Protests across Europe against Israeli war on Gaza
wsws.org | 2021-05-17
Demonstrations were held in capitals including London, Paris, Berlin and Madrid.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/17/euro…

New York City commemorates Nakba Day
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-17
New York, NY – Over 50,000 people gathered on May 15, in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn in honor of Nakba Day. This day is to remember the violent displacement of over 700,000 Palestinians by Israel in 1948. This action also came after recent events in Sheikh Jarrah, and the airstrikes of Gaza that have killed more than 140 Palestinians. The event was organized by Within Our Lifetime. | The crowd flooded the streets and rallied before marching through the neighborhood. The Bay Ridge community is an especially symbolic area for the action due to its large Palestinian population. People came out of their a…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/16/new-york…

Egypt Opens Rafah Crossing with Gaza Strip to Receive Palestinians Injured in Israeli Aggression
Ahmed Morsy | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
Egyptian authorities on …
globalresearch.ca/egypt-opens-rafah-cros…

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

End the Nakba Now. Israeli Bombs Rain On Gaza
Progressive International | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
Palestine is under …
globalresearch.ca/end-nakba-now/5745447

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

Gaza: IDF Kills Palestinians, Countless Children, by Air Bombardments
Mairead Maguire | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
In Belfast, Northern …
globalresearch.ca/gaza-idf-kills-palesti…

This Must End
Dr Yasser Abu Jamei | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-17
I am writing this letter looking at my terrified 6-year old son, who keeps putting his hands over his ears trying block the sounds of Israel's bombardment, my two daughters, aged 13 and 10 and my wife. These faces show the anxiety of not knowing where they can be safe now. My two older sons, 16 and 15, sit stunned and silent and I know they are reliving the memories of the previous three offensives on Gaza Strip and the family members we lost. These are the feelings that every family in the Gaza strip are living through.
counterpunch.org/2021/05/17/this-must-en…

Thousands protest Israel's bombings in Gaza throughout Australia
wsws.org | 2021-05-17
Thousands of people joined demonstrations condemning the Zionist government's atrocities, held in the face of bipartisan support in the political establishment for Israel.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/17/gaza…

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

US Supports Israel's Massacre of Palestinians in Gaza Strip
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-17
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Sunday held an urgent meeting on the Palestine-Israel issue without reaching an agreement due to the U.S. stance in favor of Israel. | The meeting focused on the spiral of violence unleashed by the Israeli army's endless bombings against the over two million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip. | RELATED: | Israel: Netanyahu To Keep Air Raids Despite International Pressure | "This senseless cycle of bloodshed, terror, and destruct…
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Who Benefits From Israel's Slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza?
Phyllis Bennis | commondreams.org | 2021-05-17
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Israel: Reacciones adversas
Editorial La Jornada | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-17
En Nueva York, ayer, el Consejo de Seguridad de la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU) realizó una reunión de emergencia a fin de buscar un modo de detener el inmisericorde ataque de Israel contra la población de Gaza –que ha…
globalizacion.ca/israel-reacciones-adver…

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

West Bank Escalation Ramps Up With Netanyahu Vowing Even Heavier Bombardment
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-17
Click to see full-size image | On May 17th, Hamas' military wing said it had fired rockets at the Ashkelon and Be'er Sheva areas after the deadliest night of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since hostilities began a week ago. | In a statement early in the morning, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades announced that it targeted areas in the southern Israeli-occupied territories with rockets in response to the IDF's continued bombardment. | Reuters reported that the aerial bombardment on May 16th involved more than 1…
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Monday 5/17: Gaza: Palestinians Under Siege Webinar w/ Joel Beinin, Middle East Scholar Stanford
Peninsula Peace, Justice Center | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
Online event via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/14/1884250…

What Is Left for Palestine?
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
Western media and …
globalresearch.ca/what-left-palestine/57…

Minnesota: More than 2000 protest against ongoing Nakba In Palestine
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-17
Columbia Heights, MN – On May 15, over 2000 people marched in the streets to protest the Israeli regime's latest onslaught against Palestine. The occasion was Nakba Day, commemorated on May 15 every year since 1948 when Zionist settlers ethnically cleansed over 750,000 Palestinians from their national homeland. The event was organized by American Muslims for Palestine-Minnesota (AMP-MN) and the Anti-War Committee (AWC), which were joined by Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Minnesota (SJP-UMN), Jewish Voice for Peace-Twin Cities, Women Against Military Madness and others. | Demonstrators wav…
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For Palestine, in May 2021
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-17
"Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever." — Thomas Jefferson, unrepentant slaveowner, in 1781, 80 years later came the Civil War. May 2021: In Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, Israeli mobs shielded by Israeli soldiers expropriate Palestinian homes: more living room for Greater Israel.
counterpunch.org/2021/05/17/for-palestin…

The Nakba Is Now
Saree Makdisi | thenation.com | 2021-05-17
The Nakba Is Now…
thenation.com/article/world/palestine-is…

Turkey Calls For OIC To Create "International Protection Mechanism" For Palestinians
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-17
Click to see full-size imageOn May 16th, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu recommended an "international protection mechanism" for Palestine's civilians in an emergency meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)."These efforts should also include physical protection through forming an international protection force with military and financial contributions of willing countries," Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told the virtual meeting of the 57-member Islamic bloc, adding such a me…
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Tomorrow morning! (Saturday, 5/15): Two online events about Palestine!
Networker | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
Here are 2 online events about Palestine taking place tomorrow morning, Saturday, May 15. These events are hosted in Canada and the UK, however, the listed times are for our "Pacific time zone". Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/14/1884249…

5/15/21 From SF to DC for Palestine: Thousands on the March
Stop US Aid to Israel | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
Perhaps 2,000 marched in San Francisco for Palestine with dozens of Palestinian flags on Mission Street from 16th to 24th Street and beyond and among other places, right under the noses of Congress and the White House, Washington DC had thousands of supporters of Palestine on the March on 5/15/21. See the livestream of DC at www.pscp.tv/w/1eaJbnAMYlZJX…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/15/1884252…

Sunday 5/16: Protest Israel's USA funded human rights abuses of Palestinians
Allan Fisher | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
Corner of Ocean and Water Streets, Santa Cruz. Sponsored by Palestine Justice Coalition.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/15/1884251…

Thousands in SF March in Solidarity with Palestine
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
As outrage over Israel's ethnic cleansing explodes in cities throughout the world, San Francisco does its part.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/16/1884253…

Protest in Solidarity with Palestine in Fresno
Peter Maiden | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
73rd year of the Nakba marked by Palestinians in Fresno May 15. Hundreds turned out.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/16/1884252…

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

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

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

Tax-Exempt US Non-Profits Fuel Israeli Settler Push to Evict Palestinians
Alex Kane | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
On May 6,…
globalresearch.ca/tax-exempt-us-non-prof…

