Sanders Is Back On The NY Primary Ballot
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-07
Before the ruling was announced, TRNN spoke with Norman Solomon and Marcus Ferrell about how the split between establishment Democrats and progressives could help hand Trump the November election.
therealnews.com/stories/bernie-sanders-new-york-primary-ballot-ruling-progressives-establishment-split

Anatomy of a Fake News Campaign: Media Spreads Lie From US Govt-funded Korean Outlet that Kim Jong-un Died
Ben Norton | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Corporate media outlets spread fake news claiming North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had died. The lie originated with a Seoul-based website funded by the US government\'s regime-change arm the NED. | *** | There may be no other country on Earth lied …
globalresearch.ca/anatomy-fake-news-campaign-media-spreads-lie-from-us-govt-funded-korean-outlet-kim-jong-un-died/5712086

German Researchers Discover Effective Anti-COVID-19 Antibodies
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Antibodies aren\'t COVID-19 cures, but the discovery by Utrecht University researchers of a \"human monoclonal antibody that prevents the SARS-CoV-2 virus (that produces COVID-19 disease) from infecting cultured cells\" is a positive development. | It\'s a step toward finding an effective …
globalresearch.ca/german-researchers-discover-effective-anti-covid-19-antibodies/5712124

A Grim New Normal Ahead? Worse than Orwell\'s 1984. Unprecedented Global Poverty and Human Misery
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Will historians one day look back at unfolding events related to today\'s public health crisis and economic collapse as a post-coronavirus new normal that\'s grimly different from what preceded it? | Do ongoing events mark the beginning of an unacceptable dystopian …
globalresearch.ca/grim-new-normal/5712116

December 2019 COVID-19 Outbreaks in France, China Rips Pompeo
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Evidence suggests that one or more COVID-19 outbreaks likely first occurred in Hawaii late last summer, what a previous article discussed. | Did outbreaks begin in France before Wuhan, China? | According to a French hospital, a COVID-19 patient was treated on …
globalresearch.ca/december-2019-covid-19-outbreaks-france-china-rips-pompeo/5712122

COVID-19 = genocide for Detroit
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2020-05-07
Michigan State Representatives Jewell Jones and Isaac Robinson, co-sponsors of a bill for a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures, evictions and utility shutoffs. Robinson died March 29 of suspected COVID-19. Here they are protesting a polluting company US Ecology in Detroit. May 4

Thoughts on the Liberation of Saigon and the end to America\'s Genocidal War Against the Vietnamese People
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-07
The following are recollections from several members of the ThisCantBeHappening! about their anti-war movement struggles and the day of final triumph in Vietnam 45 years ago. A Day in the Park Like No Other When the US war on Vietnam ended on April 30 with the Vietnamese liberation forces marching into Saigon, a victory celebration…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/07/thoughts-on-the-liberation-of-saigon-and-the-end-to-americas-genocidal-war-against-the-vietnamese-people/

PDF download of May 7 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2020-05-07
Click to download entire 12-page PDF May Day coverage. Also: COVID‚Äë19 North Carolina protest; Genocide on Detroit; Cuban medical team; Trump and China; Pennies vs. billions; Tear down the walls A world without prisons; Mumia: On prison guards; Louisiana death camps; ‚ÄÇEditorial Fascists = bosses\' tools; World Palestine Britain Venezuela . . . | Continue reading PDF download of May 7 issue at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48326/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pdf-download-of-may-7-issue

Palestinian movement scores big legal win for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2020-05-07
Members of Unite the Union, a British and Irish labor union, show support for the Palestinian people. The Palestine Solidarity Committee won a legal victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain when the country\'s highest court issued a landmark ruling that struck a blow against the Whitehall . . . | Continue reading Palestinian movement scores big legal win for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48312/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palestinian-movement-scores-big-legal-win-for-boycott-divestment-and-sanctions-campaign-in-britain

Russian State TV in Media War Against No-Lockdown Belarus
The Moscow Times | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-07
Editor\'s note: Recall how in 2014-15 the Russian opposition and western media was trying to prove Russians were fighting and dying en masse in Donbass by supposedly uncovering \"secret burials\" all over Russia? Well the Russian state media has now adopted the same tactics to be deployed against brotherly Belarus. Why? While Russians have been forced into Sobyanin\'s cybergulag (now expanded nationally) Belarus has met the virus with the scorn it deserves, has allowed its people to remain free, and will p…
anti-empire.com/russian-state-tv-in-media-war-against-no-lockdown-belarus/

COVID-19 & the Economy
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-05-07
Interview on COVID-19 politics, the global economy and the environment…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/covid-19-the-economy/

Trump Against the Government: Officials Conflicted Over Lying for the President
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Once upon a time in the United States there was a consensus among national politicians that there were two areas where there should be a unified approach to policy. They were national security and foreign policy, both of which involved …
globalresearch.ca/trump-against-government/5712074

\'Duque ordered to facilitate botched mercenary invasion in Venezuela\': Maduro
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-07
Colombia\'s President Ivan Duque ordered to support American and Venezuelan \"mercenaries\" to overthrow Venezuela\'s government, its president Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday. The two former members of the United States\' Special…
colombiareports.com/duque-ordered-to-facilitate-botched-mercenary-invasion-in-venezuela-maduro/

Mercenary Confesses Failed Plot Was to Bring President Maduro to US
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Former United States ex-green beret Luke Denman, that was captured Monday by Venezuela\'s Armed Forces, confessed Wednesday that his group aimed at kidnapping President Nicolas Maduro as part of \'Operation Gedeon\'. | \"I was expecting anywhere between US$50,000 to US$100,000,\" | …
globalresearch.ca/mercenary-confesses-failed-plot-bring-president-maduro-us/5712098

