2021-05-17: News Headlines

Phyllis Bennis (2021-05-17). Who Benefits From Israel's Slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza? commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gaza-palestinians-netanyahu1.jpg

teleSUR (2021-05-17). US Supports Israel's Massacre of Palestinians in Gaza Strip. telesurenglish.net The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Sunday held an urgent meeting on the Palestine-Israel issue without reaching an agreement due to the U.S. stance in favor of Israel. | The meeting focused on the spiral of violence unleashed by the Israeli army's endless bombings against the over two million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. | RELATED: | "This senseless cycle of bloodshed, terror, and destruct…

Committee to Protect Journalists (2021-05-17). Israel's Credibility Problem: Air Strikes destroy buildings housing more than a dozen media outlets in Gaza. juancole.com ( Committee to Protect Journalists) — New York — Israeli forces must refrain from bombing media outlets, and should ensure that journalists can work safely and without fear, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On May 11 and 12, Israeli warplanes bombed and destroyed the Al-Jawhara and Al-Shorouk office buildings in Gaza City, which …

WSWS (2021-05-17). Israel escalates assaults on Palestinians with US backing. wsws.org A single bombing in Gaza City overnight Saturday killed at least 42 people, including 12 women and eight children, and wounded 50 others, numbers likely to rise as rescuers bring out victims from under the rubble.

Ahmed Morsy (2021-05-17). Egypt Opens Rafah Crossing with Gaza Strip to Receive Palestinians Injured in Israeli Aggression. globalresearch.ca Egyptian authorities on …

Fight Back (2021-05-17). New York City commemorates Nakba Day. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Over 50,000 people gathered on May 15, in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn in honor of Nakba Day. This day is to remember the violent displacement of over 700,000 Palestinians by Israel in 1948. This action also came after recent events in Sheikh Jarrah, and the airstrikes of Gaza that have killed more than 140 Palestinians. The event was organized by Within Our Lifetime. | The crowd flooded the streets and rallied before marching through the neighborhood. The Bay Ridge community is an especially symbolic area for the action due to its large Palestinian population. People came out of their a…

WSWS (2021-05-17). Protests across Europe against Israeli war on Gaza. wsws.org Demonstrations were held in capitals including London, Paris, Berlin and Madrid.

WSWS (2021-05-17). Thousands protest Israel's bombings in Gaza throughout Australia. wsws.org Thousands of people joined demonstrations condemning the Zionist government's atrocities, held in the face of bipartisan support in the political establishment for Israel.

Juan Cole (2021-05-17). Israel's Total War on Palestinians: Hospital Crisis Grips Gaza in Deadliest Day of Israeli Airstrikes. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — In the deadliest single day of the Israeli air campaign on Palestinian Gaza, 42 were killed on Sunday, according to the BBC, including 16 women and 10 children. The BBC reports from the Gaza ministry of health that "The overall death toll in Gaza now stands at 197 people, including …

Zero Hedge (2021-05-17). Biden Phones Netanyahu: Doesn't Condemn Attack. globalresearch.ca update (4: 10pm): …

Progressive International (2021-05-17). End the Nakba Now. Israeli Bombs Rain On Gaza. globalresearch.ca Palestine is under …

Maureen Clare Murphy (2021-05-17). Gaza in the dark after Israel bombs power lines. electronicintifada.net Health facilities targeted in suspected war crimes as death toll rises.

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2021-05-17). Amnesty International Calls for ICC War Crimes Probe of Israeli Strikes on Gaza Homes. commondreams.org "Deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian property and infrastructure are war crimes, as are disproportionate attacks," said Amnesty International's Saleh Higazi in urging the ICC to investigate Israel's bombings in Gaza. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gaza_child_1.jpg

commondreams (2021-05-17). Israel/OPT: Pattern of Israeli Attacks on Residential Homes in Gaza Must Be Investigated As War Crimes. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Global Research News (2021-05-17). Selected Articles: Israel Charged with War Crimes and Genocide. globalresearch.ca By The government of Israel headed by Benjamin Netanyahu has committed exte…

Eds. (2021-05-17). U.S. defeat in Afghanistan—A contrast with the Soviet experience. mronline.org As'ad AbuKhalil says Western media never regarded the U.S. involvement for what it really was. | May 17, 2021 | Newswire…

Craig Murray (2021-05-17). What Is Left for Palestine? globalresearch.ca Western media and …

Martha Grevatt (2021-05-18). Commentary: Not one dollar for Zionist genocide! workers.org For the first time since the creation of Israel in 1948, U.S. bipartisan support for the Zionist settler state has come under fire on the floor of Congress. "To read the statements from President [Joe] Biden, Secretary [of State Antony] Blinken, General [Lloyd] Austin and leaders of both parties, you . . . |

Peter Koenig (2021-05-17). The Super-Capitalists' Depopulation Agenda. globalresearch.ca The masters behind …

Juan Cole (2021-05-17). Israel's Total War on Palestinians. zcomm.org Hospital Crisis Grips Gaza in Deadliest Day of Israeli Airstrikes…

Staff (2021-05-17). Headlines for May 17, 2021. democracynow.org Israel's Deadly Assault on Gaza Enters Second Week: 200 Palestinians Killed and Media Attacked, India, Nepal Battle Devastating COVID Wave as More Asian Countries Impose Restrictions Amid Surge, Nurses' Union Challenges New CDC Mask Guidelines; Judge Keeps Eviction Ban in Place for Now, Blast in Afghan Mosque Kills 12 as Fighting Intensifies Between Taliban and Gov't Forces, Chilean Voters Select Delegates to Draft New Constitution, Colombian Protests Call for End to State Violence After Suicide of Teen Sexually Abused by Police, GOP Replaces Liz Cheney with Trump Loyalist Elise Stefanik, Texas Set to Enact Draco…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-17). Military Situation In Afghanistan On May 17, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 16, clashes between Taliban and the government forces were reported in the Muqr area | On May 16, the Taliban overrun the Afghan Army's Sardar Safa post south of Dowlat Shah | On May 16, an IED blast was reported south of Jalalabad in Bara Kala area. 3 civilian were killed | On May 16, 3 Afghan Army soldiers were wounded in an attack on Hayatullah Hayat, the Interior Ministery's guards in Herat | Taliban violated the ceasefire in 21 province, 21 civilians wer…

Editorial Team (2021-05-17). The social conformation of the productive forces: why does technology always end up working against us? challenge-magazine.org "Economists explain how production takes place in the above-mentioned relations, but what they do not explain is how these relations themselves are produced, that is, the historical movement that gave them birth." — Karl Marx, The Poverty of Philosophy. | The nature of productive forces is not ideologically neutral. Science, technology and machinery are devoted and subordinate to capital. The Marxists who treat socialism as an inevitable result of expanded production revise the core essence of Marxism: revolutionary struggle. | A Marxist who upholds dialectical materialism knows that the productive forces…

Anonymous103 (2021-05-17). War By Other Means: Who Is Financing The Iranian "6Rang" LGBTQ Organization? southfront.org Illustrative image | Written by The pattern is always unmistakable. The folks who use Usury, Economic Sanctions, Coup d'Etats, Assassinations, and endless Empire Wars, also employ Cultural Marxism, especially when it comes to the targeted character of the LGBTQ movement's slings and arrows against both Christianity and Islam, and against sovereign nation-states who have figured out that Zio-Globalism is the death of their nations a…

Richard Eskow (2021-05-17). As Gaza Burns, Where is Washington's "Respect for Norms" Now? commondreams.org "Let's be clear," writes Richard Eskow. For Israel, recent statements from the Biden administration "are a license to kill." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/3-children-killed-israel-strike-gaza.jpg

Stephanie Hedgecoke (2021-05-18). Syringes for Cuba: Campaign to send vital COVID supplies. workers.org During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuba's Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade sent 53 contingents of volunteer health workers to over 40 countries — in addition to Cuban medical personnel already working in 58 countries. And more than 45 countries requested Cuba's Interferon Alpha 2B protocol to use for . . . |

Lucy Schiller (2021-05-17). In Search of a Place to Cry: The Gray Panthers COVID Memorial. counterpunch.org At last count, Covid-19 has killed 182,000 people in nursing homes—residents and staff alike. That's nearly one-third of all Covid-19 fatalities in the United States. In some states, it's particularly bad: in New Hampshire, for instance, nearly seventy percent of Covid deaths have been linked to nursing homes. At some point in the pandemic, I

Jonathan Turley (2021-05-17). CDC Admits that It Miscalculated the Risk of Outdoor COVID Transmission. globalresearch.ca The

WSWS (2021-05-17). UK: Calls for "gendered perspective" on COVID-19 conceal class issues. wsws.org No doubt, a position as gender advisor on SAGE would be a significant career advance for the successful applicant. It would change nothing for working class women—let alone the working class as a whole.

WSWS (2021-05-17). Reinstate London bus driver David O'Sullivan: For a safe workplace against COVID-19! No to victimisations! wsws.org A London transport worker for three decades, O'Sullivan was sacked for upholding workers' rights to a safe workplace during the coronavirus pandemic.

WSWS (2021-05-17). Yet another COVID-19 death at Faurecia Saline, Michigan plant exposes continued pandemic danger. wsws.org Reports of yet another COVID-19 death at the plant point to the continued dangers faced by workers due to the abandonment of even basic health and safety protocols.

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2021-05-17). "Planned Obsolescence": The Push for Big Pharma's Booster Covid Shots and Annual Vaccinations. globalresearch.ca Last month, the …

WSWS (2021-05-17). Survey of epidemiologists exposes lies that children do not spread COVID-19. wsws.org The findings contradict claims made throughout the pandemic by the entire political establishment, the CDC, the teachers unions and the corporate media, all of which have downplayed the dangers posed to children and society as a whole by the policy of reopening schools.

_____ (2021-05-17). Largest Nurses Union Condemns CDC Rollback On COVID Protection Guidance. popularresistance.org National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, today condemned new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance stating that fully vaccinated people no longer needed to wear masks, avoid crowds or large gatherings, and no longer needed to isolate after exposure or get tested unless they develop symptoms. Nurses say that given the threat to their patients across the country, they are especially disappointed that the CDC would ease up its Covid guidance on the heels of International Nurses Day.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-05-17). Uruguay's trade union center calls for a national strike in June. peoplesdispatch.org Uruguay's trade union center, the Inter-Union Plenary of Workers – National Convention of Workers (PIT-CNT), has called for a 24-hour national strike on June 17 to demand measures to combat the economic and social crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic…

_____ (2021-05-17). Jobs Report Coverage Lacked Context, Worker Perspective. popularresistance.org In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the editorial board of the Financial Times (4/20/20), perhaps the most important newspaper of capital in the English-speaking world, fretted about how the pandemic could upend labor relations. After the Black Death of the 1300s, the paper noted, the population decline meant surviving peasants had the leverage to demand higher pay. The editors assured their readers that nothing so radical was coming due to Covid-19: "A thankfully much lower mortality rate means such a transformation is unlikely," the editors said. | A year later, things aren't going as planned. News outl…

Nina Burleigh (2021-05-17). How Profiteers Hijacked the CDC's Covid Response. thenation.com How Profiteers Hijacked the CDC's Covid Response…

Bryce Covert (2021-05-17). How Teachers Fought for Their Safety in the Pandemic—and Won. thenation.com How Teachers Fought for Their Safety in the Pandemic—and Won…

WSWS (2021-05-17). Sri Lankan government opposes national lockdown despite surging COVID-19 infections. wsws.org Opposition parties are also responsible for the government's criminal policies in response to the pandemic and other social attacks.

Susan Abulhawa (2021-05-18). A conversation with Susan Abulhawa on Zionism. workers.org The following interview with Palestinian activist and author Susan Abuhawa was conducted by Ted Kelly, May 3, 2021. Abulhawa speaking at rally for Palestine in Philadelphia, May 15. WW Photo: Joe Piette Susan Abulhawa: Recently five or six young Palestinian boys were kidnapped and arrested; you know, just terrorized. . . . |

Martha Grevatt (2021-05-18). Commentary: Not one dollar for Zionist genocide! workers.org For the first time since the creation of Israel in 1948, U.S. bipartisan support for the Zionist settler state has come under fire on the floor of Congress. "To read the statements from President [Joe] Biden, Secretary [of State Antony] Blinken, General [Lloyd] Austin and leaders of both parties, you . . . |

Gregg Gonsalves, The Nation (2021-05-17). Sharing the Vaccine Is Just the First Step. thenation.com Sharing the Vaccine Is Just the First Step…

Prabir Purkayastha (2021-05-17). How Bill Gates Set the Stage for Modi's Disastrous Response to COVID-19 in India. counterpunch.org While the incompetence of the Indian government is starkly visible in its handling of the second wave of the COVID-19 crisis, its performance has been far worse on the vaccine front. The BJP-led government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which seems to believe in the ideology of free-market capitalism, thinks that the market will magically

Betsey Piette (2021-05-17). CDC's maskless mandate puts workers at risk. workers.org The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recklessly capitulated to pressure from U.S. corporations in issuing their latest guidelines lifting masks requirements. They announced May 13: "Fully vaccinated people can resume activities without wearing a mask or physically distancing, except where required by federal, state, local, tribal or territorial . . . |

Staff (2021-05-17). Sunday COVID-19 Brief: 14 Deaths and 1,070 New Cases in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com This Sunday, May 16, Venezuela reported 1,070 new COVID-19 cases, out of which 1,063 were from community transmission, and seven were imported (three from Panama, three from Aruba. and one from Mexico). | The state with the most positives in the last 24 hours was Yaracuy, with 183 cases. The rest of the infections were distributed across the country as follows: La Guaira, 164; Aragua, 111; Miranda, 94; Zulia, 86; Caracas, 76; Táchira, 65; Anzoátegui, 59; Trujillo, 41; Guárico, 37; Falcón, 35; Carabobo, 31; Nueva Esparta, 26; Portuguesa, 20; Lara, 11; Sucre, eight; Cojedes, seven; Apure, six; Bolívar, two; and Mér…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2021-05-17). National Nurses United Condemns CDC for Endangering Frontline Workers With Latest Covid-19 Guidance. commondreams.org "Now is not the time to relax protective measures, and we are outraged that the CDC has done just that while we are still in the midst of the deadliest pandemic in a century," said National Nurses United. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/nnu_protest.jpg