Israel kills children, doctors in horrific nighttime massacre
Tamara Nassar | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-17
EU, US give Israel more time to carry on killing.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/tamara-nass…

Mayo Clinic again receives top honors for high-quality patient care
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-17
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Eleven? hospitals across?Mayo Clinic?received star ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for Overall Hospital Quality. Six of the 11 hospitals earned five stars — the best score possible. The national average is 3 of 5 stars. The star rating provides patients with information about multiple dimensions of quality …
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Online events w/ Bill McKibben, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Peter Linebaugh, Chomsky & others
Toward increasing Networking | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
Here are some 27 online events taking place over the next 10 days (and starting tomorrow, May 16), featuring people such as Bill McKibben, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Peter Linebaugh, Cynthia Kaufman, Noam Chomsky, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada, Australia, and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/15/1884251…

The May 13, 1985 Massacre: Honor the Victims by Freeing Mumia Abu-Jamal!
The Jamal Journal | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
This is a compilation of links to many recent articles. Reprinted in full is a 2010 article about May 13, 1985, written by Angola 3 News. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on the May 15, 2021 West Philadelphia community event honoring those murdered by police on May 13, 1985: "Janine Africa said the mothers have just one demand: Free writer and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal from Mahanoy State Correctional Institution in Frackville, Schuylkill County."
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/16/1884256…

Sonoma Amazon Distribution Center, Business Growth, and Traffic
Carolina Ortiz-Alvarez | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
Amazon Warehouse to cause major traffic.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/16/1884256…

Chris Hedges: Israel, the Big Lie
Chris Hedges | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
Nearly all the …
globalresearch.ca/israel-big-lie/5745453

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sri Lankan government opposes national lockdown despite surging COVID-19 infections
wsws.org | 2021-05-17
Opposition parties are also responsible for the government's criminal policies in response to the pandemic and other social attacks.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/17/slco…

How Teachers Fought for Their Safety in the Pandemic–and Won
Bryce Covert | thenation.com | 2021-05-17
How Teachers Fought for Their Safety in the Pandemic–and Won…
thenation.com/article/society/teachers-u…

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

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

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

Saturday 6/5: The Tokyo Summer Olympics: Capitalist Mega-Games in a Pandemic
Speak Out Now | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
Online meeting, see website for details…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/15/1884251…

La migración y el diablo
Arturo Balderas Rodríguez | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-17
Una vez más, el tema de la migración es motivo de seminarios, editoriales y comentarios en medios de comunicación. La llegada masiva de inmigrantes procedentes de Centroamérica, México y en menor medida de otras naciones es uno de los problemas…
globalizacion.ca/la-migracion-y-el-diabl…

Selected Articles: Israel Charged with War Crimes and Genocide
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
Israel Charged with War Crimes and Genocide. Complete 2013 Judgment of the Kuala Lumpur Tribunal | By Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal, May 16, 2021 | The government of Israel headed by Benjamin Netanyahu has committed exte…
globalresearch.ca/israel-charged-war-cri…

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

UK: Calls for "gendered perspective" on COVID-19 conceal class issues
wsws.org | 2021-05-17
No doubt, a position as gender advisor on SAGE would be a significant career advance for the successful applicant. It would change nothing for working class women–let alone the working class as a whole.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/17/gend…

How Profiteers Hijacked the CDC's Covid Response
Nina Burleigh | thenation.com | 2021-05-17
How Profiteers Hijacked the CDC's Covid Response…
thenation.com/article/politics/cdc-covid…

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

Sharing the Vaccine Is Just the First Step
Gregg Gonsalves, The Nation | thenation.com | 2021-05-17
Sharing the Vaccine Is Just the First Step…
thenation.com/article/world/sharing-covi…

Mayo Clinic to offer more walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Rochester
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-17
Mayo Clinic held a walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Rochester on Wednesday, May 5. At this clinic, one patient shared why he came in to get the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Watch: Patient discusses why he chose to get the COVID-19 vaccine. youtu.be/ORLLLOOJ7eg Journalists: Broadcast-quality soundbites and b-roll of the Mayo Clinic walk-in COVID-19 …
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Fatigue, perceived cognitive impairment and mood disorders associated with post-COVID-19 syndrome
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-17
ROCHESTER, Minn. ?– Patients diagnosed with post-COVID-19 syndrome, also known as "PCS," "COVID-19 long-haul syndrome" and "Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS COV-2," experience symptoms such as mood disorders, fatigue and perceived cognitive impairment that can negatively affect returning to work and resuming normal activities, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The …
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: What is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-17
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My uncle was diagnosed with COVID-19, and his doctors mentioned the possibility of putting him on ECMO. What does this mean? ANSWER: A COVID-19 infection can lead to mild symptoms for many people, but for others, it can cause life-threatening lung failure. In cases like your uncle's, traditional life support measures, such as a …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…

Asian Hate Is on the Rise
Christine Thach | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
This article is about recent hate crimes that have been happening towards older Asian people. Many Asians have been getting attacked because COVID happened, and many people assume that every Asian have COVID-19.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/16/1884253…

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

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

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

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

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

Chileans go to Polls on the Second Day of Elections
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-17
On Sunday, May 16, voting process continued on the second day of elections in Chile, after 20% of the registered voters cast their votes on Saturday. | Sunday was the last day of the so-called "mega-elections" in Chile, in which 14.9 million voters were eligible to elect 155 members of the Constitutional Convention that will draft the new Constitution, and also 16 governors, 345 mayors, and 2,252 councilors. 1,278 candidates belonging to more than 70 lists contested for…
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Biden's first 100 days gets failing environmental justice score
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-17
Minneapolis, MN – On May 13, the Climate Justice Committee organized an event which brought together local activist groups in front of the offices of Senator Amy Klobuchar to examine the actions taken on environmental policy by the Biden administration during its first 100 days in office. | Climate Justice Committee (CJC) speaker Tracy Molm explained how when Biden took office in January, the CJC held his campaign accountable for the promise of doing more on climate, demanded a People's Agenda, and a reversal of Trump's many disastrous executive orders on climate change — picking 11 of the worst f…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/16/bidens-f…

And How Are the Children? Lockdowns, Massive Fear, Deaths from Suicides and Drug Abuse
Christine E. Black | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
"Casserian Engeri?" translated …
globalresearch.ca/how-children/5745456

Will the United States Finally Decolonize Puerto Rico?
Prof. Pedro Cabán | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
On April 14, …
globalresearch.ca/will-united-states-fin…

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

Why Is the FDA Funded in Part by the Companies It Regulates?
Prof. C. Michael White | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
The Food and …
globalresearch.ca/why-fda-funded-part-co…

