Beating Swords to Plowshares
Kathy Kelly | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-31
Baghdad, March 20, 2003 Inscribed on a wall across from the United Nations in New York City are ancient words of incalculable yearning: They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.
Wisconsin FRSO condemns mayor's curfew and deployment of National Guard
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-31
Milwaukee, WI – The Wisconsin District of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns the decision of Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett to impose a 9 p.m. curfew and to call in members of the National Guard to help enforce it. This curfew and the troop deployment is meant to suppress the righteous anger of the masses in Milwaukee over the city's terrible record of police crimes. | This curfew and the National Guard deployment will not deescalate confrontations. The people of Milwaukee will stay in the streets, expressing their democratic rights and demanding justice for the victims of racist police murders. Milwau…
fightbacknews.org/2020/5/30/wisconsin-frso-condemns-mayor-s-curfew-and-deployment-national-guard
Shoddy implementation of lockdown is a crime against humanity: Arundhati Roy
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-31
Vijay Prashad, executive director, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, speaks to renowned author Arundhati Roy about the lockdown, economic policies of the government and plight of the people–particularly of the working class.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/31/shoddy-implementation-of-lockdown-is-a-crime-against-humanity-arundhati-roy/
African American Mayors and Sheriffs Stand Among George Floyd Protestors in Central North Carolina
Danica Jorden | zcomm.org | 2020-05-31
"Let us be resolved to fight for justice for all here in Durham. Let us commit to stand up or kneel down when injustices are identified."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/african-american-mayors-and-sheriffs-stand-among-george-floyd-protestors-in-central-north-carolina/
Hundreds of protesters demand justice for victims of police crimes in Tallahassee
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-31
Tallahassee, FL- For the last two days hundreds of people have been gathering in Tallahassee to demand justice for police crime victims. In just the past two months, the Tallahassee Police Department murdered three people, under the watch of killer cop Chief of Police Lawrence Revell, who murdered George "Lil Nuke" Williams in 1996. On Friday afternoon, May 29, protesters gathered at the capitol in the afternoon and then joined ranks with an evening protest organized by others at the TPD headquarters. | Protesters demanded justice for African Americans across the country who have been slain by police, including G…
fightbacknews.org/2020/5/31/hundreds-protesters-demand-justice-victims-police-crimes-tallahassee
People's rebellion in the belly of the beast
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-31
Since Monday May 25 people have taken the streets in cities across the United States demanding justice for George Floyd who was killed by police in Minneapolis. A video of his unjust murder circulated widely across social media and his death has served as the tipping point for people frustrated with the racist, capitalist system. The protests are some of the most intense and largest seen since the 2014 Ferguson uprising which occurred after police murdered 18-year-old Michael Brown.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/31/peoples-rebellion-in-the-belly-of-the-beast/
Milwaukee: Large protests against police crimes
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-31
Milwaukee, WI – Several marches were held in Milwaukee on May 29 to demand justice for George Floyd, an African American man who was murdered by Minneapolis police. Protesters were also demanding justice for Joel Acevedo, a Chicano murdered by an off-duty Milwaukee police officer. | Protesters met up on the corner of N 27th and Center, where they heard various community speakers demand justice in their communities. Organizers from UW Parkside Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and Young People's Resistance Committee were handing out fliers for an organization that will primarily focus on demanding commu…
fightbacknews.org/2020/5/30/milwaukee-large-protests-against-police-crimes
Fighting the inequality pandemic: the case for a super-tax
Keval Bharadia | zcomm.org | 2020-05-31
An argument for a super-tax on financial markets to curb extreme inequality in the wake of Covid-19…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/fighting-the-inequality-pandemic-the-case-for-a-super-tax/
Vaccines will be the true game changers, says Dr. Satyajit Rath
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-31
In this interview with NewsClick, Dr. Satyajit Rath, talks about the future of vaccine development for COVID-19 and the present usage of Hydroxychloroquine, which has been controversial.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/31/vaccines-will-be-the-true-game-changers-says-dr-satyajit-rath/
As Dozens Of Colonists, Soldiers Invade Al-Aqsa Mosque, Army Abducts Four Palestinians
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-31
Marking the first day of reopening the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, after seventy days of closure due to coronavirus concerns, Israeli soldiers and police officers accompanied dozens of illegal colonialist settlers in a provocative tour into the courtyards of the holy site, and abducted four Palestinians, including two women. …
imemc.org/article/as-dozens-of-colonists-soldiers-invade-al-aqsa-mosque-army-abducts-four-palestinians/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-dozens-of-colonists-soldiers-invade-al-aqsa-mosque-army-abducts-four-palestinians
Scottish govt. issues pandemic hygiene guidelines following tenants' union intervention
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-31
The tenants' union Living Rent has been conducting a campaign called Hygiene Kills The Virus, demanding that landlords resume block cleaning operations that have been suspended during the lockdown…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/31/scottish-govt-issues-pandemic-hygiene-guidelines-following-tenants-union-intervention/
Arundhati Roy on India's Fateful COVID Crisis
J.P. Linstroth | zcomm.org | 2020-05-31
Thousands of migrants are still making the long trek home to their rural villages, while hundreds of them are dying along the way from exhaustion, heat fatigue, thirst, starvation, and road accidents…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/arundhati-roy-on-indias-fateful-covid-crisis/
Mother of Slain Palestinian: "My Son Was A Child In A Man's Body"
Saed Bannoura | imemc.org | 2020-05-31
The mother of the Palestinian who was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers in occupied Jerusalem, said that the Israeli allegations and justifications for his brutal murder are mere lies, as the slain man was autistic, and was a child in a man's body. The Palestinian, Eyad al-Hallaq, 32, was …
imemc.org/article/mother-of-slain-palestinian-my-slain-son-was-a-child-in-a-mans-body/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mother-of-slain-palestinian-my-slain-son-was-a-child-in-a-mans-body
Armed Israeli Settlers Invade Local Markets in Hebron
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-31
Armed Israeli settlers in the Palestinian West Bank city of Hebron, reportedly invaded, on Saturday afternoon, some local markets in the city, causing panic among local Palestinians. Palestinian WAFA News Agency reported that a large group of armed colonists invaded the Allaban, Alqasaba and Ein Alaskar local markets and began …
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Israeli Forces Evict Palestinians from Ibrahimi Mosque, Permit Settlers
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-31
Israeli forces, on Friday, blocked Palestinian Muslim worshipers from performing the dawn prayer, evicted hundreds of worshipers and banned the call to prayer at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron/Al-Khalil, Quds News Network reported. Sheikh Hifzi Abu Sneineh, the head of the local Waqf Department, stated that military barriers were placed …
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Israeli Forces Kill Autistic Palestinian Man in Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-31
On Saturday, Israeli police in Jerusalem shot and killed an unarmed, autistic Palestinian man, then left him lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds for over an hour until he bled to death. Eyad Khairi al-Hallaq, 32, was on his way to an institution for people with special needs, …
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Twitter Warns Trump Tweet Glorifies Violence
Ramesh Srinivasan | zcomm.org | 2020-05-31
"Trump has prospered through his use of social media and its attention-hoarding algorithms to basically disinform and misinform people"
zcomm.org/znetarticle/twitter-warns-trump-tweet-glorifies-violence/
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By Rob Woodward
Bush to Trump: The path of complete destruction
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-31
Prabir Purkayastha talks about the implications of the US leaving the Treaty on Open Skies. He also talks about the increased warmongering by the US in this period…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/31/bush-to-trump-the-path-of-complete-destruction/
US abandons Open Skies for new age space weapons
Prabir Purkayastha | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-31
The US walking out of the Open Skies Agreement is a clear signal that it seeks global dominance. As other countries are unlikely to surrender, we are back to hair-trigger nuclear alerts and the Doomsday Clock inching towards midnight…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/31/us-abandons-open-skies-for-new-age-space-weapons/
San Franciscans Protest George Floyd Murder
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-05-31
Over 1000 in peaceful protest at San Francisco's City Hall.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/30/18833421.php
Manslaughter & 3rd degree murder charge for Kneeling Cop Chauvin
Read Black's Law Dictionary | indybay.org | 2020-05-31
After 48 hours of protest in Minnesota of the vicious murder by suffocation of a black man, George Floyd, on May 25, 2020, by 4 Minneapolis police, one of whom, Derek Chauvin, was caught on a video kneeling on the neck of handcuffed Floyd for 9 minutes, killing him, while his fellow thug cops allowed this murder to occur, only Chauvin was arrested on 5/29/30, and charged with 3rd degree murder and manslaughter! This low level of charge should have every attorney in this country screaming since it is a ringing indictment of the whole rotten legal system in this backward, racist, police state in which we live.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/29/18833369.php
An Updated Letter to SCPD Police Chief Mills in the Wake of the George Floyd Murder
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2020-05-31
In anticipation of possible protests in Santa Cruz regarding police violence and racial injustice, I've written Chief Andy Mills a follow-up letter regarding concerns I expressed 2 1/2 years ago. I begin with an earlier letter I sent him, and his responses to that letter. Attempts to get more detailed information were unsuccessful.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/29/18833367.php
Publicly traded corporate looters are ripping off the Small Business Administration
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-31
Mayor London Breed and some trigger happy cops are blowing a lot of hot air at the petty thefts taking place during the George Floyd protests, as they look the other way as the publicly traded corporate looters are ripping off over $200 million from the Small Business Administration, that hurts the small businesses that can not get the loans that were meant to go to them through the Cares Act, and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/30/18833442.php
Another night of unrest in the US as Black Lives Matter protests continue
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-31
Protests over the killing of George Floyd and other police killings of Black people in the US grew on 30 May from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles.The protests began in Minneapolis after a police officer killed Floyd by holding a knee to his neck until he stopped breathing. They've now gained momentum with another night of unrest after months of coronavirus lockdowns.National unrest: The unrest has since become a national phenomenon as protesters decry years of Black deaths at police hands. More than 1,300 people have been arrested in 16 cities since Thursday, with more than 500 of those happening in Los A…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/05/31/another-night-of-unrest-in-the-us-as-black-lives-matter-protests-continue/
'It's going to be a warzone x 10': Minneapolis activist tells RT more violence lays ahead for city rocked by protests, riots
rt.com | 2020-05-31
An activist in Minneapolis has warned of more and heavier unrest in her city, following the death of George Floyd while in police custody. She also warned that widescale systemic change would be needed in order to restore peace. | Kayla Johnson recounted how she had been attacked by the Minneapolis police while peacefully demonstrating. The activist told RT that before riots and looting broke out earlier this week, non-violent protests had been met with rubber bullets, tear gas and other strong-arm tactics. | "I got hit with a flash grenade in my arm. The Minneapolis Police Department ended up giving me a seco…
rt.com/usa/490296-minneapolis-warzone-riots-justice-floyd/
NYPD police cruisers RUN INTO crowds of protesters in terrifying video
rt.com | 2020-05-31
A pair of NYPD vehicles lurched through a crowd of New Yorkers that swarmed them amid the nationwide demonstrations over the death of Minnesotan George Floyd at the hands of police. | The terrifying footage, that garnered millions of views, starts with a Ford SUV facing multiple protesters who had installed a barricade blocking passage through a street in New York. The demonstrators are seen pelting things at the car and hitting it with their hands. | With lights flashing and sirens turned on, the police car briefly waits for another vehicle to arrive. Once it approaches the crowd, both cruisers accelerate, sm…
rt.com/uk/490291-new-york-police-rams-protesters/
'It's not who we are!' County sheriff in Michigan JOINS march against police brutality
rt.com | 2020-05-31
A sheriff in a Michigan county took an impressive step amid the massive George Floyd-inspired rallies, laying down his protective gear and marching side by side with protesters. His unorthodox gesture was met with glee. | Crowds of protesters had been amassing outside the Flint Township police station since earlier in the day, demanding justice for the slain Minnesotan George Floyd, and venting anger at police brutality. Shortly afterwards, Genesee County sheriff Chris Swanson turned up at the rally, engaging in a candid talk with those demonstrating. | "We want to be with you, I took my helmet off and laid th…
