Derek Chauvin found guilty of murdering George Floyd
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2021-04-21
Derek Chauvin was convicted on one count of second degree manslaughter, one count of second degree murder, and one count of third degree murder.
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Mass Protests Led to Chauvin’s Conviction. Now They’re Being Criminalized
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-04-21
On Tuesday, former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin was convicted on all charges in the brutal public lynching of George Floyd. For the Floyd family, the conviction offered some solace that the courts did not allow Floyd’s life to be taken with impunity. For many of us, however, it was a hollow “victory,” not only because prisons don’t solve our problems, but because we know police don’t either. | While the trial convicted Chauvin, as an individual, it sought to exonerate the larger system of policing…
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AFL-CIO hails Chauvin verdict, but police unions still an issue for organized labor
PAI | peoplesworld.org | 2021-04-21
WASHINGTON (PAI)–A jury’s conviction of former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin on all three counts in George Floyd’s killing–including one that could send Chauvin to prison for decades–delivered justice to Floyd’s family, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says. But at the same time, he warned, it’s not the end of the story. Reconstructing the U.S. away from …
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We Need to Abolish the Police and End Militarized Occupations of Our Cities
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-04-21
The police murder of George Floyd added jet fuel to a nationwide push to defund the police. We go to Minneapolis to speak with Kandace Montgomery, co-executive director of Black Visions Collective, about their response to the guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd and an update on the push to divest from Minneapolis police and invest in communities. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AM…
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Defeat of Minimum Wage Increase Leaves People with Disabilities Behind
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2021-04-21
As was widely reported by news outlets (including CNN, CBS, NPR, among others) in February 2021, a popular $15 minimum-wage hike was struck from President Biden’s COVID relief package when…
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Apparently just by talking about it, I’m super-spreading long Covid
George Monbiot | zcomm.org | 2021-04-21
How I became a human plague — and stumbled into one of the most astonishing scientific stories I’ve ever encountered…
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Report Documents Governments’ Use of COVID-19 to Impose Authoritarian Policies
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2021-04-21
A January 2021 report by the American Friends Service Committee documents how local and state governments arounds the world have implemented “extreme emergency measures under the cover of responding to…
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Letter From Italy
Daisy Cockburn | thenation.com | 2021-04-21
Letter From Italy…
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Sunday 4/25: San Francisco Caravan: Say NO to the U.S. Blockade of Cuba!
ANSWER Coalition | indybay.org | 2021-04-21
gather at 11: 30am at 1875 Marin Street, San Francisco…
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18K unaccompanied child migrants have disappeared in Europe
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-04-21
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) –At least 18,000 unaccompanied child migrants have disappeared after arriving in European countries including Greece, Italy, and Germany.
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UN launches $29 million appeal to help St. Vincent and Grenadines as volcanic eruptions continue
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-04-21
The funding raised through the UN global funding appeal will be used to provide immediate lifesaving humanitarian assistance to around 20,000 displaced people, and support sustainable recovery in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines after the devastation caused by the eruptions of the La Soufrière volcano…
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Staten Island Amazon Workers Begin Union Drive
Candice Bernd | zcomm.org | 2021-04-21
“[The PRO Act] won’t solve all the issues, but at least it allows us to organize without union-busting.”
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Putin, Navalny, and the left: The coming political crisis in Russia
Boris Kagarlitsky | zcomm.org | 2021-04-21
Interview on the tectonic shifts taking place in Russian politics–and what Western media gets wrong about Russia…
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Saturday 5/1: May Day Rally: From global pandemic to global class struggle
ICFI | indybay.org | 2021-04-21
Annual Online May Day Rally…
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Yemen’s Defense Ministry: Liberation of Ma’rib Closer Than Ever
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-04-21
Yemen’s Defense Ministry says the Yemeni armed forces and allied Popular Committees fighters are set to encircle Ma’rib from the western and southern fronts in preparation for entering the strategic city. | Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen television network on Monday cited the Sana’a-based ministry as saying that the armed forces are tightening their grip on al-Balaq al-Qebali mountain range, which overlooks the Ma’rib Dam to the north and Tala al-Hamra in Sarwah district to the west of Ma’rib. | The Yemeni forces have taken control of Homma al-Hajily district and moved the battle to al-Touma al-Olia and al-Touma al-Sofla,…
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Despite Climate Commitments, Health Concerns, States Approve Fuel Tanks
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-04-21
Magali Sanchez-Hall, usually in motion, pauses for a moment on the sidewalk to gaze through a chain-link fence at the massive new construction project: tanks shaped like giant tuna fish cans that will store crude oil. | The Los Angeles refinery has been her troublesome neighbor for a quarter of a century, but she finds this latest turn particularly perplexing. | “Right now, we are supposed to be moving to clean energy,” she says. | Sanchez-Hall, 50, raised her children here before getting a master’s degree in public policy. When Tesoro, now Marathon Petroleum Corp., first proposed the new tanks in 2016, she oppos…
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One small statement from CDC, one giant hope for our humanity
Leslie D. Gregory, Tom H. Hastings | nationofchange.org | 2021-04-21
Tragically, under the previous White House direction and interference, CDC became corrupted and overruled, and its reputation is quite tarnished.
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Dictatorship of the Proletariat is the Only way to Stop Imperialism’s Brutal Fist
Rainer Shea | orinocotribune.com | 2021-04-21
By Rainer Shea — Apr 18, 2021 | Imperialism is ferocious. For as long as imperialism exists, and its supporting bourgeois and fascist tendencies haven’t been eliminated from history, its agents will constantly look for ways to undo progress towards liberation from its grasp. This means that while fighting against imperialism and the power structures which keep it in place, we can’t afford to play our cards wrong. Not while the imperialist powers and the bourgeoisie still control most of the world’s geopolitical influence, state apparatuses, and productive forces. And the dictatorship of the proletariat&sbquo…
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How Adam Became A Real Progressive
Adam Martin | realprogressives.org | 2021-04-21
A long time ago, a game was released for the PlayStation console. The game had a demo released through Pizza Hut, a short taste of this spy thriller, Metal Gear Solid. You play as Solid Snake, and your mission is to sneak through a base and stop a terrorist group from launching a nuclear missile. Upon playing the full version, instead of a full action thriller (although the game has plenty of this) you are instead treated to a thematic experience of pacifism, the folly of nuclear proliferation, genetics and eugenics, government corruption, and more. For a game where you kill plenty of people, these pacifist th…
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Arab-Americans in Chicago seek congressional support for Egyptian human rights
Aboulfotouh Kandil | peoplesworld.org | 2021-04-21
CHICAGO — Arab Americans here, like those across the country, have connections to 22 countries that are part of the Arab world. The U.S. witnessed the first large wave of Arab immigration between 1920 and 1924. Over time, Arabs established communities in all 50 states, became more integrated into society, and their existence in the …
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U.S. Strategic Command chief calls for nuclear upgrade aimed at China and Russia
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-04-21
U.S. Strategic Command chief calls for nuclear upgrade aimed at China and RussiaRick Rozoff On April 20 Admiral Charles Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee alongside his colleague General James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM), in both open and closed hearings. Richard described his command, …
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UK’s New Coal Mine Plans Foreshadow Massive Carbon Emissions
VINS | projectcensored.org | 2021-04-21
An October 2020 Guardian article reported that West Cumbria Mining will open “the UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years” after local government officials approved the company’s plans, and…
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Biden isn’t Ending the Afghanistan War, he’s Privatizing it: Special Forces, Pentagon Contractors, Intelligence Operatives will Remain
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-04-21
By Jeremy Kuzmarov — Apr 16, 2021 | Over 18,000 Pentagon contractors remain in Afghanistan, while official troops number 2,500. Joe Biden will withdraw this smaller group of soldiers while leaving behind US Special Forces, mercenaries, and intelligence operatives — privatizing and downscaling the war, but not ending it. | On April 14, President Joe Biden announced that he would end the U.S.’s longest war and withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan on the 20th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. | Over 6,000 NATO troops will also be withdrawn by that time. | “War in Afghanistan was…
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USA: Shackling of Aged Inmate, Mumia Abu-Jamal, is Deplorable — UN Experts
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-04-21
GENEVA (20 April 2021) — UN human rights experts* expressed serious concerns about the treatment and welfare of Mumia Abu-Jamal, an African-American man who has been in jail for 40 years in Pennsylvania, and is reportedly shackled to his hospital bed. Mr. Abu-Jamal had already been shackled to his bed during a four-day hospitalization in late February while being treated for heart failure. | Mr. Abu-Jamal has been denied visits from his family and access to his lawyers and spiritual advisor after being admitted to an undisclosed hospital around 10 April, where he will reportedly undergo surgery. “This ongoi…
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Tax Stock Returns
Dean Baker | zcomm.org | 2021-04-21
If Biden Really Wants to Close Corporate Income Tax Loopholes…
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Gates Unhinged: Dystopian Vision for Agrifood Must Not Succeed
Colin Todhunter | zcomm.org | 2021-04-21
We are currently seeing an acceleration of the corporate consolidation of the entire global agrifood chain…
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“Remained” in Mexico
Kathleen Foster | zcomm.org | 2021-04-21
For many in Central America, the only way out of this violence and extreme poverty is asylum in the United States. For the new generation that remains, the struggle that started over four decades ago continues…
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The Middle East: Geopolitical Battleground
Richard Falk | zcomm.org | 2021-04-21
If serious peace prospects are to emerge in coming years, it will result from Palestinian resistance, augmented by a growing international solidarity movement…
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Gates Unhinged: Dystopian Vision for Agrifood Must Not Succeed
Colin Todhunter | zcomm.org | 2021-04-21
We are currently seeing an acceleration of the corporate consolidation of the entire global agrifood chain…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/gates-unhinged-dys…