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

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

Will the United States finally decolonize Puerto Rico?
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-17
By Pedro Cabán — May 11, 2021 | On April 14, 2021, the House Committee on Natural Resources held hearings on two competing bills to end Puerto Rico's colonial status. The different bills reflect the changing political dynamics in the archipelago, as well as the Puerto Rican diaspora's growing political clout. HR 1522, the Puerto Rican State Admission Act, binds Congress to admit Puerto Rico into the Union if a majority vote in favor of doing so in a special referendum. HR 2070, the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act, authorizes the insular legislature to convene a semi-permanent status convention where elect…
orinocotribune.com/will-the-united-state…

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

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

This is Not a Crisis, This is a Rebellion: a Report from the Front Lines of Haiti
Danny Shaw | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-17
Haitians at a March 2021 protest wear T-shirts that read, "The slaves have revolted." / Twitter/DannyShawCUNY All of Haitian society is in revolt. A mambo and hougan–the traditional voudou priestess and priest–lead ancestral ceremonies before rallies take the streets and block the central arteries of Port-au-Prince, Cap HaàØtien, and other Haitian cities and towns. After…
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The Power of Romanticism Today: 21st Century Irrationalism
Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
"Christianity defeated and …
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Australian Labor Party leader delivers pro-business budget reply
wsws.org | 2021-05-17
Albanese did not differ from the government's handouts to the corporate elite and the military, and outlined policies that do not even pretend to address the social crisis facing ordinary people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/17/labo…

Will the United States finally decolonize Puerto Rico?
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-17
By Pedro Cabán — May 11, 2021 | On April 14, 2021, the House Committee on Natural Resources held hearings on two competing bills to end Puerto Rico's colonial status. The different bills reflect the changing political dynamics in the archipelago, as well as the Puerto Rican diaspora's growing political clout. HR 1522, the Puerto Rican State Admission Act, binds Congress to admit Puerto Rico into the Union if a majority vote in favor of doing so in a special referendum. HR 2070, the Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act, authorizes the insular legislature to convene a semi-permanent status convention where elect…
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How global tax dodging costs lives: new research shows a direct link to increased death rates
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-05-17
By Bernadette O'Hare and Stephen Hall | — Tax abuse is an expensive business. According to a recent report by the Tax Justice Network, avoiding or evading tax deprives governments across the world of around US$427 billion ( £302 billion) every year. This is money that could otherwise be spent on things like clean water, sanitation, …
juancole.com/2021/05/dodging-research-in…

Jerusalem Is Ready to Explode — The World Can't Say It Wasn't Warned
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
Barely a month …
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Australian educators speak about appalling working conditions and the union's complicity
wsws.org | 2021-05-17
The 2021 State of our Schools survey found deteriorating working conditions, with teachers working at least 15 hours of extra unpaid work, while principals worked 60 hours a week.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/17/work…

History: "Operation Justified Vengeance": A Secret 2001 Plan to Destroy the Palestinian Authority
Ellis Shuman | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
This article was …
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Forest Service Halts Huge Clearcutting Plan Next to Yellowstone National Park that Threatened Grizzlies, Lynx
CounterPunch News Service | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-17
Proposal called for 4,600 acres of clearcuts, bulldozing up to 56 miles of roads on public lands just outside of Yellowstone WEST YELLOWSTONE, MONTANA– Following a challenge by multiple conservation groups, the U.S. Forest Service announced Thursdaythat it was halting a plan to clearcut more than 4,600 acres of native forests, log across an additional…
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UAW silent as Stellantis moves to slash nearly half of workforce at its Belvidere, Illinois Assembly Plant
wsws.org | 2021-05-17
The United Auto Workers has been virtually silent as Stellantis announced that it will cut production at the Belvidere Jeep Assembly Plant in Belvidere, Illinois, by July 26, permanently laying off nearly half of the current workforce.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/17/stel…

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

‚ÄãThe West is complicit in Colombia's police killings
Kian Seara Rey | zcomm.org | 2021-05-17
The deadly violence by police and paramilitary groups against protesters in Colombia is made possible by the military aid of the government's Western allies…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/%e2%80%8bthe-west-…

Leaving no One Behind in the City
Alana Dave | zcomm.org | 2021-05-17
Ensuring Just Transitions for Public Transport Workers…
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We Can'tJust Tell People to "Go Back to Work." We Have to Improve Workplaces
William rivers Pitt | zcomm.org | 2021-05-17
After this past year, people want that work to be more than a dreary ordeal of basic survival. We can do that…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/we-cantjust-tell-p…

The Global Polio Eradication Initiative: "New Technology" used to Locate Children for Polio Vaccinations
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
This article first published eight years ago on March 5, 2013 reveals issues pertaining to the vaccination of children and the role of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Bill Gates of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and …
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The future of psychedelic science
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-05-17
From treating depression to understanding consciousness, the promise of psychedelics is shifting their study from fringe to frontier neuroscience.
imperial.ac.uk/news/220873/the-future-ps…

Postgraduate students' virtual graduation celebrated with families and staff
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-05-17
Almost six thousand postgraduates who studied at Imperial in 2019-2020 have been invited to join online graduation celebrations between 17 and 20 May.
imperial.ac.uk/news/221333/postgraduate-…

Europe needs 'laser focus' on start-up funding gaps – Alice Gast
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-05-17
Universities need greater support from investors to build lasting start-ups, writes Imperial's President in the Financial Times.
imperial.ac.uk/news/221534/europe-needs-…

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

Exhuming California's St. Francis Dam Disaster
Josh Lappen | thenation.com | 2021-05-17
Exhuming California's St. Francis Dam Disaster…
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The City That Embodies the United States' Contradictions
Robert Greene II | thenation.com | 2021-05-17
The City That Embodies the United States' Contradictions…
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Working Women Need the PRO Act
Mindy Isser | thenation.com | 2021-05-17
Working Women Need the PRO Act…
thenation.com/article/society/pro-act-wo…

Halt Vaccine Passports!
Dr. Mike Yeadon | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
It is very …
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Danger of Excessive Force by Israeli Security against Israelis of Palestinian Heritage in Mixed Cities
Human Rights Watch | juancole.com | 2021-05-17
( Human Rights Watch ) — (New York) — Amid escalating violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visited the central Israel mixed Palestinian-Jewish city of Lod on May 13, 2021, after media reported violence there by vigilante groups, both Jewish groups including West Bank settlers and groups …
juancole.com/2021/05/excessive-security-…

NATO Conducts Europe's Largest Air, Missile Exercise Off Scotland
Rick Rozoff | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
What the North …
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Wall Street Banks Reject Racial Equity Audits, While Professing BLM Support
Sarah Anderson | commondreams.org | 2021-05-17
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Patriotic Millionaires Plan "Tax the Rich" Mobile Billboard Campaign in NYC and DC for Tax Day
commondreams.org | 2021-05-17
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Nurses reject 1.04% pay offer
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-17
Mental health nurses from Belmont, John Hunter, Morriset, Maitland and the Waratah Mental Health branch are calling for a real wage rise and better conditions. Kerry Smith reports.
greenleft.org.au/content/nurses-reject-1…

