nd Lt. William "Rusty" Calley conducted a raid of a hamlet called My Lai in Quang Ngai Province of South Vietnam. After taking the hamlet, Calley ordered his men to round up the remaining civilians, herd them into a ditch, and gun them down. Somewhere between 350 and 500 civilians were killed on Calley's instruction. | Calley was court-martialed for his actions and charged with 22 counts of murder. At his trial, he testified that his company commander, Capt. Ernest Medina, had ordered him to kill "every living thing" in My Lai, telling him there were no…
(2020-06-01). A Class Rebellion: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on How Racism & Racial Terrorism Fueled Nationwide Anger. democracynow.org 
In the largest nationwide uprising since the 1960s, protesters shut down cities across the United States over the weekend following the police killing of George Floyd, an African American man in Minneapolis. "These are not just repeats of past events," says scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. "These are the consequences of the failures of this government and the political establishment … to resolve these crises."
(2020-06-01). "My Vanishing Country": Mass Protests Rise from 400 Years of Systemic Racism, Says Bakari Sellers. democracynow.org 
As mass unrest engulfs the U.S., we speak with attorney and political commentator Bakari Sellers, whose new memoir "My Vanishing Country" was just published. One of the central moments in the book is the Orangeburg massacre of 1968, when police opened fire on a crowd of students gathered on the campus of South Carolina State University to protest segregation at Orangeburg's only bowling alley. When the shooting stopped, three Black students were dead, 28 students were wounded. The nine officers who opened fire that day were all acquitted. The only person convicted of wrongdoing was Bakari Sellers's father, Clevel…
(2020-06-01). Headlines for June 1, 2020. democracynow.org Minneapolis Protests at Epicenter of Nationwide Uprising Met with More Police Violence, Louisville Police Shoot and Kill Man at Protest, New Yorkers Take to Streets Around City, Shut Down Traffic as NYPD Arrests Hundreds, Attacks Peaceful Crowds, Rep. Joyce Beatty and Two Columbus City Officials Pepper-Sprayed by Ohio Police, Video Shows 9-Year-Old Seattle Child in Distress After Reportedly Being Maced by Police, Protesters Rally in Front of Capitol, White House, as Trump Retreats to Presidential Bunker, Black Sacramento Teen Recovering After Being Shot in Face with Rubber Bullet, Atlanta Police Officers Fired Af…
(2020-06-01). "America's Moment of Reckoning": Cornel West Says Nationwide Uprising Is Sign of "Empire Imploding" democracynow.org 
As thousands from coast to coast took to the streets this weekend to protest the state-sanctioned killing of Black people, and the nation faces its largest public health crisis in generations and the highest unemployment rate since the Great Depression, professor Cornel West calls the U.S. a "predatory capitalist civilization obsessed with money, money, money." He also makes the connections between U.S. violence abroad and at home. "There is a connection between the seeds that you sow of violence externally and internally."
(2020-06-01). Defund Police: Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Says Budgets Wrongly Prioritize Cops Over Schools, Hospitals. democracynow.org 
Calls to defund the police mount after police erupted into violence this weekend in response to widespread protests across the nation, arresting more than 4,000 people and attacking demonstrators with tear gas and rubber bullets. As police departments face increasing criticism for using excessive force on protesters, we get response from Professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, renowned scholar Professor Cornel West and attorney Bakari Sellers.
(2020-06-01). "America Has Looted Black People. We Learned It from You" Says Women's March Activist Tamika Mallory. democracynow.org 
In a powerful address among people in Minneapolis protesting the police murder of George Floyd, activist and former Women's March co-chair Tamika Mallory demanded, "Charge the cops. … Charge them in every city across America where our people are being murdered."
(2020-06-01). Pompeo Reups Threats to ICC Over US, Israel War Crimes Probes, Showing White House 'Determined to Prevent' Accountability. commondreams.org "You'll see in the coming days a series of announcements not just from the State Department, from all across the United States government, that attempt to push back against what the ICC is up to," said the secretary of state. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/pompeo-icc-announcements.jpg …
(2020-06-01). Almost Everywhere in the World Separatists are treated as Terrorists. dissidentvoice.org The Hong Kong rioters and other violent so-called opposition figures are up for a big surprise soon: their actions may simply not be tolerated anymore. In fact, they might become illegal. But not because, as the White House and the Western mass media are continuously trumpeting, "China is governed by the Communist Party", but simply …
(2020-06-01). US Considers New Weapons for Saudi Arabia as Kingdom Renews Yemen Border Bombings. mintpressnews.com 
YEMEN-SAUDI BORDER — At seven years old, Radhiah Issa's wide-eyed screams of panic and fear were understandable. Even an adult would be forgiven for waking up in a heated panic after discovering much of their body wrapped in blood-soaked bandages and laying in an unfamiliar room. Radhiah was in the family home of a Yemeni doctor who had scraped together whatever medical supplies he could in a heroic effort to render first aid and perform emergency surgery on Radhiah, who was seriously injured last Wednesday by a Saudi artillery shell while she stood amid her family's grazing sheep near her home in the Shada…
(2020-06-01). The Corona — An Opportunity to Replace Militarist Security with Individual and Human Security. globalresearch.ca Parts 1 and 2: introductory, diagnosis | Part 3: the fraudulent threat analysis that fuels militarism | Part 4: some theories and concepts about human security and how those concepts differ fundamentally from state-anchored dominant military policies | Read: …
(2020-06-01). Striking packinghouse workers win signed agreements for safety. workers.org 
Seattle Immigrant workers, on strike against Washington state fruit packinghouses since May 7, won another victory on May 28. The workers' negotiating committee came out from Allan Brothers with a signed agreement and their fists held high. Striking Washington state fruit packers. The Latinx workers in Yakima have won three . . . |
(2020-06-01). Smithfield's Farmer John food factory and others hit with COVID-19 in L.A. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES—Smithfield Foods has been in the news lately. Their pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., became a Midwestern epicenter for coronavirus among its workforce this spring. Inadequate and heartless worker protection soon allowed the infection to spread throughout the state's largest city. Now its meatpacking plant in Vernon, a small but separately incorporated …
(2020-06-01). Changing Depictions of America in Cinema: Signs of 'Self-Awareness', 'Resistance' or a 'Multipolar World'? dissidentvoice.org 
‚Ä¢ Author's Note: Contains spoilers for Knives Out (2019), Bacurau (2019), and The Wandering Earth (2019) How can I confound myself with those who today already find a hearing? — Only the day after tomorrow belongs to me. Some are born posthumously. — Friedrich Nietzsche, The Antichrist, 1895 Introduction 2019 was a very interesting year …
(2020-06-01). Will There Be A New War In Asia? thealtworld.com 
A major military conflict is brewing at the heart of Asia. It could come to nothing, or it could affect four countries. It all depends on how valid the actions of those involved are going to be and whether other countries are going to undertake peacekeeping efforts. | On 23 May,
(2020-06-01). Cornel West: 'Neo-fascist gangster' Trump and neoliberal Democrats expose America as 'failed social experiment'. mronline.org 
West explained the current anger over Floyd's murder by police—one of whom, officer Derek Chauvin, was arrested Friday and charged with 3rd-degree murder and manslaughter—adds to a "perfect storm" of multiple failures and inequities that pre-exist under an American imperial system that people like Martin Luther King, Jr. and others have been warning about since the middle …
(2020-06-01). From George Floyd Back to the Structural Violence of Capitalism. dissidentvoice.org 
Third degree murder for 3/5 for a devalued life Knee in throat air gone, gasping dying under the color of law! George Floyd had no chance! The gang of state sponsored assassins had already signed his death warrant! They think we should be grateful for watered down justice that has not and will never be …
(2020-06-01). Protests against Bolsonaro end up in repression and confrontation with far-right. peoplesdispatch.org 
For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, anti-fascist groups linked to organized soccer fans in Brazil took to the streets to demand that President Jair Bolsonaro step down from office, and fight against demonstrations organized by far right supporters, who are attacking the Legislative and Judiciary Power. | In Sà£o Paulo, as soccer fan supporters held a pro-democracy demonstration on Avenida Paulista, in the central region of the capital, this Sunday May 31, and were repressed by the Military Police. During the demonstration, military policemen started a confrontation against the protesters…
(2020-06-01). Racial Domestic Terrorism and the Legacy of State Violence. counterpunch.org 
The sheer brutality of George Floyd's death at the hands of a viciously violent cop symbolizes the unadulterated racism of a culture that looks away in the face of police violence against Black people but also a society in which a form of racialized domestic terrorism has become normalized.
(2020-06-01). Austin Police Respond to Police Brutality Protest with Violent Crackdowns. mintpressnews.com 
Saturday's protest against police brutality in the capital of Texas may show that the have-nots in America may have found a common cause to rally around – and that is not good news for the police,…
(2020-06-01). Climate Crisis: Dead Med Gas, Executive Bonuses, Coal Exports, Aviation Loophole. therealnews.com 
Oil executives get bonuses despite their industry's economic freefall, offshore drilling in the Mediterranean Sea might be a no-go, and the aviation sector may get a major regulatory gift.
(2020-06-01). Stir Crazy! Episode #44: Cities Can Be Rebuilt, Lives Cannot. therealnews.com 
On today's show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, "Why You Should Give A F*ck" co-host Genevieve Montinar, and TRNN managing editor Marc Steiner. Hosted by Kim Brown.
(2020-06-01). Nationwide Uprising Against Failed State Triggered By Police Killings. dissidentvoice.org 
The nationwide uprising sparked by the murder of George Floyd and other recent racially-motivated events is a response to the bi-partisan failed state in which we live. It comes in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic and the largest economic collapse in the US in more than a century. These three crises have disproportionately impacted …
(2020-06-01). Cleveland car/pedestrian action demands prisoner release. workers.org 
Cleveland May 29 — Today a combination car/pedestrian protest in downtown Cleveland called for the Cuyahoga County Jail to release more prisoners and end "inhumane treatment." Similar actions have been taking place around Ohio, which has the highest COVID-19 prisoner death rate in the country. This demonstration was called by . . . |
(2020-06-01). Under the Blacklight: The Fire This Time. mronline.org 
Join Kimberlé Crenshaw and guests Alicia Garza, Robin D. G. Kelly, Devon Carbado, and Maria Moore for part ten of the "Under the Blacklight: The Intersectional Vulnerabilities COVID Lays Bare" series. Click here for more information. The Under the Blacklight series has interrupted mainstream discourse in order to advocate for a more egalitarian politics and a more …
(2020-06-01). EDITORIAL: En una grave crisis económica, lecciones de los más oprimidos. workers.org 
Estados Unidos se encuentra en una crisis económica histórica y aplastante, acelerada por la pandemia de COVID-19. Si bien la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales informó el 21 de mayo que la tasa oficial de desempleo era del 14,7 por ciento, ese mismo día la revista Fortune, una voz de la . . . |
(2020-06-01). Nationwide uprising against racist police violence. peoplesworld.org 
Up to 50 million jobless and 100,000 people dead—those are the backdrops to what has become a national uprising against police violence targeting Black people in America. The recent murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police has triggered incredible developments that have never been seen in American history. The mass demonstrations coast to coast are …
(2020-06-01). øQuieres justicia para George Floyd? °Encarcelar y condenar a policías asesinos! — un comentario WW. workers.org 
27 de mayo — Fue un déjà vu. Otro hombre negro capturado en video, primero, siendo torturado y luego asesinado por un oficial de policía blanco. Manifestantes frente al departamento de policía de Minneapolis antes de ser agredidos por policías, 26 de mayo. PHOTO: Brad Sigal Fue hace casi seis . . . |
(2020-06-01). Defend resisters and the uprising! workers.org People are rising up, rising up against police violence! Smoldering rage ignited in a firestorm throughout the U.S. when tpolice lynched George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25. Immediately there was public outrage, after seeing how white supremacists killed Ahmaud Arbery as he jogged through his neighborhood and after invading . . . |
(2020-06-01). Selected Articles: America the Failed State, Justice for George Floyd. globalresearch.ca 
By The nationwide uprising sparked by the murder of Geo…
(2020-06-01). Larry Kramer, 1935-2020: An appreciation. workers.org 
I joined ACT-UP/NY soon after it formed, in the spring of 1987. Thirty-three years later, I still have vivid memories of the weekly meetings, which crackled with the electric energy of hundreds of angry people jammed into the first-floor meeting room in the LGBTQ Center in Manhattan. Larry Kramer Many, . . . |
(2020-06-01). Coronavirus in a Time of Chimeras. strategic-culture.org 
Mathew MAAVAK | As the global COVID-19 scourge appears to recede, questions remain over the source and morphology of a virus that had locked down two-thirds of humanity over the first half of 2020. It may take years to satisfactorily decipher this extraordinary episode in human history. | Nonetheless, the novel coronavirus was not germinated in a vacuum. The type of research conducted at the Wuhan Institute of Virology had ominous analogues worldwide. These included the quest for super intelligence and the development of interspecies hybrids or chimeras. | Genetically-Enhanced Competitiveness | What began as a sc…
(2020-06-01). Joe Biden Is Cancer for the Democrats: Urgent Strategy Change Needed. strategic-culture.org 
There have been U.S. presidential candidates in our lifetimes that seemed like really pathetic offerings such as the soulless human business suit that is Mitt Romney. There have been some that could have competed. had they gotten the big nomination, if not for one big mistake like Howard Dean. And there are some that just had really tough incumbent competition that they had no hope of defeating like Walter Mondale. However, as it stands today there is no (serious) candidate in the past few generations of American society worse than today's Joe Biden. It isn't even a question at this point if he will lose, the rea…
(2020-06-01). Minister insists lockdown easing 'is not a dash' as health officials voice fears. thecanary.co 
A Cabinet minister has insisted the lockdown is being eased in a "very cautious" way as children in England begin returning to school, despite public health officials warning against the relaxation.Business secretary Alok Sharma said he understands parents' concerns over sending their children back to class on Monday, but added that the government had not undertaken a "dash" to re-start the economy.The Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) warned that experts were "increasingly concerned" that ministers are making the wrong judgment by easing restrictions too quickly.Alok Sharma (Aaron Chown/PA)Parents…
(2020-06-01). Parents refuse to send children back to 'dystopian' schools. thecanary.co 
As primary schools in England begin reopening to pupils, many uneasy parents have found themselves unable to trust the government's assurances that it is safe for their children to return.Damon Charles, a parent from Somerset, took his two daughters out of primary school shortly before lockdown began, and believes it is "premature and a bit crazy" to ask them to go back.Charles, a digital designer, told the PA news agency: "The government keep saying that children 'need to be back at school' but to be honest I think what that actually means is 'we, the government, really need the kids to be back at school'."Some…