A century of oppression: The Kurds and the Turkish state
John Tully | zcomm.org | 2021-04-21
t would be wrong, though, to see the Kurds merely as victims. They have resisted their oppressors, sometimes by armed struggle, at other times by peaceful mass mobilisation…
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Tax Stock Returns
Dean Baker | zcomm.org | 2021-04-21
If Biden Really Wants to Close Corporate Income Tax Loopholes…
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Are Republicans Breaking Up With Big Business? Don’t Hold Your Breath
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-04-21
Mitch McConnell doesn’t seem to be adjusting well to the new limits of his power, following his ouster from the majority leader seat last November. A once nigh-omnipotent power broker, McConnell has now found his influence diminished to the point that he’s yelling strange things at stranger targets. He spent a chunk of last week unspooling some doozies directed at corporate America, which has long been a close ally of the Republican Party. | The trouble began in Georgia, a state whose GOP officials we…
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Biden’s Drone Wars
Brian Terrell | zcomm.org | 2021-04-21
We must urgently demand a ban on the production, trade and use of weaponized drones and an end to military and police drone surveillance…
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Biden’s Drone Wars
Brian Terrell | zcomm.org | 2021-04-21
We must urgently demand a ban on the production, trade and use of weaponized drones and an end to military and police drone surveillance…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/bidens-drone-wars/

Selective Service Repeal Act introduced in Congress
Edward Hasbrouck | peoplesworld.org | 2021-04-21
The Selective Service Repeal Act of 2021 (H.R. 2509 and S. 1139) was introduced in Congress on April 14 with bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate. If passed, it would end draft registration and abolish the Selective Service System altogether. “No young person, regardless of gender, should be subject to a military …
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SINCO: The Digital Project That Interconnects the People’s Power in Venezuela
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-04-21
By Mauricio Montes — Apr 19, 2021 | The Communal Integration System, SINCO, is an electronic government platform developed for direct and collective communication of social organizations in Venezuela. It is the Venezuelan experience based on the creation of Cybersyn in Chile, in 1972, when Salvador Allende defined a new State and a new government for that nation based on the ideal of the Chilean revolution. | Cybersyn or SINCO project is recognized as an antecedent of today’s Internet; however, the invention of the British expert in management, known as the father of cybernetics, Stafford Beer, put at the se…
orinocotribune.com/sinco-the-digital-pro…

The Saudi Lobby Moves From K Street to Main Street
Ben Freeman, Brian Steiner, Leila Riazi | thenation.com | 2021-04-21
Ben Freeman, Brian Steiner, Leila Riazi The Saudi Lobby Moves From K Street to Main Street…
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EU lawmaker highlights Iran’s role in fighting ISIL in Iraq
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-04-21
TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) — A member of the European Parliament said when the ISIL terrorist group was advancing in Iraq the previous Obama administration refused to help Baghdad while Iran came to aid.
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Fire Fighters having a different Iftar at fire station
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-04-21
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) — During the holy month of Ramadan, Iranian firefighters, who are on standby, break their fast at their fire station, sitting around the iftar table with their colleagues.
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VIDEO: Tehran to receive batch of Russian Sputnik V tomorrow
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-04-21
TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) — The sixth consignment of Russian Sputnik V vaccines will be dispatched to Iran tomorrow. This batch contains 100,000 doses of the Russian-made vaccine.
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Germany: NATO Troops Could Be Out of Afghanistan By July 4
Dave DeCamp | news.antiwar.com | 2021-04-21
On Wednesday, Germany’s Defense Ministry said a withdrawal from Afghanistan by July 4th was being considered by NATO, which would be over two months earlier than the September 11th deadline set by President Biden. | “The Resolute Support headquarters in Kabul are currently considering whether to shorten the withdrawal period,” said German Defense Ministry spokesman David Helmbold, referring to the NATO coalition. “The 4th of July is now being considered as a pullout date.” | Earlier th…
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Justice for George Floyd: Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder but the march continues
splcenter.org | 2021-04-20
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Attorneys present closing arguments in trial of Derek Chauvin for murder of George Floyd
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
The trial has been widely broadcast and millions await news of the verdict, anxious over a possible whitewash.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/floy…

Derek Chauvin Found Guilty on All Counts in Minneapolis
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
The 12 jurors considering the fate of former police officer Derek Chauvin were sequestered in a Minneapolis hotel room considering testimony from 45 witnesses. The jurors deliberated for four hours on Monday and resumed deliberating this morning at 8 a.m. local time. | Former officer Chauvin was charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter related to George Floyd’s death on May 25, 2020. He was found guilty this afternoon on all counts. | WATCH LIVE: The jury has reached a verdict at the murder trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in t…
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People’s Action Statement on Conviction of Derek Chauvin
Johanna Kichton | peoplesaction.org | 2021-04-20
Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 240.206.1145 WASHINGTON, D.C.–People’s Action Director George Goehl and Deputy Director Bree Carlson today released the following statement in response to the conviction of Derek Chauvin: “No verdict will bring George Floyd back, or deliver justice to his family and others who have suffered state-sanctioned police violence. Today, we breathe a sigh …
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Jurors Deliberate in Derek Chauvin Trial as Prosecution Urges Them to “Believe What They Had Seen”
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-04-20
As jury deliberations are underway in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter for killing George Floyd last May, we go to Minneapolis to discuss final arguments and what is next in the case. We speak with civil rights attorney Nekima Levy Armstrong, who says the prosecution “started strong and ended strong” by reminding “the jury that they could believe what they had seen with their own eyes.”
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The Derek Chauvin Verdict is Not Justice
commsdirector | dsausa.org | 2021-04-20
The verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial is not justice. Justice looks like a world where George Floyd grows old, where Black people can live with dignity, where police no longer terrorize our streets. As they did today, cops will sacrifice their own in order to quell outrage and maintain trust. But justice will not…
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Chauvin Trial Verdict: All Roads Lead to 38th & Chicago
Alyssa Oursler, Anna DalCortivo | thenation.com | 2021-04-20
Chauvin Trial Verdict: All Roads Lead to 38th & Chicago…
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The Chauvin Verdict Represents an Absolute Minimum of Justice
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2021-04-20
The Chauvin Verdict Represents an Absolute Minimum of Justice…
thenation.com/article/society/chauvin-ve…

Drug Policy Alliance Statement on Verdict in Derek Chauvin Trial
commondreams.org | 2021-04-20
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AFSCME’s Saunders Says Chauvin Verdict Sends Powerful Message, but the Struggle To Eradicate Systemic Racism Continues
commondreams.org | 2021-04-20
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MPower Change Co-Founder and Executive Director Linda Sarsour Responds to Verdict in Derek Chauvin Trial
commondreams.org | 2021-04-20
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MoveOn Statement on Derek Chauvin Verdict
commondreams.org | 2021-04-20
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Guilty Verdict in Chauvin Trial is a Step Toward Justice, But It Is Not Enough
commondreams.org | 2021-04-20
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Ella Baker Center Statement on the Upcoming Chauvin Trial Verdict
commondreams.org | 2021-04-20
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Chauvin Guilty on All Counts, Including Murder of George Floyd
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-04-20
One racial justice advocate said that there are “no victories today,” for “justice would mean George Floyd is still with us.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Bend the Arc Statement on Chauvin Verdict
commondreams.org | 2021-04-20
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The Chauvin Verdict Has to Be Just the Beginning
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2021-04-20
The Chauvin Verdict Has to Be Just the Beginning…
thenation.com/article/society/chauvin-ve…