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

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

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

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

Encomendarse a San Biden
Pedro Miguel | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-17
Desde antes de la elección presidencial de 2016 en Estados Unidos, la oligarquía neoliberal mexicana percibió el peligro que se cernía sobre su hegemonía política, económica y mediática. | La candidatura de Donald Trump representaba, entre muchas otras cosas, el renacimiento…
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Lenguaje e ideología en Economía Política
Julio C. Gambina | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-17
Es normal que el lenguaje vaya cambiando, incluso que a ciertos procesos se los vuelva a nominar, según la hegemonía o el interés de cada momento. De hecho, la disciplina científica, surgió como Economía Política para luego mutar con la…
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Serapaz, 25 años… °y el terror que no cesa!
Carlos Fazio | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-17
Un año después de la insurrección campesina indígena del 1 ∫ de enero de 1994 en Chiapas protagonizada por el Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (EZLN), el gobierno de Ernesto Zedillo, a través de la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena),…
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Argentina, el infierno tan temido
Horacio Rovelli | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-17
El anterior gobierno -neoliberal de Cambiemos presidio por Mauricio Macri- reinstauró en la Argentina el modelo extractivista, agropecuario exportador y para ello enriqueció al sector mediante la deuda externa y su fuga, a la vez que dicha deuda condiciona toda…
globalizacion.ca/argentina-el-infierno-t…

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

Consumer Health: Treating polycystic ovary syndrome
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-17
Polycystic ovary syndrome is a hormonal disorder common among women of reproductive age. Complications can include infertility, gestational diabetes or pregnancy-induced high blood pressure, miscarriage or premature birth, and endometrial cancer. Signs and symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome vary. A diagnosis is made when women experience at least two of these signs: Irregular periods.Elevated levels of male …
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Consumer Health: Endometriosis, ovarian cancer and infertility — what are the connections?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-17
If you've been diagnosed with endometriosis, you may have questions about whether that raises your risk for other conditions, including ovarian cancer and infertility. With endometriosis, tissue similar to the tissue that normally lines the inside of your uterus grows outside your uterus. Endometriosis most commonly involves your ovaries, fallopian tubes and the tissue lining …
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Consumer Health: Staying active and exercising with osteoporosis
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-17
May is National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about this bone disease, which affects approximately 10 million Americans, according to the Office on Women's Health. Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and brittle — so brittle that a fall or even mild stresses, such as bending over …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/co…

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

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

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

Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente announce strategic investment in Medically Home to expand access to serious or complex care at home
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-17
ROCHESTER, Minn., and OAKLAND, Calif. ? Mayo Clinic and Kaiser Permanente are partnering in an unprecedented collaboration to allow more patients to receive acute level of care and recovery services in the comfort, convenience and safety of their homes. Beginning with significant strategic investments in Medically Home Group, a Boston-based, technology-enabled services company, Mayo Clinic …
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Treatment for patent foramen ovale
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-17
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm 36 and do not have any significant medical concerns, but due to a family member's heart health issues, it was recommended I have a cardiac evaluation. After undergoing an echocardiogram, I was surprised to be told that I have a patent foramen ovale. The cardiologist said I don't need to be treated …
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Infographic: Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNET)
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-17
Learn more about pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors.?More health tip infographics: ?mayohealthhighlights.startribune.com…
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Consumer Health: Stroke awareness
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-17
May is National Stroke Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about stroke. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and a major cause of serious disability for adults. More than 795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control …
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Mayo Clinic playing key role in helping injured Minnesotans safely return to work
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-17
ROCHESTER, Minn. — An effort supported by Mayo Clinic to help more injured Minnesotans be able to return to work has received a major boost. The U.S. Department of Labor awarded the state of Minnesota $19.5 million to expand an innovative program that seeks to help workers suffering from injury or illness stay in the …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/ma…

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

[Research Paper] MRI combined with early clinical variables are excellent outcome predictors for newborn infants undergoing therapeutic hypothermia after perinatal asphyxia
Marianne Thoresen, Sally Jary, Lars Wallà∏e, Mathias Karlsson, Miriam Martinez-Biarge, Ela Chakkarapani, Frances M Cowan | thelancet.com | 2021-05-17
Binary logistic regression with WMxBGT or TIS and clinical variables gave excellent outcome prediction being 12% better than single variable cross-tabulation. Our MRI scoring and regression models are readily accessible and deserve investigation in other cohorts for group and individual prediction.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PI…(21)00165-6/fulltext?rss=yes

[Research Paper] Higher dose docosahexaenoic acid supplementation during pregnancy and early preterm birth: A randomised, double-blind, adaptive-design superiority trial
Susan E Carlson, Byron J Gajewski, Christina J Valentine, Elizabeth H Kerling, Carl P Weiner, Michael Cackovic, Catalin S Buhimschi, Lynette K Rogers, Scott A Sands, Alexandra R Brown, Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam, Sarah A Crawford, Emily A DeFranco | thelancet.com | 2021-05-17
Clinicians could consider prescribing 1000 mg DHA daily during pregnancy to reduce EPB in women with low DHA status if they are able to screen for DHA.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PI…(21)00185-1/fulltext?rss=yes

Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On May 17, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-17
Click to see full-size image | 1. UAF in Novgorodske shelled DPR positions in Shirokaya Balka with 82-mm artillery | 2. UAF in Pesky targeted DPR positions in Zhabunki with grenade launchers | 3. UAF in Verhnetoretskoe shelled DPR positions in Mikhailovka with grenade launchers | 4. UAF in Starognatovka shelled DPR positions in Petrovskoe with 120-mm artillery and grenade launchers | 5. UAF in Starognatovka shelled DPR positions in Novolaspa with grenade launchers | 6. UAF in Bogdanovka shelled…
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FBI And DHS Conclude White Supremacist Domestic Terrorism Is No.1 Threat To U.S. Security
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-17
Click to see full-size image | In the United States lone wolf attackers with easily accessible weapons present the greatest terrorism threat to the US and the number of people dying at the hands of racially motivated extremists every year is on the rise since 2017. | This was concluded in a joint report [ pdf] by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. | The repor…
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Completely Safe Way To Support SouthFront!
Anonymous765 | southfront.org | 2021-05-17
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UK And France Send Patrol Ships To Black Sea, As Kiev Expects Warships
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-17
Click to see full-size image | On May 16th, a British Navy patrol ship entered the Black Sea. | Russia's Black Sea Fleet has started tracking the British Royal Navy's HMS Trent patrol vessel, the Russian Defense Ministry's National Defense Management Center reported. | "The forces and means of the Black Sea Fleet have started tracking the activities of the Trent patrol vessel of the British Navy, which entered the Black Sea waters on May 16," the statement said. | On May 11th, the report said the Black Sea Fleet started ke…
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Military Situation In Syria On May 17, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-17
Click to see full-size image | On May 16, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on SAA members in Nawa city on 15th May | On May 16, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on SDF vehicle west of Tabqah | On May 16, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on SDF members south of Markadah | On May 16, SDF with support of US coalition carried out a security operation in the Dhiban area | On May 16, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces north of Lattakia | On May 16, Intra-…
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Why Karl Polanyi Still Matters
David Bollier | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
In The Great Transformation, Karl Polanyi explains why the economy must be embedded in society and society must not be embedded in the economy. He describes land, labor and money as "fictitious commodities" since they cannot be multiplied and created on the market.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/15/1884251…