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Cold vs. allergies during COVID-19 pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When it comes to the common cold, allergies and COVID-19, overlapping symptoms can be confusing. In this Q&A, Dr. Arveen Bhasin, a Mayo Clinic allergist and immunologist, provides some clarity by comparing and contrasting the signs and symptoms of these conditions: What are allergy symptoms?Allergy symptoms can affect the nose, sinuses and lungs. These symptoms …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Preventive screening during COVID-19 pandemic leads to early diagnosis of treatable breast cancer. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers have been concerned about a growing number of patients delaying or skipping preventive screenings because they have been hesitant to see their health care provider. Experts have stressed that it's not only safe to come in for preventive screenings, but also it's important to avoid future health problems …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Talking to your children about vaccines. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expanding its emergency use authorization of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children 12-15 years. So parents and caregivers may be getting even more questions from children about whether vaccines are safe and how vaccines can help end the COVID-19 pandemic. Information in this article was contributed by Jennifer …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Fatigue, perceived cognitive impairment and mood disorders associated with post-COVID-19 syndrome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ?– Patients diagnosed with post-COVID-19 syndrome, also known as "PCS," "COVID-19 long-haul syndrome" and "Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS COV-2," experience symptoms such as mood disorders, fatigue and perceived cognitive impairment that can negatively affect returning to work and resuming normal activities, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Mayo Clinic to offer more walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Rochester. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic held a walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Rochester on Wednesday, May 5. At this clinic, one patient shared why he came in to get the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Watch: Patient discusses why he chose to get the COVID-19 vaccine. youtu.be/ORLLLOOJ7eg Journalists: Broadcast-quality soundbites and b-roll of the Mayo Clinic walk-in COVID-19 …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Mayo Clinic Q and A: What is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My uncle was diagnosed with COVID-19, and his doctors mentioned the possibility of putting him on ECMO. What does this mean? ANSWER: A COVID-19 infection can lead to mild symptoms for many people, but for others, it can cause life-threatening lung failure. In cases like your uncle's, traditional life support measures, such as a …

Christine Thach (2021-05-17). Asian Hate Is on the Rise. indybay.org This article is about recent hate crimes that have been happening towards older Asian people. Many Asians have been getting attacked because COVID happened, and many people assume that every Asian have COVID-19.

Laura Packard (2021-05-17). Redistribution of Health Through the American Families Plan. commondreams.org "The American Families Plan will make (Affordable Care Act) subsidies permanent—ensuring that millions of Americans can keep their care. And the top 1% of taxpayers will pay for it." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/medicare_for_all_15_0.jpg

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Mayo Clinic again receives top honors for high-quality patient care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Eleven? hospitals across?Mayo Clinic?received star ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for Overall Hospital Quality. Six of the 11 hospitals earned five stars — the best score possible. The national average is 3 of 5 stars. The star rating provides patients with information about multiple dimensions of quality …

Toward increasing Networking (2021-05-17). Online events w/ Bill McKibben, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Peter Linebaugh, Chomsky & others. indybay.org Here are some 27 online events taking place over the next 10 days (and starting tomorrow, May 16), featuring people such as Bill McKibben, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Peter Linebaugh, Cynthia Kaufman, Noam Chomsky, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada, Australia, and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-05-17). Video: The Corona Crisis And The Big Lie. globalresearch.ca The fear campaign …

commondreams (2021-05-17). Sunrise Movement Endorses Green New Deal Champion Nina Turner. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Fight Back (2021-05-17). Minnesota: More than 2000 protest against ongoing Nakba In Palestine. fightbacknews.org Columbia Heights, MN – On May 15, over 2000 people marched in the streets to protest the Israeli regime's latest onslaught against Palestine. The occasion was Nakba Day, commemorated on May 15 every year since 1948 when Zionist settlers ethnically cleansed over 750,000 Palestinians from their national homeland. The event was organized by American Muslims for Palestine-Minnesota (AMP-MN) and the Anti-War Committee (AWC), which were joined by Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Minnesota (SJP-UMN), Jewish Voice for Peace-Twin Cities, Women Against Military Madness and others. | Demonstrators wav…

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2021-05-17). Ocasio-Cortez Leads House Dems' Demand That Biden 'End the Carceral Approach to Immigration'. commondreams.org "It is time to end the carceral approach to immigration… Instead, we urge the Biden administration to pursue humane and just immigration policies that aim to end mass incarceration, criminalization, and deportation of immigrants." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12329322561.jpg

Carolina Ortiz-Alvarez (2021-05-17). Sonoma Amazon Distribution Center, Business Growth, and Traffic. indybay.org Amazon Warehouse to cause major traffic.

Ralph Nader (2021-05-17). NPR at 50: Straying From Its Civic Mission? counterpunch.org This month is the 50th anniversary of National Public Radio (NPR). Knowing about my work back then with other advocates, to persuade Congress to pass legislation creating NPR and PBS, (which was opposed by most of the commercial radio/TV industry), a friend asked what I think of NPR now. A few observations, drawn from listening to NPR largely over

Chris Hedges (2021-05-17). Chris Hedges: Israel, the Big Lie. globalresearch.ca Nearly all the …

Ahmed Nehad (2021-05-17). Teaching Wordsworth amid Gaza's trauma. electronicintifada.net Woken at midnight by Israel's bombs.

_____ (2021-05-17). Day of Action in Solidarity with the Palestinian Uprising: Tuesday, May 18. popularresistance.org As Israel is continuing its massacres in Gaza, its attacks in Jerusalem and settler mob violence throughout occupied Palestine from the river to the sea, Palestinians have called for a general strike! | Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joins the call of Palestinians in Palestine and across the world for actions and mobilizations in support of the call for a general strike in Palestine on Tuesday, 18 May, and the escalation of organizing and resistance until liberation and return for Palestine.

Mairead Maguire (2021-05-17). Gaza: IDF Kills Palestinians, Countless Children, by Air Bombardments. globalresearch.ca In Belfast, Northern …

Sam Ord, Nick Clark (2021-05-17). 100,000 march in London to support Palestinian resistance. nationofchange.org The protest follows Israeli settlers attempted eviction of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah, east Jerusalem, cops' attacks on Al Aqsa mosque and airstrikes on Gaza.

Ali Abunimah (2021-05-17). Israel fakes another video of "Hamas rockets" next to Gaza homes. electronicintifada.net Lies about "human shields" used to justify slaughter of civilians in Gaza.

Staff (2021-05-17). Gaza Student: An Israeli Bomb Killed My Pregnant Cousin. The US Is Complicit. truthout.org As Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza claimed dozens of civilian lives over the weekend, destroying residences, media offices and infrastructure, Truthout spoke with Nour Alshaer, a student and activist currently living with her family in Gaza's Al-Jonina neighborhood, which she said has been targeted by Israel, causing "massacres" of civilians. | Last week, Alshaer's pregnant cousin was killed in an airstrike. While Alshaer herself remains "physically OK," Alshaer said on Monday that her family in…

Staff (2021-05-17). Biden Push for $735 Million Weapons Sale to Israel Amid Onslaught Sparks Outrage. truthout.org Human rights advocates warned Monday that the Biden administration is deepening U.S. complicity in the Netanyahu regime's ongoing massacre of civilians in Gaza by attempting to push through a $735 million sale of so-called "precision-guided weapons" to Israel. | The Washington Post

John Wojcik (2021-05-17). Latest Israeli airstrikes in Gaza the worst so far. peoplesworld.org The Israeli military, determined to inflict maximum destruction in Gaza ahead of any possible ceasefire agreement, launched the heaviest barrage of airstrikes on civilian areas yet early this morning. The Netanyahu regime ignored calls by country after country around the world urging Israel to stop its attacks and, in fact, seemed to be intensifying the …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-05-17). Israeli air strikes on Gaza enter second week, death toll nears 200. peoplesdispatch.org Despite causing horrifying levels of death and damage, Israel's caretaker prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the brutal offensive will continue at "full force"

Yousef Munayyer (2021-05-17). A Nightmare of Terror Across the Landscape of Palestine. zcomm.org As Israeli lynch mobs roam the streets attacking Palestinians, and as Israeli war planes drop bombs on Gaza, it's essential to understand how we arrived at this moment…

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies (2021-05-17). How the United States Helps To Kill Palestinians. commondreams.org "The silence and worse from President Biden and most of our representatives in Congress at the massacre of civilians and mass destruction of Gaza is unconscionable." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/joebiden_2.png

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2021-05-17). 'A Huge Loss': Israel's Killing of Top Doctors Further Strains Overwhelmed Gaza Health System. commondreams.org Already strained by 14 years of economic blockade, Gaza's medical infrastructure is reeling amid an inlflux of wounded patients and the killing of two top doctors in an Israeli airstrike that killed 33 people over the weekend. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gaza_child_0.jpg

Patrick Gathara (2021-05-17). Colonial Powers Have Long Demanded the 'Right to Self-Defense' Against the People They Have Colonized. commondreams.org "Rather than seeking "moral clarity", the West is using moral obfuscation to justify attacks on a refugee population by a colonial power that has evicted them from their land, blockades them in what is, in essence, an open-air prison, and then claims the right to do so in peace and quiet." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gazavictims.jpg

Staff (2021-05-17). Israel Is Trying to Destroy Us: Gaza Father & Writer Speaks Out as Palestinian Death Toll Nears 200. democracynow.org Israel's assault on Gaza has entered its second week, as Israel killed at least 42 Palestinians in Gaza Sunday in the deadliest day so far when it bombarded the besieged area with airstrikes, artillery fire and gunboat shelling. Israel has killed nearly 200 Palestinians, including 58 children and 34 women, and destroyed over 500 homes in Gaza, leaving 40,000 Palestinians homeless. Israel also leveled a 12-story building housing the offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera. "This is a total destruction from the Israeli occupation against the native Palestinians in Gaza," says Palestinian academic and activis…

Staff (2021-05-17). UN Relief Agency Condemns Israeli Bombing of Gaza Refugee Camp. truthout.org Matthias Schmale, director of UNRWA operations in Gaza, says civilians in the besieged territory are facing "terror from the skies" amid Israel's bombardment, which has already killed nearly 200 people. "The price the civilian population is paying for this is unacceptable. This has to stop. This is terror on a civilian population." | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The Quarantine Report. I'm Amy Goodma…

Staff (2021-05-17). "Terror from the Skies": UNRWA Condemns Israeli Bombing of Gaza Refugee Camp, Killing Family of 10. democracynow.org Matthias Schmale, director of UNRWA operations in Gaza, says civilians in the besieged territory are facing "terror from the skies" amid Israel's bombardment, which has already killed nearly 200 people. "The price the civilian population is paying for this is unacceptable. This has to stop. This is terror on a civilian population."

Staff (2021-05-17). Gaza Journalist: Israel Is Deliberately Targeting the Media by Bombing AP & Al Jazeera Offices. democracynow.org We speak with Palestinian reporter Youmna al-Sayed, who was among the journalists who had to flee for their lives when Israel bombed and leveled a 12-story Gaza building that housed the offices of media organizations including the Associated Press and Al Jazeera. Israel has claimed, without evidence, that the building was being used by Hamas operatives, but al-Sayed says it's part of a pattern of Israeli attacks on media. "This is no coincidence," she says.

Editorial La Jornada (2021-05-17). Israel: Reacciones adversas. globalizacion.ca En Nueva York, ayer, el Consejo de Seguridad de la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU) realizó una reunión de emergencia a fin de buscar un modo de detener el inmisericorde ataque de Israel contra la población de Gaza —que ha…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-17). West Bank Escalation Ramps Up With Netanyahu Vowing Even Heavier Bombardment. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 17th, Hamas' military wing said it had fired rockets at the Ashkelon and Be'er Sheva areas after the deadliest night of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since hostilities began a week ago. | In a statement early in the morning, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades announced that it targeted areas in the southern Israeli-occupied territories with rockets in response to the IDF's continued bombardment. | Reuters reported that the aerial bombardment on May 16th involved more than 1…

Anonymous103 (2021-05-17). Biden Signed $735 Million Weapons Sale To Israel Amid Ongoing Shelling With Gaza — Report. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On May 17, US President Joe Biden had approved the $ 735 million sale of high-precision weapons to Israel, According to the sources of The Washington Post, Congress received the notification on May 5, a few days before the military escalation. U.S. lawmakers reportedly have 20 days to subm…

Peninsula Peace, Justice Center (2021-05-17). Monday 5/17: Gaza: Palestinians Under Siege Webinar w/ Joel Beinin, Middle East Scholar Stanford. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…

The Associated Press (2021-05-17). Mexican President Apologizes for 1911 Massacre of Chinese. latinorebels.com MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president presented an apology Monday for a 1911 massacre in which over 300 Chinese people were slaughtered by revolutionary troops in the northern city of Torreón.

Tamara Nassar (2021-05-17). Israel kills children, doctors in horrific nighttime massacre. electronicintifada.net EU, US give Israel more time to carry on killing.

The Jamal Journal (2021-05-17). The May 13, 1985 Massacre: Honor the Victims by Freeing Mumia Abu-Jamal! indybay.org This is a compilation of links to many recent articles. Reprinted in full is a 2010 article about May 13, 1985, written by Angola 3 News. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on the May 15, 2021 West Philadelphia community event honoring those murdered by police on May 13, 1985: "Janine Africa said the mothers have just one demand: Free writer and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal from Mahanoy State Correctional Institution in Frackville, Schuylkill County."

WSWS (2021-05-17). New Zealand and France host "Christchurch Call" summit to expand internet censorship. wsws.org The Christchurch Call initiative has nothing to do with combating the extreme right, but is aimed at strengthening censorship of left-wing and socialist content by governments and tech companies.