Derek Chauvin Found Guilty in Death of George Floyd
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
In the Minneapolis trial for the death of George Floyd last May 25, 2020, Jurors found the former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all charges, bringing to a close three weeks’ worth of witness and expert testimony and a tense period all over the United States. | RELATED: | Chicago Protests after Video Released of Police Killing 13 Year Old | Former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin had been charged with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder,…
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When Will Minneapolis Start Listening To The Whole Community?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-04-20
Minneapolis didn’t get here alone. The actions and decisions of many people created the challenges facing the city. Solving them will require the work of many people, too. | But before anything changes, people need to start listening to each other. | Imagine if Derek Chauvin had listened to George Floyd and let him breathe. A 46-year-old man and father of five would not have died. Minneapolis would not have burned. The city would not have had over $1 billion in damage. And communities would not have had to deal with the fallout of the most expensive civil disorder in U.S. history. | After Floyd died in police cus…
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Hundreds march in Atlanta for Daunte Wright
Josh Carson | liberationnews.org | 2021-04-20
Three days after the killing of Daunte Wright by a police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, the Atlanta branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation organized a protest in Atlanta in solidarity with Minneapolis–demanding justice for Daunte Wright, George Floyd, and all victims of racist police terror.
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Chauvinist Cops and the “Just Is” System That Enables Them
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2021-04-20
Now that Derek Chauvin has closed out his defense of killing George Floyd by invoking his Constitutionally-protected right against self-incrimination — the Fifth Amendment — we who still care about such things can shake our heads at the farcical injustice that has framed this case, and all the other cases involving unnecessary police force protected…
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Police Killed John Thompson’s Friend Philando Castile. Now He Is a Lawmaker Fighting Racist Policing
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-04-20
We look at the long history of police killings of Black men during traffic stops in Minnesota with state Representative John Thompson, a community activist who was elected last year and has attended protests demanding justice for George Floyd and other victims of police brutality. His friend Philando Castile was killed by police during a 2016 traffic stop in a suburb of St. Paul. “We have every right to be angry, we have every right to be mad, and we have every right to use our voices,” Thompson says. “We have a problem here in this state with policing.” Thompson is part of the People of Color and Indigenous Cauc…
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Twin Cities Community to acknowledge victory in Chauvin Case and honor the life of George Floyd
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-04-20
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Twin Cities Coalition 4 Justice 4 Jamar and other organizations that are fighting for justice for George Floyd. A rally is planned at the Hennepin County Government Center at 5pm, today. | The conviction of Derek Chauvin of second-degree intentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd is an historic victory. This victory is result of the bravery of the bystanders who filmed this murder, the worldwide uprising the bold and tireless fight for justice by our community. | However, the rarity o…
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Twin Cities Community to acknowledge victory in Chauvin Case and honor the life of George Floyd
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-04-20
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Twin Cities Coalition 4 Justice 4 Jamar and other organizations that are fighting for justice for George Floyd. A rally is planned at the Hennepin County Government Center at 5pm, today. | The conviction of Derek Chauvin of second-degree intentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd is an historic victory. This victory is result of the bravery of the bystanders who filmed this murder, the worldwide uprising the bold and tireless fight for justice by our community. | However, the rarity o…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/4/20/twin-cit…

Despite Hawks Seeking new Cold War, the US and China can only Confront Climate Emergency by Cooperating
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-04-20
( China Dialogue ) — They say don’t mess with Texas, but Mother Nature didn’t get the memo. A surprise winter storm killed at least 111 people in March, when rolling blackouts left several million Texans without power for several freezing days. Their misery came just a few years after Hurricane Harvey put a US$125 …
juancole.com/2021/04/confront-emergency-…

The Doomsday Glacier Lives up to its Billing
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2021-04-20
The 21st century serves as an inflection point of acceleration of climate instability caused by human-generated greenhouse gases, as CO2 emissions increase well beyond the rate of the prior century. It’s also a defining timeline of an astonishing ice mass loss rate of 500% more than the last decade of the previous century. Throughout human…
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Biden’s Afghan Withdrawal Isn’t a Blow to China
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
Bloomberg published an op-ed last week provocatively claiming that ” Biden’s …
globalresearch.ca/debunking-bloomberg-bi…

UK About to Send Ships to the Black Sea
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
New tensions are emerging in Ukraine as more countries decide to | …
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Pathway Eased for Serial COVID-19 Screening Tests
Jaklevic M. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-04-20
The FDA has created an expedited pathway for manufacturers seeking to obtain Emergency Use Authorization for products used in serial testing to detect SARS-CoV-2 in asymptomatic individuals. Currently, most tests are authorized for diagnosing people with a suspected infection.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

‘People Who Vote for Lula Deserve to Suffer’, Bolsonaro Says
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday lashed out at citizens who will vote for the Workers’ Party (PT) leader Lula da Silva in the 2022 presidential election. | RELATED: | Brazil: Senator Rejects Bolsonaro’s Mismanagement Of COVID-19 | “For God’s sake, people who vote for a guy like him are people who deserve to suffer,” the far-right politician said, criticizing also the eight members of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) who overturned the convictions against Lula, which revo…
telesurenglish.net/news/People-Who-Vote-…

Biden’s Anti-China Ambitions
Andy Kroll | tomdispatch.com | 2021-04-20
Like his immediate predecessor, Joe Biden is committed to a distinctly anti-China global strategy and has sworn that China will not “become the leading country in the world, the wealthiest country in the world, and the most powerful country in the world… on my watch.” In the topsy-turvy universe created by the Covid-19 pandemic, it was, however, Jamie Dimon, the CEO and chairman of JP Morgan Chase, a banking giant with assets of $3.4 trillion, who spoke truth to Biden on the subject. While predicting an immediate boom in the U.S. economy “that could easily run into 2023,” Dimon had grimmer news on the future as…
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Activists Reject Mining On “National Day of the Indigenous”
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
At least 100 Indigenous people from six Brazilian states demonstrated on Monday in Brasilia against a government bill to legalize mining on their territory. This, as the latest study by the National Committee in Defense of Territories Against Mining, indicates that illegal gold mining in the Amazon has increased amid the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Brazil: Senator Rejects Bolsonaro’s Mismanagement Of COVID-19 | The so-called Bill 191 was discarded by Congress in June 2020. Sti…
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COVID-19 in Clinicians–More Cases in Women, More Deaths in Men
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-04-20
Although a greater proportion of COVID-19 cases occurred in women health care workers and nurses early in the pandemic, more male health care workers and physicians died of the disease, a global analysis reported.
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Brazilian workers stage strikes and protests against COVID-19 pandemic and social crisis
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
Teachers’ strikes against deadly school reopenings have been joined by walkouts and protests by oil workers, bus drivers, rail and app delivery workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/braz…

Town Hall event: Confronting the Covid Economy–Women Fight Back
People’s World | peoplesworld.org | 2021-04-20
The recession caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic and aggravated by corporate-centered policies has been especially devastating for women workers, particularly women of color. Women have lost jobs, income, and savings at significantly higher rates than men, and at the same time, women were burdened with hugely increased demands for their unpaid labor. On Sunday, …
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COVID-19 in India: ‘Need to strengthen public health system’
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-04-20
Immunologist Dr. Satyajit Rath analyses the current COVID-19 crisis in India with Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha. They talk about the worrying aspects of this wave, the failures of the health system, the grossly lacking political response, and the new strain of the virus which is being identified in Indian cases.
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Molecular COVID-19 Test Gains First EAU for At-home Use
Jaklevic M. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-04-20
The first at-home molecular test for detecting COVID-19 has received an Emergency Use Authorization (EAU). The Cue COVID-19 Test for Home and Over The Counter Use is intended for use in adults and children aged 2 years or older, with or without symptoms.
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One month after schools reopened, Pennsylvania enters fourth surge of pandemic
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
Despite the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases throughout the state, officials have explicitly stated their intention to continue the relaxation of standard public health measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/penn…

Climate Crisis, Freighter Stuck in Suez Canal, & Species Wounding
Talanna | indybay.org | 2021-04-20
How Climate Crisis is overlooked when it’s an important part of headline stories like a Stuck Freighter in Suez Canal & Covid-19 Virus news.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/04/19/1884174…

Russia’s daily COVID-19 infections drop to lowest since late September
ecns.cn | 2021-04-20
Russia logged 8,164 coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the lowest daily increase since Sept. 28, bringing the nationwide count to 4,718,854, the country’s monitoring and response center said Tuesday.
www.ecns.cn/news/society/2021-04-20/deta…

The Heat: COVID-19 in Europe and U.S
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2021-04-20
Over three million people globally have now died from COVID-19, as governments work to vaccinate everyone.
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When Flushing A Public Toilet Don’t Linger, Because Aerosolized Droplets Do
Eurasia Review | eurasiareview.com | 2021-04-20
Flushing a toilet can generate large quantities of microbe-containing aerosols depending on the design, water pressure or flushing power of the toilet. A variety of pathogens are usually found in stagnant water as well as in urine, feces and vomit. When dispersed widely through aerosolization, these pathogens can cause Ebola, norovirus that results in violent food poisoning, as well as COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2. | Respiratory droplets are the most prominent source of transmission for COVID-19, however, alternative routes may exist given the discovery of small numbers of viable viruses in urine and stool sa…
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Tenga cuidado con las pruebas de PCR y la implacable campaña “vacunar, vacunar, vacunar”
Peter Koenig | globalizacion.ca | 2021-04-20
La validez de la prueba de PCR ha sido cuestionada durante meses, si no desde el comienzo mismo de la plandemia declarada del covid-19, incluso últimamente también por la OMS . Sin embargo, esta prueba se nos sigue imponiendo cada…
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How Catholics Can Speak Up For More Ethical Vaccines
CNA | eurasiareview.com | 2021-04-20
A series of letter templates released by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) allows Catholic to contact vaccine makers and ask them to stop relying on cell lines from aborted babies. | The letter templates, released in February by the USCCB, thank the companies for their work on vaccines for COVID-19 and other diseases, while asking them to avoid using cell lines from aborted babies in the future. | Fr. Kyle Ratuiste, a bioethicist in the Diocese of Spokane, explained that “taking practical steps to oppose the use of abo…
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Dominican Republic & Guatemala Label COVAX Facility ‘A Failure’
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
Guatemala’s President Alejandro Giammattei and The Dominican Republic’s President Luis Abinader on Tuesday described as a “failure” the fund for the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility. | RELATED: | Russia Requests Inclusion of Sputnik V in COVAX Mechanism | “The vaccine delivery system promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) is inefficient,” Gianmmattei stressed during his speech at the Ibero-American Business Meeting in Andorra. | He also called it irrespons…
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President Maduro: US Escalates War, Prevents Vaccine Sales to Venezuela
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-04-20
The Venezuelan president denounced threats by the US towards COVID-19 vaccine distribution companies, preventing them from trading with the Bolivarian Republic. | “They have gone so far as to threaten the companies that distribute vaccines with sanctions, if they sell vaccines to Venezuela… Washington has escalated its war against the country,” said Nicolás Maduro on Sunday, April 18, during a televised speech. | However, the president said, Venezuelan authorities continue to manage the doses they’ve acquired to combat the pandemic, despite the illegal economic and commercial blockade by the United States and E…
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Argentina Now First Latin American Country to Produce Sputnik V
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
According to the official publication, the first batch of Sputnik V will be sent to the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology, as the institution responsible for developing this vaccine. | RELATED: | Argentina’s President Gets Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 Vaccine | This will comply with the quality control protocol that must guarantee the production process. As planned, the full production of this drug against the coronavirus will take place this comin…
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Cuban Authorities Ready Clinics For Mass Vaccinations In Havana
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
Cuba’s health authorities are preparing Havana’s community healthcare centers for the beginning of the first stage of mass vaccination in the capital. | RELATED: | Cuba: COVID-19 Vaccine Trials Will Include Other Five Serums | “Next week, we expect all the city’s medical points to be ready to receive about 85 citizens per day,” Havana’s Governor Reinaldo Garcia informed without specifying the date of the beginning of the vaccination campaign. | The first stage of the immunization p…
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Vaccine Makers Destroy COVID Vaccine Safety Studies
Dr. Joseph Mercola | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
Makers of COVID-19 vaccines are now destroying long-term safety studies by …
globalresearch.ca/vaccine-makers-destroy…