California Reparations Task Force to Study Reparations
From Governor Newsom Office | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
California Governor Gavin Newsom Announces Appointments to First-in-the-Nation Task Force to Study Reparations for African Americans…
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Thursday 6/17: David & Margaret Talbot: By the Light of Burning Dreams
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
Online webinar…
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Monday 6/21: Andrew Bacevich & Philip Maldari: America's Role in World Transformed
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
Online webinar…
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End of CDC masking guidelines aimed at "normalizing" death
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
The CDC's guidance is a political, not a scientific decision. It is intended to signal that all remaining measures that impinge on business interests, from social distancing requirements to enhanced sanitary guidelines, are to be dropped.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/15/1884250…

Tuesday 6/15: Goldman Environmental Prize Virtual Ceremony
Goldman Environmental Foundation | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
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CCSF President Shanel Williams Pushing For $35K A Month For Chancellor
Stop Ripping Off The College | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
The Board President of San Francisco City College Shanel Williams after pushing for concession bargaining with the faculty that ended up in massive concessions now wants to give the Chancellor and union buster Rajen Vurdien for his good work.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/15/1884251…

Catastrophic juvenile fish kill unfolds on Klamath River
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
"Right now, the Klamath River is full of dead and dying fish on the Yurok Reservation," said Frankie Myers, the Yurok Tribe's Vice Chairman. "This disease will kill most of the baby salmon in the Klamath, which will impact fish runs for many years to come. For salmon people, a juvenile fish kill is an absolute worst-case scenario."
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/15/1884251…

Court orders EPA to establish lead hazard standards in structures to better protect children and families from lead-poisoning
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2021-05-17
According to the Centers for Disease and Control, there is no safe level of exposure of lead for children and the most common cause of lead poisoning is from ingesting lead dust.
nationofchange.org/2021/05/16/court-orde…

Wednesday 5/26: Reimagining Public Safety: Alternatives to Police for Nonviolent Crisis Calls
Regeneración Advocacy Committee | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
Free Online Event. Register Here: http: //bit.ly/CAHOOTS_watsonville…
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The Perpetrator-Victim Reversal
Liane Kilinc | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
The West refuses to give the Red Army credit for Germany's liberation from fascism – instead, it diligently stokes the Cold War with Russia. | France and West Germany were liberated by the landing of the Western Allies in Normandy – but all of Eastern Europe must have apparently shaken off the yoke of Nazism all by itself. At any rate, one can get this impression.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/16/1884253…

Black Lives Matter Movement
Luis Mucino | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
An Op-ed on the Black Lives Matter movement.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/16/1884255…

Stay Away Ordinance Casts Long Shadow
Steve Pleich | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
Activists Fear Increased Use of Stay Away Power…
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Watch "Killing Gaza"
Ali Abunimah | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-16
Unflinching film on Israel's 2014 massacre in Gaza now available free online.
electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunima…

Prominent Muslim Group To Boycott White House Eid Celebration
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-16
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a prominent American Muslim organization, announced Saturday it will boycott the White House's annual Eid celebration over the Biden administration's stance on Israel amid spiking violence in the Gaza Strip. | CAIR said it was joining with other groups in the boycott over the White House's "incredibly disappointing and deeply disturbing" response to the violence. | "We cannot in good conscience celebrate Eid with the Biden Administration while it literally aids, abets and justifies the Israeli apartheid government's indiscriminate bombing of innocent men, women an…
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Palestine Supporters Rally In Cities Across The United States And Europe
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-16
On May 15th, the sixth straight day of Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Palestinians and their supporters gathered in cities across the US to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe) and to call for an end to the Israeli bombardment, land theft and military occupation of Palestine. | Large protests of thousands of people took place in Madrid, Paris, London, Istanbul, New York, Washington DC, Sydney, Auckland (New Zealand), Portland, Austin, Phoenix, Los Angeles, Houston, Toronto,San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas, and San Diego, among others. | Protesters across the US demanded an end to US…
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On Contact: Palestinian And Israeli Hostilities
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-16
Chris Hedges discusses the disputes between the Palestinians and Israelis with Palestinian political activist Dr. Sami Al-Arian. | Hedges argues that nearly all the words and phrases used by the Democrats, Republicans, and the talking heads in the media to describe the unrest inside Israel and the heaviest Israeli assault against the Palestinians since the 2014 attacks on Gaza, which lasted 51 days and killed more than 2,200 Palestinians, including 551 children, are a lie. | Israel, by employing its military machine against an occupied population that does not have mechanized units, an air force, navy, drones, mi…
popularresistance.org/on-contact-palesti…

How El Nacional Building was Found After Executive Embargo — Meanwhile Al Jazeera and AP Offices in Gaza Bombed to the Ground
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-16
Diosdado Cabello, Venezuelan National Assembly deputy, posted two images on his Twitter account, showing the completely empty building of the newspaper El Nacional, in Caracas, "without workers or equipment," and there were even some offices given on rent to other companies. | This came just a few hours after the notice by poster delivered to the owners of the newspaper this Friday afternoon, informing of the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to proceed with an executive embargo of the main headquarters of the national daily, resulting from a defamation trial initiated by Cabello against the news out…
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Israel kills Gaza families in their homes on Nakba Day
Maureen Clare Murphy | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-16
Media tower bombed to "disrupt coverage of the human suffering in Gaza."
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The Israel Narrative is Crumbling Because of Phone Cameras and the Internet
Caitlin Johnstone | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-16
By Caitlin Johnstone — May 11, 2021 | "Twenty-four people, including nine children, were killed in Gaza overnight, most of them in Israeli strikes," reads a new report from AP. | Nine children, killed with the help of United States funding to the tune of $3.8 billion a year. | Remember kids, the US loves Muslims a…
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"Making the enemy blind": Did Israeli AF destroy Highrise housing AP and Al-Jazeera to Hide War Crimes?
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-16
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Associated Press is flatly denying the Israeli military's cover story for why it bombarded the al-Jala tower in Gaza, which housed media offices of AP and al-Jazeera, and where dozens of journalists were based. Israel maintains that there was a Hamas intelligence unit in the building that was targeting …
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Shooting Fish in a Barrel: Israel Bombs Palestinian Refugees from Israel in Gaza, 50% of Them Children
Prof. Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-16
Steve Hendrix, Shira …
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Israel Is Deliberately Obliterating Media Buildings in Gaza to Cover Up the War Crimes that Will Follow
Eva Bartlett | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-16
The destruction of …
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The US Does Not Urge Immediate Halt To Israeli Attacks in Gaza
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-16
During a meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Sunday, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, took an ambiguous position on what is happening in Gaza. | RELATED: | Israel's Crimes Against Palestine Are Genocide, Iran Denounces | Although she said the U.S. would offer its good offices should the parties seek a cease-fire, she made no direct mention of Israeli bombardment of Palestinian territories. | Replicating her country's tradit…
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As the Palestinian minority takes to the streets, Israel is having its own Black Lives Matter moment
James L. Gelvin | juancole.com | 2021-05-16
( The Conversation) — The images and reports coming from Israel, Jerusalem and Gaza in recent days are shocking. They are also surprising to those who thought the 2020 Abraham Accords and subsequent agreements to normalize relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan would place the conflict between Israelis and …
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Understanding Israel's Latest Attack on Gaza — And Who Benefits
Phyllis Bennis | juancole.com | 2021-05-16
( Foreign Policy in Focus) — "Both sides need to de-escalate." "No one benefits from this. " You'll hear a lot of statements like that from pundits, elected officials, government spokespeople, and mainstream media anytime there's violence in Israel-Palestine. In the last few days, Israeli war planes, armed drones, and artillery mounted on tanks have …
juancole.com/2021/05/understanding-israe…