WSWS (2021-05-17). Washington and AFL-CIO file labor complaints in Matamoros and Silao, Mexico. wsws.org Far from bringing a dawn of "union democracy" to Mexico, the AFL-CIO and the Biden administration are invoking the "labor reform" provisions of the United States-Mexico-Canada trade deal in an attempt to suppress the growing influence of socialist internationalism via the World Socialist Web Site.

commondreams (2021-05-17). ACLU Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Case Challenging Roe v. Wade. commondreams.org ______________________________…

commondreams (2021-05-17). Supreme Court Sends Baltimore Climate Damages Case Back to Appeals Court. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Patrick Cockburn (2021-05-17). Biden Can't Avoid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. counterpunch.org Joe Biden is trying to keep his distance from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which means continuing with a US policy that is unrelentingly favourable to Israel. This is not likely to change as Biden reasserts "Israel's right to defend itself" without making even a symbolic bow to the Palestinians' equal right to safety and security.

Manuel García, Jr. (2021-05-17). For Palestine, in May 2021. counterpunch.org "Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever." — Thomas Jefferson, unrepentant slaveowner, in 1781, 80 years later came the Civil War. May 2021: In Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, Israeli mobs shielded by Israeli soldiers expropriate Palestinian homes: more living room for Greater Israel.

Fight Back (2021-05-17). 25,000 in Chicago march to condemn Israel. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – The Coalition for Justice in Palestine (CJP) led 25,000 marchers into the streets of Chicago's central business area, the Loop, May 16, to demand a halt to Israeli violence and an end to the displacement of Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah. The death toll from the Zionist air strikes, artillery and rubber-coated steel bullets nears 200. | The mostly youthful crowd rallied and marched for four hours. | CJP includes American Muslims for Palestine, United States Palestinian Community Network, Students for Justice in Palestine, Al-Nahda, the Palestinian American Community Center, and the Palestinian Ameri…

_____ (2021-05-17). Open Letter: Do Better On Palestine. popularresistance.org Open letter from journalists, media workers, writers and commentators. In the past fortnight, the world has been appalled at Israeli settler organisations threatening Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem with forced expulsions and assaulting worshippers in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam. As Israeli vigilante mobs attack Palestinians, the Netanyahu government has …

Mahmoud Muna (2021-05-17). The Palestinian Body Is Whole Once Again. zcomm.org Palestinians disconnected from each other have struggled immensely to maintain a national project with clear objectives. Now, struggling together across the entire geography of historic Palestine, the Palestinian body is coming back together…

Romana Rubeo — Ramzy Baroud (2021-05-17). 'Anti-Zionist Naples': Award-Winning Italian Artist Speaks about Palestine and Why He Quit Photojournalism. counterpunch.org On April 1, a mural appeared in the Southern Italian city of Naples, depicting Palestinian workers lining at an Israeli military checkpoint near the occupied city of Bethlehem, in the West Bank. It is called 'Welcome to Bethlehem'. The mural, which quickly became popular in the town and on social media, was the work of

Anonymous007 (2021-05-17). Turkey Calls For OIC To Create "International Protection Mechanism" For Palestinians. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageOn May 16th, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu recommended an "international protection mechanism" for Palestine's civilians in an emergency meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)."These efforts should also include physical protection through forming an international protection force with military and financial contributions of willing countries," Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told the virtual meeting of the 57-member Islamic bloc, adding such a me…

Networker (2021-05-17). Tomorrow morning! (Saturday, 5/15): Two online events about Palestine! indybay.org Here are 2 online events about Palestine taking place tomorrow morning, Saturday, May 15. These events are hosted in Canada and the UK, however, the listed times are for our "Pacific time zone". Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.

Stop US Aid to Israel (2021-05-17). 5/15/21 From SF to DC for Palestine: Thousands on the March. indybay.org Perhaps 2,000 marched in San Francisco for Palestine with dozens of Palestinian flags on Mission Street from 16th to 24th Street and beyond and among other places, right under the noses of Congress and the White House, Washington DC had thousands of supporters of Palestine on the March on 5/15/21. See the livestream of DC at www.pscp.tv/w/1eaJbnAMYlZJX

Allan Fisher (2021-05-17). Sunday 5/16: Protest Israel's USA funded human rights abuses of Palestinians. indybay.org Corner of Ocean and Water Streets, Santa Cruz. Sponsored by Palestine Justice Coalition.

Peter Maiden (2021-05-17). Protest in Solidarity with Palestine in Fresno. indybay.org 73rd year of the Nakba marked by Palestinians in Fresno May 15. Hundreds turned out.

Leon Kunstenaar (2021-05-17). Thousands in SF March in Solidarity with Palestine. indybay.org As outrage over Israel's ethnic cleansing explodes in cities throughout the world, San Francisco does its part.

Staff (2021-05-17). 'ÔªøIt is illegal for US aid to support human rights violations' — Sen. Bernie Sanders. therealnews.com Amid international outcry over the violence Israeli forces are unleashing on occupied Palestinians, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Sunday that lawmakers must "take a hard look" at the nearly $4 billion in military aid the U.S. sends to Israel annually.

The Conversation (2021-05-17). How global tax dodging costs lives: new research shows a direct link to increased death rates. juancole.com By Bernadette O'Hare and Stephen Hall | — Tax abuse is an expensive business. According to a recent report by the Tax Justice Network, avoiding or evading tax deprives governments across the world of around US$427 billion ( £302 billion) every year. This is money that could otherwise be spent on things like clean water, sanitation, …

Eds. (2021-05-17). China lands Tianwen-1 Rover on Mars in a major first for the Country. mronline.org Second only to the U.S. in a fully successful Mars landing, China is now set to explore the Utopia Planitia region of the Red Planet's surface. | May 17, 2021 | Newswire…

Staff (2021-05-17). Chileans go to Polls on the Second Day of Elections. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, May 16, voting process continued on the second day of elections in Chile, after 20% of the registered voters cast their votes on Saturday. | Sunday was the last day of the so-called "mega-elections" in Chile, in which 14.9 million voters were eligible to elect 155 members of the Constitutional Convention that will draft the new Constitution, and also 16 governors, 345 mayors, and 2,252 councilors. 1,278 candidates belonging to more than 70 lists contested for…

Eds. (2021-05-17). This isn't a civil war, it is settler-colonial brutality. mronline.org We are not seeing a "civil war" inside Israel, but rather the Israeli settler state declaring a war on its colonized "citizens," and Palestinians fighting for their liberation. | May 17, 2021 | Newswire…

Eds. (2021-05-17). Biden budget would send $1.3 billion more to Israeli military than to Global climate programs: Analysis. mronline.org A group of anti-war veterans said President Joe Biden's spending priorities indicate that he thinks "preserving apartheid is more important than fighting climate change." | May 17, 2021 | Newswire…

Albert Bender (2021-05-17). The struggle against Native "mascots" erupts in Tennessee town. peoplesworld.org COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — This small university town about 80 miles east of Nashville has joined the legion of other municipalities in the U.S. facing the issue of Native mascots used by school sports teams. On a pleasant Saturday afternoon, May 1, several dozen demonstrators led by Chiricahua Apache, and Sayota Knight, marched from the campus …

Liberation Staff (2021-05-17). Nakba 73: Actions in 75+ US cities remember the Palestinian 'Catastrophe' of 1948. liberationnews.org Seventy-three years after al-Nakba, or "the Catastrophe," Palestinians and their supporters from all around the world took to the streets to stand with the Palestinian resistance to Israeli apartheid, demand an end to U.S. aid to Israel and called for support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. As many as 100,000 people in the …

Tim Zelina, Molly Nagin (2021-05-17). Coalition backs Tamir Rice's mother in pushing Justice Dept. to re-open case. peoplesworld.org CLEVELAND—Nearly seven long years after 12-year-old Tamir Rice was shot down while playing in a park by Cleveland police officers, his mother Samaria Rice is still fighting for justice. A multi-racial, working class, and youth-led coalition has formed in support of Ms. Rice in calling for the Department of Justice under Attorney General Merrick Garland …

A Guest Author (2021-05-17). FARC-EP: /The courageous struggle of the Colombian people. workers.org Reports from Colombia May 17 state the national strike that began April 28 continues and a national mobilization has been called for May 19. The strike has growing mass support from diverse sectors of Colombian society, despite vicious state and private death-squad repression that has killed at least 50 people, . . . |

Sasha Abramsky (2021-05-17). The California Prosecutors Who Want to Keep People Out of Jail. thenation.com Three Strikes policy, a coalition of recently elected district attorneys is pushing back against mass incarceration.

David Swanson (2021-05-17). Talk World Radio: Katrina vanden Heuvel on U.S.-Russia Relations. warisacrime.org Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. Katrina vanden Heuvel is Editorial Director and Publisher of The Nation magazine. See thenation.com She is also vice-president of the American Committee for U.S.-Russia Accord, a group interested in an informed dialogue about …

Staff (2021-05-17). South Carolina Can Now Execute People on Death Row by Firing Squad. truthout.org South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill on Friday adding firing squads to the list of execution methods used to kill people sentenced with the death penalty. | The bill passed the state legislature with

Morgan Artyukhina (2021-05-17). Passing the LGBTQ Equality Act is within reach — but only if we fight for it. liberationnews.org May 17 is the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.

Mark Gruenberg (2021-05-17). AFL-CIO's VP Tefere Gebre: Filibuster slams workers, refugees, people of color. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Declaring the Senate filibuster, a relic of the Jim Crow era and before, slams workers, refugees and people of color, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre stepped up labor's campaign to abolish the racist and archaic Senate rule. Only by doing so, he declared, will a majority of the U.S. Senate, and the U.S. people, …

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Anonymous007 (2021-05-17). UK And France Send Patrol Ships To Black Sea, As Kiev Expects Warships. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 16th, a British Navy patrol ship entered the Black Sea. | Russia's Black Sea Fleet has started tracking the British Royal Navy's HMS Trent patrol vessel, the Russian Defense Ministry's National Defense Management Center reported. | "The forces and means of the Black Sea Fleet have started tracking the activities of the Trent patrol vessel of the British Navy, which entered the Black Sea waters on May 16," the statement said. | On May 11th, the report said the Black Sea Fleet started ke…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-17). Military Situation In Syria On May 17, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 16, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on SAA members in Nawa city on 15th May | On May 16, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on SDF vehicle west of Tabqah | On May 16, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on SDF members south of Markadah | On May 16, SDF with support of US coalition carried out a security operation in the Dhiban area | On May 16, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces north of Lattakia | On May 16, Intra-…

Anonymous103 (2021-05-17). Amazing Steps By Russian Diplomacy. southfront.org Photo credit should read ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/GettyImages | On May 14, the Russian government finally approved the official list of 'unfriendly states', in response to the new sanctions, harsh rhetoric and diplomatic expulsions.According to official documents, the list includes foreign states that are committing unfriendly actions against the Russian Federation, citizens of the Russian Federation or Russian legal entities, and includes measures of influence (counteraction) established by the decree of the President of Russia that are appli…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-17). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On May 17, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | 1. UAF in Novgorodske shelled DPR positions in Shirokaya Balka with 82-mm artillery | 2. UAF in Pesky targeted DPR positions in Zhabunki with grenade launchers | 3. UAF in Verhnetoretskoe shelled DPR positions in Mikhailovka with grenade launchers | 4. UAF in Starognatovka shelled DPR positions in Petrovskoe with 120-mm artillery and grenade launchers | 5. UAF in Starognatovka shelled DPR positions in Novolaspa with grenade launchers | 6. UAF in Bogdanovka shelled…

Anonymous103 (2021-05-17). U.S. And Its Allies Try To Split The World In Two. southfront.org Illustrative image | Written by Eric Zuesse. | America's response to the increasing economic success of China and other nations that until recent decades were impoverished former colonies is to organize its own allies — especially the English-speaking countries — to become a totally separate global economic trading and military alliance standing against that "third world" — and thereby force all non-aligned nations to have to either choose to be allied with the United States or else become conquered b…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-17). FBI And DHS Conclude White Supremacist Domestic Terrorism Is No.1 Threat To U.S. Security. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | In the United States lone wolf attackers with easily accessible weapons present the greatest terrorism threat to the US and the number of people dying at the hands of racially motivated extremists every year is on the rise since 2017. | This was concluded in a joint report [ The repor…

WSWS (2021-05-17). Report shows CEOs in US cashed in during the pandemic as workers lost jobs, wages and lives. wsws.org The Institute for Policy Studies report shows that more than half of the top 100 low-wage corporations in the US rigged their executive compensation arrangements to guarantee that CEO pay increased by millions, while workers suffered economic devastation and death during the pandemic.

Tom Engelhardt (2021-05-17). Tomgram: Todd Miller, Maintaining Instability in a World of Inequality. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. The pandemic should remind us that we increasingly live in two ever-less-equal worlds. Think of them as Planet A and Planet B. Right now, the one you generally wouldn't want to be living on is Planet B. There, …

Speak Out Now (2021-05-17). Saturday 6/5: The Tokyo Summer Olympics: Capitalist Mega-Games in a Pandemic. indybay.org Online meeting, see website for details…

Andrew Emett (2021-05-17). Video shows mentally ill man's death in sheriff's custody. nationofchange.org "I don't want any violence in my city. I want us to view this tape and I want us to learn what we don't want happening here."

Moderator (2021-05-17). How People in Trouble Created a Radical Health Care Movement. scheerpost.com Buy Let the Record Show: A Political History of Act Up New York, 1987 — 1993 by Sarah Schulman. Review by Scott Tucker / Original to ScheerPost "The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power is a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals, united in anger, and committed to end the AIDS crisis." This simple mission statement was announced at the beginning of each ACT UP meeting. People in trouble… |

_____ (2021-05-17). Heavy Israeli Crackdown On Palestinians Marking Nakba Anniversary. popularresistance.org Palestinians across the West Bank gathered in large numbers on Saturday to mark the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, or "the Catastrophe," which has come to define the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in recent history. | The protests commemorate the event in which some 800,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes to make way for the creation of the state of Israel in 1948.

Jay Stanley (2021-05-17). Digital IDs Might Sound Like a Good Idea, But They Could Be a Privacy Nightmare. aclu.org There's been a lot of At first blush, the idea of a driver's license we can keep on our phone might sound good. Digital is often toute…

Brendan Wintle, Laura Schuijers, Sarah Bekessy (2021-05-17). A Victorian logging company just won a controversial court appeal. Here's what it means for forest wildlife. nationofchange.org The ruling means logging is set to resume, despite the threats it poses to wildlife.