Sinovac Vaccine 80% Effective Against COVID-19-Related Death
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
The COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd is 80 percent effective against death from the disease, showed a recent real-world study in Chile. | RELATED: | China Opposes a New Cold War and a Unilateral World | According to the study released by the Chilean government on Friday, the Sinovac vaccine is also 67 percent effective in preventing symptomatic infection, 85 percent effective in preventing hospitalizations, and 89 percent in preventing patients from entering inten…
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AMLO Gets Vaccinated: ‘It Protects Us All’
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. | At the end of his daily morning news conference, Lopez Obrador removed his suit jacket and a military nurse administered the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine in his left arm. | RELATED: | Mexico Announces Clinical Trial of its Patria Vaccine Candidate | “It doesn’t hurt, it helps a lot and it protects us all,” he said. “And once again I am calling on the elderly so…
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Vaccine apartheid: U.S. puts world at risk for big pharma profits
Brianna Griffith | liberationnews.org | 2021-04-20
As COVID vaccine production increases, much of the world faces severe shortages. The governments of the United States, Europe and other rich countries have hoarded vaccines or sold to the highest bidders. A slow rollout in poorer nations will be disastrous for the world’s population and the global economy. It will also diminish the vaccine’s …
liberationnews.org/vaccine-apartheid-u-s…

U.S. COVID-19 cases rise as more states ease restrictions
ecns.cn | 2021-04-20
Despite the country’s vaccine rollout, a significant number of U.S. cities and states remain hotspots where the coronavirus continues to spread at higher rates than before, according to the Guardian.
www.ecns.cn/news/2021-04-20/detail-ihakp…

Scientists Warn of ‘Vaccine Treadmill’ as Vaccine Makers Gear Up for COVID Booster Shots
Megan Redshaw | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
Vaccine makers are telling investors and the media that COVID booster …
globalresearch.ca/scientists-warn-vaccin…

Cuba Libre to be COVID-libre: Five Vaccines and Counting
Helen Yaffe | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
On March 23, 2021, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a …
globalresearch.ca/cuba-libre-covid-libre…

Earthquakes Continued After COVID-19-Related Oil And Gas Recovery Shutdown
Eurasia Review | eurasiareview.com | 2021-04-20
When hydraulic fracturing operations ground to a halt last spring in the Kiskatinaw area of British Columbia, researchers expected seismic quiescence in the region. Instead, hundreds of small earthquakes occurred for months after operations shut down, according to a new study. | In her presentation at the Seismological Society of America (SSA)’s 2021 Annual Meeting, Rebecca Salvage of the University of Calgary said about 65% of these events could not be attributed to either natural seismicity or active fluid injection from hydraulic fracturing operations. | Salvage and her colleagues instead suggest the latent…
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How Covid Transformed US Theater
Alisa Solomon | thenation.com | 2021-04-20
How Covid Transformed US Theater…
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African Muslims spending 2nd Ramadan amid pandemic
Staff | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-04-20
TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) — Same as all Muslims across the globe, African Muslims fast and preserve Ramadan rituals under anti-Covid-19 restrictions and lockdown this year.
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Senator Markey and Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Introduce Civilian Climate Corps for Jobs and Justice to Rebuild America
commondreams.org | 2021-04-20
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Bolivia’s Fight for Food Sovereignty
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-04-20
Food security and food sovereignty are perhaps the most important issues facing Latin America and its campesino farmers. Being able to produce what one consumes is key in reducing poverty and guarding against hunger and external economic shocks. Since 2006, Bolivia has made it a priority. Evo Morales came through the ranks of the campesino social movements and was keenly aware of the poverty and other challenges facing the rural areas. After huge investments in rural communities, Bolivia now produces 95% of what it consumes. | To understand this issue and how Bolivia is grappling with it, Kawsachun News spoke exc…
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Britain on the Road to Kleptocracy
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2021-04-20
The mechanics of corruption have much in common the world over, though the sophistication of the means used to conceal it or explain it away differs widely. In this, as in so many other things, British exceptionalism is less than is often taken for granted — indeed a presumption of honesty makes life easier for the seriously dishonest.
counterpunch.org/2021/04/20/britain-on-t…

What the U.S. Could’ve Done With the $2 Trillion Spent on the Afghanistan War
Moderator | scheerpost.com | 2021-04-20
YouTube] By Juan Cole / Informed Comment The Costs of War Project at Brown University has just brought out a new report on Afghanistan. The September 11, 2001 attacks were launched from Khost and Qandahar in Afghanistan by al-Qaeda, though it is not clear that this organization of Arab expatriates informed their Taliban hosts of what they were planning. The operation involved hijacking commercial… | Source…
scheerpost.com/2021/04/20/what-the-u-s-c…

Military Situation In Afghanistan On April 20, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-04-20
Click to see full-size image | On April 19, 28 civilians were freed from Taliban’s prison in Mosa Qala district of Helmand province, accoding to the Afghanistan MOD | On April 19, eight police members were killed and three were wounded in a Taliban attack on Zibak district in the Badakhshan province | On April 20, two members of popular forces were killed and several were wounded in a Taliban attack in Ghorian district | On April 19, Ata Jan Haqbayan, the head of the provincial council in Zabul…
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US Plans to Keep Threats In Check Even After Afghanistan Withdrawal
DoD News | eurasiareview.com | 2021-04-20
By C. Todd Lopez | By Sept. 11, 2021, all U.S. forces must be out of Afghanistan. But that doesn’t mean that the U.S. will be at the mercy of groups like ISIS, al-Qaida or the Taliban if they want to create problems and threaten U.S. interests, the commander of the U.S. Central Command said. | While the…
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Groàües Pharma-Konglomerat mit Vorstrafenregister: Pfizer “àºbernimmt” den EU-Impfstoffmarkt. 1,8 Milliarden Dosen
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | Deutsche àúbersetzung des Originalartikels …
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Talk World Radio: Matt Hoh on Afghanistan and Why to Really End the War
David Swanson | warisacrime.org | 2021-04-20
Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week’s video and all the videos on Youtube. Matthew Hoh is a Senior Fellow with the Center for International Policy and a member of the Eisenhower Media Network (EMN), as well as a member of the Advisory Board of World BEYOND … Continue reading “Talk World Radio: Matt Hoh on Afghanistan and Why to Really End the War”
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Why the Founding Fathers would have approved of Biden banning phrase “Illegal Alien”
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-04-20
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Biden administration has announced that it will no longer use the phrase “illegal alien” and will replace it with “undocumented noncitizen.” Biden will also drop “assimilation” in favor of “integration.” These changes are long overdue and necessary for human dignity. For one thing, human beings cannot be “illegal.” They …
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The Chauvin Trial is Dangerously Deceptive
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2021-04-20
Since most U.S.-Americans know little about social and political reality beyond their own limited experience and bubbles, powerfully deceptive narratives and images disseminated by the corporate media easily distort public perceptions. The election and presidency of Barack Obama fed the dangerous illusion that racism no longer posed barriers to Black advancement and equality in the…
counterpunch.org/2021/04/20/the-chauvin-…

Ethiopia: 3,000 Unaccompanied Children Wandering Amid War
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns that at least 3,024 children separated from their families have been identified in northern Ethiopia, mainly from Shire, a town in the Tigray region, against which the Ethiopian government has been on an armed offensive since November. | RELATED: | Ethiopia: Community Clashes Killed 66, Thousands Displaced | The UNICEF Communications Chief James Elder explained that humanitarian efforts to find the children’s families have not been su…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ethiopia-3000-Un…

