5 Things the Government Must Do Now to Avoid Collapse And/Or Revolution
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
The COVID-19 medical and economic crisis remains mostly unaddressed by both the Republican and Democratic parties. They have only passed one piece of legislation that significantly helps workers: supplementing existing state unemployment benefits by $600 per week. Those additional payments expire in four months. Until then many people who are out of work will receive…
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‘Les amis américains’ : de nouveaux documents révèlent l’étendue de l’opération d’espionnage sur Julian Assange
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-19
Une enquête exclusive de The Grayzone révèle de nouveaux détails sur le rà¥le clé joué par le milliardaire Sheldon Adelson…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/19/espionnage-ju…
Trump’s Threat to End Relations with China: Is It a Distraction From His Coronavirus Mishandling?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
The anti-China campaign in the U.S. is nearing its climax. Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn wrote a letter to colleagues calling for them to be careful when working with Chinese officials, or better, to avoid contact with them. Last week, Republican …
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The Warp Speed Push for Coronavirus Vaccines
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
The US White House has appointed a coronavirus “Vaccine Czar” from Big Pharma to oversee something dubbed Operation Warp Speed. The goal is to create and produce 300 million doses of a new vaccine to supposedly immunize the entire US …
globalresearch.ca/warp-speed-push-corona…
Trump Sacks Another Regime Official, a Policy of Purging Critics
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
On Friday, Trump sacked State Department Inspector General Steve Linick
Leftist Perspectives on Zoom: Socialist Struggle while Social Distancing
Jack Wareham, Dylan Burgoon | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
Social distancing regulations have made video-chatting a necessity for many students, office workers, and anyone interested in maintaining their relationships while quarantined. No one foresaw that video-chatting software would receive such a large boost in popularity in 2020–least of all Zoom Video Communications, a Silicon Valley-based tech corporation that, in the past few months, has seen a $1 billion valuation turn into a $40.3 billion market cap.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/19/leftist-pers…
US courts revoke emergency protections in coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
Over the past week, the US Supreme Court and the Texas Supreme Court have issued a series of antidemocratic decisions that place countless lives at risk and increase the hardships faced by workers in the coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/cour…
China’s new Crypto-Currency: First Step to Full Dedollarization?
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
‘We’ll cut off the whole relationship’ –Trump threatened China in a recent Fox-Business interview, suggesting he may cut diplomatic relations with China and thereby saving US$ 500 billion. He didn’t say how, though. Mr. Trump’s anger referred to what he calls China’s “mismanagement” of the corona crisis. This is consistent with the new China bashing …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/chinas-new-cr…
After the Lockdown: A Global Coronavirus Vaccination Program
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
The tendency is towards a Worldwide lockdown spearheaded by fear and media disinformation. Currently, hundreds of millions of people Worldwide are under lockdown. | What is the next step in the evolution of the COV-19 Crisis? A multibillion dollar coronavirus vaccination program to be implemented in the wake of the Lockdown.
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Is the Lockdown the Greatest Policy Disaster in U.S. History?
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
“Lockdowns are meant to condition people to obey without question. A nation of people who just do what they are told by the “experts” without question is a nation ripe for a descent into total tyranny.” –Ron Paul | Donald Trump…
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Socialist lessons learned: The political shifts brought by the coronavirus
David Trujillo, Ismael Parra | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-19
Rev. Dr. William Barber of the New Poor People’s Campaign has been preaching: “This virus is teaching us that from now on, living wages, guaranteed health care for all, unemployment and labor rights are not far-left issues but issues of right vs. wrong and life vs. death.” Expanding on those truths, here are some more …
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Race–a capitalist invention
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-19
Scientists are struggling to understand how Covid-19 affects people differently. Socialist Worker shows that the construct of race has more basis in exploitation than biology.
mronline.org/2020/05/19/race-a-capitalis…
Washington’s tall tale of Iranian-al Qaeda alliance based on questionably sourced book, ‘The Exile’
Gareth Porter | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-19
A disinformation campaign aimed to justify the assassination of Qassem Soleimani by painting him and Iran as willing enablers of…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/19/washingtons-t…
Washington’s tall tale of Iranian-Al Qaeda alliance based on questionably sourced book ‘The Exile’
Gareth Porter | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-19
A disinformation campaign aimed to justify the assassination of Qassem Soleimani by painting him and Iran as willing enablers of…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/19/washingtons-t…
News Stories Avoid Naming Israel
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
There are two stories that seem to have been under-reported in the past couple of weeks. The first involves Michael Flynn’s dealings with the Russian United Nations Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. And the second describes yet another bit of …
globalresearch.ca/news-stories-avoid-nam…
The Soviet Victory Over Nazism 75 Years Ago, China and COVID-19
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
How could the Great Patriotic War in which the Soviet people (including many members of my own family) lost at least 25 million lives, have anything in common with the latest outbreak of the novel coronavirus? | You think this is …
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The Soviet Victory over Nazism 75 Years Ago and Covid-19
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
How could the Great Patriotic War in which the Soviet people (including many members of my own family) lost at least 25 million lives, have anything in common with the latest outbreak of the novel coronavirus? You think this is an absolutely insane question? However, before you dismiss it, think twice. There are similarities how …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/the-soviet-vi…
“Travel Bubbles” Would be Best if They Were Based on Regional Trade Blocs
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
Every regional trade bloc could put this strategy into practice so that the final phase of this plan could see them all eventually opening up with one another. Be it the East African Community (EAC) or Economic Community Of West …
globalresearch.ca/travel-bubbles-best-re…
What You Need to Know about the ICC Investigation of War Crimes in Occupied Palestine
Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has, once and for all, settled the doubts on the Court’s jurisdiction to investigate war crimes committed in occupied Palestine. On April 30, Bensouda released a 60-page document diligently laying down the legal bases for that decision, concluding that…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/19/what-you-nee…
No—Argue Noam Chomsky, Roger Waters, Monia Mazigh, and 100+ Others—Canada Does Not Deserve UN Security Council Seat
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
“Despite its peaceful reputation, Canada is not acting as a benevolent player on the international stage,” warns open letter from activists, artists, and academics. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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‘Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm’ Amphan Barrels Towards India, Bangladesh
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
Meteorologists say there’s “catastrophic storm surge potential.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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‘More Testing, Not More Bombs’: 29 House Democrats Demand Cuts to Pentagon Budget Amid Pandemic
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
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Video: ISIS Terrorists Attack Syrian Army Near Al-Sukhna
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
About 2 dozen Turkish-backed militants have been killed or wounded in a recent series of clashes in northern Syria. 14 of them were reportedly killed in a failed attack on positions of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) near Kubrlik overnight …
globalresearch.ca/video-isis-terrorists-…
“Whitening of the Media”: As Pandemic Cuts Ravage Newsrooms, Diversity Is “First Thing That Goes”
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-19
At a time when many journalists are risking their lives to cover the coronavirus, media companies are slashing jobs and salaries. Over the past week, hundreds of journalists at Vice, Quartz, The Economist, BuzzFeed and Condé Nast have been laid off. In April, The New York Times estimated 36,000 employees of news media companies had been laid off, furloughed or had their pay reduced since the arrival of the pandemic. We speak with award-winning journalist and former editor of The Denver Post, Gregory Moore. He says, “Advertising has fallen out of these newspapers because of the economic shutdown, and it has led to…
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/19/pandemic_…
Harvard Doctor: As States Rush to Reopen, Lack of COVID-19 Testing Is “Achilles Heel” for U.S
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-19
President Trump claimed Monday he’s been taking the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, even though multiple studies show the drug can be dangerous and is not an effective treatment for COVID-19. This comes as the U.S. COVID-19 death count tops 90,000 and all 50 U.S. states prepare to partially reopen by Memorial Day. We speak with Dr. Ashish Jha, the director of Harvard University’s Global Health Institute, who says that testing needs to vastly improve in order for widespread reopenings. He calls the lack of accurate tests in the U.S. the nation’s “Achilles heel,” saying, “The testing saga will go down as one…
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/19/dr_ashish…
ICC Investigation of War Crimes in Occupied Palestine
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-05-19
Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has, once and for all, settled the doubts on the Court’s jurisdiction to investigate war crimes committed in occupied Palestine.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/icc-investigation-…
Entrance to ‘Hidden Alien Base’ Discovered on Indonesian Island, UFO Hunter Claims
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-19
A “secluded” island in Indonesia that became a new source of scrutiny for self-proclaimed UFO expert Scott C. Waring, who seeks to uncover all unresolved extra-terrestrial mysteries around out planet and far beyond.