On the Brink of Starvation: COVID-19 and the Global Food Chain with Raj Patel
www.speakoutsocialists | indybay.org | 2020-05-07

This is an online townhall. For links and information on how to join the Zoom call visit here: | speakoutsocialists.org/townhall-05-09-20/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/04/18832819.php

FROM THE FIELD: Protecting the displaced in the time of COVID-19
news.un.org | 2020-05-07
Refugees and displaced people living in camps are amongst the most vulnerable communities across the world and more likely to catch COVID-19 than others, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/05/1063412

Johnson compared to Chamberlain in protest video on White Cliffs of Dover
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-07
Boris Johnson\'s response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis has been compared to Neville Chamberlain\'s \"peace for our time\" moment, in a giant projection beamed on to the White Cliffs of Dover.The Kent landmark was lit up with a mock-up of the prime minister holding a scrap of paper saying \"Highest death toll in Europe\".The stunt was the brainchild of Led By Donkeys, a group of activists famed for their giant billboards of politicians\' tweets.The group said the black and white creation is a comment on the government\'s \"profound failure\" and compares Johnson\'s conduct to Chamberlain\'s appeasement policy in the l…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/07/johnson-compared-to-chamberlain-in-protest-video-on-white-cliffs-of-dover/

Protesters say: \'Shelters = Death, Hotels = Haven\'
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-07
Cops stop activists from delivering demands to a city official\'s home. After the COVID-19 deaths of dozens of seniors at Philadelphia nursing homes and at least one homeless person in a city shelter, community activists converged on a city official\'s home on May 6 to deliver a message: The city . . . | Continue reading Protesters say: \'Shelters = Death, Hotels = Haven\' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48309/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=protesters-say-shelters-death-hotels-haven

Kim Jong Un Is Still Alive. What About Peace with North Korea?
Catherine Killough | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
The second anniversary of the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit has just passed. Marking the moment, South Korean President Moon Jae-in lamented, \"We have been made keenly aware once again that peace will not come overnight.\" Images of the two Korean …
globalresearch.ca/kim-jong-un-alive-what-about-peace-north-korea/5712081

#WorkerRightsNow: Day of Action for Essential Worker Bill of Rights
MoveOn, Greenpeace, others | indybay.org | 2020-05-07
Online and/or phone call actions…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/06/18832854.php

\"Blood Money & Murder On The Job\" Amazon 2020 On May Day
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-05-07
New York MTA TWU 100 steward John Ferretti and Amazon worker Chris Smalls are interviewed about May Day and why they were protesting at the Amazon JFK8 Staten Island warehouse.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/05/18832838.php

Kadhimi takes office as Iraq\'s PM amid fiscal & coronavirus crises
rt.com | 2020-05-07
Mustafa al-Kadhimi took office as Iraq\'s prime minister early Thursday after breaking months of political deadlock. The former intelligence chief will have to tackle a staggering economic crisis, a health pandemic and the specter of renewed protests. | Observing social distancing, lawmakers gathered at parliament in masks and gloves around 9: 00pm local time, but the vote was delayed to make last-minute edits to ministerial posts. | Kadhemi soon received a congratulatory call from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who announced a 120-day waiver extension on US sanctions to let Iraq buy gas from neighboring Ira…
rt.com/newsline/487994-kadhimi-takes-pm-iraq/

Far Right Group Behind Boston\'s \"Straight Pride\" Also Organized \"Reopen\" Protest
William rivers Pitt | zcomm.org | 2020-05-07
If the federal government actually starts helping people, Trump and his allies fear that capitalism will lose its stranglehold on the nation…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/far-right-group-behind-bostons-straight-pride-also-organized-reopen-protest/

No smoke without fire? Trump nominates new envoy to Venezuela, first in 10 YEARS after denying US involvement in failed incursion
rt.com | 2020-05-07
The White House has tapped a new ambassador to Venezuela, the first in a decade, even as relations with the country\'s government hit all-time lows. The appointment comes as the US continues to deny any role in a recent coup plot. | …
rt.com/news/487987-ambassador-venezuela-appointment-incursion/

The Hybrid War on Venezuela Moves to a New Stage of Aggression
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
In the early morning of last May 3 Venezuela has witnessed the first attempt of a raid by speedboats with armed mercenary forces on the central coast of Venezuela, just a few kilometres from the capital city, Caracas. The response …
globalresearch.ca/hybrid-war-venezuela-moves-new-stage-aggression/5712039

\'I guess we did\': Simpsons writer admits 2020 pandemic clairvoyance as murder hornets clip goes viral
rt.com | 2020-05-07
The Simpsons is widely known for predicting the future with eerie accuracy, but things are starting to get ridiculous; after apparently predicting the coronavirus, it now appears the show saw the murder hornets coming too. | Like an animated Nostradamus for the noughties, the animated TV show has a number of oddly accurate predictions already on the books over the course of its 30 years on air. | It apparently foresaw Disney buying Fox nearly 20 years ago, the invention of smart watches, the US winning an Olympic medal in curling and, of course, also predicted that Donald Trump would one day become president o…
rt.com/usa/487997-simpsons-writer-murder-hornets-prediction/

\"What the Hell Do You Have to Lose?\"
Rev. William Alberts | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-07
The coronavirus does not care whether we are Republican or Democrat; mainline or evangelical Christian; Jew, Muslim or Hindu; white, black or brown; Chinese, Italian, Iranian, Russian, African or American, richer or poorer, older or younger. We are all human and subject to the same illnesses. Our nationality, faith, race, class, location or age does…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/07/what-the-hell-do-you-have-to-lose/