(2020-06-01). How the spectre of police brutality could influence Joe Biden's choice of running mate. thecanary.co 
Joe Biden's search for a running mate could be reshaped by the police killing of George Floyd and the unrest it has ignited across the US, raising questions about contenders with law and order backgrounds and intensifying pressure on the presumptive Democratic nominee to select a Black woman.Biden, who has already pledged to pick a woman, has cast a wide net in his search.Some of the women on his list have drawn national praise amid the protests over Floyd's death, including Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who delivered an impassioned appeal for calm in her city on Friday night.But the outcry over police brut…
(2020-06-01). Facebook rebellion? Zuckerberg alienates staff after REFUSING to censor Trump's warning to looters as Twitter HIDES its twin. rt.com 
Employees at Facebook are annoyed at CEO Mark Zuckerberg's refusal to act against President Donald Trump, sharing their dissatisfaction with his decision online for all to see. | Grumblings amongst the employees were heard at all levels of the company, with the main criticism being aimed at Facebook's decision to leave Trump's post allegedly "glorifying violence" untouched, even as Twitter hid the same text behind a warning. | In his May 29 Twitter thread, Trump first decried what he called "a total lack of leadership" in Minneapolis, before proceeding to unload on "THUGS" that were "dishonoring the memory of…
(2020-06-01). Who burned the homeless camp? Antifa and Infowars play the blame game over Austin riots. rt.com 
A mob of rioters set a homeless man's belongings on fire in Austin, Texas, and trashed his encampment. The Left then claimed the heinous act was the work of conspiracy site Infowars, but Infowars' reporters say otherwise. | As rioters clashed with police and set cars on fire in Austin on Sunday, the mayhem touched an often-forgotten segment of the Texan city: the homeless. Video footage shared on social media showed a homeless man's mattress and belongings being dragged into a fire by rioters, as a camera crew from conspiracy site Infowars filmed the carnage. | According to one self-described "anti-capitalist"
(2020-06-01). 'I'm proud of her': NY Mayor De Blasio defends daughter following her arrest during Manhattan protest. rt.com 
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has said he is "proud" of his daughter after it emerged that she was arrested at a protest in Manhattan at the weekend for reportedly blocking traffic and refusing to disperse. | "I am proud of her that she cares so much and is willing to do something about it," De Blasio told reporters during a Monday press conference. He said he had asked her to recount the whole story and that she assured him she was "acting peacefully." | "She believes everything she did was in the spirit of peaceful, respectful protest," he said, later adding: "I admire that she was out there trying to c…
(2020-06-01). 'RADICAL LEFT' trying to seize power by controlling 'CLUELESS' Biden, Trump alleges. rt.com 
Far-left extremists are pulling the strings of Joe Biden's presidential campaign, and would be the real decision-makers in the Oval Office should he win, Donald Trump has suggested, adding that the former VP is "clueless." | "Sleepy Joe Biden's people are so Radical Left that they are working to get the Anarchists out of jail, and probably more. Joe doesn't know anything about it, he is clueless, but they will be the real power, not Joe. They will be calling the shots! Big tax increases for all, Plus!" read the somewhat jumbled message of the US president. | Sleepy Joe Biden's people are so Radical Left that t…
(2020-06-01). Trump hid in bunker as police used violence to suppress mass protests. thecanary.co 
Trigger warning: this article contains video footage of police brutality that some readers may find disturbing.Donald Trump was rushed to a White House bunker on Friday by Secret Service agents as hundreds of people protesting the
(2020-06-01). Biden and Obama: Floyd killing exposes systemic racism in U.S. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON — From Barack Obama and Joe Biden to the AFL-CIO and progressive allies there have come declarations that the Minneapolis police killing of 46-year-old George Floyd on May 25 once again exposed the systemic racism that undergirds U.S. society. Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for the presidency, added that this …
(2020-06-01). CoronaShock: The greatest crisis in the history of capitalism. peoplesdispatch.org Vijay Prashad talks to Brasil de Fato on the nature of the crisis COVID-19 has brought, the obscene structural discrimination and loot that characterize capitalism, and the path before the Left during and after these times…
(2020-06-01). Lessons from Palestine: America's People of Color Need a Sustained Resistance Movement. mintpressnews.com The notion of an ongoing resistance by people of color in the US sounds outlandish but might be what is needed in order to rid America of its racist and violent attitudes.
(2020-06-01). Palestine: Even During a Pandemic, Israeli Soldiers Shoot Holes in Water Tanks at Kafr Qadum. globalresearch.ca In recent weeks, soldiers have repeatedly shot holes in water tanks on the roofs of homes in Kafr Qadum. The shooting takes place during the weekly protests against the closure of the eastern exit from the village, which connects the …
(2020-06-01). National Security "Experts" Blame Russia for the George Floyd Protests. mintpressnews.com The latest instance of American social disharmony being blamed on Moscow is part of a long tradition, where some see an invisible Russian hand whenever it is useful.
(2020-06-01). Agent Provocateurs: Police at Protests All Over the Country Caught Destroying Property. mintpressnews.com The United States is on fire. Since the police killing of George Floyd on May 26, millions have taken to the streets in protest, clashing with police. At least 11 people have died, and thousands have been arrested. 15 states (plus Washington, D.C.) have called in the National Guard to quash protests raging in over 100 cities. Violence has been widespread, particularly in the epicenter Minneapolis, where Floyd was killed, with buildings engulfed in flames, stores looted and vehicles destroyed. | While protestors are undoubtedly responsible for some share of the destruction, the country's law enforcement officials…
(2020-06-01). 'They Need Our Help': As CBO Projects $16 Trillion GDP Loss Due to Pandemic, Sanders and Schumer Demand Relief for Working Families. commondreams.org Sens. Bernie Sanders and Chuck Schumer demanded to know on Monday how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell can remain committed to passing no additional coronavirus relief for working families. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/unemployment_coronavirus_1.jpg …
(2020-06-01). Libyan War Escalates as Regional Powers Attempt to Gain Stronger Influence. globalresearch.ca Alarms are sounding in Europe as Turkey, Russia and Arab states could potentially agree on shared influence in Libya, and therefore the entirety of the eastern Mediterranean, according to some experts. This comes as European states have no influence over …
(2020-06-01). The Great COVID-19 Vaccines to the Rescue Hoax. "Making A Billion Dollars" vs. "Harmful Side Effects" globalresearch.ca Instead of serving the public interest by reporting truthfully on major issues, establishment media serve as press agents for powerful interests. | Their managed news misinformation and disinformation includes the myth of barbarians at the gates to support endless wars on …
(2020-06-01). Rage Against the United States of Institutionalized Inequality and Injustice. globalresearch.ca Public rage in dozens of US cities goes way beyond the killing of African American George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. | Like countless others in the US, Floyd was a victim of institutionalized racism, inequality and injustice….
(2020-06-01). Our Disaster: Why the United States Bears Responsibility for Yemen's Humanitarian Crisis. commondreams.org Sanaa, Yemen. 30th Apr, 2020. A health worker wearing a protective suit sprays disinfectant on the hands of people at a market in the old city of Sanaa, amid concerns of the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). (Photo: Hani Al-Ansi/dpa/Alamy Live News.) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-06-01_at_10.02.36_am.png …
(2020-06-01). Central Florida FRSO condemns Florida curfews. fightbacknews.org In response to the nationwide uprisings in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd, Florida cities and counties along the I-4 corridor, such as Tampa, Orlando, and Polk County, have announced curfews in an attempt to deescalate protests. In addition, Governor Ron DeSantis has deployed the National Guard to Tampa. The Central Florida District of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns these measures as they are motivated by aims to suppress the popular movements against the continuing brutality of the police against the African American community. | Tampa mayor Jane "Cover-up" Castor announced on Ma…
(2020-06-01). Nationwide Uprisings Against Failed States Triggered by Police Killings. globalresearch.ca The nationwide uprising sparked by the murder of George Floyd and other recent racially-motivated events is a response to the bi-partisan failed state in which we live. It comes in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic and the largest economic …
(2020-06-01). Amid lockdown, dissenting voices choked in Indian universities. peoplesdispatch.org Two student-activists of the Aligarh Muslim University were apprehended by the police in the State of Uttar Pradesh on May 28. With a growing number of such arrests, human rights defenders in India are raising concern about the ongoing COVID-19 crisis being used to target critics of the government and control dissent…
(2020-06-01). Police Attacked Protesters After Kneeling for Solidarity Photo Op, Activists Say. truthout.org Some of the police officers who have been prominently photographed kneeling or praying alongside demonstrators against police violence have turned around and harmed protesters soon afterward, according to numerous accounts posted by activists on social media. | Twitter user @NeeNeinNyetNo, for example, showed an image of Orlando Police praying with protesters and wrote, "Literally 45 minutes later they maced us in the face for the crime of standing in their vicinity." | t.co/85a6zU…
(2020-06-01). Beating Swords Into Plowshares. popularresistance.org Inscribed on a wall across from the United Nations in New York City are ancient words of incalculable yearning: | "They will beat their swords into plowshares | and their spears into pruning hooks. | Nation will not take up sword against nation, | nor will they train for war anymore." — Isaiah 2: 4 | I've stood with activists in front of that same wall singing Down by the Riverside, a song promising we'll lay down our swords and shields, -"and study war no more, no more."
(2020-06-01). Global Research: Reader-funded Research and Insight. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | While we must always hold on to hope, true peace can only be achieved through awareness and action. With recent tragic events in the US, we are reminded of Professor Peter Dale Scott's words: "The future of our …
(2020-06-01). Thousands in Tampa Bay demand justice for George Floyd and all victims of police brutality. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society hosted a protest May 30 to demand justice for George Floyd and community control of the police. The event corresponded with the National Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression's national day of protest. Reporters estimate 5000 people in attendance at the height of the protest. | A crowd began to form a half-hour before the scheduled time. Hundreds marched to the Temple Terrace Police Department, chanting, "Say his name! George Floyd!" and "No justice, no peace! No racist police!" The protesters circled back to the corner of 53rd Street and Fowler…
(2020-06-01). UN appeals for restraint, 'social cohesion' as protests across the US continue. news.un.org Responding to on-going protests that have spawned violence on all sides across dozens of US cities, the UN Spokesperson on Monday reiterated the Secretary-General's appeal for grievances to be heard in "peaceful ways", met with restraint by police and security forces.
(2020-06-01). Urge your Reps to help end police violence! peaceaction.org George Floyd should still be alive today. Since we can't bring him back to his family, we must take action for justice. We need to take action for justice for George as well as for Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Oscar Grant, Philando Castile, Sandra Bland, Eric Garner and ALL the thousands of people whose names …
(2020-06-01). Brexit transition uncertainty 'poses threat to stability in Northern Ireland'. thecanary.co Uncertainty and lack of time before the end of Brexit transition poses a "potent threat" to prosperity and stability in the north of Ireland, a report has warned.Businesses in Great Britain could decide it is economically unviable to continue operations across the Irish Sea unless flexibility is shown in the EU negotiations, a House of Lords committee warned.The country will have to follow EU rules on agriculture and manufactured goods, ensuring access to its single market and keeping the border with the Republic of Ireland free-flowing in a key concession maintaining a decades-old peace.The group of peers said:…
(2020-06-01). Houston police launch investigation into mounted officer trampling protester on video. nationofchange.org "We are aware of a video circulating showing one of our mounted patrol horses and a citizen. We are currently reviewing the circumstances behind the incident."
(2020-06-01). Iran Calls on the US to Stop Internal Oppression. telesurenglish.net The United States has to stop the violence against its own people, Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Abbas Mousavi said Monday. | RELATED: | This comes as hundreds of thousands of protesters in over 30 cities have taken to the streets across the U.S. following George Floyd's assassination by the police on May 25. The demonstrators have been violently repressed by police since Wednesday. | "To the American people: the world has heard you…
(2020-06-01). Los Angeles demands justice for George Floyd and other victims of police terror. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – On Saturday, May 30, as part of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression's National Day of Protest, a huge crowd filled Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights to demand justice for George Floyd and others killed by police and racist vigilantes. Organized by Centro CSO, a member organization of NAARPR, the protest featured a lineup of speakers who've lost loved ones at the hands of LAPD, East Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Long Beach PD, and other police forces in the area. | Centro CSO members and allies who spoke at the protest called for solidarity with Black people against po…
(2020-06-01). Palestinians Protest Israel's Medical Negligence of Cancer Patient Prisoner. imemc.org Dozens of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip reportedly staged a demonstration, on Sunday, in protest of what they said Israeli maltreatment of a Palestinian prisoner held in Israeli jail. The protesters, representing many Islamic and national Palestinian political factions in the coastal enclave, showed solidarity with prisoner Kamal Abu Waer, …
(2020-06-01). "Let's Burn the Whole Thing Down": Death, Protest and George Floyd. globalresearch.ca Mobs are unruly, headless things. The message is the action. The platform is often violence. But what is happening across the United States cannot simply be labelled as a looting-leads-to-shooting episode. It ranks as another chapter of enraged despair. | It …
(2020-06-01). Indian power sector workers to hold protest day against privatization. peoplesdispatch.org Electricity employees and engineers across India will observe a National Protest Day on June 1, to oppose the proposed Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2020. It is being led by the National Co-ordination Committee of Electricity Employees and Engineers (NCCOEEE), a broad based united platform of almost all the national federations of electricity employees and engineers. The proposed amendment will give more power to private players in the power sector and comes at a time when the country is combating the COVID-19 pandemic, with stakeholders unable to properly respond to the Bill.