sputniknews.com/science/2020051910793485…
World Health Assembly Wrestles with Coronavirus
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2020-05-19
As the global coronavirus death toll tops 300,000 people, the leaders of the World Health Organization (WHO) prepare to hold their leadership meetings virtually from May 18th – 19th.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/15/1883305…
Poetry in the Time of the Pandemic & Other Earthly Ills
Freedom Socialist Party Bay Area | indybay.org | 2020-05-19
Zoom (access registration after ticket purchase)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/17/1883310…
73rd Session of Virtually-Held World Health Assembly Enters Final Day in Geneva – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-19
The international forum, which is the key policy-setting authority of the World Health Organisation, was held via videoconference this year for the first-time ever, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
sputniknews.com/europe/20200519107934801…
The Myth of a COVID-19 Vaccine to the Rescue
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
Aided by establishment media fear-mongering, the public mind is being manipulated to support COVID-19 mass vaxxing as a way to protect against coronavirus infections. | Unmentioned is that all vaccines are toxic and hazardous to human health. | Taking them risks contracting …
globalresearch.ca/myth-covid-19-vaccine/…
Sports Without Fans in the Stands
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
MLB, the NBA, NFL, NHL, and NCAA tout the surreal idea of playing in empty stadiums. | The roar of the crowd for home teams is part of the game. | I don’t follow sports like I did long ago after my …
globalresearch.ca/sports-without-fans/57…
Listening to the Coronavirus ‘Experts’ Has Led to Death and Despair
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
On April 21st the Washington Post savaged Georgia governor Brian Kemp’s decision to begin opening his state after locking down for weeks. “Georgia leads the race to become America’s No. 1 Death Destination,” sneered the headline. | The author, liberal …
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Zionists Should Return Entire Occupied Lands to Palestinians: Rabbi Weiss
Rabbie Dovid Weiss | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
In an interview with Mehr News Agency, Rabbi Weiss said the Israeli regime was established in Palestine by committing all kinds of crimes against its people, which is a violation of Jewish religious laws towards fellow human beings, adding that …
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Only Palestinians can, should decide for Palestine: Foreign Ministry
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-19
TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA)
Right Off the Right Wing Radar Screen!
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
Ok, let me be perfectly clear here. I know, from years of studying the real American history from writers like Parenti, Chomsky, Zinn, Chossudovsky, even Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznik, that the fix has always been in. Meaning, that this …
globalresearch.ca/right-wing-radar-scree…
Afghanistan: Will U.S. Finally Withdraw?
Junaid S. Ahmad | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
Al Jazeera reports Monday: ” Afghan intelligence officials killed in Taliban car bombing.” | He said today: “With the recent spate of attacks in Afghanistan, the so-called ‘peace agreement’ between the U.S. and the Taliban signed just a few weeks…
globalresearch.ca/afghanistan-will-u-s-f…
Genocide and military occupation: The five most important keys of the agreement executed between Guaidó and Silvercorp
Misión Verdad | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-19
Analysis by Misión Verdad of the contract between Silvercorp and the Venezuelan opposition which lays out their plan to overthrow Maduro and install a military occupation…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/19/genocide-…
Canada Does Not Deserve a Seat on the UN Security Council
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
Despite its peaceful reputation, Canada is not acting as a benevolent player on the international stage. | Rather, Canada ranks among the twelve largest arms exporters and its weapons have fueled conflicts across the globe, including the devastating war in Yemen….
globalresearch.ca/canada-does-not-deserv…
Ebola ’14 vs. Covid ’19
Caroline Hurley | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
Security, claim peace scientists, is the experience and expectation of well-being. Analyzing management of the major 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa is instructive given Covid 19’s global rampage. Despite internal UN dysfunction, especially the veto system pitting members at cross-purposes, that organization proved its worth. Moral ambiguity, even disingenuity, about oil and Africom aside,…
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New Greenpeace Report Exposes Big Tech Connection to Big Oil
commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
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Nature unloads on Cancun, Mexico with waterspout, solar halo, lightning, wind & hail (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-05-19
Residents in Cancun, Mexico were stunned when a massive waterspout appeared just 500 meters offshore of the area’s normally picturesque beaches. It wasn’t the only unusual natural phenomenon to hit the area, however. | Terrified locals watched the waterspout descend on their peaceful coastal village at approximately 15: 45 local time following a bout of ferocious winds and lashing rain which hit the north of Quintana Roo state on Monday. Eyewitness video captured the stomach-churning sight, as residents faced the tough choice of whether to run or hide. | Global warming is getting real. Tornado cuerpo de agua…
rt.com/news/489092-waterspout-solar-halo…
Iran seeks peaceful coexistence with neighbors: amb. to Moscow
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-19
TEHRAN, May 19 (MNA)
‘Enmity Towards God and Corruption on Earth’: Iran MPs Ban Work with Israel
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-19
Previously, the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission had prepared and approved a bill on “confronting the hostile acts of the Zionist regime against peace and security”.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/2020051910793…
Killed By Mistake: Lebanese Teenager Who Moved to UK is Gunned Down Outside Supermarket
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-19
The family of Aya Hachem moved to England from the Lebanese village of Qlaileh – only five miles from the Israeli border – in 2011, looking for security and peace. But on Sunday the 19-year-old law student was shot dead outside a supermarket.
sputniknews.com/uk/202005191079348477-ki…
Activist who denounced lack of water in poor neighborhoods in Buenos Aires died of coronavirus
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-19
Ramona Medina was hospitalized and connected to a respirator after she tested positive for coronavirus. There are more than 1,000 confirmed cases in Buenos Aires’ poor neighborhoods…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/19/activist-…
Activist who denounced lack of water in poor neighborhoods in Buenos Aires died of coronavirus
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-19
Ramona Medina was hospitalized and connected to a respirator after she tested positive for coronavirus.There are more than 1,000 confirmed cases in Buenos Aires’ poor neighborhoods…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/19/activist-…
Prominent Hirak movement activists released in Algeria
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-19
Two prominent activists related to the Hirak protest movement in Algeria were released on Monday after an Algiers court reduced one’s sentence and awarded the other a suspended sentence. The duo was convicted on frivolous and trumped up charges…
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Staging a Defense of Reproductive Rights
Eleanor J. Bader | progressive.org | 2020-05-19
As anti-choice activists try using the pandemic to stop abortions, this nonprofit theater group pushes back.