Greed and the European Super League
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
Suffocating the grassroots. Mocking the working class origins of the game. …
globalresearch.ca/greed-european-super-l…

The unraveling of the American empire
Chris Hedges | nationofchange.org | 2021-04-20
U.S. leadership has stumbled from one military debacle to another, a trajectory mirroring the sad finales of other historical imperial powers.
nationofchange.org/2021/04/20/the-unrave…

Chris Hedges: The Unraveling Of The American Empire
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-04-20
America’s defeat in Afghanistan is one in a string of catastrophic military blunders that herald the death of the American empire. With the exception of the first Gulf War, fought largely by mechanized units in the open desert that did not — wisely — attempt to occupy Iraq, the United States political and military leadership has stumbled from one military debacle to another. Korea. Vietnam. Lebanon. Afghanistan. Iraq. Syria. Libya. The trajectory of military fiascos mirrors the sad finales of the Chinese, Ottoman, Hapsburg, Russian, French, British, Dutch, Portuguese and Soviet empires. While each of…
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The Dirty Campaign Underlying Ecuador’s “Free and Fair” Election
Medea Benjamin, Leonardo Flores | counterpunch.org | 2021-04-20
Ecuador’s April 11 election that led to a 5-point victory by conservative banker Guillermo Lasso over progressive candidate Andrés Arauz was not what it appeared to be. On the surface, it was a surprisingly clean and professional election, as our CODEPINK official observer delegation witnessed. But a fraud-free process for casting and counting ballots does…
counterpunch.org/2021/04/20/the-dirty-ca…

The Dirty Campaign Underlying Ecuador’s “Free and Fair” Election
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2021-04-20
Ecuador’s April 11 election that led to a 5-point victory by conservative banker Guillermo Lasso over progressive candidate Andrés Arauz was not what it appeared to be…
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The Dirty Campaign Underlying Ecuador’s ‘Free And Fair’ Election
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-04-20
Ecuador’s April 11 election that led to a 5-point victory by conservative banker Guillermo Lasso over progressive candidate Andrés Arauz was not what it appeared to be. On the surface, it was a surprisingly clean and professional election, as our CODEPINK official observer delegation witnessed. But a fraud-free process for casting and counting ballots does not mean that the election was free and fair. Behind the scenes was a monumentally unequal playing field and dirty campaign designed to quash an Arauz win. | For starters, Arauz–a 36-year-old follower of the political leanings of former president Rafael C…
popularresistance.org/the-dirty-campaign…

Biden Regime Behind Czech Expulsion of Russian Diplomats
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
The Czech Republic is virtual US occupied territory, its pro-Western puppet …
globalresearch.ca/biden-regime-behind-cz…

Ady Barkan Takes Medicare for All Fight to California to Prove ‘Single Payer Healthcare Works in America’
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-04-20
After years of lobbying political candidates and lawmakers in Washington to support Medicare for All and helping to bring the issue to the forefront of the healthcare debate in the 2020 election, advocate Ady Barkan announced Tuesday he is bringing the fight to his home state of California. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Shocking Omissions: Capitalism’s Conscience: 200 Years of The Guardian
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-04-20
Long before ‘the propaganda model’ flew off Edward Herman’s keyboard and into Manufacturing Consent, the book he co-authored with Noam Chomsky, Leo Tolstoy had captured the essence of non-conspiratorial conformity: One man does not assert the truth which he knows, because he feels himself bound to the people with whom he is engaged; another, because …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/04/shocking-omis…

Reporter’s Alert: Part IV
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2021-04-20
Reporters at major newspapers and magazines are hard to reach by telephone. Today it is increasingly hard to converse with them about timely scoops, leads, gaps in coverage, and corrections to published articles. We started an online webpage: Reporter’s Alert. From time to time, we will use Reporter’s Alert to present suggestions for important reporting on topics that…
counterpunch.org/2021/04/20/reporters-al…

Bolivia: Ex-Health Minister In House Arrest For Corruption
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
Bolivian Attorney General’s Office Monday ordered house arrest for the coup-born regime’s former Health Minister Heidy Roca, who is under investigation for the irregular acquisition of 324 overpriced Chinese respirators. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Socialists Win in 7 Out of 10 Subnational Governments | Roca, who must pay a bond of over US$10,000, is accused of making contracts to the detriment of the State, anti-economic conduct, and breach of duties. | The Prosecutor’s Office intend…
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Chinese President Highlights the “World Wants Justice” and “Not Hegemony”
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
Beijing’s foreign policy has traditionally been one of friendly rhetoric, avoidance | …
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Viaje de la delegación venezolana a Bruselas finaliza con éxito
Geraldina Colotti | globalizacion.ca | 2021-04-20
La extrema derecha venezolana grita y alborota por el viaje a Bruselas que ha realizado la delegación parlamentaria de la República Bolivariana. La misión incluyó a la primera vicepresidenta de la Asamblea Nacional Iris Varela, la diputada Desirée Santos Amaral…
globalizacion.ca/viaje-de-la-delegacion-…

The Public Should Have Access to the Surveillance Court’s Opinions
Charlie Hogle | aclu.org | 2021-04-20
For decades, a special court–the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, or “FISC”–has issued secret legal opinions authorizing the U.S. government to conduct sweeping programs of electronic surveillance. These opinions have had a profound impact on Americans’ rights to privacy, free expression, and free association. But many of them are entirely hidden from public view. | Secret law undermines democracy and the legitimacy of the judicial system–especially when the law being withheld from the public affects the rights of millions of people. So today, the ACLU is asking the Supreme Court to o…
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Berlin: Protests Against End Of ‘Rent Cap’ And Real Estate Swindlers
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-04-20
The repeal of the Berlin “rent cap” by the Supreme Court means massive rent increases, arrears payments and poverty for hundreds of thousands of people. The ruling, which exacerbates homelessness amid the coronavirus crisis, has a signal effect for the whole of Germany and is emblematic of the inhuman enrichment policies of the ruling elites in Germany and Europe. | Balakrishnan Rajagopal, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, spoke on Twitter on Thursday of a “deeply disturbing judgment” and, referring to the pandemic, warned, “The German government still has an international legal obligation to respect…
popularresistance.org/berlin-protests-ag…

Make aid to Israel conditional on protecting Palestinian human rights, say Sanders, Warren
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-04-20
Successive US governments, irrespective of the ruling party, have been providing billions of dollars in aid to Israel each year. Israel has been accused of using the money to sustain its occupation of Palestine…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/04/20/make-aid-…

Has the Biden Administration Quietly Given Up on Recognizing Juan Guaidó as the President of Venezuela?
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-04-20
By Les Blough — Apr 11, 2021 | Has the Biden administration quietly given up on recognizing Juan Guaidó as the President of Venezuela? | Not yet, but they will. They know they picked the wrong horse for destabilization and “regime change” but they have to find a way to dump him while saving face. | Venezuelans, including the opposition, have no love for out-and-out traitors. Poor “Juanito” (“Little John”, as he’s known here) has found himself in a very very dark place, despised by his fellow citizens, impossible to show his face in the streets anymore, directly responsible for many deaths when grandstanding…
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Mass Shooting at Indianapolis FedEx Warehouse “Follows Pattern of Violence Against Sikhs” Nationwide
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-04-20
As the Sikh community in Indianapolis and across the United States is in mourning after a gunman killed eight people at a FedEx facility last week, where four of the victims are Sikh, we speak with Simran Jeet Singh, scholar, activist and senior fellow for the Sikh Coalition, which is calling for a full investigation into the possibility of racial or ethnic hatred as a factor in the killings in Indianapolis. A majority of the workers at the warehouse are Sikh, and while authorities have not shared evidence Brandon Hole was targeting Sikh workers when he attacked the FedEx facility, police revealed Monday they pre…
www.democracynow.org/2021/4/20/indianapo…

The Family of FedEx Mass Shooter Warned Police About Him. How Did He Still Manage to Buy His Guns?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-04-20
Authorities in Indianapolis say the mother of Brandon Hole, the former FedEx employee who shot and killed eight people at a company facility last Thursday, called police in 2020 to say her son might commit “suicide by cop,” prompting them to seize his pump-action shotgun. But officials say they did not push for Hole to have a hearing under Indiana’s “red flag” law, which allows police or courts to seize guns from people who show warning signs of violence. “The very thing that the law is designed to prevent — going and buying a new gun — was not even ever sought,” says Nick Suplina, managing director f…
www.democracynow.org/2021/4/20/fedex_sho…

Australia announces withdrawal from Afghanistan
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
Prime Minister Scott Morrison presented the decades-long occupation as a mission to bring “freedom,” and refused to comment on the war crimes perpetrated by Australian troops against the Afghan people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/afgh…

A third of U.S. billionaire wealth gains since 1990 have come during pandemic
Chuck Collins | nationofchange.org | 2021-04-20
U.S. billionaire pandemic profit balloons to $4.56 trillion, a 55 percent increase.
nationofchange.org/2021/04/20/a-third-of…

Fleet Foxes’ Shore: Swimming in the right direction
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
Shore is the fourth full-length album from the folk-rock band Fleet Foxes. It was released six months into the global pandemic and was one of the stronger popular music albums of 2020.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/foxe…