(2020-06-01). Trump Threatens With Martial Law Due to Protests. telesurenglish.net United States President Donald Trump declared himself Monday "the president of law and order" while his country is immersed in a clash between protesters and members of the forces of law. | RELATED: | In a speech given in the Rose Garden, Trump referred to the local governments' allegedly inefficiency to shut down the protests, and made a review about what the riots have brought. | "Several local governments have…
(2020-06-01). Minneapolis Protests Police Murder of George Floyd: Day 7. unicornriot.ninja Minneapolis, MN — Extended protests have continued in the Twin Cities and a vigil site has become ensconced in the intersection around the where a black man named George Floyd brutally lost his life to a now-former Minneapolis police officer. The Twin Cities is still…
(2020-06-01). Employees Hold Virtual Walkout to Protest Facebook Inaction on Trump Posts 'Advocating Violence Against Black Demonstrators'. commondreams.org Employees at Facebook—many of whom are continuing to work from home because of the coronavirus pandemic—organized a virtual walkout on Monday to pressure the social media giant to apply a tougher standard to President Donald Trump's posts, particularly those about recent and ongoing nationwide demonstrations provoked by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/facebook.housing_0.jpg …
(2020-06-01). Racism and Racial Terrorism Has Fueled Nationwide Anger. truthout.org Image Credit: Courtesy E. Mackey | In the largest nationwide uprising since the 1960s, protesters shut down cities across the United States over the weekend following the police killing of George Floyd, an African American man in Minneapolis. "These are not just repeats of past events," says scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. "These are the consequences of the failures of this government and the political establishment … to resolve these crises." | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in…
(2020-06-01). Minneapolis Neighborhoods Defend Against Police and White Supremacists. truthout.org As protests against racism and state violence continue nationwide following the killing of George Floyd, neighborhoods in Minneapolis are facing increasingly brutal police crackdowns and heavy militarization of the city by the National Guard. And even as Minneapolis residents continue agitating against police violence, some are also organizing to defend themselves against the threat of violence from white supremacists who have been accused of coming to the city to burn buildings in neighborhoods of…
(2020-06-01). First US Citizen Convicted For Protests At Nuclear Weapons Base In Germany. popularresistance.org 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 of its nuclear bombs and where German pilots train to use them in possible attacks against Russia. There have been repeated arrests and detentions of US citizens during protests at the Bàºchel base since 2017, but no charges have been brought to trial until now. The judge sentenced all three to fines equivalent…
(2020-06-01). Corona Crisis and Leviathan: Big Brother Comes to Your Town and iPhone. Drones and Contract Tracers. globalresearch.ca Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois is proposing the Orwellian (and improperly capitalized) COVID-19 Testing, Reaching, And Contacting Everyone (TRACE) Act, offering states and locales $100 billion with which to become total police states. | The bill would provide funds for localities …
(2020-06-01). Beijing Sees Trump's Hand and Won't Fold. globalresearch.ca Stranger things have happened. | Everyone was expecting US President Donald Trump to go nuclear by de facto sanctioning China to death over Hong Kong. In an environment where Twitter and the President of the United States are now engaged in …
(2020-06-01). China Asks State-Firms to Halt Purchases of US Farm Goods. telesurenglish.net China told state-owned firms to halt purchases of soybeans and pork from the United States (U.S.) after Washington decided to eliminate special treatment for Hong Kong to punish Beijing, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. | RELATED: | "China has asked main state firms to suspend large scale purchases of major U.S. farm products like soybeans and pork, in response to U.S. reaction to Hong Kong," one of t…
(2020-06-01). Zimbabwe: US Ambassador Summoned Over Accusatory Statements. telesurenglish.net United States ambassador to Zimbabwe, Brian A. Nichols, was summoned by the country's government over a senior White House official declaration about the African nation using George Floyd's death's riots to tamper with his country's internal affairs. | RELATED: | Robert O'Brien, Donald Trump's national security advisor said the country was among external adversaries."Countries such as Russia, China, Iran, and Zimbabwe w…
(2020-06-01). Association of a Province-Wide Intervention With Salt Intake and Hypertension in China. jamanetwork.com This cross-sectional study evaluates the change in urinary sodium excretion and other factors associated with blood pressure during a government-led, multisectoral, province-wide 5-year intervention in Shandong Province, China, from 2011 to 2016.
(2020-06-01). The Relief Bills, Plandemic & COVID Conspiracies feat. Colleen Sweeney | Along the Line Ep.91. projectcensored.org On today's episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon explore the coronavirus relief bills and speak with Colleen Sweeney, a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry…
(2020-06-01). Venezuela Inaugurates New Fuel System, Increases Local Production. venezuelanalysis.com The new model features dual prices, dollar payments and private import permits, ending the state's 50-year monopoly on fuel supply.
(2020-06-01). US Tankers in Persian Gulf Will Not be Safe If Iranian Oil Shipments Seized: Political Analyst. globalresearch.ca A Canadian political analyst said the US is well aware that its oil tankers that are freely moving in the Persian Gulf would be exposed to retaliation if it attempts to seize Iranian oil shipments carrying fuel to Venezuela. | ***…
(2020-06-01). Venezuela: FM Denounces US Pressure Against Mexican Aid Company. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Foreign Minister, Jorge Arreaza, Sunday denounced the U.S. government's influence over the Mexican company Libre Abordo and Schlager Business Group's bankruptcy. | RELATED: | "Given the illegal and criminal pressures by the U.S. government, the Mexican firm that swapped Venezuelan oil for food and humanitarian supplies declared bankruptcy. This is how Washington violates human rights in Venezuela and free trade's rights," Arreaza tw…
(2020-06-01). DR Congo Reports New Ebola Outbreak Amid Fight Against COVID-19. telesurenglish.net The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has detected a new Ebola outbreak in the northwest Equateur province around the city of Mbandaka, adding to the country's health woes as it is also attempting to battle the coronavirus pandemic. | RELATED: | "We will send (to Mbandaka) the vaccine and medicine very quickly," Health Minister Eteni Longondo told Monday a press conference, adding that he planned to visit the site of the outbreak at th…
(2020-06-01). WHO to support DR Congo as Ebola resurfaces in the northwest. news.un.org The World Health Organization (WHO) will assist the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as it confronts a new Ebola outbreak in the northwest amid the novel coronavirus pandemic and other challenges, agency chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday.
(2020-06-01). Coronavirus Propaganda Mimics War Propaganda. globalresearch.ca In the period leading up to the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Bush administration and its media accomplices waged a relentless propaganda campaign to win political support for what turned out to be one of the most disastrous …
(2020-06-01). America Never Valued Care Workers. Then a Pandemic Hit. thenation.com America Never Valued Care Workers. Then a Pandemic Hit.
(2020-06-01). Coronavirus has exposed how years of infantilisation have left England a nation of children. thecanary.co The
(2020-06-01). Germany's Homeless Face Down the Coronavirus. thenation.com Johanna Maria Fritz, The Nation, Magnum Foundation Germany's Homeless Face Down the Coronavirus…
(2020-06-01). Coronavirus: Analyse des Krisenmanagements. globalresearch.ca Wir machen unsere Leser auf die Zusammenfassung dieses wichtigen durchgesickerten Berichts aufmerksam, der im Auftrag der BMI — Bundesministerium des Innern, erstellt wurde. | We bring to the attention of …
(2020-06-01). "It's All Bullsh*t" — Three Leaks that Sink the COVID Narrative. globalresearch.ca The science of the coronavirus is not disputed. It is well documented and Most people won't get the virus. | Most of the people who get it won't display symptoms. | Most of the people who display symptoms will …
(2020-06-01). Why business needs to address the social impacts of COVID-19: an interview with Lise Kingo, UN Global Compact chief. news.un.org As businesses struggle to cope with the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, they need to remain aware of their responsibilities as partners in efforts to build a sustainable future, says the outgoing head of the UN Global Compact, the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative.
(2020-06-01). Arms Control and Disarmament: A Failed Marriage. globalresearch.ca The ongoing pandemic makes us obsessively aware of the precariousness of life, and if from the U.S., the mendacious incompetence of our political leadership. Yet, it also makes most of us as obsessively complacent when the threats seem remote and …
(2020-06-01). Assessing the Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Program—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply We studied the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) oversight and management of an industry-funded prescriber education program aimed at improving prescriber practices and reducing adverse events from use of prescription opioids. Five years into the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) program governing extended release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioids, the FDA was unable to evaluate the effect of the REMS on prescribing behavior or safety outcomes.
(2020-06-01). Assessing the Opioid Analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy Program. jamanetwork.com To the Editor We note the review by Heyward et al critiquing the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) oversight of the extended-release/long-acting (ER/LA) opioid analgesic Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS). The authors' conclusions reiterate those that the FDA presented at a public advisory committee meeting on May 3 and 4, 2016, regarding the assessment of the ER/LA REMS, a voluntary continuing education (CE) program. At this meeting, there was discussion of how this REMS was 1 among many educational activities and other interventions being implemented at local, state, and federal levels to ad…
(2020-06-01). Israeli Troops Confiscate Palestinian-owned Vegetable Stands in Jordan Valley. imemc.org Israeli troops reportedly removed by force, a number of Palestinian-owned vegetable stands, early on Monday, in the Al-Aghwar area of the Jordan Valley, eastern West Bank. Local Palestinian sources in agriculture-rich Ein Albayda' and Bardala villages of Al-Aghwar, said that an Israeli army force broke into Al-Aghwar and began removing …
(2020-06-01). Distracted and looking the other way: 30 days to the next crisis. truepublica.org.uk TruePublica Editor: While the pandemic swirls throughout society and wreaks havoc to public health and then the economy, the general public are largely unaware that Tuesday, June 30th is one of the most important days in the history of Great Britain. As if the pandemic is not enough cover for this huge event, the remaining …
(2020-06-01). An uprising was inevitable. nationofchange.org "Being Black in this country means being at war on every front in every space at every moment."
(2020-06-01). IACHR Warns Ecuador on COVID-19 in Amazon's Indigenous Nations. telesurenglish.net The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expressed concerns Saturday about the number of COVID-19 infections and deaths among Amazon's Indigenous people in Ecuador. | RELATED: | "The IACHR alerts the (Ecuadorean) state to the special vulnerability of Indigenous peoples and recalls the need to take extreme measures to guarantee their right to health through intercultural, gender and intergenerational solid…
(2020-06-01). Space Force Is a Dangerous Shift Toward Weaponizing space. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-06-01). FARC-EP Ex-Member Son Murdered In Colombia. telesurenglish.net Nineteen years-old Jhon Carlos Montaño, son of a former FARC combatant, was killed in a rural area of the Colombian Department of Huila, Common Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC) denounced Monday. | RELATED: | Jhon Carlos was the son of Jose Montaño, a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) ex-combatant who survived an attack against his life. On Saturday, in the same Department but Campoalegre muni…
(2020-06-01). Colombia: Another Indigenous Leader Murdered in North Santander. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, leader Joel Villamizar was murdered in the village of Río Colorado, in rural Chitagá, near the United Indigenous Reservation in the department of Norte de Santander. | RELATED: | The Territorial Authorities Association and U'wa Councils of Colombia denounced the murder on its official Twitter page. | The organization announced in a statement that Villamizar was the education coordinator for the U'wa…
(2020-06-01). Ecuador: Sustainable cattle farmer eases COVID-19 crisis with free milk for families. news.un.org As the COVID-19 pandemic shuts down dairy supply hubs across the Amazon region of Ecuador, one local cattle farmer with an abundance of milk on his hands has stepped up to offer it free-of-charge to families in need, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
(2020-06-01). Lawyers of George Floyd Family to Open UN Human Rights Case, Seek Sanctions Against US. mintpressnews.com If there ever was a clear cut case for human rights abuse, it is the ongoing and pervasive disregard for communities of color by the police and concomitant prison-judicial complex in America.