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‘Shell Must Fall,’ Climate Activists Declare at Oil Giant’s Headquarters During Shareholders Meeting
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
Donning face masks and abiding by social distancing guidelines because of the coronavirus pandemic, climate activists gathered at Royal Dutch Shell’s headquarters in The Hague Tuesday during the oil giant’s annual shareholders meeting to declare that “Shell must fall.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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‘This Is Only the Beginning’: JPMorgan Chase Faces Investor Revolt Over Financing Climate Destruction
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
Activist and shareholder frustrations with JPMorgan Chase’s funding of global climate catastrophe were on full display Tuesday during the multinational investment bank’s virtual Annual General Meeting. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/19/only-be…
China’s provinces offer farmers cash to end exotic animal trade
rt.com | 2020-05-19
Farmers in China are being offered cash to stop breeding exotic animals as pressure grows to crack down on the illegal wildlife trade that has been blamed for the coronavirus outbreak. Authorities have, for the first time, pledged to buy out breeders in an attempt to curb the practice, AFP reported on Tuesday, citing animal rights activists. | In recent months, China has banned the sale of wild animals for food, citing the risk of diseases spreading to humans. The trade remains legal for other purposes, including research and traditional medicine. | Two central provinces have outlined details of a buyout progr…
rt.com/newsline/489046-china-farmers-exo…
From fields to supermarkets, solidarity with laborers on strike
Potere al Popolo | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-19
On May 21, migrant agricultural workers across Italy are set to strike in protest over the new immigration rules announced by the government. These rules
Following outcry, Belgian minister ‘deletes’ criticism of hospital workers’ protest
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-19
Belgian federal minister Marie-Christine Marghem had criticized staff of the Saint-Pierre University Hospital in Brussels, who were protesting the government’s insensitivity towards health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/19/following…
German Left demands national rent cover, protests CDU’s pro-real estate policies
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-19
Die Linke (The Left) in Germany has demanded that rent hikes be halted. It has also called for a ban on evictions during this period of crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/19/german-le…
Mismanagement of pandemic by Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse fuels latest protests demanding his resignation
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-19
In response to the anti-government demonstrations, the Haitian National Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd and arrested many social leaders…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/19/mismanage…
Protest at Fort Mason Against CCSF Cuts
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-05-19
People young and old protest CCSF cuts in programs that benefit seniors, immigrants and working people.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/15/1883305…
‘I don’t want World War III’: Gym bosses CLASH with cops & face JAIL threat as mob cheers fitness fans flouting lockdown (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-05-19
A masked gymgoer has been arrested and crowds of people have protested against police after bosses defied a state governor’s stark warning of “a different reality” to open their facility to the public for a second straight day. | A man was arrested and indignant boss Frank Trumbetti, of Atilis Gym in New Jersey, insisted he was “…prepared to deal with whatever consequences come our way,” after receiving a summons from Bellmawr Police, whose officers dispersed rowdy crowds as they ordered the facility to close for the second day in a row. | A mob of around 200 people, some of whom waved the flag of the United…
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China’s “Two Sessions” in Beijing Against a Backdrop of COVID-19
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
Even though it’s being held on its home turf, Beijing will play second fiddle for the next week as thousands of delegates pour into the capital to debate, argue and socialize amid the “Two Sessions”. | The sessions, taking place after …
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US steps up witch hunt against Chinese scientists
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
The US federal government has arrested researchers and scientists of Chinese descent as part of an accelerated crackdown on alleged participants of China’s “Thousand Talents” program.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/chin…
World health conference dominated by US-China conflict as coronavirus spreads across the globe
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
Washington sought to turn Monday’s annual conference of the World Health Organization into an arena for its relentless campaign to scapegoat China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/pers…
The Mouse Roars: Australia, China and a Coronavirus Independent Inquiry
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
Australia matters little when it comes to international muscle. It is the retainer and pretender of power, a middle-distance runner who runs out of puff on the final stride. The big boys and girls look, agog. Why did you even bother? In the recent international relations shouting match (for Australia, shouting; for China, sotto voce…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/19/the-mouse-ro…
Another Bank Bailout Under Cover of a Virus
Ellen Brown | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
Insolvent Wall Street banks have been quietly bailed out again. Banks made risk-free by the government should be public utilities. When the Dodd Frank Act was passed in 2010, President Obama triumphantly declared, “No more bailouts!” But what the Act actually said was that the next time the banks failed, they would be subject …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/another-bank-…
Canada: Quebec government advocates hiring children to disinfect daycare centres amid coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
Faced with a shortage of childcare staff, Quebec’s CAQ government is advocating their replacement by teenagers as young as 14, thus threatening to expose them to the potentially lethal coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/qudc…
As Modi government eases lockdown, coronavirus cases surge in India
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
Municipal authorities in Mumbai, India’s second largest city, recently announced that due to a lack of hospital beds, they were placing COVID-19 patients on a waiting list for medical treatment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/inco…
AFL-CIO sues Trump’s OSHA to force firms to protect workers from virus
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-19
WASHINGTON–Fed up with the Trump government’s refusal to force firms to protect workers from the coronavirus, the AFL-CIO is suing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to force it to do so. The suit, filed May 18, in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for D.C., which handles most cases involving federal agencies and their …
peoplesworld.org/article/afl-cio-sues-tr…
Coronavirus, Poverty, and Structural Violence
J.P. Linstroth | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
As a nation, obviously, there are so many things we can do better. There always will be. Yet, what the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has made all too apparent is how we have not appropriately dealt with poverty in the United States. This is not just about the Trump Administration, it is about all past presidential…
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Private healthcare hospitals poised to cash in on exploding surgery waiting list
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-19
The COVID-19 crisis caused NHS Doctors to postponed more than 2million operations after non-emergency surgery was cancelled for at least three months to free up beds for coronavirus patients. This number was just less than eight weeks of booked operations that currently costs the NHS £1billion a month. “We have to do a really major …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/private-healthcare-hospitals-poised-to-cash-in-on-exploding-surgery-waiting-list/
Another U.S Bank Bailout Under Cover of a Virus
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
When the Dodd Frank Act was passed in 2010, President Obama triumphantly declared, “No more bailouts!” But what the Act actually said was that the next time the banks failed, they would be subject to “bail ins”
US Sanctions On Iran Fueled By Hate And Money
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-19
John Bolton brought Richard Goldberg from the neoconservative Foundation for Defense of Democracies to serve as a senior advisor for the National Security Council, ensuring that sanctions against Iran will intensify even as Iran is wracked by COVID-19.
therealnews.com/stories/sanctions-iran-f…
Death and the Economy: a Dialogue
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
Welcome to Chewing the Fat, our weekly talk show here at WXYZ. Today, we have a special treat for you
Gratitude: the ideology of sovereignty in crisis
Christian Sorace | zcomm.org | 2020-05-19
When governments demand gratitude for their response to the coronavirus they reveal the insecurity of sovereign power that the left must exploit…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/gratitude-the-ideo…
An Illusion Of Protection: The Pandemic, The “Criminal” Government And Public Distrust of The Media
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
Any notion that the UK government actually considers that its primary responsibility is to protect the health and security of the country’s population ought to have been demolished in 2020. The appalling death toll that continues to mount during the coronavirus pandemic is largely rooted, not merely in government ‘incompetence’, but in criminal dereliction of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/an-illusion-o…
Video: Dr. Anthony Fauci Stated in 2017 There Will be a “Surprise Outbreak” Coming Administration Will Face
Dr. Anthony Fauci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
Dr. Anthony Fauci, member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, stating in January 2017 that there will be a “surprise outbreak” the coming administration will face. | * | Note to readers: please click the share buttons above or below. …
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Civil Disobedience, Billionaire-Style
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
Last week, billionaire Elon Musk defied local public health officials and reopened his flagship Tesla auto assembly plant in Fremont, California. Public safety officials had ordered that plant shut down
Hundreds of Mexican maquiladora workers dying after back-to-work orders take effect
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
In Northern Baja California, 432 of the 519 people who have officially died from the virus in the state were maquiladora workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/mexi…
The Race to Replace a Dying Neoliberalism
Walden Bello | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
The morning will come When the world is mine. Tomorrow belongs to me! From Cabaret In response to the cataclysm occasioned by the coronavirus, three lines of thinking are emerging. One is that the emergency necessitates extraordinary measures, but the basic structure of production and consumption is sound, and the problem lies only in determining…
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Trump official blames high US coronavirus death toll on the diversity that “unfortunately” exists in the population
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
The fascistic comment is the latest attempt by the Trump administration to find an excuse for its catastrophic performance in the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/azar…
Trump deportation frenzy threatens the lives of thousands
Emile Schepers | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-19
The hostility of President Donald Trump and his entourage toward immigrants from the poorer countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean has long been notorious. It is at the root of a whole series of repressive policies aimed at those communities, including mass deportation and the horror of “children in cages” at the …
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The war on Labour
Prabhat Patnaik | mronline.org | 2020-05-19
The war on labour is a continuation of the attacks which the BJP has been launching on the religious minorities and dalits; its economic consequences will be disastrous.