rt.com/usa/490294-sheriff-joins-protest-michigan/
An eye for an eye? Enraged protesters violently drag & toss cop in Chicago amid George Floyd protests (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-05-31
A pair of cops were quickly overrun and wrestled to the ground by angry protesters during massive anti-police-brutality rallies in Chicago, with one female officer being violently dragged for several feet. | A widely shared video, captured in the middle of heavy demonstrations over the death of George Floyd, shows the infuriated crowd swarm and hit two police officers as they apparently tried to detain a protester. | A fracas suddenly broke out, with the cops being aggressively pushed to the ground by the demonstrators. The male officer managed to get to his feet while protecting himself against several protes…
rt.com/usa/490287-chicago-cops-dragged-protests/
'NYPD scores a touchdown'? Cops TACKLE & BEAT protester with batons as he celebrates on police van (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-05-31
A protester in New York City quickly found himself pinned to the ground by a swarm of police officers, after mounting the hood of a NYPD vehicle. Footage of the incident has elicited both applause and anger on social media. | Countless police vehicles have been vandalized and destroyed in ongoing riots across the United States, but one demonstrator in New York City may have been too hasty while trying to get a piece of the action. | A video circulating on social media shows a man standing on a NYPD cruiser waving his arms. Seconds later, a police officer sprints from the driver's side of the vehicle and tackle…
rt.com/usa/490299-nypd-protester-tackled-video-riots/
The real reason Trump and the GOP don't want mail-in voting
Thom Hartmann | zcomm.org | 2020-05-31
Trump and Republicans don't want mail-in voting this November because it blows up a couple of their most effective voter suppression schemes…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-real-reason-trump-and-the-gop-dont-want-mail-in-voting/
New Footage Reveals Moments Before George Floyd's Death
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-05-31
MINNEAPOLIS
In a Pandemic, Finding New and Old Ways To Fight New and Old Foes
Jane Slaughter | zcomm.org | 2020-05-31
Workers this spring were forced to find new ways to assert their rights when faced with a deadly foe and employers indifferent to their lives…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/in-a-pandemic-finding-new-and-old-ways-to-fight-new-and-old-foes/
Beijing Sees Trump's Hand and Won't Fold
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-31
It would be too much to expect Team Trump to learn from Gramscian analyses of Belt and Road, which demonstrate how the Chinese Dream
Friday 6/5: Capitalism is the Virus, Housing is the Cure: Candlelight Vigil & Noise Demo
Reclaim SF | indybay.org | 2020-05-31
Harvey Milk Center for the Arts, Duboce Park…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/30/18833394.php
Making the case for Restorative Justice from the California State Legislature
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-05-31
From Sea to Shinning Sea, 2020 Alta California Juneteenth Fandango opens up a positive new way forward.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/30/18833417.php
the con-vid farce
ALETH | indybay.org | 2020-05-31
there is no "covid" and bill gates is its prophet…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/31/18833443.php
This Book Shouldn't Exist
Infinite Onion | indybay.org | 2020-05-31
With these words as my only weapon—though that is unlikely to keep me from being labeled a 'terrorist' and getting an unannounced late-night visit—I say the authority of the United States government is illegitimate and struggle by its people to overthrow the regime by whatever means seems best to them is justified.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/30/18833392.php
Union urges government to 'draw back' on school reopening, saying staff, pupils and families 'deserve better'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-31
The government has been urged to drop plans to reopen primary schools to pupils in Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 on Monday 1 June. Current plans could see all primary schools in England returning to normal before the summer holidays.Schools, colleges and nurseries closed more than nine weeks ago due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak, remaining open only for vulnerable youngsters and the children of key workers. From Monday, class sizes will be limited to 15, with government guidance suggesting desks should be spaced further apart.Unions urge government to "draw back" plans: However, unions have called…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/31/union-urges-government-to-draw-back-on-school-reopening-saying-staff-pupils-and-families-deserve-better/
'You hang gays & stone women!' Pompeo awkwardly fights back as Iran's Zarif speaks out against racism amid George Floyd riots
rt.com | 2020-05-31
Mike Pompeo has clashed online with Tehran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after the latter weighed in on the anti-police-brutality riots across the US. Zarif even used the secretary of state's own words on Iran. | "Some don't think Black Lives Matter," Zarif wrote, telling "those of us who do" that a war waged against racism is "long overdue for the entire world." The top Iranian official was commenting on the mayhem sweeping through the US over the police killing of an African American, George Floyd. | It is "time for #WorldAgainstRacism," Zarif's statement proclaimed. It also featured a re-write of…
rt.com/news/490289-pompeo-zarif-us-racism/
Anonymous declares WAR on Minneapolis Police in video message attributed to hacker group
rt.com | 2020-05-31
Hacker collective Anonymous has purportedly begun to target the Minneapolis Police Department, accusing the force of systemic violence and corruption while serving as an instrument for "the ruling class." | A video message posted to an Anonymous Facebook page with 11 million followers accused the Minneapolis Police of condoning behavior that led to the death of George Floyd. | "People have had enough of this corruption and violence from an organization that promises to keep them safe," the masked narrator says. | The group called for criminal charges to be brought against all of the officers who were filmed…
rt.com/usa/490284-anonymous-minneapolis-police-hackers-war/
Iran gets admission into Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle elite club
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-31
TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA)
Iran COVID-19 update: 2,516 cases, 63 deaths
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-31
TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA)
Iran's foreign trade value exceeds $9bn in two months: IRICA
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-31
TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA)
US should listen to its people, change its bankrupt policies: Foreign Ministry
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-31
TEHRAN, May 31 (MNA)
US Government 'Selling $1.8 Billion Worth of Property in Elite Hong Kong Area'
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-31
On 29 May, US President Donald Trump declared that "Hong Kong is no longer sufficiently autonomous to warrant the special treatment that we have afforded the territory" and is therefore subject to a number of restrictions.
sputniknews.com/asia/202005311079476941-us-government-selling-18-billion-worth-of-property-in-elite-hong-kong-area/
Iran records 63 new virus deaths, 2,516 more cases
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-31
A further 2,516 people have tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 151,466, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said.Jahanpour said 112,988 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far, while 2,543 patients remain in critical condition.Despite the rising number of cases, government employees went back to work, and mosques resumed daily prayers across the Middle Eastern country on Saturday.Shopping malls are now open beyond the 6 p.m. (13: 30 GMT) closing time imposed as part of the virus restrictions.Iran started loosening the containment measures in April, and cla…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iran-records-63-new-virus-deaths-2516-more-cases-3530821
Link between virus, Chinese incursions: Indian military experts
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-31
Indian military experts say there was a link between China's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and its latest military incursions into the Ladakh region, resulting in a face-off between the armies."Globally, China is losing its leverage as it is believed to have caused the pandemic. Industries are looking to move out of China. This is causing China to divert attention from the COVID-19 situation," Lt. Gen. Vinod Bhatia, India's former director-general of military operations (DGMO), told Anadolu Agency.He said…
yenisafak.com/en/world/link-between-virus-chinese-incursions-indian-military-experts-3530819
COVID-19 death toll in Mexico nears 10,000
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-31
A total of 364 people have died in the past 24 hours from the novel coronavirus in Mexico, bringing the total fatalities to almost 10,000, health officials said Sunday.The number of confirmed cases climbed to 87,512 with new 2,885 infections, and the death toll rose to 9,779 in the country.Mexico confirmed its first case on Feb. 28 and the first death from COVID-19 on March 19.Globally, more than 6 million cases have been confirmed in 188 countries and regions since the virus emerged in China last year.The pandemic has killed nearly 370,000 people worldwide, while over 2.57 million people have recovered so far, a…
yenisafak.com/en/world/covid-19-death-toll-in-mexico-nears-10000-3530820
Saudi mosques reopen for prayers after closure
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-31
Mosques across Saudi Arabia reopened for prayers on Sunday, for the first time in more than two months due to the outbreak of coronavirus.Worshipers were allowed to enter the mosques, except the mosques in the holy city of Makkah, for the dawn prayers with a limit of 40% capacity.The official SPA news agency published several images of worshippers performing prayers at mosques amid preventive measures to combat the virus.Saudi authorities said millions of text messages were sent to people to inform them about the new rules for prayers. These rules include keeping a two-meter (six-foot) distance between people dur…
yenisafak.com/en/world/saudi-mosques-reopen-for-prayers-after-closure-3530811
North Korea seeks UN recognition for 'sacred' Mt Paektu
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-31
North Korea on Sunday said it is seeking the listing of country's "sacred" Mount Paektu at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). | Mount Paektu is located in the country's northern Yanggang province along its border with China. | "The Mt Paektu area is drawing attention of the international geological circles for its rich biodiversity and great geological significance," the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said."North's National Commission for UNESCO is recently pushing ahead with the enlisting of Mt Paektu area as a UNESCO Global Geopark." | It said that DPRK s…
yenisafak.com/en/world/north-korea-seeks-un-recognition-for-sacred-mt-paektu-3530818
The Glory and Duty of Beating Swords to Plowshares
Kathy Kelly | commondreams.org | 2020-05-30
On April 4, 2018, Mark Colville, Clare Grady, Martha Hennessy, Elizabeth McAlister, Patrick O'Neill, Carmen Trotta and Fr. Steve Kelly, S.J. prayed, poured blood, spray painted messages against nuclear weapons, hammered on a replica of a nuclear weapon, hung banners and waited to be arrested. (Photo: Kings Bay 7) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/kings_bay_plowshares_0_0.jpeg …
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In the West: Propaganda, Hysteria and Truly Foul Breath!
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-30
If it wasn't so tragic, it would be laughable: the political brigands in North America and Europe are fuming, spitting and rolling their eyes upwards towards the ceiling. They are pointing fingers in all directions, shouting incoherently "China!", "Russia!", "Venezuela and Cuba!", "Iran!"; "You, You, YOU!". China and Russia are quietly building a new world, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/in-the-west-propaganda-hysteria-and-truly-foul-breath/
After ignoring migrant workers' plight, the Indian Supreme Court now acknowledges unfolding social tragedy
wsws.org | 2020-05-30
The court's intervention reflects concerns fear by India's legal authorities that mounting mass anger will erupt against the entire capitalist elite and its state.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/indi-m30.html
China "Optimistic" with regard to Post Coronavirus World and Relations with US
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-30
Listening to Mr. Wang was therefore a refreshing reminder that everything really isn't as bad as Trump says that it is. | Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held an impressive press conference on Sunday where he answered questions about a wide | …
globalresearch.ca/china-optimistic-with-regard-to-relations-with-us/5714425
Fortress On A Hill: Interview With Gareth Porter
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-30
Gareth Porter has long been one of my favorite foreign policy writers and investigative journalists. | Do check out his recent columns at the GrayZone! | He stopped by the podcast to discuss his long standing work on the Vietnam war, his thoughts on COVID-19 via the USS Theodore Roosevelt along with his previous work on the 1919 flu epidemic, the terrifying connections between Mike Pompeo and Bibi Netanyahu, and Israel's secret long standing nuclear stockpile. | Gareth Porter is an independent investigative journalist who has covered national security policy for decades, really, and was the recipient of the 2012…
popularresistance.org/fortress-on-a-hill-interview-with-gareth-porter/
Minneapolis police leader defending George Floyd's killers tied to 'white power'-linked biker gang
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-30
From The Grayzone vault: The record of a pro-Trump Minneapolis police leader defending the killers of George Floyd reveals a past marred in accusations of racist violence, including charges from fellow police officers that he once wore a "white power" badge on his motorcycle jacket.
mronline.org/2020/05/30/minneapolis-police-leader-defending-george-floyds-killers-tied-to-white-power-linked-biker-gang/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=minneapolis-police-leader-defending-george-floyds-killers-tied-to-white-power-linked-biker-gang
Corrections Officers And Formerly Incarcerated People Protest Unsafe COVID-19 Conditions
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-30
Corrections officers joined prison abolitionists in a caravan rally protesting the lack of promised testing, PPE, and release of prisoners at four Maryland prisons.