(2020-06-01). Israeli Troops Abduct 23 Palestinians Across the West Bank. imemc.org Israeli Troops reportedly abducted, earlier on Monday, at least 23 Palestinian residents, including a child and a former prisoner, across the Palestinian West Bank. In Ramallah city, local sources confirmed that Israeli troops invaded the Almazr'a village, north of the city, as well as the Ni'lin village, to the west, …
(2020-06-01). Israeli Army Vehicles Invade and Raze Land East of Gaza City. imemc.org Armored Israeli military vehicles incurred, earlier on Monday morning, into farm lands east of Gaza city. Media sources and witnesses said that several armored Israeli vehicles including bulldozers incurred into the Mallaka area, tens of meters, just east of Gaza city. Witnesses added that the invading force began razing farm …
(2020-06-01). Two Palestinian Brothers Begin Demolishing their Homes in Jerusalem. imemc.org Two Palestinian brothers, on Saturday, demolishing their two homes in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabal al-Mukaber, after the demolition was ordered by the Israeli municipality, the Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. Imad and Ahmad Mashahreh said that they were given demolition notices, and decided to embark on the feat of …
(2020-06-01). Israeli Police Forces Demolish 4 Palestinian-owned Homes Inside Israel. imemc.org Israeli occupation police, on Sunday, demolished four homes under construction in the Arab city of Tira, inside the 1948 occupied lands, known as Israel. The justification given by authorities for the demolition, was the alleged lack of a building permit, Shehab News reported. According to witnesses, police stormed the city, …
(2020-06-01). European Union Calls for a Halt to Israeli Demolition Policies. imemc.org The European Union (EU) missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah released a statement last week, regarding a spike in Palestinian-owned home demolitions ordered and carried out by Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank so far in 2020, Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported. The statement noted that Israeli demolition of Palestinian …
(2020-06-01). Mueller Investigated Former Lebanese Phalangist, Trump Advisor, for Ties to Egyptian Dictator. globalresearch.ca The ranks of Republican consultants are filled by hoaxsters, swindlers and crooks. In the era of Trump, this phenomenon has become even more pronounced. One of them is Walid Phares, a
(2020-06-01). From Soft to Hard Fascism: "Get in Your House Right Now!" globalresearch.ca There can no longer be any doubt—America is now a full-blown fascist state. In the past, authoritarian fascism was kept reserved in the shadows, largely out of the public eye, but in a remarkably short period of time it has …
(2020-06-01). Racist Killing and Impunity. globalresearch.ca A social culture where perception of others is not conditioned by skin tone is obtainable. In the process of getting there, a system of law with no impunity for racism and with exemplary punishment for agents of the state in …
(2020-06-01). I'm the Pied Piper. The Need for a Mass Movement in America. globalresearch.ca In 1966 Crispian St. Peters wrote and sang the hit song 'The Pied Piper'. It resonates well in 2020 with this current Snake Oil Salesman: | The Pied Piper | You | With your masquerading, and you | Always contemplating …
(2020-06-01). Racism in the United States. globalresearch.ca If anyone needed another reminder that Black lives simply don't matter in the United States of America, the police in Minneapolis have clearly demonstrated that fact. | It will be a long time before I will forget the picture of Derek …
(2020-06-01). The Decline of American Liberalism. globalresearch.ca The American liberal tradition has become increasingly superfluous with the triumphal ascendancy of a corrosive and reactionary conservative political ideology that was consecrated during the 'Reagan Revolution' of the 1980s and steadily gained influence in every succeeding presidential administration that …
(2020-06-01). Franck Report Issued in June 1945 by Nuclear Physicists Against Using the Atomic Bomb Against Japan. globalresearch.ca You can be forgiven for never hearing about The Franck Report that was issued on 11th June 1945, it was kept highly secret at the time and is one of those many WWII documents whose un-censored versions have only become …
(2020-06-01). Central and South America now 'intense zones' for COVID-19 transmission. news.un.org Greater solidarity must be shown to Central and South American countries which have become "the intense zones" for COVID-19 transmission, a top official with the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
(2020-06-01). COVID-19 disrupting services to treat non-communicable diseases, WHO survey finds. news.un.org The fight against COVID-19 has severely disrupted services to prevent and treat cancer, diabetes, hypertension and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) which kill more than 40 million people each year, according to a new survey published on Monday by the World Health Organization (WHO).
(2020-06-01). Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque compound on day of its reopening. peoplesdispatch.org The Al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem was closed due to the COVID-19 threat for the last 70 days and was re-opened on Sunday. The Israeli police also arrested three Palestinians from the site on Sunday…
(2020-06-01). The UN's Anti-Poverty Proposal for Latin America: A "Basic Emergency Income" cepr.net The economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis on Latin America could be potentially devastating, according to a new Special Report by the UN's Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The report, based on the available data in mid-April, has estimated a -5.3 percent drop for the region's GDP growth in 2020 — …
(2020-06-01). The Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 and Physical Distancing. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint emphasizes the importance of mitigating the mental health consequences of social distancing in the COVID-19 era.
(2020-06-01). Will Covid-19 Be a Turning Point in the Fight Against Racial Disparities in Health Care? thenation.com Will Covid-19 Be a Turning Point in the Fight Against Racial Disparities in Health Care?
(2020-06-01). World slowly starts travelling again: UN Tourism Organization. news.un.org After months of lockdowns, countries are cautiously starting to ease travel restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19, according to research published Monday by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). Secretary-General Zurab Pololikashvili, stressed "the need for vigilance, responsibility and international cooperation as the world slowly opens up again."
(2020-06-01). An Impending Crisis: COVID-19 in Haiti, Ongoing Instability, and the Dangers of Continued U.S. Deportations. counterpunch.org Prepared remarks by Jake Johnston to Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson's forum on COVID-19 and ICE's deportation of detainees to Haiti First, I want to thank Congresswoman Wilson for convening this forum and for her leadership on this issue. The introduction of legislation mandating a halt to these deportations is a concrete and necessary step. I'd
(2020-06-01). Meeting the Care Needs of Older Adults Isolated at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint stresses the importance of recognizing and directly addressing the challenges created by COVID-19 era physical distancing in the care of older adults.
(2020-06-01). UK failure to support Covid-19 vaccine collaboration is 'shameful' on global stage. truepublica.org.uk TruePublica Editor: As the UK prepares itself to crash out of the European Union and sign a trade deal with America — Downing Street continues to side with Donald Trump, if not overtly — more indirectly. It has been known for a few months now that Donald Trump, in his odd quest to weaken America's …
(2020-06-01). Sanders and Schumer Respond to CBO Estimate Pandemic May Cause $16 Trillion in Long-Term Economic Harm. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2020-06-01). Patriotism has little stature when the need for international collaboration has never been so important. nationofchange.org Rather than encouraging the collective, global scientific approach the pandemic desperately needs, Trump deliberately isolates the United States from such a required international response.
(2020-06-01). Republican Attacks on State and Local Government Are Yet Another Assault on Black People. cepr.net Democrats in Congress have been pushing for a large amount of assistance for state and local governments in the next pandemic aid package. The finances of these governments have been devastated by the pandemic, with all of them seeing massive shortfalls in revenue due to the shutdowns and the weak economy that is projected for …
(2020-06-01). UK job vacancies collapse by 92 per cent. truepublica.org.uk By the time the lockdown was announced, firms had stopped posting new vacancies almost entirely. New postings on 25 March were just 8% of their levels in 2019. Vacancies fell across the wage distribution. The fall was sharpest in low-paid occupations directly affected by social distancing measures, but new vacancies for higher-paid jobs in legal and managerial …
(2020-06-01). Unfinished Hammering of Labor and Production. dissidentvoice.org On May 28, 2020, John Lonski, chief economist at Moody's Capital, said: Both the troubling outlook for debt repayment and the unfinished hammering of an already weak labor market underscores the highly speculative nature of the latest rallies by equities and corporate bonds. In addition, corporate earnings have yet to escape from a now deep …
(2020-06-01). Yes, the Looting Must Stop. commondreams.org In 1981, when Ronald Reagan ended the New Deal era, crushed labor unions, and massively cut the top personal and corporate tax rates, he kicked off the most massive and widespread looting of America since the 1920s. (Photo: Bob Daugherty/AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/donald_ronald_0.jpg …
(2020-06-01). Americans Have Long Ignored Iraqis—Now Is the Perfect Time to Connect With Their Stories. commondreams.org A woman holding her child looks at US soldier from the 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment securing her house during a house to house assessment mission in Baghdad, 09 January 2008. (Photo by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/iraq_11.jpg …
(2020-06-01). Removing the Thyroid From Images, Not From Patients. jamanetwork.com In March 2011, a major earthquake and tsunami hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, causing the reactor to melt down. Five years later, children living near the plant were reported to have rates of thyroid cancer 20 to 50 times that of other children in Japan. This finding, however, appeared to stem from a systematic thyroid ultrasonographic screening program—one that did not extend to the rest of Japan. Other investigators applying the same screening protocol to children in other Japanese regions found that the rate of thyroid cancer detected by screening did not differ meaningfully from that i…
(2020-06-01). Biden's Disability Policy Plan Is Surprisingly Good. thenation.com Biden's Disability Policy Plan Is Surprisingly Good…
(2020-06-01). Police Need Real Reform, a Fresh Start. progressive.org Because policing has for so many years been the realm of white males, there are still vestiges of white supremacy and racism within its ranks.
(2020-06-01). German Leaked Docs and Coronavirus. strategic-culture.org What is more important, taking stern measures to fight the Coronavirus or maintaining our civil liberties and freedoms? Leaked German government documents may have the definitive answer.
(2020-06-01). This Is What a Revolution Looks Like. truthout.org There has never been a weekend in the U.S. quite like the one we just experienced. | Many comparisons of this moment have been made to the fury that
(2020-06-01). Don't Let Trump Use This Moment to Sneak in Domestic Terrorism Laws. truthout.org There's something ironic about a fascist president labeling an anti-fascist movement "terrorists." It could be a joke, if it didn't have such terrifying implications for civil liberties. | Yet in an attempt to deflect responsibility for kindling the flames of white nationalism and racism over the course of his administration, President Donald Trump's scapegoat of the day is the left. He
(2020-06-01). Senator Plans Amendment to End Transfer of Military Equipment to Local Police. truthout.org With the militarization of local police forces on full display as heavily armed cops and armored vehicles "I will be introducing an amendment to t…
(2020-06-01). Four More Years of Donald Trump Could Delay Global Emissions Cuts by 10 Years. truthout.org Modelling suggests there are only very limited circumstances where the While the immediate effects will be felt at home, ultimately, the knock-on impacts of "the Trump effect" will be "even more detrimental" for international efforts…
(2020-06-01). Avoid using sprinklers in evening, gardeners urged amid high water demand. thecanary.co Gardeners are being urged to avoid using sprinklers in the evening as dry weather and the lockdown continue to drive high demand for water. | The call by industry body Water UK comes after what is expected to be the driest May for England since 1896, with official figures published by the Met Office later on Monday. | Forecasters say the weekend's sunny weather, which saw crowds of people flock to beaches and beauty spots across England ahead of lockdown restrictions being eased on Monday, will continue until midweek. | Water UK said there was no shortage of water, but everyone using more at the same time as they…
(2020-06-01). Codecheck confirms reproducibility of COVID-19 model results. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's COVID-19 Response Team has published the script to reproduce its high-profile 16 March coronavirus report, as it passes a codecheck.
(2020-06-01). The Frontlines Of Venezuela's Fight Against COVID-19. popularresistance.org Since the emergence of COVID-19 in December of last year, when it became evident that this would be a global pandemic, epidemiologists made it clear that in the fight against the new coronavirus the key would be to flatten the curve. To do so, two very important factors should be taken into account: reducing the contagion rate and increasing the capacity of the healthcare system. In other words, the objective is to flatten the curve to a level that allows a reinforced healthcare system to attend to all the cases. | That is why, early on, the Venezuelan government decided to adopt strategies that would tend to fla…
(2020-06-01). Some Countries Have Brought New Cases Down To Nearly Zero. popularresistance.org Perhaps the greatest success story is New Zealand, which has stopped local transmission and has a plan to completely eliminate the virus from its territory. | "The lesson is that it can be done," says Siouxsie Wiles, an associate professor of microbiology in New Zealand. "Obviously, the longer you leave it, and the more cases there are, the harder it becomes. But that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try." | Wiles heads up the Bioluminescent Superbugs Lab at the University of Auckland. Much of her work focuses on antibiotic resistance and infectious diseases. When the coronavirus hit, she got involved in communicat…
(2020-06-01). Ethics Groups Call On Coronavirus 'Vaccine Czar' To Disclose Potential Conflicts. popularresistance.org The Trump administration's decision to hire its new "vaccine czar" as a private contractor, rather than a government employee, has alarmed some ethics experts who say the designation will involve him in programs that could channel millions of federal dollars into the development of coronavirus vaccine and treatments without requiring he disclose financial holdings or potential conflicts. | When it was announced two weeks ago that Moncef Slaoui would head up "Operation Warp Speed" to find and distribute a vaccine, the administration described him as "chief advisor," but did not explicitly say he would not be a for…
(2020-06-01). US Drone Assassinations Continue Despite German Effort To Restrict Them. popularresistance.org A year after a German court issued a ruling that would have dramatically restricted U.S. drone operations in accordance with international law, no substantive changes have taken place, as the lawsuit that led to the March 2019 ruling is still stuck in the appeals process. | The lawsuit, filed by Yemeni engineer Faisal bin Ali Jaber over the killing of two family members, alleges that the German government intentionally ignored U.S. forces' use of Ramstein Air Base, near Mannheim, as a vital data transfer point in drone assassinations. Those drone operations often kill civilians in areas where the United States ha…
(2020-05-31). Is the THAAD Missile Crisis in South Korea Escalating? dissidentvoice.org 
Why are thousands of South Korean Riot Police Bashing Anti-THAAD Protestors? According to South Korea's Yonhap News Agency, on May 28th, 2020, "The Ministry of National Defense and the USFK (United States Forces in Korea) engaged in a transportation operation in the middle of the night to bring equipment to the Seongju THAAD [missile defense] …
(2020-05-31). Palestine: surrendering or preparing for a third intifada? thealtworld.com 
Through its failed foreign policy, the US administration has unwittingly and unwillingly become the greatest supporter of the "Axis of the Resistance" led by Iran. Along with Israel, Washington is, in fact, globally encouraging countries to rebel against its dominance. Israel effectively contributed to the creation of Hezbollah by invading Lebanon in 1982. The US contributed to the creation of Hashd al-Shaabi in 2014 when it refused to help Iraq to defeat ISIS. Both Israel and the US fostered the creation of Syrian resistance groups and pushed President Bashar al-Assad to join the "Axis of the Resistance" by thei…
(2020-05-31). Capitulation ou préparation d'une troisième intifada? thealtworld.com 
Par sa politique étrangère ratée, l'administration américaine est devenue, à son insu et contre son gré, le principal soutien de l'Axe de la Résistance dirigé par l'Iran. De concert avec Israà´l, Washington encourage globalement les pays à se rebeller contre sa domination. Israà´l a effectivement entraàÆné la création du Hezbollah en envahissant le Liban en 1982. Les USA ont contribué à la création des Hachd al-Chaabi en 2014 en refusant d'aider l'Irak à vaincre Daech. Israà´l et les USA ont tous les deux encouragé la création des groupes de la résistance syrienne et poussé le président Ba…
(2020-05-31). National Guard, Now Authorized to Use Live Ammo, Flood America's Streets. thealtworld.com 
Already deployed in multiple states, over 10,000 guardsmen are scheduled to flood Minneapolis streets — representing the first time in its 164-year history that the organization has been fully mobilized — and they have been authorized to carry live ammunition. | MPN— The national security state and the military are joining forces with the police and national guard to counter the nationwide protest movement that has exploded since the police killing of unarmed black man George Floyd on Monday. | In response to the police capitulation in Minneapolis, leaving their precinct to be burned down, Minnes…
(2020-05-31). A Note from the Ministry of Staple Guns. dissidentvoice.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 …
(2020-05-31). Racism & police repression are the symptoms, capitalism is the disease, socialism is the cure. liberationnews.org 
The Party for Socialism and Liberation condemns the lynching murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department.