mronline.org/2020/05/19/the-war-on-labou…
Explosion at downtown Los Angeles warehouse injures 12 firefighters
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
The warehouse explosion spread the fire to adjacent buildings but was contained in about an hour by some 230 responders.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/losa…
Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider: The pioneer of electronica (1947-2020)
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
The cultural background of a disoriented avant-garde in the aftermath of World War II and the division of Germany helped shape the music of Schneider and his peers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/flor…
US nukes in Poland would not be a deterrent, but a MASSIVE provocation for Russia
Scott Ritter | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-19
The US has promoted the deployment of US nuclear weapons on Polish soil as part of NATO’s ‘nuclear sharing’ arrangement. Such a move would only increase the chances of the very war such a deployment seeks to deter. | For the second time in little more than a year, the US ambassadors to Germany and Poland have commented on matters of NATO security in a manner which undermines the unity of the alliance while threatening European security by seeking to alter the balance of power in a way that is unduly provocative to Russia. | Richard Grenell, the US ambassador to Germany and the acting director of national intellig…
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Plague & War
Conn Hallinan | zcomm.org | 2020-05-19
Military Spending and the Pandemic…
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5G Wireless Radiation: Scientists Warn Harmful Biologic, Health Effects. “We Are Flying Blindly”
Ashley Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
New 5G cellular wireless technology is already rolling out in some states. But as a country, there is little to no research on the health effects of the new technology. As one United States’ senator put it, we are “flying …
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Dissident Circles Too Often Become Another Nerdy Hobby Group
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-19
On the whole and in general, anti-establishment circles are just another nerdy hobby group. Leftist groups, populist groups, conspiracy analysis groups, groups centered around revolutionary ideas
Israel strikes Syria to keep the USA in the Levant. 20 years after the unconditional Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, what has been achieved? (2)
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-19
Following its defeat in the second war on Lebanon, Israel discovered that its only way to suppress Hezbollah would …
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Read some Ho Chi Minh for his birthday
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-19
To mark the birthday of Ho Chi Minh, May, 19, 1890, Fight Back is circulating his 1960 article The path which led me to Leninism. | After World War I, I made my living in Paris, now as a retoucher at a photographer’s, now as painter of “Chinese antiquities” (made in France!). I would distribute leaflets denouncing the crimes committed by the French colonialists in Viet Nam. | At that time, I supported the October Revolution only instinctively, not yet grasping all its historic importance. I loved and admired Lenin because he was a great patriot who liberated his compatriots; until then, I had read none of his boo…
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Mine Wars: ‘Matewan Massacre’ a century ago embodied miners’ struggles
John Raby | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-19
MATEWAN, W.Va. (AP)
The World Trade Organization and the Demise of Multilateralism
Daniel Warner | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
Seventy-five years after the creation of the United Nations in the wake of the Second World War, the recent resignation of the director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Roberto Azevedo, does not bode well for the international trading system, multilateralism and International Geneva. The organization has had several setbacks even before the pandemic: The…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/19/the-world-tr…
US Donates War Equipment to Kiev
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
Apparently, Washington is helping to increase the violence in the Donbass. In the midst of a pandemic and the civil war at a softer stage, Kiev is promoting a gradual increase in the actions of pro-Maidan paramilitary groups in the …
globalresearch.ca/us-donates-war-equipme…
The Media Cull Continues
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-19
In December last year, newspaper circulation continued to fall across the industry. Even The Sun reported a 13 per cent fall in just that one year. All paid-for newspapers continued to see their sales fall year-on-year, with the smallest drop (three per cent) at the Observer. Then the COVID-19 crisis came and ad revenues crashed. …
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US retailer JCPenney to close nearly one-third of department stores, announces bankruptcy
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
The decline of traditional “brick and mortar” retail is part of a protracted process which has spanned decades. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated processes which were already well underway.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/jcpe…
New Zealand Labour government promises billions for big business
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
While handing over billions to big business through the COVID-19 crisis, Labour’s budget boosts the military and prepares a sweeping assault on the social position of the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/newz…
Covid-19: Breaking the lockdown, defeating the coup, averting extinction
Robert J. Burrowes | nationofchange.org | 2020-05-19
Humanity has reached the most critical point in its history. Using COVID-19 as ‘cover’, the global elite is conducting a coup to take vastly greater control of our lives.
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Millions of Americans, including front-line workers’ families, face loss of employer-sponsored health insurance in pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
The families of health care workers, first responders and other workers deemed essential who have died from COVID-19 now face the prospect of losing their health coverage due to the cut-off of their loved ones’ employer-sponsored insurance.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/insu…
COVID-19 Great Depression: Global Ecosocialism Is the Way Out
Gilbert Mercier | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-19
Suffering in numbers The abstract science of mathematics is a language like music. But while music is in the realm of pure emotion, the language of mathematics only speaks to the mind not the heart. Numbers and equations do not lie. They are not, by essence, subjective. This being said, when the numbers are those …
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COVID-19: Through the eyes of workers in the U.S
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-19
Sarah Jaffe, with co-journalist Michelle Chan, interviews U.S. workers of all stripes for their podcast “Belabored” for Dissent Magazine. The following interviews are excerpts from their series on COVID-19 stories, republished with permission.
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COVID-19: Testing Testing
The BMJ | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
The following article published by the British Medical Journal provides a critical perspective on the health impacts and political implications of the Lockdown. | Lockdown is a crude instrument. On its own it can’t eliminate covid-19, but it buys a …
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Turkish government steps up attack on Kurdish HDP amid COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
The dismissal of five Kurdish-nationalist mayors comes amid growing military tensions in the region and growing social anger at the government’s failure to handle COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/hdpm…
OMS: Largo camino por recorrer pues riesgo de COVID-19 sigue siendo elevado
Xinhua News Agency | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-19
GINEBRA, 18 may (Xinhua)
Nations Fight Extreme Patenting to Ensure Access to COVID-19 Relief
Joshua K. Leon | progressive.org | 2020-05-19
The pandemic is spurring fresh efforts to rein in the ability of Big Pharma to put profits over public health.
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US health care system devastated by COVID-19 as the markets clamor to reopen the economy
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
Health care workers throughout the US have been furloughed as health care systems are facing economic devastation caused by the pandemic. A second surge in economically hard-hit areas will confront an equally devasted health care infrastructure.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/heal…
Global north has forgotten that private sector wants ill-health
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-19
The increasing corporatisation of the health sector has meant that private interests not only play a huge role in determining policy, but also control licensing. This is a threat for countries like India.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/19/global-no…
Workers angry, concerned as US auto plants reopen
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
Tens of thousands of workers returned to factories across the US Monday in a major test of the Trump administration’s plans to restart the flow of corporate profits even as the death toll of the pandemic continues to rise.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/auto…
Washington Places Cuba and Venezuela on “Terror” List
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
Less than two weeks after an abortive mercenary invasion aimed at overthrowing Venezuela’s government and murdering its president that was hatched by the Trump White House, the US State Department on Wednesday renewed it classification of the country as “not …
globalresearch.ca/washington-places-cuba…
How the New York Times Enhances Trump’s Propaganda
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
The mendacity of Donald Trump is without parallel in the history of American presidential politics. His lies, as tabulated by the Washington Post’s fact checker, number in the thousands. U.S. truth tellers have become Trump’s favorite targets as Inspectors General, federal judges, intelligence officers, and the nation’s media face constant punishment and harassment from the White…
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Learning from the Great Depression
Chris Wright | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-19
According to Mark Twain (supposedly), history doesn’t repeat itself, but it frequently rhymes. He was right. Donald Trump, for example, rhymes with Mussolini. The decline of organized labor in recent decades rhymes with its decline in the 1920s. And the coming depression will rhyme, in many respects, with the Great Depression. For decades, in fact,…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/19/learning-fro…
Pakistan’s Minority Protection Doesn’t Extend To Ahmadiyya
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-19
The new commission in Pakistan to safeguard minority rights fails to include even a single representative from the Ahmadiyya minority, a small and pacifist branch of Islam.