therealnews.com/stories/corrections-officers-prison-abolition-afscme-caravan-rally-protest-conditions-maryland
Five Palestinians, Including Journalist Injured at Kufur Qaddoum
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-30
A photojournalist was among the five Palestinians injured, on Friday, when Israeli soldiers opened fire at protestors, during the weekly protest in the village of Kufur Qaddoum in the northern West Bank, according to local sources. Morad Eshteiwi, Coordinator for the popular resistance against the Israeli Apartheid Wall, told Palestinian …
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Another Uprising Was Inevitable
Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | commondreams.org | 2020-05-30
A person wears a mask that reads "I CAN'T BREATHE" as demonstrators continue to protest the death of George Floyd following a night of rioting on May 29, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Earlier today, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was taken into custody for Floyd's death. Chauvin has been accused of kneeling on Floyd's neck as Floyd pleaded with him about not being able to breathe. Floyd was pronounced dead a short while later. Chauvin and 3 other officers, who were involved in the arrest, were fired from the police depart after a video of the arrest was circulated. (Photo: Sco…
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Protest, Uprisings, and Race War
Tim Wise | zcomm.org | 2020-05-30
Those who have rarely been the target of organized police gangsterism are once again lecturing those who have about how best to respond to it…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/protest-uprisings-and-race-war/
Progressives in Germany denounce racist 'hygiene demos' and anti-lockdown protests
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-30
Progressive groups in Germany have denounced the 'hygiene demos' and anti-lockdown protests organized mainly by the German right-wing across the country. On May 23, Saturday, anti-fascist groups organized counter-mobilizations at the Rosa Luxemburg Platz/Alexanderplatz in Berlin under the slogan "Keep your distance against the right". A large number of people gathered to protest the far-right demonstrations being held in the city on the same date. | Around forty demonstrations
Protests sweep across US demanding justice and end to systemic racism
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-30
Protesters in many major cities across the country took over the streets, demanding justice for George Floyd who was murdered by police officers on May 25.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/30/protests-sweep-across-us-demanding-justice-and-end-to-systemic-racism/
Twin Cities Labor Mobilizes Against George Floyd Murder
Saurav Sarkar | zcomm.org | 2020-05-30
The organized labor movement has begun swinging into action to support protests against the racist police murder of Minneapolis resident George Floyd…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/twin-cities-labor-mobilizes-against-george-floyd-murder/
Mass protests voice outrage over police murder of George Floyd
wsws.org | 2020-05-30
Thousands defied a curfew in the Twin Cities while large protests took place in New York City, Atlanta, Washington, Los Angeles and dozens of other US cities.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/floy-m30.html
The Murder of George Floyd: The Longest Running Play in America
Robert Shetterly | commondreams.org | 2020-05-30
A protester faces off with Minnesota State Police officers on May 29, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. – Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was seen in an explosive video pressing his knee to the neck of handcuffed George Floyd for at least five minutes on May 25, was arrested earlier on May 29, said John Harrington, Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. (Photo: Kerem Yucel / AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/george_floyd_protest.jpg …
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Fight budget cuts in cities
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-30
Philadelphia Dozens of Philadelphia city workers wearing masks, standing on chalked X marks 6 feet apart, chanted, "Kenney's cuts hurt" and "Trash this budget," during a "Day of Action for a Just Philly Budget" on May 26. Protesters held signs for an hour in front of City Hall as spokespeople . . . | Continue reading Fight budget cuts in cities at Workers.org…
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What ACLU Says Was Trump Call to "Literally Murder Protesters," Facebook Says Doesn't Violate Standards
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-30
"Facebook has once again failed to act against an explicit violation of its own rules and has allowed the violent and racist post to remain up." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/zuckerberg_0_1.jpg …
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Cornel West: "We Are Witnessing America as a Failed Social Experiment"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-30
Harvard University philosophy professor Dr. Cornel West appeared on CNN Friday night amid nationwide protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota and offered a searing indictment not just of white supremacy, the neo-fascism of President Donald Trump, and a criminal justice system that repeatedly brutalizes the poor and people of color–but also of a deep depravity that exists within the neoliberal capitalist system of the 21st Century in the United States that domina…
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US Border Patrol Is Using a Predator Drone to Spy on Minneapolis Protests
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-30
Civil liberties advocates sounded the alarm Friday after reporting indicated Customs and Border Protection has been flying an unmanned Predator drone over Minneapolis as the city continues to roil with protest over the police killing of George Floyd earlier this week. | "This is what happens when leaders sign blank check after blank check to militarize police, CBP, etc while letting violence go unchecked," tweeted Rep. Alexandria Oca…
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NYC Bus Drivers Union Refuses To Transport Protesters For NYPD
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-30
Workers for New York City's MTA are refusing to transport people arrested during protests against police brutality in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. A video of a bus driver refusing to transport people arrested during protests in front of Brooklyn's Barclays Center went viral Friday night. | In the video, a crowd cheers a bus driver who appears to be refusing to sit behind the wheel: "the NYPD is using a bus to transfer arrested protesters at the Barclays Center," @berniebromanny, who shared the video, tweeted. "However, the bus driver refused to drive it." The video was viewe…
popularresistance.org/nyc-bus-drivers-union-refuses-to-transport-protesters-for-nypd/
No More Cop Unions
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-30
When Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Police Department killed 46-year-old George Floyd in cold blood last week, he showed the world exactly what kind of man he is. Chauvin has been cited multiple times for using excessive force on the job; he has been involved in at least two other police shootings, including that of Ira Latrell Toles, who is Black, in 2008. Chauvin has repeatedly abused his power, privilege, and authority to menace and terrorize–and he's now been shown killing a human being on camera. Even so, he remains free to cower in his house and order delivery while demonstrators protest outside. An…
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Israeli Colonists Install A Tent Of Palestinian Lands Near Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-30
Illegal Israeli colonialist settlers installed, on Saturday evening, a big tent on Palestinian lands in the at-Tiwana village, in Masafer Yatta area, south of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Fuad al-'Amour, a local nonviolent activist and a member of the Civil Protection Committee south of …
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From fighting with guns to fighting the pandemic
news.un.org | 2020-05-30
In countries suffering from conflict, readjusting to life in a peaceful society is a challenge, both for former fighters and the wider community. Since the spread of the COVID-19 crisis, the UN is having to refocus many of its programmes, aimed at reducing violence in communities, and rehabilitating combatants.
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[World Report] COVID-19 strains remote regions of Peru
Barbara Fraser | thelancet.com | 2020-05-30
The health system in Iquitos is stretched and the true number of COVID-19 cases and deaths is unclear. Barbara Fraser reports from Lima.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31236-8/fulltext?rss=yes
[World Report] Fears of "highly catastrophic" COVID-19 spread in Yemen
Sharmila Devi | thelancet.com | 2020-05-30
Yemen's health system has been devastated by years of conflict and COVID-19 deaths are reported to be surging in Aden. Sharmila Devi reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31235-6/fulltext?rss=yes
[Perspectives] A call for food system change
Marion Nestle | thelancet.com | 2020-05-30
In shutting down entire societies, the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fundamental inequities and inadequacies of market-driven economies that prioritise profits over human welfare. Inequities show up in businesses that furlough employees while paying high salaries and bonuses to executives. They are also revealed by the dependence of food systems on poorly paid workers and cheap global supply chains. The COVID-19 crisis demonstrates how current food systems fail to protect populations from hunger and diet-influenced non-communicable diseases and why the poor, disenfranchised, discriminated against, and chronic…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31146-6/fulltext?rss=yes
[Editorial] COVID-19 in Africa: no room for complacency
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-05-30
Despite over 100‚Äà000 confirmed cases and infections in every country, the passage of COVID-19 through the African continent remains somewhat enigmatic. High numbers of deaths were expected in the region due to fragile health systems, lack of access to preventive measures, barriers to testing, and potentially vulnerable populations. But, according to WHO, Africa is the least affected region globally, with 1 ∑5% of the world's reported COVID-19 cases and 0 ∑1% of the world's deaths. Although comparisons are inaccurate, mortality rates have been lower compared with outbreaks of similar si…
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[Comment] Offline: After COVID-19–is an "alternate society" possible?
Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-05-30
How do we make sense of this pandemic? The first interpretations are now appearing. Slavoj ≈Ωi≈æek is a prolific philosopher and cultural theorist. He is the first to produce a volume of reflections–Pandemic! COVID-19 Shakes the World (Polity, 2020). ≈Ωi≈æek doubts the epidemic will make us wiser: he insists that "we should resist the temptation to treat the ongoing epidemic as something that has a deeper meaning". Despite these cautions, we still have an important question to answer: "What is wrong with our system that we were caught unprepared by the catastr…
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[Correspondence] Towards more balanced representation in Lancet Commissions
Manuel W Hetzel, Bassirou Bonfoh | thelancet.com | 2020-05-30
Enthusiastically, Richard Horton1 reports on the foundation of the Italian Institute of Planetary Health at a time when youth strikes, an emerging pandemic of a new coronavirus, and burning forests remind us of our planet being in jeopardy. We agree that something must change so that the undoubtable advances in science and medicine that were made since the time of Lucretius translate into a better life for all humans, no matter who they are, where they were born, and where they live and work.1 Yet, the lamented crisis of trust in science and medicine cannot be overcome by concepts of global health or planetary he…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30617-6/fulltext?rss=yes
[Correspondence] Time for global health diplomacy
Anja M S Ariansen, Siri Gloppen, Lise Rakner, Kjell Arne Johansson, àòystein A Haaland | thelancet.com | 2020-05-30
2019 was The Lancet's Year for Nutrition. Highlights included reports from the EAT-Lancet Commission1 and The Global Syndemic Commission,2 both emphasising that global trade systems must be transformed to ensure healthy and sustainable diets. But what developments can be expected following these reports? We might get an indication by considering what has happened since The Lancet's 2009 Trade and Health Series. This Series criticised the trade agreements of the World Trade Organization (WTO) for being detrimental to global health, among other things, by facilitating unhealthy diets.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30490-6/fulltext?rss=yes
[Correspondence] Cost-effectiveness of transitional US plans for universal health care
Alison P Galvani, Meagan C Fitzpatrick | thelancet.com | 2020-05-30
The USA stands alone as the only high-income country not to provide health care as a human right, leaving almost 80 million of its citizens without adequate insurance.1–3 In a 2020 study, we found that securing quality health care for the entire country would save 68‚Äà000 lives and 1 ∑73 million life-years annually.4…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30857-6/fulltext?rss=yes
[Clinical Picture] Drusen in dense deposit disease: not just age-related macular degeneration
Daniella Lent-Schochet, Glenn Yiu | thelancet.com | 2020-05-30
A 40-year-old woman was referred to our clinic by her optometrist because she had lesions on her retina suggestive of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). She was otherwise well: with no systemic or visual symptoms.
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[Comment] Justice and health: The Lancet–Health Equity and Policy Lab Commission
Jennifer Prah Ruger, Richard Horton | thelancet.com | 2020-05-30
Justice forms the foundation for what we owe each other and what fairness among human beings and institutions involves. Globally, there are large inequalities in health outcomes and opportunities for health. Not only is the global burden of disease distributed unevenly but capabilities to prevent and treat disease are also asymmetrical; those in greatest need often have the least access to human, physical, and financial resources for health. Global health justice provides an account of what justice across our planet embodies, offers solutions to global health problems, and identifies who has responsibilities and…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30928-4/fulltext?rss=yes
[Correspondence] The health-related determinants of politics
Parth Patel | thelancet.com | 2020-05-30
I was pleased to read Richard Horton's Comment about populist politics.1 However, the problem of political populism and solution that he charts out seem somewhat non-sequitur.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30555-9/fulltext?rss=yes
Life and death for Yemen's women and girls, as funding evaporates
news.un.org | 2020-05-30
In mid-May, just as the COVID-19 pandemic arrived in Yemen, funding for UNFPA's life-saving reproductive health services dried up. The agency has been forced to suspend the provision of reproductive healthcare in 140 out of the 180 health facilities, it supports, meaning only 40 now remain.
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Video: Suspicious Man Breaks Window and Starts Minneapolis Riots?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-30
"This was the first man to break a window at autozone. | A move that started the string of looting and damage to businesses. He is seen wearing all black and carrying an umbrella to conceal the hammer he is holding …
globalresearch.ca/video-suspicious-man-breaks-window-and-starts-minneapolis-riots/5714488
The Other Pandemic
H. Patricia Hynes | zcomm.org | 2020-05-30
We haven't Even begun to Flatten the Curve on the Climate Crisis…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-other-pandemic/
Kuwait Airways to lay off 1,500 of its foreign employees
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-30
State-owned airline company Kuwait Airways announced on Thursday May 28, plans to lay off 1,500 of its employees. All of them are migrant workers from foreign countries. The company has a total workforce of around 7,000. | In a tweet issued on its official Twitter handle on Tuesday evenings, the company cited the impact of the coronavirus-related lockdown on its overall business as the reason for the layoffs. | Kuwait Airways was already showing losses before the advent of the lockdowns imposed globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The government has so far failed to announce any relief for workers in the airlin…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/30/kuwait-airways-to-lay-off-1500-of-its-foreign-employees/
What have we learned from COVID-19?
