The Palestinian News & Info Agency(2022-05-13). WAFA: "Israeli police attacks funeral convoy of iconic Al Jazeera journalist"imemc.org JERUSALEM, Friday, May 13, 2022 (WAFA) — Israeli police today attacked the funeral convoy of slain veteran Al Jazeera journalist as Palestinian mourners carried the journalist's coffin on their way to the church. A sizable Israeli police force cordoned off Saint Joseph Hospital, where the body of Shireen Abu Akleh is kept, setting up barricades …
Ben Norton(2022-05-13). Argentina Will Attend BRICS Summits, at China's Invitation, in Step Toward 'Formal Entry'.orinocotribune.comBy Benjamin Norton — May 8, 2022 | China invited Argentina to attend the 2022 summits of the BRICS economic bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Argentina's ambassador says it's a step toward "formal entry" to the grouping, an alternative to the US-dominated financial system. | China has invited Argentina to attend the 2022 The BRICS was founded as an alternative to the U…
Martin Rizzo-Martinez & Daniel Stonebloom(2022-05-13). Challenging Colonialism s01e04 Indian Boarding Schools: Colonialism through Education.indybay.orgThis episode of Challenging Colonialism examines the history of the Indian Boarding Schools that impacted thousands of Indigenous Californian children, specifically focusing on Sherman Indian High School in Riverside, Stewart Indian School in Reno, and Saint Boniface Indian School in Banning. Duration: 1 hr 1 min 30 sec…
____(2022-05-13). Workers beat heat with giant ice blocks in India.ecns.cnA worker loads large ice blocks in a truck at a factory during a hot summer day in New Delhi, India, May 12, 2022. India experienced a devastating heat wave, with temperatures reaching as high as 44 degrees Celsius.
IMEMC News(2022-05-13). Army Injures Several Palestinians, Abducts One, And Detonates A home In Jenin.imemc.orgThe Israeli army withdrew from Jenin in the northern West Bank after detonating a Palestinian home, leading to protests and exchanges of fire with Palestinian resistance fighters. Many army vehicles invaded Jenin at dawn before surrounding a home for the local Dab'ey family. The army attempted to abduct Mahmoud Dab'ey, but he wasn't there, so …
IMEMC News(2022-05-13). Soldiers Shoot A Palestinian Near Ramallah.imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, Friday morning, a young Palestinian man near a military roadblock behind Beit El illegal colony and security center, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, allegedly after he hurled stones at a car of a colonizer. The army claimed the man hurled one stone at the car and tried to …
____(2022-05-13). Fluctuations observed in wind, solar resources.ecns.cnChina's wind and solar resources fluctuated mildly last year, with wind resources slightly above the previous 10-year average and solar slightly below, according to the national meteorological administration.
____(2022-05-13). China refutes rumors of passport suspension.ecns.cnThe distorted report by some media that China has stopped issuing passports and cut off a corner of the "green card" to prevent holders from leaving the country is an attempt to discredit its policy on exit and entry, said a spokesperson for China's National Immigration Administration .
Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem(2022-05-13). Iran Oil Show 2022 inaugurated in Tehran.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 13 (MNA) — The 26th International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition of Iran (Iran Oil Show 2022) was opened at Tehran on Friday in the presence of Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji and senior managers of the oil industry.
____(2022-05-13). Wage suppression: The international strategy of finance capital.wsws.orgThe eruption of the wages issue in the Australian election campaign is part of an international process as central banks, the representatives of finance capital, demand that wage increases be forcibly suppressed through the lifting of interest rates, inducing a recession if that proves necessary.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-13). 5-05-2022 Media Only News Briefing: Hepatitis in children: What parents need to know.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgA sudden increase in the number of children experiencing severe hepatitis has caught the attention of national health experts. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued an alert to healthcare providers about pediatric patients suffering from significant liver injury who also tested positive for adenovirus. What are the symptoms? What can cause hepatitis? And when should parents be concerned? Two Mayo Clinic experts, Dr. Sara Hassan, a pediatric transplant hepatologist with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center and Dr….
Animal Liberation Press Office(2022-05-13). Now For Some Good News: Animal Abusers Feeling the Heat.indybay.orgBelow are some selected news stories from the last 16 months; no claims by activists for any of these fires have been received as of yet by the North American Animal Liberation Press Office.
Birgit Naujeck, Roland Rottenfusser(2022-05-13). The modeling of the human and Final victory of materialism.indybay.orgBirgit Naujeck, born in 1963, did not grow up in the GDR (east Germany), but was socialized by it. .. From her opposition to technocracy, she clearly opposes 5G, transhumanism, any eugenics, and the disembodiment of our language, which leads to the rewriting of history and gender. The Final victory of materialism coincides with its implosion!
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-13). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: What parents should know about the new hepatitis outbreak in children.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgAt least 20 countries and 10 U.S. states have identified unusual hepatitis cases in children. Experts advise that cases are extremely rare, with just under 300 children affected worldwide. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. It is most commonly caused by a viral infection, although there are other potential causes. A common adenovirus is being investigated as a potential cause for this hepatitis outbreak. Adenoviruses are a group of viruses that typically cause respiratory and…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-13). Tips on preventing falls at home.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgEach year, millions of people are treated in emergency departments across the country for fall injuries. In fact, falling accounts for the most trauma center visits in all ages. A fall can put you at risk of serious injury and can be a sign of another health issue. There are some simple tips to prevent falls, especially in your home. Watch: Tips on preventing falls at home youtu.be/LU5yEEWc5zc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 39) is in…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-13). What may be behind the unexplained cases of hepatitis in kids.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgSeveral countries, including the U.S., have identified or are investigating unexplained hepatitis cases in children. While the reported cases are appearing in clusters, they remain rare. About 200 children are affected worldwide."What we're hearing from the places that are reporting these cases is that there are some children — usually previously healthy kids without underlying medical conditions — who have been admitted to hospital with severe hepatitis or severe inflammation of their liver," says Dr….
Berry Craig(2022-05-12). What could go wrong if railroads eliminate conductors?peoplesworld.org Imagine the public outcry if airline companies eliminated co-pilots as a first step toward a long-term goal of flying planes by remote control. What could go wrong, right? Well, railroad companies really do want to get rid of conductors, in effect, co-pilots, in freight trains. If the rail industry has its way, only the engineer, …
Our Reporter(2022-05-12). Private school teachers to access covid 19 cash bailout.plusnews.ug After moving in circles of confusion for over two years, private school teachers can now access the long-awaited COVID-19 cash bailout from the government. In one of his national addresses on COVID-19 in July 2020, President Yoweri Museveni promised to provide a revolving fund worth Shillings 20 billion for private school teachers to set up …
IMEMC News(2022-05-11). Updated: Israeli Soldiers Kill Veteran Palestinian Journalist, Injure Another, In Jenin.imemc.org Israeli soldiers killed, Wednesday dawn, a prominent Palestinian journalist, Al-Jazeera TV correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, and injured another journalist after targeting them with sniper fire when many journalists gathered to cover an invasion of Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. Update: Dozens of soldiers and police officers invaded the home of the …
Staff(2022-05-11). Abu Akle assassination draws intl. condemnation.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — The martyrdom of Aljazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh by the Israeli regime forces in Jenin in the West Bank has drawn widespread condemnation internationally.
Anonymous103(2022-05-11). Ukraine Disrupts Gas Transit From Russia. Europe Pays.southfront.org | On May 10, Ukraine notified Gazprom that it would stop receiving gas for transit through its Sohranovka gas-measuring station from 7 a.m. Moscow time on May 11. This event caused high-profile comments and also jeopardized the transportation of Russian gas. | Representatives of the UGTS (Ukrainian gas transport system operator) said that Ukraine will stop the transit of natural gas from Russia to Europe through the Sohranivka station in the Luhansk Region on the morning of 11 Ma…
Editor(2022-05-11). I led talks on Donbas and Crimea in the 90s. Here's How the War Should End.scheerpost.com A Soviet monument to friendship between Ukraine and Russia during its demolition amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine in central Kyiv, Ukraine. April 26, 2022 (Editorial credit: home for heroes / Shutterstock.com) | By John Quigley / As the war in Ukraine continues to take thousands of lives, distressingly little attention is being devoted to bringing it to an end. | Negotiations are stalled, and other governments are not pushing for a resumption. At s…
____(2022-05-11). Ukraine war facilitates Turkish trans-Caspian transport routes — Kazakh president.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comTrend News AgencyMay 11, 2022 Role of Trans-Caspian International Transport Route notably increases — Kazakh president Role of Trans-Caspian International Transport Route has notably increased due to the changing geopolitical situation, Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said at the Kazakh-Turkish business forum in Ankara on May 11…. According to Tokayev, after connection of the Kuryk seaport …
| Where will the Russian 'special operation' in Eastern Ukraine go next after the complete liberation of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of the Donbass | Well if I was in charge, the next step after fully liberating Mariupol from the Azov fascists and right-wing nationalist Ukraine army units with their paid mercenary assets would be taking them straight to jail and making a televised appearance before organizing an official war crime pane…
JANET(2022-05-11). What Victory Day means in Madrid.iacenter.orgBy àÅngeles Maestro May 9, 2022 Madrid We publish the article below about a demonstration in Madrid as part of celebrating the anniversary of the May 9, 1945, victory of the Soviet Union against Nazi-ruled Germany, marked by Germany's unconditional surrender. Clarifying the history of World War II is always important for the working class, because the role of the world's first socialist state was essential in victory over Nazi domination. It is even more important now because of the conflict provoked by the major imperialist powers, the U.S. at their head, against Russia. Anyone who reads history or even hi…
IMEMC News(2022-05-11). Army Demolishes A Palestinian Home In Beit Hanina.imemc.org On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home in Beit Hanina town, north of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The soldiers invaded the al-Ashqariyya neighborhood in Beit Hanina before surrounding and invading a home owned by Atwan Salayma. The army then demolished the two hundred square/meter home that provided shelter for eight family members …
IMEMC News(2022-05-11). Israeli Soldiers Injure A Palestinian Near Jerusalem.imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, Wednesday evening, a young Palestinian man in Biddu town, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded the town, leading to protests before the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades. Medical sources said the soldiers shot a young man with a rubber-coated steel bullet …
IMEMC News(2022-05-11). Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Teen Near Ramallah.imemc.org Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian teenage boy on Wednesday and injured another in the al-Biereh city, near Ramallah in the central West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers fatally shot Tha'er Khalil a-Yazouri, 16, in Jabal at-Tawil area in the al-Biereh city. It stated that the child, a student of the al-Hashimiyya School …
IMEMC News(2022-05-11). Updated: Soldiers Abduct Nine Palestinians In West Bank.imemc.org On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers abducted nine Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Israeli colonizers also attacked Palestinians near Hebron. Several army jeeps invaded Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched homes, and abducted Abdul-Qader Hammad, Mohammad Qaher Hammad, and former political prisoner Tareq Ziad Hamed.
Khubaka, Michael Harris(2022-05-11). 2022 World Trade Month – Expanding California African Global Trade.indybay.orgSince 1938, the United States has recognized May as World Trade Month and used it as an opportunity to celebrate the importance of international trade to the U.S. economy. 2022 Africa Unity Week is helping organize and promote The World Conference of Mayors and Black Towns and Historic Settlements Alliance in California as we build global unity. Together, we must build greater awareness and highlight the role of international business and trade in our communities.
Brenda Norrell(2022-05-11). Attorneys Organization Files in Support of Standing Rock Water Protectors in Federal Court.indybay.orgThe National Police Accountability Project, composed of attorneys nationwide, has filed in federal appeals court in support of Standing Rock Water Protectors. The attorneys told the court that the force used against Water Protectors was "unreasonably excessive," and violated their Fourth Amendment right, which protects people from unreasonable search and seizure by the government.
____(2022-05-11). China has provided over 2.2 billion COVID vaccine doses to world.ecns.cnChina has provided more than 2.2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine to over 120 countries and international organizations by Wednesday, most of which are developing countries, new official data showed.
____(2022-05-11). China's canola seed strain sets yield record.ecns.cnA canola seed strain developed by China achieved a yield of 419.95 kilograms per mu (about 0.07 hectares) in Xiangyang City, Central China's Hubei Province, setting a national record.
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-11). Paris Gets Kicked Out of French Africa.libya360.wordpress.comVladimir Danilov Mali's government spokesman Colonel Abdoulaye MaàØga, who was the country's prime minister in 2017, announced in a televised address that the African country was tearing up defense agreements with France. Although Paris has called the decision "unjustified", France is nevertheless continuing to withdraw its military from Mali, following the Malian government's earlier call for…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-11). "Stay Safe": The Whole World Is in Harms' Way.libya360.wordpress.comJim "Fergie" Chambers This house, a small homestead for a family of 6, in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, was hit with a Ukrainian rocket last week. Shells continued to land nearby as we spoke with this family yesterday, as they have very day for 8 years In short, those of us who have any…
Ann Brown(2022-05-11). Former Star Michigan State Basketball Player Adreian Payne Murdered In Orlando, Florida.moguldom.comNational Basketball Association first-round pick Adreian Payne, a four-year standout with the Michigan State University Spartans basketball team, was shot and killed on May 9 while trying to mediate a domestic dispute. He was 31. Lawrence Dority was arrested on a warrant for first degree murder in connection to the shooting of Payne, according to authorities …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-11). 5-05-2022 Media Only News Briefing: Hepatitis in children: What parents need to know.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgA sudden increase in the number of children experiencing severe hepatitis has caught the attention of national health experts. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued an alert to healthcare providers about pediatric patients suffering from significant liver injury who also tested positive for adenovirus. What are the symptoms? What can cause hepatitis? And when should parents be concerned? Two Mayo Clinic experts, Dr. Sara Hassan, a pediatric transplant hepatologist with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center and Dr….
Peter Koenig(2022-05-11). China: Seeking Peace and Promoting Development.dissidentvoice.orgThis was my presentation at a Chongyang Institute's organized international webinar on 6 May 2022 on the topic of "Seeking Peace and Promoting Development". The Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies is a think tank attached to the Renmin University of Beijing. ***** In today's world of regional conflicts, technological upgrading, epidemic stalemate and system reform, …
Peter Koenig(2022-05-11). China: Seeking Peace and Promoting Development.dissidentvoice.orgThis was my presentation at a Chongyang Institute's organized international webinar on 6 May 2022 on the topic of "Seeking Peace and Promoting Development". The Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies is a think tank attached to the Renmin University of Beijing. ***** In today's world of regional conflicts, technological upgrading, epidemic stalemate and system reform, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-11). Consumer Health: Do you know the warning signs of stroke?newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgMay is National Stroke Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the warning signs of stroke and the need for prompt treatment. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and a major cause of serious disability for adults. More than 795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Stroke risk increases with age, especially after 55, but strokes…
Berkeley Style(2022-05-11). Protesters Provide the Punch at Bay Area Book Fest.indybay.orgThe Bay Area Book Festival was back after a hiatus caused by covid concerns. Many people masked up for that extra layer of protection at the event held all outdoors under decorated open air tents. Demonstrators for abortion rights and reproductive justice say they knew just what the festival needed to enliven things.
Variant(2022-05-11). SafeGraph: Data Mining and Surveillance of Reproductive Health.indybay.orgThe high-tech tools of America's Fascist movement are developed in the Bay Area. Data brokerage company SafeGraph has been tracking the geo-location data of cellphones belonging to persons who work in reproductive health, as well as their patients. The CEO of SafeGraph is a UC Berkeley graduate, and their company was headquartered in SF, before moving to Denver in 2020.
PPWTBABF(2022-05-11). Berkeley Rages as Reproductive Rights Under Attack.indybay.org"Back alley abortions" was a term used to describe illegal abortion before the passage of Roe v. Wade in 1973. Demonstrators on May 8 carried a variety of placards including some that said "Books not Back Alleys". | Stills and 1 min video by Lis Cox.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-11). Ask the Mayo Mom: How and why endoscopy is used in children.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgEndoscopy is a nonsurgical procedure used to visually examine the digestive system with a tiny camera on the end of a long, flexible tube. An upper endoscopy examines the stomach, esophagus and small intestines. A colonoscopy, which is another type of endoscopy, is used to examine the rectum, large intestine and colon. In children, endoscopy can be used to look for causes of unexplained abdominal pain, to diagnose swallowing disorders or to identify conditions including…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-11). Could leg pain be due to varicose veins?newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgLA CROSSE, Wis. ‚Äï Patients experiencing an achy, heavy feeling or a burning sensation in their legs may be feeling the symptoms of varicose veins. These twisted, enlarged veins often develop as people age, but they also can begin when people are younger. Any vein that is close to the skin's surface — called a superficial vein — can become a varicose vein. "For most people, varicose veins simply are a cosmetic concern," says Christopher…
Jason Ditz(2022-05-11). Israel Fires Missile at Syrian Border Area.news.antiwar.comReports Wednesday morning emerged that Israel fired missiles at the Quneitra border area of Syria. Details are still coming in, along with some video on social media of the strikes. Israel, as with most of its attacks, did not comment or explain. | While the strikes hit in Quneitra very close to the border, it still isn't entirely clear what, if anything, was hit. Past strikes in the area targeted observation posts belonging to the Syrian military or to militi…
Jason Ditz(2022-05-11). Israel Fires Missile at Syrian Border Area.news.antiwar.comReports Wednesday morning emerged that Israel fired missiles at the Quneitra border area of Syria. Details are still coming in, along with some video on social media of the strikes. Israel, as with most of its attacks, did not comment or explain. | While the strikes hit in Quneitra very close to the border, it still isn't entirely clear what, if anything, was hit. Past strikes in the area targeted observation posts belonging to the Syrian military or to militi…
IMEMC News(2022-05-11). Updated: Israeli Soldiers Kill Veteran Palestinian Journalist, Injure Another, In Jenin.imemc.org Israeli soldiers killed, Wednesday dawn, a prominent Palestinian journalist, Al-Jazeera TV correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, and injured another journalist after targeting them with sniper fire when many journalists gathered to cover an invasion of Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. Update: Dozens of soldiers and police officers invaded the home of the …
Staff(2022-05-11). Abu Akle assassination draws intl. condemnation.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — The martyrdom of Aljazeera correspondent Shireen Abu Akleh by the Israeli regime forces in Jenin in the West Bank has drawn widespread condemnation internationally.
Anonymous103(2022-05-11). Ukraine Disrupts Gas Transit From Russia. Europe Pays.southfront.org | On May 10, Ukraine notified Gazprom that it would stop receiving gas for transit through its Sohranovka gas-measuring station from 7 a.m. Moscow time on May 11. This event caused high-profile comments and also jeopardized the transportation of Russian gas. | Representatives of the UGTS (Ukrainian gas transport system operator) said that Ukraine will stop the transit of natural gas from Russia to Europe through the Sohranivka station in the Luhansk Region on the morning of 11 Ma…
Editor(2022-05-11). I led talks on Donbas and Crimea in the 90s. Here's How the War Should End.scheerpost.com A Soviet monument to friendship between Ukraine and Russia during its demolition amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine in central Kyiv, Ukraine. April 26, 2022 (Editorial credit: home for heroes / Shutterstock.com) | By John Quigley / As the war in Ukraine continues to take thousands of lives, distressingly little attention is being devoted to bringing it to an end. | Negotiations are stalled, and other governments are not pushing for a resumption. At s…
| Where will the Russian 'special operation' in Eastern Ukraine go next after the complete liberation of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions of the Donbass | Well if I was in charge, the next step after fully liberating Mariupol from the Azov fascists and right-wing nationalist Ukraine army units with their paid mercenary assets would be taking them straight to jail and making a televised appearance before organizing an official war crime pane…
IMEMC News(2022-05-11). Army Demolishes A Palestinian Home In Beit Hanina.imemc.org On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers demolished a Palestinian home in Beit Hanina town, north of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The soldiers invaded the al-Ashqariyya neighborhood in Beit Hanina before surrounding and invading a home owned by Atwan Salayma. The army then demolished the two hundred square/meter home that provided shelter for eight family members …
IMEMC News(2022-05-11). Israeli Soldiers Injure A Palestinian Near Jerusalem.imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, Wednesday evening, a young Palestinian man in Biddu town, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded the town, leading to protests before the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades. Medical sources said the soldiers shot a young man with a rubber-coated steel bullet …
IMEMC News(2022-05-11). Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Teen Near Ramallah.imemc.org Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian teenage boy on Wednesday and injured another in the al-Biereh city, near Ramallah in the central West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers fatally shot Tha'er Khalil a-Yazouri, 16, in Jabal at-Tawil area in the al-Biereh city. It stated that the child, a student of the al-Hashimiyya School …
IMEMC News(2022-05-11). Updated: Soldiers Abduct Nine Palestinians In West Bank.imemc.org On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers abducted nine Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Israeli colonizers also attacked Palestinians near Hebron. Several army jeeps invaded Silwad town, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched homes, and abducted Abdul-Qader Hammad, Mohammad Qaher Hammad, and former political prisoner Tareq Ziad Hamed.
Khubaka, Michael Harris(2022-05-11). 2022 World Trade Month – Expanding California African Global Trade.indybay.orgSince 1938, the United States has recognized May as World Trade Month and used it as an opportunity to celebrate the importance of international trade to the U.S. economy. 2022 Africa Unity Week is helping organize and promote The World Conference of Mayors and Black Towns and Historic Settlements Alliance in California as we build global unity. Together, we must build greater awareness and highlight the role of international business and trade in our communities.
Brenda Norrell(2022-05-11). Attorneys Organization Files in Support of Standing Rock Water Protectors in Federal Court.indybay.orgThe National Police Accountability Project, composed of attorneys nationwide, has filed in federal appeals court in support of Standing Rock Water Protectors. The attorneys told the court that the force used against Water Protectors was "unreasonably excessive," and violated their Fourth Amendment right, which protects people from unreasonable search and seizure by the government.
____(2022-05-11). China has provided over 2.2 billion COVID vaccine doses to world.ecns.cnChina has provided more than 2.2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine to over 120 countries and international organizations by Wednesday, most of which are developing countries, new official data showed.
____(2022-05-11). China's canola seed strain sets yield record.ecns.cnA canola seed strain developed by China achieved a yield of 419.95 kilograms per mu (about 0.07 hectares) in Xiangyang City, Central China's Hubei Province, setting a national record.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-11). 5-05-2022 Media Only News Briefing: Hepatitis in children: What parents need to know.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgA sudden increase in the number of children experiencing severe hepatitis has caught the attention of national health experts. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently issued an alert to healthcare providers about pediatric patients suffering from significant liver injury who also tested positive for adenovirus. What are the symptoms? What can cause hepatitis? And when should parents be concerned? Two Mayo Clinic experts, Dr. Sara Hassan, a pediatric transplant hepatologist with the Mayo Clinic Children's Center and Dr….
Peter Koenig(2022-05-11). China: Seeking Peace and Promoting Development.dissidentvoice.orgThis was my presentation at a Chongyang Institute's organized international webinar on 6 May 2022 on the topic of "Seeking Peace and Promoting Development". The Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies is a think tank attached to the Renmin University of Beijing. ***** In today's world of regional conflicts, technological upgrading, epidemic stalemate and system reform, …
Peter Koenig(2022-05-11). China: Seeking Peace and Promoting Development.dissidentvoice.orgThis was my presentation at a Chongyang Institute's organized international webinar on 6 May 2022 on the topic of "Seeking Peace and Promoting Development". The Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies is a think tank attached to the Renmin University of Beijing. ***** In today's world of regional conflicts, technological upgrading, epidemic stalemate and system reform, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-11). Consumer Health: Do you know the warning signs of stroke?newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgMay is National Stroke Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the warning signs of stroke and the need for prompt treatment. Stroke is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and a major cause of serious disability for adults. More than 795,000 people in the U.S. have a stroke each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Stroke risk increases with age, especially after 55, but strokes…
Berkeley Style(2022-05-11). Protesters Provide the Punch at Bay Area Book Fest.indybay.orgThe Bay Area Book Festival was back after a hiatus caused by covid concerns. Many people masked up for that extra layer of protection at the event held all outdoors under decorated open air tents. Demonstrators for abortion rights and reproductive justice say they knew just what the festival needed to enliven things.
Variant(2022-05-11). SafeGraph: Data Mining and Surveillance of Reproductive Health.indybay.orgThe high-tech tools of America's Fascist movement are developed in the Bay Area. Data brokerage company SafeGraph has been tracking the geo-location data of cellphones belonging to persons who work in reproductive health, as well as their patients. The CEO of SafeGraph is a UC Berkeley graduate, and their company was headquartered in SF, before moving to Denver in 2020.
PPWTBABF(2022-05-11). Berkeley Rages as Reproductive Rights Under Attack.indybay.org"Back alley abortions" was a term used to describe illegal abortion before the passage of Roe v. Wade in 1973. Demonstrators on May 8 carried a variety of placards including some that said "Books not Back Alleys". | Stills and 1 min video by Lis Cox.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-11). Ask the Mayo Mom: How and why endoscopy is used in children.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgEndoscopy is a nonsurgical procedure used to visually examine the digestive system with a tiny camera on the end of a long, flexible tube. An upper endoscopy examines the stomach, esophagus and small intestines. A colonoscopy, which is another type of endoscopy, is used to examine the rectum, large intestine and colon. In children, endoscopy can be used to look for causes of unexplained abdominal pain, to diagnose swallowing disorders or to identify conditions including…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-11). Could leg pain be due to varicose veins?newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgLA CROSSE, Wis. ‚Äï Patients experiencing an achy, heavy feeling or a burning sensation in their legs may be feeling the symptoms of varicose veins. These twisted, enlarged veins often develop as people age, but they also can begin when people are younger. Any vein that is close to the skin's surface — called a superficial vein — can become a varicose vein. "For most people, varicose veins simply are a cosmetic concern," says Christopher…
Jason Ditz(2022-05-11). Israel Fires Missile at Syrian Border Area.news.antiwar.comReports Wednesday morning emerged that Israel fired missiles at the Quneitra border area of Syria. Details are still coming in, along with some video on social media of the strikes. Israel, as with most of its attacks, did not comment or explain. | While the strikes hit in Quneitra very close to the border, it still isn't entirely clear what, if anything, was hit. Past strikes in the area targeted observation posts belonging to the Syrian military or to militi…
Jason Ditz(2022-05-11). Israel Fires Missile at Syrian Border Area.news.antiwar.comReports Wednesday morning emerged that Israel fired missiles at the Quneitra border area of Syria. Details are still coming in, along with some video on social media of the strikes. Israel, as with most of its attacks, did not comment or explain. | While the strikes hit in Quneitra very close to the border, it still isn't entirely clear what, if anything, was hit. Past strikes in the area targeted observation posts belonging to the Syrian military or to militi…
Marzieh Rahmani(2022-05-11). Leader's meeting with Iranian teachers kicks off.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — The Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei received a group of teachers and Education Ministry officials today in Tehran.
Marzieh Rahmani(2022-05-11). Lebanon's Amal, Hezbollah warn Zionist regime (+VIDEO).en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) — Releasing separate videos on Wednesday, the Lebanese Resistance movements of Hezbollah and Amal warned the Zionist regime of any committing the slightest mistake and stupidity.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-11). Mayo Clinic Minute: How to manage hay fever allergy symptoms.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgDon't be alarmed if you are experiencing seasonal allergies for the first time. While hay fever — also known as allergic rhinitis — often begins in childhood, more adults are being diagnosed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Jay-Sheree Allen, a Mayo Clinic family medicine physician, says seasonal allergies can make you feel miserable. It's your body's way of fighting off a perceived threat.Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zfs6wlIEO4 Journalists: Broadcast-quality…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-11). Mayo Clinic Minute: Left ventricular failure — the silent condition that could be fatal.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgLeft ventricular dysfunction is the medical name for a weak heart pump. It's a condition that impacts about 9% of people over the age of 60, which is around 7 million Americans. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Paul Friedman, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist, explains what the condition is and how it can be diagnosed and treated. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/tsKQ4NOUA0o Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 10) is in the downloads at the end of…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-11). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Just a little tug can cause nursemaid's elbow.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgDEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have a 2-year-old daughter who loves to swing in between my husband and me as we walk. But a friend told me that wasn't safe because she could develop nursemaid's elbow. Can you explain the condition? ANSWER: Sometimes all it takes to cause nursemaid's elbow is a little tug, such as when you're helping toddlers down a step, pulling them back from a dangerous situation or playing by swinging them by their arms…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-11). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: What parents should know about the new hepatitis outbreak in children.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgAt least 20 countries and 10 U.S. states have identified unusual hepatitis cases in children. Experts advise that cases are extremely rare, with just under 300 children affected worldwide. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. It is most commonly caused by a viral infection, although there are other potential causes. A common adenovirus is being investigated as a potential cause for this hepatitis outbreak. Adenoviruses are a group of viruses that typically cause respiratory and…
Anonymous Contributor(2022-05-11). Memorial Organized for Mario Gonzalez, Killed by Police in Alameda, California.itsgoingdown.orgReport on community memorial marking the one year anniversary of the police murder of Mario Gonzalez, in the bay area of California. On April 19th, 2022, a memorial was held for the one year anniversary of the tragic murder of Mario Gonzalez by Alameda Police. Coming just a week after the DA decided not to…
Paul Haeder(2022-05-11). Reality Privileged: Orwell/Huxley/McLuhan on Steroids.dissidentvoice.org You can go through life with a thousand epigrams or deep quotes that you might come back to over two, four, six decades. Then, the disrupters pop up, those techno fascists, the tinkers and culture blasters. These sociopaths who get the limelight then become part of a new set of epigrams, but not grand ones, …
Paul Haeder(2022-05-11). Reality Privileged: Orwell/Huxley/McLuhan on Steroids.dissidentvoice.org You can go through life with a thousand epigrams or deep quotes that you might come back to over two, four, six decades. Then, the disrupters pop up, those techno fascists, the tinkers and culture blasters. These sociopaths who get the limelight then become part of a new set of epigrams, but not grand ones, …
Anonymous587(2022-05-10). Foreign Mercenaries In Ukraine. Kiev's Road To Abyss.southfront.org Foreign mercenaries in Ukraine | According to reports received from the official media, as well as from those involved in the conflict in Ukraine from the allied forces of Russia and the LPRR, there is a trend of widespread use of foreign mercenaries on the side of the AFU. | On February 27, 2022, the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine was founded by order of President Vladimir Zelensky. It consisted of mercenaries from both NATO and post-Soviet countries, such as Georgia and Belarus. | There…
____(2022-05-10). Indian workers and students speak out on NATO-Russia war.wsws.orgSupporters of the ICFI in India spoke to workers and youth about the need to build an anti-war movement of the working class based on socialist internationalism amid the proxy war waged by the US and its NATO allies against Russia.
Zahra Mirzafarjouyan(2022-05-10). Esteghlal vs Shahr Khodro in Matchday 26 of IPL.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) — Esteghlal edged past Shahr Khodro 1-0 in Matchday 26 of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Monday in Tehran's Azadi Stadium thanks to Arman Ramezani's goal in the 88th minute.
Ed Rampell(2022-05-10). 'Pacific Cinewaves': South Seas cinema at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES — Since 1898, when a Thomas Edison camera crew on location in Honolulu shot the first footage ever filmed in the Pacific Islands, the South Seas Cinema movie genre has been dominated by Haole (Caucasians) male filmmakers lensing productions primarily for the consumption of Haole audiences in order to make money. These motion …
Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam(2022-05-10). Tanzania President Suluhu Hassan arrives in Uganda for two-day state visit.plusnews.ug Tanzania's President, Samia Suluhu Hassan has arrived in Uganda on the invitation of President Yoweri Museveni to undertake a two-day State visit to Uganda. At the Entebbe International Airport, President Suluhu was received by a team of senior government officials led by third Deputy Prime Minister, Rukia Nakadama and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs …
Khubaka, Michael Harris(2022-05-10). 2022 World Trade Month – Expanding California African Global Trade.indybay.orgSince 1938, the United States has recognized May as World Trade Month and used it as an opportunity to celebrate the importance of international trade to the U.S. economy. 2022 Africa Unity Week is helping organize and promote The World Conference of Mayors and Black Towns and Historic Settlements Alliance in California as we build global unity. Together, we must build greater awareness and highlight the role of international business and trade in our communities.
Brenda Norrell(2022-05-10). Attorneys Organization Files in Support of Standing Rock Water Protectors in Federal Court.indybay.orgThe National Police Accountability Project, composed of attorneys nationwide, has filed in federal appeals court in support of Standing Rock Water Protectors. The attorneys told the court that the force used against Water Protectors was "unreasonably excessive," and violated their Fourth Amendment right, which protects people from unreasonable search and seizure by the government.
____(2022-05-10). 12,000 seed varieties return to Earth after space trip.ecns.cnAbout 12,000 seeds carried by the Shenzhou XIII manned spaceship have returned to Earth after being bred in space, and will be cultivated into greater varieties to supplement new germ plasm resources and ensure national food security, experts said.
Fight Back(2022-05-10). Milwaukee: Defend Roe v. Wade protest mobilizes 1000-plus.fightbacknews.orgMilwaukee, WI — On May 7, the Milwaukee International Women's Day Coalition hosted an action to support reproductive rights and defend Roe v. Wade from the attack by the Supreme Court. | Over 1000 people turned out for the rally and march. The action started at Planned Parenthood and ended at the Milwaukee Federal Court building where Ron Johnson's office is located. Johnson is an anti-choice U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. | Decorah Gordon, a member of the executive board of the Milwaukee Area Labor Council and the A. Philip Randolph Institute, spoke at the start of the rally. "Our human rights are no longer…
Staff(2022-05-10). Army evacuates former Sri Lankan PM from besieged residence.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 10 (MNA) — Heavily armed troops have evacuated outgoing Sri Lankan Prime Minister from his official residence in Colombo after thousands of protesters breached the main gate in the worst violence in weeks of protests over economic crisis.
____(2022-05-10). Sri Lankan workers defy curfew, government-organised violence.wsws.orgHundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Sri Lanka yesterday to express their opposition to the attack by government-organised thugs on anti-government protesters encamped in central Colombo for the past month.
____(2022-05-09). Oppose US and Australian threats to Solomon Islands!wsws.orgWith the assistance of its Australian partners, the US ruling class is intent on retaining the domination over the Pacific that it established after defeating Japan in World War II.
Peoples Dispatch(2022-05-09). Afghan activists raise concern over burqa edict, call it gender apartheid.peoplesdispatch.orgWhile in the past the Taliban maintained that women would be accorded their rights, in work, education and society at large, the latest decision to enforce a dress code in public and allow them to leave their homes only in cases of necessity has raised alarms internationally…
____(2022-05-09). Remembering Pleasant and Other Memories.transcend.org9 May 2022 – On a hot sticky summer afternoon of Delhi, I opened my steel almirah (wardrobe) and started looking at papers and other items — an old radio no longer working, old clothes, newspapers, photographs, expired passports, and tickets to several destinations–France, Belgium, Netherlands, Paris, Amsterdam, Porto, and others.
Editor(2022-05-09). Hedges: Jesus, Endless War, and the Rise of American Fascism.scheerpost.com Mr. Fish — "With this Ring" | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | The Democratic Party — which had 50 years to write Roe v Wade into law with Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama in full control of the White House and Congress at the inception of their presidencies — is banking its electoral strategy around the expected Supreme Court decision to lift the judicial prohibition on the ability of states to enact laws restricting or banning abortions. | I doubt it will work. | The Democratic Party's hypocrisy and duplicity is the fertilizer for Christian fascism. Its exclusive focus…
Editor(2022-05-09). Activists defy bans on abortion pills.mronline.org The right wing has passed hundreds of unjust laws to stamp out abortion, but it will not succeed. Women, others in need of abortion services and their allies will fight to stop it. This is the message of the tens of thousands taking to the streets since a media leak revealed the Supreme Court plans to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Editor(2022-05-09). Mariupol — Ukrainian soldiers surrounded in Azovstal reveal their faces as terrorists and hostage-takers.mronline.org After shelling the new firing positions that Ukrainian soldiers had set up in Azovstal during the evacuation of civilians held in the factory, the Russian army organized a new ceasefire and new humanitarian corridors over three days to continue the evacuation. But instead of letting out the civilians still in the Azovstal basement, the Ukrainian soldiers revealed their true face as terrorists and hostage-takers.
James K. Galbraith(2022-05-09). The dollar system in a multi-polar world.mronline.org The multipolar financial world is here. The United States can survive it—but only with major political and economic changes at home. It's time to start thinking about what those need to be.
JANET(2022-05-09). DESPITE REPEATED FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH BINDING DECISIONS OF THE ECOWAS COURT OF JUSTICE, CAPE VERDE HAS BEEN DEEMED FIT TO HOST THE COURT'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE.iacenter.orgBy a human rights lawyer, Dan Kovalik, in regards to the forthcoming ECOWAS Conference being held in Cape Verde 9-12 May The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) can best be described as "a West African version of the EU. "Unlike the European Union, however, the level of integration remains limited, mired in regional and bilateral disagreements, but progress is being made. ECOWAS is headquartered in the Nigerian capital of Abuja and Nigeria is by far the largest financial contributor to grouping. One notable, perhaps even surprising, area in which there has been significant progress towards integrat…
Faraz Mughal, M Isabela Troya, Lisa Dikomitis, Stephanie Tierney, Nadia Corp, Nicola Evans, Ellen Townsend, Carolyn A Chew-Graham(2022-05-09). [Review] The experiences and needs of supporting individuals of young people who self-harm: A systematic review and thematic synthesis.thelancet.comSelf-harm in young people is a serious international health concern that impacts on those providing informal support: the supporting individuals of young people. We aimed to highlight the experiences, views, and needs of these supporting individuals of young people. We conducted a systematic review and thematic synthesis: PROSPERO CRD42020168527. MEDLINE, PsycINFO, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL, ASSIA, and Web of Science were searched from inception to 6 May 2020 with citation tracking of eligible studies done on 1 Oct 2021.
_____(2022-05-09). Single Payer Docs Now Want National Health Service.popularresistance.orgIn an article in The Nation magazine last week, doctors David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, Adam Gaffney, Don McCanne and John Geyman called for a National Health System in the United States. | "We have long advocated for single-payer national health insurance," the doctors wrote. "By eliminating private insurers and simplifying how providers are paid, single-payer would free up hundreds of billions of dollars now squandered annually on insurance-related bureaucracy. The savings would make it feasible to cover the uninsured and to eliminate the cost barriers that keep even insured patients from getting the…
Staff(2022-05-09). Cape Verde: Ulisses Correia Admits Kidnapping of Alex Saab was an Exchange for Cooperative Security.orinocotribune.comThe Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Ulisses Correia, admitted that the kidnapping and delivery of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was the product of a compromise between the African nation and the United States government. | Correia's response, after the Cape Verdean government's authorization to arbitrarily transfer Alex Saab to Miami, was due to the international commitments that are convenient for the small island nation, as indicated in a press release. | "We are a country with international commitments (sic)… We have to give something in return for our participation in cooperative security," the prime minister…
Staff(2022-05-09). Venezuela and Bolivia Sign New Bilateral Agreement.orinocotribune.comWith the signing of a joint declaration between the ministers of foreign affairs of both countries, the working agenda held by Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Félix Plasencia, with high authorities of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, was culminated. | This was reported by the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, through a post on his official Twitter account, after the working agenda that took place on May 5 and 6, in which the diplomat representing President Nicolás Maduro, met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Rogelio Mayta and the Bolivian president himself, Luis Arce. | "The foreign minister of Venezuela expre…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-09). Bonfires Mark 77th Anniversary of Zagreb's Liberation from Fascism.libya360.wordpress.comPeoples Dispatch As official EU marks Europe Day, anti-fascist networks in Croatia remember the liberation of Zagreb from Nazi-allied Usta≈°a rule Hundreds of people met near Freedom Bridge on the northern bank of the Sava river in Zagreb on May 7 to mark the 77th anniversary of the city's liberation from the Nazi-allied Usta≈°a regime. On…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-09). Why Does a Right Wing Government, Such as Bolsonaro's in Brazil, Support Vladimir Putin?libya360.wordpress.comYoselina Guevara The answer to this question seems to lie in one product: fertilizers. Siding with the United States and its allies against Russia would mean bringing Brazilian agribusiness to its knees, dependent on the tons of fertilizers provided by the Russian Federation, an industry of which it is the world's leading producer. Brazil competes…
Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem(2022-05-09). Iran aims to increase exports to Lebanon: official.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — The Director-General of Iranian Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives and Social Welfare for International Affairs said that his ministry is ready to expand and promote trade with Lebanon.
Marzieh Rahmani(2022-05-09). Red Cross must take step to lift sanctions of Syria, Yemen.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister's Senior Advisor for Special Political Affairs said that international organizations, especially the Red Cross, must take a step to lift sanctions against the war-torn people of Syria and Yemen.
____(2022-05-09). Azerbaijan opening Caspian to Western energy firms led to conquest of Karabakh: expert.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comTrend News AgencyMay 9, 2022 Heydar Aliyev laid foundation for making Azerbaijan one of world's most reliable oil, gas exporters — US expert Heydar Aliyev [Azerbaijani national leader] laid the foundation of making Azerbaijan one of the world's most reliable exporters of oil and gas, the US expert, CEO of Caspian Group Holdings Rob Sobhani …
____(2022-05-09). May Day 2022: Young people must turn to the working class and the fight for socialism!wsws.orgThis is the report delivered by Gregor Link to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. Link is a leading member in Germany of the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, the youth movement of the International Committee of the Fourth International and its affiliated Socialist Equality Parties.
____(2022-05-09). Why Nonalignment Is an Urgent Imperative for the Global South.transcend.org2 May 2022 – South Africa and other countries that have abstained from voting against Russia at the UNGA face intense international criticism. There is seldom any acknowledgment that nonalignment, in this case refusing to be aligned with the United States and its allies or with Russia, can be a principled position, as well as an astute tactical engagement with geopolitical realities.
____(2022-05-09). Park Youngjin: The most heartwarming thank you notes.ecns.cnColorful handwritten thank you notes folded in heart shapes with beautiful drawings of a dabai: medics wearing the white hazmat suit are the most heartwarming gifts Dr. Park Youngjin, a Korean national living in Shanghai, has received in recent times. These beautiful notes are residents' way of saying thank you to medical workers and are accompanied by beautiful smiles and words of gratitude.
____(2022-05-09). Giant panda mom spotted playing with baby in snow.ecns.cnImage captured on Jan. 25, 2022 by a real-time infrared camera shows a giant panda mom teaching her baby living skills in the forest of at the Wanglang area of the Giant Panda National Park, Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Marzieh Rahmani(2022-05-09). Seven Shirabad waterfalls in Golestan province.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — The Seven Shirabad waterfalls is a touristic site in the northern Iranian village of Shirabad, in Golestan province that has been registered on the National Heritage List.
____(2022-05-09). SEP Australia online meeting: "Vote 1 Socialist Equality Party"wsws.orgIn the party's final public meeting before the federal election, SEP candidates and party leaders will outline the socialist and revolutionary alternative to the right-wing, pro-business and militarist policies of Labor, the Liberal-Nationals and all the parliamentary parties.
____(2022-05-09). Oppose US and Australian threats to Solomon Islands!wsws.orgWith the assistance of its Australian partners, the US ruling class is intent on retaining the domination over the Pacific that it established after defeating Japan in World War II.
Faraz Mughal, M Isabela Troya, Lisa Dikomitis, Stephanie Tierney, Nadia Corp, Nicola Evans, Ellen Townsend, Carolyn A Chew-Graham(2022-05-09). [Review] The experiences and needs of supporting individuals of young people who self-harm: A systematic review and thematic synthesis.thelancet.comSelf-harm in young people is a serious international health concern that impacts on those providing informal support: the supporting individuals of young people. We aimed to highlight the experiences, views, and needs of these supporting individuals of young people. We conducted a systematic review and thematic synthesis: PROSPERO CRD42020168527. MEDLINE, PsycINFO, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL, ASSIA, and Web of Science were searched from inception to 6 May 2020 with citation tracking of eligible studies done on 1 Oct 2021.
Khubaka, Michael Harris(2022-05-09). 2022 World Trade Month – Expanding California African Global Trade.indybay.orgSince 1938, the United States has recognized May as World Trade Month and used it as an opportunity to celebrate the importance of international trade to the U.S. economy. 2022 Africa Unity Week is helping organize and promote The World Conference of Mayors and Black Towns and Historic Settlements Alliance in California as we build global unity. Together, we must build greater awareness and highlight the role of international business and trade in our communities.
Brenda Norrell(2022-05-09). Attorneys Organization Files in Support of Standing Rock Water Protectors in Federal Court.indybay.orgThe National Police Accountability Project, composed of attorneys nationwide, has filed in federal appeals court in support of Standing Rock Water Protectors. The attorneys told the court that the force used against Water Protectors was "unreasonably excessive," and violated their Fourth Amendment right, which protects people from unreasonable search and seizure by the government.
____(2022-05-09). Park Youngjin: The most heartwarming thank you notes.ecns.cnColorful handwritten thank you notes folded in heart shapes with beautiful drawings of a dabai: medics wearing the white hazmat suit are the most heartwarming gifts Dr. Park Youngjin, a Korean national living in Shanghai, has received in recent times. These beautiful notes are residents' way of saying thank you to medical workers and are accompanied by beautiful smiles and words of gratitude.
____(2022-05-09). Giant panda mom spotted playing with baby in snow.ecns.cnImage captured on Jan. 25, 2022 by a real-time infrared camera shows a giant panda mom teaching her baby living skills in the forest of at the Wanglang area of the Giant Panda National Park, Mianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Staff(2022-05-09). Cape Verde: Ulisses Correia Admits Kidnapping of Alex Saab was an Exchange for Cooperative Security.orinocotribune.comThe Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Ulisses Correia, admitted that the kidnapping and delivery of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was the product of a compromise between the African nation and the United States government. | Correia's response, after the Cape Verdean government's authorization to arbitrarily transfer Alex Saab to Miami, was due to the international commitments that are convenient for the small island nation, as indicated in a press release. | "We are a country with international commitments (sic)… We have to give something in return for our participation in cooperative security," the prime minister…
Staff(2022-05-09). Venezuela and Bolivia Sign New Bilateral Agreement.orinocotribune.comWith the signing of a joint declaration between the ministers of foreign affairs of both countries, the working agenda held by Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Félix Plasencia, with high authorities of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, was culminated. | This was reported by the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, through a post on his official Twitter account, after the working agenda that took place on May 5 and 6, in which the diplomat representing President Nicolás Maduro, met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Rogelio Mayta and the Bolivian president himself, Luis Arce. | "The foreign minister of Venezuela expre…
Marzieh Rahmani(2022-05-09). Seven Shirabad waterfalls in Golestan province.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — The Seven Shirabad waterfalls is a touristic site in the northern Iranian village of Shirabad, in Golestan province that has been registered on the National Heritage List.
____(2022-05-09). SEP Australia online meeting: "Vote 1 Socialist Equality Party"wsws.orgIn the party's final public meeting before the federal election, SEP candidates and party leaders will outline the socialist and revolutionary alternative to the right-wing, pro-business and militarist policies of Labor, the Liberal-Nationals and all the parliamentary parties.
Samir Amin(2022-05-08). Russia and the Ukraine crisis: The Eurasian Project in conflict with the triad imperialist policies.mronline.org We wanted to draw readers attention to this piece by Samir Amin, which was written at the time of the Maidan Coup in 2014. —Eds. 1. The current global stage is dominated by the attempt of historical centers of imperialism (the U.S., Western and Central Europe, Japan—hereafter called "the Triad") to maintain their exclusive control …
____(2022-05-08). Fact Sheet on the National Endowment for Democracy.ecns.cnThe United States has long used democracy as a tool and a weapon to undermine democracy in the name of democracy, to incite division and confrontation, and to meddle in other countries' internal affairs, causing catastrophic consequences.‚ÄÇ…
_____(2022-05-08). No To A New Monroe Doctrine In The Pacific.popularresistance.orgThe Anglo ruling classes have gone into a state of frenzy over a recently-signed security agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Solomon Islands. Various people who had barely heard of the Solomon Islands just a few weeks ago are now expressing grave concern that this small sovereign nation could be used as a pawn by an aggressive and expansionist China in its bid for world domination. | The deal itself appears to be entirely ordinary, allowing for China to "make ship visits to, carry out logistical replenishment in, and have stopover and transition in the Solomon Islands," in addition to provid…
Editor(2022-05-08). Michael Brenner on the High Risks of Cultivated Ignorance.scheerpost.com By Michael Brenner | Our political elites evidently have absorbed fully and deeply the proposition that "ignorance is bliss." The exhibits are too numerous to inventory. A singular current example with profound implication is the notion that Vladimir Putin is the quintessential brutal dictator — power mad, ruthless and with only a tenuous grip on reality. Indeed, it has become commonplace to equate him with Hitler — as done by such leading lights of America's stellar elites such as Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi — as well as 'opinion makers' galore. Even 203 noble Nobels lend their collecti…
Editor(2022-05-08). Rats from Hell: Notes from a Federal Weed Trial.scheerpost.com Marijuana is legal for recreational use in 18 states and legal for medical use in 37, a multibillion-dollar industry in states all over the political spectrum. | By Theodore Hamm / Original to ScheerPost | "Hey Chris, I thought they retired your ass," a lawyer joked to the veteran prosecutor as he wheeled a hand-truck stacked with boxes out of the courtroom on Friday afternoon, May 6. | Christopher Romano had just wrapped up the successful federal prosecution of Jonathan Wall for conspiring to deliver large quantities of weed from California to Maryland. This fall, voters in Maryland will decide whether to joi…
_____(2022-05-08). KC Tenants Announces Launch Of Citywide Tenant's Union.popularresistance.orgKansas City, Kansas – Pat Lucas received the notification last August: She would have to vacate the Armour Flats building in the 3400 block of Holmes Street in Kansas City — her home for more than 17 years — by November. | The management company was going to renovate the property, causing her rent to shoot up, from a little over $500 a month to more than $1,000. She was priced out and had to move. | Lucas shared her story Saturday as KC Tenants, a local organization advocating for housing rights, held a rally to announce it was creating a citywide tenant's union. | The organization will work with ever…
José Manuel Blanco Diaz(2022-05-08). Mexico Talks May be Resumed Soon, Claims Gerardo Blyde.orinocotribune.comThe negotiation in Mexico between the delegations of the Venezuelan government and opposition may be resumed soon, according to statements by the head of the right-wing opposition delegation in the Mexico Talks, Gerardo Blyde. | According to reports published by some Venezuelan media, Blyde made these comments in a meeting between the Frente Amplio and the Unitary Platform, two organizations that group together various opposition sectors of Venezuela. | "I cannot speak because I signed a confidentiality agreement with the international facilitator, the Kingdom of Norway," said Blyde at the meeting. "I cannot give…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-08). Folha de S.Paulo: Bolsonaro Has Coup Planned with Support From Military and Centrà£o.libya360.wordpress.comBRASILWIRE In August 2021 we reported how Brazil's US-backed military regime (yes, regime) cast a shadow over hopes for the next presidential election. There was clearly a doubt whether it would go ahead peacefully, and if it did, if the Military government, fronted by Bolsonaro and backed by the United States, would accept the result and…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-08). Lula Launches Presidential Pre-candidacy.libya360.wordpress.comKawsachun News In Sà£o Paulo, Lula da Silva launches his pre-candidacy for the presidency of Brazil. May 7, 2022. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert "Defending our sovereignty is defending the integration of South America, Latin America and the Caribbean. It is to strengthen Mercosur, UNASUR, CELAC and the BRICS again." "Defending our sovereignty is defending Petrobras, Eletrobrás…
Zahra Mirzafarjouyan(2022-05-08). Persian leopard spotted in Esfarayen.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — The head of Esfarayen's department of environment said that a Persian leopard has been spotted in Salouk National Park in North Khorasan Province.
Staff(2022-05-08). Iran VP, IFRC president hold meeting in Tehran.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) — Iranian First Vice President Mohmmad Mokhber met and held talks with visiting President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Francesco Rocca on Saturday evening.
____(2022-05-08). Sinn Féin wins Northern Ireland Assembly election.wsws.orgIrish nationalist Sinn Féin have won the largest number of first preference votes in the May 5 elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly. This is the first time that a nationalist party has won an election in the six counties since the partition of Ireland.
Samir Amin(2022-05-08). Russia and the Ukraine crisis: The Eurasian Project in conflict with the triad imperialist policies.mronline.org We wanted to draw readers attention to this piece by Samir Amin, which was written at the time of the Maidan Coup in 2014. —Eds. 1. The current global stage is dominated by the attempt of historical centers of imperialism (the U.S., Western and Central Europe, Japan—hereafter called "the Triad") to maintain their exclusive control …
_____(2022-05-07). Chris Hedges Report: The Unrelentingly Radical Life Of Paul Robeson.popularresistance.orgHeroic dissidents are demonized, marginalized, physically and psychologically destroyed, or assassinated by the American ruling class. Before the persecution of Julian Assange, before the FBI assassination of Fred Hampton and Malcolm X, before the murder of Martin Luther King, there was the relentless campaign to silence the activist, actor, and singer Paul Robeson. Robeson, the most internationally known and revered Black American of his day, was a socialist and a militant who stood with the crucified of the earth. | Historian Gerald Horne is author of the biography "Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary," a…
Editor(2022-05-07). Touring an Aidar Dungeonv.mronline.org Shortly after the U.S.-backed Maidan coup in the winter of 2014, in conjunction with Crimea's secession from Ukraine and union with Russia in March of that year, protests began to break out in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions in the east of the country, known together as Donbas.
JANET(2022-05-07). Germany enters war (de facto)/Arms delivery to Ukraine.iacenter.orgBy Sevim Dagdelen May 6, 2022 The author is chairperson of the parliamentary group of Die Linke (The Left Party) in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag (lower house) and its spokesperson for international politics and disarmament. This article was published in Junge Welt, April 29. Translation: John Catalinotto. On April 28, 2022, the Bundestag [German parliament] decided that Germany would de facto enter into war with Russia. With a motion, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Social Democrats (SDP), Free Democrats (FDP) and Greens constituted themselves as a war coalition. The objections that…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-07). Fighting Nazism in Ukraine and the West's Standoff with Russia.libya360.wordpress.com*Mikhail Noskov Far-right activists march through the streets of Kiev in torch-lit processions on the occasion of Stepan Bandera's birthday, January 2022 In just a few days comes the 77th anniversary of the decisive victory over Nazi Germany in World War II in which the Soviet Union played a pivotal role. This is a reminder…
____(2022-05-07). Georgian war party demands Saakashvili be transferred abroad.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comCivil GeorgiaMay 7, 2022 Calls Mount for Saakashvili's Transfer Abroad, Gov't Refuses The ex-President's ally, Nika Melia, chair of the United National Movement, has expressed confidence that "in the near future Saakashvili will be transferred to a clinic abroad." Speaking with government-critical TV Pirveli, Melia argued on May 5 that amid Russia's aggression against Ukraine, …
____(2022-05-07). Fact Sheet on the National Endowment for Democracy.ecns.cnThe United States has long used democracy as a tool and a weapon to undermine democracy in the name of democracy, to incite division and confrontation, and to meddle in other countries' internal affairs, causing catastrophic consequences.‚ÄÇ…
_____(2022-05-07). Dare To Win: Lessons From The Indian Farmers Movement.popularresistance.orgThe Farmers Movement in India has inspired millions around the world who are fighting for justice, democracy and solidarity. The farmers held their ground in the face of threats, intimidation and relentless propaganda, and forced the Modi government to repeal the farm bills. This was one of the most spectacular victories of ordinary people against the combined assault of corporate power and the state, showing that determined struggle can defeat the mightiest of forces. | On 19 November 2021 the Government of India announced that three highly contentious Farm Bills introduced in June 2020 would be repealed. The Go…
Udani Samarasekera(2022-05-07). [Perspectives] Siobhan Wescott: steadfast advocate for Native American health.thelancet.comAt preschool in Cambridge, MA, USA, during the early 1970s, Siobhan Wescott recalls being attacked by her fellow classmates for being a Native American. "At 4, I physically experienced racism for the first time. That really shaped my wanting to not have people feel uncomfortable in new places just because of the colour of their skin or their identity", she says. Wescott, who is Alaskan Athabascan, became the inaugural Dr Susan and Suzette LaFlesche Professor of American Indian Health and Director of the American Indian Health Program in the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UN…
Editor(2022-05-07). Three steps to Black liberation.mronline.orgIf history should be any teacher, it has taught us this: the state has no interest in serving the needs of the masses of Black people in this country, who are poor and working class.
JANET(2022-05-07). SCOTUS rules to exclude Puerto Ricans from SSI.iacenter.orgBy Richie Merino May 6, 2022 The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a federal law that denies disability benefits to U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico. In an 8-1 ruling April 21, the court agreed with the Biden administration's argument that the federal government has the right to exclude residents of Puerto Rico from Supplemental Security Income (SSI), a monthly cash payment for low-income elderly, blind or disabled people. The law that established SSI, passed in 1972, granted eligibility only to residents of the 50 states and the District of Columbia and excluded Puerto Rico. The Supreme Court's decision reversed…
JANET(2022-05-07). For Mumia on his birthday.iacenter.orgBy Julia Wright May 6, 2022 To yet another Mumia generation: Mumia Abu-Jamal Children, did you hear of a Black man called Mumia ? for 40 years he has been taking us on a journey showing us the cruel and unusual imprisonment of a world shackled by made-in-U.S.A. imperialism ‚àí the poisoning of the earth belonging to the damned, the hunger and the drought suffered by the underneath of the underneath at the hands of climate-blind corporate greed, the political incarceration of those who dare lift their voice against their own genocide . . . for forty years Mumia has been taking us on a journey i…
JANET(2022-05-07). Sudan: The Three No's of Popular Resistance.iacenter.orgBy Carlos Lopes Pereira May 6, 2022 Article published in Avante, weekly newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party, May 5. Translation: John Catalinotto Sudanese protest military coup, Khartoum, Oct. 25, 2021. Following the upsurge of violence in the Western Darfur region, where "ethnic conflicts" have been registered, the situation in Sudan is getting worse. The political forces that oppose the military junta in power charge that such confrontations show the "failure" of the coup government to "fulfill its duties toward its citizens." At the same time, moves are underway to "resolve" the Sudanese political cris…
_____(2022-05-07). US Pushes Fake Stories To Goad Russia Into Escalation.popularresistance.orgRussia does not hide the death of high officers. It is impossible to do so over longer periods as such men are known by many others. It would be bad for any government to get caught in such a scheme. There is also no reason to do so. | Some U.S. sources claim that a general's death will demoralize the troops he led. The opposite is the case. Generals getting killed on or near the frontline demonstrate to frontline soldiers that they are not alone in their fighting and that their officers are doing the job while carrying the same high risk than they do. | The Pentagon denied any involvement: | The Pentagon denied…
Staff(2022-05-07). Will Biden be trapped by Iran hawks?en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) — In a blow to the Biden administration's stated goal of returning to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the US Senate approved two motions drafted by Republican senators who vehemently oppose diplomacy with Iran.
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-07). Cubans Pull Together after Enormous Blast Rocks Old Havana.libya360.wordpress.comGustavo A. Maranges and Bill Hackwell, Havana on May 7, 2022 For any Havana resident, the Paseo del Prado is part of his or her identity. Walking along this immense avenue and enjoying the architecture and cultural diversity of this area is a pleasure that many of us enjoy, while for others, it is so…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-07). High Level Delegation from Iran Visits Nicaragua.libya360.wordpress.comTortilla Con Sal "They think they will humiliate the world's Peoples, they think that they will force those Peoples to surrender, but Peoples have Creativity, they have Dignity, they have Strength." —Daniel Ortega Meeting of the President-Comandante Daniel and Compañera Rosario, Vice President of Nicaragua, with High-Level Delegation of Iran May 6th 2022 Words of…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-07). Iran Promises to Provide Fuel to Nicaragua.libya360.wordpress.comIran is committing to supply fuel to Nicaragua and says its vision for the bilateral relationship is not solely economic. Iran's high-level delegation, headed by Minister of Petroleum Javab Owji, is in Nicaragua to strengthen cooperation in the areas of agriculture, livestock, technology, medicine, energy, petroleum, and parliamentary and foreign relations exchange. The delegation held…
Dr. Thomas Binder(2022-05-07). The Prevailing Corona Nonsense Narrative.globalresearch.caThere has been no epidemic of COVID-19 of national scope in any country, no pandemic internationally, for the general population SARS-CoV-2 is not a killer virus, and it is the same in every country.
____(2022-05-07). Japan's PM to employ Asia-Pacific military/defense forum to challenge Russia, China.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comKyodo NewsMay 7, 2022 Japan PM Kishida eyes attending int'l security forum in June Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to attend a major international security forum next month in Singapore, Japanese government sources said Saturday. If realized, the attendance of a Japanese prime minister at the annual meeting from June 10 to 12 …
Fight Back(2022-05-07). Los Angles: Boyle Heights celebrates May Day with march and rally.fightbacknews.orgLos Angeles, CA — On May 1, dozens of people gathered in Boyle Heights to commemorate the historic International Workers Day. The event was led by Centro CSO, which held a May Day Rally in the Chicano neighborhood for the seventh consecutive year to highlight social issues like police terror, privatization of education, and immigration. | The rally kicked off at noon on the corner of Cesar Chavez Avenue and Mathews Street with music, and speeches from MORENA-LA chapter leader Alejandro Mendez who talked about the need for solidarity with the struggle for democracy and against privatization in Mexico; a repr…
Philip Ball(2022-05-07). [Perspectives] A global view of the pandemic: the good, bad, and ugly.thelancet.comThere will come a day when we ask "Do we really need another book about the pandemic?" But this, as the movie meme goes, is not that day. We have as yet barely begun to process what we have been living through since the start of 2020—and that "we" implies no universality, since COVID-19 has exposed some of the deepest and most problematic divisions in societies, at the national and global scales. There are so many stories that need to be told: of bravery, resilience, care, and kindness as well as corruption, incompetence, and venality, of ingenious as well as mistaken science, of leadership and its absence.
____(2022-05-07). Shanghai delays national college entrance exam.ecns.cnShanghai has postponed the 2022 college entrance examination one month from June 7-9 to July 7-9 due to the COVID-19 epidemic, said Chen Qun, vice mayor of the city, at a press conference held on Saturday.
____(2022-05-07). Fact Sheet on the National Endowment for Democracy.ecns.cnThe United States has long used democracy as a tool and a weapon to undermine democracy in the name of democracy, to incite division and confrontation, and to meddle in other countries' internal affairs, causing catastrophic consequences.‚ÄÇ…
Udani Samarasekera(2022-05-07). [Perspectives] Siobhan Wescott: steadfast advocate for Native American health.thelancet.comAt preschool in Cambridge, MA, USA, during the early 1970s, Siobhan Wescott recalls being attacked by her fellow classmates for being a Native American. "At 4, I physically experienced racism for the first time. That really shaped my wanting to not have people feel uncomfortable in new places just because of the colour of their skin or their identity", she says. Wescott, who is Alaskan Athabascan, became the inaugural Dr Susan and Suzette LaFlesche Professor of American Indian Health and Director of the American Indian Health Program in the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UN…
Staff(2022-05-07). Will Biden be trapped by Iran hawks?en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 07 (MNA) — In a blow to the Biden administration's stated goal of returning to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the US Senate approved two motions drafted by Republican senators who vehemently oppose diplomacy with Iran.
Philip Ball(2022-05-07). [Perspectives] A global view of the pandemic: the good, bad, and ugly.thelancet.comThere will come a day when we ask "Do we really need another book about the pandemic?" But this, as the movie meme goes, is not that day. We have as yet barely begun to process what we have been living through since the start of 2020—and that "we" implies no universality, since COVID-19 has exposed some of the deepest and most problematic divisions in societies, at the national and global scales. There are so many stories that need to be told: of bravery, resilience, care, and kindness as well as corruption, incompetence, and venality, of ingenious as well as mistaken science, of leadership and its absence.
____(2022-05-07). Shanghai delays national college entrance exam.ecns.cnShanghai has postponed the 2022 college entrance examination one month from June 7-9 to July 7-9 due to the COVID-19 epidemic, said Chen Qun, vice mayor of the city, at a press conference held on Saturday.
Dr. Thomas Binder(2022-05-07). The Prevailing Corona Nonsense Narrative.globalresearch.caThere has been no epidemic of COVID-19 of national scope in any country, no pandemic internationally, for the general population SARS-CoV-2 is not a killer virus, and it is the same in every country.
Editor(2022-05-06). Solomon Islands PM warns of invasion by Australia and U.S.mronline.org Responding to a series of threats of intervention by the U.S. and Australia, Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare warned on Tuesday that his small Pacific islands country was in danger of invasion by the allied powers.
Editor(2022-05-06). The Chris Hedges Report: Gerald Horne on the Unrelenting Radical Life of Paul Robeson.scheerpost.comBy Chris Hedges / Before the persecution of Julian Assange, before the FBI assassination of Fred Hampton and Malcolm X, before the murder of Martin Luther King, there was the relentless campaign to silence the activist, actor, and singer Paul Robeson. Robeson, the most internationally known and revered Black American of his day, was a socialist and a militant who stood with the crucified of the earth. | Historian Gerald Horne is author of the biography "Paul Robeson: The Artist as Revolutionary," and is the Moores Profess…
____(2022-05-06). U.S. should stay simple in Ukraine crisis: NYT columnist Thomas Friedman.ecns.cn(ECNS) — New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman on Tuesday published an opinion work "A Message to the Biden Team on Ukraine: Talk Less", criticizing the Biden Administration of talking too much about its goal on the Ukraine crisis.
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-06). 'U.S.-NATO Proxy War in Ukraine is an Extension of the War Against Us'.libya360.wordpress.comGloria Verdieu Gloria Verdieu speaks at inauguration of VII International Seminar for Peace and Abolition of Foreign Military Bases in Guantanamo, Cuba. Photo: Siempre con Cuba Presentation on behalf of the Socialist Unity Party and Women In Struggle at VII International Seminar for Peace and the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases in Guantanamo, Cuba, May…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-06). NATO Summit in Spain and the Russian Iskander Missile System.libya360.wordpress.comYoselina Guevara There is no doubt that dates count in the Russia-Ukraine crisis, because of their symbolic and historical value or because of the time pressure as in any war conflict. While we are anxiously awaiting what will happen on May 9, Victory Day for the Russian Federation, another of the most eagerly awaited dates…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-06). Biden Sends Ukraine Billions of Dollars of Weaponry it Can't Use Properly.libya360.wordpress.comScott Ritter Kiev can't maintain and repair complex US and NATO arms — if they break, they're useless After hounding the US and other NATO members for weeks about his need for heavy weapons to defend against Russia's ongoing "special military operation", Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, appears to have been granted his wish. The US…
_____(2022-05-06). The Radical Roots Of Community Supported Agriculture.popularresistance.orgCommunity-Supported Agriculture (CSA) is one of those rare ideas which combine transformative potential with an elegant simplicity. The CSA model of funding and sustaining locally-rooted agriculture has grown exponentially around the globe over the past four decades. Since the first formal CSA at Robyn Van En's Indian Line Farm in South Egremont, Massachusetts in the early 1980s, CSAs have become a household fixture across the US and elsewhere; the most recent estimate by the USDA (2012) counted approximately 13,000 CSA farms in the US alone. | The success of community-supported farming has coincided with rising…
Sam Marcy(2022-05-06). Important lessons 30 years later/A Marxist Defense of the LA Rebellion.workers.org The following excerpts derive from a pamphlet written by Sam Marcy, the late Chairperson of Workers World Party. The 1992 rebellion in Los Angeles was touched off by the racist verdict in the Rodney King beating case, but it elicited sympathy and participation from other oppressed communities. Sixty-three people, the . . . |
Carlos Lopes Pereira(2022-05-06). Sudan: The Three No's of Popular Resistance.workers.org Article published in Avante, weekly newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party, May 5. Translation: John Catalinotto Sudanese protest military coup, Khartoum, Oct. 25, 2021. Following the upsurge of violence in the Western Darfur region, where "ethnic conflicts" have been registered, the situation in Sudan is getting worse. The political forces . . . |
A Guest Author(2022-05-06). For Mumia on his birthday.workers.org By Julia Wright To yet another Mumia generation: Mumia Abu-Jamal Children, did you hear of a Black man called Mumia ? for 40 years he has been taking us on a journey showing us the cruel and unusual imprisonment of a world shackled by made-in-U.S.A. imperialism ‚àí the poisoning of . . . |
Richie Merino(2022-05-06). SCOTUS rules to exclude Puerto Ricans from SSI.workers.org The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a federal law that denies disability benefits to U.S. citizens living in Puerto Rico. In an 8-1 ruling April 21, the court agreed with the Biden administration's argument that the federal government has the right to exclude residents of Puerto Rico from Supplemental Security . . . |
Joe Piette(2022-05-06). UArts rally for union rights and benefits.workers.org Philadelphia Philadelphia University of the Arts workers, students and community members rallied April 27 in solidarity with staff seeking to unionize and with faculty still bargaining for their first contract after a successful union drive. Speakers at the rally of over 40 people included UArts faculty and staff union leaders, . . . |
Betsey Piette(2022-05-06). øSe acaba la hegemonía del dólar estadounidense?workers.org øExiste un movimiento global para abandonar la dependencia del dólar estadounidense? øEstá el mundo asistiendo al fin de la hegemonía económica de Estados Unidos? La perspectiva de la desdolarización de la economía mundial ha sido estudiada por los economistas desde hace tiempo. La mayoría admite que no es una cuestión . . . |
Joe Piette(2022-05-06). Philadelphia: Displacing low-income families for profit.workers.org Philadelphia Faced with evictions on July 8, residents of Philadelphia's University City Townhomes and their supporters converged on the offices of Daniel Killinger, president of National Real Estate Development in a surprise visit April 22. The company has expressed interest in purchasing the property the homes exist on from the . . . |
G. Dunkel(2022-05-06). Housing is a human right! Fight! Fight! Fight!workers.org New York It was a spirited rally in City Hall Park, April 28, which expressed the anxiety that hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are feeling about their homes and caught the attention of the press. The rally called by Community Action for Safe Apartments featured Chinese, Spanish and English . . . |
Editor(2022-05-06). Joe Lauria: No Such Thing as Dissent in the Age of Big Tech.scheerpost.comJoe Lauria. [Photo courtesy of guest] | Click to subscribe on: "Scheer Intelligence" has been reporting on the rise of censorship in the internet age in a number of ways since the podcast was started in 2015. Now host Robert Scheer is concerned that,
Editor(2022-05-06). Lula wants a Latin American currency.mronline.org Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who's once again in the running for the presidency, says that "God willing" he hopes to see the creation of a Latin American currency capable of overcoming the region's dependence on the dollar.
Ann Brown(2022-05-06). Video: Black Man Goes Viral Over TikTok Sermon Against 'Hustle Culture'.moguldom.comThe culture of hustling — and hustling hard — is ingrained in the Black community. Most are taught to work harder, dress nicer and be better than the best as it's the only way to get ahead in white-controlled America. But for some, the hustle culture is not a goal, and a Black man's sermon …
Jacob Buckner(2022-05-06). May Day in New York, with labor and the left up front.peoplesworld.org NEW YORK—On International Workers Day, hundreds of people and dozens of unions and radical organizations hit the streets of Manhattan to support workers in the fight against capitalist exploitation. This year's May Day action was the largest in New York in a decade. Members of many organizations marched, carrying red flags and signs in solidarity …
Staff(2022-05-06). 45 Years of Defending Liberty.aclu.org When Stephen Pevar joined the ACLU in 1976, he was one of only 15 national staff attorneys. Over the next 45 years, he filed more than 175 cases — winning or settling more than 90 percent of them — as the organization expanded to a workforce that spans every state, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, with more than 75 staff attorneys at the national office alone. Last month, he retired as one of the ACLU's longest-serving staff members. | Following his departure, we sat down with Stephen to discuss big wins and memorable moments from his decades-long career — almost half the ACLU's 102-year exi…
Amy Goodman(2022-05-06). Vaccine Inequity Prolongs Pandemic as Worldwide Death Toll Tops 15 Million.truthout.orgThe World Health Organization says the coronavirus pandemic has now caused an excess of 15 million deaths globally. We look at how staggering death counts reveal broader political failures to protect public health and close the international vaccine gap. "Western governments and rich corporations who are based primarily in the West have done very little to advance vaccine inequity or to help the entire world end this pandemic faster," says Achal Prabhala, coordinator of the AccessIBSA project, who adds that many poor countries have also not used all the policy tools at their disposal. | TRANSCRIPT: | This…
José Manuel Blanco Diaz(2022-05-06). Washington's Threats May Ruin Summit of the Americas.orinocotribune.comTension continues around the holding of the next Summit of the Americas, scheduled for June in Los Angeles, California, from which the United States government insists on excluding the republics of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. | Criticism is growing around Washington's announcement, as the US seemingly granted itself the right to decide who to invite and who to exclude, although the international forum is supposed to be a platform and meeting place for all continental political leaders, without exception. | To date, there has been no change of position or further announcement from the US in response to the stat…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-06). France Shifting Blame on Russia in Mali as Paris is Losing Influence & Control in Africa.libya360.wordpress.comEkaterina Blinova A mass grave discovered by Malian soldiers near a vacated French base prompted Paris to accuse a private Russian paramilitary organisation, Wagner Group, of planting corpses there to smear the French Armed Forces. However, Bamako renounced its military cooperation agreement with France on 2 May following the gruesome discovery. "France is desperate to…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-06). The DRC's Entry into the East African Community: A Rose with Thorns?libya360.wordpress.comEdouard Bizimana In a world that is becoming increasingly interdependent, it seems that regional integration is a preferred path for addressing many of the challenges of globalization. This is all the more true because it is currently impossible to live in isolation at the risk of being excluded from the progress that globalization brings. Globalization…
Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem(2022-05-06). Russia says next Astana meeting on Syria to be held late May.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) — Special Russian Presidential Representative for the Middle East and African Countries said that next international meeting on Syria in the Astana format is planned for the end of May in Nur-Sultan, capital of Kazakhstan.
____(2022-05-06). Tricontinental energy war: world's longest offshore gas pipeline from Nigeria to supply Europe.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comAzertagMay 6, 2022 Morocco and Nigeria intend to build the world's longest natural gas pipeline Morocco and Nigeria intend to build the world's longest offshore gas pipeline with a length of 5,660 kilometers. Nigerian President Mohammed Buhari said the cooperation agreement between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and Morocco's National Hydrocarbons and Minerals Authority was …
____(2022-05-06). U.S. deploys A-10s for war games in Eastern Europe.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comStars and StripesMay 6, 2022 'Warthogs' return to Europe for large military drills Ten Maryland Air National Guard A-10C Thunderbolt II jets arrived in Iceland on Thursday, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa said in a statement Friday. Designed to destroy Soviet tanks during the Cold War, the iconic attack plane nicknamed …
____(2022-05-06). NATO pulls South Korea into bloc to confront Russia, China in Northeast Asia.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comGlobal TimesMay 5, 2022 NATO pulling Seoul closer shadows stability in NE Asia, even Indo-Pacific South Korea's state intelligence agency, the National Intelligence Service, said on Thursday that it has joined the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence as the first Asian member…. Cyber defense has been part of the military alliance's core task …
____(2022-05-06). South Korea: first Asian state to join NATO's cyber warfare center in Estonia.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comKorea HeraldMay 5, 2022 South Korea's intelligence agency joins NATO's cyber defense center as first in Asia South Korea's National Intelligence Service became a member of a cyberdefense center for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the state agency said on Thursday. According to NIS, it has been admitted as a contributing participant for NATO Cooperative …
Fight Back(2022-05-06). Appleton, WI: 2nd annual May Day rally.fightbacknews.orgAppleton, WI — Local groups rallied in Houdini Plaza in the early afternoon on May 1 to celebrate International Workers' Day. | Appleton Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Wise Women Healing Institute, United Action Oshkosh (UAO), and Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) gathered with chants and speeches explaining the origin of May Day and the importance of organized labor as well as the various other movements of the working class. | "May Day is a day of celebration for workers around the world because it remembers the significance of the production-halting strike and the political power t…
Fight Back(2022-05-06). Chicago: FRSO celebrates International Workers Day.fightbacknews.orgChicago, IL – 40 people gathered in the office of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) to celebrate International Workers Day with Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Speakers included Maria Moreno, financial secretary of the CTU; Bassem Kawar, political director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Frank Chapman of CAARPR, and Roni Thrailkill, the mother of Chaz Thrailkill, a prisoner in Menard Prison who is suffering abuse at the hands of the guards in addition to having been wrongfully convicted. | Dod McColgan of Freedom Road Socialist Organization deli…
____(2022-05-06). China moves forward in balanced education efforts.ecns.cnAll 2,895 counties across China have passed the national assessment of balanced development in compulsory education by the end of last year, thanks to unrelenting efforts from central and local authorities, the Ministry of Education said on Thursday.
____(2022-05-06). U.S. should stay simple in Ukraine crisis: NYT columnist Thomas Friedman.ecns.cn(ECNS) — New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman on Tuesday published an opinion work "A Message to the Biden Team on Ukraine: Talk Less", criticizing the Biden Administration of talking too much about its goal on the Ukraine crisis.
____(2022-05-06). China moves forward in balanced education efforts.ecns.cnAll 2,895 counties across China have passed the national assessment of balanced development in compulsory education by the end of last year, thanks to unrelenting efforts from central and local authorities, the Ministry of Education said on Thursday.
José Manuel Blanco Diaz(2022-05-06). Washington's Threats May Ruin Summit of the Americas.orinocotribune.comTension continues around the holding of the next Summit of the Americas, scheduled for June in Los Angeles, California, from which the United States government insists on excluding the republics of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela. | Criticism is growing around Washington's announcement, as the US seemingly granted itself the right to decide who to invite and who to exclude, although the international forum is supposed to be a platform and meeting place for all continental political leaders, without exception. | To date, there has been no change of position or further announcement from the US in response to the stat…
Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem(2022-05-06). Russia says next Astana meeting on Syria to be held late May.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 06 (MNA) — Special Russian Presidential Representative for the Middle East and African Countries said that next international meeting on Syria in the Astana format is planned for the end of May in Nur-Sultan, capital of Kazakhstan.
____(2022-05-06). NATO pulls South Korea into bloc to confront Russia, China in Northeast Asia.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comGlobal TimesMay 5, 2022 NATO pulling Seoul closer shadows stability in NE Asia, even Indo-Pacific South Korea's state intelligence agency, the National Intelligence Service, said on Thursday that it has joined the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence as the first Asian member…. Cyber defense has been part of the military alliance's core task …
____(2022-05-06). South Korea: first Asian state to join NATO's cyber warfare center in Estonia.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comKorea HeraldMay 5, 2022 South Korea's intelligence agency joins NATO's cyber defense center as first in Asia South Korea's National Intelligence Service became a member of a cyberdefense center for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the state agency said on Thursday. According to NIS, it has been admitted as a contributing participant for NATO Cooperative …
Fight Back(2022-05-06). Chicago: FRSO celebrates International Workers Day.fightbacknews.orgChicago, IL – 40 people gathered in the office of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) to celebrate International Workers Day with Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Speakers included Maria Moreno, financial secretary of the CTU; Bassem Kawar, political director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights; Frank Chapman of CAARPR, and Roni Thrailkill, the mother of Chaz Thrailkill, a prisoner in Menard Prison who is suffering abuse at the hands of the guards in addition to having been wrongfully convicted. | Dod McColgan of Freedom Road Socialist Organization deli…
_____(2022-05-05). Cross Party Group Of 37 German Parliamentarians Call To Stop Extradition Of Julian Assange On World Press Freedom Day.popularresistance.org"As a cross-party group of parliamentarians of the German Bundestag, we have the honor to reach out to you, and to ask for your attention in a case that is currently of great concern to us, knowing that we share a mutual concern for the protection as well as the implementation of internationally recognized human rights. We have closely followed the fate of Julian Assange in the past; however, the current developments in his case arouse our concern all the more."
_____(2022-05-05). German Parliamentarians Call To Stop Extradition Of Julian Assange.popularresistance.org"As a cross-party group of parliamentarians of the German Bundestag, we have the honor to reach out to you, and to ask for your attention in a case that is currently of great concern to us, knowing that we share a mutual concern for the protection as well as the implementation of internationally recognized human rights. We have closely followed the fate of Julian Assange in the past; however, the current developments in his case arouse our concern all the more."
_____(2022-05-05). Report: FBI Searched The Data Of Americans Millions Of Times In 2021.popularresistance.orgThe Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) reported on Friday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) searched through the electronic data of Americans 3.4 million times in 2021. | The searches were revealed in the ODNI's "Annual Statistical Transparency Report Regarding the Intelligence Community's Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities" for calendar year 2021. The data shows that there was nearly a tripling of these unconstitutional searches from 1.3 million in 2020. | In typical fashion the ODNI report waives away this intensification of the surveillance state by claiming it w…
____(2022-05-05). Solomon Islands PM warns of invasion by Australia and US.wsws.orgIn an address to parliament, Sogavare denounced the ultimatums issued by the US and Australian governments that no Chinese military presence in Solomon Islands would be tolerated.
Caitlin A. Johnstone(2022-05-05). PayPal blocks multiple alternative media figures critical of U.S. empire narratives.mronline.org In what appears to be yet another escalation in Silicon Valley's redoubled efforts to quash dissident voices since the beginning of the Ukraine war, PayPal has just blocked the accounts of multiple alternative media voices who've been speaking critically against official U.S. empire narratives.
JANET(2022-05-05). Germany follows Washington's Ramstein war program.iacenter.orgBy Sevim Dagdelen May 5, 2022 Negotiations for peace, not tanks for war! The author is chairperson of the parliamentary group of Die Linke (The Left Party) in the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag (lower house) and its spokesperson for international politics and disarmament. Ramstein is the big U.S. Air Force Base in southwestern Germany. This article was published in Junge Welt, April 27. Translation: John Catalinotto. The war in Ukraine is now all about weapons, weapons, weapons. More weapons and heavier weapons. Every taboo of…
Staff(2022-05-05). Venezuela's Foreign Minister Plasencia Arrives in Bolivia to Meet with President Arce.orinocotribune.com The minister of foreign affairs of Venezuela arrived in La Paz, capital of Bolivia, for a three-day visit, during which he will meet with Bolivian authorities and discuss issues of concern for both nations including the international context, marked by the conflict in Ukraine and US interference. | The Foreign Minister of Venezuela, Félix Plasencia, also plans to meet with Bolivia's former President Evo Morales (2006-2019). The visit is intended to strengthen the strategic ties of brotherhood between the two countries. | "I appreciate the opportunity to be here," Plasencia said after disembarking at El Alto airpo…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-05). Ukraine: Touring an Aidar Dungeon.libya360.wordpress.comFergie Chambers Inside the walls of the small-town sausage plant which became a Neo-nazi prison The horrors of a meat plant-turned Ukrainian Neo-Nazi base and prison POLOVYNKYNO, LUGANSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC, 4.5.2022-Shortly after the U.S.-backed Maidan coup in the winter of 2014, in conjunction with Crimea's secession from Ukraine and union with Russia in March of that year, protests began…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-05). The Geopolitics of NATO's Expansion.libya360.wordpress.comSalman Rafi Sheikh What was, until a year ago, a "brain dead" organisation according to the French President has suddenly found not only a working brain but also a conflict to revive itself. The Russia-Ukraine conflict, while originally pushed by the US/Western insistence on expanding NATO to include Ukraine to encircle Russia, has become a…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-05). Ukraine: What can the Imprisoned Canadian General Tell?libya360.wordpress.comVladimir Platov The arrest of Canadian general Trevor John Cadieu on May 1 by Russian troops while trying to escape from Azovstal in Mariupol can serve as a piece of evidence that official evidence of the "collective West" has unleashed a war against Russia in Ukraine. Seven months ago he was considered a prime candidate for…
____(2022-05-05). Ukraine parallel: China concerned over U.S., Britain internationalizing Taiwan issue.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comCGTNMay 5, 2022 China slams U.S.-UK axis jeopardizing peace over Taiwan Straits U.S. and UK cooperation on the Taiwan Straits is an attempt to "internationalize" the Taiwan question, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian during Thursday's regular press conference. He was reacting to a report about the U.S. and the UK exploring conflict contingency …
____(2022-05-05). Georgia: French General Staff rep discusses Ukraine, EU military cooperation.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comGeorgian Ministry of DefenseMay 4, 2022 The delegation of the French Ministry of Defense was hosted at the Ministry of Defense The First Deputy Minister of Defense of Georgia and the Deputy Commander of the Defense Forces hosted the Head of International Relations of the Joint Staff of the French Republic. Lela Chikovani and Brigadier …
____(2022-05-05). U.S. unit that was withdrawn from Ukraine back to Europe to train troops.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comDefense OneMay 4, 2022 Task Force Gator Back to Training Ukrainians as Battle Rages For the Donbas Members of the Florida National Guard unit that was training Ukrainians in the days before Russia invaded are back at it, getting Ukrainian soldiers spun up on the new hardware the U.S. has sent…. The American soldiers are …
Dave DeCamp(2022-05-05). US Officials Say US Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals.news.antiwar.comAccording to a report from The New York Times citing unnamed senior US officials, intelligence provided by the US on Russian military units Ukraine has claimed to have killed 12 Russian generals, but the number is not confirmed, and Kyiv has an interest in exaggerating its success on the battlefield, and the officials wouldn't specify how many Russian officers were killed as a result of the assistance. But either way, the claim by US officials that they are helping kill Russian generals is a major provocation toward…
Dave DeCamp(2022-05-05). US Officials Say US Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals.news.antiwar.comAccording to a report from The New York Times citing unnamed senior US officials, intelligence provided by the US on Russian military units Ukraine has claimed to have killed 12 Russian generals, but the number is not confirmed, and Kyiv has an interest in exaggerating its success on the battlefield, and the officials wouldn't specify how many Russian officers were killed as a result of the assistance. But either way, the claim by US officials that they are helping kill Russian generals is a major provocation toward…
Peoples Dispatch(2022-05-05). The saga of Highgate Cemetery where Karl Marx is buried.peoplesdispatch.orgHarsev Bains, Secretary, Association of Indian Communists of Britain and Ireland, talks about the history of the burial site of Karl Marx. Marx chose to be buried in a private plot at the Highgate Cemetery in London along with family members. Due to the popularity of this site and high number of visitors, Marx's remains were later moved to a public site in the same cemetery where they continue to stay today. Bains talks about the significance of this site among Marxists, the attacks it has faced, and the efforts involved in the upkeep of the site.
Editor(2022-05-05). Without Trump, the Border Is Still a Profitable Battlefield.scheerpost.com [ By First, it was the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) vehicles speeding along on the road in front of our campsite. Then it was the Border Patrol's all-terrain vehicles moving swiftly on a ridge above us. I was about 10 miles north of the border with Mexico, near Peña Blanca Lake in southern Arizona, camping with my six-year-old son and some other families. Like fi…
Editor(2022-05-05). Michael Moore: The Forced Birth Ruling.scheerpost.com By Michael Moore / One hundred seventy million American women and girls were suddenly informed on Monday that they have been removed from the ranks of full citizenship, and that their rights are now diminished so severely they will heretofore be commanded to give birth, whether they want to or not. | Once pregnant, the government will now make all women prisoners of their wombs, automatically forced for the full nine months to carry the fetus inside them to term, whether they intended to be pregnant or not, a 21st century versio…
Editor2(2022-05-05). Sacha Llorenti: ALBA-TCP is Fundamentally Anti-Imperialist.orinocotribune.com During the Third Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements, allied platforms spoke about the importance of building unity and fighting imperialism and capitalism together | A central discussion throughout the Third Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements was on the challenges that people's movements face in the medium and long term. One of the key strategies that ALBA movements have been strengthening over the last couple of years has been to build not only with organizations involved in its work across the continent but also to work with other platforms of people's movements and organizations that are resisting capi…
Jomo Kwame Sundaram(2022-05-05). Out of Africa: Rich continent, poor people.mronline.org KUALA LUMPUR: Capital flight from the global South is immense, with widespread adverse effects. A new book proposes measures to curb, even reverse capital flight from Africa. It also offers pragmatic lessons for many developing countries.
JANET(2022-05-05). May Day 2022: The power is in our hands.iacenter.orgBy Minnie Bruce Pratt May 3, 2022 May Day 2022 marked a year when worker organizing crested in historic resurgence in the U.S. Mass outrage against racism, embodied in earlier enormous Black Lives Matter protests, flowed into red-hot anger at the bosses' exploitation of workers' heroic frontline efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The result? Workers walked off their jobs by the millions, sometimes in spontaneous unified actions. Like the Burger King workers in Lincoln, Nebraska, who made it public July 2021 on the fast food giant's billboard: "We All Quit" — later citing long hours, low pay and 97 F kitc…
JANET(2022-05-05). Austin, Biden, Pelosi declare war on Russia.iacenter.orgBy John Catalinotto May 5, 2022 Poster calls for anti-war action in Madrid May 7 before U.S. Embassy. May 1 — After two months of war, the Biden administration, including the House of Representatives, the Pentagon and individuals connected to the intelligence establishment, have made it clear to the world that Washington plans a major war to wreck Russia. They demand that their imperialist allies join this war. For the working class and all oppressed peoples within the U.S. and in Europe, recognizing this development as a threat to their own welfare and to their very existence is the important first step to…
JANET(2022-05-05). Abolish SCOTUS not Roe v. Wade!iacenter.orgMay 3, 2022 By Joanna Straugh The Supreme Court of the United States has the votes to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case legalizing abortion in the United States. This was revealed in a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito that came to press without the Court's permission. The historically unprecedented leak was an act to alert the public of SCOTUS' planned attack. One of thousands of protesters at an emergency demonstration in Foley Square, New York City, May 3. According to the draft opinion, overturning Roe v. Wade is justified and would end federal abortion rights protections, allowing states to di…
Zahra Mirzafarjouyan(2022-05-05). Persepolis 2-0 Paykan: IPL matchday 25.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) — 10-man Persepolis gained a 2-0 victory over Paykan in Tehran's Azadi Stadium on Matchday 25 of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Wednesday.
Editor(2022-05-05). Is the 'recovery' stalling?workers.org Few tears were shed when hated Amazon announced April 28 that it lost $3.8 billion in the first quarter of 2022. This was the first loss it reported since 2015 and compares to a whopping $8.1 billion in profits in the first quarter 2021. The news did provoke a response . . . |
Betsey Piette(2022-05-05). Death sentences delivered before trials.workers.org Demonstrator prepares car to participate in Feb. 12 caravan protesting deadly conditions in Philadelphia jails. Credit: Joe Piette By Betsey Piette Philadelphia At least 18 people died in 2021 while in custody at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Northeast Philadelphia — a higher death toll than at New York City's . . . |
Editor2(2022-05-05). Sacha Llorenti: "ALBA-TCP is Fundamentally Anti-Imperialist"orinocotribune.com During the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements, allied platforms spoke about the importance of building unity and fighting imperialism and capitalism together | A central discussion throughout the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements was on the challenges that people's movements face in the medium and long term. One of the key strategies of ALBA movements has been strengthening over the last couple of years has been to build not only with organizations involved in its work across the continent but also to work with other platforms of people's movements and organizations that are resisting capitalism…
____(2022-05-04). China ensures smooth road traffic during May Day holiday.ecns.cnChina saw smooth and safe road traffic during the five-day May Day holiday, with road trips mainly made for short and medium distances due to the COVID-19 resurgence, the Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday.
_____(2022-05-05). International Seminar For Peace Kicks Off In Cuba.popularresistance.orgLeaders of the World Peace Council (WPC) and its member organizations, as well as prominent figures, academics, anti-war activists and friends in solidarity with Cuba, are present in the event, to be held until Thursday, May 5. | According to the program, WPC President Maria do Socorro Gomes, that organization's Executive secretary Iraklis Tsavdaridis and Venezuela's Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Ron Martinez are also attending the Seminar. | According to the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), the meeting will demand the cessation of the arms race being developed by the United States along wi…
_____(2022-05-05). Honduras Repeals Colonialist ZEDEs.popularresistance.orgPresident Xiomara Castro fulfilled a major campaign promise last week when she signed the decree to repeal the ZEDEs law. We spoke to Honduran Vice Minister for Agrarian Reform, Rafael Alegría, on this important victory for the campesinos and social movements of Honduras. | Rafael is a historic leader of the international peasants movement, La Vía Campesina. Having been at the forefront of years of struggles in Latin America, he's now a strong anti-imperialist voice with the Partido Libre administration. Kawsachun News' Camila Escalante sat down with Rafael in Managua, where he and other movement leaders particip…
Staff(2022-05-05). Minister Plasencia Meets with Head of European Union Mission.orinocotribune.comThis Wednesday, May 4, Venezuela's minister for foreign affairs, Félix Plasencia, held a meeting with the Chargé d'affaires of the European Union in Venezuela, Rafael Dochao Moreno, at the headquarters of the foreign ministry in Caracas. | "We received Ambassador Rafael Dochao, head of the European Union Mission in our country, with whom we spoke about issues of mutual interest and discussed the international situation," Plasencia wrote on his Twitter account. | Recibimos en Cancillería al Embajador Rafael Dochao, Jefe de la Misión de la Unión Europea en nuestro país, con quien hablamos sobre los temas de interés…
Lauren DeLisa Coleman(2022-05-05). Inside The 17th Annual Harlem Film Festival.moguldom.com Get ready! It's time for the much-anticipated Harlem International Film Festival. Celebrating its 17th year, this edition will offer an exciting hybrid event that will take place from May 5 to May 15, 2022. We were able to catch up with Nasri Zacharia and B. Lorenzo Roache, co-founders of the Harlem International Film Festival, to obtain all …
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-05). Three Steps to Black Liberation.libya360.wordpress.comMatthew Thompson If history should be any teacher, it has taught us this: the state has no interest in serving the needs of the masses of Black people in this country, who are poor and working class. Billions of dollars for a war abroad (from which weapons manufacturers and their shareholders profit handsomely) yet we…
____(2022-05-05). U.S. unit that was withdrawn from Ukraine back to Europe to train troops.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comDefense OneMay 4, 2022 Task Force Gator Back to Training Ukrainians as Battle Rages For the Donbas Members of the Florida National Guard unit that was training Ukrainians in the days before Russia invaded are back at it, getting Ukrainian soldiers spun up on the new hardware the U.S. has sent…. The American soldiers are …
_____(2022-05-05). Abortion Rights Protesters And Counter Protesters Demonstrate At Indianapolis Monument Circle.popularresistance.orgTensions were running high Wednesday evening in downtown Indianapolis as protesters both for and against abortion met in demonstrations at Monument Circle. | The crowd of at least 500 people was made up mostly of pro-abortion rights activists, with about 25 anti-abortion protesters. Police blocked off nearby streets as the two groups converged at close distances, sometimes yelling at each other. | The pro-abortion rights group chanted "abortion ban has got to go" and "we stand with Roe", while the anti-abortion group chanted "we are the pro-life generation and we will abolish abortion."
Editor(2022-05-05). Michael Moore: The Forced Birth Ruling.scheerpost.com By Michael Moore / One hundred seventy million American women and girls were suddenly informed on Monday that they have been removed from the ranks of full citizenship, and that their rights are now diminished so severely they will heretofore be commanded to give birth, whether they want to or not. | Once pregnant, the government will now make all women prisoners of their wombs, automatically forced for the full nine months to carry the fetus inside them to term, whether they intended to be pregnant or not, a 21st century versio…
Editor2(2022-05-05). Sacha Llorenti: "ALBA-TCP is Fundamentally Anti-Imperialist"orinocotribune.com During the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements, allied platforms spoke about the importance of building unity and fighting imperialism and capitalism together | A central discussion throughout the III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements was on the challenges that people's movements face in the medium and long term. One of the key strategies of ALBA movements has been strengthening over the last couple of years has been to build not only with organizations involved in its work across the continent but also to work with other platforms of people's movements and organizations that are resisting capitalism…
____(2022-05-04). China ensures smooth road traffic during May Day holiday.ecns.cnChina saw smooth and safe road traffic during the five-day May Day holiday, with road trips mainly made for short and medium distances due to the COVID-19 resurgence, the Ministry of Public Security said on Wednesday.
_____(2022-05-05). Cross Party Group Of 37 German Parliamentarians Call To Stop Extradition Of Julian Assange On World Press Freedom Day.popularresistance.org"As a cross-party group of parliamentarians of the German Bundestag, we have the honor to reach out to you, and to ask for your attention in a case that is currently of great concern to us, knowing that we share a mutual concern for the protection as well as the implementation of internationally recognized human rights. We have closely followed the fate of Julian Assange in the past; however, the current developments in his case arouse our concern all the more."
_____(2022-05-05). International Seminar For Peace Kicks Off In Cuba.popularresistance.orgLeaders of the World Peace Council (WPC) and its member organizations, as well as prominent figures, academics, anti-war activists and friends in solidarity with Cuba, are present in the event, to be held until Thursday, May 5. | According to the program, WPC President Maria do Socorro Gomes, that organization's Executive secretary Iraklis Tsavdaridis and Venezuela's Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Ron Martinez are also attending the Seminar.
_____(2022-05-05). National Intelligence Report Found FBI Searched The Data Of Americans Millions Of Times In 2021.popularresistance.orgThe Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) reported on Friday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) searched through the electronic data of Americans 3.4 million times in 2021. | The searches were revealed in the ODNI's "Annual Statistical Transparency Report Regarding the Intelligence Community's Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities" for calendar year 2021. The data shows that there was nearly a tripling of these unconstitutional searches from 1.3 million in 2020.
_____(2022-05-05). Honduras Repeals Colonialist ZEDEs (Interview).popularresistance.orgPresident Xiomara Castro fulfilled a major campaign promise last week when she signed the decree to repeal the ZEDEs law. We spoke to Honduran Vice Minister for Agrarian Reform, Rafael Alegría, on this important victory for the campesinos and social movements of Honduras. | Rafael is a historic leader of the international peasants movement, La Vía Campesina. Having been at the forefront of years of struggles in Latin America, he's now a strong anti-imperialist voice with the Partido Libre administration. Kawsachun News' Camila Escalante sat down with Rafael in Managua, where he and other movement leaders particip…
Staff(2022-05-05). Iran calls on UNDGC to scale up anti-sanctions efforts.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) — Iran's UN envoy calls on the world body's Department of Global Communications to ratchet up its efforts to inform the international community about the adverse effects of sanctions on the targeted countries.
Zahra Mirzafarjouyan(2022-05-05). Iran marks national Shiraz Day.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, May 05 (MNA) — The 15th day of Ordibehesht in the Iranian calendar that falls on May 5 has been designated as Shiraz Day due to its historical and cultural importance as well as its unique beauty.
Carlos Martinez(2022-05-04). No to a new Monroe Doctrine in the Pacific.mronline.org The Anglo ruling classes have gone into a state of frenzy over a recently-signed security agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Solomon Islands.
Editor(2022-05-04). Cost of the Ukraine War felt in Africa, Global South.mronline.org While international news headlines remain largely focused on the war in Ukraine, little attention is given to the horrific consequences of the war which are felt in many regions around the world. Even when these repercussions are discussed, disproportionate coverage is allocated to European countries, like Germany and Austria, due to their heavy reliance on Russian energy sources.
Editor(2022-05-04). The Economic Consequences of the War.scheerpost.com Economic crisis that will seriously affect Russia in 2022 due to the conflict with Ukraine. Bankruptcy and crisis concept. By By Rajan Menon / In 1919, the renowned British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote The Economic Consequences of the Peace, a book that would prove controversial indeed. In it, he warned that the dracon…
Alan MacLeod(2022-05-04). The NATO to TikTok Pipeline: Why is TikTok Employing so Many National Security Agents?orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Apr 29, 2022 | TikTok has become an enormously influential medium that reaches over one billion people worldwide. Having control over its algorithm or content moderation means the ability to set the terms of global debate and decide what people see. And what they don't. | CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA — As the bloody conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate, so does the online propaganda war between Russia and the West. A prime example of this is the White House directly briefing influencers on popular social media app TikTok about the war and how to cover it. As the crisis spirals out of…
_____(2022-05-04). Solomon Islands: a New Focus for US-China Confrontation.journal-neo.org The Solomon Islands have been added to Taiwan and Ukraine, two of the most "heated" zones of the current phase of the "Great Game," since late March this year. Regarding this state, most readers are unlikely to be able to say anything more or less definitive (if they even know of its existence). This is …
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-04). The Left and its Deplorable Role in Ukraine's War.libya360.wordpress.comJuanlu González In 1964, Marcuse warned about the loss of revolutionary capacity in the West due to the triumph of repressive measures implemented by advanced industrial societies to silence any kind of intellectual dissent through the media, advertising, propaganda, and the most unbridled consumerism. At that time, it heralded the birth of the One-Dimensional Man,…
_____(2022-05-04). Australia and the United States Seek to Create a Crisis in the Pacific.journal-neo.org The recent pact between China and the Solomon Islands has exposed the manifest hypocrisy with which the United States and Australia view their relationship with smaller members of the Pacific community. The Solomon Islands have recently signed a security deal with China. The details of the arrangement have not been publicly disclosed, but it is …
Monica Grover(2022-05-04). For Second-Generation Immigrants, the American Dream Can Be a Nightmare.otherwords.orgMay is Asian American Heritage Month. It's a good time to celebrate the many successes and contributions of our diverse immigrant communities. But for the second generation, the reality is often more complicated. | My parents came to this country from India nearly 60 years ago. Like countless other immigrants, they came seeking freedom, economic opportunity, and the American Dream for themselves and their children. | The American Dream means a lot of different things. But for older Americans, it looks something like having financial security, the ability to retire at 65, and an advanced health care plan. | For my…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-04). Adopted boy thriving after liver transplant.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgSerena and Jon Krejchi from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, knew they were in for a medical journey when they decided to adopt a toddler named Ary from India. At only 1 Ω years old, Ary Krejchi had liver disease among a host of other serious medical conditions that required immediate care. After a harrowing journey back to the U.S. amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the couple took their little boy straight to Mayo Clinic, where, thanks to his…
Peter Certo(2022-05-04). In OtherWords: May 4, 2022.otherwords.orgThis week, a leaked draft opinion confirmed that the Supreme Court's right-wing members are ready to overturn Roe v. Wade — and with it, half a century of previously settled law. | This will be an extremely damaging ruling,
Olivia Alperstein(2022-05-04). Nothing Is More Personal Than the Right to Control Your Own Body.otherwords.orgThe personal, as they say, is political. And there's nothing more personal than the right to control your own body. | So as a human with reproductive organs, the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion overruling Roe v. Wade — and the constitutional right to abortion — is obviously personal to me. But it's personal for another reason, too. | I come from a line of pro-choice advocates. My late grandmother, Eileen Alperstein, was on the board of a Planned Parenthood chapter. She fought to get an ad placed in The New York Times to shine a light on the issue, well before Roe v. Wade was settled. | She mar…
Jim Hightower(2022-05-04). What's Behind Inflation? Greedy Corporate Executives.otherwords.orgToday, CEOs of big corporations are playing the tricky "Inflation Blame Game." | Publicly, they moan that the pandemic is slamming their poor corporations with factory shutdowns, supply chain delays, wage hikes, and other increased costs. But inside their board rooms, executives are high fiving each other and pocketing bonuses. | What's going on? | The trick is that these giants are in non-competitive markets operating as monopolies, so they can set prices, mug you and me, and scamper away with record profits. In 2019 for example, before the pandemic, corporate behemoths hauled in roughly a trillion dollars in pr…
Sa'iyda Shabazz(2022-05-04). With the Stroke of a Pen, Biden Could Set Millions of Americans Free.otherwords.orgPresident Biden campaigned on a promise to help relieve student debt. Now, after over a year of punting on the issue, he says Student loan forgiveness would be a game changer for so many people, myself included. | My student debt is a dark cloud that hangs over my head. It's not that I don't want to repay my student loans — it's that I simply don't know how to do that and survive. It feels impossible to do both. | There are millions of Americans who feel the s…
Sarah Gertler(2022-05-04). Liberation Is Jewish History. Let's Make It Our Future, Too.otherwords.orgThousands of years of history is a lot to capture in one Jewish American Heritage Month, which is celebrated in May. But an old joke admirably condenses it into one sentence: "They tried to kill us, we survived, let's eat." | Passover is a perfect example of this sequence. | Always a favorite of mine, this spring holiday passed a few weeks ago. Across the country, Jewish families gathered to commemorate the story of the Jews' escape from slavery in Egypt with beautiful food and well-worn prayers and songs. Chanting rapid-fire rounds of "Chad Gadya" with my family never gets old. | It's full of resilience and joy…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-04). Consumer Health: First vaccine to prevent malaria.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgWorld Malaria Day will be observed Monday, April 25, which makes this a good time to learn more about this potentially fatal disease and the first vaccine to prevent it. Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The parasite is transmitted to humans most commonly through mosquito bites. The malaria parasites enter the bloodstream and travel to the liver. When the parasites mature, they leave the liver and infect red blood cells. Because the…
Minnie Bruce Pratt(2022-05-04). May Day 2022: The power is in our hands.workers.org May Day 2022 marked a year when worker organizing crested in historic resurgence in the U.S. Mass outrage against racism, embodied in earlier enormous Black Lives Matter protests, flowed into red-hot anger at the bosses' exploitation of workers' heroic frontline efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The result? Workers walked off . . . |
A Guest Author(2022-05-04). Abolish SCOTUS not Roe v. Wade!workers.org By Joanna Straugh The Supreme Court of the United States has the votes to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case legalizing abortion in the United States. This was revealed in a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito that came to press without the Court's permission. The historically unprecedented . . . |
A Guest Author(2022-05-04). Mensaje del Primero de Mayo/Trabajadores y oprimidos del mundo, °unídos!workers.org Los anunciantes corporativos cambian sus eslóganes regularmente. øCuántos de nosotros recordamos "Busca los arcos dorados"? Podemos datarnos por lo que recordamos. Trabajadores de Starbucks realizan un paro por la seguridad, Ithaca, Nueva York, 16 de abril. Pero es una historia diferente con los eslóganes de la clase trabajadora. "Un perjuicio . . . |
Judy Greenspan(2022-05-04). Workers and community power shuts down Oakland.workers.org Oakland, California Despite threats of retaliation from officials in the Oakland Unified School District and the Port of Oakland, teachers and longshore workers went out on strike on April 29. They shut down public schools and the port for the entire day to protest school closures and the pending sale . . . |
amarynth(2022-05-04). Nasrallah to Israel: 'From here on, Iran may strike you back directly'.thesaker.isOriginal link: http: //middleeastobserver.net/nasrallah-to-israel-from-here-on-iran-may-strike-you-back-directly/ Description: Hezbollah's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel in a speech on International Quds Day on 29 April 2022, that the Islamic Republic of Iran may strike back…
Staff(2022-05-04). Interior Minister of Venezuela: Civic-Military Union Defeated Operation Gideon.orinocotribune.comOn Tuesday, May 3, the two year anniversary of Operation Negro Primero, which defeated the coup and assassination attempt Operation Gideon, was commemorated in La Guaira state, Venezuela. A ceremony was held in La Guaira, attended by the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, as well as local civil and military authorities and members of the PSUV National Directorate. | During the ceremony, Cabello said, "This Revolution will live as long as we remain united in our struggles. Unity is the greatest guarantee of victories." | La estrategia Bolivariana al mando del…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-04). Declaration III Continental Assembly ALBA Movements.libya360.wordpress.comPeoples Dispatch Closing panel at the III ALBA Assembly in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo: ALBA Movements The III Continental Assembly of ALBA Movements held in Argentina from April 27-30 concluded with a panel highlighting proposals and initiatives of people's movements to transform the world. After four days of debates and reflection, the III Continental Assembly…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-04). From Guantánamo: Calls for Abolition of US/NATO Military Bases.libya360.wordpress.comThe VII International Seminar for Peace and for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases of the United States and NATO is taking place in the province of Guantánamo in eastern Cuba. The meeting will demand the cessation of the arms race being carried out by the United States and its NATO allies and an end…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-04). Gas Wars Expand: Algeria Threatens Energy Supply to Spain.libya360.wordpress.comYoselina Guevara Algeria is threatening to cut off gas supplies to Spain as part of its rivalry with Morocco. If this threat were to materialize, it would be extremely dangerous for the energy stability of the Iberian Peninsula, but it would also scupper plans to turn Spain into an energy supply center for the European…
deweylaura(2022-05-04). The CPUSA celebrates its radical history on May Day.cpusa.org On International Workers Day members of the Communist Party and Young Communist League in New York City came out to support workers in the continued struggle against capitalist exploitation. This May Day action, which was the largest in a decade, proved that workers understand that it is our class that generates and holds power. …
Fight Back(2022-05-04). West Michigan unions and immigrants rally for May 1, International Workers Day.fightbacknews.orgGrand Rapids, MI – West Michigan labor unions, politicians and socialist groups rallied and marched for International Workers Day on May 1 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. More than 70 union members and Asian-American, Chicano/Mexicano, and Black community activists and politicians gathered. The local unions also expressed solidarity for immigrant rights and justice for Patrick Lyoya, the young African man executed by Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr. | "Solidarity and the need to organize and win power for workers has to be the focus of unions in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. Work is being redefi…
Fight Back(2022-05-04). New Orleans marchers call for worker and immigrant rights on May Day.fightbacknews.orgNew Orleans, LA — Community members gathered with activist and immigrant rights organizations at the Benito Juarez monument in New Orleans on May 1, to celebrate International Workers Day. | Speakers from Union Migrante, an immigrant workers' organization, recounted their experiences of discrimination and unequal access to essential public services. They called for solidarity in the spirit of May Day to win full equality for immigrants in the city, regardless of immigration status. | The demonstrators marched to City Hall, taking the street and chanting slogans in Spanish and English, including "Oye! Es…
____(2022-05-04). Murals inspire hope in time of hardship.ecns.cnThe artistic murals and paintings in the makeshift hospital for COVID-19 treatment at Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) have become popular among the medical workers and patients alike for inspiring a sense of hope during what has been a difficult time.
_____(2022-05-04). Grinnell College Becomes First Fully Unionized Undergraduate School In U.S.popularresistance.orgOn April 26, student workers at Iowa's Grinnell College elected to create the first wall-to-wall undergraduate student union in the country, expanding their Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers (UGSDW) to include all hourly student workers. | On March 4, UGSDW and Grinnell College signed "a first-of-its-kind neutrality and election agreement," which, members of the union explained in Labor Notes, "legally binds the College to respect the results of an election." On the night of the 26th — delayed from April 21, the original ballot-count date, after a toxic gas leak at the local National Labor Relations…
_____(2022-05-04). Democrats Have No Plan To Stop The Overturning Of Roe V. Wade.popularresistance.orgThe Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade. And yet, there is currently no cohesive national campaign from either the Democratic party or large reproductive rights organizations to fight back. Abortion activists and healthcare workers are becoming increasingly frustrated with this failure, often finding themselves at odds with their supposed advocates as they try to ensure access to abortion in states like Texas and Kentucky, which are already facing extreme limitations. "The Democratic Party has not had any substantial response to the recent attacks on Roe. Their statements and brief denounceme…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-04). COVID-19 shines a spotlight on laboratory professionals' vital role in health care.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgNational Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 24—30, honors and recognizes the dedication, innovation, and expertise that clinical lab professionals bring to patient care. Over the last two years, clinical laboratory professionals have shown extraordinary dedication in the fight against COVID-19. Their commitment and hard work during this difficult time has made a difference in the lives of people across the globe. "Throughout the pandemic, we have seen the power of teamwork in health care. And…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-04). Consumer Health: Understanding Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare, degenerative, fatal brain disorder. It affects about 1 person in every 1 million per year worldwide, and about 350 cases are diagnosed per year in the U.S., according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The cause of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease appears to be abnormal versions of a type of protein called a prion. Normally these proteins are produced in the body and are harmless. But when they're misshapen,…
Carlos Martinez(2022-05-04). No to a new Monroe Doctrine in the Pacific.mronline.org The Anglo ruling classes have gone into a state of frenzy over a recently-signed security agreement between the People's Republic of China and the Solomon Islands.
Editor(2022-05-04). Cost of the Ukraine War felt in Africa, Global South.mronline.org While international news headlines remain largely focused on the war in Ukraine, little attention is given to the horrific consequences of the war which are felt in many regions around the world. Even when these repercussions are discussed, disproportionate coverage is allocated to European countries, like Germany and Austria, due to their heavy reliance on Russian energy sources.
_____(2022-05-04). Solomon Islands: a New Focus for US-China Confrontation.journal-neo.org The Solomon Islands have been added to Taiwan and Ukraine, two of the most "heated" zones of the current phase of the "Great Game," since late March this year. Regarding this state, most readers are unlikely to be able to say anything more or less definitive (if they even know of its existence). This is …
Anonymous103(2022-05-04). In Video: Russian Malka Artillery Units Pound Ukrainian Positions In Donbass.southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Russian Ministry of Defence shared a video showing the use of self-propelled artillery units Malka in Ukraine. | Russian Malka struck the positions of self-propelled installations Pion and a battery of howitzers D-30. Last night, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that Russian artillery also destroyed 476 nationalist strongholds. |
Alan MacLeod(2022-05-04). The NATO to TikTok Pipeline: Why is TikTok Employing so Many National Security Agents?orinocotribune.com By Alan Macleod — Apr 29, 2022 | TikTok has become an enormously influential medium that reaches over one billion people worldwide. Having control over its algorithm or content moderation means the ability to set the terms of global debate and decide what people see. And what they don't. | CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA — As the bloody conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate, so does the online propaganda war between Russia and the West. A prime example of this is the White House directly briefing influencers on popular social media app TikTok about the war and how to cover it. As the crisis spirals out of…
Editor(2022-05-04). The Economic Consequences of the War.scheerpost.com Economic crisis that will seriously affect Russia in 2022 due to the conflict with Ukraine. Bankruptcy and crisis concept. By By Rajan Menon / In 1919, the renowned British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote The Economic Consequences of the Peace, a book that would prove controversial indeed. In it, he warned that the dracon…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-04). Adopted boy thriving after liver transplant.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgSerena and Jon Krejchi from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, knew they were in for a medical journey when they decided to adopt a toddler named Ary from India. At only 1 Ω years old, Ary Krejchi had liver disease among a host of other serious medical conditions that required immediate care. After a harrowing journey back to the U.S. amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the couple took their little boy straight to Mayo Clinic, where, thanks to his…
Peter Certo(2022-05-04). In OtherWords: May 4, 2022.otherwords.orgThis week, a leaked draft opinion confirmed that the Supreme Court's right-wing members are ready to overturn Roe v. Wade — and with it, half a century of previously settled law. | This will be an extremely damaging ruling,
Olivia Alperstein(2022-05-04). Nothing Is More Personal Than the Right to Control Your Own Body.otherwords.orgThe personal, as they say, is political. And there's nothing more personal than the right to control your own body. | So as a human with reproductive organs, the leaked draft of a Supreme Court opinion overruling Roe v. Wade — and the constitutional right to abortion — is obviously personal to me. But it's personal for another reason, too. | I come from a line of pro-choice advocates. My late grandmother, Eileen Alperstein, was on the board of a Planned Parenthood chapter. She fought to get an ad placed in The New York Times to shine a light on the issue, well before Roe v. Wade was settled. | She mar…
Jim Hightower(2022-05-04). What's Behind Inflation? Greedy Corporate Executives.otherwords.orgToday, CEOs of big corporations are playing the tricky "Inflation Blame Game." | Publicly, they moan that the pandemic is slamming their poor corporations with factory shutdowns, supply chain delays, wage hikes, and other increased costs. But inside their board rooms, executives are high fiving each other and pocketing bonuses. | What's going on? | The trick is that these giants are in non-competitive markets operating as monopolies, so they can set prices, mug you and me, and scamper away with record profits. In 2019 for example, before the pandemic, corporate behemoths hauled in roughly a trillion dollars in pr…
Sa'iyda Shabazz(2022-05-04). With the Stroke of a Pen, Biden Could Set Millions of Americans Free.otherwords.orgPresident Biden campaigned on a promise to help relieve student debt. Now, after over a year of punting on the issue, he says Student loan forgiveness would be a game changer for so many people, myself included. | My student debt is a dark cloud that hangs over my head. It's not that I don't want to repay my student loans — it's that I simply don't know how to do that and survive. It feels impossible to do both. | There are millions of Americans who feel the s…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-04). Consumer Health: First vaccine to prevent malaria.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgWorld Malaria Day will be observed Monday, April 25, which makes this a good time to learn more about this potentially fatal disease and the first vaccine to prevent it. Malaria is caused by a single-celled parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The parasite is transmitted to humans most commonly through mosquito bites. The malaria parasites enter the bloodstream and travel to the liver. When the parasites mature, they leave the liver and infect red blood cells. Because the…
Sarah Gertler(2022-05-04). Liberation Is Jewish History. Let's Make It Our Future, Too.otherwords.orgThousands of years of history is a lot to capture in one Jewish American Heritage Month, which is celebrated in May. But an old joke admirably condenses it into one sentence: "They tried to kill us, we survived, let's eat." | Passover is a perfect example of this sequence. | Always a favorite of mine, this spring holiday passed a few weeks ago. Across the country, Jewish families gathered to commemorate the story of the Jews' escape from slavery in Egypt with beautiful food and well-worn prayers and songs. Chanting rapid-fire rounds of "Chad Gadya" with my family never gets old. | It's full of resilience and joy…
amarynth(2022-05-04). Nasrallah to Israel: 'From here on, Iran may strike you back directly'.thesaker.isOriginal link: http: //middleeastobserver.net/nasrallah-to-israel-from-here-on-iran-may-strike-you-back-directly/ Description: Hezbollah's leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel in a speech on International Quds Day on 29 April 2022, that the Islamic Republic of Iran may strike back…
_____(2022-05-04). Grinnell College Becomes First Fully Unionized Undergraduate School In U.S.popularresistance.orgOn April 26, student workers at Iowa's Grinnell College elected to create the first wall-to-wall undergraduate student union in the country, expanding their Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers (UGSDW) to include all hourly student workers. | On March 4, UGSDW and Grinnell College signed "a first-of-its-kind neutrality and election agreement," which, members of the union explained in Labor Notes, "legally binds the College to respect the results of an election." On the night of the 26th — delayed from April 21, the original ballot-count date, after a toxic gas leak at the local National Labor Relations…
_____(2022-05-04). Democrats Have No Plan To Stop The Overturning Of Roe V. Wade.popularresistance.orgThe Supreme Court is on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade. And yet, there is currently no cohesive national campaign from either the Democratic party or large reproductive rights organizations to fight back. Abortion activists and healthcare workers are becoming increasingly frustrated with this failure, often finding themselves at odds with their supposed advocates as they try to ensure access to abortion in states like Texas and Kentucky, which are already facing extreme limitations. "The Democratic Party has not had any substantial response to the recent attacks on Roe. Their statements and brief denounceme…
Staff(2022-05-04). Interior Minister of Venezuela: Civic-Military Union Defeated Operation Gideon.orinocotribune.comOn Tuesday, May 3, the two year anniversary of Operation Negro Primero, which defeated the coup and assassination attempt Operation Gideon, was commemorated in La Guaira state, Venezuela. A ceremony was held in La Guaira, attended by the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, as well as local civil and military authorities and members of the PSUV National Directorate. | During the ceremony, Cabello said, "This Revolution will live as long as we remain united in our struggles. Unity is the greatest guarantee of victories." | La estrategia Bolivariana al mando del…
Fight Back(2022-05-04). West Michigan unions and immigrants rally for May 1, International Workers Day.fightbacknews.orgGrand Rapids, MI – West Michigan labor unions, politicians and socialist groups rallied and marched for International Workers Day on May 1 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. More than 70 union members and Asian-American, Chicano/Mexicano, and Black community activists and politicians gathered. The local unions also expressed solidarity for immigrant rights and justice for Patrick Lyoya, the young African man executed by Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr. | "Solidarity and the need to organize and win power for workers has to be the focus of unions in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic. Work is being redefi…
Fight Back(2022-05-04). New Orleans marchers call for worker and immigrant rights on May Day.fightbacknews.orgNew Orleans, LA — Community members gathered with activist and immigrant rights organizations at the Benito Juarez monument in New Orleans on May 1, to celebrate International Workers Day. | Speakers from Union Migrante, an immigrant workers' organization, recounted their experiences of discrimination and unequal access to essential public services. They called for solidarity in the spirit of May Day to win full equality for immigrants in the city, regardless of immigration status. | The demonstrators marched to City Hall, taking the street and chanting slogans in Spanish and English, including "Oye! Es…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-05-04). COVID-19 shines a spotlight on laboratory professionals' vital role in health care.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgNational Medical Laboratory Professionals Week, April 24—30, honors and recognizes the dedication, innovation, and expertise that clinical lab professionals bring to patient care. Over the last two years, clinical laboratory professionals have shown extraordinary dedication in the fight against COVID-19. Their commitment and hard work during this difficult time has made a difference in the lives of people across the globe. "Throughout the pandemic, we have seen the power of teamwork in health care. And…
SouthFront5(2022-05-03). Ukrainian Leadership: No Peace Treaties With Russia, Only Capitulation Of Moscow.southfront.org Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council Secretary Danilov made several doctrinal statements. Among them he said that there can be no peace treaty with Russia — only its capitulation is possible. At the same time, he believes that the war will not end quickly. | The secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Danilov, has made several doctrinal statements. Among them he said that there can be no peace treaty with Russia — only its capitulation is possible.
Rick Rozoff(2022-05-03). Battle for ASEAN: Japan, Thailand sign military pact contra Russia, China.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comNikkei AsiaMay 2, 2022 Japan PM touts unity on Ukraine in Southeast Asia tour Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday held the last in a string of Southeast Asian summits aimed at helping to shape the international narrative on the conflict in Ukraine. Tokyo hopes that the top-level diplomatic drive will move the needle …
Editor(2022-05-03). Matt Taibbi: PayPal's IndyMedia Wipeout.scheerpost.com By Matt Taibbi / In the last week or so, the online payment platform PayPal without explanation suspended the accounts of a series of individual journalists and media outlets, including the well-known alt sites Consortium News and MintPress. Each received a variation of the following message: | Unlike many on the list, Consortium edi…
Editor(2022-05-03). Political education for all.mronline.org Political education is absent from our current system. The left should be providing alternative means of obtaining it, writes Shamime Ibrahim.
JANET(2022-05-03). Webinar builds Workers Summit of the Americas.iacenter.orgMay 2, 2022 The Tijuana Workers Summit of the Americas is scheduled for June 10-12. Organizers held a April 29 webinar to promote the Summit, which included the speakers below. Steve Kirschbaum, Vice President, Steelworkers (USW) Local 8751, Boston School Bus Drivers: We are honored to be a part of this timely and historic launch for this Workers Summit, a class answer to the summit of the thieves. Our union, since we founded it 48 years ago, has always felt that an injury to one is an injury to all. It's a global concept: internationalism. Our enemy is a common enemy. We were proud to work with many of you aroun…
Editor2(2022-05-03). Solomon Islands lashes out at Australia over China Security Pact Criticism.orinocotribune.com‚Ä¢ Addressing parliament on Friday, Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare pointed out that his country had never been consulted about the Aukus alliance | ‚Ä¢ 'We did not become theatrical or hysterical about the implications this would have for us,' he said in pointed remarks. 'We respected Australia's decision.' | Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has lashed out at Australia, as the fallout from a newly-signed security agreement between his country and China continues. | Addressing parliament on Friday, Sogavare said the Pacific island nation was not given prior warnin…
_____(2022-05-03). How A Gas Facility Started A Fight Over Climate Change And Sovereignty.popularresistance.orgIn the Tideflats of Tacoma, Washington, beyond the masts of sailboats anchored in the Puyallup Tribe's marina, pipelines emerge from the earth and snake their way inland. Their destination — an 8 million-gallon liquefied methane gas tank — was once considered by politicians to be the logical answer to the climate crisis. Now, it's the center of a local controversy with international implications. | The tank, owned by Puget Sound Energy, is the product of a recent era of proposed climate solutions. In 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency gave the shipping company TOTE Maritime a waiver to switch i…
_____(2022-05-03). Amazon Workers Fall Short On Second Staten Island Union Vote.popularresistance.orgAmazon workers at a Staten Island distribution center who sought to join a union fell short of the needed votes — failing to repeat the history-making win of colleagues at a facility across the street, in a setback for labor organizing efforts against the e-commerce behemoth. | The National Labor Relations Board on Monday tallied 380 votes in favor of joining the upstart Amazon Labor Union at the LDJ5 facility, versus 618 who voted against. | The vote came amid what employees and their attorneys described as intensified efforts by Amazon management to discourage "yes" votes after last month's victory at the…
Ann Brown(2022-05-03). Are NAARC And N'COBRA Blocking A Modern, Lineage-Based Reparations Claim?moguldom.comTwo reparations groups are pushing back against the move toward lineage-based reparations. The National African American Reparations Commission (NAARC) and the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America (N'COBRA) remain steadfast in believing reparations need to be issued across the board to all Blacks. Still, many experts say that this race-based reparations ideology is …
_____(2022-05-03). Workers Are Tired Of Being Exploited And They're Fighting Back.popularresistance.orgThis past weekend, workers around the world celebrated May Day, also called Labor Day and International Workers Day. May Day marks the accomplishments and contributions of workers and reminds them of their rights. Clearing the FOG spoke with Stephanie Basile and Brittany Carloni of News Guild, part of the Communications Workers of America, about the many victories they have had in organizing media outlets over the past five years. They use a model that can be replicated everywhere of training member organizers and connecting them with other shops across the country to build a powerful labor movement that is democ…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-03). Fire from the Mountain: In Search of Omar Cabezas.libya360.wordpress.comDaniel Kovalik For years, I wondered about Omar Cabezas, the Sandinista guerilla who turned us on to the dream of revolution in the first place. Where was he now? Did he still support the Sandinistas and Daniel? Why aren't the media talking to people like him? When I was in college in Dayton, Ohio in…
WSWS(2022-05-03). May Day 2022: The map of the class struggle vs. the map of war.wsws.orgThis is the report delivered by Eric London to the 2022 International May Day Online Rally held on May 1. London is a writer for the WSWS and a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party (US).
Michele de Mello(2022-05-03). What is the origin of The Internationale?peoplesdispatch.org You may have already heard to central refrain of the Internationale. In English, it is: "So comrades, come rally / And the last fight let us face / The Internationale unites the human race". The Portuguese version translates to: "Well-united let us make / In this final struggle / A land without masters / The International". | While you may have heard these words, do you know the story behind the Internationale? Created 151 years ago, the song came from a poem and became the anthem of the International Workingmen's Association, or the First International. This was a union of organizations and parties of anarchist,…
Internationalist 360 ∞(2022-05-03). How Deadly are Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Drones in Ukrainian Hands?libya360.wordpress.comUkrainian-operated Bayraktar TB2 Turkish drones are back in the news having taken out 2 Russian patrol boats in the Black Sea. While it is passed off as a major victory, it actually proves just how limited the Bayraktar's capabilities are in a conflict with an opponent fielding superior air defense systems. Ukrainian Bayraktar drones have…
JERUSALEM, Friday, May 13, 2022 (WAFA) — Israeli police today attacked the funeral convoy of slain veteran Al Jazeera journalist as Palestinian mourners carried the journalist's coffin on their way to the church. A sizable Israeli police force cordoned off Saint Joseph Hospital, where the body of Shireen Abu Akleh is kept, setting up barricades …
Israeli soldiers shot, Friday morning, a young Palestinian man near a military roadblock behind Beit El illegal colony and security center, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, allegedly after he hurled stones at a car of a colonizer. The army claimed the man hurled one stone at the car and tried to …
Imagine the public outcry if airline companies eliminated co-pilots as a first step toward a long-term goal of flying planes by remote control. What could go wrong, right? Well, railroad companies really do want to get rid of conductors, in effect, co-pilots, in freight trains. If the rail industry has its way, only the engineer, …
After moving in circles of confusion for over two years, private school teachers can now access the long-awaited COVID-19 cash bailout from the government. In one of his national addresses on COVID-19 in July 2020, President Yoweri Museveni promised to provide a revolving fund worth Shillings 20 billion for private school teachers to set up …