Prof. Pedro Cabán (2021-05-17). Will the United States Finally Decolonize Puerto Rico? globalresearch.ca On April 14, …

WSWS (2021-05-17). Volvo Truck workers in Virginia overwhelmingly defeat UAW-backed contract. wsws.org Truck workers voted by 91 percent to reject the contract pushed by the United Auto Workers that included a cut in real wages, the introduction of a 10-hour workday and other givebacks.

Ellis Shuman (2021-05-17). History: "Operation Justified Vengeance": A Secret 2001 Plan to Destroy the Palestinian Authority. globalresearch.ca This article was …

WSWS (2021-05-17). Australian educators speak about appalling working conditions and the union's complicity. wsws.org The 2021 State of our Schools survey found deteriorating working conditions, with teachers working at least 15 hours of extra unpaid work, while principals worked 60 hours a week.

Alex Kane (2021-05-17). Tax-Exempt US Non-Profits Fuel Israeli Settler Push to Evict Palestinians. globalresearch.ca On May 6,…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-05-17). Washington Post Moscow Bureau Chief Distorts History of World War II. covertactionmagazine.com Claims that glorification of Soviet Russia's role in victory over Nazis is part of "official propaganda." On May 9, 2021, Russians celebrated Victory in Europe (V-E) Day with a customary parade honoring the sacrifices of the Soviet people in World War II. Rather than reporting on the day's festivities, The Washington Post ran a story …

WSWS (2021-05-17). UAW silent as Stellantis moves to slash nearly half of workforce at its Belvidere, Illinois Assembly Plant. wsws.org The United Auto Workers has been virtually silent as Stellantis announced that it will cut production at the Belvidere Jeep Assembly Plant in Belvidere, Illinois, by July 26, permanently laying off nearly half of the current workforce.

WSWS (2021-05-17). Vote "no" on the UAW-Nexteer Saginaw sellout agreement! Form a Nexteer Rank-and-File Committee and broaden the struggle throughout the auto industry! wsws.org The UAW is seeking to impose a new company-dictated tentative agreement after the last sellout deal was voted down by the Local 699 membership by 85 percent in February.

WSWS (2021-05-17). This week in history: May 17-23. wsws.org 25 years ago: Strike wave in western Europe On May 20-22, 1996, nearly two weeks of protest strikes against German Chancellor Helmut Kohl's plans for $32 billion in cuts in the welfare state culminated in three days of mass action.

_____ (2021-05-17). $25 Million Verdict Against Monsanto Over Roundup Upheld by Federal Court. popularresistance.org A federal appeals court has upheld a $25 million verdict against the maker of Roundup, a weed killer that thousands of litigants blame for causing their cancers. | The three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an appeal by Monsanto Co., the manufacturer of the herbicide, ruling 2-1 that $20 million in punitive damages, "while close to the outer limits," was constitutional.

WSWS (2021-05-17). Australian Labor Party leader delivers pro-business budget reply. wsws.org Albanese did not differ from the government's handouts to the corporate elite and the military, and outlined policies that do not even pretend to address the social crisis facing ordinary people.

Unicorn Riot (2021-05-17). Demanding the Passage of the Hardel Sherrell Act. unicornriot.ninja &nbsp…

WSWS (2021-05-17). A conversation with Firouzeh Khosrovani, Iranian director of Radiograph of a Family. wsws.org As part of our coverage of this year's San Francisco film festival, we commented on Iranian director Firouzeh Khosrovani's film. We suggested the work was "a sensitive, semi-autobiographical and semi-fictionalized portrait."

Lawrence Davidson (2021-05-17). Apartheid Israel Confirmed. counterpunch.org The Question Of Apartheid It was perhaps 6 or 7 years ago. I was part of a panel, debating on Israel and the Palestinians, that took place at a local (West Chester, Pa) Quaker Friends school. The school had such debates regularly until the administration caved-in to pressure from the Zionist parents of a number

CounterPunch News Service (2021-05-17). Forest Service Halts Huge Clearcutting Plan Next to Yellowstone National Park that Threatened Grizzlies, Lynx. counterpunch.org Proposal called for 4,600 acres of clearcuts, bulldozing up to 56 miles of roads on public lands just outside of Yellowstone WEST YELLOWSTONE, MONTANA— Following a challenge by multiple conservation groups, the U.S. Forest Service announced Thursdaythat it was halting a plan to clearcut more than 4,600 acres of native forests, log across an additional

David Hearst (2021-05-17). Jerusalem Is Ready to Explode — The World Can't Say It Wasn't Warned. globalresearch.ca Barely a month …

Danny Shaw (2021-05-17). This is Not a Crisis, This is a Rebellion: a Report from the Front Lines of Haiti. counterpunch.org Haitians at a March 2021 protest wear T-shirts that read, "The slaves have revolted." / Twitter/DannyShawCUNY All of Haitian society is in revolt. A mambo and hougan—the traditional voudou priestess and priest—lead ancestral ceremonies before rallies take the streets and block the central arteries of Port-au-Prince, Cap HaàØtien, and other Haitian cities and towns. After

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-17). Progressive Forces Win Majority of Seats in Chile's Constitutional Convention. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa "I approve it for my class," reads the banner supporting the vote for a new constitution in Chile. Photo: Frente Fotográfico Independent and progressive candidates won more than a two-thirds majority in the Constitutional Convention, a body responsible for writing Chile's new constitution This weekend, on May 15 and 16, over 6 million…

Fight Back (2021-05-17). Biden's first 100 days gets failing environmental justice score. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On May 13, the Climate Justice Committee organized an event which brought together local activist groups in front of the offices of Senator Amy Klobuchar to examine the actions taken on environmental policy by the Biden administration during its first 100 days in office. | Climate Justice Committee (CJC) speaker Tracy Molm explained how when Biden took office in January, the CJC held his campaign accountable for the promise of doing more on climate, demanded a People's Agenda, and a reversal of Trump's many disastrous executive orders on climate change — picking 11 of the worst f…

_____ (2021-05-17). New Study Decodes ExxonMobil's 'Modern' Climate Misinformation. popularresistance.org What's the single word that fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil's flagship environmental reports to investors and the public tie most closely to climate change and global warming? | According to newly published research from Harvard science historian Naomi Oreskes and Harvard research associate Geoffrey Supran, it's a simple four-letter word, one that carries overtones not only of danger, but also — crucially — of uncertainty: risk. | Oreskes and Supran argue in the peer-reviewed study published in the journal One Earth, that by repeating that word over and over as it discusses climate change ExxonMobil cont…

Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin (2021-05-17). The Power of Romanticism Today: 21st Century Irrationalism. globalresearch.ca "Christianity defeated and …

Dean Baker (2021-05-17). Why Biden Should Reappoint Powell as Fed Chair, Now. counterpunch.org Jerome Powell's term as chair of the Federal Reserve Board does not end until next January, but the debate on his reappointment has already begun. It would be good for the economy if Powell were reappointed and if Biden announced this decision as soon as possible. In making the case for Powell, it is important

_____ (2021-05-17). Chile: Left, Independent Forces Win Majority Of Constituents. popularresistance.org While the nationwide results for governors, mayors and councilors will not be known until later Sunday night, and final results may not be known for another week, the vote for Chile's constitutional convention has been tallied and announced this Sunday night. | In a surprise for Chile's left and independent parties, the center-left Apruebo list has received 24 seats while the left-wing Communist-Broad Front Apruebo Dignidad list has finished in second with 28 seats. | With three milion votes counted, representing just 15% of the registered electorate, the Nueva Constitución list has received 9 seats whereas the D…

Cyril Ramaphosa (2021-05-17). South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa: We Stand with the Palestinian People. globalresearch.ca Dear Fellow South …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-05-17). We will not let the clock of history go back, says Greek union as protests mount against labor law. peoplesdispatch.org The Greek government has proposed a bill that introduces several anti-worker measures, including increasing work timings in the country from eight hours to 10 hours per day, making Sunday a working day, restricting union activities and curtailing the right to strike…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-17). Colombia: Welcome to the Present. libya360.wordpress.com Piedad Córdoba Ruiz It seems that Colombia has awakened from its lethargy and from that eternal past to which we were bound. "The old has not finished dying while the new has not yet been born, and in this interregnum monsters emerge", the brilliant phrase of the Italian Antonio Gramsci, resounds with relevance in the…

Julio Ricardo Varela (2021-05-17). Ricardo Rosselló, Who Resigned in 2019 as Governor of Puerto Rico, Is Now an Elected Member of Pro-Statehood 'Shadow Congress'. latinorebels.com Less than 5% of Puerto Rico's voters showed up on Sunday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-17). Caribbean Organizations Condemn Israeli Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing. libya360.wordpress.com CARIBBEAN ORGANIZATIONS CALL ON CARICOM, THE US, BRITAIN AND EUROPEAN UNION TO TAKE URGENT ACTION The Caribbean Pan-African Network (CPAN), the Network for Defense of Humanity, Caribbean Chapter, Organization for the Victory of the People (Guyana), The People's Empowerment Party (Barbados) and the Caribbean Movement for Peace and Integration condemn what can only be described…

_____ (2021-05-17). How Portland Police Came to Be Armed With Military-Grade Rifles. popularresistance.org AR-15 rifle operators outnumber the 146 Portland officers who are certified to respond to mental health crises. For two decades, the Portland Police Bureau has armed its officers with AR-15 semi-automatic rifles, the result of a tough-on-crime policy that equipped officers with firearms most people associate more with mass shootings than community policing. In response …

Prof. C. Michael White (2021-05-17). Why Is the FDA Funded in Part by the Companies It Regulates? globalresearch.ca The Food and …

Kelley Beaucar Vlahos (2021-05-17). It's Time to Put this Dysfunctional U.S.-Israel Relationship to the Test. globalresearch.ca U.S. Defense Secretary …

Christine E. Black (2021-05-17). And How Are the Children? Lockdowns, Massive Fear, Deaths from Suicides and Drug Abuse. globalresearch.ca "Casserian Engeri?" translated …

Editor2 (2021-05-17). South America's 'Business Friendly' Bloodbath. orinocotribune.com By Brasil Wire, May 12, 2021 | International business and banking support for the most repressive regimes in Latin America is even more evident than it was during the original cold war. Now, Wall Street ºs three main men in South America all face charges of crimes against humanity, even genocide, at the International Criminal Court. | Whilst the anglosphere regularly attacks governments of the left in Latin America on human rights grounds, it is its pliant business friendly US regional allies: Brazil ºs Bolsonaro, Chile ºs Piñera, and Colombia ºs Duque, who face being sent before the Hague.

WSWS (2021-05-17). Lockout at ExxonMobil Beaumont, Texas refinery continues as USW negotiators reject management's contract offer. wsws.org USW bargainers rejected the company's proposed deal because of provisions that would eliminate seniority, an issue that has been a major sticking point in negotiations all along.

Vera Eidelman (2021-05-17). Time and Again, Social Media Giants Get Content Moderation Wrong: Silencing Speech about Al-Aqsa Mosque is Just the Latest Example. aclu.org Since May 7, Al-Aqsa, one of the holiest sites for Muslims, and the neighborhood of Sheik Jarrah in Jerusalem have been the site of violent attacks against Palestinians, many of whom had come to the mosque to worship during Ramadan. During this violence, people took to Facebook and Instagram to post about what was happening to Palestinians using hashtags that referenced the mosque (#AlAqsa). But Instagram, owned by Facebook,

Robert Greene II (2021-05-17). The City That Embodies the United States' Contradictions. thenation.com The City That Embodies the United States' Contradictions…

Mindy Isser (2021-05-17). Working Women Need the PRO Act. thenation.com Working Women Need the PRO Act…

Elie Mystal (2021-05-17). Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Gunning for AOC—and There's Only 1 Reason. thenation.com Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Gunning for AOC—and There's Only 1 Reason…

Josh Lappen (2021-05-17). Exhuming California's St. Francis Dam Disaster. thenation.com Exhuming California's St. Francis Dam Disaster…

Great Game India (2021-05-17). 30,000 Cases of Side Effects Reported from AstraZeneca CoviShield Vaccines in Sweden. globalresearch.ca An official tally …

Human Rights Watch (2021-05-17). Danger of Excessive Force by Israeli Security against Israelis of Palestinian Heritage in Mixed Cities. juancole.com ( Human Rights Watch ) — (New York) — Amid escalating violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visited the central Israel mixed Palestinian-Jewish city of Lod on May 13, 2021, after media reported violence there by vigilante groups, both Jewish groups including West Bank settlers and groups …

imperial.ac.uk (2021-05-17). Business School launches campaign to show research impact. imperial.ac.uk Imperial College Business School has launched a campaign to demonstrate how its research has changed business, politics and society in recent years.

imperial.ac.uk (2021-05-17). The future of psychedelic science. imperial.ac.uk From treating depression to understanding consciousness, the promise of psychedelics is shifting their study from fringe to frontier neuroscience.

imperial.ac.uk (2021-05-17). Postgraduate students' virtual graduation celebrated with families and staff. imperial.ac.uk Almost six thousand postgraduates who studied at Imperial in 2019-2020 have been invited to join online graduation celebrations between 17 and 20 May.

imperial.ac.uk (2021-05-17). Europe needs 'laser focus' on start-up funding gaps – Alice Gast. imperial.ac.uk Universities need greater support from investors to build lasting start-ups, writes Imperial's President in the Financial Times.

imperial.ac.uk (2021-05-17). Future of higher ed takes centre stage at Delphi Economic Forum. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's President Alice Gast joined Heads of State as well as leading industrialists and thinkers at the sixth Delphi Economic Forum.

William rivers Pitt (2021-05-17). We Can'tJust Tell People to "Go Back to Work." We Have to Improve Workplaces. zcomm.org After this past year, people want that work to be more than a dreary ordeal of basic survival. We can do that…

Sarah Glynn (2021-05-17). Palestinians, Kurds and confusion. zcomm.org Two middle-eastern peoples are struggling for their survival against fascistic colonial powers…

Badri Raina (2021-05-17). In New India, Can the Prime Minister Never Be Criticised? zcomm.org With FIRs being registered against those who put up a poster critical of Narendra Modi, it appears the citizen does not have the fundamental right to express an unfavourable opinion of the government and the prime minister…

Kian Seara Rey (2021-05-17). The West is complicit in Colombia's police killings. zcomm.org The deadly violence by police and paramilitary groups against protesters in Colombia is made possible by the military aid of the government's Western allies…

Alex Kane (2021-05-17). Tax-Exempt U.S. Nonprofits Fuel Israeli Settler Push to Evict Palestinians. zcomm.org U.S. charities are funding Israeli settler organizations working to evict Palestinians from their East Jerusalem homes…

Michael Albert (2021-05-17). Interview for International Conference. zcomm.org Interview on the Whistleblowing Dissent Accountability Festival…

commondreams (2021-05-17). Sunrise and RISE St. James Rally to Demand Biden Stand Up to Environmental Racism, Revoke Formosa Plastics Permit and Give Good Jobs to All. commondreams.org ______________________________…

commondreams (2021-05-17). Gov. Inslee Signs Far-Reaching Plastic Pollution Bill. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2021-05-17). 'Time for Us to Have Her Back': Sunrise Movement Endorses Nina Turner for Congress. commondreams.org Endorsing former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner for Congress, the Sunrise Movement says "she understands what our communities are going through and is not afraid to stand up and work against the tide when it comes to helping her people." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/nina_turner_2.jpg

Yanis Varoufakis (2021-05-17). The Real Purpose of Austerity. commondreams.org "Even if everyone agreed that printing another trillion dollars to finance a basic income for the poor would boost neither inflation nor interest rates, the rich and powerful would still oppose it. After all, their most important interest is not to conserve economic potential, but to preserve the power of the few to compel the many." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/imagine.jpg

commondreams (2021-05-17). Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. commondreams.org ______________________________…

commondreams (2021-05-17). Patriotic Millionaires Plan "Tax the Rich" Mobile Billboard Campaign in NYC and DC for Tax Day. commondreams.org ______________________________…

commondreams (2021-05-17). NARAL Responds to SCOTUS Decision to Hear Case Directly Challenging Roe v. Wade. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Ronnie Kasrils (2021-05-17). How to Stop Apartheid Israel. commondreams.org "It is imperative that we of the international community redouble our efforts to aid the Palestinian people in solidarity actions," writes former South African minister and anti-apartheid veteran Ronnie Kasrils. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/stop-apartheid-israel.jpg

Sarah Anderson (2021-05-17). Wall Street Banks Reject Racial Equity Audits, While Professing BLM Support. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/jamie-dimon-climate_0.jpg

Rick Rozoff (2021-05-17). NATO Conducts Europe's Largest Air, Missile Exercise Off Scotland. globalresearch.ca What the North …

Ed Rampell (2021-05-17). Masterpiece cinema: BFI Player Classics streams 200-plus British movies. peoplesworld.org

US Department of Justice (2021-05-17). Video: Pfizer's Criminal Record. Largest Medical "Fraudulent Marketing" Case in US History. globalresearch.ca Pfizer "Largest Health Care Fraud" 2009 | Déjà Vu: Flash Forward to 2020-2021 | How on earth could you trust a Big Pharma vaccine conglomerate which pleaded guilty to criminal charges by the US Department of Justice including "fraudulent marketing" and "felony …

Pip Hinman (2021-05-17). Morrison must be stopped from downsizing the NDIS. greenleft.org.au Graham Matthews argues that now that the National Disability Insurance Scheme has matured, the federal government wants to disown it, down-size and destroy it.

Pip Hinman (2021-05-17). Nurses reject 1.04% pay offer. greenleft.org.au Mental health nurses from Belmont, John Hunter, Morriset, Maitland and the Waratah Mental Health branch are calling for a real wage rise and better conditions. Kerry Smith reports.

Pip Hinman (2021-05-17). Australia must stop supporting state terror in the Philippines. greenleft.org.au Filipino-Australian community groups have launched a petition to demand the Australian government stop military aid to the Philippine, reports Patricia Arcilla.

Pip Hinman (2021-05-17). Why I became an activist for refugee rights. greenleft.org.au Devron Brock is one of many people who never planned on becoming an activist, but that ongoing bipartisan cruelty to refugees has turned her into one.

Marianne Thoresen, Sally Jary, Lars Wallà∏e, Mathias Karlsson, Miriam Martinez-Biarge, Ela Chakkarapani, Frances M Cowan (2021-05-17). [Research Paper] MRI combined with early clinical variables are excellent outcome predictors for newborn infants undergoing therapeutic hypothermia after perinatal asphyxia. thelancet.com Binary logistic regression with WMxBGT or TIS and clinical variables gave excellent outcome prediction being 12% better than single variable cross-tabulation. Our MRI scoring and regression models are readily accessible and deserve investigation in other cohorts for group and individual prediction.

Susan E Carlson, Byron J Gajewski, Christina J Valentine, Elizabeth H Kerling, Carl P Weiner, Michael Cackovic, Catalin S Buhimschi, Lynette K Rogers, Scott A Sands, Alexandra R Brown, Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam, Sarah A Crawford, Emily A DeFranco (2021-05-17). [Research Paper] Higher dose docosahexaenoic acid supplementation during pregnancy and early preterm birth: A randomised, double-blind, adaptive-design superiority trial. thelancet.com Clinicians could consider prescribing 1000 mg DHA daily during pregnancy to reduce EPB in women with low DHA status if they are able to screen for DHA.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Why lung cancer screening is important, especially for minorities. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. By the time lung cancer symptoms develop, the disease is usually too far advanced to cure. Studies show that lung cancer screening reduces the risk of dying from the disease. Screening is usually reserved for …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Science Saturday: Mayo study examines how Latino participants experience genomic medicine. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org How do people from minority communities experience genomic medicine in diverse health-care settings? How do they integrate genetic knowledge into their understandings of health-care needs? These answers are critical to researchers as multiple efforts are underway to increase the inclusion of racial minority participants in genomic research and new forms of individualized medicine. Richard Sharp. …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Know the warning signs of stroke. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org On average, someone in the U.S. has a stroke every 40 seconds. A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted, depriving the brain of oxygen. It's important to recognize the warning signs of stroke, because prompt treatment can minimize brain damage. Every moment is crucial. "Strokes commonly occur in …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Treatment for patent foramen ovale. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm 36 and do not have any significant medical concerns, but due to a family member's heart health issues, it was recommended I have a cardiac evaluation. After undergoing an echocardiogram, I was surprised to be told that I have a patent foramen ovale. The cardiologist said I don't need to be treated …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Consumer Health: Endometriosis, ovarian cancer and infertility — what are the connections? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you've been diagnosed with endometriosis, you may have questions about whether that raises your risk for other conditions, including ovarian cancer and infertility. With endometriosis, tissue similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus grows outside your uterus. Endometriosis most commonly involves your ovaries, fallopian tubes and the tissue lining …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Consumer Health: Staying active and exercising with osteoporosis. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about this bone disease, which affects approximately 10 million Americans, according to the Office on Women's Health. Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and brittle — so brittle that a fall or even mild stresses, such as bending over …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Consumer Health: Stroke awareness. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is National Stroke Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about stroke. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and a major cause of serious disability for adults. More than 795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente announce strategic investment in Medically Home to expand access to serious or complex care at home. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn., and OAKLAND, Calif. ? Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente are partnering in an unprecedented collaboration to allow more patients to receive acute level of care and recovery services in the comfort, convenience and safety of their homes. Beginning with significant strategic investments in Medically Home Group, a Boston-based, technology-enabled services company, Mayo Clinic …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Consumer Health: Treating polycystic ovary syndrome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Polycystic ovary syndrome is a hormonal disorder common among women of reproductive age. Complications can include infertility, gestational diabetes or pregnancy-induced high blood pressure, miscarriage or premature birth, and endometrial cancer. Signs and symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome vary. A diagnosis is made when women experience at least two of these signs: Irregular periods.Elevated levels of male …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Consumer Health: Bladder cancer awareness. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about bladder cancer. Bladder cancer is one of the most common cancers. Nearly 84,000 new cases will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2021, according to the American Cancer Society. Bladder cancer occurs in men more frequently than in women, …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Mayo Clinic playing key role in helping injured Minnesotans safely return to work. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — An effort supported by Mayo Clinic to help more injured Minnesotans be able to return to work has received a major boost. The U.S. Department of Labor awarded the state of Minnesota $19.5 million to expand an innovative program that seeks to help workers suffering from injury or illness stay in the …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Infographic: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET). newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Learn more about pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.?More health tip infographics: ?mayohealthhighlights.startribune.com…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-17). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Signs of depression in teens and how to help. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Depression is a serious mental health problem that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities. Although depression can occur at any time in life, symptoms may differ between teens and adults. Issues such as peer pressure, academic expectations and changing bodies can bring a lot of ups and downs for …

Julio C. Gambina (2021-05-17). Lenguaje e ideología en Economía Política. globalizacion.ca Es normal que el lenguaje vaya cambiando, incluso que a ciertos procesos se los vuelva a nominar, según la hegemonía o el interés de cada momento. De hecho, la disciplina científica, surgió como Economía Política para luego mutar con la…

Alberto Pinzón Sánchez (2021-05-17). Colombia es más importante para Estados Unidos que Puerto Rico. globalizacion.ca Colombia es más importante para "la totalidad de intereses" de los EEUU en la Región, que la neo colonia de Puerto Rico. Enormes intereses neocoloniales económicos y políticos del neoliberal complejo militar industrial y financiero actualmente gobernante. Intereses geoestratégicos locales…

Carlos Fazio (2021-05-17). Serapaz, 25 años… °y el terror que no cesa! globalizacion.ca Un año después de la insurrección campesina indígena del 1 ∫ de enero de 1994 en Chiapas protagonizada por el Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN), el gobierno de Ernesto Zedillo, a través de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena),…

Horacio Rovelli (2021-05-17). Argentina, el infierno tan temido. globalizacion.ca El anterior gobierno -neoliberal de Cambiemos presidio por Mauricio Macri- reinstauró en la Argentina el modelo extractivista, agropecuario exportador y para ello enriqueció al sector mediante la deuda externa y su fuga, a la vez que dicha deuda condiciona toda…

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2021-05-17). The Global Polio Eradication Initiative: "New Technology" used to Locate Children for Polio Vaccinations. globalresearch.ca This article first published eight years ago on March 5, 2013 reveals issues pertaining to the vaccination of children and the role of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Bill Gates of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and …

Goldman Environmental Foundation (2021-05-17). Tuesday 6/15: Goldman Environmental Prize Virtual Ceremony. indybay.org

Dan Bacher (2021-05-17). Catastrophic juvenile fish kill unfolds on Klamath River. indybay.org "Right now, the Klamath River is full of dead and dying fish on the Yurok Reservation," said Frankie Myers, the Yurok Tribe's Vice Chairman. "This disease will kill most of the baby salmon in the Klamath, which will impact fish runs for many years to come. For salmon people, a juvenile fish kill is an absolute worst-case scenario."

KPFA Radio 94.1 FM (2021-05-17). Monday 6/21: Andrew Bacevich & Philip Maldari: America's Role in World Transformed. indybay.org Online webinar…

KPFA Radio 94.1 FM (2021-05-17). Thursday 6/17: David & Margaret Talbot: By the Light of Burning Dreams. indybay.org Online webinar…

Stop Ripping Off The College (2021-05-17). CCSF President Shanel Williams Pushing For $35K A Month For Chancellor. indybay.org The Board President of San Francisco City College Shanel Williams after pushing for concession bargaining with the faculty that ended up in massive concessions now wants to give the Chancellor and union buster Rajen Vurdien for his good work.

David Bollier (2021-05-17). Why Karl Polanyi Still Matters. indybay.org In The Great Transformation, Karl Polanyi explains why the economy must be embedded in society and society must not be embedded in the economy. He describes land, labor and money as "fictitious commodities" since they cannot be multiplied and created on the market.

From Governor Newsom Office (2021-05-17). California Reparations Task Force to Study Reparations. indybay.org California Governor Gavin Newsom Announces Appointments to First-in-the-Nation Task Force to Study Reparations for African Americans…

WSWS repost (2021-05-17). End of CDC masking guidelines aimed at "normalizing" death. indybay.org The CDC's guidance is a political, not a scientific decision. It is intended to signal that all remaining measures that impinge on business interests, from social distancing requirements to enhanced sanitary guidelines, are to be dropped.

Luis Mucino (2021-05-17). Black Lives Matter Movement. indybay.org An Op-ed on the Black Lives Matter movement.

Ashley Curtin (2021-05-17). Court orders EPA to establish lead hazard standards in structures to better protect children and families from lead-poisoning. nationofchange.org According to the Centers for Disease and Control, there is no safe level of exposure of lead for children and the most common cause of lead poisoning is from ingesting lead dust.

Regeneración Advocacy Committee (2021-05-17). Wednesday 5/26: Reimagining Public Safety: Alternatives to Police for Nonviolent Crisis Calls. indybay.org Free Online Event. Register Here: http: //bit.ly/CAHOOTS_watsonville…

Liane Kilinc (2021-05-17). The Perpetrator-Victim Reversal. indybay.org The West refuses to give the Red Army credit for Germany's liberation from fascism – instead, it diligently stokes the Cold War with Russia. | France and West Germany were liberated by the landing of the Western Allies in Normandy – but all of Eastern Europe must have apparently shaken off the yoke of Nazism all by itself. At any rate, one can get this impression.

Steve Pleich (2021-05-17). Stay Away Ordinance Casts Long Shadow. indybay.org Activists Fear Increased Use of Stay Away Power…

Mike Whitney (2021-05-16). Covid Vaccine: The Same Pattern Everywhere? globalresearch.ca Covid cases have …

Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal (2021-05-16). Israel Charged with War Crimes and Genocide. Complete 2013 Judgment of the Kuala Lumpur Tribunal. globalresearch.ca The Tribunal deplores the failure of international institutions to punish the State of Israel for its crimes and its total lack of respect of International Law and the institutions of the United Nations.

Juan Cole (2021-05-16). "Making the enemy blind": Did Israeli AF destroy Highrise housing AP and Al-Jazeera to Hide War Crimes? juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Associated Press is flatly denying the Israeli military's cover story for why it bombarded the al-Jala tower in Gaza, which housed media offices of AP and al-Jazeera, and where dozens of journalists were based. Israel maintains that there was a Hamas intelligence unit in the building that was targeting …

Eva Bartlett (2021-05-16). Israel Is Deliberately Obliterating Media Buildings in Gaza to Cover Up the War Crimes that Will Follow. globalresearch.ca The destruction of …

Jacob Sugarman (2021-05-16). We're Living With the Consequences of Rich Nations' Vaccine Hoarding. zcomm.org The Biden administration has finally backed a patent waiver for Covid vaccines, but it's already too late for Argentina and countless countries across the Global South…

_____ (2021-05-16). Support Jailed Whistleblower Daniel Hale. popularresistance.org Hale is a veteran of the US Air Force. During his military service from 2009 to 2013, he participated in the US drone program, working with both the National Security Agency and the Joint Special Operations Task Force at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. After leaving the Air Force, Hale became an outspoken opponent of the US targeted killings program, US foreign policy more generally, and a supporter of whistleblowers. He publicly spoke out at conferences, forums, and public panels. He was featured prominently in the award-winning documentary National Bird, a film about whistleblowers in the US drone program w…

Ted Rall (2021-05-16). End Military Aid to Israel. commondreams.org The United States government sometimes pretends to be an "honest broker" in the Middle East crisis. Truth is, we have our fat thumbs on the scale and everyone knows it. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gaza-father-mourns-05162021.jpg

Prof. Juan Cole (2021-05-16). Shooting Fish in a Barrel: Israel Bombs Palestinian Refugees from Israel in Gaza, 50% of Them Children. globalresearch.ca

Yanis Iqbal (2021-05-16). Egypt's "Hunger Pandemic" Exposes Neoliberal Roots of Food Insecurity Crisis. orinocotribune.com By Yanis Iqbal — Apr 16, 2021 | Egypt is one among the five countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region most affected by hunger during the COVID-19 pandemic. Widespread hunger in Egypt follows an international pattern. The World Food Program (WFP), the branch of the United Nations responsible for delivering food assistance, expects to need to serve 138 million people in 2021 — the most ever in its 60-year history. | The inability of the majority of countries in the world to effectively counteract hunger is a result of decades of neoliberal policies. These policies have either instituted…

Kristina Borjesson (2021-05-16). Video: Early Treatment With Hydroxychloroquine Would Have Significantly Lowered COVID Deaths. Dr. Philippe Brouqui. globalresearch.ca As the head …

_____ (2021-05-16). Leaving No One Behind In The City. popularresistance.org There is a general consensus that cities and public transport will play a central role in the recovery from Covid-19. Some have called this the "urban opportunity". From investments in sustainable mobility, to enhancing the role of public transport and the electrification of transport, these discussions have often centered on the potential for the transport sector to provide green jobs, lower emissions, to create access and reshape society along more equitable lines in…

TheCOVIDBlog (2021-05-16). Seychelles: World's Most Vaccinated Country See Surges in COVID-19 Cases, as USA Changes Rules for Testing Vaccinated People. globalresearch.ca The vaccine agenda …

teleSUR (2021-05-16). France Hits Target of 20 Million First COVID-19 Vaccinations. telesurenglish.net French Prime Minister Jean Castex on Sunday informed his country has administered the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines to 20 million people, reaching its target days ahead of the reopening of catering businesses and cultural venues. | RELATED: | "This is a very important moment for our country. We are getting closer to the end of the crisis," Castex said and assured that the 20 million vaccinated people represent about 30 percent…

Sumedha Pal (2021-05-16). Inside India's Vaccine Divide. counterpunch.org India, the pharmacy of the world is currently facing a devastating second wave of the COVID pandemic. With a surge in infections crossing the 400,000 mark on a daily basis, the population of over a billion people were pinning its hopes on the ongoing vaccination drive. This, as the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, is staring

Shree Paradkar (2021-05-16). Canada's Refusal to Waive Intellectual Property Rights on COVID-19 Vaccines Should Be a Crime Against Humanity. commondreams.org The COVID-19 vaccine production process fails its own capitalist sniff test. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pandemic-profiteering.jpg

Newsclick (2021-05-16). COVID-19 vaccine: Who holds intellectual property rights? peoplesdispatch.org Immunologist Dr. Satyajit Rath and Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talk about the recent debates on the intellectual property rights on vaccines and the possibilities of mass immunization…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-05-16). The Criminalization of War: Gaza. globalresearch.ca The expansionist policies of the State of Israel including the annexation of the illegally occupied territories, not to mention the "Greater Israel" project of territorial extension are an integral part of the US-led military agenda in Middle East. The siege on Gaza and the Zionist Plan for the Middle East are related to the US-NATO military agenda.

_____ (2021-05-16). On Contact: Palestinian And Israeli Hostilities. popularresistance.org Chris Hedges discusses the disputes between the Palestinians and Israelis with Palestinian political activist Dr. Sami Al-Arian. | Hedges argues that nearly all the words and phrases used by the Democrats, Republicans, and the talking heads in the media to describe the unrest inside Israel and the heaviest Israeli assault against the Palestinians since the 2014 attacks on Gaza, which lasted 51 days and killed more than 2,200 Palestinians, including 551 children, are a lie. | Israel, by employing its military machine against an occupied population that does not have mechanized units, an air force, navy, drones, mi…

teleSUR (2021-05-16). The US Does Not Urge Immediate Halt To Israeli Attacks in Gaza. telesurenglish.net During a meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Sunday, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, took an ambiguous position on what is happening in Gaza. | RELATED: | Although she said the U.S. would offer its good offices should the parties seek a cease-fire, she made no direct mention of Israeli bombardment of Palestinian territories. | Replicating her country's tradit…

James L. Gelvin (2021-05-16). As the Palestinian minority takes to the streets, Israel is having its own Black Lives Matter moment. juancole.com ( The Conversation) — The images and reports coming from Israel, Jerusalem and Gaza in recent days are shocking. They are also surprising to those who thought the 2020 Abraham Accords and subsequent agreements to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan would place the conflict between Israelis and …

Staff (2021-05-16). How El Nacional Building was Found After Executive Embargo — Meanwhile Al Jazeera and AP Offices in Gaza Bombed to the Ground. orinocotribune.com Diosdado Cabello, Venezuelan National Assembly deputy, posted two images on his Twitter account, showing the completely empty building of the newspaper El Nacional, in Caracas, "without workers or equipment," and there were even some offices given on rent to other companies. | This came just a few hours after the notice by poster delivered to the owners of the newspaper this Friday afternoon, informing of the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to proceed with an executive embargo of the main headquarters of the national daily, resulting from a defamation trial initiated by Cabello against the news out…

Randy Shields (2021-05-16). Angelenos Protest against Israel's Gaza Massacre. dissidentvoice.org Saturday's Los Angeles protest against Israel's ongoing massacre in Gaza got off to a great start, as when I got on the ramp to the 405 I saw about a dozen cars and trucks with the brothers and sisters hanging out windows and standing up through sun roofs with Palestinian flags flying. With helicopters and …

_____ (2021-05-16). Prominent Muslim Group To Boycott White House Eid Celebration. popularresistance.org The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a prominent American Muslim organization, announced Saturday it will boycott the White House's annual Eid celebration over the Biden administration's stance on Israel amid spiking violence in the Gaza Strip. | CAIR said it was joining with other groups in the boycott over the White House's "incredibly disappointing and deeply disturbing" response to the violence. | "We cannot in good conscience celebrate Eid with the Biden Administration while it literally aids, abets and justifies the Israeli apartheid government's indiscriminate bombing of innocent men, women an…

Maureen Clare Murphy (2021-05-16). Israel kills Gaza families in their homes on Nakba Day. electronicintifada.net Media tower bombed to "disrupt coverage of the human suffering in Gaza."

Phyllis Bennis (2021-05-16). Understanding Israel's Latest Attack on Gaza — And Who Benefits. juancole.com ( Foreign Policy in Focus) — "Both sides need to de-escalate." "No one benefits from this. " You'll hear a lot of statements like that from pundits, elected officials, government spokespeople, and mainstream media anytime there's violence in Israel-Palestine. In the last few days, Israeli war planes, armed drones, and artillery mounted on tanks have …

_____ (2021-05-16). Palestine Supporters Rally In Cities Across The United States And Europe. popularresistance.org On May 15th, the sixth straight day of Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Palestinians and their supporters gathered in cities across the US to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe) and to call for an end to the Israeli bombardment, land theft and military occupation of Palestine. | Large protests of thousands of people took place in Madrid, Paris, London, Istanbul, New York, Washington DC, Sydney, Auckland (New Zealand), Portland, Austin, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Houston, Toronto,San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas, and San Diego, among others. | Protesters across the US demanded an end to US…

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Israeli Attacks Raise Death Toll to 174 in Gaza. telesurenglish.net Israeli bombardment of Gaza increased in the early hours of Sunday morning, leaving 174 Palestinians killed since the start of military attacks that have been going on for seven consecutive days. | RELATED: | Israel carried out 50 bombing raids in less than 15 minutes and included the destruction of the residence of Hamas Islamist movement leader Yahya Sinwar, who was not in his home. | The wave of Israeli attacks early this…

Mohammed al-Hajjar (2021-05-16). In Pictures: Aftermath of Israel Strike on Gaza Building Used by Media Outlets. globalresearch.ca On Saturday afternoon, …

Staff (2021-05-16). Day of Action in Solidarity with the Palestinian Uprising and General Strike: Tuesday, May 18. samidoun.net As Israel is continuing its massacres in Gaza, its attacks in Jerusalem and settler mob violence throughout occupied Palestine from the river to the sea, Palestinians have called for a general strike! Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joins the call of Palestinians in Palestine and across the world for actions and mobilizations in support of the call for a general strike in Palestine on Tuesday, 18 May, and the escalation of organizing and resistance until liberation and return for Palestine. This call has been supported by the Palestinian prisoners' movement and popular movements, youth organizati…

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Egypt Opens Border With Gaza To Receive Wounded Palestinians. telesurenglish.net Egyptian authorities on Sunday decided to open the Rafah border crossing, which connects the Gaza Strip to Egypt's Sinai to transfer wounded Palestinians. However, they did not inform how long it will remain open. | RELATED: | The exceptional opening of the border is "an act of solidarity with the Palestinian people, who are suffering from the brutal Israeli aggression," local outlets commented and explained that the decision comes a day after…

Caitlin Johnstone (2021-05-16). The Israel Narrative is Crumbling Because of Phone Cameras and the Internet. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — May 11, 2021 | "Twenty-four people, including nine children, were killed in Gaza overnight, most of them in Israeli strikes," reads a Nine children, killed with Remember kids,

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Israel: Netanyahu To Keep Air Raids Despite International Pressure. telesurenglish.net Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday declared that attacks against Palestinian territories will continue with "full force" until calm is restored. | RELATED: | Despite constant demands from the international community to end the Israeli army's excessive use of force, Israel has announced that it will continue to bomb the Gaza Strip. | Netanyahu also thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for his support,…

Hanan Ashrawi (2021-05-16). U.S. Backing Has Given Israel License to Kill & Maim Palestinians. zcomm.org Israel's latest assault on Gaza is turning life in the besieged territory into "sheer hell," aided by U.S. military and diplomatic support…

Marjorie Cohn (2021-05-16). Israel Isn't Entitled to "Self-Defense" Against the People Under Its Occupation. zcomm.org "This is the worst I witnessed in my life. No safe haven in Gaza, so bloody and brutal."

Jonathan Cook (2021-05-16). Palestinians in Israel now face far-right mob violence backed by the state. dissidentvoice.org With Jerusalem ablaze and Gaza on the brink of another major Israeli onslaught, it has been easy to overlook the rapidly escalating ethnic violence inside Israel, where one in five of the population is Palestinian. These 1.8 million Palestinians — Israeli citizens in little more than name — have spent the past week venting their …

Anonymous669 (2021-05-16). In Video: Al-Quds Brigades Unveiled New Ultra Heavy Improvised Rocket. southfront.org Al-Qassim IRAM, screen grab from the al-Quds Brigades video. | On May 16th, the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, unveiled a new heavy improvised rocket-assisted munition (IRAM) dubbed "al-Qassim". | The faction, that is the second largest armed formation in the Gaza Strip, revealed that the al-Qassim IRAM was used in an strike on a gathering of Israeli troops to the east of Khan Yunis on May 15th. The faction claimed that the attack resulted in human losses. This is yet to b…

Anonymous669 (2021-05-16). Synagogue Collapse In Israel Leaves Two Dead, More Than 150 Injured (Videos). southfront.org Screen grab from one of the videos of the accident. | On May 16, at least two people were killed and more than 150 others were wounded when a bleacher collapsed at an uncompleted synagogue in Givat Zeev just outside of Jerusalem in the West Bank. | The bleacher was packed with ultra-Orthodox worshippers who were praying at the beginning of Shavuot. Videos of the accident surfaced online. | The Israeli military, that's currently carrying out a major operation against Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, said in an o…

Anonymous669 (2021-05-16). Israel Targeted Hamas 'Metro' Network With 100 Bombs In Response To Rocket Strike On Tel Aviv (Videos, Photos). southfront.org On May 16, the Israeli Air Force bombed the Hamas Movement's "Metro" tunnel network in the Gaza Strip in response…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-16). On Seventh Day of Israeli Offensive on Gaza, Residential Area Destroyed, Airstrikes Cause Earthquake-like Destruction. libya360.wordpress.com On Seventh Day of Israeli Offensive on Gaza, Residential Area Destroyed over People's Heads; Airstrikes Cause Earthquake-like Destruction Raji Sourani, Director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights: The occupation is targeting civilians to inflict the greatest damage on civilian targets…

Oliver Boyd-Barrett (2021-05-16). Ottoman's Forever Empire and its Multiple Triggers for War. dissidentvoice.org Trading Genocides On April 24, 2021, US President Joseph Biden declared that the massacre of 1.5 million Turkish Armenians in 1915 constituted genocide. As to whether genocide is the word Americans can consent to use about Native Americans who suffered death, torture, displacement, apartheid and disease at the hands, mainly, of European settlers in the …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-05-16). Sudan may see renewed protests after the killing of two youth by soldiers. peoplesdispatch.org Two were killed and 37 others were wounded on May 11 when soldiers opened fire at a demonstration outside the army HQ, demanding justice for the protesters slain in the massacre on June 3, 2019…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-16). Sudan May See Renewed Protests after Soldiers Open Fire on Demonstration. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Photo : Radio Dabanga Two were killed and 37 others were wounded on May 11 when soldiers opened fire at a demonstration outside the army HQ, demanding justice for the protesters slain in the massacre on June 3, 2019 On Wednesday, May 12, the attorney general of Sudan, Al-Hebir Taj Elsir, called on…

Fight Back (2021-05-16). Michigan protest demands 'Free Palestine'. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – 60 protesters gathered for a "Free Palestine, Stop U.S. Aid to Israel" protest in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 15, as the world observed Nakba Day amid continued Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. | Organized by the Grand Rapids Anti-War Committee, the protest featured speakers from Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Democratic Socialists of America, Bimose Ode, Justice for Black Lives, and local Palestinian activists. | Protesters chanted "Free, free, Palestine!" and "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!" | "Joe Biden and the American government need to stop fu…

_____ (2021-05-16). Roger Waters On Israel's Crimes And Palestine's Resistance. popularresistance.org Roger Waters and Vijay Prashad talk about the brutal Israeli apartheid and violence on Palestinians, the defiant resistance of the Palestinian people and the global struggle against imperialism and settler colonialism.

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Israel's Crimes Against Palestine Are Genocide, Iran Denounces. telesurenglish.net Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to declare Israel's aggressions against Palestinians as genocide and crimes against humanity. | RELATED: | "Innocent men, women, and children are being slaughtered with the most lethal and sophisticated weapons. Houses are being demolished with their residents trapped inside," he stressed during an OI…

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Solidarity With Palestine Grows as Israel's Bombs Keep Falling. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, international pressure and calls for a halt to Israel's indiscriminate attacks on Palestine were joined by Pope Francis and European Union (EU) High Representative Josep Borrell. | RELATED: | "We pray unceasingly that Israelis and Palestinians may find the path of dialogue and forgiveness. We pray for the victims, in particular, the children; we pray for peace," wrote the Pope on his Twitter account. | Me…

Jafar Ramini (2021-05-16). "How Can We Look at Palestine with No Moral Compass and No Sense of Justice or Fair Play?" Palestinian Political Analyst. globalresearch.ca "This is truly …

Fight Back (2021-05-16). Denver march demands justice for Palestine. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On May 14, an estimated 2000 people gathered at the Colorado State Capitol for a Palestinian solidarity rally and march organized by the Colorado Palestine Club. The demonstration marks the biggest show of solidarity with Palestine that Denver has seen in recent memory and is a sure sign of the changing tide of public opinion against the apartheid state of Israel. | The demonstration was called for in response to heightened aggression and brutality that the Zionist state has unleashed against the people of Palestine. In particular, Israeli settlers are attempting to illegally and forcefully displace…

_____ (2021-05-16). The Zionism Discourse On Palestine Is Crumbling. popularresistance.org On April 27, one of the world's largest and most credible rights groups, Human Rights Watch (HRW), concluded, in a comprehensive 213-pages report, that Israel is an apartheid state. | "Across these areas and in most aspects of life, Israeli authorities methodically privilege Jewish Israelis and discriminate against Palestinians. Laws, policies, and statements by leading Israeli officials make plain that the objective of maintaining Jewish Israeli control over demographics, political power and land has long guided government policy," the report entitled "A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of A…

Ramzy Baroud (2021-05-16). "Much Worse than Apartheid": Israel's Discourse on Palestine is Crumbling. juancole.com On April 27, one of the world's largest and most credible rights groups, Human Rights Watch (HRW), concluded, in a comprehensive 213-pages report, that Israel is an apartheid state. "Across these areas and in most aspects of life, Israeli authorities methodically privilege Jewish Israelis and discriminate against Palestinians. Laws, policies, and statements by leading Israeli …

Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo (2021-05-16). "Anti-Zionist Naples": Award-Winning Italian Artist Speaks about Palestine and Why He Quit Photojournalism. dissidentvoice.org On April 1, a mural appeared in the Southern Italian city of Naples, depicting Palestinian workers lining at an Israeli military checkpoint near the occupied city of Bethlehem, in the West Bank. It is called 'Welcome to Bethlehem'. The mural, which quickly became popular in the town and on social media, was the work of …

Anonymous103 (2021-05-16). Hezbollah: The Liberation Of Palestine Entered Its Last Stage. southfront.org Illustrative image | Interview of Sayed Hashem Safi al-Din, Head of the Executive Office of Hezbollah, on May 11, 2021. Originally published on

Islamic Society of Monterey County (2021-05-16). Sunday 5/16: Monterey: Stand in Solidarity with Palestine. indybay.org Window on the Bay, 717 Del Monte Ave., Monterey, CA…

Stop US Aid to Israel (2021-05-16). Rep. Rashida Tlaib Speaks Truth to Power on Palestine. indybay.org On the floor of the US Congress on 5/13/21, Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan stated in her moving 10 minute speech below, that "If there's one thing Detroit instilled in this Palestinian girl from Southwest, it's you always speak truth to power, even if your voice shakes. The freedom of Palestinians is connected to the fight against oppression all over the world." We will be there for her and Palestine on 5/15/21 at 16th & Valencia, SF in opposition to the 75% of US Congress who, as Tlaib stated: "signed a letter pledging that Israel shall never be made to comply with basic human rights laws that other countries th…

Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza (2021-05-16). Six Months Before Regional Elections in Venezuela — What Polls Show. orinocotribune.com Caracas, May 15 (OrinocoTribune.com) — Almost six months before the mega regional elections in Venezuela scheduled for November, in which governors, mayors and city council members will be elected, a poll carried out by the firm Hinterlaces is showing positive trends in favor of the ruling PSUV and Chavismo, despite a high percentage of the electorate identifying themselves as politically non-aligned or non-affiliated to any party. | The regional elections are scheduled for Sunday, November 21, as announced last Thursday by the newly elected National Electoral Council (CNE) authorities. This new CNE board ha…

Staff (2021-05-16). Venezuela Denounces Abduction of Eight Soldiers by Colombian Narco Terrorist Groups. orinocotribune.com Eight members of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (FANB) were abducted by armed criminal groups from Colombia that entered Venezuelan territory through the international border in Apure state. The incident occurred during full combat actions that had been implemented since late March this year in defense of national sovereignty. The information was communicated to the country this Saturday afternoon by the Minister for Defense, General in Chief Vladímir Padrino López, who read out an official statement broadcast through state media Venezolana de Televisión (VTV). | Padrino López further informed that on May 9,…

Mandy Wilkens (2021-05-16). In Memoriam: Jahaira DeAlto Balenciaga. liberationnews.org Beloved activist and artist Jahaira DeAlto Balenciaga died May 2 at the age of 42 years old.

Jesus Rodriguez-Espinoza (2021-05-16). URGENT WEBINAR THIS WEDNESDAY 19th: Alex Saab's Lawyer: 'How the US Starves Nations'. orinocotribune.com Alex Saab's lawyer, Femi Falana, has agreed to participate in a webinar about this important case related to US "sanctions". | Caracas, May 16 (OrinocoTribune.com)— Alex Saab has been illegally held by Cape Verdean authorities in prison, and most recently in a unique form of house arrest. Saab was apprehended because of his attempts to bypass illegal US and European "sanctions" against the Venezuelan people. | Saab, a special diplomatic envoy of Venezuela at the time of his irregular detention, and currently ambassador of Venezuela to the African Union, was instrumental in procuring international supplie…

Anonymous669 (2021-05-16). Russian Warplanes Rained Hell On Militant Positions In Syria's Greater Idlib (Photos). southfront.org Russian Su-25 attack aircraft take off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik | On May 16, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out at least 12 airstrikes on the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, where several terrorist groups are active. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Russian airstrikes struck the town of Burnas in the western Idlib countryside, and the town of Kabani in the northern countryside of Lattakia."No casualties have…

Anonymous669 (2021-05-16). In Photos: 15 Killed In Deadly ISIS Attack In Southeastern Niger. southfront.org A destroyed ACMAT Bastion APC. Click to see full-size image. | On May 16, ISIS news agency, Amaq, released photos from a The attack, which took place on May 4, targeted a post of the Nigerien military located near the town of Einthusan in the southwestern region of Tillabéri. At the time,…

Anonymous669 (2021-05-16). One Killed, Six Injured In Ramming Attack On Israeli Police Post (Videos). southfront.org Israeli policemen patrol a street in the Arab east Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber following clashes in Jerusalem September 18, 2015. FILE IMAGE: Reuters | On May 16, six Israeli police officers were injured as a result of a ramming attack in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem. | A video of the attack shows a car ramming the officers who were gathered under an umbrella in one of Sheikh Jarrah main streets. The attacker, a Palestinian, was shot and killed on the spot by the Israeli Police. It remains…

Anonymous669 (2021-05-16). Storm Of Terror: ISIS Claimed 280 Operations In Syria, Iraq In Last 30 Days. southfront.org File image. | ISIS claimed that its cells had carried out 280 operations in Iraq and Syria over the last 30 days in an infographic released by its news agency, Amaq, on May 16. | According to the infographic: | ISIS cells in Iraq carried out a total of 201 operations between April 13 and May 13, including 73 attacks in Kirkuk, 57 in Diyala, 30 in Saladin, 17 in al-Anbar, 15 in Baghdad and 3 in Babylon. | ISIS cells in Syria carried out a total of 79 operations between April 13 and May 13, including 40 attacks in Deir Ez…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-16). Military Situation In Yemen On May 16, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 125 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah during the past 24 hours | On May 15, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 13 airstrikes on the Sarwah area | On May 15, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted 5 airstrikes on the Khab and Shaaf area | On May 15, Saudi-led coalition warplanes conducted an airstrike on the Zaher area | On May 16, sporadic clashes between Ansar Allah and Saudi-led fo…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-16). Military Situation In Iraq On May 16, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 14, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Naseriyah area | On May 15, the US coalition carried out nine airstrikes on the Hamrin mountains, reportedly resulting in the destruction of five ISIS hideouts | On May 16, large demonstration held in Baghdad to show solidarity with Palestinians | In the first four months of 2021, 67 individuals were killed which19 of them are Turkish soldiers, 34 PKK militants and two civilians, accor…

Editorial Team (2021-05-16). Special Educational Needs and Disabled (SEND) children robbed of support. challenge-magazine.org Spending cuts and service reviews are being outlined as a result of a funding shortage of over half a billion pounds for educating children with special needs, across councils in England. Due to a government ruling, local authorities are not permitted to employ other reserves to boost funds for the special educational needs and disabilities (Send) system, leaving families anxious that their loved ones could lose support to ensure gaping historical shortfalls are cleared.

Anonymous007 (2021-05-16). Military Situation In Syria On May 16, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 15, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 37 times: 19 — in Idlib province, 10 — in Latakia province, 8 — in Hama province | On May 15, US forces carried out a military patrol near the town of Malekiyah | On May 16, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Halluz area | On May 15, SDF released 16 people who were arrested a few days ago in the town of Shaheel | The number of Russia…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-16). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On May 16, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | 1. UAF in Gladosovo shelled DPR positions in Dolomitnoe with grenade launchers | 2. UAF in Pervomaiskoe shelled DPR positions in Lozovskoy with mortars | 3. UAF in Opytnoe shelled DPR positions in Veseloe with 82-mm artillery | 4. UAF in Pesky shelled DPR positions in Lozovskoy with 120-mm artillery | 5. UAF in Starognatovka shelled DPR positions in Petrovskoe with grenade launchers and mortars | 6. UAF in Bogdanovka shelled DPR positions in Novolaspa with 120-mm…

Rashida Tlaib (2021-05-16). 'How many Palestinians have to die for their lives to matter?'. zcomm.org Rep. Tlaib called out U.S. involvement in Israeli violence during this powerful floor speech…

_____ (2021-05-16). What's Happening With Youth Protest And Police In Colombia. popularresistance.org The demonstrations in Bogotá, Colombia kick off with musical performances, theatrical shows and people in traditional dress; they're like festivals. Young people fill the capital's major transitways and the Plaza de Simon Bolivar, a downtown square that is home to several culturally and politically significant buildings, to have their voices heard, Yaneth Ordoñez, an artist and high school teacher at the protests said. | But this time, the government has met civilians with bullets. | On April 28, Colombians protested, in large part, as a response to tax increases proposed by president Iván Duque's government. Cri…

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Chile Mega-Elections: Polls Officially Close at 6 PM Local Time. telesurenglish.net Similar to Saturday, when voting for Chile's mega-elections began, polling stations on Sunday received voters from 8: 00 am to 6: 00 pm local time. An estimated 20 percent of voters cast their ballots on the first day of the historic election, which was postponed from April 11 due to the new wave of the pandemic affecting the South American country. | Despite some difficulties with installing the polling stations on both Saturday and Sunday, the Chilean Electoral Service (SERVEL) considered that 99.7 and 99.2 percent of them were already in operation after midday on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. | RELATED:…

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Russia Designates US and Czech Republic as 'Unfriendly' States. telesurenglish.net Russia first announced the ban on the U.S. hiring local staff in April in retaliation of a slew of new U.S. sanctions against Russia for allegedly interfering in the 2020 US presidential election and for its purported involvement in the SolarWind hack of US federal agencies. | Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the United States has until August 1, 2021 to meet the new requirements. | RELATED: | Relations between Rus…

Tanya Reinhart (2021-05-16). History: Israel's Move to Destroy the Palestinian Authority Is a Calculated Plan, Long in the Making. globalresearch.ca This incisive article …

_____ (2021-05-16). Help Three Native American Women Save Their Hospital. popularresistance.org When Donna Gilbert asked me to be a part of her lawsuit, I immediately said yes. After having survived three other lawsuits, I should have been leery. But when peoples' lives are at stake, it is not hard to make a hard decision. | Initially it was the Oglala Sioux Tribal Court (OST). It was my son's idea to go to the Tribal Court because we knew what the outcome would be. The OST court would dismiss our case because the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Health Board (GPTCHB) was under the jurisdiction of the state of South Dakota and was not a Tribal Organization. But we needed this verified by a court. We also knew…

Asa Winstanley (2021-05-16). Labour's Lisa Nandy is an enemy of Palestinian rights. electronicintifada.net Why won't the party demand that Israel be held accountable for its crimes?

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Colombia: Strike Committee Begins Negotiations With Government. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Colombia's National Strike Committee will meet with President Ivan Duque's representatives to start negotiations aimed at ending the massive protests that have been shaking the country since April 28. | RELATED: | Tthey will discuss demands that includes issues such as health reform, the murders of social leaders, and the spraying of glyphosate in the country's fields. | "The government will begin to listen to the peop…

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Bolsonaro Is Unfit To Lead Brazil, 58% Of Brazilians Say. telesurenglish.net A Datafolha poll on Sunday revealed that 58 percent of Brazilians consider President Jair Bolsonaro to be incapable of leading the country. Besides, around 50 percent of the citizens trust nothing he says. | RELATED: | In May, Bolsonaro's popularity fell to its lowest level since the start of his term on January 1, 2019. According to Datafolha, he could be defeated if he seeks reelection next year. | Only 38 percent of the 2,071…

Robert Hunziker (2021-05-16). Seaspiracy's Nightmarish Odyssey. dissidentvoice.org Seaspiracy is a powerful new documentary about the hazardous, unruly world of industrial fishing and stomach-churning abuse, overuse, disregard for life, as shown on Netflix, released by Disrupt Studios March 24th 2021. The opening scene of the film sets the tone with a long-shot of an isolated fishing trawler at sea as the voice-over of …

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Leal: Colombia Will Continue Protests, It Has Nothing to Lose. telesurenglish.net In an interview granted this Sunday to HispanTV, Dr. Angel Rafael Tortolero Leal, research professor at the UNERG of Venezuela, said that the indignation against the repression and brutality of the police in Colombia is not limited to this country, but is a feeling that has sprouted globally. | RELATED: | Since April 28, Colombia has been the scene of massive protests, in the framework of a national strike…

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Chile Begins Second Day of Elections. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Chile continues the voting process in which over 14.9 million people were eligible to choose 155 members of the convention that will draft the new Constitution, 16 governors, 345 mayors, and 2,252 councilors. | RELATED: | As on Saturday, polling stations are expected to receive votes from 08: 00 am to 6 pm local time. An estimated 20 percent of voters have already cast their ballots on the first day of a historic e…

Rod Driver (2021-05-16). How the Rich Hide Their Wealth: Tax Havens and Capital Flight. globalresearch.ca "I believe that …

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Telesur President Highlights Anti-Uribe Sentiment in Colombia. telesurenglish.net The Colombian journalist and president of Telesur, Patricia Villegas, highlighted during an interview in Caracas today that in her country, there is a widespread feeling of rejection to Uribism, massively expressed among the poorer popular sectors and the youth. | RELATED: | During an interview granted to the Venezuelan Minister of Culture, Ernesto Villegas, the head of the multinational channel, talking about a politic…

Michael F. Brown (2021-05-16). Democratic leadership stands with Israel. electronicintifada.net QAnon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks "JihadSquad."

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Chile: Elections Continue with Low Voter Turnout in Many Areas. telesurenglish.net With 46,087 polling stations set up nationwide, out of 46,052, equivalent to 99.92%, the second and last day of voting in Chile is progressing with little influx of voters, at least during the first five hours of the process. | The Electoral Service (Servel) informed this Sunday after 11: 30 am local time about installing polling stations at the national level in these mega-elections for members of the constitutional convention, governors, mayors, and councilmembers. | Servel noted that of the 46,087 polling stations set up at the national level, a total of 46,052 were already set up, or 99.92%. | Regarding the…

Editor2 (2021-05-16). Cryptocurrency, Central Banking and Capitalism. orinocotribune.com By Darcy Robinson — Apr 16, 2021 | Over the past 13 years, a new phenomenon in finance, banking and currency has spread exponentially across the globe. Bitcoin emerged in the shadows of the 2008 financial crisis and over the past decade, it and other cryptocurrencies have developed as currencies and stores of value in the areas of loans, business operations and trade. Transactions take place entirely over the internet, have no physical appearance and are backed by educational technology and the energy of computing processor capabilities. | E-coins like USDC and Tether are permanently pegged to the US dollar…

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2021-05-16). Middle East and "Greater Israel": There Will be War. globalresearch.ca At this point, …

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Recoleta, Chile: Daniel Jadue Sweeps the Municipal Election. telesurenglish.net Communist leader and presidential candidate Daniel Jadue achieved a massive lead in the Recoleta municipal elections where, so far, he has obtained 64.61 percent. | With 24,89% percent of the tables counted, he is followed far away by the right-wing UDI's Mauricio Smok with 23,63% and with 12,08 percent by far-right Republican José Meza. | RELATED: | The mayor expressed that the result "makes us feel that there is a sen…

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Colombians Demand Resignation of Defense Minister. telesurenglish.net Colombia's human rights defenders on Sunday called for the resignation of Defense Minister Diego Molano and rejected statements through which he stigmatized citizens who have been protesting against President Ivan Duque. | RELATED: | "Molano could affect any agreement between the government and the Strike Committee's representatives. His provocative and stigmatizing speech against protesters will prevent the country fro…

Fight Back (2021-05-16). Solidarity rally in Madison, WI: 'Palestinians can't breathe'. fightbacknews.org Madison, WI – 200 people came out in Madison in the late morning of May 15, the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, to stand with Palestinian people resisting genocide at the hands of the racist Israeli government. The demonstration took place on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Over 130 people have been killed, nearly 1000 wounded, and many more thousands have been displaced from their homes in Israel's most recent string of attacks that began on May 10. | The event consisted first of a rally where a handful of speakers from the different cosponsoring organizations took to the microphone to share th…

teleSUR (2021-05-16). Live Updates: Right-Wing Faces Debacle in Chile, Left Celebrates. telesurenglish.net 23: 15 – The Mayor of Recoleta and communist presidential candidate, Daniel Jadue, has won with a massive percentage of the votes: "It makes us feel that there is also pride that we can represent a possibility for Chile." Jadue was re-elected as Recoleta Major with 66,31 percent of the votes. | "Unlike the projections, the right has had a disastrous result and is far from taking a third of the constituents, and that is a reason to rejoice," Jadue said. | "The democratic sectors are called to unite to advance in constructing a new Chile," the communist leader added. | Daniel Jadue reelecto como alcalde en Reco…

teleSUR (2021-05-16). EU Calls For An End To Discrimination Against LGBTI Community. telesurenglish.net On the eve of International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, the European Union (EU) on Sunday called on the international community to eliminate the criminalization of same-sex relationships. | RELATED: | "It is not conceivable that still 69 countries criminalize same-sex relationships and in 11 of those nations being homosexual is punishable by death. We will continue to be at the forefront in ensuring that the LGT…

Badri Raina (2021-05-16). The 'Nationalists' must consult the Nation in Finding a Way Forward. zcomm.org Close to four hundred districts in India now have a positivity rate of twenty percent or more…

UERMWA (2021-05-16). United Electrical Condemns Attacks on Palestinian People. zcomm.org Working people need and deserve, instead, a foreign policy based on diplomacy, peace, and international solidarity…

Bernie Sanders (2021-05-16). The U.S. Must Stop Being an Apologist for the Netanyahu Government. zcomm.org Over more than a decade of his right-wing rule in Israel, Mr. Netanyahu has cultivated an increasingly intolerant and authoritarian type of racist nationalism…

Cat Wilmott (2021-05-16). Stephanie Bice Dismisses Q-Anon. indybay.org This is a response to a Politico article about incoming GOP member Stephanie Bice. It addresses her denial of Q-Anon.

Keith McHenry (2021-05-16). A Victory for Chaos and Cruelty – The Logic of Internment Advanced Against the Unhoused. indybay.org We can only hope that the celluloid avatars at the Santa Cruz City Council are clueless, otherwise their "Camping Services and Standards Ordinance" is just naked sadism.

Staff (2021-05-16). Recovery: All Gasoline Currently Sold in Venezuela Is Nationally Produced. orinocotribune.com All the fuel that is currently being sold in Venezuela has been nationally produced, stated Executive Vice President and Minister of Economy and Finance Delcy Rodríguez, in an interview with the newspaper àöltimas Noticias. | When asked about the recovery of diesel and gasoline production in Venezuela, Rodríguez said that "the working team in Petróleos de Venezuela, the Ministry, and the Alí Rodríguez Araque Commission have all been making important efforts to recover the national production. What is circulating in the market today, all of it is of national production." | "Positive things can also come out o…

Alessandro Pagani (2021-05-16). øNakba? Ahora basta: Queremos Marwun Barghuti. globalizacion.ca En la Palestina israelizada, después de que la ONU, en 1948, sancionara una división injusta del territorio entre presencia histórica y presencia entrante, estaba la Nakba, la "catástrofe". Sólo el primer paso hacia la erradicación casi total de los palestinos,…

Thalif Deen (2021-05-16). Estados Unidos protege a Israel con veto tras veto en el Consejo Seguridad. globalizacion.ca El Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas (CSNU), su órgano político más poderoso, ha permanecido en gran medida silencioso o ineficaz en la resolución del conflicto armado de más larga data en Medio Oriente, que involucra a israelíes y…

Mouris Salloum George (2021-05-16). México — Un delito electoral se paga con cárcel. globalizacion.ca El uso de los programas sociales con fines electorales es ya un delito grave y se paga con cárcel, pero resulta que estos programas y de hecho se están utilizando para comprar votos a través de tarjetas, despensas, regalos de…

Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs (2021-05-16). Sunday 5/23: SOUPSTOCK 2021 – The 41st Anniversary of the founding of Food Not Bombs. indybay.org Laurel and Front Streets, Santa Cruz…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-16). Turkey to Keep Troops in at Least Five Nations. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff Turkey's Anadolu news agency cited Ersin Tatar, president of the self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, insisting that Turkish troops in Northern Cyprus would never leave. To exploit an issue that is topical as well as tragic, he gratuitously added that his domain would not suffer the fate of another territory currently under attack: "The…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-05-16). East Jerusalem and Palestinians' struggle for dignity and liberation. peoplesdispatch.org Asalla Abu Khader of the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees talks about the resistance to Israeli attacks and the decades-long policy by the Zionist state to bring about demographic changes in the occupied territories…

Rick Rozoff (2021-05-16). Cyprus: Turkey to keep troops in at least five nations. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Cyprus: Turkey to keep troops in at least five nationsRick Rozoff Turkey's Anadolu news agency cited Ersin Tatar, president of the self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, insisting that Turkish troops in Northern Cyprus would never leave. To exploit an issue that is topical as well as tragic, he gratuitously added that his domain would …

Editors (2021-05-16). CovertAction Information Bulletin (1988-2). covertactionmagazine.com CAIB-30 (1988: 2) From the Archives: Special Back Issue on Israel the Middle East: Israeli State Terror, Arms sales, Occupation, Chemical & nuclear warfare, Israel in Africa & Central America, Disinformation & Libya, CIA's William Buckley, Afghan contra lobby…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-05-16). Defying ban on 'unauthorized protests,' Algerians take to the streets in large numbers. peoplesdispatch.org The Hirak protests continued on Friday despite a recent ban on unauthorized protests. Those on the streets were met with massive police deployment and large-scale detentions…

Shenaz Kermalli (2021-05-16). Palestinian Families and Children are Being Killed. Why Is It So Quiet? commondreams.org "Many journalists and editors have come to understand that critical coverage of Israel can result at minimum in a professional headache, and at worst in career damage." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/al-shati-refugees-bombed-05152021.jpg

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-16). NATO Ready to Fight in Seven-Year Black Sea Conflict. libya360.wordpress.com Rick Rozoff The Romanian press, in reporting on the ongoing U.S. Army-led 30,000-troop, 27-nation war games codenamed DEFENDER-Europe 21, cited an American commander in the country characterizing them as "mutual intra-NATO defense." A suggestion: NATO should publish a Militarese-English dictionary for the uninitiated. To conduct a military exercise, or rather a veritable host of air, naval…

Rick Rozoff (2021-05-16). Commander: NATO ready to fight in seven-year Black Sea conflict. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Commander: NATO ready to fight in seven-year Black Sea conflictRick Rozoff The Romanian press, in reporting on the ongoing U.S. Army-led 30,000-troop, 27-nation war games codenamed DEFENDER-Europe 21, cited an American commander in the country characterizing them as "mutual intra-NATO defense." A suggestion: NATO should publish a Militarese-English dictionary for the uninitiated. To conduct a …

Andrew Nofsinger (2021-05-16). Newsletter Archive Volume 1. counterpunch.org Newsletter Archive Volume 1 1993-1994…

Editorial Team (2021-05-16). China's Zhurong rover lands on Mars with great success. challenge-magazine.org China's Zhurong rover successfully landed on Mars this Saturday. This is the first time a non-American Mars landing has gone through without a crash or loss of contact. | The success makes China the first nation to perform orbiting, landing and roving on its first Mars mission. It is also only the third nation to land on Mars, after Russia and the USA. | President Xi Jinping expressed his congratulations to the team behind the mission, calling their success an outstanding achievement. "You were brave enough for the challenge, pursued excellence and placed our country in the advanced ranks of planetary explorat…

Diane Ravitch (2021-05-16). Jan Resseger: Will the Biden Administration Revive the Failed Policies of NCLB and Obama? commondreams.org It looks like Biden is winding the clock backward on education. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/catherine_lhamon-miguel_cardona-carmel_martin.jpg

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