A Third of U.S. Billionaire Wealth Gains Since 1990 Have Come During Pandemic
Chuck Collins | counterpunch.org | 2021-04-20
The wealth of U.S. billionaires has steadily grown over the last 31 years. But a third of the $4.3 trillion in billionaire wealth gains since 1990 have come during the last 13 months of the pandemic. Between 1990 and April 2021, the combined wealth of U.S. billionaires increased 19-fold, from $240 billion in today’s dollars…
counterpunch.org/2021/04/20/135040/

Canada’s NDP blusters about social inequality, while propping up Liberal government
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
The NDP has vowed to prop up the big business minority Liberal government until the pandemic is over. Yet party leader Jagmeet Singh huffed and puffed at the NDP convention as if he wanted nothing more than to bring down the Liberals.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/ndpc…

Responding to Concerns about the Emergency Charity Stimulus Proposal
RobertAlvarez | ips-dc.org | 2021-04-20
Few people welcome change when they benefit from the status quo. So it’s not surprising that players within the philanthropic community would raise concerns about a proposal to change how much they are required to take out of their warehouses and give directly to charities. | On the other hand, during a pandemic that has decimated the non-profit sector — and will likely continue to drain resources for another two years at least — such concerns might be best keep to oneself. After all, the point of philanthropic funds is to support charities, not to save the funds for the next generation or to provide…
ips-dc.org/responding-to-concerns-about-…

Xi calls for strengthening global governance at BFA annual conference
ecns.cn | 2021-04-20
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on all countries in Asia and beyond to answer the “call of our times,” defeat the pandemic through solidarity, strengthen global governance, and keep pursuing a community with a shared future for mankind.
www.ecns.cn/news/2021-04-20/detail-ihakp…

New Oil Price Surge Caps Year Of Recovery Since ‘Black Monday’
Arab News | eurasiareview.com | 2021-04-20
By Frank Kane | Oil prices resumed their surge on global markets on Tuesday as traders shrugged off the memory of “Black Monday” 2020, when some crude prices went into negative territory at the start of the pandemic recession. | Brent crude, the global benchmark, went above $68 a barrel for the first time in over a year, while West Texas Intermediate, which approached minus-$40 at the depth of the oil crisis exactly a year ago, leapt above $64. | The resurgence in the oil price — which has seen some experts suggesting the possibility of a “supercycle” in which crude goes back above $100 a barrel –…
eurasiareview.com/21042021-new-oil-price…

Americans Got a Taste of Paid Leave. Will They Get It for Real?
Bryce Covert | thenation.com | 2021-04-20
Americans Got a Taste of Paid Leave. Will They Get It for Real?
thenation.com/article/economy/paid-leave…

Czechia’s Surprise Decision to Expel Russian Diplomats
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
Strategic Context | All of Europe is discussing Czechia’s surprise decision to …
globalresearch.ca/british-behind-czechia…

Costly Hearing Loss Requires Greater Global Attention
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-04-20
Hearing loss is projected to affect 1 in 4 people globally by 2050, including at least 700 million who will require rehabilitation services, according to the World Health Organization’s first World Report on Hearing.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Macron’s Global Security bill passed into law in France
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
The law’s centerpiece restricts the right of the population to film the police.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/glob…

Preventable Vision Loss Affects Millions Globally
Kuehn BM. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-04-20
More than 1 billion people worldwide had untreated vision loss in 2020, even though 90% of the cases could have been prevented or treated, according to an international commission’s report.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Escazú Agreement Set to Bring Environmental Justice Down to Earth
Talli Nauman | counterpunch.org | 2021-04-20
The Escazú Agreement enters into force on Earth Day, April 22, 2021, four years after its adoption, kicking off a new phase of regional grassroots campaigns. The challenge: to obtain government protection for land defenders and environmental activists in Latin America. This could be the toughest and most crucial phase yet. The Escazú Agreement is…
counterpunch.org/2021/04/20/escazu-agree…

Tunisian state news agency’s new CEO resigns after journalists protest
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-04-20
Journalists of the state-owned Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) had protested the appointment of Kamel Ben Younes due to its political nature and his record as a propagandist of the Zine El Abidine Ben Ali regime…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/04/20/tunisian-…

Mars robot helicopter completes first rotor-powered flight on another world
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
Now that Ingenuity’s basic capabilities have been validated, several more flights will be attempted, the first as early as Thursday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/mars…

Truck drivers joined by dock workers in protests at the Port of Los Angeles
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
Despite the fact that truck drivers were fired in retaliation for seeking to unionize 15 months ago, the Teamsters leadership is only now staging token “Hollywood strikes.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/lapo…

Fractional Flow Reserve Treatment and Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease–Reply
Sud M, Fang J, Ko DT. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-04-20
In Reply The concern raised by Dr Rigatelli and Mr Zuin regarding our study involves the influence of heart failure on FFR estimates due to elevated right atrial pressure (RAP), which has been a subject of debate. The FFR is the ratio of blood flow in a stenotic coronary artery to blood flow in the same artery without stenosis during maximal hyperemia. It is estimated as FFR = (Pd ‚àí RAP)/(Pa ‚àí RAP), where Pd is the coronary pressure distal to the stenosis and Pa is the aortic pressure. In clinical practice, this is simplified to FFR = Pd/Pa because the influence of RAP…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

San Francisco students hold ‘Action Towards Change’ rally against anti-Asian racism
Nicole Rodriguez | liberationnews.org | 2021-04-20
The rally was led by youth whose speeches consisted of calls to action, solidarity in organizing, and self-written poems.
liberationnews.org/san-francisco-student…

New Tools for Social Progress
Walter F. Mondale | progressive.org | 2021-04-20
An article by U.S. Senator Walter F. Mondale from the September 1967 issue of The Progressive.
progressive.org/dispatches/new-tools-for…

Congreso Bicentenario de los Pueblos: Propuestas
Pasqualina Curcio | globalizacion.ca | 2021-04-20
Se cumplen 200 años desde que nuestro Libertador Simón Bolívar, junto a hombres y mujeres patriotas, consolidaron la victoria de la lucha independentista contra el imperio español. Mientras batallaba contra los realistas profetizaba sobre el destino de Estados Unidos de…
globalizacion.ca/congreso-bicentenario-d…

Fractional Flow Reserve Treatment and Major Adverse Cardiac Events in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
Rigatelli G, Zuin M. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-04-20
To the Editor The study by Dr Sud and colleagues, which measured single-vessel fractional flow reserve (FFR) in patients with coronary artery disease, demonstrated that percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) was associated with a lower rate of major adverse cardiac events for ischemic lesions on FFR but a higher rate of major adverse cardiac events for nonischemic lesions, compared with those not receiving PCI. While these findings support an FFR-based threshold for PCI procedures, we are concerned about its use in patients with heart failure. The authors do not appear to have considered the potential influence…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

The Grand Old Duke of Edinburgh He Had Ten Million Pounds
Fra Hughes | orinocotribune.com | 2021-04-20
By Fra Hughes — Apr 17, 2021 | So the Duke is dead and to be buried on the afternoon of April 17 2021. | I am not a Royalist, in fact I am a Republican. | The time has long since passed when Monarchies should have been condemned to the dustbin of history as a feudal anachronistic parasite that is long past its use-by date. | The history of the Monarchs and their divine god-given right to rule has been overthrown in many societies, while some may claim they are a modern figurehead which promotes consistency in society while governments come and go, we must always challenge their origins, their history of slav…
orinocotribune.com/the-grand-old-duke-of…

The Lasting Impact of Eugenics: An Interview with Audrey Clare Farley
Eleanor J. Bader | progressive.org | 2021-04-20
The writer and historian discusses her new book and the politics and history of the eugenics movement.
progressive.org/dispatches/interview-wit…

Thousands demonstrate in Berlin against end of “rent cap” and real estate swindlers
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
Many demonstrators combined their anger at social conditions in Berlin with making a reckoning with the SPD-Left Party-Green state executive, capitalist exploitation and the enrichment of a tiny layer.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/rent…

Anti-imperialists protest French-led Operation Barkhane in the Sahel
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-04-20
Groups have called the prolonged military campaign a French ploy to continue its hegemony over former colonies in Africa and to safeguard its stakes in mining in the region…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/04/20/anti-impe…

‘The Present’. The Deeply Moving Story of a Palestinian Family
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
We all owe Farah Nabulsi an enormous debt of gratitude. In …
globalresearch.ca/present-deeply-moving-…

Bolivia, escenario de disputa: Una lectura de los resultados de las elecciones subnacionales
René Behoteguy Chávez | globalizacion.ca | 2021-04-20
Las elecciones subnacionales en Bolivia, celebradas el 7 de marzo, se pueden leer como una radicalización de los escenarios de disputa, con el MAS como partido hegemónico a nivel nacional pero con una derecha con presencia fuerte y radicalizada en…
globalizacion.ca/bolivia-escenario-de-di…

Atlantic Hurricane Season to Be Above Average This Year
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
The Colorado State University (CSU) forecasts an “above-average” 2021 Atlantic hurricane season due to favorable temperatures in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. | RELATED: | Over 5,000 Guatemalans Remain in Shelters After ETA and Iota | The CSU Tropical Meteorology Project team predicted 17 named storms during the upcoming hurricane season lasting from June 1st until November 30th. At least eight of these storms might become hurricanes, and four of them could develop into a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Atlantic-Hurrica…