(2020-05-31). Another night of unrest in the US as Black Lives Matter protests continue. thecanary.co 
Protests over the killing of George Floyd and other police killings of Black people in the US grew on 30 May from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles.The protests began in Minneapolis after a police officer killed Floyd by holding a knee to his neck until he stopped breathing. They've now gained momentum with another night of unrest after months of coronavirus lockdowns.National unrest: The unrest has since become a national phenomenon as protesters decry years of Black deaths at police hands. More than 1,300 people have been arrested in 16 cities since Thursday, with more than 500 of those happening in Los A…
(2020-05-31). Dominic Raab denies knowing where Dominic Cummings was while de facto PM. thecanary.co 
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has admitted he did not know the whereabouts of Boris Johnson's senior adviser while he stood in for the prime minister.Raab said when Johnson was taken into hospital with coronavirus (Covid-19) and he was left in charge, all he knew was that Dominic Cummings "was out of action because he had come down with coronavirus".He added that he "was not focused on his movements at all" and "wasn't aware of them".Asked when he found out Cummings had left London and travelled to Durham, Raab told Sky's Sophy Ridge on Sunday: "I'm not sure. But to be honest with you, when the story broke was w…
(2020-05-31). Union urges government to 'draw back' on school reopening, saying staff, pupils and families 'deserve better'. thecanary.co 
The government has been urged to drop plans to reopen primary schools to pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 on Monday 1 June. Current plans could see all primary schools in England returning to normal before the summer holidays.Schools, colleges and nurseries closed more than nine weeks ago due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, remaining open only for vulnerable youngsters and the children of key workers. From Monday, class sizes will be limited to 15, with government guidance suggesting desks should be spaced further apart.Unions urge government to "draw back" plans: However, unions have called…
(2020-05-31). Ocasio-Cortez: "If You Want to End Unrest, End the Conditions That Create It" truthout.org In a video message posted to Instagram on Saturday amidst days of nationwide protest in response to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota earlier this week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued a plea to anyone calling for the end of the "unrest" stirred by brutality and oppression to focus on the root causes of poverty, distrust, and violence in American society. | "If you are calling for an end to this unrest… but you are not calling for the end to the conditions that…
(2020-05-31). Palestinian Prisoner in Israeli Jail on 21st Day of Hunger Strike. imemc.org Palestinian prisoner, Sami Janazreh, 47, has embarked on the third hunger strike over the past four years of incarceration. According to the Palestinian Prisoners' Society, prisoner Janazreh from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, has been on hunger strike for 21 days consecutively, in protest of his Administrative Detention inside Israeli prison. …
(2020-05-31). "The people of the United States are fed up" peoplesdispatch.org Claudia de La Cruz of The People's Forum and The Popular Education Project talks about the protests in the US in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
(2020-05-31). New Footage Reveals Moments Before George Floyd's Death. unicornriot.ninja Minneapolis, MN — While unprecedented protests erupt across the nation, new surveillance footage has surfaced online of the moments before the death of George Floyd. The 46-year-old unarmed African American man was accused of forgery before he was killed by Minneapolis Police Officers on May…
(2020-05-31). Turkey attacked Rojava's water supply. Now an international campaign is trying to repair the damage. thecanary.co An international The Water for Rojava campaign has | Revolution in Rojava: | Rojava is the area of Kurdista…
(2020-05-31). MSM Is Creating A Race War To Hide The Revolution, As "COVID" Control Measures Forced In Everywhere. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/31/20). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2020-05-31). Blocked from sending our weekly newsletter. truepublica.org.uk By Rob Woodward — TruePublica: In the month of May (up to this morning), TruePublica had 599,106 visitors who read 958,569 pages of content. The site experienced a DOS or DDOS attack and prevented probably another 100,000 or so people accessing stories about Dominic Cummings and the shenanigans of the Boris Johnson government in the …
(2020-05-31). PCHR: "In Under 15 Hours: IOF Kills Two Palestinians, Including a Person with Disability, in Ramallah and East Jerusalem" imemc.org The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (CPHR): Within less than 15 hours, Israeli occupying forces killed two Palestinian civilians, including a person with disability, and injured another person with disability in new crimes of excessive use of lethal force in two separate incidents in Ramallah and East Jerusalem. According to …
(2020-05-31). "We demand an income for each student in France, financed by social security" peoplesdispatch.org As part of the national lockdown to fight COVID-19, France closed down schools, colleges and universities from March 17. After the government started reopening schools after May 11, at least 70 new cases of COVID-19 were reported from schools across France. The government then ordered the closure of the schools which reported new infections. However, the development has raised serious concerns among the students, teachers and parents. Here, Peoples Dispatch talks to Anais Fley, National Secretary of the Union of Communist Students (UEC), regarding the vulnerabilities faced by students during the lockdown and thei…
(2020-05-31). Democracy — removing our representative rights. truepublica.org.uk By TruePublica: The letter sent to MPs from the Speaker Lindsay Hoyle last Friday spelt out a request by Tory Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg to reconvene parliament. The request really means only 50 MPs will be in the Commons Chamber from next Tuesday. The new hybrid online system that was working …
(2020-05-31). Silicon Valley Has Effectively Banned the Freedom of Speech. It's Time We Take It Back. strategic-culture.org Somewhere along the road of America's development, corporations were blessed with not only 'personhood,' but with the power to sanction what sort of messages were permissible to enter the public realm. Let's be clear: This sort of corporate control, which borders on pure fascism, has no place in a democracy. | There is no need to ask. There is no need to be polite. There is no need to debate. It is only necessary to point to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution for this fundamental human right, inscribed into law over 200 years ago, to be returned to the American people. | "Congress shall make no law resp…
(2020-05-30). In the West: Propaganda, Hysteria and Truly Foul Breath! dissidentvoice.org If it wasn't so tragic, it would be laughable: the political brigands in North America and Europe are fuming, spitting and rolling their eyes upwards towards the ceiling. They are pointing fingers in all directions, shouting incoherently "China!", "Russia!", "Venezuela and Cuba!", "Iran!"; "You, You, YOU!". China and Russia are quietly building a new world, …
(2020-05-30). Minneapolis police leader defending George Floyd's killers tied to 'white power'-linked biker gang. mronline.org 
From The Grayzone vault: The record of a pro-Trump Minneapolis police leader defending the killers of George Floyd reveals a past marred in accusations of racist violence, including charges from fellow police officers that he once wore a "white power" badge on his motorcycle jacket.
(2020-05-30). Caught in a Madhouse without My Mask. dissidentvoice.org 
Caught with their proverbial pants down? The blustery conversations tied to corona virus, lockdown, Trump LLC, Pelosi and Comp., and the failed state that is the USA are to be expected. It is a country of nanosecond attention spans. A country with amnesia in vitro. A country that has sacrificed future and future-future generations for …
(2020-05-30). Capitalism = Death: U.S. government response to COVID-19 mirrors ineptitude and malfeasance of response to HIV epidemic. liberationnews.org 
To compare the early years of the HIV epidemic to the COVID-19 pandemic is to relive a nightmare…
(2020-05-30). The Monster Enters: COVID-19, Avian Flu and the Plagues of Capitalism — book review. mronline.org 
Mike Davis' The Monster Enters updates his earlier book on capitalism and pandemic disease to reflect on the current failure of the neoliberal state, finds Elaine Graham-Leigh…
(2020-05-30). Corrections Officers And Formerly Incarcerated People Protest Unsafe COVID-19 Conditions. therealnews.com 
Corrections officers joined prison abolitionists in a caravan rally protesting the lack of promised testing, PPE, and release of prisoners at four Maryland prisons.
(2020-05-30). Catastrophe capitalism and the COVID-19 crisis. mronline.org 
àñ≈ûK: In an interview with Michael D. Yates ("Trump, neo-fascism, and the COVID-19 Pandemic,"April 11, 2020, MR Online) you mentioned that "Capitalism is in its biggest crisis this century." What makes this crisis the "biggest"? What will the outcome of this crisis look like? Will this crisis and failure lead to a major change in …
(2020-05-30). Families, in times of pandemic and always. mronline.org 
Families vary, in terms of their composition, structure, and functioning, but all play a key role in society and require special attention from government.
(2020-05-30). Us or them: Who pays for the pandemic? greenleft.org.au 
(2020-05-30). Government advisers warn lockdown lifting too early as crowds flock to beaches. thecanary.co 
A growing number of expert advisers to the government on the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis have expressed concern about plans to ease lockdown restrictions in England from 1 June.As people flocked to beaches and beauty spots in the sweltering heat over the weekend, Professor Peter Horby, of the University of Oxford, joined scientists Jeremy Farrar and Professor John Edmunds, all members of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), to warn that ministers are taking risks.Boris Johnson has announced that from 1 June in England, friends and families can meet in parks and gardens in socially distanced gro…
(2020-05-30). Government's 'mixed messages' cause chaos as people flock to beaches ahead of lockdown easing. thecanary.co 
People have flocked to beaches and train stations to enjoy the sunny weather ahead of lockdown restrictions being eased on 1 June.Hundreds swarmed to popular beaches, and the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) warned that "mixed messages" from the government has caused travel chaos. | Temperatures have soared well above the average for the time of year, with clear skies and highs of 28C on Saturday, according to the Met Office.Many people enjoyed the sunny weather on the coast by Durdle Door, near Lulworth in Dorset, despite police forces urging the public to "think twice" before travell…
(2020-05-30). The Heat: U.S.-China tensions. america.cgtn.com 
United States President Donald Trump lashes out at China and says the U-S is pulling out of the World Health Organization.
(2020-05-30). From fighting with guns to fighting the pandemic. news.un.org In countries suffering from conflict, readjusting to life in a peaceful society is a challenge, both for former fighters and the wider community. Since the spread of the COVID-19 crisis, the UN is having to refocus many of its programmes, aimed at reducing violence in communities, and rehabilitating combatants.
(2020-05-30). [Correspondence] Towards more balanced representation in Lancet Commissions. thelancet.com Enthusiastically, Richard Horton1 reports on the foundation of the Italian Institute of Planetary Health at a time when youth strikes, an emerging pandemic of a new coronavirus, and burning forests remind us of our planet being in jeopardy. We agree that something must change so that the undoubtable advances in science and medicine that were made since the time of Lucretius translate into a better life for all humans, no matter who they are, where they were born, and where they live and work.1 Yet, the lamented crisis of trust in science and medicine cannot be overcome by concepts of global health or planetary he…
(2020-05-30). [World Report] Fears of "highly catastrophic" COVID-19 spread in Yemen. thelancet.com Yemen's health system has been devastated by years of conflict and COVID-19 deaths are reported to be surging in Aden. Sharmila Devi reports.
(2020-05-30). [Comment] Justice and health: The Lancet—Health Equity and Policy Lab Commission. thelancet.com Justice forms the foundation for what we owe each other and what fairness among human beings and institutions involves. Globally, there are large inequalities in health outcomes and opportunities for health. Not only is the global burden of disease distributed unevenly but capabilities to prevent and treat disease are also asymmetrical; those in greatest need often have the least access to human, physical, and financial resources for health. Global health justice provides an account of what justice across our planet embodies, offers solutions to global health problems, and identifies who has responsibilities and…
(2020-05-30). [Perspectives] A call for food system change. thelancet.com In shutting down entire societies, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fundamental inequities and inadequacies of market-driven economies that prioritise profits over human welfare. Inequities show up in businesses that furlough employees while paying high salaries and bonuses to executives. They are also revealed by the dependence of food systems on poorly paid workers and cheap global supply chains. The COVID-19 crisis demonstrates how current food systems fail to protect populations from hunger and diet-influenced non-communicable diseases and why the poor, disenfranchised, discriminated against, and chronic…
(2020-05-30). [Correspondence] The health-related determinants of politics. thelancet.com I was pleased to read Richard Horton's Comment about populist politics.1 However, the problem of political populism and solution that he charts out seem somewhat non-sequitur.
(2020-05-30). [World Report] COVID-19 strains remote regions of Peru. thelancet.com The health system in Iquitos is stretched and the true number of COVID-19 cases and deaths is unclear. Barbara Fraser reports from Lima.