RT SPECIAL VICTORY DAY PROGRAMMING TO AIR AND STREAM WORLDWIDE IN SIX LANGUAGES
rt.com | 2020-05-07
MOSCOW, MAY 7

No going back to \'normal\'?
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-07
Socialist Alliance Peter BoyleIssue 1264 Australia COVID-19 ecosocialism Our Common CauseMay 7, 2020The slogan \"There\'s no going b…
greenleft.org.au/content/no-going-back-normal

Daesh/ISIS increases attacks in Iraq amid virus
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-07
The Daesh/ISIS terror group has increased its attacks in Iraq, especially in rural areas, amid political instability and security weakness in the country as well as the US-led coalition forces\' withdrawal due to the coronavirus outbreak.Daesh has been trying to strengthen its operational capability in rural areas since mass protests against Iraqi government erupted in October in the capital Baghdad and southern provinces.Iraq has been roiled by mass protests since early October over poor living conditions and corruption, forcing Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi to resign.At least 496 Iraqis have been killed and 17…
yenisafak.com/en/world/daesh-isis-increases-attacks-in-iraq-amid-virus-3518903

Colombia declares 2nd state of emergency to subsidize small business wages
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-07
Colombia\'s President Ivan Duque issued a second state of emergency on Wednesday and announced subsidies for small businesses to continue paying wages during an ongoing shutdown. The second state of…
colombiareports.com/colombia-declares-2nd-state-of-emergency-to-subsidize-small-business-wages/

Colombia raids army command as illegal spying scandal mushrooms
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-07
Colombia\'s Inspector General\'s said his office had carried out a raid at the country\'s army command on Wednesday as part of an investigation into reported illegal spying practices. Inspector General…
colombiareports.com/colombia-raids-army-command-as-illegal-spying-scandal-mushrooms/

At least 8 health workers killed, 560 infected by coronavirus in Colombia
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-07
Eight health workers have died and 560 have been infected by the coronavirus in Colombia, the National Health Institute (INS) said Wednesday as medical organizations call to urgently provide personal…
colombiareports.com/at-least-8-health-workers-killed-560-infected-by-coronavirus-in-colombia/

Researcher \'On Verge of Making Very Significant\' Coronavirus Findings Shot to Death
Tim Stelloh | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
The Pennsylvania researcher \"was on the verge of making very significant findings toward understanding the cellular mechanisms that underlie\" COVID-19, his university said. | Below are selected quotes fro NBC report together with a statement from the the University Research Unit …
globalresearch.ca/researcher-making-very-significant-coronavirus-findings-shot-death/5712111

When fear reigns
Anna Jikhareva and Anne Jung | indybay.org | 2020-05-07
What was thought to be temporary has remained until today. Temporary rules became law. Snowden warns of a similar process in the context of a real crisis.Surveillance is accepted on an unprecedented scale.The virus is dangerous.But the destruction of our rights is fatal because it is permanent. Snowden believers.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/04/18832818.php

Trump Vetoes \'Very Insulting\' Measure Limiting His Powers to Attack Iran
Jason Ditz | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-07
Passed in the Senate in February and the House in March, the Iran War Powers Resolution appears to have come to an end on Wednesday when it was vetoed by President Trump, who insisted it was \" very insulting\" and dangerous to limit his ability to attack Iran. | The resolution was a preemptive War Powers Act challenge to a war with Iran, aiming to note that Congress has not in any way authorized…
anti-empire.com/trump-vetoes-very-insulting-measure-limiting-his-powers-to-attack-iran/

Shipment of 400,000 gowns from Turkey impounded over safety standards
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-07
A shipment of 400,000 medical gowns from Turkey has been impounded in a warehouse after falling short of UK standards.The personal protective equipment (PPE) was flown into the UK by the RAF last month but has not been released to NHS staff after inspectors deemed the gowns unsafe for guarding against coronavirus (Covid-19) when treating patients.Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said the gowns turned out to \"not be of the quality that we feel is good enough for our frontline staff\".The ministerial confirmation of the decision to impound the imported goods is another blow in what has proved an embarrassing…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/05/07/shipment-of-400000-gowns-from-turkey-impounded-over-safety-standards/

\'Worst case\' scenario: Second coronavirus wave could come as early as July, top doctor in Germany warns
rt.com | 2020-05-07
Another wave of coronavirus infections could hit Germany as early as this summer, the vice president of the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases has warned. Health officials say they are preparing for all possibilities. | Case numbers in Germany are falling but the situation could change if people do not adhere to social distancing guidelines, Lars Schaade said at a news conference. A worst-case scenario would be a surge in cases returning in late July or early August, he added. | Germany began easing its nationwide lockdown two weeks ago. Although the number of new cases continues to drop, Helge Brau…
rt.com/news/488016-germany-second-wave-coronavirus-july/

Global stocks prediction: 50 percent wipeout
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-07
Paul Singer, the hedge-fund billionaire behind Elliott Management, warned last month that the ultimate path of global stock markets is a drop of at least 50% from February highs. What\'s an investor to do in the face of such a grim outlook? Load up on gold, perhaps. After all, according to a report this week from the Financial …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/global-stocks-prediction-50-percent-wipeout/

Bank of England: Unemployment to double
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-07
The Bank of England has warned the British economy could shrink by 14% this year and unemployment more than double by next spring as the coronavirus causes the deepest recession in modern history. Leaving interest rates on hold at a record low of 0.1% as the economic crisis unfolds, the central bank said economic activity across …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/bank-of-england-unemployment-to-double/