New Green Deal + Old War Deal = Same Rotten Deal
Frank Scott | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-04-20
While a new American administration presides over what many believe is a return to normal after the more openly blatant worship of wealth and Israel of the Trump regime, what’s missed is that what passes for normal is what needs radical change. As long as market normalcy in the USA means hundreds of thousands of …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/04/new-green-dea…

Palestinian worshippers violently repressed by Israeli security forces near Al- Aqsa mosque
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-04-20
In recent times, the Al-Aqsa mosque complex has become a major flashpoint mainly because of the numerous attacks by Israeli security forces and extremist settler groups on those who come to pray at the mosque and the premises itself…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/04/20/palestini…

Vietnam, Afghanistan, Yemen: What is all this needless death for?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2021-04-20
President Biden announced an end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan, but what does that actually mean? What was it all for? Then, we talk with a Yemeni-American activist about their hunger strike against U.S. support for the catastrophic war in Yemen.
therealnews.com/vietnam-afghanistan-yeme…

Precision Drug Dosing–A Clinical and Public Health Imperative
Maxfield K, Zineh I. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-04-20
This Viewpoint describes the concept of precision drug dosing, which would maximize drug benefit and minimize harm for each patient, and reviews the scientific, regulatory, technical, and practical infrastructures that would need to be in place for the idea to become reality in clinical practice settings.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

The Martin Luther of Medical Education
jamanetwork.com | 2021-04-20
Prof. W. T. Sedgwick, in an address delivered just before his death, said:…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Principles of radical political economics
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-04-20
The starting point for radical political economists is agreement on the need to oppose injustice and oppression and the conviction that a theoretical understanding of contemporary societies can contribute to the political movements necessary to address them. | April 20, 2021 | Newswire…
mronline.org/2021/04/20/principles-of-ra…

US Ambassador To Temporarily Leave Moscow as Tensions Grow High
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
John Sullivan’s departure leaves both countries’ embassies without their respective ambassadors when both Washington and Moscow have announced new sanctions. Sullivan said on Tuesday that “I believe it is important for me to speak directly with my new colleagues in the Biden administration in Washington about the current state of bilateral relations between the United States and Russia.” | RELATED: | US Imposes New Sweeping Unilateral Coercive Measures on Russia | “Also, I have…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Ambassador-To…

Globalink: Building a City for the Future, Today
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
If you had the chance to build a new city, today, for the lives we will be living tomorrow, what would you do? We traveled to Xiong’an, China’s newest city, to find out the country’s answer to this question. Check it out!
telesurenglish.net/news/Globalink-Buildi…

Across US, protestors demand justice for police shooting victim Adam Toledo
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-04-20
In the US, anger is spreading across the city of Chicago, Illinois after the police watchdog released bodycam footage of the police shooting a teenage child dead. The footage released on April 15 shows 13-year-old Adam Toledo, seemingly unarmed, being shot in the chest. Following the release of this footage, protests have broken out in Chicago and other cities and towns across the country, which have been met with violent police repression.
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/04/20/across-us…

Green Bay, WI: Community gathers alongside family of Jonathon Tubby for day of solidarity
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-04-20
Green Bay, WI – On April 18, nearly 100 members of the Green Bay and surrounding communities gathered for a rally to show solidarity and support with each other in the face of racism and police crimes. Leading the event was Justice for Jonathon, who seeks justice for Jonathon Tubby, an Oneida man who was murdered in 2018 by Green Bay police officer Erik O’Bryan while Tubby was handcuffed on the ground in the station sally port, pepper sprayed, and restrained by a police dog. | Speaking at the event was Marla Mahkimetas, a Menominee woman who spoke for her daughter-in-law Katelyn Kelly, who disappeared in June of…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/4/20/green-ba…

Global Research: Honest Journalism in Uncertain Times
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
Dear Readers, | We regularly receive feedback from you telling us how important the articles we publish are to you, especially in today’s tumultuous and uncertain times. We thank you, and pledge that we will continue to deliver our daily dose …
globalresearch.ca/keep-diversity-and-tra…

Nicaragua’s Exports Grow 12.8% in 2021 First Quarter
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
Nicaragua’s Finance Minister Ivan Acosta confirmed good economic performance in the first quarter of this year after his country registered a 12.8 percent growth in its total exports. | RELATED: | Paul Oquist, Sanctioned Minister-Advisor to Daniel Ortega, Dies | He also pointed out that the Central Bank’s international reserves were reaching historic numbers at around US$3.3 billion, which represents a US$600 million increase compared to March 2018. | Furthermore, public invest…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nicaraguas-Expor…

‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’: The whole world is still watching
Michael Berkowitz | peoplesworld.org | 2021-04-20
There are many reasons to see Aaron Sorkin’s Academy Award-nominated film The Trial of the Chicago 7. Writer-director Sorkin has gifted us with a well-written, often well-acted lesson in history and political philosophy. Although the focus is on ideas, heartfelt emotions, and wry humor leaven Sorkin’s filmic advertisement for organizing for social change. Chicago 7 …
peoplesworld.org/article/the-trial-of-th…

Pentagon Adds Africa to Global Battleground with China and Russia
Rick Rozoff | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
General Stephen Townsend, commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and …
globalresearch.ca/pentagon-adds-africa-g…

Blocked from Civil Dissent, Women in Saudi Arabia are turning to business as ‘quiet’ Feminist activism
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-04-20
By Sophie Alkhaled | — Prominent Saudi women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was released from prison on February 10 2021 after 1,001 days in custody. Al-Hathloul, a leading campaigner for women’s rights in Saudi Arabia, had been sentenced to five years and eight months in prison in 2018 for pushing a foreign agenda and using …
juancole.com/2021/04/business-feminist-a…

Whatever Happened to Earth Day? How “Act Locally” Became “Shop Locally”
Jim Britell | counterpunch.org | 2021-04-20
U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel J. Martinez. Since 1970, the purpose of Earth Day has changed from one day each year when corporate polluters were exposed (what corporations should do), to a celebration of the personal (what you can do). Today’s bland, uncontroversial event typically features everything from 5k runs to…
counterpunch.org/2021/04/20/whatever-hap…

Civil rights groups urge Biden administration to cancel $50,000 in student debt per borrower
Amanda Mills | nationofchange.org | 2021-04-20
“The $1.7 trillion student loan crisis is crushing individuals, families, and our economy, and the weight of this burden is disproportionately borne by women and Black and Latino borrowers.”
nationofchange.org/2021/04/20/civil-righ…

The War of Global Corporate Wealth against Life and Humanity
Emanuel Pastreich | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
Corporations, multinational investment banks, and the rich that they support, are …
globalresearch.ca/war-multinational-corp…

Poloxamer 188 for Sickle Cell Disease
Zylke J. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-04-20
Although effective treatments exist to prevent painful vaso-occlusive episodes in patients with sickle cell disease (ie, hydroxyurea), finding therapies to reduce the severity or duration of episodes once they have begun has proved elusive. Inhaled nitric oxide, intravenous magnesium, and intravenous sevuparin have been tried without success. In 2001, JAMA published a phase 3 multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial of poloxamer 188 in 255 children and adults with sickle cell disease hospitalized with a vaso-occlusive episode. In that study, Orringer et al found a modest, statistically significa…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Effect of Poloxamer 188 vs Placebo on Painful Vaso-Occlusive Episodes in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease
Casella JF, Barton BA, Kanter J, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-04-20
This phase 3 trial examines the effectiveness of poloxamer 188 in reducing the duration of painful vaso-occlusive episodes in children and adults with sickle cell disease compared with placebo.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Report states France enabled the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda and other stories
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-04-20
Today we look at a report on France’s role in the Rwandan genocide, a strike against tax reforms by Colombian trade unions, and…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/04/20/report-st…

Police violence is directed against working people and youth of all racial and ethnic backgrounds
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
The unending epidemic of police murder is an outgrowth of the rotten social and economic conditions which define life in the United States.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/pers…

How Artificial Feeding Grounds in Wyoming Spread “Mad Elk” Disease
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2021-04-20
Wyoming Fish and Game Department has 22 elk feed grounds scattered around the western part of the state and feeds as many as 17,000 elk every winter. The agency currently has eight of its 22 feedgrounds on National Forest land; six on BLM land. The operation of feedgrounds has been controversial for decades. Many wildlife…
counterpunch.org/2021/04/20/how-feeding-…

Omitted Decimal Point
jamanetwork.com | 2021-04-20
In the Review titled “Diagnosis and Treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Review,” published in the March 2, 2021, issue of JAMA, a decimal point was omitted in the description of the number of endoscopic procedures reported in a reference cited in the Laboratory Evaluation subsection of the article. This article was corrected online.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Globalink: China Will Never Seek Hegemony, Expansion, Sphere of Influence: XI
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
China will never seek hegemony, expansion, or a sphere of influence no matter how strong it may grow, President Xi Jinping said Tuesday.
telesurenglish.net/news/Globalink-China-…

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Matthew Lyons | progressive.org | 2021-04-20
The U.S. far right is at a crossroads.
progressive.org/magazine/after-the-storm…