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The revolutionary legacy of Malcolm X
Anthony Monteiro | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-19
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little May 19, 1925, was assassinated Feb. 21, 1965, and buried El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. He is the most remarkable figure in the African-American nationalist tradition and one of the more important figures in the entire struggle for democracy and Black liberation. In many respects, his legacy defines modern day revolutionary African-American …
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In and Against the Brazilian State
Leo Panitch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
Following the demise of the communist regimes, and the collaboration of so many social-democratic parties in neoliberal, capitalist globalization, a strong anarchist sensibility emerged, quite understandably, on the radical left, and remained influential for a considerable period of time. From …
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Brazilian police massacre 13 in brutal operation in Rio de Janeiro
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
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The 2006 Origins of the Lockdown Idea
Jeffrey A. Tucker | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
Now begins the grand effort, on display in thousands of articles and news broadcasts daily, somehow to normalize the lockdown and all its destruction of the last two months. We didn’t lock down almost the entire country in 1968/69, 1957…
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Petition demanding pandemic hazard pay for UPS workers gains 300,000 signatures
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
The response to the petition demonstrates workers’ willingness to fight, but its appeal to the Teamsters union is a dead end. A genuine struggle for safety requires the formation of independent rank-and-file committees.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/team…
Let evidence, not talk radio, determine whether the outbreak started in a lab
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-19
The president and his secretary of state made a startling claim last week: that there is enough evidence to suggest with a high degree of confidence that the Wuhan Institute of Virology is the source of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
mronline.org/2020/05/19/let-evidence-not…
Israel’s Annexation Plan Is “The Nakba Revisited”
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
Anniversaries commemorate past events. And you could be forgiven for thinking that an event which happened 72 years ago is indeed in the past. | This is true of most anniversaries, except when it comes to the Nakba, the “disaster, …
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Why Thinking Makes it So: Donald Trump’s Obamagate Fixation
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
The “gate” suffix has been wearing thin since the break-in scandal that gave it its birth. Since Watergate, virtually anything dubious and suggestive, and much more besides, is suffixed. Which brings us to the issue of President Donald Trump’s …
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The End of Mercosur
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
For many years, the situation of the South American integration project has been moving slowly and with strong signs of decay. The various political, economic and social changes that have taken place in recent years
Is Trump Encouraging Paramilitary Violence?
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
Is Trump Encouraging Paramilitary Violence?
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-cor…
Trump’s a Master of Crisis Mismanagement
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
Trump’s a Master of Crisis Mismanagement…
thenation.com/article/society/trump-coro…
Covid-19 Is Destroying the Myth of American Exceptionalism
Karen J. Greenberg | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
Covid-19 Is Destroying the Myth of American Exceptionalism…
thenation.com/article/society/coronaviru…
Take Action Now: Fight for Immigrant Justice
NationAction | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
Take Action Now: Fight for Immigrant Justice…
thenation.com/article/activism/take-acti…
The Murder That Threatened to Divide the Two Harlems
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
The Murder That Threatened to Divide the Two Harlems…
thenation.com/article/society/tessa-majo…
What Happens When You Age Out of Foster Care During a Pandemic?
Jessica Suriano | thenation.com | 2020-05-19
What Happens When You Age Out of Foster Care During a Pandemic?
thenation.com/article/society/what-happe…
Piano Usa: controllo militarizzato della popolazione
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
La Fondazione Rockefeller ha presentato il ´ Piano d’azione nazionale per il controllo del Covid-19 ª, indicando i ´passi pragmatici per riaprire i nostri luoghi di lavoro e le nostre comunità ª. Non si tratta perà≤, come appare dal titolo, semplicemente …
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Campaigners Condemn UK for Putting Big Pharma Profits Ahead of Coronavirus Vaccine at WHO
commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
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Economists Warn ‘Prolonged Depression Guaranteed’ If GOP Refuse Federal Aid to State and Local Governments
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
“The economy is currently approaching a knife edge in how recovery will proceed.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Trump’s Inspector General Purge and the Death of Dissent
Elizabeth Shackelford | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
Last Friday, Trump notified Congress of the removal of Steve Linick, the State Department’s inspector general. This was reportedly done at Secretary Mike Pompeo’s urging to ensure a friendlier IG was at the helm so Pompeo could avoid accountability in at least two investigations Linick was pursuing into his actions. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Poor New York City Neighborhoods Seeing Deaths From Covid at More Than Twice the Rate of Affluent Areas
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
New data from the New York City Health Department reveals the stark gap between the number of Covid-19 deaths in the city’s poor neighborhoods and those in wealthier areas. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Canada Missing in Action on Israel’s Proposed Annexation of the West Bank
Michael Lynk | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
The UN Security Council meets on the situation in Syria at UN headquarters in October 2019. (Photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Mary Altaffer) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Shareholders Urge JPMorgan Chase to Reduce Climate Impacts of Financing
commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
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The Privileged and Powerful in the Pandemic
Robert Reich | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
Musk’s thin-skinned, petulant narcissism bears an uncanny resemblance to Donald Trump, who last week tweeted, “California should let Tesla and @elonmusk open the plant, NOW.”(Photo: flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Rather Than Cull Millions of Livestock, Let’s End Animal Agriculture
Joseph Winters | commondreams.org | 2020-05-19
In the midst of this pandemic, we must do everything possible to spare millions of animals from unnecessary suffering and death. (Photo: Peakpx) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/19/rather…
Ukrainian National Police official demands a list of Jews living in Kolomyya
wsws.org | 2020-05-19
The intimidation and persecution of ethnic and religious minorities within Ukraine has become routine, with far-right elements operating openly as officials of the Ukrainian state.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/19/ukra…
What do the latest statistics tell us about Covid-19 deaths?
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has published its latest figures for the number of deaths involving coronavirus in England and Wales.Here are five things the data tells us about the situation across the country.– The number of deaths involving Covid-19 in the UK has passed 44,000Tuesday’s ONS figures show that 39,071 deaths involving Covid-19 had occurred in England and Wales up to 8 May and had been registered up to 16 May.(PA Graphics)Latest figures from the National Records of Scotland, published last week, showed 3,213 deaths involving Covid-19 had been registered in Scotland up to 10 May.Data f…
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‘Fat shaming is cool now?’ Pelosi’s jab at Trump’s weight sends #MorbidlyObese trending & the ‘Resistance’ can’t get enough
rt.com | 2020-05-19
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was cheered by President Donald Trump’s critics after dubbing him “morbidly obese,” even making the phrase trend online, but many have condemned what they see as a double standard over “fat shaming.” | Pelosi’s comment came during an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper on Monday, telling the pundit she was concerned about the president’s health after he said he was taking hydroxychloroquine
Making up 28% inside, First Nations inmates are still at threat from COVID-19
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-05-19
Indigenous Paul GregoireIssue 1266 Australia COVID-19 prisoners’ rights Black deaths in custodyMay 19, 2020As governmen…
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Trump: Postal Workers Don’t Deserve a Financial Lifeline
Sarah Anderson | zcomm.org | 2020-05-19
No one else can deliver essential goods to every home in America. But the president is dismissing dire warnings of an imminent USPS collapse, falsely claiming that postal financial woes are self-inflicted…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trump-postal-worke…
VIRUS: COVID-19 registry first to track global ICU experience to shed light on trends in care of critically ill patients
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 research at Mayo Clinic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
Thanks to its combination of practice, education, and research, Mayo Clinic has a strong foundation to respond quickly to a medical crisis such as COVID-19. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread worldwide, a research task force was formed at Mayo Clinic to review and approve research proposals related to the virus and the disease it causes. …
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Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 news briefing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group, covers the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Poland discusses how the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is changing, and how scientists and researchers are rapidly gaining new knowledge about the virus and the disease that it …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…
Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: The “Quarantine 15”
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
It’s being called the “Quarantine 15” online
Mayo Clinic launches radio campaign to encourage recovered patients of COVID-19 to donate plasma
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
Mayo Clinic is collaborating with Entercom Communications to launch a radio campaign that raises awareness in Detroit, New York City, Miami and Chicago of the federally-sponsored national Expanded Access Program (EAP) for Convalescent Plasma. The Food and Drug Administration announced Mayo Clinic as the lead site for the EAP program to speed access and increase availability of investigational convalescent plasma for hospitalized patients …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…
Updated visitor policy: Mayo Clinic limits number of visitors during COVID-19 response
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? To support the best safety for patients and staff, Mayo Clinic is currently limiting the number of outpatient and hospital visitors? UPDATED: Friday, May 15 As Mayo Clinic continues to monitor our communities for the spread of COVID-19, updates have been made to visitor restrictions at all Mayo Clinic sites. The ongoing …
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Mayo Clinic’s comprehensive COVID-19 research
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…
Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Mayo Clinic expands in-person care
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals and clinics were forced to postpone nonessential appointments and surgeries in March and April. Thanks to social distancing and executive stay-at-home orders which helped flatten the curve of the COVID-19 outbreak, Mayo Clinic is prepared now, not only to meet the projected needs of COVID-19 patients, but safely treat …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…
Masking your kids during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
Do you or don’t you wear a mask? If you do, what material is best? And what about children? Questions around masks during the COVID-19 pandemic abound, especially in light of the recent recommendation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that all Americans wear masks in public settings. “The direction around face masks has …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…
FDA issues emergency use authorization for algorithm designed to improve detection of heart failure during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
The FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization to Eko, a digital health company, for the heart screening algorithm developed by Mayo Clinic. The AI-driven algorithm can detect weak heart pump, which is commonly detected by echocardiogram, a test that is not normally conducted during a physical exam, requires specially trained technicians to record, and requires prolonged contact with …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/fd…
New collaboration on COVID-19 response to include new serology test
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. announced it will expand its response to the COVID-19 pandemic by developing a total antibodies test in collaboration with WuXi Diagnostics and Mayo Clinic. The new test is the result of ongoing collaboration between all three organizations, including clinical evaluation and support from Mayo Clinic. Thermo Fisher will seek U.S. FDA …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ne…
Mayo Clinic expands in-person care on all campuses
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
Mayo Clinic will expand in-person care on all of its campuses as COVID-19 executive orders are lifted for elective procedures by governors in Arizona, Florida, Minnesota and Wisconsin. “Our patients’ health and safety is always our top priority,” says Amy Williams, M.D., Mayo Clinic Executive Dean for Practice. “We have taken several extra precautions to …
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: COVID-19 and people with disabilities
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
Dear Mayo Clinic: My father, who suffers from Lou Gehrig’s disease, lives with me and my family, including three children. While my husband can work at home, I am still required to go on-site for my job. Although I practice social distancing, I am wondering if I need to do anything differently in caring for …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…
Packing on pounds during COVID-19 and how to turn it around
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
If you’ve gained weight during the COVID-19 pandemic, you aren’t alone. The “Quarantine 15”
Convalescent plasma advocate donates at Mayo Clinic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
A recovered COVID-19 patient who has become a strong nationwide advocate for the Convalescent Plasma Expanded Access Program made a plasma donation at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Chaim Lebovits became involved with the program in March and since then has rallied thousands, who have also recovered, to donate.The initiative, which Mayo Clinic is leading, studies …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/co…
Spring cleaning takes on a new importance during COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released reopening guidelines for cleaning and disinfecting public spaces, workplaces, businesses, schools and homes. Dr. Gregory Poland, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases expert, suggests taking a practical approach to spring cleaning. If no one in your household has been infected, he says standard spring cleaning practices …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/sp…
China says US trying to shift blame and smear Beijing over WHO
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
China said the United States was trying to shift the blame for Washington’s own mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis, responding to President Donald Trump’s letter threatening to halt funding to the World Health Organization.Trump threatened on Monday to reconsider the United States’ membership of the World Health Organization (WHO) if the organisation did not commit to improvements within 30 days, and said the body had shown an “alarming lack of independence” from China.Chinese Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters on Tuesday that the United States was trying to smear China and had miscalculated by…
yenisafak.com/en/news/china-says-us-tryi…
China | forces Uyghurs to eat pork, abandon Islamic practices during Ramadan
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
China is continuing its constant oppression of the Uyghur minority at full-speed as many Muslims are forbidden from performing their religious duties even during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. Since the beginning of Ramadan, law enforcement have been ordered by local Chinese governments to step up the surveillance and report the locations of Muslims at real-time, especially during Friday prayers, and to screen Uyghur tourists coming from Xinjiang, even searching their baggage, according to the China-based online news agency Bitter Winter.Eyebrows were especially raised after a Muslim living in Qinghai said th…
yenisafak.com/en/world/chinaforces-uyghu…
Turkish, German foreign ministers discuss tourism
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Turkish and German foreign ministers over the phone on Tuesday discussed tourism as the world is hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic.Mevlut Cavusoglu and Heiko Maas also exchanged views on the normalization process amid coronavirus as well as the EU and regional issues, according to diplomatic sources.On Sunday, Turkey started to carry out telephone diplomacy with 70 countries to inform them about the country’s health infrastructure over the pandemic, the culture and tourism minister said.Turkey in a certification system detailed that the country is a safe place for tourism, regarding measures against COVID-19,…
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Turkey extends 15-day travel ban in 15 major cities
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Turkey officially extended a travel ban in 15 major cities for 15 more days due to the pandemic, according to Interior Ministry on Tuesday.In a statement, the ministry said the travel ban will continue between May 20 and June 3 and those who do not comply with the travel restrictions will be imposed administrative fines.The ministry added that air, land, and sea travel to and from these provinces will be restricted.The cities with the travel ban include Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Balikesir, Bursa, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Kayseri, Kocaeli, Konya, Manisa, Sakarya, Samsun, Van, and Zonguldak.Earlier in April, Turkey imp…
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Swap talks continue with many countries: Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Turkey’s swap negotiations with many countries continue, including trade in local currencies, according to the Treasury and Finance Ministry officials on Tuesday.Reports saying Turkey is in talks with a total of four nations as well as reaching deals with two countries for swap lines should not be respected, said the officials.Authorities noted that as soon as concrete results emerge during the talks, the necessary information will be provided.Turkey has been in talks to establish swap lines with members of G20, with more than one swap line possible, the country’s Treasury and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said…
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Cook and deliver: Dubai restaurants turn creative in cut-throat market
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Running a restaurant in Dubai, where a discerning international clientele has more than twice as many dining options per head as in New York, was a cut-throat business even before the coronavirus struck.Now restaurateurs are having to adapt fast by learning how to make money delivering their food, a service new for some and for others more familiar as a marketing tool than a profitable sideline.”What this epidemic has done is leap forward the digital age of ordering by five years,” said Mohamad Ballout, CEO of Dubai-based Kitopi, which runs shared kitchens specifically for online deliveries.For fine dining Peruvi…
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Brazil overtakes UK in virus cases, behind US, Russia
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
South America’s COVID-19 epicenter Brazil on Tuesday became the country with the third-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world, overtaking former hotspots the UK, Spain, and Italy.According to a running tally by the Johns Hopkins University, the country has registered 255,368 cases and nearly 17,000 deaths.Health experts say the real number of cases could be even higher because of insufficient testing in the country of around 210 million people.Manaus, in the Brazilian Amazon, has recently had to resort to mass graves to accommodate COVID-19 victims, while Sao Paulo’s hospitals have reached 90% capacity.