(2020-05-30). [Editorial] COVID-19 in Africa: no room for complacency. thelancet.com Despite over 100‚Äà000 confirmed cases and infections in every country, the passage of COVID-19 through the African continent remains somewhat enigmatic. High numbers of deaths were expected in the region due to fragile health systems, lack of access to preventive measures, barriers to testing, and potentially vulnerable populations. But, according to WHO, Africa is the least affected region globally, with 1 ∑5% of the world's reported COVID-19 cases and 0 ∑1% of the world's deaths. Although comparisons are inaccurate, mortality rates have been lower compared with outbreaks of similar si…
(2020-05-30). [Correspondence] Cost-effectiveness of transitional US plans for universal health care. thelancet.com The USA stands alone as the only high-income country not to provide health care as a human right, leaving almost 80 million of its citizens without adequate insurance.1—3 In a 2020 study, we found that securing quality health care for the entire country would save 68‚Äà000 lives and 1 ∑73 million life-years annually.4…
(2020-05-30). [Comment] Offline: After COVID-19—is an "alternate society" possible? thelancet.com How do we make sense of this pandemic? The first interpretations are now appearing. Slavoj ≈Ωi≈æek is a prolific philosopher and cultural theorist. He is the first to produce a volume of reflections—Pandemic! COVID-19 Shakes the World (Polity, 2020). ≈Ωi≈æek doubts the epidemic will make us wiser: he insists that "we should resist the temptation to treat the ongoing epidemic as something that has a deeper meaning". Despite these cautions, we still have an important question to answer: "What is wrong with our system that we were caught unprepared by the catastr…
(2020-05-30). [Correspondence] Time for global health diplomacy. thelancet.com 2019 was The Lancet's Year for Nutrition. Highlights included reports from the EAT-Lancet Commission1 and The Global Syndemic Commission,2 both emphasising that global trade systems must be transformed to ensure healthy and sustainable diets. But what developments can be expected following these reports? We might get an indication by considering what has happened since The Lancet's 2009 Trade and Health Series. This Series criticised the trade agreements of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for being detrimental to global health, among other things, by facilitating unhealthy diets.
(2020-05-30). Fight budget cuts in cities. workers.org Philadelphia Dozens of Philadelphia city workers wearing masks, standing on chalked X marks 6 feet apart, chanted, "Kenney's cuts hurt" and "Trash this budget," during a "Day of Action for a Just Philly Budget" on May 26. Protesters held signs for an hour in front of City Hall as spokespeople . . . |
(2020-05-30). Trump Veto Student Loan Debt Relief Measure Will Save Government 0.02 Percent of Projected Spending. cepr.net Yesterday Donald Trump vetoed a resolution passed by Congress, which would have left in place rules making it easier for students to default on debt owed to for-profit colleges that had engaged in deceptive marketing practices. The Washington Post told readers that this veto is expected to save the government $11 billion over the next …
(2020-05-30). Life and death for Yemen's women and girls, as funding evaporates. news.un.org In mid-May, just as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Yemen, funding for UNFPA's life-saving reproductive health services dried up. The agency has been forced to suspend the provision of reproductive healthcare in 140 out of the 180 health facilities, it supports, meaning only 40 now remain.
(2020-05-29). Headlines for May 29, 2020. democracynow.org Protests Rage After Minneapolis Prosecutor Does Not Bring Charges Against Officers Who Killed George Floyd, Scores Tear-Gassed, Arrested as Protests Against George Floyd's Killing Spread to Other Cities, Twitter Flags Trump Tweet for Glorifying Violence After President Attacks Minnesota Protesters as "THUGS", Trump Executive Order Threatens to Punish Social Media Companies over Fact-Checking, U.S. Economy Sheds Another 2.1 Million Jobs, Leaving 40.7 Million Unemployed Since Start of Pandemic, Pennsylvania Democratic Lawmakers Accuse Republicans of Knowingly Exposing Them to Coronavirus, Protesters Demand ICE Empt…
(2020-05-29). As Pandemic Epicenter Shifts to Latin America, Gov'ts Use COVID-19 as Pretext for Police Repression. democracynow.org 
As the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic shifts to Latin America, so too has the use of COVID-19 as a pretext for police repression. "We're seeing that COVID-19, like other pandemics before it, magnifies structural discrimination. And sadly, it's often the most marginalized that are the first targets," says Louise Tillotson, co-author of a new Amnesty International report on the abuse. We also go to San Salvador to speak with journalist Jorge Cuéllar.
(2020-05-29). Twitter Warns Trump Tweet Glorifies Violence as He Signs Executive Order to Weaken Social Media. democracynow.org 
As President Trump calls Minneapolis protesters "THUGS" and tweets, "when the looting starts, the shooting starts," Twitter flags the tweet with a warning it glorifies violence, just as Trump signs an executive order to punish social media companies for how they monitor content. "Trump has prospered through his use of social media and its attention-hoarding algorithms to basically disinform and misinform people," says Ramesh Srinivasan, professor in the Department of Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
(2020-05-29). "It Was Murder": Minneapolis Demands Charges in Police Killing of George Floyd, Calls to Defund Cops. democracynow.org 
As thousands take to the streets of Minneapolis to protest against the police killing of George Floyd for the third night in a row, we go to Minneapolis to speak with City Councilmember Jeremiah Ellison. Police pointed an automatic rifle at his head in 2015 when he was peacefully protesting the police killing of another African American man, Jamar Clark. We also speak with Kandace Montgomery with the Black Visions Collective, which is calling for the abolition of police.
(2020-05-29). Exclusive images from inside British court expose Assange's un-democratic treatment, physical deterioration. thegrayzone.com Photographs surreptitiously taken inside a British courtroom and provided to The Grayzone show a visibly disoriented Julian Assange confined to…
(2020-05-29). Taiwan and WHO in the COVID-19 pandemic. mronline.org 
The ruling establishment's intrigue against the WHO might seem at odds with Taiwan's failed bid to join the World Health Assembly (WHA) this past May, but there was no contradiction between Taiwan being seen fighting a David and Goliath-like battle with both the WHO and China, thereby flaring up geopolitical tensions from without. Both served …
(2020-05-29). Essential Remittances To Africa Devastated By Coronavirus Pandemic. therealnews.com 
Families dependent on remittances from seasonal workers are facing a crisis, even in countries without widespread COVID-19 cases.
(2020-05-29). George Floyd's murder: The spark for a powderkeg of racism. peoplesworld.org 
People's World coverage of the George Floyd murder: | 'I can't breathe!': Minneapolis erupts in protest after George Floyd murder: | 'When the looting starts, the shooting starts': Trump revives segregationist war cry:…
(2020-05-29). New Details Of Deadly No-Knock Warrant Show Just How Reckless Police Can Be. therealnews.com 
PAR uncovers new information on the dangers of serving no-knock warrants and analyzes the raid that killed 26-year-old EMT Breonna Taylor. Cop watcher Kenneth Dunham alleges continued intimidation from local Oregon police.
(2020-05-29). Anthony Romero on Leading in a Time of Crisis. aclu.org 
Anthony Romero started his job as executive director of the ACLU just seven days before September 11, 2001, and he's been with us ever since. The subsequent "war on terror" presented new and widespread threats to civil rights and civil liberties. Now, he faces a new challenge: leading the ACLU during the COVID-19 pandemic. He joined the podcast this week to discuss how the ACLU is navigating the current moment., , "In moments of crisis, in moments of fear, civil liberties are often imperiled," Romero told our host, Emerson Sykes. The organization has had to "adjust to our understanding of what liberty and free…
(2020-05-29). Against police violence and capitalism, to rebel is justified. workers.org 
Workers World salutes all the brave protesters in Minneapolis, currently ground zero against police terror. We also salute those activists in Los Angeles, Memphis and other cities who are organizing protests and braving the pandemic to be in the streets or in car caravans to show solidarity with the demand: . . . |
(2020-05-29). Millions jobless, benefits hard to get — We need a federal unemployment system. peoplesworld.org 
The current federal-state unemployment insurance (UI) system in the United States was a disaster waiting to happen. And when COVID-19 forced large parts of the economy to shut down in recent months, the disaster proved to be even worse than feared. With the number of newly unemployed people now officially passing 40 million (with millions more uncounted), …
(2020-05-29). Baltimore Mayoral Candidate Wants to Limit Mayoral Power. therealnews.com 
Baltimore's upcoming primary election will be notable and not just because residents will primarily vote by mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The mayoral election on June 2 comes after a massive corruption scandal led to a federal indictment against the previously-elected mayor in 2019. As a result of that corruption scandal, there is a heated debate over whether the city should reform its "Strong Mayor" system of governance that gives more power to Baltimore's City executive than any other major city, offers few checks on their power and many argue, enabled the 2019 scandal. | One leading mayoral candidate, Cit…
(2020-05-29). 3rd degree murder charge for George Floyd's killer; activists say #RaiseTheDegree. peoplesworld.org 
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)—The Minneapolis police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed Black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday and charged with murder. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Derek Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter, after …
(2020-05-29). 10 radical new albums to banish your coronavirus blues. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-05-29). Media Elite Denounce Looting Even as Billionaires Reap Record Profits from Taxpayer-Funded Bailouts. mintpressnews.com A mountain of studies on wealth inequality have shown its corrosive effect on social cohesion, with the more unequal a society gets, the less likely people are to see themselves as participants in a community and view others as a threat.
(2020-05-29). Screen Shot 2020-05-28 at 3.31.34 PM.png. progressive.org The Trump Administration is handling the COVID-19 pandemic in the same way the Trump Organization has handled the real estate business—with bluster, overconfidence, and fudged numbers.
(2020-05-29). Peacekeepers exemplify 'service, sacrifice and selflessness', in face of pandemic. news.un.org To honour the more than 3,900 women and men who have lost their lives under the UN flag since 1948, Secretary-General António Guterres laid a wreath at the Peacekeepers' memorial on Friday, International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
(2020-05-29). Twin Cities Protest Death of George Floyd: Day 3. unicornriot.ninja Minneapolis, MN — Protesters are continuing to gather outside the Minneapolis Police (MPD) 3rd Precinct building today after extended protests and clashes with police yesterday. The Twin Cities is still engulfed in mass outrage after MPD officer Derek Chauvin was filmed choking a black man…
(2020-05-29). Nine in 10 smokers start before they are 18 years old, warns WHO. news.un.org Tobacco products continue to kill eight million people a year who get hooked via a $9 billion a year marketing strategy. That's the warning from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday, which has said that even during a global pandemic, the tobacco and nicotine industry has continued to promote products that limit people's ability to fight new coronavirus and recover from the disease.
(2020-05-29). Immigrants in Limbo Speak Out. progressive.org DACA and Temporary Protected Status holders seek road to citizenship.
(2020-05-29). Recidivism Will Only Decrease if Successful Reentry is Embraced as an Antidote for Mass Incarceration. aclu.org While there are many policies drafted and bills legislated, really the only components that comprise successful reentry to the community are skills, support, and shelter. Thinking about what I needed when I came home from prison looks much different now than it did 20 odd years ago. Back then, I thought serving my time in prison was my punishment; I didn't know I was facing a life sentence after leaving prison. And for many people reentering society after leaving incarceration, that's what reentry is — a life sentence., , When the corrections officer stopped by my bunk to tell me I was being paroled, my…
(2020-05-29). President Trump has No Idea How Online Speech Works. aclu.org Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at bullying social media companies and online platforms into changing how they moderate content online. The order came the day after President Trump tweeted that Republicans feel that social media platforms silence conservative voices. And, notably, just days after Twitter's decision to place a fact-checking
(2020-05-29). Maine's ISP Privacy Law Does Not Violate the First Amendment, Much as ISPs Would Like for It To. aclu.org Without many of us even realizing it, our use of the Internet reveals deeply private information about us, ranging from the contents of our communications to details about our finances, health, and exact location. This information — especially when aggregated — provides an intimate window into our personal lives and can reveal a great deal of personal, private information about us, like our health care needs and personal or political beliefs., , For each of us, there's at least one entity that can see perfectly through that window: our "broadband information access service" provider, more commonly…
(2020-05-29). COVID-19: Countries support 'one-stop shop' to share science and research. news.un.org Thirty countries and numerous international partners have underlined the need to make tests, treatments and other technologies to fight COVID-19, available to people everywhere.
(2020-05-29). Bill Gates' Web of Dark Money and Influence — Part 3: Health Surveillance, Event 201 and the Rockefeller Connection. thelastamericanvagabond.com Lockdowns, Contact Tracing, Digital Certificates, and Vaccines Over the last four months Bill Gates has made dozens of media appearances where he has called for several controversial "solutions" to COVID-19. Gates says these proposals must be implemented before society can go back to "normal." From calling for extended lock downs, health surveillance (aka contact tracing) …
(2020-05-29). Trump's Dangerous Drug of Choice. progressive.org Trump's advocacy of taking hydroxychloroquine to combat COVID-19 is putting vulnerable people in unnecessary danger, at the potential expense of people who need the medication to live.
(2020-05-29). Smart Ass Cripple: Going to the Doctor While Deaf. progressive.org If you're deaf and need to communicate with hospital staff during the pandemic, that's when the nightmare really begins.
(2020-05-29). Into the heart of the NHS — an American backed spy programme at the centre of Brexit. truepublica.org.uk By RobWoodward: Palantir is a special ops company. It is considered at best as a controversial and highly opaque company that has long sought to sell governments an unmatched power to sift and exploit information of any kind for any purpose. Its billionaire owner Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal, through Palantir has worked for …
(2020-05-29). Identifying clusters central to South Korea's COVID-19 response. imperial.ac.uk South Korean interventions controlled the transmission of COVID-19 quickly, resulting in a smaller epidemic made up of "clusters" of cases.