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-30
For I believe that this catastrophe should have taught us something about what is good and bad about life.
nationofchange.org/2020/05/30/what-have-we-learned-from-covid-19/
Bangladesh COVID-19 deaths soar past 500
wsws.org | 2020-05-30
The death and infection curves are still rising, but the Awami League government is reopening the economy in the interests of big business.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/bang-m30.html
Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Health and Human Services plays key role in supporting Americans amid COVID-19 crisis
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-30
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a unique situation that has required work across federal and state agencies to support communities and frontline workers during this challenging time. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has played a key role by providing effective health and human services and fostering advances in medicine, public health …
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America Bravely Marches Towards 'Failed State' Status
Sam Pizzigati | commondreams.org | 2020-05-30
US Representative Frank Pallone, Democrat of New Jersey, puts on a mask during a press conference about COVID-19 testing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, May 27, 2020. (Photo: Saul Loeb/ AFP/ via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/failed_state_america.jpg …
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UK: Official figures inflate COVID-19 testing rate by more than a million
wsws.org | 2020-05-30
The Johnson government is again seeking to cover up criminal inaction that has led to tens of thousands of deaths.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/test-m30.html
Catastrophe capitalism and the COVID-19 crisis
John Bellamy Foster | mronline.org | 2020-05-30
àñ≈ûK: In an interview with Michael D. Yates ("Trump, neo-fascism, and the COVID-19 Pandemic,"April 11, 2020, MR Online) you mentioned that "Capitalism is in its biggest crisis this century." What makes this crisis the "biggest"? What will the outcome of this crisis look like? Will this crisis and failure lead to a major change in …
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Mourning and Organizing
Sarah Jaffe | zcomm.org | 2020-05-30
Collective grief, from Minneapolis to vigils for victims of COVID-19, is inseparable from rebellion…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/mourning-and-organizing/
Capitalism = Death: U.S. government response to COVID-19 mirrors ineptitude and malfeasance of response to HIV epidemic
Gerry Scoppettuolo | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-30
To compare the early years of the HIV epidemic to the COVID-19 pandemic is to relive a nightmare…
liberationnews.org/capitalism-death-u-s-government-response-to-covid-19-mirrors-ineptitude-and-malfeasance-of-response-to-hiv-epidemic/
Caught in a Madhouse without My Mask
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-30
Caught with their proverbial pants down? The blustery conversations tied to corona virus, lockdown, Trump LLC, Pelosi and Comp., and the failed state that is the USA are to be expected. It is a country of nanosecond attention spans. A country with amnesia in vitro. A country that has sacrificed future and future-future generations for …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/caught-in-a-madhouse-without-my-mask/
My Experience with Hospice, Inc
Linda Ford | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-30
One nurse told Clay, "I've given him the highest dosage I can. It's enough to kill a horse. Most hospice patients die from morphine, but I can only OD him within an acceptable margin of error."
Coronavirus cases surpass six million globally
wsws.org | 2020-05-30
New epicenters in Eastern Europe, South America, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent are rapidly causing massive public health crises.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/covi-m30.html
US Justice Department drops insider trading investigation of three senators
wsws.org | 2020-05-30
The three senators, along with a fourth who remains under investigation, dumped large stock holdings based on classified briefings in January about the impending coronavirus disaster.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/trad-m30.html
Workers in Germany report on corona virus infection risk in workplaces
wsws.org | 2020-05-30
Workers highlight the lack of safety measures in public transit and factories.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/germ-m30.html
Soldiers Assault A Palestinian Man, Cause Fractures In His Leg
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-30
Israeli soldiers assaulted, Saturday, a Palestinian man near the illegal Annexation Wall as he was returning home in 'Aneen village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, causing various fractures in one of his legs. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its medics were called to the …
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Trump Veto Student Loan Debt Relief Measure Will Save Government 0.02 Percent of Projected Spending
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-05-30
Yesterday Donald Trump vetoed a resolution passed by Congress, which would have left in place rules making it easier for students to default on debt owed to for-profit colleges that had engaged in deceptive marketing practices. The Washington Post told readers that this veto is expected to save the government $11 billion over the next …
cepr.net/trump-veto-student-loan-debt-relief-measure-will-save-government-0-02-percent-of-projected-spending/
Trump's Warped Definition of Free Speech
Adam Serwer | zcomm.org | 2020-05-30
Trump is seeking to build social-media companies such as Twitter and Facebook into part of an authoritarian infrastructure that amplifies his power and silences the opposition…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trumps-warped-definition-of-free-speech/
Anti-War Veterans Call On National Guard to Stand Down
Sarah Lazare | zcomm.org | 2020-05-30
"We urge you to have the courage to do the right thing. Refuse activation orders."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/anti-war-veterans-call-on-national-guard-to-stand-down/
Lenses on Riots, Murder, and Racism in the US and Hong Kong
Kim Petersen | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-30
The despicable police murder of a person, another Black person, who allegedly used a counterfeit $20 bill has caused widespread revulsion among Americans. This time, however, authorities acted relatively quickly calling in the FBI and firing all four police officers at the scene
Hundreds of thousands stage multiracial demonstrations against police violence in a powerful show of working-class unity
wsws.org | 2020-05-30
Mass demonstrations of workers and youth of all races, triggered by the brutal murder of George Floyd, are an expression of tremendous social solidarity. It is not a question of black against white, but the working class against the rich.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/pers-m30.html
Continue the fight to get justice for George Floyd!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-30
The brutal police killing of George Floyd has sparked a powerful uprising that will settle for nothing less than justice. It is a case of murder. George Floyd, an African American man, was killed in broad daylight in front of witnesses who videotaped the crime. The crime was carried out by Officer Derek Chauvin and three accomplices from the Minneapolis Police Department. And everyone knows that the Minneapolis Police Department has a history of killing Black people for being Black. | The response from the community in the Twin Cities has been nothing short of an inspiration to all who yearn for equality, freedo…
fightbacknews.org/2020/5/29/continue-fight-get-justice-george-floyd
Justice for George Floyd! Indict and convict the killer cops! Community control of the police now!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-30
The people of Minneapolis have taken to the streets the past 72 hours, demanding the arrest of the killer cops who murdered 46-year-old African American George Floyd on Monday night, May 25. Eyewitness video was released Tuesday morning showing now former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin pinning Floyd to the ground, with Chauvin's knee directly on the back of his neck – the video shows Floyd's last gasps for air. You can hear him telling the killer cop that he can't breathe and calling for his mother before you see his body going limp. Three other cops on the scene stand by, with two other cops actively helping to r…
fightbacknews.org/2020/5/29/justice-george-floyd-indict-and-convict-killer-cops-community-control-police-now
Fear and Loathing in Tucson
John R. Hall | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-30
Since Hunter Thompson isn't here to continue along the Gonzo journalistic path of fear and loathing, I'll just have to do the job. I'm quite certain he would do so if he hadn't left us so abruptly. And unless I'm crazy, there's never before been a situation quite this frightening and loathsome. My lady left me a couple …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/fear-and-loathing-in-tucson/
Drawing Battlelines: US Openly Targets China's OBOR
Anthony Cartalucci | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-30
Judging by US foreign policy
Trump escalates anti-China campaign
wsws.org | 2020-05-30
US President Trump dramatically escalated his reckless anti-China campaign yesterday, making clear that a dangerous confrontation between the two countries is all but inevitable.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/trum-m30.html
Detroit autoworkers report unexplained illness at Jefferson North Assembly as COVID cases mount
wsws.org | 2020-05-30
Several B Crew workers at Fiat Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly in Detroit fell ill from unknown causes during work on Thursday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/auto-m30.html
The Accident unambiguously indicts the corporate elite
wsws.org | 2020-05-30
The British television miniseries, The Accident, tells the story of a decayed former mining and steel town in Wales, in which a factory under construction collapses, resulting in a horrendous tragedy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/acci-m30.html
Trinity Health to terminate psychiatric beds in Massachusetts in midst of pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-30
If approved by the state, the closure will eliminate 74 beds for adults, the elderly, and children, along with 202 jobs.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/prov-m30.html
Families, in times of pandemic and always
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-30
Families vary, in terms of their composition, structure, and functioning, but all play a key role in society and require special attention from government.
mronline.org/2020/05/30/families-in-times-of-pandemic-and-always/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=families-in-times-of-pandemic-and-always
Pandemic intensifies social crisis in New Zealand
wsws.org | 2020-05-30
More than a third of the population is in financial difficulty, as the Ardern Labour Party-led coalition government presides over tens of thousands of job cuts.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/30/nzpo-m30.html
How JobKeeper is being abused
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-30
Workers & unions Julian StewartIssue 1278 Australia COVID-19 JobKeeperMay 30, 2020While JobKeeper is a valuable lifeline for ensuring job security for some workers, it is also being exploited by some employ…
greenleft.org.au/content/how-jobkeeper-being-abused
Us or them: Who pays for the pandemic?
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-30
Economy Graham MatthewsIssue 1278 Australia COVID-19 wages inflation public sector…
greenleft.org.au/content/us-or-them-who-pays-pandemic
What's NATO Up to These Days? Provoking Russia, Draining Healthcare Budgets and Protecting Its Own From COVID
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-30
T.J. COLES | In November 2019, as experts warned that a novel coronavirus was likely to develop in the near-future, NATO boasted that its European Allies, including the UK, as well as Canada, were boosting their military budgets by an average of 4.6 percent, or an additional $130bn since 2016. The implication is that this increase in military spending is at the expense of healthcare, which is being privatized worldwide. | At least 2 percent of n…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/30/whats-nato-up-these-days-provoking-russia/
Why the Lesser-Evil Argument for Biden Sounds Hollow
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-30
It is evident that neither candidate is actually going to do anything substantive to save us from ecological catastrophe, writes Jonathan Cook. | Jonathan COOK | We are entering the final stages of the election to decide who will head the most powerful nation on Earth. That inevitably means the progressive and dissident left in the U.S. are again being deluged with arguments to vote for the lesser-evil candidate. | It has become such a standard left argument at election time that lesser evil voting even has its own acronym: LEV. Anyone who opposes Donald Trump's re-election come November must set aside their con…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/30/why-lesser-evil-argument-for-biden-sounds-hollow/
The "Pro-Life" Movement's Response to COVID-19 Reveals Its Hypocrisy
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-30
As communities reel from the devastating impacts of COVID-19, conservative politicians and lawmakers in an alarming number of states have capitalized on the fear and scarcity surrounding the pandemic. They are using legitimate health concerns as a smokescreen to enact anti-choice abortion bans. They have done so under the pretense of public safety, but their actions jeopardize the health and well-being of their communities. | Abortion clinics in Texas have been locked in a legal battle with the state go…
truthout.org/articles/the-pro-life-movements-response-to-covid-19-reveals-its-hypocrisy/
COVID-Related Fiscal Issues Could Become New Excuse to Privatize Drinking Water
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-30
The Philadelphia suburb is trying to sell its drinking water system. "The city's fiscal issues have been greatly exacerbated by the COVID-19 crisis," Mayor Thaddeus Kirkland wrote in an April letter to residents. "It is our hope that the fiscal problems will be of a limited duration, however, as there is a path to financial stability on the horizon." | That "path to financial stability" is to hand ov…
truthout.org/articles/covid-related-fiscal-issues-could-become-new-excuse-to-privatize-drinking-water/
Trump Boosts Nuclear Weapons Spending, Fueling a New Arms Race
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-30
Spending by the world's nine nuclear nations climbed to nearly $73 billion in 2019, nearly half of it by the United States alone. At the same time, the Trump administration has prioritized nuclear weapons in its defense budget while abandoning nuclear treaties, fumbling negotiations and confounding allies. The administration's lack of coherent goals, strategies or polices have increased nuclear dangers, leaving the U.S. "blundering toward nuclear chaos with potentially disastrous consequences." Those are th…
truthout.org/articles/trump-boosts-nuclear-weapons-spending-fueling-a-new-arms-race/
Government advisers warn lockdown lifting too early as crowds flock to beaches
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-30
A growing number of expert advisers to the government on the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis have expressed concern about plans to ease lockdown restrictions in England from 1 June.As people flocked to beaches and beauty spots in the sweltering heat over the weekend, Professor Peter Horby, of the University of Oxford, joined scientists Jeremy Farrar and Professor John Edmunds, all members of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), to warn that ministers are taking risks.Boris Johnson has announced that from 1 June in England, friends and families can meet in parks and gardens in socially distanced gro…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/30/government-advisers-warn-lockdown-lifting-too-early-as-crowds-flock-to-beaches/
As schools open with 300+ deaths per day, public doesn't trust government to put children first
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-30
On 29 May, 324 deaths from coronavirus and 2,095 more infections were recorded in the UK. Meanwhile, with the decision to open schools to Reception, Y1 and Y6 pupils on 1 June, a survey has found that half of the general public doesn't trust the government to put children's best interests first. | Some 49% of people felt this way. This was the same figure as those who believe the government's too distracted by the Dominic Cummings affair to be making the right decisions about opening up schools, nurseries and colleges. There's been public outrage after allegations that Cummings, the prime minister's senior advise…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/30/as-schools-open-with-300-deaths-per-day-public-doesnt-trust-government-to-put-children-first/