Israel's Crimes Against Palestine Are Genocide, Iran Denounces
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-16
Iran's Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to declare Israel's aggressions against Palestinians as genocide and crimes against humanity. | RELATED: | Egypt Opens Border With Gaza To Receive Wounded Palestinians | "Innocent men, women, and children are being slaughtered with the most lethal and sophisticated weapons. Houses are being demolished with their residents trapped inside," he stressed during an OI…
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In Pictures: Aftermath of Israel Strike on Gaza Building Used by Media Outlets
Mohammed al-Hajjar | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-16
On Saturday afternoon, …
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Day of Action in Solidarity with the Palestinian Uprising and General Strike: Tuesday, May 18
Staff | samidoun.net | 2021-05-16
As Israel is continuing its massacres in Gaza, its attacks in Jerusalem and settler mob violence throughout occupied Palestine from the river to the sea, Palestinians have called for a general strike! Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joins the call of Palestinians in Palestine and across the world for actions and mobilizations in support of the call for a general strike in Palestine on Tuesday, 18 May, and the escalation of organizing and resistance until liberation and return for Palestine. This call has been supported by the Palestinian prisoners' movement and popular movements, youth organizati…
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Israeli Attacks Raise Death Toll to 174 in Gaza
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-16
Israeli bombardment of Gaza increased in the early hours of Sunday morning, leaving 174 Palestinians killed since the start of military attacks that have been going on for seven consecutive days. | RELATED: | Palestine Responds to Israeli Air Raids on Gaza Strip | Israel carried out 50 bombing raids in less than 15 minutes and included the destruction of the residence of Hamas Islamist movement leader Yahya Sinwar, who was not in his home. | The wave of Israeli attacks early this…
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How El Nacional Building was Found After Executive Embargo — Meanwhile Al Jazeera and AP Offices in Gaza Bombed to the Ground
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-16
Diosdado Cabello, Venezuelan National Assembly deputy, posted two images on his Twitter account, showing the completely empty building of the newspaper El Nacional, in Caracas, "without workers or equipment," and there were even some offices given on rent to other companies. | This came just a few hours after the notice by poster delivered to the owners of the newspaper this Friday afternoon, informing of the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to proceed with an executive embargo of the main headquarters of the national daily, resulting from a defamation trial initiated by Cabello against the news out…
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Angelenos Protest against Israel's Gaza Massacre
Randy Shields | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-16
Saturday's Los Angeles protest against Israel's ongoing massacre in Gaza got off to a great start, as when I got on the ramp to the 405 I saw about a dozen cars and trucks with the brothers and sisters hanging out windows and standing up through sun roofs with Palestinian flags flying. With helicopters and …
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Egypt Opens Border With Gaza To Receive Wounded Palestinians
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-16
Egyptian authorities on Sunday decided to open the Rafah border crossing, which connects the Gaza Strip to Egypt's Sinai to transfer wounded Palestinians. However, they did not inform how long it will remain open. | RELATED: | Israeli Attacks Raise Death Toll to 174 in Gaza | The exceptional opening of the border is "an act of solidarity with the Palestinian people, who are suffering from the brutal Israeli aggression," local outlets commented and explained that the decision comes a day after…
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The Criminalization of War: Gaza
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-16
The expansionist policies of the State of Israel including the annexation of the illegally occupied territories, not to mention the "Greater Israel" project of territorial extension are an integral part of the US-led military agenda in Middle East. The siege on Gaza and the Zionist Plan for the Middle East are related to the US-NATO military agenda.
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Israel Isn't Entitled to "Self-Defense" Against the People Under Its Occupation
Marjorie Cohn | zcomm.org | 2021-05-16
"This is the worst I witnessed in my life. No safe haven in Gaza, so bloody and brutal."
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U.S. Backing Has Given Israel License to Kill & Maim Palestinians
Hanan Ashrawi | zcomm.org | 2021-05-16
Israel's latest assault on Gaza is turning life in the besieged territory into "sheer hell," aided by U.S. military and diplomatic support…
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This Must End
Yasser Abu Jamei | zcomm.org | 2021-05-16
Open letter from the director of Gaza Community Mental Health Program…
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Understanding Israel's Latest Attack on Gaza — And Who Benefits
Phyllis Bennis | zcomm.org | 2021-05-16
Netanyahu's political troubles — and an arms industry eager to battle test new wares on Gazans — may help explain the latest escalation of violence…
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Israel: Netanyahu To Keep Air Raids Despite International Pressure
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-16
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday declared that attacks against Palestinian territories will continue with "full force" until calm is restored. | RELATED: | The US Does Not Urge Immediate Halt To Israeli Attacks in Gaza | Despite constant demands from the international community to end the Israeli army's excessive use of force, Israel has announced that it will continue to bomb the Gaza Strip. | Netanyahu also thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for his support,…
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Palestinians in Israel now face far-right mob violence backed by the state
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-16
With Jerusalem ablaze and Gaza on the brink of another major Israeli onslaught, it has been easy to overlook the rapidly escalating ethnic violence inside Israel, where one in five of the population is Palestinian. These 1.8 million Palestinians — Israeli citizens in little more than name — have spent the past week venting their …
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Palestinians in Israel now face far-right mob violence backed by the state
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-16
With Jerusalem ablaze and Gaza on the brink of another major Israeli onslaught, it has been easy to overlook the rapidly escalating ethnic violence inside Israel, where one in five of the population is Palestinian. These 1.8 million Palestinians — Israeli citizens in little more than name — have spent the past week venting their …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/palestinians-…