Online Education in a Time of Grave Danger
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-07
I taught a college course online. I used a program that was accepted at that level of education as the standard for teaching. The program took several sessions of individual instruction at the community college\'s tech center and lots of off-site practice to become competent in meeting students online for one class out of four…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/07/online-education-in-a-time-of-grave-danger/

Oakland has more COVID-19 cases than Fremont, Hayward and Livermore combined
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-07
Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/06/18832857.php

Famous VR artists recreate kids\' drawings from World War II in virtual animation (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-05-07
RT\'s multimedia project #VictoryPages presents \'War: Kids\' drawings in VR animation,\' a series of children\'s drawings from the collection of the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg interpreted by famous artists in VR. | For many decades, the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg has kept about 700 unique children\'s drawings that were created during the Siege of Leningrad (September 8, 1941

Dutch to begin easing lockdown measures next week, watchdog to review govt performance
rt.com | 2020-05-07
The Dutch Safety Board said on Thursday it would conduct an independent investigation and review of the country\'s preparedness and government performance during the coronavirus outbreak. | Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Wednesday announced a three-month roadmap toward relaxing lockdown measures imposed in mid-March, including opening schools and some businesses. The review will look at \"the preparation for a pandemic, the crisis management and the measures taken, as well as the phasing out of those measures.\" | Easing restrictions in the Netherlands will be rolled out over the next four months. They could be cur…
rt.com/newsline/488002-netherlands-easing-lockdown-government/

Mayo Clinic receives $26 million from BARDA for COVID-19 convalescent plasma expanded access program
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-07
Mayo Clinic was awarded a $26 million contract today from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The financial support is for the Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma to fight COVID-19. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-receives-26-million-from-barda-for-covid-19-convalescent-plasma-expanded-access-program/

US unemployment expected to pass 33 MILLION, marking worst economic downturn since Great Depression
rt.com | 2020-05-07
Another three million Americans are expected to have filed for unemployment benefits during the week ending May 2, which brings the total claims over the seven weeks of the Covid-19 lockdown to 33 million. | Some 3.839 million initial jobless claims have been registered in the past week. Florida saw the highest number of initial filings, at an estimated 432,000 on an unadjusted basis, from 507,000 in the week prior. | California reported 328,000 claims

America: Job losses in April likely topped 22 million
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-07
The United States appears to have lost more than 20 million jobs in April, but even such a shockingly large increase might understate the destruction wrought by the coronavirus on the labour market. The large payroll processor ADP on Wednesday reported a 20.2 million decline in employment in April among the nation\'s privately run companies. …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/america-job-losses-in-april-likely-topped-22-million/

Pandemic and Hunger Threaten Africa
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
The situation of the new coronavirus on the African continent worsens day after day. Although the pandemic has not yet reached its peak of infection in Africa, the figures remain alarming and without due attention from the media and authorities. …
globalresearch.ca/pandemic-hunger-threaten-africa/5712113

Global coronavirus death toll surpasses 265k
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-07
TEHRAN, May 07 (MNA)

Trump economy faces long-term disaster as jobs data looms
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-07
The staggering economic pain, perhaps the worst since the 1930s, of the American economy in the time of coronavirus will be graphically underscored in two new rounds of unemployment data that are due on Thursday and Friday. The figures will show Americans who have and will lose their livelihoods as common victims of the most cruel public health crisis …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/trump-economy-faces-long-term-disaster-as-jobs-data-looms/

Trump is Igniting a Cold War With China to Try to Win Re-election
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-05
\"Go to China!\", a woman in Denver, Colorado, shouts at two hospital workers standing in front of her car to prevent her from taking part in a protest against the coronavirus lockdown. Her cry is a sign that President Trump is having some success in demonising China: he says that that he has a \"high degree of confidence\" that the deadly virus emanated from a laboratory in Wuhan, though he cannot reveal the source of his information.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/05/trump-is-igniting-a-cold-war-with-china-to-try-to-win-re-election/

Trump Is Igniting a Cold War With China to Try to Win Re-election
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-05
Patrick COCKBURN | \"Go to China!\", a woman in Denver, Colorado, shouts at two hospital workers standing in front of her car to prevent her from taking part in a protest against the coronavirus lockdown. Her cry is a sign that President Trump is having some success in demonising China: he says that that he has a \"high degree of confidence\" that the deadly virus emanated from a laboratory in Wuhan, though he cannot reveal the source of his information. | The level of Trump\'s mendacity is far grosser than that used to sell the Iraq War by claiming that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Then…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/05/trump-igniting-cold-war-with-china-try-win-re-election/

The Case for Prison Abolition: Ruth Wilson Gilmore on COVID-19, Racial Capitalism & Decarceration
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-05
The spread of COVID-19 threatens the lives of more than 2.3 million people locked up in prisons and jails throughout the United States. We look at how the call to release prisoners during the coronavirus pandemic makes the case for prison abolition, with scholar Ruth Wilson Gilmore, co-founder of California Prison Moratorium Project and Critical Resistance and the author of \"Golden Gulag: Prison, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California.\" Her forthcoming book is \"Change Everything: Racial Capitalism and the Case for Abolition.\"
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/5/ruth_wilson_gilmore_abolition_coronavirus