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Indonesia seeks clarity as pandemic threatens Hajj
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Indonesia on Tuesday urged Saudi Arabia to announce a final decision and end speculation on whether the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage will be canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.Oman Fathurahman, spokesperson of Ministry of Religion, said Indonesia expected the kingdom to decide before the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting that is now in its last week.”We hope that the exact information on whether this year’s Hajj will be held or canceled can be announced soon by Saudi government. Hopefully before the end of Ramadan,” he said in a statement.As the country with the world’s largest Muslim…
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Russian prime minister recovers from coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin returned to work on Tuesday after recovery from coronavirus, according to the government’s press service.Mishustin, 54, tested positive for COVID-19 on April 30 and hospitalized afterwards in a condition of moderate severity.Last week, Mishustin started to take part in the government’s meetings via videoconferencing.Mishustin became the third member of the Cabinet recovering from the disease as earlier Culture Minister Olga Lybimova and Education Minister Valery Falkov had also announced themselves recovered from a mild form of the virus.Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitr…
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Some 1.8M people recover from COVID-19 globally
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
The global coronavirus recoveries surpassed the 1.8 million mark on Tuesday, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University.The university’s data showed a total of 1,801,461 people won the battle against COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.The number of cases crossed 4.82 million, while 319,031 deaths were recorded.The US has the highest number of recoveries with 283,178, followed by Germany with 155,681 and Spain with 150,376.But the US continues to be the worst-hit country, with the highest numbers of infections and deaths
Iran’s death toll from coronavirus hits 7,100
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Iran on Tuesday confirmed 62 more fatalities from coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 7,119. | A further 2,111 people tested positive for COVID-19, raising the overall count to 124,603, Iran’s state broadcaster reported, citing a Health Ministry statement. | The statement added that 97,173 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far. | In Iran, one of the countries in the Middle East hardest hit by the virus, COVID-19 was first detected in the city of Qom on Feb. 19 and then spread throughout the country.More than 4.82 million cases have been reported in…
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Coronavirus infections rise in Qatar, Bahrain
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Health authorities in Qatar and Bahrain confirmed new infections from the novel coronavirus on Tuesday. | In a statement, the Qatari Health Ministry said 1,637 new cases were detected over the past 24 hours, taking the figure to 35,606. | The ministry said 735 people have recovered from the disease, pushing the recoveries to 5,634. | The country’s death toll now stands at 15. | In Bahrain, the Health Ministry said the total infections rose to 7,374 after 190 new cases were registered. | The ministry said 21 more people have recovered from the COVID-19 virus, bringing the recoveries to 952. | Bahrain has recorded…
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Coronavirus continues march across Eurasia
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Coronavirus cases and fatalities continued to rise across Eurasia on Tuesday.In Ukraine, 260 new cases pushed the overall count to 18,876, including 548 deaths and 5,632 recoveries.However, the country is set to start easing lockdown measures, with Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announcing that public transportation will resume from May 22.In Moldova, two more people died of COVID-19, raising the death toll to 219. A total of 6,138 cases have been reported in the country to date, including 2,508 recoveries, according to health officials.Eight more people also tested positive in Moldova’s autonomous region of Gagauz…
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Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque to reopen after Eid holiday
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque will reopen to worshippers after Eid al-Fitr holiday, the authority responsible for overseeing the city’s holy sites said on Tuesday. | In a statement, the Jordan-run Islamic Waqf Department said steps to reopen the site will be announced soon. | Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, will start on Sunday. | The mosque was shut to worshippers late March amid the spread of the novel coronavirus in Palestinian territories. | Palestinian authorities confirmed 576 coronavirus infections, including 67 cases in East Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa is located. | Al-A…
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Tunisia, Oman, Yemen report new COVID-19 infections
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Coronavirus case tally rose Tuesday in Tunisia, Oman and Yemen, according to health authorities in the three Arab states. | Tunisia’s Health Ministry said one fatality and 6 infections were recorded in the country over the past 24 hours. | Tunisia’s toll now stands at 46 deaths, 1,043 infections and 816 recoveries. | In Oman, the Health Ministry confirmed one death and 292 new virus cases. | A ministry statement said the Gulf state’s virus tally rose to 5,671 cases, including 26 deaths and 1,574 recoveries.In Yemen, the government’s anti-coronavirus committee said two people had died from the COVID-19 virus and 1…
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Europe loosens lockdown as virus cases drop
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Dropping number of COVID-19 cases and daily deaths prompt Europe to reopen businesses and revive social life after battling the virus for more than two months.The UK started easing lockdown restrictions as of Monday, those who cannot work from home start commuting with measures such as social distancing and wearing masks in the trains.After two months of strict lockdown, citizens and businesses restarted a more regular life, as restaurants, bars and shops reopened their doors in Italy too.As of Monday, several Spanish regions, including Valencia and Malaga, can now open small shops and outdoor bar and restaurant…
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Iran’s fuel shipments to Venezuela face US threat
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
In a symbolic defiance to US sanctions, Iran has sent fuel shipments to Venezuela in a move that seems to be fraught with danger. | Five Iranian super-tankers carrying gasoline and other similar products, estimated to be worth $45.5 million, have sailed towards Venezuela, an ally of Tehran and adversary of Washington. | The tankers embarked on the long journey to Venezuela from Iran’s coastal city of Bandar Abbas in the Persian Gulf region and traveled around the Arabian Peninsula through the Suez Canal before entering the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, according to data gathered from the ship’s Automatic Iden…
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Libya army defeats Haftar militias near Tunisian border
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
The Libyan army has captured two towns near Tunisian border from eastern warlord Khalifa Haftar’s militias. | The capture of the two towns was announced by the media office of the government-led Burkan Al-Ghadab (Volcano of Rage) Operation. | “Our heroic forces have entered the towns of Badr and Tij amid welcome from their residents,” the media office said in a statement on Facebook on Tuesday. | No further details were available. | Libya-based February TV aired a video showing the deployment of Libyan military vehicles in the town of Badr after taking it from Haftar’s militias. | On Monday, the Libyan army reto…
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‘Post-traumatic stress rampant in Spain’s health staff’
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
In the aftermath of the devastating first wave of COVID-19 in Spain, over half of the country’s healthcare workers are showing signs of post-traumatic stress, anxiety and depression, a new study suggests.The first results of a survey conducted by a psychology group from the Complutense University of Madrid found that 53% of healthcare workers surveyed showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress.Nearly 80% of healthcare staff also presented signs of anxiety, with 21.2% manifesting signs compatible with severe anxiety disorder.On top of that, 51% of those surveyed manifested signs of depression
Syrian regime seizes assets of Assad’s tycoon cousin Makhlouf
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
The document, stamped May 19 and signed by the Syrian finance minister, said the “precautionary seizure” aimed to guarantee payment of sums owned to the Syrian telecom regulatory authority.Makhlouf said in a video statement issued on Sunday that officials had told him to quit as head of mobile operator Syriatel. The unprecedented public tussle has uncovered a rift at the heart of the ruling elite.Makhlouf, once widely considered part of the president’s inner circle and the country’s leading businessman, has a business empire that ranges from telecoms and real estate to construction and oil trading.
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Syrian regime seizes assets of Assad’s tycoon cousin Makhlouf
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
The Syrian regime decided on Tuesday to seize assets belonging to Rami Makhlouf, a tycoon cousin of President Bashar al-Assad and one of Syria’s richest men, and his wife and children, according to a regime document seen by Reuters.The document, stamped May 19 and signed by the Syrian finance minister, said the “precautionary seizure” aimed to guarantee payment of sums owned to the Syrian telecom regulatory authority.Makhlouf said in a video statement issued on Sunday that officials had told him to quit as head of mobile operator Syriatel. The unprecedented public tussle has uncovered a rift at the heart of the…
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Pakistan rejects new Kashmir residency law
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Pakistan on Tuesday said a new residency law introduced in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir is “illegal and contravenes” international law.Islamabad termed New Delhi’s move an attempt to the change the demography of the disputed Himalayan region, and called for Indian to be held accountable for violating global laws and agreements.”Pakistan strongly condemns and completely rejects the Indian Government’s attempts to further deprive the people of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir through Jammu and Kashmir Grant of Domicile Certificate (Procedure), 2020,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.It said the ne…
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Bulgaria agrees to ease travel with Greece, Serbia as of June 1
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Bulgaria has closed its borders to most travellers since mid-March as part of its lockdown measures. Diplomats, seasonal workers and returning Bulgarian nationals are still admitted but currently have to spend 14 days in quarantine.The European Union member state has started to ease its lockdown as the number of new infections has decreased. It reported 24 new cases on Tuesday, bringing the total to 2,259 cases, including 112 deaths, a relatively low number in Europe.”We have agreed with Greece as of June 1 to allow travel without the obligatory 14-day quarantine for people who travel for business, family or huma…
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Iraq’s treasury almost empty: Prime Minister
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-19
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said Tuesday he has assumed power as the country’s treasury was almost empty. | “When I assumed responsibility I found only an almost empty treasury and an unenviable situation after 17 years of change,” al-Kadhimi said in an article published by Baghdad Today newspaper. | “Our sovereignty continued to be deficient, violated and doubted,” he said. | The Iraqi premier said the crisis engulfs all state institutions and impedes the country’s economic revival. | “The past period did not see any [effort to] upgrade vital sectors as the industry, investment, food self-sufficiency…
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Rishi Sunak Warns of Recession ‘The Likes of Which We Have Never Seen’ as UK GDP Contracts
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-19
As the United Kingdom plunges into a recession amid a national lockdown introduced to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, some lawmakers are beginning to wonder if the impact on the economy is a worthwhile sacrifice to combat the deadly virus.