Hezbollah: The Liberation Of Palestine Entered Its Last Stage
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-05-16
Illustrative image | Interview of Sayed Hashem Safi al-Din, Head of the Executive Office of Hezbollah, on May 11, 2021. Originally published on almanar.com, translated by resistancenews.org.This interview was to be devoted exclusively to martyr Sayed Mustafa Badr al-Din "Zulfiqar", Hezbollah commander killed in Syria on May 13, 2016, but the developments in Gaza were evoked at the beginning and end of the interview…
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Hezbollah: The Liberation Of Palestine Entered Its Last Stage
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-05-16
Illustrative image | Interview of Sayed Hashem Safi al-Din, Head of the Executive Office of Hezbollah, on May 11, 2021. Originally published on almanar.com, translated by resistancenews.org.This interview was to be devoted exclusively to martyr Sayed Mustafa Badr al-Din "Zulfiqar", Hezbollah commander killed in Syria on May 13, 2016, but the developments in Gaza were evoked at the beginning and end of the interview…
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In Video: Al-Quds Brigades Unveiled New Ultra Heavy Improvised Rocket
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-16
Al-Qassim IRAM, screen grab from the al-Quds Brigades video. | On May 16th, the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, unveiled a new heavy improvised rocket-assisted munition (IRAM) dubbed "al-Qassim". | The faction, that is the second largest armed formation in the Gaza Strip, revealed that the al-Qassim IRAM was used in an strike on a gathering of Israeli troops to the east of Khan Yunis on May 15th. The faction claimed that the attack resulted in human losses. This is yet to b…
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Israel Targeted Hamas 'Metro' Network With 100 Bombs In Response To Rocket Strike On Tel Aviv (Videos, Photos)
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-16
On May 16, the Israeli Air Force bombed the Hamas Movement's "Metro" tunnel network in the Gaza Strip in response…
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Synagogue Collapse In Israel Leaves Two Dead, More Than 150 Injured (Videos)
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-16
Screen grab from one of the videos of the accident. | On May 16, at least two people were killed and more than 150 others were wounded when a bleacher collapsed at an uncompleted synagogue in Givat Zeev just outside of Jerusalem in the West Bank. | The bleacher was packed with ultra-Orthodox worshippers who were praying at the beginning of Shavuot. Videos of the accident surfaced online. | | The Israeli military, that's currently carrying out a major operation against Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip, said in an o…
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Monday 5/17: Gaza: Palestinians Under Siege Webinar w/ Joel Beinin, Middle East Scholar Stanford
Peninsula Peace, Justice Center | indybay.org | 2021-05-16
Online event via Zoom…
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End Military Aid to Israel
Ted Rall | commondreams.org | 2021-05-16
The United States government sometimes pretends to be an "honest broker" in the Middle East crisis. Truth is, we have our fat thumbs on the scale and everyone knows it. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Roger Waters On Israel's Crimes And Palestine's Resistance
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-16
Roger Waters and Vijay Prashad talk about the brutal Israeli apartheid and violence on Palestinians, the defiant resistance of the Palestinian people and the global struggle against imperialism and settler colonialism.
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Denver march demands justice for Palestine
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-16
Denver, CO – On May 14, an estimated 2000 people gathered at the Colorado State Capitol for a Palestinian solidarity rally and march organized by the Colorado Palestine Club. The demonstration marks the biggest show of solidarity with Palestine that Denver has seen in recent memory and is a sure sign of the changing tide of public opinion against the apartheid state of Israel. | The demonstration was called for in response to heightened aggression and brutality that the Zionist state has unleashed against the people of Palestine. In particular, Israeli settlers are attempting to illegally and forcefully displace…
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Michigan protest demands 'Free Palestine'
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-16
Grand Rapids, MI – 60 protesters gathered for a "Free Palestine, Stop U.S. Aid to Israel" protest in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 15, as the world observed Nakba Day amid continued Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. | Organized by the Grand Rapids Anti-War Committee, the protest featured speakers from Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Democratic Socialists of America, Bimose Ode, Justice for Black Lives, and local Palestinian activists. | Protesters chanted "Free, free, Palestine!" and "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!" | "Joe Biden and the American government need to stop fu…
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Solidarity With Palestine Grows as Israel's Bombs Keep Falling
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-16
On Sunday, international pressure and calls for a halt to Israel's indiscriminate attacks on Palestine were joined by Pope Francis and European Union (EU) High Representative Josep Borrell. | RELATED: | Israel's Crimes Against Palestine Are Genocide, Iran Denounces | "We pray unceasingly that Israelis and Palestinians may find the path of dialogue and forgiveness. We pray for the victims, in particular, the children; we pray for peace," wrote the Pope on his Twitter account. | Me…
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"How Can We Look at Palestine with No Moral Compass and No Sense of Justice or Fair Play?" Palestinian Political Analyst
Jafar Ramini | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-16
"This is truly …
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"Anti-Zionist Naples": Award-Winning Italian Artist Speaks about Palestine and Why He Quit Photojournalism
Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-16
On April 1, a mural appeared in the Southern Italian city of Naples, depicting Palestinian workers lining at an Israeli military checkpoint near the occupied city of Bethlehem, in the West Bank. It is called 'Welcome to Bethlehem'. The mural, which quickly became popular in the town and on social media, was the work of …
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The Zionism Discourse On Palestine Is Crumbling
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-16
On April 27, one of the world's largest and most credible rights groups, Human Rights Watch (HRW), concluded, in a comprehensive 213-pages report, that Israel is an apartheid state. | "Across these areas and in most aspects of life, Israeli authorities methodically privilege Jewish Israelis and discriminate against Palestinians. Laws, policies, and statements by leading Israeli officials make plain that the objective of maintaining Jewish Israeli control over demographics, political power and land has long guided government policy," the report entitled "A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of A…
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"Much Worse than Apartheid": Israel's Discourse on Palestine is Crumbling
Ramzy Baroud | juancole.com | 2021-05-16
On April 27, one of the world's largest and most credible rights groups, Human Rights Watch (HRW), concluded, in a comprehensive 213-pages report, that Israel is an apartheid state. "Across these areas and in most aspects of life, Israeli authorities methodically privilege Jewish Israelis and discriminate against Palestinians. Laws, policies, and statements by leading Israeli …
juancole.com/2021/05/apartheid-discourse…