Navajo Nation Suffers Third-Highest COVID-19 Infection Rate in U.S. with Limited Healthcare & Water
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-05
We get an update from two doctors treating patients with the Navajo Nation, the largest Indigenous reservation in the country, which has been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Michelle Tom is a member of the Navajo Nation and a family physician treating COVID-19 patients at the Winslow Indian Health Care Center and Little Colorado Medical Center in northern Arizona near the Navajo reservation. In Gallup, New Mexico, Dr. Sriram Shamasunder is leading a medical volunteer group of 21 nurses and doctors from the University of California, San Francisco as part of the HEAL Initiative. He says the coronavirus hi…
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/5/navajo_nation_coronavirus_pandemic

Remembering Valentina Blackhorse, Beloved 28-Year-Old Navajo Community Activist Who Died of COVID-19
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-05
After New York and New Jersey, the next highest number of coronavirus infections per capita in the United States is in the Navajo Nation, the largest Indigenous reservation in the country. We go to Kayenta, Arizona, to speak with Robby Jones, a member of the Navajo Nation and the partner of one of those to die from the virus: 28-year-old Valentina Blackhorse, a beloved community leader who promoted Navajo culture and left behind a daughter named Poet.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/5/remembering_valentina_blackhorse_navajo_nation_covid

Calls Grow for Mass Release from Ohio\'s Marion Prison as 80% of Prisoners Test Positive for COVID-19
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-05
We get an update on one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the United States, at the Marion Correctional Institution in Ohio, where 11 prisoners and one staff member have died, and at least 80% of prisoners and half of the prison staff tested positive. Despite growing calls to release thousands of Ohio\'s nearly 50,000 incarcerated people as the coronavirus spreads, Governor Mike DeWine has only approved the release of more than 100 people in the state\'s prisons. \"We\'re seeing a few people being released … but not anywhere near the 20,000 [we are] demanding,\" says Azzurra Crispino, whose husband, James, is in…
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/5/marion_correctional_institution_coronavirus_outbreak_calls

US refuses to extradite CIA agent who killed UK teen Harry Dunn
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-05
As the US government hunts Julian Assange, it refuses to extradite a CIA agent who killed UK teen Harry Dunn…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/05/us-refuses-to-extradite-cia-agent-who-killed-uk-teen-harry-dunn/

Putin Didn\'t Disappear: Russia\'s Ongoing Decentralization Process
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
The Western Mainstream Media\'s aggressively propagated infowar narrative that President Putin \"disappeared\" and is \"paralyzed\" in the face of World War C is factually false because it ignores the Russian leader\'s regular video conferences with various officials that are widely …
globalresearch.ca/putin-didnt-disappear-he-delegating/5711837

Kim Jong-un accepts WWII medal awarded by Putin days after DEATH rumors spread by Western media
rt.com | 2020-05-05
He may have been reported dead last week by US/UK media, but today North Korean leader Kim Jong-un received a medal from President Putin for his contribution to perpetuating the memory of Soviet citizens buried in North Korea. | In 2019, the Kremlin announced the creation of a brand new award named \'75 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945\', to be given to those chosen by the president. The award has already been presented to multiple people, many of whom are Russian veterans. | | @ Russian Embassy in North Korea | According to the Facebook page of the Russian Embassy in North Korea, Kim was…
rt.com/russia/487828-russia-award-kim-medal/

Kim Jong-un accepts WWII medal awarded by Putin days after DEATH rumors spread by Western media
rt.com | 2020-05-05
He may have been reported dead last week by US/UK media, but today North Korean leader Kim Jong-un received a medal from President Putin for his contribution to perpetuating the memory of Soviet citizens buried in North Korea. | In 2019, the Kremlin announced the creation of a brand new award named \'75 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945\', to be given to those chosen by the president. The award has already been presented to multiple people, many of whom are Russian veterans. | | © Russian Embassy in North Korea | According to the Facebook page of the Russian Embassy in North Korea, Kim…
rt.com/russia/487828-russia-award-kim-medal/

The Federal Reserve: More Lethal Than Coronavirus
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
Last week the Federal Reserve announced it will keep interest rates at or near zero until the economy recovers from the government-imposed shutdown. Following this announcement, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell urged Congress and the Trump administration to put aside …
globalresearch.ca/federal-reserve-more-lethal-coronavirus/5711834

New PSL book: \'Climate Solutions: Beyond Capitalism\'
Sunil Freeman | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-05
\"It is a small book, but expansive in outlook in a way that echoes the holistic eco-socialist society we will need…\"
liberationnews.org/new-psl-book-climate-solutions-beyond-capitalism/

On the Brink of Starvation: COVID-19 and the Global Food Chain with Raj Patel
www.speakoutsocialists | indybay.org | 2020-05-05

This is an online townhall. For links and information on how to join the Zoom call visit here: | speakoutsocialists.org/townhall-05-09-20/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/04/18832819.php

Trump\'s Threat to Iran Has a Hollow, Angsty Ring
M. K. Bhadrakumar | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-05
A tweet by the U.S. President Donald Trump on April 22 said, \"I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.\" Trump seems to be talking the language of war while indulging in politics by other means. Like his ban…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/05/trumps-threat-to-iran-has-a-hollow-angsty-ring/

The Only Way the Fight Against Coronavirus Resembles the Real Wars I\'ve Witnessed
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-05
After 40 years of watching \"real\" war, I obviously have strong views about the fight which statesmen and politicians and liars

Trump is Igniting a Cold War With China to Try to Win Re-election
Robert Fisk | zcomm.org | 2020-05-05
The purpose of Trump\'s lies is not to convince by rational argument but to dominate the news agenda by outrageous allegations…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trump-is-igniting-a-cold-war-with-china-to-try-to-win-re-election/