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UK government CAPITULATES to rebellion of Labour-led councils over June school reopening
rt.com | 2020-05-19
A revolt of mainly Labour-led local councils has pushed 10 Downing Street to admit it will not penalize some 1,500 primary schools in England who said they’d disobey its call for reopening from Covid-19 closures. | Schools across the UK were shuttered due to the pandemic on March 20, and Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government sought to open them back up on June 1, so the pupils would get at least a month’s worth of classroom time before the summer holidays. | That plan is now looking highly unlikely, as eighteen local councils
BMJ lays out how the government response to Covid-19 got it so wrong
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-05-19
The British Medical Journal is one of the world’s oldest and most respected general medical journals. It has published a damning report that details the Boris Johnson government response to the COVID-19 crisis that can be distilled down to just a few words,
Poverty Forces Chileans to Cook in ‘the Common Pot’
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-19
Capitalism is a system to accumulate capital. People are only a commodity in this system. The Coronavirus crisis has enabled the capitalists to pay less for the healthy laborers to make more profit. The rest are left to their own …
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Grenfell Inquiry to resume when possible, but not for several weeks
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
The latest stage of the Grenfell Inquiry will not resume until at least July
Trump talks from the top of his head, says ex-UK scientific adviser
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Donald Trump’s widely-criticised admission that he is taking a malaria drug to try to protect against coronavirus “should be ignored”, a former chief scientific adviser has urged. | David King said the US president is “making it up as he goes along” after Mr Trump said he is using hydroxychloroquine, despite there being no evidence it combats Covid-19. | Trump’s own government warns that the drug should only be administered for coronavirus in a hospital or research environment because it has potentially fatal side effects. | Work and pensions secretary Thérèse Coffey said on Tuesday that the admission was surpris…
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Harriet Harman says Covid-19 contact tracing app assurances do not cut the mustard
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
New laws to protect the privacy of personal information gathered by the coronavirus contact tracing app are a “no brainer”
Rees-Mogg says resisting return of MPs to Commons is an attempt to ‘stymie’ government
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused Labour of opposing the return of MPs to Westminster in order to “stymie” the government.Ahead of a meeting with Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle, senior politicians from opposition parties and representatives of the unions, Rees-Mogg claimed that parliament was not able to do its job properly under the current arrangements.Critics of Rees-Mogg’s approach have warned that returning to Westminster would put staff and MPs at risk of spreading coronavirus and fly in the face of the advice to work from home wherever possible. | Hybrid proceedings mean that MPs will be able to pa…
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Tory cuts forced councils to gamble on the property market and it’s costing front line services
Peadar O’Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
On 16 May, Gareth Davies reported for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism that billion-pound investments made by UK councils in property “have taken a ‘battering’ during the coronavirus pandemic”. These investments include office and retail properties, whose tenants have had to close because of the pandemic. This has led to a shortfall in rental income which will affect the councils’ ability to provide essential public services. | Councils were already overstretched thanks to To…
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IT experts unconvinced on effectiveness of Covid-19 contact tracing app
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Less than a quarter of IT experts believe the UK’s coronavirus (Covid-19) contact tracing app will be effective, according to a survey.Just under half (45%) said they were undecided about it, while almost a third (32%) believe the tool will not be useful in helping to contain Covid-19.The app is currently being trialled on the Isle of Wight as part of the government’s “test, track and trace” strategy to ease the country out of lockdown.Health secretary Matt Hancock had indicated that a roll-out across the rest of England was on the cards for mid-May, but Downing Street has said the aim is to launch more widely in…
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Rees-Mogg says resisting return of MPs to Commons is an attempt to ‘stymie’ government
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused Labour of opposing the return of MPs to Westminster in order to “stymie” the government.Ahead of a meeting with Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle, senior politicians from opposition parties and representatives of the unions, Rees-Mogg claimed that parliament was not able to do its job properly under the current arrangements.Critics of Rees-Mogg’s approach have warned that returning to Westminster would put staff and MPs at risk of spreading coronavirus and fly in the face of the advice to work from home wherever possible. | t.co/O0ulx0xPRD
Scientists dismiss claims ‘mega doses’ of vitamin D can protect against Covid-19
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Scientists have dismissed “very misleading” social media reports that so-called “mega doses” of vitamin D can protect against coronavirus.Some articles have claimed that the vitamin can act as a protective measure
Ministers face pressure as councils and teachers question school reopening date
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Ministers are facing increasing pressure from council leaders and teaching unions to reconsider their plans to open primary schools in England to more pupils from next month. | Calderdale Council in West Yorkshire has joined a number of local authorities in advising its schools against reopening more widely to Reception, Year 1 and Year 6 pupils from 1 June amid safety concerns. | Solihull Council, believed to be one of the first Conservative-led local authorities to question the government’s proposed start date, has warned that some school places may not be ready for the first week of June. | It came as a poll f…
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MPs ‘risk becoming 650 super-spreaders’ if forced to return to Westminster
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
Plans for MPs to return to Westminster next month risk creating 650 Covid-19 “super-spreaders”, a Labour MP has warned. | Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused Labour of opposing the full re-opening of parliament in order to “stymie” the government after he indicated last week he would like to see MPs return to parliament as early as June. | It comes as MPs learned that the planned multibillion-pound renovation of the Palace of Westminster is set for a review due to…
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“I was outraged”: Venezuelan foreign minister responds to secretive British ‘reconstruction’ plans
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2020-05-19
On 13 May, The Canary exposed a secretive unit within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) dedicated to the “reconstruction” of Venezuela. Files obtained under the Freedom of Information Act also detailed private discussions between Venezuelan opposition figures and UK officials, detailing proposals for the promotion of British business after a…
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Most Democrats Don’t Believe Sexual Assault Accusations Against Biden, New Poll Shows
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-19
Analysts now warn that a sex scandal surrounding presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden may have a deteriorating impact on his participation in the presidential race, as a recent poll conducted by Morning Consult revealed that over a quarter of surveyed Democratic voters said the party should pick another candidate for the November election.
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Music-Mix Parade In The Era Of Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-19
The Era Of The Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic…
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New Covid-19 testing site opens May 18, at Allen Temple Baptist Church
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-05-19
Coronavirus Covid-19 Pandemic…
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United We Dream: Immigrants, COVID-19, Jobs & Healthcare Virtual Town Hall
United We Dream | indybay.org | 2020-05-19
Online…
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The war metaphor in the Corona crisis
Johannes Haver | indybay.org | 2020-05-19
Instead of a positive elimination of conditions, a social regression could also occur: intensified competition in the fight for market share, “exclusive solidarity” (Klaus Dà∂rre) in the fight for jobs and welfare benefits. Will governments master the crisis? Will world society cannibalize itself?>…
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Worldwide Webinar: Civil Society Response to COVID-19 in Prisons & Jails Globally
INCLO | indybay.org | 2020-05-19
Online via zoom…
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Santa Cruz Needs Community Control of Surveillance
Tracy Rosenberg | indybay.org | 2020-05-19
Santa Cruz has a community control of surveillance law in front of the City Council. We need transparency, advanced notice and joint decisionmaking about pervasive surveillance everywhere. Sign the petition (from ACLU) action.aclu.org/petition/cn-santa-cruz-s……
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