Sunday 5/16: Monterey: Stand in Solidarity with Palestine
Islamic Society of Monterey County | indybay.org | 2021-05-16
Window on the Bay, 717 Del Monte Ave., Monterey, CA…
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib Speaks Truth to Power on Palestine
Stop US Aid to Israel | indybay.org | 2021-05-16
On the floor of the US Congress on 5/13/21, Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan stated in her moving 10 minute speech below, that "If there's one thing Detroit instilled in this Palestinian girl from Southwest, it's you always speak truth to power, even if your voice shakes. The freedom of Palestinians is connected to the fight against oppression all over the world." We will be there for her and Palestine on 5/15/21 at 16th & Valencia, SF in opposition to the 75% of US Congress who, as Tlaib stated: "signed a letter pledging that Israel shall never be made to comply with basic human rights laws that other countries th…
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Tomorrow morning! (Saturday, 5/15): Two online events about Palestine!
Networker | indybay.org | 2021-05-16
Here are 2 online events about Palestine taking place tomorrow morning, Saturday, May 15. These events are hosted in Canada and the UK, however, the listed times are for our "Pacific time zone". Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.
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5/15/21 From SF to DC for Palestine: Thousands on the March
Stop US Aid to Israel | indybay.org | 2021-05-16
Perhaps 2,000 marched in San Francisco for Palestine with dozens of Palestinian flags on Mission Street from 16th to 24th Street and beyond and among other places, right under the noses of Congress and the White House, Washington DC had thousands of supporters of Palestine on the March on 5/15/21. See the livestream of DC at www.pscp.tv/w/1eaJbnAMYlZJX…
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Sunday 5/16: Protest Israel's USA funded human rights abuses of Palestinians
Allan Fisher | indybay.org | 2021-05-16
Corner of Ocean and Water Streets, Santa Cruz. Sponsored by Palestine Justice Coalition.
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Protest in Solidarity with Palestine in Fresno
Peter Maiden | indybay.org | 2021-05-16
73rd year of the Nakba marked by Palestinians in Fresno May 15. Hundreds turned out.
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Thousands in SF March in Solidarity with Palestine
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2021-05-16
As outrage over Israel's ethnic cleansing explodes in cities throughout the world, San Francisco does its part.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/16/1884253…

Solidarity rally in Madison, WI: 'Palestinians can't breathe'
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-16
Madison, WI – 200 people came out in Madison in the late morning of May 15, the 73rd anniversary of the Nakba, to stand with Palestinian people resisting genocide at the hands of the racist Israeli government. The demonstration took place on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Over 130 people have been killed, nearly 1000 wounded, and many more thousands have been displaced from their homes in Israel's most recent string of attacks that began on May 10. | The event consisted first of a rally where a handful of speakers from the different cosponsoring organizations took to the microphone to share th…
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'How many Palestinians have to die for their lives to matter?'
Rashida Tlaib | zcomm.org | 2021-05-16
Rep. Tlaib called out U.S. involvement in Israeli violence during this powerful floor speech…
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Palestinians in Israel Now Face Far-right Mob Violence Backed by the State
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-16
With Jerusalem ablaze …
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Military Situation In Iraq On May 16, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-16
Click to see full-size image | On May 14, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Naseriyah area | On May 15, the US coalition carried out nine airstrikes on the Hamrin mountains, reportedly resulting in the destruction of five ISIS hideouts | On May 16, large demonstration held in Baghdad to show solidarity with Palestinians | In the first four months of 2021, 67 individuals were killed which19 of them are Turkish soldiers, 34 PKK militants and two civilians, accor…
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East Jerusalem and Palestinians' struggle for dignity and liberation
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-16
Asalla Abu Khader of the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees talks about the resistance to Israeli attacks and the decades-long policy by the Zionist state to bring about demographic changes in the occupied territories…
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Labour's Lisa Nandy is an enemy of Palestinian rights
Asa Winstanley | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-16
Why won't the party demand that Israel be held accountable for its crimes?
electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstan…

Democratic leadership stands with Israel
Michael F. Brown | electronicintifada.net | 2021-05-16
QAnon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks "JihadSquad."
electronicintifada.net/blogs/michael-f-b…

Mayo Clinic again receives top honors for high-quality patient care
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-16
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Eleven? hospitals across?Mayo Clinic?received star ratings from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for Overall Hospital Quality. Six of the 11 hospitals earned five stars — the best score possible. The national average is 3 of 5 stars. The star rating provides patients with information about multiple dimensions of quality …
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Online events w/ Bill McKibben, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Peter Linebaugh, Chomsky & others
Toward increasing Networking | indybay.org | 2021-05-16
Here are some 27 online events taking place over the next 10 days (and starting tomorrow, May 16), featuring people such as Bill McKibben, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Peter Linebaugh, Cynthia Kaufman, Noam Chomsky, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada, Australia, and the UK (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.
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Israel Isn't Entitled to "Self-Defense" Against the People Under Its Occupation
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-16
As Israel continues …
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Ottoman's Forever Empire and its Multiple Triggers for War
Oliver Boyd-Barrett | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-16
Trading Genocides On April 24, 2021, US President Joseph Biden declared that the massacre of 1.5 million Turkish Armenians in 1915 constituted genocide. As to whether genocide is the word Americans can consent to use about Native Americans who suffered death, torture, displacement, apartheid and disease at the hands, mainly, of European settlers in the …
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Ottoman's Forever Empire and its Multiple Triggers for War
Oliver Boyd-Barrett | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-16
Trading Genocides On April 24, 2021, US President Joseph Biden declared that the massacre of 1.5 million Turkish Armenians in 1915 constituted genocide. As to whether genocide is the word Americans can consent to use about Native Americans who suffered death, torture, displacement, apartheid and disease at the hands, mainly, of European settlers in the …
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Sudan May See Renewed Protests after Soldiers Open Fire on Demonstration
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-16
Peoples Dispatch Photo : Radio Dabanga Two were killed and 37 others were wounded on May 11 when soldiers opened fire at a demonstration outside the army HQ, demanding justice for the protesters slain in the massacre on June 3, 2019 On Wednesday, May 12, the attorney general of Sudan, Al-Hebir Taj Elsir, called on… Read…
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The May 13, 1985 Massacre: Honor the Victims by Freeing Mumia Abu-Jamal!
The Jamal Journal | indybay.org | 2021-05-16
This is a compilation of links to many recent articles. Reprinted in full is a 2010 article about May 13, 1985, written by Angola 3 News. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on the May 15, 2021 West Philadelphia community event honoring those murdered by police on May 13, 1985: "Janine Africa said the mothers have just one demand: Free writer and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal from Mahanoy State Correctional Institution in Frackville, Schuylkill County."
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Sudan may see renewed protests after the killing of two youth by soldiers
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-16
Two were killed and 37 others were wounded on May 11 when soldiers opened fire at a demonstration outside the army HQ, demanding justice for the protesters slain in the massacre on June 3, 2019…
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Jobs Report Coverage Lacked Context, Worker Perspective
Ari Paul | commondreams.org | 2021-05-16
The New York Post reported that restaurants are desperate to hire workers—but not so desperate enough to offer higher wages, apparently. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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