The Grand Old Duke of Edinburgh he had Ten Million Pounds
Fra Hughes | orinocotribune.com | 2021-04-20
By Fra Hughes — Apr 17, 2021 | So the Duke is dead and to be buried on the afternoon of April 17 2021. | I am not a Royalist in fact I am a Republican. | The time has long since passed when Monarchies should have been condemned to the dustbin of history as a feudal anachronistic parasite that is long past its use-by date. | The history of the Monarchs and their divine god-given right to rule has been overthrown in many societies, while some may claim they are a modern figurehead which promotes consistency in society while governments come and go, we must always challenge their origins their history of slaver…
orinocotribune.com/the-grand-old-duke-of…

Polluter elite: Lifestyles of the rich are incompatible with climate justice
Claudia Webbe | peoplesworld.org | 2021-04-20
With the highest-ever temperatures recorded in the Arctic Circle, and with just 3% of the world’s ecosystems remaining intact, we cannot delay in taking action to save our planet and future generations. Yet sadly it is not true that we are all in this crisis together–or that we are all equally culpable when it comes …
peoplesworld.org/article/polluter-elite-…

UK sends warships to the Black Sea, targeting Russia
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
US President Joe Biden’s decision to cancel the deployment of two American warships to the region last week was a tactical pause in a still escalating conflict.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/blac…

The War of Global Corporate Wealth against Life and Humanity
Emanuel Pastreich | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
We find ourselves in the midst of a global war on …
globalresearch.ca/war-multinational-corp…

Inflation in Venezuela Slows Down to 16.1% in March
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-04-20
Caracas, April 19, 2021 (OrinocoTribune.com).- Inflation in Venezuela reached 16.1% in March, according to data from the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV), a number higher than the 9.1% reported at the beginning of April by the Venezuelan Finance Observatory (OVF), an office that answers to anti-Chavismo elements. | According to data released on Saturday night by the Venezuelan institute, accumulated inflation for the first three months of 2021 reached 127.8%, after t…
orinocotribune.com/inflation-in-venezuel…

Oral Antiplatelet Therapy After Acute Coronary Syndrome
Kamran H, Jneid H, Kayani WT, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-04-20
This narrative review summarizes oral antiplatelet therapy and specifically addresses the effects of dual antiplatelet therapy for patients with acute coronary syndrome who have not taken anticoagulants.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…

Haitian teachers embark on a national strike in rejection of insecurity and violence
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-04-20
School teachers across Haiti have embarked on a week-long national strike in rejection of the rampant insecurity and violence in the country and the lack of action by Jovenel MoàØse’s de-facto government…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/04/20/haitian-t…

National strike announced in Colombia in response to neoliberal “solidarity” measures
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-04-20
The government of president Iván Duque seeks to pass a new tax reform in the name of “solidarity” that increases the VAT on staple goods, fuel, and various public services, expands the tax collection base, increases the tax on agricultural inputs, and increases the tax on pensions…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/04/20/national-…

Large protest at U of MN demands justice for Daunte Wright
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-04-20
Minneapolis, MN – Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Black Student Union held a protest on the University of Minnesota campus, April 17, to demand justice for Daunte Wright, to call for community control of the campus police (UMPD), and to speak out against the recent deployment of the UMPD to brutalize protesters in Brooklyn Center. About 1000 students were in attendance, marking the largest on-campus demonstration in recent history. Speakers included students and community members who have experienced brutality at the hands of the National Guard this week while out in the streets demanding justice…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/4/20/large-pr…

D.C. activists demand Justice for Daunte Wright and three Black men killed in DMV area
Julia Rapp | liberationnews.org | 2021-04-20
The rally, hosted by the Party for Socialism and Liberation called for the jailing of racist killer cops and an end to racist police terror.
liberationnews.org/d-c-activists-demand-…

“Profits before lives” policy leads to 80,000 coronavirus deaths in Germany
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
The mass deaths on the one hand and the profit-making on the other are the direct products of a conscious policy in the interests of the banks and big business.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/geco…

France aided genocide in Rwanda, says official report
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-04-20
The report states that French officials and forces stationed in Rwanda continued their support to the state authorities even after acknowledging visible preparations of the genocide against the minority Tutsis…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/04/20/france-ai…

Resistance against the policies imposed by the World Bank, the IMF and other creditors between 2007 and 2011
Éric Toussaint | mronline.org | 2021-04-20
Ecuador provides an example of a government which officially decided to investigate the process of indebtedness so as to identify illegitimate debt and suspend its repayment. | April 20, 2021 | Newswire…
mronline.org/2021/04/20/resistance-again…

US Pushes New “Theatre of Conflict” in the Arctic
telesurenglish.net | 2021-04-20
U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Monday that climate change could turn the Arctic into a new “theatre of conflict” for his country and Russia., as president Vladimir Putin confirmed he would participate in April 22 climate virtual summit hosted by Joe Biden. | RELATED: | UN Says US Must Halve Emissions to Spur Global Climate Action | “Climate change exacerbates existing conflicts and increases the chances of new ones — particularly in countries where governm…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Pushes-New-Th…

Governor DeSantis Signs Unprecedented Anti-Protest And Anti-Public Safety Law
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-04-20
Tallahassee, Fla. – This morning, just days after the Republican-led Florida Senate voted to pass an unprecedented, costly and racially charged bill (House Bill 1) to censor protest, preempt local policing budgets and preserve symbols of white supremacy, Governor DeSantis is signing it into law. The bill passed despite widespread opposition by Floridians of all political ideologies and diverse sectors, after Governor DeSantis made it his number one legislative priority and lobbied behind doors to make sure it passed both Chambers as early as possible. The new law, which does nothing more than silence dissent and…
popularresistance.org/governor-desantis-…

Green Bay, WI: Community gathers alongside family of Jonathon Tubby for day of solidarity
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-04-20
Green Bay, WI – On April 18, nearly 100 members of the Green Bay and surrounding communities gathered for a rally to show solidarity and support with each other in the face of racism and police crimes. Leading the event was Justice for Jonathon, who seeks justice for Jonathon Tubby, an Oneida man who was murdered in 2018 by Green Bay police officer Erik O’Bryan while Tubby was handcuffed on the ground in the station sally port, pepper sprayed, and restrained by a police dog. | Speaking at the event was Marla Mahkimetas, a Menominee woman who spoke for her daughter-in-law Katelyn Kelly, who disappeared in June of…
fightbacknews.org/2021/4/20/green-bay-wi…

Neither the Israeli Elections Nor the Palestinian Elections Are About Democracy
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
Chances are, you are unaware that Palestinian elections are in the …
globalresearch.ca/neither-israeli-electi…

The classes of capitalism
Daniel Taylor | mronline.org | 2021-04-20
Capitalist society is divided into different classes, and the relationships between those classes shape the production of wealth, the dissemination of ideas and the nature of politics. | April 20, 2021 | Newswire…
mronline.org/2021/04/20/the-classes-of-c…

Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, Who’s Rising and Falling on Planet Earth?
Tom Engelhardt | warisacrime.org | 2021-04-20
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Here’s the strange thing: these days, you would think that China was “rising” to potentially top great-power status out of nowhere, out of nothing (unlike the United States). Historically speaking, however, America is the great-power newcomer on this … Continue reading “Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, Who’s Rising and Falling on Planet Earth?”
warisacrime.org/2021/04/20/tomgram-dilip…

Cape Verde Trends in Venezuela Due to Contradiction Between Alex Saab Case & Election
Carlos Arellán | orinocotribune.com | 2021-04-20
The ruling party of Cape Verde won the parliamentary elections on Sunday. The event was attended by international observers from ECOWAS, the organization that ordered the release of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab through its court. | Cape Verde’s government did not recognize the ECOWAS resolution, though it should ostensibly abide by it. Analysts say they have not done so due to pressure from the US regime. | This situation, in which the government of Cape Verde invited electoral observers of ECOWAS, but does not comply with their judicial decisions, triggered a widespread reaction by Venezuelans on social media n…
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Vote “no” on the UAW sellout of Columbia University graduate strike!
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
The IYSSE urges student workers to draw the necessary political conclusions: Not a single step forward can be taken within the confines of the unions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/colu…

Patient Information: Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infections
Desai AN, Hurtado R. | jamanetwork.com | 2021-04-20
This JAMA Patient Page describes the risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention measures for nontuberculous mycobacterial infections.
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Personal stories, bipartisan House vote send anti-workplace violence bill to Senate
PAI | peoplesworld.org | 2021-04-20
MINNEAPOLIS (PAI)–In mid-March, Luciana Herr, RN, an inpatient psychiatry nurse at Abbott Northwest Hospital in Minneapolis, went to a patient’s room to rescue a co-worker whom a manic patient was assaulting. She came out much the worse. “I was kicked and punched in the face,” Herr, of the Minnesota Nurses Association/National Nurses United, told an …
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Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
Chilean union federation calls for nationwide strike; Quebec teachers push contract demands…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/wrkr…

Bloomberg donates $25 million for fellowship at New York University’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
wsws.org | 2021-04-20
The massive donation by number 21 on the list of global billionaires takes place at the same time that NYU, whose board includes some of Wall Street’s most powerful figures, refuses to grant its graduate student workers’ demand for a living wage.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/20/wagn…

Understanding Brazil’s Crisis
Prof. Mauricio Metri | globalresearch.ca | 2021-04-20
The current Brazilian crisis gave its first signs with “spontaneous” demonstrations …
globalresearch.ca/understanding-brazil-c…