(2020-05-29). Imperial develops coronavirus outbreak simulation tools for 137 countries. imperial.ac.uk Imperial have developed coronavirus outbreak simulation tools for 137 countries to help healthcare services plan their response to the pandemic.
(2020-05-29). Mobile data shows high compliance with lockdown rules across the UK. imperial.ac.uk People across the UK drastically reduced their movement outside of home following lockdown, although slight rises have occurred since April.
(2020-05-29). Misfolded proteins and simulating the Universe: News from the College. imperial.ac.uk Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
(2020-05-28). "Fight Back!": ACT UP Members & Tony Kushner Remember Trailblazing AIDS Activist Larry Kramer. democracynow.org 
We discuss the life and legacy of Larry Kramer, the legendary writer and trailblazing activist in the fight against AIDS, who has died at the age of 84. Kramer helped start Gay Men's Health Crisis and ACT UP to demand life-saving drugs, and faced off with Dr. Anthony Fauci before the two became friends. Many credit Kramer for saving thousands of lives. We hear from Kramer in his own words at the 2019 anti-corporate Queer Liberation March and host a roundtable with two former ACT UP members: "Gay USA" host Ann Northrop and Yale epidemiologist Gregg Gonsalves. We also speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright To…
(2020-05-28). Headlines for May 28, 2020. democracynow.org U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 100,000, Minneapolis Erupts in Flames as Protesters Rage Against Police Killing of George Floyd, China Tightens Grip on Hong Kong with New National Security Law, House of Representatives Holds First-Ever Remote Vote Amid Coronavirus Pandemic, Protesters Surround Sing Sing Prison Demanding Release of Prisoners at Risk of COVID-19, Researchers: 6 Feet of Social Distancing Might Not Be Enough to Stop Coronavirus Spread, Doctors Without Borders Warns of Spike in Coronavirus Cases Among Florida Farmworkers, Brazilian Police Raid Fake News Network Linked to Son of Far-Right President, A…
(2020-05-28). "No Justification": Minneapolis Demands Murder Charges for Police Officer Who Killed George Floyd. democracynow.org 
Parts of Minneapolis erupted into flames Wednesday night as residents again took to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by white police officer Derek Chauvin on Monday. A viral video shows Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd's neck for a number of minutes as Floyd repeatedly says "I cannot breathe." Three other officers stood by as George Floyd suffocated. They have been identified as Tou Thao, Thomas Lane and J. Alexander Kueng. All four officers were fired on Tuesday. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has called on prosecutors to file criminal charges against Derek Chauvin. We speak wit…
(2020-05-28). We're Working to Safeguard Our Democracy and Our Health. aclu.org 
No one should have to choose between their health and their vote, but during the Wisconsin primary, an estimated
(2020-05-28). Re-elect Sue Bolton to Moreland Council. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-05-28). Screen Shot 2020-05-28 at 1.58.44 PM.png. progressive.org Why the United States bears responsibility for Yemen's humanitarian crisis.
(2020-05-28). Minneapolis Protests Police Murder of George Floyd: Day 2. unicornriot.ninja Minneapolis, MN — Protesters are continuing to gather outside the Minneapolis Police (MPD) 3rd Precinct building today after extended protests and clashes with police yesterday. The Twin Cities is still engulfed in mass outrage after MPD officer Derek Chauvin was filmed choking a black man…
(2020-05-28). Yemen: Humanitarians seeking $2.41 billion to keep aid flowing amid COVID-19 pandemic. news.un.org UN agencies and their global partners are seeking $2.41 billion to fight COVID-19 spread in Yemen while continuing to support millions affected by the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
(2020-05-28). We're Taking Clearview AI to Court to End its Privacy-Destroying Face Surveillance Activities. aclu.org For several years, a little-known start-up based in New York has been amassing a database of billions of our faceprints — unique biometric identifiers akin to a fingerprint or DNA profile — drawn from personal photos on our social media accounts and elsewhere online. The company has captured these faceprints in secret, without our knowledge, much less our consent, using everything from casual selfies to photos of birthday parties, college graduations, weddings, and so much more., , Unbeknownst to the public, this company has offered up this massive faceprint database to private companies, police,…
(2020-05-28). Washington Post Tells Readers About Trump's "Existential" Threat to China. cepr.net Thankfully, it is not a nuclear war. Apparently the Washington Post thinks plans considered by Trump to delist Chinese companies from U.S. stock exchanges and to make it more difficult for the country to trade in dollars will pose an "existential" threat to the country. While these plans, which put into practice, will almost certainly …
(2020-05-28). Venezuela Cuts Back Oil Production, Mulls Gasoline Price Hike. venezuelanalysis.com Four Iranian tankers carrying fuel and additives have arrived in recent days.
(2020-05-28). Security Council: Paralysis and 'political infighting' must end, to boost COVID-19 fight: EU foreign affairs chief. news.un.org The global coronavirus pandemic is testing the multilateral system like never before and the Security Council must stop the "infighting", and step up to the challenge, the European Union's foreign policy chief told the 15-member body on Thursday.
(2020-05-28). Edge of Sports: A Dangerous Game. progressive.org It should be the status of the virus, and not the wishes of humans, that sets the dates for reopening the sports world. But the people in charge do not seem to be listening.
(2020-05-28). COVID-19: Act now or risk 'unimaginable devastation' globally, warns UN chief. news.un.org Unless countries across the world act together now, the COVID-19 pandemic will cause "unimaginable devastation and suffering around the world", UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday at a virtual high-level meeting on financing for development.
(2020-05-28). We Can't Trust the IMF and World Bank to Lead the COVID-19 Recovery. cepr.net Jacobin See article on original site The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank played a central role in shaping our current model of globalization, imposing policies that held countries back from climbing up the income ladder, weakened health systems, and subordinated development outcomes to the whims of private capital. As the vulnerabilities of this …
(2020-05-28). Federal Prison 'Should Not Be a Death Sentence'. progressive.org Advocates press for the release of Native inmates due to COVID-19.
(2020-05-28). Bill Gates' Web of Dark Money and Influence — Part 2: The COVID-19 Operation. thelastamericanvagabond.com This piece will continue our look into Bill Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Please see part 1 before reading. In part 2, we will focus on the role the Foundation has played in the response to COVID-19, as well as the influence the organization has on global health institutions. Before we dive …
(2020-05-28). Latin America and Caribbean: Millions more could miss meals due to COVID-19 pandemic. news.un.org Some 14 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean could experience severe food insecurity this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to projections released on Thursday by the World Food Programme (WFP).
(2020-05-28). The Impact of the Pandemic on Young People's Employment and Economic Security. cepr.net Young people's employment rate has been trending down over the past several decades. Factors include increasing school attendance, declining federal support for summer jobs, and the Great Recession. In Spring 2001, about 42 percent of 16 to 19-year-olds and 71 percent of 20 to 24-year-olds were employed. By Spring 2011, in the wake of the …
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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.
(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…
(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.
(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…
(2020-05-27). Far right Hungarian government launches new assault on trans rights. liberationnews.org 
Hungary's racist, homophobic, transphobic right-wing government has continued its efforts to divide the Hungarian working class by depriving trans and intersex people of their right to legally change their gender.
(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.
(2020-05-27). On Peacekeepers Day, UN to spotlight vital role of women peace operations. news.un.org In observance of the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, on Friday, Secretary-General António Guterres will lay a wreath to pay tribute to all the UN blue helmets who have lost their lives since 1948.
(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.
(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.
(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
(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 …
(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 …
(2020-05-27). Putting Schools Online Won't Save Money. Here's What Will. progressive.org School districts are facing a severe budget crisis, but education via software isn't the solution.
(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
(2020-05-27). All The Numbers Are Wrong, Not Just COVID & They're Being Used To Justify "Immunity Passports" thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/26/20). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2020-05-27). Pandemic Relief Makes the Rich Richer. progressive.org In the midst of the greatest medical and economic crisis in modern history, Congress chose to give a tax break almost exclusively to Americans making more than $1 million a year…
(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…
(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…
(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."
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(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…
(2020-05-26). 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.
(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.
(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 …
(2020-05-26). Other Nations Lead the Way. progressive.org How China, South Korea, and Germany developed effective strategies for fighting COVID-19.
(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.
(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.
(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.
(2020-05-26). Minneapolis Police Murder Handcuffed Man With Neck-Kneel. unicornriot.ninja Minneapolis, MN — "I can't breathe" were some of the last words of the latest victim to police terror. Memorial Day in Minneapolis saw the echoing of the same words as Eric Garner before he was killed by police six years earlier. For over eight…
(2020-05-26). Closer Look At The COVID Profit-Motive, Bill Gates' Flexner Report 2.0 & Congress' Quiet Israel Push. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/25/20). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(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.
(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.
(2020-05-26). Encampment to 'Free Them All' Outside GEO ICE Detention Center. unicornriot.ninja Aurora, CO — An encampment outside the GEO Group's ICE detention facility in Colorado sprung up on Saturday evening, May 23, with the demand: free them all. The camp-out is in direct response to an announcement by the Tri-County Health Department on May 21 stating…
(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…
(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…
(2020-05-25). How many dead Yemenis does it take to equal one Washington Post contributor? thegrayzone.com The War Nerd dissects reporting on Saudi Arabia to show how the corporate media cares more about a dead Washington…
(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
(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.
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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…
(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.
(2020-05-24). Climate Crisis: EU Green Stimulus, Meat Apocalypse, Public Lands, Climate Music. therealnews.com 
In this week's Climate Crisis News Roundup, COVID-19 has meat production in crisis, but what's its climate impact? And a new report says President Trump has the worst public lands protection record in history, while the EU and Spain will soon release a green economic stimulus plan.
(2020-05-24). Iranian Fuel Tanker Reaches Venezuela, Defying US Threats. venezuelanalysis.com The five Iranian tankers are estimated to carry enough gasoline to supply Venezuela for 50 days.
(2020-05-23). Correction Officers And Inmate Advocates Prepare For Action At Jessup Prison. therealnews.com 
Corrections officers and prison abolitionists will join together Saturday to protest the lack of PPE and testing, and the need for parole, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2020-05-23). Can Sex Workers Survive COVID-19 When The Government Won't Give Aid? therealnews.com 
Sex Workers' rights advocates have been demanding decriminalization of their work, but now under the pandemic regulations even legal forms of sex work like strip clubs have been targeted by the federal government and alienated from government aid.
(2020-05-23). The Heat: China's Two Sessions. america.cgtn.com 
China's Two Sessions continue in Beijing as Premier Li delivers the 2020 government work report.
(2020-05-23). [Commentary] Data explosion during COVID-19: A call for collaboration with the tech industry & data scrutiny. thelancet.com The volume and speed of data generation in biomedical literature, social media, and other resources during the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented. This mountain of data is growing daily across PubMed, Twitter, Google Scholar, and the World Health Organization's COVID-19 database [1], naming a few. The recently published COVID-19 Twitter dataset may offer insights into multiple topics from compliance with social distancing to assembling homemade masks and mental health tips [2]. Beyond social media, the massive COVID-19 Open Research Dataset (CORD-19) has been assembled from tech giants like Microsoft, the Allen I…
(2020-05-23). Bill Gates' Web of Dark Money and Influence — Part 1: Philanthropic Narrative Shaping. thelastamericanvagabond.com In the first few months of 2020, business tycoon and billionaire Bill Gates saw his popularity soar through the roof. According to YouGov, 58 percent of Americans polled about Gates had a positive opinion of him, he is equally liked by men and women, and both Boomers and Millennials adore him. Gates' popularity might have …
(2020-05-23). Global Crisis Spurs Global Activism. progressive.org The COVID-19 Global Solidarity Coalition launches a manifesto for change.
(2020-05-22). "Diarrhea, Dehydration, Hunger, Exhaustion": India's Rural Poor Suffer Most Under Lockdown. democracynow.org 
India just saw its biggest spike in coronavirus cases in 24 hours with 6,000 new reported infections, as an estimated 3 million seek shelter from a powerful cyclone and tens of thousands have no work or food. We go to Mumbai for an update from renowned journalist P. Sainath, founder of the People's Archive of Rural India.
(2020-05-22). Mike Davis: Workers Face "Sophie's Choice" Between Income & Health as 50 States Reopen Amid Pandemic. democracynow.org 
All 50 states will be at least partially reopened this Memorial Day weekend, as the U.S. death toll from the COVID-19 outbreak tops 95,000 and some states prepare for a surge in cases. We're joined by historian and writer Mike Davis, who says in Jacobin that "Reopening the Economy Will Send Us to Hell."
(2020-05-22). FBI Says It Will Investigate Breonna Taylor Shooting Death as Police Chief Announces Retirement. democracynow.org 
We speak with Ben Crump, attorney for the family of Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old aspiring nurse who was shot to death by police inside her own apartment. Her family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Louisville Metro Police Department that details how police shot Taylor at least eight times after they burst into her apartment, unannounced, with a search warrant. The man police were looking for did not live in Taylor's apartment and was reportedly already detained by police when officers arrived at Taylor's residence on the night of March 13. At the time of her killing, Taylor had been working as an e…
(2020-05-22). Third White Man Arrested for Murder in Ahmaud Arbery Shooting as DOJ Considers Hate Crime Charges. democracynow.org 
Authorities have arrested a third white man for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, this one charged with felony murder and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment. We speak with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump about how William Bryan filmed Arbery jogging down a narrow road in Brunswick, Georgia, in broad daylight, before he was confronted by two armed white men — retired police officer Gregory McMichael and his son Travis — who shot him three times. "This was never about any trespassing or burglary," Crump says. "This was always about profiling Ahmaud Arbery because of the color of his skin."