Paying the Price for Defeating Chevron: an Interview with Steven Donziger
Joe Emersberger | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-05
U.S. attorney Steven Donziger has been in house arrest in Manhattan for almost eight months. His pre-trial detention stems from a judgement he and a team of Ecuadorian lawyers won over Chevron that could cost the company billions of dollars

WHO\'s Integrity Increasingly Questioned. Skepticism?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
Russian NTV: Donald Trump refused to Fund WHO. There are more and more people in the world who are skeptical of the organization. Does this skepticism have any Foundation? | Peter Koenig: Yes, it is true, and yes it does. WHO\'s …
globalresearch.ca/who-integrity/5711795

Defeat of a Dirty Military Incursion into Venezuela on a Sunday Morning
Vijay Prashad, Paola Estrada, Ana Maldonado, and Zoe PC | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-05
In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 3, speedboats left the Colombian coastlines and headed toward Venezuela. These boats had no authorization to cross the maritime border. They landed on the Venezuelan coastline at La Guaira. This was clearly a hostile action, since the boats carried heavy weaponry, including assault rifles and ammunition; the people on the boats possessed satellite phones as well as uniforms and helmets with the flag of the United States of America.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/05/defeat-of-a-dirty-military-incursion-into-venezuela-on-a-sunday-morning/

Video: ISIS Rears Its Ugly Head in Southern Syria and Central Iraq
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
Tensions between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Syrian Army are growing in southern Idlib. Recently, government forces repeatedly shelled positions of the terrorist groups in the Zawiya Mountain area. The most intense shelling targeted Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorists near Fatterah …
globalresearch.ca/video-isis-southern-syria-central-iraq/5711792

Maduro says 2 Americans \'on Trump\'s security team\' were among \'mercenaries\' behind failed invasion attempt
rt.com | 2020-05-05
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed that two US citizens were captured along with a group of \"mercenaries\" Caracas accused of trying to infiltrate the Latin American nation in order to assassinate him. | Also on rt.com | | President\'s ASSASSINATION was ultimate goal of US/Colombia-staged mercenary invasion of Venezuela

Venezuela denuncia serie de acciones de EE.UU y Colombia
Prensa Latina | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-05
CARACAS, 5 may (Prensa Latina) El Ministerio Público denunció hoy que el intento de invasión del pasado domingo a Venezuela forma parte de una serie de acciones preparadas y financiadas por Colombia y Estados Unidos para derrocar al presidente Nicolás Maduro. En la cuenta oficial de esa institución, en la red social Twitter, se anuncian …
peoplesworld.org/article/venezuela-denuncia-serie-de-acciones-de-ee-uu-y-colombia/

Venezuela says U.S. behind another attempted coup this past weekend
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-05
Washington has been accused of orchestrating a coup attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro after the police and armed forces stopped \"a terrorist group\" entering the country by sea on Sunday. President of Venezuela\'s constituent assembly Diosdado Cabello Rondón described the attack as \"a coup financed from the United States, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) …
peoplesworld.org/article/venezuela-says-u-s-behind-another-attempted-coup-this-past-weekend/

Israel\'s War Crimes Have Killed Americans
Philip Giraldi | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-05
If the president loves to honor the military, start with the U.S.S. Liberty | Imagine if you will a ship from a nation not at war with anyone sailing in international waters on a quiet June day being suddenly attacked by unidentified warplanes and torpedo boats, their markings covered up to conceal their country of origin. The vessel under attack had little with which to defend itself, but its crew heroically made sure that a large national flag was hoisted to demonstrate that it was not a belligerent in anyone\'s conflict. The attackers noted the nationality of the vessel, but persisted in their aggression in a c…

Israel's War Crimes Have Killed Americans

Former top officials in Bernie Sanders campaign form super PAC to back Joe Biden
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-05-05
With the Democratic Party uniting to promote Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders holds his nose to let his supporters build a super PAC.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/02/18832776.php

Indigenous Leadership Points the Way Out of the COVID Crisis
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-05
The United States is in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has infected more than 1.2 million people and claimed over 70,000 lives. President Donald Trump has failed the American public, bungling the response while forsaking and targeting vulnerable communities. Meanwhile, the hopes for a progressive insurgency have faded with Sen. Bernie Sanders\'s withdrawal from the race for the Democratic nomination for president…
truthout.org/articles/indigenous-leadership-points-the-way-out-of-the-covid-crisis/

Assange extradition hearing rescheduled for September
wsws.org | 2020-05-05
The British state continues to obstruct both Assange\'s ability to conduct his defence and journalists\' ability to report on the case in detail.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/05/assa-m05.html

Solitary Confinement Used For Children As Young As 11 After COVID-19 Exposure
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-05
Lawyers say Maryland\'s Department of Juvenile Services and the Department of Correctional Services aren\'t being transparent about conditions in juvenile detention centers.
therealnews.com/stories/solitary-confinement-juvenile-detention-eleven-coronavirus-exposure-maryland

Vienna\'s vice mayor takes heat after \'ASYLUM SEEKER VIRUS\' reference
rt.com | 2020-05-05
The vice mayor of Vienna and high-ranking member of Austria\'s anti-immigration party faced accusations of racism after he blamed the rise in daily Covid-19 infections on the local migrant community. | \"It is now clear… that the increasing coronavirus numbers in Vienna can only be attributed to asylum seekers,\" Vice Mayor Dominik Nepp said on Monday, after a recent testing campaign at migrants\' quarters in the district of Erdberg revealed 26 new Covid…
rt.com/news/487790-coronavirus-vienna-fpo-migrants/

Pompeo and the capricious virus
M. K. Bhadrakumar | iranian.com | 2020-05-05
Iran has delivered a devastating blow to the ego of the Trump administration, puncturing it beyond repair, by its announcement Sunday that mosques will start reopening in low-risk areas of the country from May 5. President Hassan Rouhani said mosques would reopen in 132 regions designated as white under a colour-coded system after being consistently …
iranian.com/2020/05/04/pompeo-and-the-capricious-virus/

When Coming North is the Only Option: Why We Must Change Our Immigration Policies
Jean Trounstine | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-05
At a time when the only thing anyone is talking about is COVID-19, I took a break to read Kelsey Freeman\'s astute look at the struggles of migrants to cross the border, recently published by IGPublishing (April, 2020): No Option But North: The Migrant World and the Perilous Path Across the Border.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/05/when-coming-north-is-the-only-option-why-we-must-change-our-immigration-policies/

Rohingyas lock down at the world\'s largest refugee camp
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-05
Healthcare Refugees & migrants Paul GregoireIssue 1264 Bangladesh COVID-19 Rohingya refugeesMay 5, 2020To date, there have be…
greenleft.org.au/content/rohingyas-lock-down-worlds-largest-refugee-camp

Italy to offer permits to illegal migrants for farm work in pandemic crisis
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-05
Italy plans to give work permits to thousands of irregular migrants to help farms deal with the Covid-19 epidemic that has cut the flow of cheap labour from abroad, a political source said on Tuesday.The politically sensitive move, earlier reported in Italian media, was immediately attacked by right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini, whose League party has founded its success on a strong anti-migrant platform.Agriculture lobbies have warned Italy will have to throw away huge amounts of fruit and vegetables because there is nobody to pick them, worsening the effects of a shutdown costing the food sector 7 bill…
yenisafak.com/en/world/italy-to-offer-permits-to-illegal-migrants-for-farm-work-in-pandemic-crisis-3518701

Tampa UPS Teamsters organize for hazard pay
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-05
Tampa, FL – With the ongoing COVID-19 crisis putting workers at risk and UPS making huge profits, many rank-and-file Teamsters are demanding hazard pay. Teamsters in Tampa, Florida are organizing co-workers to fight for it. | Rank-and-file Teamsters activists distributed buttons and stickers to UPSers with the slogan \"Hazard pay for UPS workers.\" | \"We want to unite our co-workers around the demand for hazard pay. We\'re encouraging folks to wear the buttons at work,\" said Gage LaCharite, a UPS warehouse worker. \"This is the first step in a national campaign to win hazard pay. UPS just announced they made $1 billi…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/4/tampa-ups-teamsters-organize-hazard-pay

50 Years of Bat-Shit Crazy Televised Presidential Warmongering
James Bovard | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-05
Fifty years ago, President Richard Nixon popped up on national television on a Thursday night to proudly announce that he invaded Cambodia. At that time, Nixon was selling himself as a peacemaker, promising to withdraw U.S. troops from the Vietnam War. But after the sixth time that Nixon watched the movie \"Patton,\" he was overwhelmed…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/05/50-years-of-bat-shit-crazy-televised-presidential-warmongering/

Turkey urges powers supporting Haftar to rethink
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-05
Turkey on Tuesday called on all powers supporting Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar to \"rethink their position and invest\" in the Libyan government.\"Thanks to Turkey\'s support for the legitimate government of Libya, the destabilizing and illegitimate Haftar forces are losing ground in Libya. All those powers supporting Haftar must rethink their position and invest in the legitimate government for peace and stability,\" Fahrettin Altun, Turkey\'s communications director, said on Twitter.Under the guidance of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Altun said Turkey is \"a capable country that can pursue terrorists in Sy…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-urges-powers-supporting-haftar-to-rethink-3518692

Hundreds protest coronavirus lockdown at Massachusetts State House after reopening delayed for two weeks (PHOTOS & VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-05-05
Scores of protesters hit the streets to demand Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker streamline the reopening of non-essential businesses, delayed due to the lack of progress in slowing down the spread of Covid-19. | Hundreds of demonstrators filled the streets around the Massachusetts State House in Boston on Monday for what event organizers dubbed a \"Liberty Rally,\" voicing outrage over Baker\'s decision to extend the state\'s lockdown another two weeks to May 18, further putting off the reopening of nonessential businesses as hundreds of thousands of residents file for unemployment. | \"Let my people go\", \"We a…
rt.com/usa/487773-massachusetts-state-house-lockdown-protest/

Hundreds protest coronavirus lockdown at Massachusetts State House after reopening delayed for two weeks (PHOTOS & VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-05-05
Scores of protesters hit the streets to demand Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker streamline the reopening of non-essential businesses, delayed due to the lack of progress in slowing down the spread of Covid-19. | Hundreds of demonstrators filled the streets around the Massachusetts State House in Boston on Monday for what event organizers dubbed a \"Liberty Rally,\" voicing outrage over Baker\'s decision to extend the state\'s lockdown another two weeks to May 18, further putting off the reopening of nonessential businesses as hundreds of thousands of residents file for unemployment. | t.co/p6j0L5nf2e
rt.com/usa/487773-massachusetts-state-house-lockdown-protest/

Far Right Group Behind Boston\'s \"Straight Pride\" Also Organized \"Reopen\" Protest
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-05
In March of 1770, a group of British troops found themselves accosted by a mob of angry colonists in Boston. The soldiers were pelted with rocks, snowballs, and struck with clubs. Finally, one soldier fired his weapon in self-defense, and the other troops followed suit. When the smoke cleared, three colonists lay dead. Eight others were wounded, and two of those would later succumb to their injuries. | The event became known as the Boston Massacre, and was initially a public opinion coup for P…
truthout.org/articles/far-right-group-behind-bostons-straight-pride-also-organized-reopen-protest/

COVID-19 and the Left: an Ignored Civil Rights Crisis; a Missed Opportunity
Michael Lesher | zcomm.org | 2020-05-05
The very last thing we should be doing is sitting back and watching while business elites manipulate working class protesters with appeals to their civil-rights concerns, steadily corralling all forms of pro-democracy resistance into the politics of the Republican right…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/covid-19-and-the-left-an-ignored-civil-rights-crisis-a-missed-opportunity/

Spain bans May Day protests on \"public health\" grounds while sending millions back to work
wsws.org | 2020-05-05
Spanish courts ruled that the COVID-19 danger outweighs basic democratic rights, but Madrid does not believe it outweighs workers\' duty to produce profits for the capitalists.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/05/spai-m05.html

Over 2,000 doctors infected with COVID-19 in Ukraine amid growing protest by medical workers
wsws.org | 2020-05-05
Opposition grows among Ukrainian medical workers as they are left to combat the disease while lacking both essential equipment and funding.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/05/ukra-m05.html

Russia waging \'HYBRID WAR\' on Europe by protesting removal of Soviet liberator statue, claims Czech official who had it torn down
rt.com | 2020-05-05
A Prague official responsible for removing a statue of Marshal Konev urged Brussels to protect the EU against Moscow\'s \"interference\" and \"hybrid war,\" playing the time-tested \'Russia scare\' card that never fails to be effective. | Proving that a strong offense sometimes makes the best defense, head of Prague\'s District 6 Ondrej Kolar wrote an open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, according to Czech media. | Read m…
rt.com/news/487777-prague-konev-monument-hybrid-war/

Pakistan Summons Indian Diplomat to Register Strong Protest Over Cross Border Fire
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-05
New Delhi (Sputnik): India and Pakistan both control parts of Kashmir while claiming it in full. The recent escalations at the border began after India revoked the special status of the region in August 2019.
sputniknews.com/asia/202005051079199750-pakistan-summons-indian-diplomat-to-register-strong-protest-over-cross-border-fire/

First murder hornets, now tiger mosquitos? Over half of France warned of dengue & Zika-transmitting insects just as lockdown lifts
rt.com | 2020-05-05
Almost 65 percent of France has been placed on red alert following another invasion by the aggressive tiger mosquito, a known carrier of dengue fever, chikungunya and the Zika virus, right before the country emerges from lockdown. | As the US braces for its own invasion by so-called \'murder hornets\', a total of 57 of France\'s 101 departments have been placed on red alert as tiger mosquito hordes descend on the country

Five Eyes spies have NO EVIDENCE that coronavirus emerged from Wuhan lab, report suggests in U-turn from previous leaks
rt.com | 2020-05-05
There is no evidence to substantiate the Trump administration\'s claims that Covid-19 came from a Chinese laboratory, according to intelligence sources, raising questions about a leaked dossier blaming Beijing for the pandemic. | Sources that spoke to the Guardian said that a 15-page dossier which accused China of carrying out a cover-up to hide its role in the global health crisis was not based on intelligence taken from the infamous \'Five Eyes\' network, which incl…
rt.com/news/487782-five-eyes-china-intel-us-blame/

The coronavirus pandemic and the fight for socialism in Australia
wsws.org | 2020-05-05
The experience of the past months has presented the real face of capitalism–a system that constitutes the greatest threat to mankind.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/05/cher-m05.html

GOP Senate to hold stimulus hostage; demands coronavirus lawsuit immunity for bosses
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-05
WASHINGTON–If you go to work and get sick from coronavirus on the job, because of little protective gear and no social distancing, Mitch McConnell wants to make sure your boss walks, scot-free. That\'s his \"line in the sand\" in the next economic aid package to deal with the coronavirus pandemic and its massive closures. The …
peoplesworld.org/article/gop-senate-to-hold-stimulus-hostage-demands-coronavirus-lawsuit-immunity-for-bosses/

India records its biggest single-day spike in coronavirus cases & deaths, counting nearly 4,000 infections in 24 hours
rt.com | 2020-05-05
India has seen its largest ever one-day jump in Covid-19, both in terms of cases and fatalities, with 195 people succumbing to the illness in the space of 24 hours and 3,900 new infections. | The surge in India\'s disease and death tolls came between Monday and Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 46,433 and fatalities to 1,568, according to data published by the Health Ministry. Over 14,000 patients are in Maharashtra, which remains the worst-hit state. | 3900 #COVID19 cases & 195 deaths have been reported i…
rt.com/news/487776-india-coronavirus-largest-spike/

Useless & invasive? UK\'s Covid-19 contact tracing app gets bad reviews after reportedly failing all performance tests
rt.com | 2020-05-05
Many Britons are scoffing at a government plan to roll out an NHS Covid-19 app to trace cases of the virus, describing the initiative as unnecessary and intrusive. The app received poor marks during initial trials. | The tracing app uses Bluetooth technology to register a \"contact\" when people come within six feet of each other. Those who later develop symptoms of coronavirus can inform the app, which then sends an alert to the people they\'ve been in contact with.Similar apps have been adopted in countries such as Singapore and Germany. However, the idea has been met with considerable suspicion in Britain. | F…
rt.com/uk/487798-coronavirus-app-tracing-uk-privacy/