Government's 'mixed messages' cause chaos as people flock to beaches ahead of lockdown easing
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-30
People have flocked to beaches and train stations to enjoy the sunny weather ahead of lockdown restrictions being eased on 1 June.Hundreds swarmed to popular beaches, and the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) warned that "mixed messages" from the government has caused travel chaos. | Temperatures have soared well above the average for the time of year, with clear skies and highs of 28C on Saturday, according to the Met Office.Many people enjoyed the sunny weather on the coast by Durdle Door, near Lulworth in Dorset, despite police forces urging the public to "think twice" before travell…
thecanary.co/uk/2020/05/30/governments-mixed-messages-cause-chaos-as-people-flock-to-beaches-ahead-of-lockdown-easing/
US 'not relying on Russia anymore' & keeping China on the outside: Trump campaign manager turns SpaceX launch into politics
rt.com | 2020-05-30
Two NASA astronauts had barely taken off from the Kennedy Space Center when the achievement was already being politicized back on Earth. To the Trump campaign, it was an opportunity to blast Joe Biden and the Chinese government. | NASA Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, en route to the International Space Station in a capsule developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX corporation. | Also on rt.com | | SpaceX Falcon rocket launches two NASA astronauts into space | The launch marks…
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The Heat: U.S.-China tensions
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-30
United States President Donald Trump lashes out at China and says the U-S is pulling out of the World Health Organization.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/30/the-heat-u-s-china-tensions
Justice For George Floyd Requires Power To The People
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-30
Black America is heartbroken and angered by the brutal murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police. Floyd's murder occurred in the third month of a pandemic that has taken over 100,000 lives overall and a disproportionate number of Black Americans. The Black masses in Minnesota have taken to the streets to not only call for justice for Floyd and his family but also to stand up to centuries of state sanctioned white supremacist violence. If George Floyd teaches us anything, it is that COVID-19 is not the only contagion in the U.S. that needs to be eradicated. Floyd's close friend and former NBA p…
popularresistance.org/justice-for-george-floyd-requires-power-to-the-people/
NOLA Garbage Workers Form Union To Fightback
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-30
"We are digging in for a long fight," says New Orleans striking sanitation worker Jonathan Edwards late on Thursday night about being fired in early May by People Ready, a contractor of New Orleans' Metro Services. | Nearly a month ago, People Ready fired Edwards and 13 other coworkers who went on strike. | Forced to work in one of the world's worst hotbeds of COVID, garbage pickers like Edwards, employed through the temp firm People Ready and contracted by Metro Services, were only paid $10.25 an hour without benefits. | On May 6th, workers went on strike demanding $15 an hour, hazard pay, protective equipment,…
popularresistance.org/nola-garbage-workers-form-union-to-fightback/
Is the THAAD Missile Crisis in South Korea Escalating?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-30
On May 28th, 2020, "The Ministry of National Defense and the USFK (United States Forces in Korea) engaged in a transportation operation in the middle of the night to bring equipment to the Seongju THAAD [missile defense] system in Gyeong sang buk do [Province]. The Ministry of National Defense said that it supported the land transportation operation by the USFK from the night of the 28th to the morning of the 29th. The work was said to have ended at 6 am" | This stealth operation in the middle of the night was nevertheless challenged by the residents of the area. 3700 South Korean riot police had to be deployed a…
popularresistance.org/is-the-thaad-missile-crisis-in-south-korea-escalating/
Health Care Workers Call On Labor Movement To Take Action
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-30
As health care workers, we condemn the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers as an act of racist violence. We condemn the murder of Breonna Taylor by Louisville police officers as an act of racist violence. We condemn the murder of Tony McDade by Tallahassee police officers as an act of racist violence. Their killings are just a handful of countless examples of police brutality responsible for the early deaths of many Black people in the United States. Black people are three times more likely than white people to die by police violence. As health care workers, we witness first-hand how widespread…
popularresistance.org/health-care-workers-call-on-labor-movement-to-take-action/
Media Smeared Ahmaud Arbery After His Lynching
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-30
While it took two and a half months for the authorities to finally make arrests in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, corporate media were much quicker to follow the time-honored practice of besmirching victims of racist violence (FAIR.org, 3/22/17). | First they kill your body. Then they kill your reputation. When white supremacy is the foundation of the US's media, political, legal and corporate system, victims of racist violence are often killed twice in this way. | The Georgia Bureau of Investigation on May 7 arrested former cop Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34, for the murder of Arbery, an…
popularresistance.org/media-smeared-ahmaud-arbery-after-his-lynching/
BAP Calls On United Nations To Address U.S. Human Rights Crisis
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-05-30
The extrajudicial murders of African/Black people, such as Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and George Floyd, by agents of the U.S. government and armed civilians have sparked urban rebellions in cities across the United States. Yet these murders cannot be understood outside of the context of the U.S. state's ongoing assault on the human rights of African/Black people. | U.S. President Donald Trump's tweet demanding lethal violence–"…when the looting starts, the shooting starts…"–requires the United Nations to intervene. | Trump's threat comes as the U.S. state has tragically failed during the COVID-…
popularresistance.org/bap-calls-on-united-nations-to-address-u-s-human-rights-crisis/
Video: How to Start a Riot? Police Provocateurs Dressed up as "Activists" at Peaceful Anti-Globalization Rally
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
The issue of Police Provocateurs is currently in the news following the police murder in Minneapolis of George Floyd. | This video was first produced in 2007 | Today are thoughts are with the family and friends of George Floyd. | Michel Chossudovsky. …
globalresearch.ca/video-how-to-start-a-riot-police-provocateurs-dressed-up-as-activists-at-anti-war-rally/5714468
Trump the "Peace Candidate": Contemplating War During Pandemic against Two Global Competitors. Nuclear Weapons "Tests" against China and Russia
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
Let us consider why the Donald Trump White House is currently considering detonating a nuclear weapon. It would be the first "test" of a nuke since 1992 and is clearly intended to send a message that those weapons sitting …
globalresearch.ca/trump-peace-candidate-abhors-international-treaties/5714366
Coverage of School Reopening Needs to Include School Workers
Ari Paul | commondreams.org | 2020-05-29
School closures have created some of the most trying ordeals for families in this pandemic. (Photo: carl_hfser/flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/education_poverty_0.jpg …
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Trump Is No Longer Interested in Trade Deal with China?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
U.S. President Donald Trump is losing interest in the trade deal he made with China, according to his economic adviser, and the reason could be that as we progress further into the election season, fixing relations with China is less …
globalresearch.ca/trump-no-longer-interested-trade-deal-china/5714428
Reflections from Vermont
Bernie Sanders | mronline.org | 2020-05-29
That there are good and honorable people who believe that the Democratic Party can be turned around. I don't. Our major task is to change the entire nature of political discussion in the country. In my view that's just not going to happen within the Democratic Party.
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Exclusive images from inside British court expose Assange's un-democratic treatment, physical deterioration
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-29
Photographs surreptitiously taken inside a British courtroom and provided to The Grayzone show a visibly disoriented Julian Assange confined to…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/29/british-court-assanges-physical-deterioration/
The US Violent Failed Coup against Nicaragua. The Falsity of Western Media
Stephen Sefton | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
On May 28th 2018, the organizers of that year's violent failed coup attempt executed a carefully planned, well coordinated attack to destroy the pro-government Sandinista radio station Nueva Radio Ya. During the attack, opposition gunmen fired on firefighters and police…
globalresearch.ca/the-us-violent-failed-coup-against-nicaragua-the-falsity-of-western-media/5714448
PDF of May 28 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-05-29
Download 12-page PDF here. Iran-Venezuela solidarity breaks U.S. blockade. Pandemics can foment social revolutions. Also: What is a Marxist-Leninist party? COVID cover-up in Georgia; Reproductive justice Labor fights back: Postal workers; Portland essential workers; Agricultural workers; CUNY instructors. World: Kerala, India; Ecuador; China. Tear down prisons: Major Tillery; ICE detainees; . . . | Continue reading PDF of May 28 issue at Workers.org…
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Minneapolis police leader defending George Floyd's killers tied to 'white power'-linked biker gang
Sarah Lazare | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-29
From The Grayzone vault: The record of a pro-Trump Minneapolis police leader defending the killers of George Floyd reveals a…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/29/minneapolis-police-george-floyds-white-power-biker-gang/
Video: Turkish Army Suffers Casualties in Southern Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
One Turkish soldier died and another was injured in an IED attack in Syria's southern Idlib, the Turkish Defense Ministry reported late on May 27. The incident happened while units of the Turkish Army and the Turkish-backed militant group Sham …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkish-army-suffers-casualties-southern-idlib/5714372
If you do not feel for humanity, you have forgotten to be human
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-05-29
The coronavirus continues its contagious march across the planet: almost 350,000 known deaths and over 5.4 million people infected. Meanwhile, in the Bay of Bengal, Cyclone Amphan makes its fierce landing, its immense energy tearing a corridor through Bangladesh and India (Odisha and West Bengal).
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There is No Peace: an Incitement to Justice
Kevin Alexander Gray, Jeffrey St. Clair, JoAnn Wypijewski | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
Summer 2014: a year since George Zimmerman was acquitted for killing Trayvon Martin. Another summer of violence and justification: US shells incinerating Palestinian children, devastating UN refuges in Gaza, pounding Afghan villages, again. Another trial of another white man who says he was scared, who had to defend himself with a blast of ammunition against…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/there-is-no-peace-an-incitement-to-justice/
A Few Good Sadists
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
Here's a flashback that may help to explain how we got to where we are: the day was April 30, 2004. Alexander Cockburn and I were sitting by the pool having a gin and tonic at the old Richelieu Hotel in New Orleans' French Quarter. The concierge, an elegant black man from Haiti named Jean-Claud, dropped…
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Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2020-05-29
The Trump Administration is handling the COVID-19 pandemic in the same way the Trump Organization has handled the real estate business–with bluster, overconfidence, and fudged numbers.
progressive.org/dispatches/human-capital-stock-fiore-200529/
Political Ambiguity or a Doomsday Weapon: Why Abbas Abandoned Oslo
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
This time, we are told, it is different and that President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, is absolutely serious about his decision to absolve his leadership from all previous agreements signed with Israel and the United States. But this time is not different, and Abbas is not serious.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/political-ambiguity-or-a-doomsday-weapon-why-abbas-abandoned-oslo/
U.S. Declares a Vaccine War on the World
Prabir Purkayastha | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
Donald Trump launched a new vaccine war in May, but not against the virus. It was against the world. The United States and the UK were the only two holdouts in the World Health Assembly from the declaration that vaccines and medicines for COVID-19 should be available as public goods, and not under exclusive patent…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/u-s-declares-a-vaccine-war-on-the-world/
Taiwan and WHO in the COVID-19 pandemic
Shih-Yu Chou | mronline.org | 2020-05-29
The ruling establishment's intrigue against the WHO might seem at odds with Taiwan's failed bid to join the World Health Assembly (WHA) this past May, but there was no contradiction between Taiwan being seen fighting a David and Goliath-like battle with both the WHO and China, thereby flaring up geopolitical tensions from without. Both served …
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The Great US 2020 Wealth Transfer Heist. Deep Inequalities in US Society
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
In less than three-and-a-half years in office, Trump oversaw the Great GOP 2017 tax cut heist. | It handed corporate America and high-net-worth individuals a multi-billion dollar bonanza of enhanced wealth
How Far Will the Trump Regime and Congress Push China?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
The US is waging undeclared war on China by other means. | Trump and congressional hardliners escalated things beyond where their predecessors went. | What's going on is all about aiming to undermine China's growing political, economic, financial, industrial, technological, and military …
globalresearch.ca/how-far-will-trump-regime-congress-push-china/5714443
Media Elite Denounce Looting Even as Billionaires Reap Record Profits from Taxpayer-Funded Bailouts
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-29
A mountain of studies on wealth inequality have shown its corrosive effect on social cohesion, with the more unequal a society gets, the less likely people are to see themselves as participants in a community and view others as a threat. | MPN– The extrajudicial killing of African-American man George Floyd by Police Officer Derek Chauvin sparked a storm of protests both in Minneapolis and across the country. These have included large peaceful demonstrations, but also arson, destruction of property and looting. Police have abandoned multiple precincts in the face of overwhelming popular rage. | The Reverend M…
Media Elite Denounce Looting Even as Billionaires Reap Record Profits from Taxpayer-Funded Bailouts
Media Elite Denounce Looting Even as Billionaires Reap Record Profits from Taxpayer-Funded Bailouts
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-29
A mountain of studies on wealth inequality have shown its corrosive effect on social cohesion, with the more unequal a society gets, the less likely people are to see themselves as participants in a community and view others as a threat.
mintpressnews.com/media-denounce-looting-billionaires-grow-half-a-trillion-dollars-richer-bailouts/268054/
As Establishment Condemns China for Hong Kong Repression, Trump Tweets About "Shooting Looters"
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-29
Democrats and Republicans are united in condemning Beijing for its overreach, but perhaps its time to look closer to home to find examples of state repression.
mintpressnews.com/us-condemns-china-hong-kong-repression-trump-tweets-shooting-looters/268024/
"It Was Murder": Minneapolis Demands Charges in Police Killing of George Floyd, Calls to Defund Cops
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-29
As thousands take to the streets of Minneapolis to protest against the police killing of George Floyd for the third night in a row, we go to Minneapolis to speak with City Councilmember Jeremiah Ellison. Police pointed an automatic rifle at his head in 2015 when he was peacefully protesting the police killing of another African American man, Jamar Clark. We also speak with Kandace Montgomery with the Black Visions Collective, which is calling for the abolition of police.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/29/minneapolis
As Pandemic Epicenter Shifts to Latin America, Gov'ts Use COVID-19 as Pretext for Police Repression
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-29
As the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic shifts to Latin America, so too has the use of COVID-19 as a pretext for police repression. "We're seeing that COVID-19, like other pandemics before it, magnifies structural discrimination. And sadly, it's often the most marginalized that are the first targets," says Louise Tillotson, co-author of a new Amnesty International report on the abuse. We also go to San Salvador to speak with journalist Jorge Cuéllar.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/29/latin_america_covid_19
Twitter Warns Trump Tweet Glorifies Violence as He Signs Executive Order to Weaken Social Media
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-29
As President Trump calls Minneapolis protesters "THUGS" and tweets, "when the looting starts, the shooting starts," Twitter flags the tweet with a warning it glorifies violence, just as Trump signs an executive order to punish social media companies for how they monitor content. "Trump has prospered through his use of social media and its attention-hoarding algorithms to basically disinform and misinform people," says Ramesh Srinivasan, professor in the Department of Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/29/trump_tweets_social_media_regulation
Protest, Uprisings, and Race War
Tim Wise | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
The moralizing has begun. Those who have rarely been the target of organized police gangsterism are once again lecturing those who have about how best to respond to it. Be peaceful, they implore, as protesters rise up in Minneapolis and across the country in response to the killing of George Floyd. This, coming from the…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/protest-uprisings-and-race-war/
ACLU Statement On Trump Tweet Directing the National Guard to Murder Protesters in Minneapolis
commondreams.org | 2020-05-29
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George Floyd's murder: The spark for a powderkeg of racism
Greg Kearney | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-29
People's World coverage of the George Floyd murder: | 'I can't breathe!': Minneapolis erupts in protest after George Floyd murder: | 'When the looting starts, the shooting starts': Trump revives segregationist war cry:…
peoplesworld.org/article/george-floyds-murder-the-spark-for-a-powderkeg-of-racism/
Mass anger erupts throughout the US in protests against police murder of George Floyd
wsws.org | 2020-05-29
The police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis has set off a wave of social anger, sparking demonstrations in Kentucky, Colorado, California, Ohio and other states throughout the country.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/29/minn-m29.html
Twin Cities Protest Death of George Floyd: Day #3
Unicorn Riot | unicornriot.ninja | 2020-05-29
Minneapolis, MN
Against police violence and capitalism, to rebel is justified
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2020-05-29
Workers World salutes all the brave protesters in Minneapolis, currently ground zero against police terror. We also salute those activists in Los Angeles, Memphis and other cities who are organizing protests and braving the pandemic to be in the streets or in car caravans to show solidarity with the demand: . . . | Continue reading Against police violence and capitalism, to rebel is justified at Workers.org…
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After Days of Protest, Police Officer Derek Chauvin Charged With 3rd Degree Murder for Killing George Floyd
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-29
Following three days of intense demonstrations in Minneapolis over the killing of George Floyd by a police officer while three other officers stood by, Derek Chauvin was taken into custody by state authorities Friday afternoon. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/200529-derek-chauvin-arrested.jpg …
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10 radical new albums to banish your coronavirus blues
Mat Ward | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-29
Books & music Mat WardIssue 1267 Australia political music 2020 protest music 2020 protest songs 2020May 29, 2020Here�…
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3rd degree murder charge for George Floyd's killer; activists say #RaiseTheDegree
Tim Sullivan, Amy Forliti | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-29
MINNEAPOLIS (AP)–The Minneapolis police officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed Black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe, was arrested Friday and charged with murder. Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Derek Chauvin was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter, after …
peoplesworld.org/article/3rd-degree-murder-charge-for-george-floyds-killer-activists-say-raisethedegree/
Peacekeepers exemplify 'service, sacrifice and selflessness', in face of pandemic
news.un.org | 2020-05-29
To honour the more than 3,900 women and men who have lost their lives under the UN flag since 1948, Secretary-General António Guterres laid a wreath at the Peacekeepers' memorial on Friday, International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
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In Search of a Lost Socialism
Joshua Frank | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
In May of 1914
30 migrants in Libya killed after death of human trafficker
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-29
The chaos created by the NATO-led invasion of Libya in 2011 has made the country a breeding ground for human trafficking to Europe, leading to hundreds of deaths each year…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/29/30-migrants-in-libya-after-death-of-human-trafficker/
The Fear Is Real, Not Orchestrated
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-29
For years I have been watching what little intelligence the human race ever had slowly evaporate before my eyes as governments built up arsenals of thermonuclear and biowarfare weapons that they cannot use without destroying us all. So many important social needs are forsaken, such as a national health service, in order to acquire useless weapons of mass destruction. My opinion of human intelligence is currently being reinforced by the hysteria over the attempts, however inadequate, to protect us from the consequences of a virus about which little is known. | The precautions of social distancing, masks, and close…
Who are the "Wrong Hands" in Yemen?
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
Politics makes strange bedfellows. Some of them want to kill us. Take Abu Abbas (as Henny Youngman used to say: "Please."). Abu Abbas (a nom de guerre for one Adil Abduh Fari al-Dabhani) is the founder and leader of the Abu Abbas brigade, a militia fighting on the government side in Yemen. Abbas and his…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/who-are-the-wrong-hands-in-yemen/
The Volleys of an Information War Against China
Leonid Savin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
A strategic information campaign against a particular state usually involves a number of elements and layers. While officials and diplomats gradually increase the aggressiveness of their rhetoric, "independent" media outlets publish a range of articles from life stories to special …
globalresearch.ca/volleys-information-war-against-china/5714412
Towards a "Soft Coup" in Spain?
Germán Gorraiz López | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
The Spanish State establishment would be made up of the financial-business, political, military, Catholic hierarchy, university and mass media sub-elites of the Spanish State, natural heirs to the legacy of General Franco who would have engulfed all decision-making spheres (according …
globalresearch.ca/soft-coup-spain/5714364
Political Crisis in UK: Let's "Move on" From Boris
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
Boris has a new slogan, "Move on", which he deployed repeatedly today in his appearance before the House of Commons Liaison Committee. Remembering short slogans is fairly well the extent of his political skills, and he contrived to look pleased …
globalresearch.ca/move-from-boris/5714409
Your "Immunity Passport" Future Begins to Materialize as Airlines Call for Digital ID Tracking Systems
Derrick Broze | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
The world's largest airline trade group has called for immunity passports, thermal screening, masks, and physical distancing to be a part of the industry's strategy for returning to "normal" operations. | The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents 299 airlines…
globalresearch.ca/immunity-passport-future-begins-airlines-call-digital-id-tracking-systems/5714422
I've Signed Death Certificates During COVID-19. Here's Why You Can't Trust Any of the Statistics on the Number of Victims
Dr. Malcolm Kendrick | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
As an NHS doctor, I've seen people die and be listed as a victim of coronavirus without ever being tested for it. But unless we have accurate data, we won't know which has killed more: the disease or the lockdown?…
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-why-you-cant-trust-any-statistics-number-victims/5714415
Future Perspectives of Russia-Africa Relations
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
While celebrating the Africa Day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirmed Russia's commitment to offer support and participate in the sustainable development processes in Africa. In a videoconference held May 28 with local and foreign media, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman …
globalresearch.ca/russia-africa-cooperation/5714401
Fabricated Shocks and Open Windows
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
Fabricated shocks open the window to Emergency laws and emergency guidelines that would otherwise require more transparency. | The shock surrounding Covid-19
"Mass Sterilization": Kenyan Doctors Find Anti-fertility Agent in UN Tetanus Vaccine
Brian Shilhavy | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
This article is of relevance to the ongoing debate on vaccines. | It was first published in February 2015 | According to LifeSiteNews, a Catholic publication, the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association is charging UNICEF and WHO with sterilizing millions of girls …
globalresearch.ca/mass-sterilization-kenyan-doctors-find-anti-fertility-agent-in-un-tetanus-vaccine/5431664
Video: Dr. John Lott: More Money to Hospitals for COVID-19 Deaths
Dr. John Lott | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
Dr. John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center has said the recorded coronavirus death toll may be a dramatically overstated. | One America's John Hines sat down with him to learn more. | You have looked at the Numbers. | There is …
globalresearch.ca/video-covid-19-death-toll-may-be-half-record/5714362
The Gates / Fauci Vaccine Developed by Moderna. Video Featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Andrew Kaufman
Lila York | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
This is a four-minute video featuring Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Dr. Andrew Kaufman that explains exactly what is in the Gates/Fauci covid19 vaccine currently being developed by Fauci's own vaccine company, Moderna. | Most of the vaccines currently under process | …
globalresearch.ca/vaccine-just-say-no/5714389
Bolivia's Parliament Summons "Interim President" Jeanine àÅñez to Clarify Corruption Scandal
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
The coup d'état carried out in Bolivia was the starting point for a major wave of social, political and economic setbacks in the country. Bolivia is the poorest country in South America, with very high poverty rates, however, during the …
globalresearch.ca/parliament-summons-jeanine-anez-corruption-scandal/5714435
Minneapolis Police Murder Handcuffed Man with Neck-Kneel
Niko Georgiades | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
"I can't breathe" were some of the last words of the latest victim to police terror. | Memorial Day in Minneapolis saw the echoing of the same words as Eric Garner before he was killed by police six years …
globalresearch.ca/minneapolis-police-murder-handcuffed-man-neck-kneel/5714376
Who Are the Secret Puppet-Masters Behind Trump's War on Iran?
MBNJSD | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-29
On May 6th, President Trump vetoed a war powers bill specifying that he must ask Congress for authorization to use military force against Iran. Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign of deadly sanctions and threats of war against Iran has seen no let-up, even as the U.S., Iran and the whole world desperately need to set aside …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/who-are-the-secret-puppet-masters-behind-trumps-war-on-iran/
Trump's Dangerous Drug of Choice
Rachel Charlton-Dailey | progressive.org | 2020-05-29
Trump's advocacy of taking hydroxychloroquine to combat COVID-19 is putting vulnerable people in unnecessary danger, at the potential expense of people who need the medication to live.
progressive.org/op-eds/trump-dangerous-drug-of-choice-charlton-dailey-200529/
A Growing Wave of Bankruptcies Threatens U.S. Recovery
Pam Martens, Russ Martens | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
The bankruptcy epidemic in the U.S. started last year, long before any COVID-19 pandemic had touched down. U.S. retailers ranked among the greatest casualties of 2019 with a total of 17 bankruptcies. Big names among the retail bankruptcies in 2019 included Gymboree on January 16; Charlotte Russe on February 3; Things Remembered on February 6;…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/a-growing-wave-of-bankruptcies-threatens-u-s-recovery/
Blaming the COVID-19 Pandemic on Too Many Humans: a Critique of Overpopulation Ideology
Roger Harris | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
A world gripped by a deadly virus has precipitated a deluge of punditry claiming to have found the primal cause of the pandemic. In a recent article Anthony Judge, for example, claims to have tapped into "the collective subconscious" to blame what he calls overpopulation. How well does this claim hold up? Mr. Judge is concerned…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/blaming-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-too-many-humans-a-critique-of-overpopulation-ideology/
We are Being Held Hostage to Unfettered Capitalism: not to Trump, Racism, the Chinese or COVID-19
David Penner | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-29
As the US continues to be ravaged by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the country remains in lockdown, a morbid irony of which is that we appear to have traded COVID-19 deaths for suicides. The catastrophe has laid bare the cruelties of neoliberalism, yet this has not stopped the media from unleashing a barrage of misinformation, blaming …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/we-are-being-held-hostage-to-unfettered-capitalism-not-to-trump-racism-the-chinese-or-covid-19/
Baltimore Mayoral Candidate Wants to Limit Mayoral Power
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-29
Baltimore's upcoming primary election will be notable and not just because residents will primarily vote by mail due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The mayoral election on June 2 comes after a massive corruption scandal led to a federal indictment against the previously-elected mayor in 2019. As a result of that corruption scandal, there is a heated debate over whether the city should reform its "Strong Mayor" system of governance that gives more power to Baltimore's City executive than any other major city, offers few checks on their power and many argue, enabled the 2019 scandal. | One leading mayoral candidate, Cit…
therealnews.com/columns/baltimore-mayoral-candidate-wants-to-limit-mayoral-power
Arundhati Roy on Indian Migrant-Worker Oppression and India's Fateful COVID Crisis
J.P. Linstroth | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
In India there is never one story but thousands, even millions, and so the detrimental impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on this country of more than 1.3 billion, especially among the poor, has been profound, causing immense suffering. Nor did it help matters much when Prime Minister Narendra Modi shut India into immediate lockdown without warning…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/arundhati-roy-on-indian-migrant-worker-oppression-and-indias-fateful-covid-crisis/
Rise in deaths attributed to pneumonia suggests official US coronavirus death toll is grossly undercounted
wsws.org | 2020-05-29
The actual number of COVID-19 dead in the United States is likely to be at least 150,000, 50 percent more than what has been officially reported.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/29/death-m29.html
Packinghouse workers strike vs. bosses & COVID-19
Jim McMahan | workers.org | 2020-05-29
Seattle May 24
Reminder to the Press: Trump's Deadly Covid-19 Failures Are Still Happening
Dan Froomkin | commondreams.org | 2020-05-29
When it comes to the virus, Washington is doing basically none of the things we need it to do. (Photo: Pete Marovich/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump-tweetin_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/29/reminder-press-trumps-deadly-covid-19-failures-are-still-happening?cd-origin=rss
Essential Remittances To Africa Devastated By Coronavirus Pandemic
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-29
Families dependent on remittances from seasonal workers are facing a crisis, even in countries without widespread COVID-19 cases.
therealnews.com/stories/remittances-africa-coronavirus-pandemic-workers-economic-crisis
Anthony Romero on Leading in a Time of Crisis
aclu.org | 2020-05-29
Anthony Romero started his job as executive director of the ACLU just seven days before September 11, 2001, and he's been with us ever since. The subsequent "war on terror" presented new and widespread threats to civil rights and civil liberties. Now, he faces a new challenge: leading the ACLU during the COVID-19 pandemic. He joined the podcast this week to discuss how the ACLU is navigating the current moment., , "In moments of crisis, in moments of fear, civil liberties are often imperiled," Romero told our host, Emerson Sykes. The organization has had to "adjust to our understanding of what liberty and free…
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/anthony-romero-on-leading-in-a-time-of-crisis
An Impending Crisis: COVID-19 in Haiti, Ongoing Instability, and the Dangers of Continued U.S. Deportations
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-05-29
Prepared remarks by Jake Johnston to Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson's forum on COVID-19 and ICE's deportation of detainees to Haiti First, I want to thank Congresswoman Wilson for convening this forum and for her leadership on this issue. The introduction of legislation mandating a halt to these deportations is a concrete and necessary step. I'd …
cepr.net/an-impending-crisis-covid-19-in-haiti-ongoing-instability-and-the-dangers-of-continued-u-s-deportations/
COVID-19: Countries support 'one-stop shop' to share science and research
news.un.org | 2020-05-29
Thirty countries and numerous international partners have underlined the need to make tests, treatments and other technologies to fight COVID-19, available to people everywhere.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1065132
Car caravan: Free Our Youth!
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-29
Philadelphia As states across the U.S. took steps to stop the spread of COVID-19
CUNY and the struggle against COVID-19 cuts
Special to Workers World | workers.org | 2020-05-29
Special to Workers World The City University of New York is the largest urban public university system in the United States. It has 275,000 students, spread over 11 senior colleges funded by New York state; seven community colleges, funded by New York City; and seven postgraduate institutions. Its students are . . . | Continue reading CUNY and the struggle against COVID-19 cuts at Workers.org…
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Maine's ISP Privacy Law Does Not Violate the First Amendment, Much as ISPs Would Like for It To
Arianna Demas | aclu.org | 2020-05-29
Without many of us even realizing it, our use of the Internet reveals deeply private information about us, ranging from the contents of our communications to details about our finances, health, and exact location. This information
President Trump has No Idea How Online Speech Works
Kate Ruane | aclu.org | 2020-05-29
Yesterday, President Trump signed an executive order aimed at bullying social media companies and online platforms into changing how they moderate content online. The order came the day after President Trump tweeted that Republicans feel that social media platforms silence conservative voices. And, notably, just days after Twitter's decision to place a fact-checking label on one of Trump's tweets for the first time, calling out his blatantly false tweets about mail-in ballots and directing users to trusted journalistic so…
aclu.org/news/free-speech/president-trump-has-no-idea-how-online-speech-works
Recidivism Will Only Decrease if Successful Reentry is Embraced as an Antidote for Mass Incarceration
Lewis Conway | aclu.org | 2020-05-29
While there are many policies drafted and bills legislated, really the only components that comprise successful reentry to the community are skills, support, and shelter. Thinking about what I needed when I came home from prison looks much different now than it did 20 odd years ago. Back then, I thought serving my time in prison was my punishment; I didn't know I was facing a life sentence after leaving prison. And for many people reentering society after leaving incarceration, that's what reentry is
Coronavirus and the Telecom Crisis
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
The current Corvis-19 pandemic provides a unique vantage point to assess key social institutions of American life. Sadly, none has failed so gravely as the nation's health care system, especially as underwritten by the private insurance model. The crisis of the U.S. healthcare system raises the deeper, more fundamental, question as to whether health care…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/coronavirus-and-the-telecom-crisis/
Nine in 10 smokers start before they are 18 years old, warns WHO
news.un.org | 2020-05-29
Tobacco products continue to kill eight million people a year who get hooked via a $9 billion a year marketing strategy. That's the warning from the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday, which has said that even during a global pandemic, the tobacco and nicotine industry has continued to promote products that limit people's ability to fight new coronavirus and recover from the disease.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1065062
What's NATO Up to These Days? Provoking Russia, Draining Healthcare Budgets and Protecting Its Own from COVID
T.J. Coles | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
In November 2019, as experts warned that a novel coronavirus was likely to develop in the near-future, NATO boasted that its European Allies, including the UK, as well as Canada, were boosting their military budgets by an average of 4.6 percent, or an additional $130bn since 2016. The implication is that this increase in military spending is at the expense of healthcare, which is being privatized worldwide.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/whats-nato-up-to-these-days-provoking-russia-draining-healthcare-budgets-and-protecting-its-own-from-covid/
Workers Need a 'Newer Deal' to Tackle This Crisis
Nomi Prins | thenation.com | 2020-05-29
Workers Need a 'Newer Deal' to Tackle This Crisis…
thenation.com/article/economy/coronavirus-new-deal-economy/
Conditions Close at Hand
Joseph Natoli | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
"Man makes his own history, but he does not make it out of the whole cloth; he does not make it out of conditions chosen by himself, but out of such as he finds close at hand."
Trump's Twitter Tirade Is the Tantrum of a Troll
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-05-29
Trump's Twitter Tirade Is the Tantrum of a Troll…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-twitter-coronavirus-media/
Immigrants in Limbo Speak Out
James Goodman | progressive.org | 2020-05-29
DACA and Temporary Protected Status holders seek road to citizenship.
progressive.org/dispatches/immigrants-in-limbo-speak-out-goodman-200529/
Pandemic and Trump's anti-migrant agenda
| workers.org | 2020-05-29
By B.L.S. The following is a slightly edited talk given during the Workers World Party webinar "What Road to Socialism?"on May 16. I'm humbled and thankful to have this opportunity to share some of my firsthand experiences with y'all. As a legal assistant, I work closely with asylum seekers who . . . | Continue reading Pandemic and Trump's anti-migrant agenda at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/49001/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pandemic-and-trumps-anti-migrant-agenda
While Minneapolis burned immigrant prisoners in Sherburne County jail started hunger strike
Filiberto Nolasco Gomez | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-29
Editor's note: This article is reprinted from Workday Minnesota. In a press statement, Interfaith Coalition on Immigration (ICOM) announced that immigrant detainees had begun a hunger strike at the Sherburne County jail in Elk River, Minnesota. ICOM explained that the hunger strikers have asked for their release from Sherburne County Jail. In the statement, ICOM explained they …
peoplesworld.org/article/while-minneapolis-burned-immigrant-prisoners-in-sherburne-county-jail-started-hunger-strike/
Goodness Gracious, David Ignatius!!
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
The Washington Post's senior diplomatic columnist, David Ignatius, has done it again. He has a well-earned reputation as an apologist for the Central Intelligence Agency and a defender of increased defense spending and the newly-created Space Force. Now, Ignatius has added a new plaque to his personal Hall of Fame–Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. In an…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/goodness-gracious-david-ignatius/
Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians, Confiscate Their Car, Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-29
Israeli soldiers abducted, Friday, four young Palestinian men near Sebastia town, north of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Mohammad Azem, the head of the Local Municipal Council in Sebastia, stated that the soldiers installed a roadblock at the entrance of the town, before stopping and …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-four-palestinians-confiscate-their-car-near-nablus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soldiers-abduct-four-palestinians-confiscate-their-car-near-nablus
Updated: "Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Near Ramallah"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-29
Israeli soldiers killed, on Friday evening, a Palestinian father of five children, including an infant, allegedly after he tried to ram them with his car near Nabi Saleh village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. His family denied the military allegations and said the man lost control …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-shot-dead-by-israeli-troops-after-alleged-car-ramming-attack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palestinian-shot-dead-by-israeli-troops-after-alleged-car-ramming-attack
"Deadly Exchange": America's Racist Policing Has Roots in Israel
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-29
During training sessions in Israel, American police delegations meet with Israeli military, police, and intelligence agencies and taught what Israel calls counterterrorism, but is in fact no more than "refining methods of racial profiling."
mintpressnews.com/deadly-exchange-america-racist-policing-training-roots-israel/268007/
Police Deny Any Connection to Mysterious Minneapolis "Umbrella Man" Saboteur
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-29
Regardless of the truth behind who started the fires and the looting, the rage felt by the people of Minneapolis and elsewhere is the result of a deep and profound problem in this country that cannot go on.
mintpressnews.com/police-deny-connection-alleged-minneapolis-umbrella-man-saboteur/268039/
New Details Of Deadly No-Knock Warrant Show Just How Reckless Police Can Be
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-29
PAR uncovers new information on the dangers of serving no-knock warrants and analyzes the raid that killed 26-year-old EMT Breonna Taylor. Cop watcher Kenneth Dunham alleges continued intimidation from local Oregon police.
therealnews.com/stories/police-accountability-report-new-details-no-knock-warrant-shows-reckless-police
Bethune's socialized medicine and the public health crisis today
Pratyush Chandra | mronline.org | 2020-05-29
We are at war! The heads of states throughout the globe are posing as chieftains in this quixotic war against an enemy who no one understands.
mronline.org/2020/05/29/bethunes-socialized-medicine-and-the-public-health-crisis-today/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bethunes-socialized-medicine-and-the-public-health-crisis-today
'When the looting starts, the shooting starts': Trump revives segregationist war cry
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-29
On the day following George Floyd's lynching by officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, President Donald Trump announced an FBI investigation into what happened. Facing a mass public outcry against the backdrop of incontrovertible video evidence of Officer Derek Chauvin's killing of Floyd, even Trump was compelled to say he'd do something. The charade of …
peoplesworld.org/article/when-the-looting-starts-the-shooting-starts-trump-revives-segregationist-war-cry/
Cop who killed George Floyd in Minneapolis had record of brutality
wsws.org | 2020-05-29
Local station KARE 11 reports 13 complaints since 2003 were closed without discipline. Chauvin was awarded a departmental medal of valor in 2009.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/29/mpl2-m29.html
Attorney Lee Merritt speaks on conspiracy to cover-up Ahmaud Arbery's murder
wsws.org | 2020-05-29
Merritt spoke to the WSWS Wednesday about developments in the Arbery case and what has been exposed about the efforts of the police and prosecutors to whitewash the killing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/29/arbr-m29.html
George Floyd's execution and the burning of a precinct
JF Allen | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-29
My police department murdered a man on Monday. Actually. No. He was executed. Murder implies some sort of emotional act or cold, non-feeling release by a psychopath. Whether emotional, premeditated, or impulsive, murder is committed by an individual (or individuals). This killing was committed by the state. Specifically, the Minneapolis Police Department. I am an …
peoplesworld.org/article/george-floyds-execution-and-the-burning-of-a-precinct/
Bibles at the Barricades: How the Right Seized Power in Bolivia
Benjamin Dangl | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
Returning to La Paz, Bolivia after last November's coup was like returning to the scene of a crime. Since Bolivian President Evo Morales was removed from power, right-wing interim President Jeanine àÅñez has led the country with an iron fist. State repression immediately following the coup left dozens dead and the government has been throwing…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/bibles-at-the-barricades-how-the-right-seized-power-in-bolivia/
Western Reaction to China Shows the Bad Old Days Haven't Passed
James O'Neill | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-29
One of the most tiresome clichés uttered by the western nations, including Australia, is their alleged commitment to the "rules based international order". By this they generally mean a set of rules of supposed international authority, to which all developed nations are expected to adhere. Those who allegedly failed to do so are labelled as …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/western-reaction-to-china-shows-the-bad-old-days-havent-passed/
The Only Way to Save Grizzlies: Connect Their Habitats
Mike Bader | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
Linkages, biological corridors, demographic connectivity or intervening areas. These are the lands outside and between the Grizzly Bear Recovery Areas in the Northern Rockies. Over the past 20 years grizzly bears have begun to recolonize this historic habitat, increasing the possibilities of linking genetically isolated populations and reestablishing a breeding population in the vast Bitterroot…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/the-only-way-to-save-grizzlies-connect-their-habitats/
Trump Is Unbeatable in the Race to the Bottom and So Is the GOP
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
In the race to the bottom, Donald Trump is unbeatable. Therefore, so now too is the Republican Party; being under his thumb, it is with him, every step of the way. This is why Joe Biden will have a hard time losing in November, no matter how good he and other corporate Democrats are at…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/trump-is-unbeatable-in-the-race-to-the-bottom-and-so-is-the-gop/
Trump isn't the Pope and This Ain't the Middle Ages
David Schultz | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
President Trump orders governors to open up the churches. Churches defy governors and seek to open. Someone needs to remind both the president and religious institutions that the Middle Ages are over and Modernity won. President Trump and many religious institutions are pushing arguments reminiscent of those found in the Medieval Christian Europe where secular…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/trump-isnt-the-pope-and-this-aint-the-middle-ages/
No Lessons Learned From Bhopal: the Toxic Chemical Leak at LG Polymers India
N.D. Jayaprakash | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
The port city of Vizag or Vishakhapatnam, situated on the south-east coast of India in the State of Andhra Pradesh, is home to several hazardous industries. In the early morning on 07 May 2020, five million people residing in the Vizag Metropolitan Region were rudely woken up by the alarming news of a poisonous chemical…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/no-lessons-learned-from-bhopal-the-toxic-chemical-leak-at-lg-polymers-india/
For America's Wealthiest, the Pandemic is a Time to Profit
Sonali Kolhatkar | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
The American Enterprise Institute's (AEI) Michael Strain wrote an op-ed in the New York Times recently explaining how "The American Dream Is Alive and Well," and that in his opinion this nation has, "bigger issues than inequality." Strain's piece is part of the paper's new pandemic-era series called "The America We Need" and engages in…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/for-americas-wealthiest-the-pandemic-is-a-time-to-profit/
The Odyssey of Elias Demetracopoulos
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
In twenty-first-century mainstream media, a real journalist is difficult to find. Instead, one finds multiple purveyors of corporate and government propaganda, entertainers who sensationalize the most meaningless tidbits about the lives of public figures, faux investigations of misdoings that focus on the symptoms and not the causes, and outright liars. Elected and non-elected officials use…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/the-odyssey-of-elias-demetracopoulos/
Why Does W.E.B. Du Bois Matter Today?
Paul Buhle | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-29
In their new book, W.E.B. Du Bois: A Life in American History,Charisse Burden-Stelly and Gerald Horne pose the question that every scholar of African American history, a central part of all US history, must sooner or later approach. W.E.B. Du Bois is without question one of the largest, perhaps the very largest, figure in African-American history.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/29/why-does-w-e-b-du-bois-matter-today/
Corporate university–pandemic edition
David Ruccio | mronline.org | 2020-05-29
Will colleges and universities reopen in the fall? That's the question on the minds of many these day–administrators, faculty, staff, students, and their families, not to mention the communities in which they live.
mronline.org/2020/05/29/corporate-university-pandemic-edition/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=corporate-university-pandemic-edition
Emily Maitlis is No Media Hero: She Simply Forgot What She and the BBC Are There To Do
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-29
The wrong conclusions are being drawn about Emily Maitlis's comments on Dominic Cummings on the BBC flagship Newsnight show this week. Her remarks are not evidence of her courage, or that journalists are being gagged, or that the BBC is suddenly capitulating to the government. | The problem is caused by our desire to focus on whether Maitlis was right or wrong about Cummings, Boris Johnson's chief adviser, breaking the lockdown rules. But it is actually a distraction to fixate on the issue of whether Maitlis should or should not have been allowed to express the widely shared view
In Colombia, the pandemic is widening inequality in access to education
Zoe PC | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-29
Popular educator, professor and militant Harold García discusses how the pandemic has put stress on the public education system of Colombia and made access to education even less equal…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/29/in-colombia-the-pandemic-is-widening-inequality-in-access-to-education/
Smart Ass Cripple: Going to the Doctor While Deaf
Mike Ervin | progressive.org | 2020-05-29
If you're deaf and need to communicate with hospital staff during the pandemic, that's when the nightmare really begins.
progressive.org/dispatches/going-to-doctor-while-deaf-ervin-200529/
Mnuchin and DeVos Sued for Unlawful Seizure of Student Loan Borrowers' Tax Refunds During Pandemic
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-29
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, and the federal departments they run were hit with a class-action lawsuit Friday for illegal seizures of thousands of student borrowers' tax refunds during the coronavirus pandemic, which has left over 40 million Americans jobless and familes across the country struggling to stay in their homes and keep food on the table. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/picmonkey_collage.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/29/mnuchin-and-devos-sued-unlawful-seizure-student-loan-borrowers-tax-refunds-during?cd-origin=rss
Amid Global Pandemic—With Nearly 363,000 Dead—Trump Terminates US Ties With the World Health Organization
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-29
"When every single country in the world is able to work with the WHO, except for one whose president advocates treating coronavirus with bleach and UV light, who do you think is at fault?" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_who_terminates.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/29/amid-global-pandemic-nearly-363000-dead-trump-terminates-us-ties-world-health?cd-origin=rss
Selected Articles: The Horrific Minneapolis Police Killing of George Floyd
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | The Horrific Minneapolis Police Killing of George …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-horrific-minneapolis-police-killing-george-floyd/5714450
The Coronavirus Thrives on Hate
Patrick G. Lee | thenation.com | 2020-05-29
The Coronavirus Thrives on Hate…
thenation.com/article/society/lgbtq-seoul-south-korea-coronavirus/
German Official Leaks Report Denouncing Corona as 'A Global False Alarm'
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-29
Germany's federal government and mainstream media are engaged in damage control after a report that challenges the established Corona narrative leaked from the interior ministry. | Some of the report key passages are: | The dangerousness of Covid-19 was overestimated: probably at no point did the danger posed by the new virus go beyond the normal level. | The people who die from Corona are essentially those who would statistically die this year, because they have reached the end of their lives and their weakened bodies can no longe…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/29/german-official-leaks-report-denouncing-corona-as-global-false-alarm/
Trump Opposes Masks Because Culture War Nihilism Is His Last Line of Defense
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-29
I don't think there's ever been a U.S. president with more influence with his political base that Donald Trump. All presidents are defended by those who support them, of course. Even the most unpopular failures have diehard fans who stick with them to the bitter end. | But Trump is unusual in that he has only ever attempted to govern on behalf of the pe…
truthout.org/articles/trump-opposes-masks-because-culture-war-nihilism-is-his-last-line-of-defense/
Forget "Looting." Capitalism Is the Real Robbery
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-29
This morning the president of the United States threatened state-sanctioned murder in response to "looting," laying bare the way in which white supremacy, capitalism and the state work together to violently repress people who defend Black life. | But Trump's angry outburst is not the only blatantly racist response we should be interrogating. We also must confront the way in which both conservatives and li…
truthout.org/articles/forget-looting-capitalism-is-the-real-robbery/
Sheffield City Council advises against schools reopening on Monday
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-29
Sheffield City Council is advising schools not to open to more pupils from Monday, citing fears that the NHS Test and Trace system will not be "robust enough" to be in place by next week. | The decision comes after prime minister Boris Johnson announced that the government's five key tests required for the easing of the lockdown have been met
Identifying clusters central to South Korea's COVID-19 response
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-29
South Korean interventions controlled the transmission of COVID-19 quickly, resulting in a smaller epidemic made up of "clusters" of cases.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197837/identifying-clusters-central-south-koreas-covid-19
Imperial develops coronavirus outbreak simulation tools for 137 countries
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-29
Imperial have developed coronavirus outbreak simulation tools for 137 countries to help healthcare services plan their response to the pandemic.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197799/imperial-develops-coronavirus-outbreak-simulation-tools
Misfolded proteins and simulating the Universe: News from the College
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-29
Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197793/misfolded-proteins-simulating-universe-news-from
Mobile data shows high compliance with lockdown rules across the UK
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-29
People across the UK drastically reduced their movement outside of home following lockdown, although slight rises have occurred since April.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197835/mobile-data-shows-high-compliance-with
With Nation Focused on Pandemic, Trump Interior Dept. to Greenlight Killing of Bear Cubs and Wolf Pups in Their Dens
Julia Conley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-29
President Donald Trump's National Park Service plans to finalize rules this week that will allow hunters in Alaska to kill bear cubs and wolf pups while they are in their dens, reversing Obama-era regulations meant to prevent destabilization of …
globalresearch.ca/trump-interior-dept-greenlight-killing-bear-cubs-wolf-pups/5714400
Venezuela Cuts Back Oil Production, Mulls Gasoline Price Hike
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2020-05-28
Four Iranian tankers carrying fuel and additives have arrived in recent days.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14891
No Benefit for Lopinavir–Ritonavir in Severe COVID-19
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-26
Treatment with the HIV combination drug lopinavir-ritonavir did not accelerate recovery or improve mortality rates among hospitalized patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a trial in the New England Journal of Medicine reported.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766416
Emerging Lessons From COVID-19 Response in New York City
Chokshi DA, Katz MH. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-26
In a little more than 1 month, US society and its hospitals were transformed by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The once-boisterous streets of New York City became quiet, while the hospital wards reverberated with the swooshes and beeps usually heard in intensive care units (ICUs). COVID-19 echoed that duality. There are so many outside the hospital who were silently infected, while so many fought for their lives in the hospital, struggling just to breathe.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766403
Psoriasis Drug Guselkumab Improved Psoriatic Arthritis Symptoms
Slomski A. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-26
Guselkumab, a biologic drug approved to treat patients with moderate or severe psoriasis, significantly and safely improved psoriatic arthritis, a phase 3 trial in The Lancet concluded. Guselkumab is a human monoclonal antibody that inhibits interleukin-23.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766420
Hybrid Influenza Strain Found in Idaho Teenager
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-26
A 13-year-old Idaho boy was treated in February 2019 for a hybrid influenza strain that contained genetic components of both seasonal influenza and 2009 influenza A(H1N1), according to a CDC report.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2766440
Action Alert: Call Your Rep to Cut Pentagon Spending
Paul Kawika Martin | peaceaction.org | 2020-05-12
‚òéÔ∏èüó£Call your Reps. to ‚úÇ Pentagon spending Over the last few weeks, we've alerted you that the Pentagon is trying to direct funds for COVID-19 relief into its own bloated coffers. In the last three years alone
Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-05-07
Once Again Trump Scoffs Congressional War Powers with Republican Help Washington, D.C.
U.S. Reverses Policy On Use of Landmines
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-05-06
On May 6, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) headed a congressional oversight letter with 107 other members of Congress to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper expressing disappointment to the Trump Administration's reversal of the policy limiting the use of antipersonnel landmines to the defense of South Korea, and seeking answers to …
peaceaction.org/2020/05/06/u-s-reverses-policy-on-use-of-landmines/
Take Action: Keep COVID Stimulus $$ Away From the Pentagon
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-04-30
Congress is putting together additional and much needed stimulus packages in response to COVID-19. That's the good news. The bad news is that the Pentagon is trying to weasel billions of dollars out of these stimulus bills! All just to keep the mega-profits rolling for weapons dealers and the military-industrial complex. As people here at …
peaceaction.org/2020/04/30/take-action-keep-covid-stimulus-away-from-the-pentagon/
U.S. Organizations React to Global Military Spending Report
Jeff Jurgens | peaceaction.org | 2020-04-30
Joint Statement: U.S. organizations react to global military spending report April 27, 2020 Our diverse group of 39 think-tanks, non-profits, faith-based organizations, and advocacy groups based in the United States find the exorbitant amount of money spent on militaries worldwide to be an irresponsible and harmful use of global wealth. The Global Military Expenditures Report …
peaceaction.org/2020/04/30/u-s-organizations-react-to-global-military-spending-report/