(2020-05-22). Creating a Climate for Real Change. progressive.org The Green New Deal is only a starting point toward a sustainable future.
(2020-05-22). 'Los amigos americanos': Nuevos documentos revelan el espionaje de la CIA contra Julian Assange y el papel del financista de Trump. thegrayzone.com Una investigación exclusiva de The Grayzone revela nuevos detalles sobre el papel crítico que la compañía Las Vegas Sands del…
(2020-05-22). Diane Ravitch on Pandemic School Privatization. fair.org 
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(2020-05-22). The Heat: COVID-19 in Mexico and Global Impact. america.cgtn.com 
Latin America is seeing a surge in cases with Mexico emerging as one of the hotspots. More than 54,000 people have been infected and over five thousand people have died.
(2020-05-22). Episode 85 — ATL Recommendations: What to Watch, Read, and Listen Too in Quarantine. 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…
(2020-05-21). La Riva designated presumptive Peace & Freedom Party presidential nominee in California. liberationnews.org 
The following statement was originally published by the Peace and Freedom Party.
(2020-05-21). The Heat: China's Two Sessions Preview. america.cgtn.com 
China's political season gets underway. What can we expect in the wake of COVID-19?>
(2020-05-21). Trump Claims to Have Venezuela 'Surrounded' as Iranian Tankers Approach. venezuelanalysis.com Venezuela's armed forces will escort the vessels upon reaching territorial waters.
(2020-05-21). US Blocks UNSC Draft Resolution Denouncing Paramilitary Incursion into Venezuela. venezuelanalysis.com Russia, China and other countries criticized violations of Venezuelan sovereignty.
(2020-05-21). Zooming Past Equity in Higher Education: Technocratic Pedagogy Fails Social Justice Test. projectcensored.org By Nolan Higdon and Mickey Huff The response to COVID-19 by governing institutions has altered the lives and practices of people across the nation, including the students, faculty, and staff…
(2020-05-21). Bob Langer The Coronavirus "Common Denominator" Tied To Charles Lieber & Israel's NY "Smart Cities" thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/20/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2020-05-21). Israel Uses COVID To Further Infiltrate US Cybersecurity & US Gov Sets Fire To Wheat Crops In Syria. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/21/20). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2020-05-20). New NYPD press officer co-wrote The Intercept Russiagate story that landed source in prison. thegrayzone.com The Intercept published a story that landed Reality Winner in prison, burning its third source. That article was co-authored by…
(2020-05-20). The Heat: Trump threatens to cut funding to WHO. america.cgtn.com 
U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to permanently cut the funding to the World Health Organization, as countries across the globe deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
(2020-05-20). Media Ignores Israel Connection to Eric Schmidt's Push For NY "Smart Cities" thelastamericanvagabond.com With NY Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announcing that former head of Google, Eric Schmidt, would lead an effort to "reimagine" post-pandemic life in the state, media reports have failed to note that the groundwork for that "reimagining" was laid last year and intimately involves the state of Israel. In recent weeks, considerable media attention has …
(2020-05-20). AT&T Shuts down DirecTV in Venezuela over Sanctions. venezuelanalysis.com The National Assembly will investigate the "rash decision" that affects 600 workers and two million households.
(2020-05-20). Venezuela Sues UK over Frozen Gold Reserves, Loses CITGO Appeal. venezuelanalysis.com The US $1 billion worth of gold would be used in the fight against COVID-19.
(2020-05-19). Washington's tall tale of Iranian-Al Qaeda alliance based on questionably sourced book 'The Exile'. thegrayzone.com A disinformation campaign aimed to justify the assassination of Qassem Soleimani by painting him and Iran as willing enablers of…
(2020-05-19). 'Les amis américains' : de nouveaux documents révèlent l'étendue de l'opération d'espionnage sur Julian Assange. thegrayzone.com Une enquête exclusive de The Grayzone révèle de nouveaux détails sur le rà¥le clé joué par le milliardaire Sheldon Adelson…
(2020-05-19). The Heat: President Xi supports COVID-19 review. america.cgtn.com 
China says it will support an international review of the coronavirus pandemic when the health emergency ends.
(2020-05-19). [Commentary] Corona crisis fuels racially profiled hate in social media networks. thelancet.com The COVID-19 pandemic has the world firmly in its grip with more than 2.5 million confirmed cases worldwide [1] and over 100 countries in full or partial lockdown [2] (as of April 24th, 2020). Although political leaders call for solidarity and people all over the world have started support initiatives, various incidents prove that the corona outbreak has also given rise to a series of discrimination and racist attacks against Chinese people and people with Asian looking features [3—5]. These attacks are not restricted to the physical space but pertain to social media networks as well.
(2020-05-19). Which Side of the "Vaccine Information War" Are You On? thelastamericanvagabond.com The NY Times launches the first shot in the Vaccine Information War. Do you support individual liberty or collective force? In a recently published opinion piece, The New York Times all but declared war against Americans who question the safety of vaccines. Of course, the war being waged is — for the moment — a …
(2020-05-19). Gene-Editing Vaccines: Forced Vaccination vs. Informed Consent In The Age Of COVID-19. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/18/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2020-05-18). Exposed: CIA used Sheldon Adelson's firm to spy on Julian Assange. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal reveals explosive new details on the CIA spying and sabotage operation against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange….
(2020-05-18). Disgraceful yet illuminating reactions to the 2002 coup that briefly ousted Hugo Chavez: IACHR, CPJ and RSF. zcomm.org The Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) The IACHR claimed in 2009 report on Venezuela that its reaction to the "the attempted coup d'état [of 2002] was immediate and decisive" and that it "warned that these acts constituted an interruption of the constitutional order as defined in the Democratic Charter." The evidence it offered
(2020-05-18). Chicago nursing home workers achieve historic contract. liberationnews.org 
Nursing homes are among the places hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2020-05-18). [Commentary] The 2019-nCoV pandemic in the global south: A Tsunami ahead. thelancet.com During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, high-income countries have faced shortages of medical supplies, personal protective equipment (PPE), ICU beds and ventilators [1]. In this unexpected scenario, physicians working in the world's richest nations have been left to decide who will receive mechanical ventilation and, ultimately, who lives and who dies. Most countries in the Global South have yet to experience a significant wave of COVID-19, but are predicted to follow a similar trajectory as the Global North.
(2020-05-18). As Moderna's Covid-19 Vaccine Takes The Lead, Its Chief Medical Officer's Recent Promotion of "Gene-Editing Vaccines" Comes to Light. thelastamericanvagabond.com Moderna's chief medical officer has described the company's products as "hacking the software of life" and permanently altering a person's genetic code. If Moderna is poised to bring the first Covid-19 vaccine to market, a deeper look at his comments and his employer are warranted. More and more frequently, government officials, political pundits and self-appointed …
(2020-05-18). Iran Sends Fuel Tankers to Venezuela, Vows 'Decisive Response' to US Threats. venezuelanalysis.com Crippling US sanctions have caused severe fuel shortages in the Caribbean nation.
(2020-05-18). Part II of the Kent-State Series. projectcensored.org 50 years have passed since Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War. Four students were killed and nine wounded. On this Part…
(2020-05-18). Venezuela Sees COVID-19 Surge as Returning Migrants Surpass 40,000. venezuelanalysis.com Authorities say that 75 percent of recent cases have been "imported."
(2020-05-17). Attempts to whitewash the military coup of April 2002 in Venezuela. zcomm.org Given the overwhelming support opposition voices have been given in western media since Hugo Chavez was first elected in 1998, it is unsurprising that some would have had the audacity to attempt at least a partial whitewash of what the opposition and its foreign allies did in April of 2002. I'll address some of those
(2020-05-17). Venezuela: Guaido's Leadership in Question Following Failed Coup Attempt. venezuelanalysis.com A letter from Silvercorp's lawyers demanding payment has cast doubt on Guaido's denials of involvement in a recent paramilitary operation.
(2020-05-17). [Letter] COVID-19 and Healthcare worker's families: behind the scenes of frontline response. thelancet.com During the COVID-19 outbreak, healthcare professionals are exposed to a high-risk of infection and mental health problems [1], but also fear of contagion and spreading the virus to their families [2]. In fact, considering them as individuals implies looking beyond their function as frontline responders and taking into account their societal role as parents, spouses and offspring.
(2020-05-17). [Letter] Can we operate our patients without fear during the period of COVID-19 infection? thelancet.com We read the paper by Shaoquin LEI and colleagues [1] with great interest. The authors reported 34 patients in whom the infection was revealed after surgery was performed. In this group of patients 15 (44.1%) needed ICU care and 7 (20.5%) died. This retrospective cohort study is the first one to describe the outcome of operative patients with SARS-Cov-2 infection.
(2020-05-17). [Commentary] Serosurveys and convalescent plasma in COVID-19. thelancet.com The current pandemic is not only overwhelming the health systems of the affected countries but also is killing thousands of other ways healthy adults. Convalescent plasma has been proposed [1] and approved to treat COVID-19 based on the experience acquired treating other viral diseases such as influenza, Ebola, and SARS [2]. It is considered a safe treatment (at least its side effects and contraindications are well known) and it has proven to be efficacious in several viral infections for more than a century.
(2020-05-17). [Commentary] COVID-19: Challenges and opportunities in the care sector. thelancet.com Covid-19 has spread around the world at a tremendous pace. On April the 12th, the total number of cases in the UK reached 84,279 including 10,612 deaths [1]. The UK Government introduced measures to reduce the spread of disease and the NHS is operating at full capacity to manage the demand. Meanwhile, more than 2000 care homes in England reported Covid-19 cases, which are underrepresented in national statistics [2]. Charities are calling for urgent action to support older people and the care sector.
(2020-05-17). [Letter] Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing surgeries during the incubation period of COVID-19 infection. What are the implications for the commencement of elective surgery? thelancet.com …
(2020-05-17). [Commentary] The imperative for universal healthcare to curtail the COVID-19 outbreak in the USA. thelancet.com The COVID-19 outbreak in the United States is growing steeply and spreading widely. As of March 26, national incidence surpassed every other country, and as of April 28 has reported over a million cases. The COVID-19 crisis is exposing the systemic frailties in our healthcare system. More than 78 million people in America do not have access to adequate health insurance [1]. Given that health insurance in the US is typically provided by employers, millions more are at risk of losing their healthcare coverage as unemployment surges.
(2020-05-16). Trump Appoints Big Pharma Exec Connected to Bill Gates to Head Vaccine Developments. thelastamericanvagabond.com On Friday, Donald Trump announced his appointment of Moncef Slaoui, a former executive with vaccine manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, to lead "Operation Warp Speed", Trump's plan to fast track the development of vaccines for COVID-19. Slaoui will serve in a volunteer position, assisted by Army Gen. Gustave Perna, the commander of United States Army Materiel Command. According …
(2020-05-16). This U.S. State Has Already Established Legal Means for Mandatory Vaccinations. thelastamericanvagabond.com While the U.S. government and global health "authorities" debate how quickly they can roll out Contact Tracing surveillance programs and fast track vaccines, Americans are left wondering and debating over whether the vaccinations programs for COVID-19 might end up being mandatory. It is true that Donald Trump has acknowledged that, "We are looking for a …
(2020-05-16). Trump Appoints Gates-Tied Pharma Exec As Vaccine Czar & Florida's Mandatory COVID Vaccination Order. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/15/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2020-05-16). Episode 84 — The History of 420 and Teaching in Quarantine with Ben Boyington (Vice President of ACME). 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…
(2020-05-15). Ari Berman on Voter Suppression and Coronavirus. fair.org 
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(2020-05-15). Lancaster, Penn. mobilizes to save prisoners' lives amid COVID outbreak. liberationnews.org 
Members of Party for Socialism and Liberation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania recently initiated a campaign to demand action to protect the lives of incarcerated people.
(2020-05-15). [Correspondence] Steam inhalation and paediatric burns during the COVID-19 pandemic. thelancet.com Steam inhalation is traditionally used as a home remedy for common colds and upper respiratory tract infections. The evidence base of the practice is weak, with unproven theories that the steam loosens mucus, opens nasal passages, and reduces mucosal inflammation, or that the heat inhibits replication of viruses.1,2…
(2020-05-15). [Correspondence] Use of herbal drugs to treat COVID-19 should be with caution. thelancet.com On April 14, 2020, a Chinese official announced at a press conference that indications of three patent herbal drugs were approved to be expanded to include COVID-19 symptoms.1 This included Lianhuaqingwen capsules and Jinhuaqinggan granules for mild conditions, and Xuebijing (injectable) for severe conditions.
(2020-05-15). [Editorial] Riding the coronacoaster of uncertainty. thelancet.com Among all the reports, modelling, and desktop exercises in the past decade devoted to preparing for the next pandemic, when COVID-19 spread worldwide, some of the consequences had surely never been predicted. Scientists who were barely known outside a narrow academic circle are now household names, lauded and vilified in turn in the press and on social media. Twitter subscribers who until a few months ago were apparently experts in European relations or constitutional law are now skilled infectious diseases epidemiologists.
(2020-05-15). [Correspondence] Health inequity during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cry for ethical global leadership. thelancet.com Widespread reports of disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic among already vulnerable communities worldwide, from New York City to New Orleans and Chicago, to the shocking pictures of bodies lying in the streets in Ecuador, represent a prelude of the impact in low-income and middle-income countries, home to more than 80% of the world's population. Disadvantaged people are at higher risk of infection and death from COVID-19, and they have less access to care due to systems that treat health as a commodity and not a human right.
(2020-05-15). Meet The Bio-Psyop Profiteers Behind The COVID Response & Trump To Mobilize Military For Vaccination. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/14/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
(2020-05-14). AI-Powered Medical "Pre-Crime" Is Officially Here To "Fight COVID-19" thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/13/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …