(2023-05-10). Limits to Growth, Climate Change, Digitization of Everything and Worldwide Censorship — All Leading to WEF and the Behemoth Cult Commanding It. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-09). Did Intel-Linked Dataminr Play Sinister Role in Hunter Biden Laptop Suppression? mintpressnews.com 
How a CIA-linked social media spying tool may have been used to monitor, censor, suppress, and even ban anyone who liked, linked, or commented on the Biden Hunter laptop story.
(2023-05-10). Biden to Sign Military and Surveillance Agreements With Papua New Guinea. news.antiwar.com President Biden will sign a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and a surveillance deal with Papua New Guinea when he visits the Pacific Island nation later this month, Papua New Guinea's foreign minister told Reuters. The White House announced Tuesday that Biden will visit Papua New Guinea on May 22 while on his way from the …
(2023-05-10). Ukraine's 'Press Freedom' Score Increases Despite Martial Law, Banned Media. scheerpost.com 
(2023-05-09). Russian & Soviet Flags Banned at Berlin Victory Day. scheerpost.com 
A court in Berlin has outlawed the display of the Russian and Soviet flags on May 8 and 9 celebrations of victory over Nazi Germany because they can "convey a readiness for violence."
(2023-05-09). Georgia Anti-Abortion Law Adds "Unborn Dependents" to Tax Code. truthout.org This story was originally published in English at Prism. This tax season in Georgia, some people were asked an unexpected question: "Were you pregnant in 2022?" It's the first time anyone in the U.S. has seen the impact of a fetal personhood law on their tax forms. Georgia initially passed its controversial "fetal heartbeat" bill in 2019, which banned abortion at the point of electrical activity… |
(2023-05-09). Judge Bans Trump From Posting About Hush Money Case Evidence on Social Media. truthout.org ANew York judge on Monday banned former President Donald Trump from sharing evidence related to his criminal hush money case on social media. Judge Juan Merchan's order, which sided heavily with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's investigation, stated, "any materials and information provided by the People to the Defense in accordance with their discovery obligations … shall be used solely… |
(2023-05-10). Australian MPS Meet US Envoy Caroline Kennedy On Assange. popularresistance.org A cross party delegation of Australian legislators met on Tuesday morning in Canberra with Caroline Kennedy, the U.S. ambassador, to discuss the continued U.S. prosecution of imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. | U.S. President Joe Biden is due in Australia in two weeks as the pressure continues to mount on him from presidents, parliaments, the public and human rights and press freedom groups to free Assange. | The Sydney Morning Herald quoted Senator Andrew Wilkie, who took part in the meeting with Kennedy, as saying: | "This is an intensely important time with the US President about to visit. It woul…
(2023-05-10). Monopolies, Prosecution Of Assange Drive Drop In US Press Freedom Rank. popularresistance.org CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin interrupted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a Washington Post-sponsored World Press Freedom Day event on May 3, taking the stage where a Post journalist was interviewing Blinken. Benjamin demanded that the U.S. and United Kingdom free imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. | A group of men in suits, presumably Secret Service agents, immediately charged onto the stage and forcibly removed Benjamin and another activist who joined her. Blinken, however, failed to address either Assange's persecution or the U.S.'s continued decline in press freedom after the disruptio…
(2023-05-09). Australian Lawmakers Urge US to Drop Case Against Assange. news.antiwar.com A cross-party group of Australian members of parliament met with the US ambassador to Australia on Tuesday and called for Washington to drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an Australian citizen. The delegation of lawmakers, known as the Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group, told US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy that there was broad …
(2023-05-11). New Zealand teacher strikes continue. wsws.org The unions are seeking to keep teachers and other workers divided so they can impose a sellout agreement in line with the Labour government's austerity agenda.
(2023-05-11). Anti-COVID advocate Jess discusses death of six-year-old in Detroit from "mysterious illness" wsws.org The WSWS spoke with Jess about Jimari Williams' death and the broader context in which it took place, as governments throughout the world dismantle all mitigation measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 and other pathogens.
(2023-05-10). How Khader Adnan Unified the Palestinian People from an Israeli Prison Cell. mintpressnews.com Khader Adnan represents a political culture that has come to permeate Palestine for years, a mode of collective resistance that cannot be easily crushed, silenced or killed. Even in death.
(2023-05-10). NY Times is wrong on dedollarization: Economist Michael Hudson debunks Paul Krugman's dollar defense. geopoliticaleconomy.com Economist Michael Hudson responds to the misleading arguments against de-dollarization that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman made in his attempt to defend US hegemony and the dollar system.
(2023-05-10). Neither Condemned, nor Persecuted! Solidarity with Miguel Peralta. itsgoingdown.org Statement from Indigenous Yaqui political prisoner, Fidencio Aldama, in solidarity with Indigenous Mazatec politically persecuted, Miguel Peralta. My name is Fidencio Aldama Pérez. I join the call for solidarity with my compañero Miguel Peralta. After nearly five years of imprisonment, living through a burdensome and lengthy legal process, Miguel achieved his freedom after it was…
(2023-05-10). Still no justice, a year since Shireen Abu Akleh's killing. peoplesdispatch.org The senior Al-Jazeera journalist was killed and her colleagues attacked by Israeli forces while they were covering an Israeli army raid on a refugee camp in Jenin in the occupied West Bank last year in May…
(2023-05-10). What's behind the attack against Brazil's Landless Rural Workers' Movement? peoplesdispatch.org 
The Chamber of Deputies, dominated by the right, has set up a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry to investigate "the real purpose" of the Landless Rural Workers' Movement…
(2023-05-10). Ecuadorian legislature votes for impeachment trial against President Lasso. peoplesdispatch.org Under Ecuador's constitution, at any time during the trial Lasso could dissolve the Assembly and govern by decree for up to six months, after which he would have to call for new elections. He has told press that he would not hesitate to dissolve the congress if his removal were imminent…
(2023-05-10). How Khader Adnan Unified the Palestinian People from an Israeli Prison Cell. mintpressnews.com Khader Adnan represents a political culture that has come to permeate Palestine for years, a mode of collective resistance that cannot be easily crushed, silenced or killed. Even in death.
(2023-05-10). NY Times is wrong on dedollarization: Economist Michael Hudson debunks Paul Krugman's dollar defense. geopoliticaleconomy.com Economist Michael Hudson responds to the misleading arguments against de-dollarization that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman made in his attempt to defend US hegemony and the dollar system.
(2023-05-10). Neither Condemned, nor Persecuted! Solidarity with Miguel Peralta. itsgoingdown.org Statement from Indigenous Yaqui political prisoner, Fidencio Aldama, in solidarity with Indigenous Mazatec politically persecuted, Miguel Peralta. My name is Fidencio Aldama Pérez. I join the call for solidarity with my compañero Miguel Peralta. After nearly five years of imprisonment, living through a burdensome and lengthy legal process, Miguel achieved his freedom after it was…
(2023-05-10). Still no justice, a year since Shireen Abu Akleh's killing. peoplesdispatch.org The senior Al-Jazeera journalist was killed and her colleagues attacked by Israeli forces while they were covering an Israeli army raid on a refugee camp in Jenin in the occupied West Bank last year in May…
(2023-05-10). What's behind the attack against Brazil's Landless Rural Workers' Movement? peoplesdispatch.org The Chamber of Deputies, dominated by the right, has set up a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry to investigate "the real purpose" of the Landless Rural Workers' Movement…
(2023-05-10). Ecuadorian legislature votes for impeachment trial against President Lasso. peoplesdispatch.org Under Ecuador's constitution, at any time during the trial Lasso could dissolve the Assembly and govern by decree for up to six months, after which he would have to call for new elections. He has told press that he would not hesitate to dissolve the congress if his removal were imminent…
(2023-05-10). As elections approach, Turkey hopes for change. peoplesdispatch.org Turkey will be holding elections for its national parliament and presidency on May 14. Early polls indicate that long-term ruling President Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) are, for the first time in the past two decades, facing a tough challenge in both the elections. This is a critical election for the country. | Dr. ≈ûebnem Korur, president of the Turkish Medical Association, spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the mood on the ground. Looking at the health sector and the working conditions of health workers, she talks about the outcome the country's health wor…
(2023-05-10). Multilateral banks debunk Indian government's claims on growth rate. peoplesdispatch.org The so-called theory of trickle-down effect projected by the government (high prosperity of the rich flows down to enhance the economic welfare of the poor) has been debunked by the data on the growing gap between the rich and the poor in the country, rising poverty, unemployment, and the perpetually rising prices…
(2023-05-10). What led to Imran Khan's arrest and the political crisis in Pakistan? peoplesdispatch.org Taimur Rahman of the Mazdoor Kisan Party explains the political crisis in Pakistan where massive protests have broken out following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. He explains the major players and how the situation is like to play out…
(2023-05-10). Communists across Europe mark 78th anniversary of Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. peoplesdispatch.org Soviet red flags were raised in Victory Day celebrations across Europe, despite a ban on the display of Soviet and Russian flags in several countries including Germany…
(2023-05-10). Pakistan rocked by protests as Imran Khan is sent to custody for eight days. peoplesdispatch.org 
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was arrested on Tuesday, was sent into custody of the National Accountability Bureau on Wednesday. He was also indicted separately in a case related to do with illegal sale of gits. Protests have broken out across the country with over a 1,000 people arrested.
(2023-05-10). Why There Is a Growing Student Absentee Rate—and How Community Schools Can Fix It. independentmediainstitute.org School absentee rates that increased dramatically during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have not declined. In fact, they're getting worse, according to a September 2022 research analysis posted on the blog site of Attendance Works, a national nonprofit that advocates for reducing "chronic absenteeism" in schools. Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing at least …
(2023-05-10). Estados Unidos — Más de 106,000 muertes por fentanilo en 2022. globalizacion.ca
(2023-05-10). La Pax Americana y el orden multipolar. globalizacion.ca
(2023-05-10). 83 Years Ago: Fall of France, the Wehrmacht's Advance Through the Ardennes Forest. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). Sanctions Drive Chinese Firms to Build A.I. Technologies which do not rely on "Cutting Edge U.S. Semiconductors" globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). Palestine Is Boiling and Will Not Cool Down. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). The US Silence on Israeli Nuclear Weapons and the Right-wing Israeli Government. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). WHO Plans to Launch Global Digital Health Certificate. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). High School Students Who Died Suddenly or Unexpectedly After Taking COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines. Foreign Deaths in 2021. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). A Certain Form of Thieving: The US Banksters Strike Again. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). Carmageddon: The Electric Car Fiasco. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). It Appears that the US Government Is Totally Corrupt. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). Syria's Return to Arab League Is a Big Deal. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). Images of Massive US Embassy Compound in Lebanon Elicit Jeers and Questions. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). The Corona War. They're Coming After Our Thoughts. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). Pfizer Vaccine "Harms to Women and Babies": UK Media Regulator Ofcom Goes After Noami Wolf and Mark Steyn, for Telling the Truth. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). US Corporations Cash In on Ukraine's Oil and Gas. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). Sowing Seeds of Plunder: A Lose-Lose Situation in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). Yoon's Diplomacy with Kishida and Biden: One Step to Korean War 2.0 and Two Steps to Hot Sino-American War? globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). Selected Articles: The Difference Between Secrets and Lies. Can the White House Even Understand the Difference? globalresearch.ca 
By Recent developments in Washington relating to Ukraine and the Middle East remind me that there is a big difference …
(2023-05-10). Canada Must Condemn Israel's Assassination of Palestinians and Their Families in Gaza. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). Ukraine War: Biden Displays Frighteningly Poor Leadership. Lies and More Lies. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). Video: The Vaccine Industry crimes and killing started long before covid. Ted Kuntz. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). Biden Nukes Korea, Builds Anti-China Alliances. globalresearch.ca
(2023-05-10). El escándalo del avión venezolano secuestrado en Argentina, cerca del final. globalizacion.ca La Cámara Federal de La Plata, en Buenos Aires, decidió varios recursos de apelación y confirmó el sobreseimiento de 14 tripulantes del avión venezolano de la filial de Conviasa EMTRASUR, secuestrado en el aeropuerto de Ezeiza desde hace casi un…
(2023-05-10). Cuba — Acerca de la representatividad. globalizacion.ca El propósito, funcionamiento y particularidades de la construcción de la democracia en la sociedad cubana no pueden explicarse con los puntos de partida de la concepción liberal de democracia, por más que en el plano formal haya momentos elementales de…
(2023-05-10). Más de 106,000 muertes por fentanilo en 2022. globalizacion.ca El fentanilo, la letal y poderosísima arma de destrucción masiva de los carteles mexicanos. Las víctimas mortales en los EE.UU. de este opioide sintético se contabilizaron en más de 106.000 personas en el 2022. | Quien visite, por ejemplo, las más…
(2023-05-10). Fascismo, narcisismo colectivo y el miedo a la libertad. globalizacion.ca Las investigaciones psicológicas sobre narcisismo en las últimas generaciones no han llegado a una conclusión clara. Tal vez porque todas, aunque buscan entender un fenómeno colectivo, se centran en el estudio de individuos. | La discusión es menos ambigua cuando, por…
(2023-05-10). Ecuador — øHay razones para la destitución de Lasso? globalizacion.ca El 30 de marzo la Corte Constitucional aprobó la solicitud de enjuiciar políticamente a Guillermo Lasso. Tres hechos fueron denunciados por los asambleístas proponentes, dos respecto a actos de concusión en la Empresa Coordinadora de Empresas Públicas, EMCO, y uno,…
(2023-05-10). Romper el monopolio capitalista de los medicamentos. globalizacion.ca Una negociación trascendental para los pueblos de América Latina y el Caribe como la reciente firma entre Cuba, México y Colombia para la creación de la Agencia de Medicamentos y Dispositivos Médicos de Latinoamérica y el Caribe (Amlac), ha tenido…
(2023-05-10). La política argentina y los barcos sin rumbo. globalizacion.ca Nuestra sociedad sufre una crisis profunda, prolongada y por ahora sin horizontes a la vista. Referirse a elecciones y candidatos en estas circunstancias hasta produce cierto escozor. La coalición gobernante y la opositora se hunden juntos en la pobreza intelectual…
(2023-05-10). Del neoliberalismo al mercantilismo: el nuevo consenso de Washington. globalizacion.ca Una creciente crisis de legitimidad y la escalada bélica en Ucrania contextualizan la convocatoria a un "nuevo Consenso ª con el Estado en un rol central. Altos funcionarios del gobierno norteamericano admiten por estos días que el orden económico global, surgido…
(2023-05-10). Trump, fortalecido políticamente tras la acusación en su contra. globalizacion.ca Lo que parecía probable, sucedió: poco menos de dos semanas después de que fue acusado de sobornar a la actriz pornográfica Stormy Daniels antes de las elecciones presidenciales de 2016 para que no hablara de una supuesta aventura amorosa protagonizada…
(2023-05-10). Texas police confirm Allen Mall shooter was neo-Nazi. wsws.org While the capitalist politicians have no response or solutions to massacres committed by Nazis, both Republicans and Democrats boasted of their efforts to militarize the US-Mexico border.
(2023-05-10). Sweden holds largest military exercise in 30 years. wsws.org Twenty-six thousand troops from fourteen countries were assembled amid the escalation of war in Ukraine and the drawing of Finland and Sweden into NATO.
(2023-05-10). Notes on the financial oligarchy: Jeffrey Epstein and the criminality of the ruling class. wsws.org A lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase gives a window into the narrow, incestuous world of financial-state power.
(2023-05-10). New report details the affordability crisis in New York City. wsws.org Half of the city's population cannot afford to live there, the Fund for the City of New York admits.
(2023-05-10). German Chancellor Scholz visits East Africa and sends the Bundeswehr to Niger. wsws.org Africa, too, is increasingly coming into the focus of German imperialism. The coalition government is aggressively pursuing the goal of increasing Berlin's political, economic, and military influence on the resource-rich continent.
(2023-05-10). Turkish elections: Morenoites rally behind Kƒ±lƒ±àßdaroƒülu, HDP and Stalinist Tƒ∞P. wsws.org The Morenoites have lined up behind the main bourgeois opposition alliance through an alliance with Stalinism and Kurdish nationalism.
(2023-05-10). UK deepens warmongering in Ukraine with plans to supply long-range missiles. wsws.org On Monday, the Washington Post reported that the UK's Ministry of Defence had issued a call to weapons manufacturers, on behalf of the International Fund for Ukraine, to supply missiles capable of striking Russian-annexed Crimea or cities deep inside Russia's borders.
(2023-05-10). The corporatist record of the Communication Workers Union: 2007 to 2023. wsws.org Corporatism asserts a common interest between workers and employers and means the total subordination of the working class to the profit dictates of the company. The bitter experience of the past 15 years shows that there is no such "common interest."
(2023-05-10). Australian Labor government's budget hits workers behind sham "relief" wsws.org Workers and their families will even more bear the burden of the real wage cuts, plus soaring mortgage payments, rents and prices for food, petrol and energy, while the wealthy enjoy super-profits and billions of dollars are set aside for war preparations.
(2023-05-10). Widespread anger in New Zealand over anti-immigrant "dawn raids" wsws.org The early morning raid and detention of a so-called "overstayer" has again exposed the fraud of the Labour government's "apology" to Pacific Islanders for the anti-immigrant campaigns of the 1970s.
(2023-05-10). Financial storms building up on several major fronts. wsws.org In its latest Financial Stability report, issued earlier this week, the Federal Reserve said the runs on SVB and Signature "were of unprecedented speed" compared with previous runs.
(2023-05-10). Clarios, Dana and Stellantis workers call for joint action to win strike at battery plant in Toledo, Ohio. wsws.org The outcome of the struggle at Clarios will have major consequences for the 170,000 autoworkers in the US and Canada whose contracts expire this summer.
(2023-05-10). FedEx Freight to close 29 locations in fourth round of layoffs. wsws.org FedEx is cutting costs while executives and major shareholders rake in millions.
(2023-05-10). Oakland teachers speak on conditions as strike continues. wsws.org Years of budget cuts have left students and staff facing deplorable conditions.
(2023-05-10). NATO powers move to send long-range missiles to Ukraine. wsws.org On Tuesday, a UK defense official confirmed to the Washington Post that the Britain is preparing to send long-range missiles to Ukraine capable of striking Crimea.
(2023-05-10). Australian prime minister hails opening of highly automated grocery warehouse. wsws.org Opening the new Queensland distribution centre, Albanese claimed it would create 320 jobs. The reality is that the facility is part of a $1 billion investment in job-cutting technology by major supermarket chain Coles.
(2023-05-10). Six-year-old dies in Detroit school-based outbreak: What remains of public health after three years of the pandemic? wsws.org The example of Jimari Williams shows how the population will be treated by the capitalist state and media from now on: Workers and children will get sick and die at school and work and nothing will be done.
(2023-05-10). Strike by 11,000 US film writers enters second week. wsws.org While the WGA is telling writers that the White House is supporting the strike, any intervention of the Biden administration will be aimed at imposing an agreement written by the companies.
(2023-05-10). The DSA-backed "Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee" attempts to co-opt a rank-and-file movement from below. wsws.org The purpose of the meeting was not to discuss building "rank-and-file power" but using "reform" groups within the apparatus to bolster the credibility of the bureaucracy as it prepares fresh betrayals.
(2023-05-10). In midst of lethal disease outbreak, nurses, paraprofessionals, counselors on the chopping block in Detroit Public Schools. wsws.org With COVID funds running out, the Detroit school district is pressing ahead with layoffs and the elimination of programs.
(2023-05-10). Contract bargaining for German public sector workers: A response to the union's lies. wsws.org In line with its close collaboration with the German government, the Verdi leadership is using its apparatus of thousands of full-time officials to suppress the class struggle.
(2023-05-10). White House meeting kicks off bipartisan talks on debt limit, social cuts. wsws.org The Democratic leaders and the White House are maintaining the fiction that they will not link talks on the budget to raising the debt limit. But, of course, that is precisely what they are doing, and are, in fact, seeking to use the debt crisis as the pretext and cover for imposing further social cuts of their own.
(2023-05-10). Ceasefire elusive as Israel's bloodshed continues in Gaza. electronicintifada.net Resistance factions fire hundreds of rockets in response.
(2023-05-10). State Department Says Israel Has Right to 'Protect Itself' After Israel's Gaza Airstrikes Kill 10 Civilians. news.antiwar.com
(2023-05-10). US Officials Happy the UK Is Preparing to Send Ukraine Long-Range Missiles. news.antiwar.com US officials are "breathing a quiet sigh of relief" over London's plans to provide Ukraine with longer-range missiles, POLITICO reported on Tuesday. A final decision hasn't been made, but Britain is preparing to send Kyiv missiles with a strike capability of up to 300 kilometers (186 miles), which is about the same range as the …
(2023-05-10). Taiwan Says Its Military Won't Let the US Blow Up Semiconductor Factories. news.antiwar.com Taiwan's defense minister on Monday pushed back against the idea of the US bombing the island's semiconductor factories in the event of a Chinese invasion. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) recently said the US should "make it very clear to the Chinese that if you invade Taiwan, we're going to blow up TSMC," referring to Taiwan …
(2023-05-10). China Says In Touch With All Parties on Seeking Ceasefire in Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said Tuesday that China would communicate with all relevant parties in its efforts to push for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Qin made the comments alongside his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock, in Berlin. "As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and responsible major country, China will neither watch …
(2023-05-10). CovertAction Bulletin: Assange Writes Letter to King Charles Before £100 Million Coronation. covertactionmagazine.com To mark the occasion of the coronation of King Charles the III, Julian Assange wrote a scathing public letter to the new monarch from his cell at Belmarsh prison, where he's been held for over four years. The coronation cost £100 million of tax-payer funds, and many across the country have been outraged that public funds are being spent on such pomp and circumstance during a cost of living crisis…
(2023-05-10). Protest Song Of The Week: 'I Know How It Feels' By Dropkick Murphys. shadowproof.com Originally published at Ongoing History of Protest Music Armed with his weapon of choice, a guitar with the words "This Machine Kills Fascists" painted on it, Woody Guthrie was a pivotal contributor to the canon of protest tunes. He composed nearly 3,000 songs, many of which remained unpublished. This has…
(2023-05-10). Asiste Díaz-Canel a acto conmemorativo por aniversario 50 del Frente Polisario. mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu El primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, participó hoy en un acto conmemorativo por el aniversario 50 de la fundación del Frente Polisario, en la Sala Universal de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, de esta capital. Participaron también Roberto Morales Ojeda, miembro del Buró Político del Comité Central del PCC y secretario de Organización, y otros representantes del Partido y el Gobierno cubanos.
(2023-05-10). Ministerio de Economía y Planificación aprueba 67 nuevos actores económicos (+ PDF). cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Economía y Planificación anunció hoy la aprobación de 67 nuevos actores económicos, como parte de las medidas para impulsar el desarrollo económico y social. De estos, 63 son mipymes privadas y 4 son mipymes estatales.
(2023-05-10). Clarisse °seis oros mundiales!, Grigalashvili suma la segunda. cubadebate.cu El cuarto día del campeonato mundial de judo en Doha deparó una de las más agradables confirmaciones para todos los asistentes a la ABHA Arena, pues la francesa Clarisse Agbegnenou se convirtió en la cuarta mujer con seis o más títulos a este nivel; mientras el georgiano Tato Grigalashvili arribó a dos cetros de manera consecutiva.
(2023-05-10). Segunda devolución de migrantes irregulares por vía aérea desde EEUU en 2023. cubadebate.cu Las autoridades de Estados Unidos realizaron este miércoles la segunda operación de devolución de migrantes irregulares por vía aérea de 2023, con 66 personas que indistintamente fueron capturadas al llegar a las costas por vía marítima o al cruzar la frontera con México. En total, los estadounidenses han retornado a Cuba este año a 2 708 personas.
(2023-05-10). Genéticamente hablando: Cuidado con los gatos (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Quizás sea exagerado decirlo así, pero vale para llamar la atención, especialmente de las embarazadas: la toxoplasmosis es una enfermedad que puede adquirirse, entre otras vías, al entrar en contacto con las heces de los gatos y otros felinos, aunque también por insuficiente cocción de los alimentos.
(2023-05-10). Mujeres al sur: Sororas (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Ya está aquí otro capítulo del podcast Mujeres al Sur: SORORAS. El episodio se acercará al activismo contra la violencia de género, pero esta vez desde las perspectivas de quienes acompañan a las víctimas. En SORORAS se habla sobre sistemas de consejería, acompañamiento y asesoramiento a víctimas, como momento clave de la sororidad ante este conflicto.
(2023-05-10). Cancilleres de Rusia, Turquía e Irán instan a conservar soberanía e integridad territorial de Siria. cubadebate.cu Los cancilleres de Siria, Rusia, Turquía e Irán se reunieron este miércoles en Moscú para examinar los esfuerzos de normalización de las relaciones entre Ankara y Damasco. Coincidieron en la necesidad de conservar la soberanía e integridad territorial de Siria, así como continuar la lucha contra el terrorismo y el separatismo.
(2023-05-10). " °Ya tengo un nuevo chelo! Gracias, amigos de Canadá" (+ Fotos). cubadebate.cu °Tengo que llamar a mi mamá para que sepa que ya tengo un nuevo chelo!, pensó en alta voz Roldán, en cuanto acarició las cuerdas del obsequio que recibió de manos de Gerardo Hernández Nordelo, quien entregó, esta mañana, en la escuela Paulita Concepción, al Ministerio de Cultura, 100 instrumentos musicales donados por amigos canadienses a través del proyecto solidario Cubacan.
(2023-05-10). Médicos en Holguín salvan a niño de 17 meses que tragó un muelle. cubadebate.cu Un equipo multidisciplinario del Hospital Pediátrico Octavio de la Concepción y de la Pedraja, de la provincia de Holguín, salvó la vida de un bebé de 17 meses, el cual ingirió un muelle de un palillo de tendera. El paciente llegó al cuerpo de guardia de la institución asistencial con un cuadro de dificultad respiratoria y mucha inflamación.
(2023-05-10). Minneapolis rallies to free Alex Saab and all political prisoners! fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On May 7, a couple dozen activists gathered at the busy intersection of Minneapolis' Chicago and Lake Streets for a rally as part of the international "Week for Alex Saab" called by the Committee to Free Alex Saab. Speakers from different movements gave messages of solidarity with Venezuela's kidnapped diplomat and connected Alex Saab's struggle to a broader history of U.S. imperialism and repression. Many cars honked in support of the "Hands off Venezuela" signs and passersby stayed to listen to the speeches. | Sarah Martin of the Women Against Military Madness Solidarity Committee of the Ameri…
(2023-05-10). The Heat: India History Controversy. america.cgtn.com 
Is India trying to erase its Muslim past? Street and city names are being changed. Now the Indian government is ordering revisions to school textbooks, scrubbing or minimizing references to Islamic rule in the country. Critics claim the changes help promote the Hindu nationalist vision …
(2023-05-10). New Report Shows Mass Incarceration Doesn't Stop at the Prison Walls. scheerpost.com
(2023-05-10). NYPD Arrest Photojournalist Who Was Covering Their Response to 'Justice for Jordan Neely' Vigil. scheerpost.com 
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Independent photojournalist Stephanie Keith, who was covering the New York Police Department's response to a planned "Justice for Jordan Neely" vigil, was arrested by police on May 8, 2023. Jordan Neely, a Black homeless man, was on a subway train on May 1 when a Marine veteran named Daniel …
(2023-05-10). US Announces $1.2 Billion in Long-Term Military Aid for Ukraine. scheerpost.com 
(2023-05-10). Provocation Is Not an Innocent Act. scheerpost.com 
By Alfred de Zayas / CounterPunch Provocation is not an innocent act. Under specific circumstances, provocation constitutes a tort or even a crime, especially when it deliberately generates a violent response. There is no binding definition of the term provocation, which is generally understood as intentional or reckless conduct likely to induce another person to …
(2023-05-10). Glenn Greenwald: Reflections on Family Health Crisis. scheerpost.com 
ScheerPost is deeply saddened by the news of David Miranda's passing and we offer our heartfelt condolences to Glenn Greenwald and his family. In remembrance of David, we are publishing this reflective piece from Glenn, which was written in November 2022. We extend our sympathies and support to Glenn and his loved ones during this …
(2023-05-10). Migrants gather at U.S.-Mexico border as Title 42 expiring. america.cgtn.com 
Just days before Title 42 is set to expire, hundreds of migrants, many from Colombia, Venezuela and Central America, have gathered at the U.S. Mexico border. They're hoping to be among the first to cross into the United States and take advantage of the possibility of beginning the asylum process.
(2023-05-10). Community Shaken after Asian victims killed in Texas shooting. america.cgtn.com 
The four Asian victims killed during Saturday's mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlets in Texas included three members of the same family. The Korean and Asian community is shaken there as this is not the first time they have been the target of the country's epidemic of gun violence.
(2023-05-10). San Francisco launches Asian American Radical Imagination exhibition. america.cgtn.com 
San Francisco Public Library launched a new exhibit — Dreaming People's History: The Asian American Radical Imagination. The exhibit examines the city's Asian American experience, including works reflecting on early immigration to present day Anti-Asian American hate.
(2023-05-10). Migrants stranded on Peru-Chile border. america.cgtn.com 
Hundreds of migrants, mostly Venezuelans seeking to return home, have been stranded in camps along Peru's border with Chile. Dan Collyns has been speaking to migrants and officials in the city of Tacna on Peru's southern border with Chile. See the latest.
(2023-05-10). NATO strike force exercise includes eight partners from Azerbaijan to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeMay 8, 2023 Exercise Steadfast Cobalt 2023 concludes Steadfast Cobalt 2023, NATO's largest Communications and Information System exercise, wrapped up on Friday, May 5, 2023, at Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum, the Netherlands. Steadfast Cobalt 2023 is an annual exercise designed to prepare NATO Response Force (NRF) units…. "Steadfast Cobalt 2023 …
(2023-05-10). U.S. transfers F-22s from Poland to Estonia to "defend NATO's eastern flank" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandMay 9, 2023 US F-22s deploy to Estonia from Poland The U.S. Air Force F-22s supporting NATO Allied Air Command's Air Shielding mission along the eastern flank have executed an Agile Combat Employment deployment to Amari Air Base, Estonia on May 8…. The US fighters joined their Royal Air Force colleagues who are …
(2023-05-10). Top military chief: NATO ready for "large-scale operations to defend every inch of alliance's territory" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stars and StripesMay 10, 2023 NATO's new plans will help to better defend 'every inch' of allied territory, Cavoli says U.S. European Command's Gen. Christopher Cavoli and other top NATO defense officials met Wednesday in Brussels to fine-tune new defense plans for Europe that are expected to transform how the alliance will defend itself for …
(2023-05-10). Germany to boost Puma fighting vehicles to 580 to meet NATO demands, confront Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsMay 10, 2023 German lawmakers grant $1.6 billion for 50 Puma fighting vehicles German lawmakers have approved a Defence Ministry request to order 50 Puma infantry fighting vehicles for more than $1 billion, buying into the government's proposition that the purchase bears risks but is necessary to fulfill NATO obligations by 2027. Parliamentarian appropriators …
(2023-05-10). A View From The White House. Larry's Take. smoothiex12.blogspot.com
(2023-05-10). In OtherWords: May 10, 2023. otherwords.org This week in OtherWords, Veronica Avila and Mariah Montgomery explain why We're taking a light week this week…
(2023-05-10). The Supreme Court is Corrupt. Let's Fix It. otherwords.org When public officials get themselves mired in the muck of corruption, they can always count on Senator Ted Cruz to issue a moral judgment: If the offender is a Democrat, he pronounces the corruption inexcusably grotesque; if it's a Republican, he wails that the offender is the victim. | For example, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was recently caught (yet again) butt-deep in judicial immorality, taking hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of freebies from a Texas real estate baron who has both a partisan and corporate interest in Thomas' court rulings. | So, Cruz to the rescue! No judicial impropriety he…
(2023-05-10). Gig Work Is Getting Dangerous. otherwords.org In recent months, stories of rideshare drivers and delivery workers carjacked, robbed, or even killed on the job have made headlines around the country. Now, growing research shows that there is an all-out crisis in app-based work. | This May, Gig Workers Rising, PowerSwitch Action, and ACRE released That's more…
(2023-05-10). A people's victory in Chicago. cpusa.org 
"Happy May Day 2023, Chicago! May we always stand in solidarity with workers everywhere to ensure fair wages, safe working conditions, and the right to organize. "Never forget: the power of the people is what built this city and makes Chicago strong." So tweeted Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson, a labor leader, Chicago Teachers Union …
(2023-05-10). At Least 32% of U.S. Mass Shooters Were Trained to Shoot by the U.S. Military. davidswanson.org
(2023-05-10). But How Can I Help the Canadian Military? davidswanson.org
(2023-05-10). "Solito": Salvadoran Writer Javier Zamora Details His Solo 4,000-Mile Journey to U.S. as a 9-Year-Old. democracynow.org 
As President Biden ends Title 42, the Trump-era policy blocking asylum seekers, and plans stronger enforcement measures on the border, we speak with Salvadoran poet and writer Javier Zamora, whose best-selling memoir, Solito, details his odyssey as a 9-year-old child traveling unaccompanied through Guatemala, Mexico and eventually through the Sonoran Desert, before he makes it to Arizona and reunites with his parents with the aid of other migrants. "We're all just human beings trying to have a chance at a better life," says Zamora about his work humanizing the people caught in the migrant crisis…
(2023-05-10). Trump Accuser Jessica Leeds "Really Pleased" with Verdict After Testifying in E. Jean Carroll Case. democracynow.org 
A jury on Tuesday found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused him of raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. We speak with one of the people who testified at trial: Jessica Leeds, a retired businesswoman who says Trump sexually assaulted her on an airplane in the 1980s — one of dozens of women who has accused him of sexual misconduct over the years. Leeds tells Democracy Now! she is "really pleased" with the verdict and that she hopes it will encourage other survivors of sexual abuse to come forward, although she…
(2023-05-10). "The World Finally Knows the Truth": Jury Finds Trump Sexually Abused & Defamed E. Jean Carroll. democracynow.org 
A Manhattan jury on Tuesday sided with the writer E. Jean Carroll in her civil case against former President Donald Trump, finding him liable for sexually abusing and defaming Carroll, and awarding her $5 million in damages. The jury did not find that Trump had raped her, as she has claimed. Trump says he will appeal. The closely watched trial stemmed from an incident in the 1990s, when Carroll says Trump sexually assaulted her in a department store dressing room in New York. "Today, the world finally knows the truth," Carroll said in a statement, reacting to the verdict. "This victory is not ju…
(2023-05-10). Headlines for May 10, 2023. democracynow.org Donald Trump Found Liable for Sexual Abuse and Defamation of E. Jean Carroll, Rights Groups Call on Biden to Implement Humane Immigration Policies as Title 42 Ends, Immigrant Rights Defenders Condemn Texas Bills That Would Create Vigilante ICE Force, No Progress on Debt Limit Talks After Biden-McCarthy Meeting as White House Weighs Unilateral Action, Israel Continues Air Attacks on Gaza, Killing at Least 16 People in Two Days, AFP Journalist Killed Covering Ukraine War; France and U.K. Move to Label Wagner a Terrorist Group, Protests Mount, Hundreds Arrested in Pakistan as Court Charges Detained Imran Khan with C…
(2023-05-10). No WWII No Victory Parade in Moscow and No War in Ukraine Today If the West Had Not Rearmed Germany! dissidentvoice.org May 9! Moscow Celebrates Victory Over Nazi Germany's Invasion, but with incomprehensibly little or no public condemnation of American corporations having earlier heavily rearmed Hitler's Nazi Germany as British and French armies stood down in cooperation and in violation of the Versailles Treaty's prohibition of German rearmament. With the world of the plundering Colonial Powers …
(2023-05-10). Walk by Faith as a Form of Manifestation. dissidentvoice.org 
It's believed that, for thousands of years, certain members of human clans would wield some kind of magic stick. For example, here's one — carved to look like a viper — that was found in Finland. They claim it's over 4,000 years old: In some cultures, if the shaman or medicine man pointed such a …
(2023-05-10). In the Eye of the Polarizing Storm(s). dissidentvoice.org 
It is indeed a tale of many cities, worlds, perspectives, and then we have beliefs and morals. Add to that alternative and ulterior modes of realities, and we have a virtual Babel's Tower of conflicting, contradicting and confusing form of "discourse," or debate. Never mind the Matrix angle of things! In today's Western Culture (sic), …
(2023-05-10). 'The Times' says "Antivaxers are a menace who must be defeated" among other FALSE claims but the truth is the Triple Vaccinated account for 94% of Covid-19 Deaths. expose-news.com According to an article in The Times, 'Antivaxers [sic] are a global menace who must be defeated'. The author of the article, Ara Darzi, who is a member of the House of …
(2023-05-10). WHO ends the Covid Hoax with the biggest Lie of All. expose-news.com The World Health Organisation says that the covid-19 hoax is now over and claims that covid-19 killed an estimated 20 million people. They might as well have claimed it killed 200 million …
(2023-05-10). Pfizer "vaccine" trial data shows alarming outcomes for pregnant women; they knew all along. expose-news.com
(2023-05-10). Director of biodiversity charity celebrates population decline as it will help governments meet climate change goals. expose-news.com According to a Scientific American magazine opinion piece, a world with fewer people means a different climate and better outcomes for the planet's remaining inhabitants — human and otherwise. Stephanie Feldstein's opinion …
(2023-05-10). Labor's budget does nothing for young people. greenleft.org.au Labor's budget is a huge disappointment for many, but especially young people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis, surging rents and expensive education. | Despite
(2023-05-10). Labor's budget ignores the needs of millions. greenleft.org.au Labor's budget betrays renters, job seekers and people doing it tough. It leaves millions stuck in poverty while billionaires get tax cuts, argues Sue Bull.
(2023-05-10). Iranian regime's desperate tactics to derail the people's revolution. greenleft.org.au Mohammad Sadeghpour examines the balance of power between the people and Iran's theocratic regime and the tactics being used to attempt to divert the historic people's uprising.
(2023-05-10). Ballarat Trades Hall marks Nakba, calls for justice for Palestine. greenleft.org.au Unionists at Ballarat Trades Hall Council (BTHC) marked 75 years since the Nakba. Ron Guy reports.
(2023-05-10). Knitting Nannas challenge anti-protest laws in NSW Supreme Court. greenleft.org.au Knitting Nannas and supporters were at the NSW Supreme Court to support Dominique Jacobs and Helen Kvelde challenge the undemocratic anti-protest laws. Rachel Evans reports.
(2023-05-10). New history recounts capital's original war against the poor. greenleft.org.au Simon Butler reviews Ian Angus's new book, The War Against the Commons, which vividly retells the story of how land that had been shared for centuries was privatised by force and deception in England, Wales and Scotland.
(2023-05-10). May Day in France: Workers resist state repression. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel May 9, 2023 If French President Emmanuel Macron was hoping workers would lose morale and militancy, once he had maneuvered to get his new anti-worker pension system declared official law, he lost out. Millions of workers continued to protest and strike and defy France's cops, who grow more vicious and aggressive with each confrontation. Nantes, France, May 1. In a city of 280,000 people, 80,000 joined the workers' protest. On International Workers Day —— May Day —— a legal holiday in France, over 300 separate demonstrations drew some 2.3 million protesters into the streets. Th…
(2023-05-10). What anti-imperialists should know about the war in Ukraine. iacenter.org By Otis Grotewohl May 8, 2023 May 7 — It's been nearly 15 months since the start of the Feb. 24, 2022, Russian military intervention in Ukraine, which was provoked by decades of U.S./NATO expansion eastward. The Biden administration has given the Ukrainian puppet government billions of dollars in military aid, and many people are scratching their heads, wondering why? New York City, Jan. 14, protest targets imperialists in the Ukraine war. Credit: Brenda Ryan Ukraine's current government is a product of a NATO-backed coup, carried out in 2014 with pro-Nazi participation, which was also referred to as the Ma…
(2023-05-10). China, India to Lead Global Growth Over the Next Five Years: IMF Report. infobrics.org China and India will lead the world through their contribution to the global gross domestic product expansion, followed by the US, according to a recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) report…
(2023-05-10). Russian Firm Gets $6.5 Billion Contract to Produce 120 Vande Bharat Trains for India. infobrics.org Transmashholding (TMH) the largest manufacturer of locomotives and rail equipment in Russia, won a global bid to supply produce, supply, and maintain 120, 16-car long-distance Vande Bharat trains for the Indian Railways…
(2023-05-10). India's Population to Surpass China's by End of June, U.N. Predicts. infobrics.org India is set to overtake China as the world's most populous country by the end of June, U.N. estimates, posing huge challenges to a nation with creaking infrastructure and insufficient jobs for millions of young people…
(2023-05-10). Germany planning to use spare Nord Stream pipes for new floating LNG facilities. infobrics.org It remains to be seen how successful such projects will turn out to be, as well as how long it will be possible to carry them out while ignoring Washington's warfare against Germany.
(2023-05-10). Western media spread lies about Russia's Victory Parade. infobrics.org Western disinformation agents claim that Moscow would be militarily weakened, which obviously does not correspond to the reality of the current conflict.
(2023-05-10). Why American and Kiev regime media keep insisting Russian 'Kinzhal' hypersonic missile was shot down?>. infobrics.org The political West is decades behind Russia in hypersonic weapons development, so this propaganda story accomplishes at least two objectives — promotes US-made air defenses after humiliating failures and "tarnishes" the reputation of Russian hypersonic missiles.
(2023-05-10). Warsaw escalates tensions by transferring 10 MiG-29 fighter jets to Kiev. infobrics.org Poland deepens servitude to Washington in delusional bid to attain great power status.
(2023-05-10). The Middle East and the upcoming elections in Turkey. journal-neo.org 
(2023-05-10). Regarding the distribution of political power in Nigeria following the presidential elections in March 2023. journal-neo.org 
(2023-05-10). The President of the Republic of Korea's Visit to the United States: A Timeline of Events. journal-neo.org 
(2023-05-10). Haiti: "Sectors of the Police and the Government are Accomplices of the Criminal Gangs" libya360.wordpress.com Carlos Aznarez Henry Boisrolin is a member of the Haitian Democratic Committee in Argentina and a lucid analyst of what is happening in Haiti. We spoke with him about the serious events taking place in his country. What is the situation in Haiti at the moment, since lately we have been receiving information about the…
(2023-05-10). Pakistan Rocked by Protests Following the Arrest of Imran Khan. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Protests in Karachi, Pakistan after the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Photo: CGTN Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was arrested on Tuesday, was sent into custody of the National Accountability Bureau on Wednesday. He was also indicted separately in a case related to do with illegal sale of gits. Protests…
(2023-05-10). The Fake Promise Of AI: Here's Why Some Experts And Gurus Don't Buy The AI Hype. moguldom.com Artificial intelligence is everywhere. It makes automated product recommendations on sites like Amazon, it resides in email spam filters and it's in the software that chats with you on airline websites. People didn't necessarily consider all of that stuff to be AI, a Pew survey found. However, the launch of the wildly popular chatbot ChatGPT …
(2023-05-10). ChatGPT And AI Could Usher In A Golden Age Of Crime And Hacking. moguldom.com As with any new digital tool, there comes a threat of hackers using it to defraud consumers. The same holds true for ChatGPT. A natural language processing tool driven by artificial intelligence technology, ChatGPT allows users to have much more human-like interaction with the chatbot, which is a software that simulates conversations with users via …
(2023-05-10). College Graduates Are Expecting To Make $84,000, Report Says Reality Is $55,000. moguldom.com 
Despite a hot labor market and record-high job openings, college graduates could experience a rude awakening after stepping off the stage of their commencement ceremonies when it comes to salary expectations versus reality. The average starting salary for recent graduates is $55,911 but today's undergraduates expect to make $84,855 one year after graduation — a …
(2023-05-10). "Karl Marx:" A biography by Engels. mronline.org 
Karl Marx was born on May 5, 1818 in Trier, where he received a classical education. He studied jurisprudence at Bonn and later in Berlin, where, however, his preoccupation with philosophy soon turned him away from law.
(2023-05-10). New report unveils how CIA schemes color revolutions around the world. mronline.org 
For a long time, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) plotted "peaceful evolution" and "color revolutions" as well as spying activities around the world.
(2023-05-10). India: The grim unemployment scenario. mronline.org 
THE data on unemployment brough out by the Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy (CMIE) present a grim picture. Not only has the unemployment rate increased sharply for some years now, starting from even before the pandemic, but the figure which had shot up during the pandemic has not come down much despite the recovery that has occurred in the level of GDP from its trough.
(2023-05-10). A planetary health perspective on menstruation: menstrual equity and climate action. mronline.org 
Historically, blood-shedding has often been associated with heroic acts of valour. However, menstruation is not praised and cherished in the same way. Rather, menstruation is shrouded in secrecy, stigma, and stress, despite being a natural physiological process that occurs in a quarter of the global population.
(2023-05-10). Privatization of US Healthcare by UnitedHealth Group. orinocotribune.com 
By John P Geyman — May 7, 2023 | Profiteering against the public interest | Privatization of public programs such as Medicare and Medicaid has been proceeding rapidly in recent years with little coverage by the media of its harms to patients, the public and taxpayers. This article has four goals: (1) to bring brief historical perspective to this trend in the US; (2) to shed light on the experience over the last 12 years of profiteering by UnitedHealth Group, now the largest US private health insurer; (3) to describe negative impacts on our health care system; and (4) to briefly consider lessons that can be l…
(2023-05-10). Venezuela's Opposition Defines Rules for October Primary Elections. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's opposition primaries will take place on October 22 of this year. In recent months, the parameters of the elections that will determine who will be the candidate to face Chavismo in the 2024 presidential elections have been defined. | According to the latest update from the National Primary Commission (CNP) on Sunday, May 7, the regulations establishing the rules for nominations, advertising, participation of witnesses, voting abroad and the voting process have been finalized. | As established by the CNP, the registration of candidacies will begin on May 24 and end on June 23. After this, "admitted…
(2023-05-10). Where is Latin America on the De-Dollarization Map? orinocotribune.com 
By Mision Verdad — May 8, 2023 | In recent weeks, the information trend in economic matters has been led by multiple geopolitical endeavors that point towards de-dollarization or the diversification of finance and the world economy. It is becoming evident that a transformation of the financial system is being forged with the intention to decentralize the dollar rather than eliminate it from the overall equation, a move led by large emerging powers. | In the case of Latin America, two events showed important signs of such a financial transformation since they came from the countries that represent the largest…
(2023-05-10). The Anti-NATO Movement's Members Are the Most Conscious Element of the People, & Shouldn't Be Underrated. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — May 8, 2023 | Lenin
(2023-05-10). US Temporarily & Partially Suspends Liquidation of CITGO. orinocotribune.com On Sunday, US federal judge Paul B. Matey ordered the suspension of the attempted seizure of CITGO Corporation. a subsidiary of Venezuela's national petroleum company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA). | The decision was issued after the US judge accepted a motion filed by the ad hoc board of directors of the parallel, illegitimate "PDVSA" appointed by former deputy Juan Guaidó and recognized by Joe Biden administration as the legitimate management of PDVSA. | The ruling establishes that the liquidation and six other processes that require the collection of the debt through CITGO will be temporarily suspended. The c…
(2023-05-10). International Criminal Court Confirms There Are No Victims Yet in 'Venezuela I' Case (+Legal Technicality). orinocotribune.com This Monday, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry issued a The official statement by Venezuela's foreign ministry, issued on May 8, 2023, warns that "the aforementioned decision recognizes that the report of the Victim Reparation and Participation Section of the International Criminal Court only includes the opinions…
(2023-05-10). Biden Won't Stop Climate Change. popularresistance.org President Biden laced his 2020 presidential campaign with rhetoric and promises about addressing climate change, drawing some to wonder if he could be America's first "climate president." More than two years in, the reality of his term is a letdown for those who hung their hopes on this label. With the official announcement that he'll run for office again in 2024, it's time to examine why "lesser evil" Biden and his flimsy platform represent nothing more than a green dream. | As an example, Biden's administration has now signed off on more gas and oil drilling permits than Trump had at the same point in his term…
(2023-05-10). Chicago: Grassroots Organizing Wins Decisive Police Accountability Victory. popularresistance.org In July of 2021, after decades of grassroots organizing and pressure, the city of Chicago passed the Empowering Communities for Public Safety ordinance. As designated by the ordinance, 66 people were elected to represent 22 police districts in the council elections this year. They were inaugurated on May 2. The new council will oversee the police in Chicago. Clearing the FOG speaks with Frank Chapman, executive director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, about how they built the grassroots power to win the ordinance, what it will do and the police response to it. Chapman said NAARPR…
(2023-05-10). Activists Demand Representative Jim McGovern Act Against Sanctions. popularresistance.org May 28, 2023 will mark exactly two years to the date of Rep. Jim McGovern's letter imploring President Biden to "stop using the Venezuelan people as a bargaining chip." "The impact of sectoral and secondary sanctions is indiscriminate, and purposely so," the congressman wrote in what has been referred to by policy experts as "the best letter that we've ever seen out of Congress on sanctions, period." | His letter was applauded by his constituents and human rights defenders around the world and remains frequently cited by leading experts in the field — including supporters of the Venezuelan opposition who ar…
(2023-05-10). New Report: How CIA Schemes Color Revolutions Around The World. popularresistance.org For a long time, the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) plotted "peaceful evolution" and "color revolutions" as well as spying activities around the world. Although details about these operations have always been murky, a new report released by China's National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center and Chinese cybersecurity company 360 on Thursday unveiled the main technical means the CIA has used to scheme and promote unrest around the world. | According to the report, since the beginning of the 21st century, the rapid development of the internet offered a "new opportunity" for CIA's infiltration activities…
(2023-05-10). South Korea: Labor Union Leader Sets Himself Afire. popularresistance.org A South Korean union leader has ended his life, enraged in anger and humiliation as the government attempted to bring racketeering charges against him over union activity. | On the morning of May Day, Yang Hoe-dong, a chapter leader of a national construction workers union, set himself on fire at a courthouse where he was summoned to a hearing for the review of an arrest warrant for him. He was pronounced dead at the hospital the following day. | The death was in protest of attacks by the government of President Yoon Suk-yeol on the 160,000-strong Korean Construction Workers Union and its rival union since Februa…
(2023-05-10). Airline Pilots In The US Are Barreling Closer To A Possible Strike. popularresistance.org As the busy summer travel season approaches, 25,000 union pilots at two of the nation's largest commercial airlines‚Äâ—‚ÄâAmerican and Southwest‚Äâ—‚Äâare taxiing on the runway of a potential strike. | Last week, the Allied Pilots Association (APA), which represents 15,000 pilots at American Airlines, announced that its members had voted overwhelmingly to authorize a work stoppage. Signaling their unity, thousands of uniformed APA members held informational pickets on May Day at ten of the nation's major airports, including Chicago's…
(2023-05-10). New Documents Undermine Supreme Court Student Debt Case. popularresistance.org Newly unearthed documents show a major student loan servicer is projecting revenue increases even under President Joe Biden's debt cancellation plan — directly undermining the argument Republican officials are making in their lawsuit to block the measure. But conservative justices on the Supreme Court appear prepared to strike down the debt relief program anyways, disregarding the evidence and their own legal theories to fulfill the wishes of the dark money network that helped build their Supreme Court supermajority. | At issue is the concept of "standing" — a legal term for who is allowed to bring a…
(2023-05-10). A Battle Over Hate Speech at the University of Wisconsin. progressive.org After a video emerged of a white student's racist tirade, campus activists are demanding the university take immediate action.
(2023-05-10). How the Texas Shooter's RWDS Patch Became a Meme. progressive.org I've been photographing the far right's insignia since 2017's Unite the Right rally. It's not surprising that the latest neo-Nazi mass shooter wore a common symbol of rightwing hate.
(2023-05-10). Dark Money PACs Launder Huge Donations From Corporations. progressivehub.net DONALD SHAW | SLUDGE…
(2023-05-10). 'Settle The Ukraine Crisis, Avoid A Nuclear Confrontation'. progressivehub.net DAISAKU IKEDA | INDEPTHNEWS…
(2023-05-10). Private Jets Are Dirty Business; We Should Tax Them. progressivehub.net KALENA THOMHAVE AND OMAR OCAMPO | IN THESE TIMES…
(2023-05-10). U.S. OMB says U.S. military spending this year is $1.448T, next year's request is $1.510T. theduran.com
(2023-05-10). Kansas Will Regulate Railroad Crew Size. popularresistance.org
(2023-05-10). Mexico's AMLO sent Biden letter blasting US 'interventionism' and funding of opposition groups. geopoliticaleconomy.substack.com 
Subscribe now Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent US leader Joe Biden a letter criticizing Washington for meddling in his country's internal affairs. The document condemned funding that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has given to right-wing opposition groups that have organized protests against Mexico's elected government, seeking to destabilize it. USAID …
(2023-05-10). 75 years of Nakba, 75 years of Resistance: Global Calendar of Actions and Events for #Nakba75. samidoun.net 
As the Zionist attack on Gaza continues, as Palestinian prisoners continue to fight for freedom, as the Palestinian resistance continues to defend the land and people of Palestine through over 75 years of struggle for liberation, return and victory — join us to take the streets to demand justice for Palestine, express our outrage, and …
(2023-05-10). Twenty Theses For Liberation. 4liberation.org
(2023-05-10). "Those Who Do Not Learn History Are Doomed to Repeat It" sonar21.com 
[NOTE — Please remember Gonzalo Lira in his moment of need. I pray he is intact and that he is allowed to leave Ukraine. He is divorced from an Ukrainian…
(2023-05-10). Old And New Conflicts Continue To Torn Middle East. southfront.org 
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(2023-05-10). Syrian Police Officer Killed, Four Wounded In Damascus Bombing (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Via Facebook. | On May 10, a police officer was killed and four others were wounded in a mysterious blast in the Syrian capital, Damascus. | The Ministry of Interior said in an initial statement that a police vehicle blew up inside Barzeh Police Department, which is located in one of Damascus' highly-secured neighborhoods. In a later statement, the ministry announced that Major Muhannad Fendi Jadallah was killed in the blast, without providing any furt…
(2023-05-10). Military Situation In Bakhmut On May 10, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
(2023-05-10). Military Situation In Ukraine On May 10, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Belokuzminovka; | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Preobrazhenka; | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Kizomys; | The AFU destroyed an ammo depot of the Russian Army in Krasnohorivka; | The AFU reportedly destroyed 3 manpower concentration areas, 2 ammo depots, 3 other important targets of the Russian Army in the past 24 hours; | Russian forces destroyed 2 armoured vehicles…
(2023-05-10). In Video 18+: Russian Fighters Do Not Surrender. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | The newly shared videos once again confirmed the braveness of Russian fighters who do not surrender to the enemy.
(2023-05-10). Military Situation In Iraq On May 10, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
(2023-05-10). Military Situation In Syria On May 10, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On May 10, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On May 10, the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Syria, Turkey and Iran met in Moscow; | On May 10, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received an official invitation by Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz to attend upcoming summit of the Arab League in Jeddah; | On May 9, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in…
(2023-05-10). In Video: Oh, Germany, When Will Your Patience End? southfront.org
(2023-05-10). Gaza Factions Fire Rockets At Tel Aviv In Retaliation To Israeli Assassinations (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | On May 10, Palestinian armed factions in the Gaza Strip fired hundreds of rockets at southern and central Israel in response to a recent wave of At least three rockets were launched at Tel Aviv and the surrounding area at around. Hundreds of other rockets were fired at the southern cities of Sderot, Ashkelon and nearby settlements. M…
(2023-05-10). Syrian Security Forces Eliminate Two Senior Daraa Leaders In Daraa Operation (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. | The Syrian security forces eliminated two senior ISIS leaders during an operation in the southern governorate of Daraa on May 9. | A security source told the Syrian Arab News Agency that the terrorists were ambushed between the towns of Tafas and Athman in the northern Daraa countryside, identifying the two as Hassan al-Hayek and Nabil al-Abdullah."The two terrorists were targeted and eliminated directly after following up their movements while they…
(2023-05-10). Saudi King Invites Syrian President To Upcoming Arab League Summit. southfront.org 
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad with Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Jordan, Nayef bin Bandar al-Sudairi. Source: the Syrian Presidency office. | On May 10, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received an official invitation to the upcoming Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia. | In a statement, the Syrian Presidency said that al-Assad received an invitation from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud "to participate in the thirty-second Arab League summit, which wil…
(2023-05-10). North Korea Truth & Lies: Challenging the Propaganda, w/ Ju-Hyun Park. thealtworld.com In the U.S. we're taught that North Korea is a horrible backwards dictatorship where every person is captive to an evil regime run by a mad man who has an inexplicable hatred of the U.S., freedom and democracy — and is always on the edge of launching a nuclear missile to destroy the world. | This, we're told, is the reason we have to isolate the country and occupy South Korea with thousands of U.S. soldiers. The purpose of such a simplistic narrative is to prevent Americans from getting curious about what's really happening there. | Why is North Korea so closed off? What's the relevant history of that regio…
(2023-05-10). Indecisive Kremlin Breeds Ever More Problems for Itself. thealtworld.com Just as the Kremlin lacks the decisiveness to bring the Ukrainian conflict to an end, the Kremlin has failed to bring the conflict in Syria to an end. | The Kremlin sat on its butt deceiving itself with a Minsk Agreement for 8 years while the US built up an Ukrainian army that forced Russia to intervene militarily in Donbass in 2022. The Kremlin has repeated the same mistake in Syria, intervening in 2015 to prevent the US from overthrowing the Assad government, but never finishing the job. The Kremlin foolishly left a small part of Syria in the hands of Washington and its Daesh mercenaries, and now is faced with…
(2023-05-10). The Critical Hour: Doubts Continue Re: Ukraine Offensive + US Destabilizing in Myanmar. thealtworld.com I join The Critical Hour to discuss Ukraine's upcoming offensive, drone strike on the Kremlin, and US destabilizing of Myanmar to isolate China.
(2023-05-10). This Civilization Is Mentally Ill: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | It's time for another US presidential race where populist factions on both sides spend a few months angrily decrying the establishment before voting for candidates in the general election who will fully serve that same establishment. | I think this is just the norm now. Public discontent with the US political status quo is now so great that there's going to be a new "Hey kids, you can vote your way into revolutionary change!" feature built into every presidential election. 2012 was the end of a political era. | ‚ùñ | The biggest…
(2023-05-10). Atlanta Photojournalist Arrested While Covering 'Black Lives Matter' Protests Receives Settlement. thedissenter.org Atlanta photojournalist Sharif Hassan, who was arrested while covering "Black Lives Matter" protests in 2020, received a settlement of $105,000…
(2023-05-10). Hollywood writers are striking to save the industry from corporate destruction. therealnews.com 
Hollywood writers represented by the Writers Guild of America, East, and the Writers Guild of America, West, are on strike for the first time since 2007-08. As Alex Press writes in Jacobin, "The WGA (West and East) called the strike just before midnight on May 1, with its leadership unanimously voting for a work stoppage after six weeks of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) over a new three-year contract that covers some 11,500 film and television writers. Announcing its decision, the union said that the bargaining table responses of the AMPTP, which consists o…
(2023-05-10). Frente Polisario's fight to liberate Western Sahara. therealnews.com 
The national liberation struggle of the Sahrawi people of Western Sahara has been ongoing for 50 years. Through the twists and turns of history, the people of Western Sahara have faced Spanish colonialism, the occupation of their territory by Mauritania and Morocco, and expulsion from their territory to refugee camps in Algeria. Despite this long struggle, Western Sahara's history and politics remain relatively unknown to many outsiders. Bill Fletcher Jr., a member of the TRNN Executive Board, speaks with
(2023-05-10). Robin D.G. Kelley: Understanding police violence through racial capitalism. therealnews.com 
In 2001, Cincinnati police killed a 19-year-old Black man named Timothy Thomas, sparking an uprising that shook the city for four days. 19 years later, in the city of Minneapolis, local police officers killed George Floyd over an alleged counterfeit bill, catalyzing a nationwide rebellion. Much of the discourse surrounding racist police killings have focused on perceived flaws within the institution of policing itself, but explanations for the consistency and pervasiveness of police violence cannot be found within police departments alone. Police operate within a system of race and class-based segregation,…
(2023-05-10). The Supreme Court Could Soon Stop States From Being Able to Ban Assault Weapons. truthout.org The U.S. Supreme Court could soon issue a decision on whether state and local governments can legally impose bans on assault weapons within their jurisdictions. Ten states in total have bans on assault weapons and/or high capacity magazines. But a Supreme Court ruling on a case challenging Illinois's ban — which could, legal observers say, be handed down any day now — has the potential to render… |
(2023-05-10). AOC: "Public Policy" Failures and "Demonizing of the Poor" Killed Jordan Neely. truthout.org In a new interview, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has spoken out about the myriad societal causes behind the tragic death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway last week, saying that his death was the direct result of policy decisions that left him vulnerable to people with a violent hatred of poor people. Speaking with The Cut this week, Ocasio-Cortez said that the neoliberal… |
(2023-05-10). Advisory Panel Urges FDA to Approve Over-the-Counter Birth Control. truthout.org This story was originally published by The 19th. An influential advisory panel recommended that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approve an oral contraceptive pill for over-the-counter use without an age restriction. While hormonal birth control is available without a prescription in many other countries, this medication, Opill, would be the first such option in the United States. The vote… |
(2023-05-10). Defunding Libraries Won't End Book Bans — It Will Further Undermine Libraries. truthout.org A bill that passed the Illinois State Senate on May 3 is unfortunately not going to "end book bans," as has been claimed by news outlets such as Politico and the Chicago Tribune. It instead gives the right wing another tool in its toolbox for destroying public infrastructure. It's understandable that a range of progressive groups and the American Library Association have all spoken out in favor of… |
(2023-05-10). Former White House Staffers Say Trump Harassed Women While in Office. truthout.org Following a jury in a civil trial on Tuesday finding former President Donald Trump liable for sexual assault, two former Trump aides have come forward with allegations that he engaged in sexual misconduct in the White House. The two former aides — former White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah Griffin and former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham — appeared on CNN after… |
(2023-05-10). DeSantis Signs Bills That Restrict Chinese People From Buying Land in Florida. truthout.org On Monday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law a series of discriminatory bills that will restrict Chinese people from buying land in the state under the guise of protecting national security. DeSantis signed Senate Bills 264, 846 and 258 into law, parroting xenophobic claims that the bills will restrict Chinese residents in the state from engaging in espionage on American soil. |
(2023-05-10). Trump Accuser Who Testified Hopes Other Survivors Will Come Forward. truthout.org A jury on Tuesday found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused him of raping her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s. We speak with one of the people who testified at trial: Jessica Leeds, a retired businesswoman who says Trump sexually assaulted her on an airplane in the 1970s — one of dozens of women who has accused him of… |
(2023-05-10). Republican Rep. George Santos Arrested on 13 Charges. truthout.org Republican Rep. George Santos of New York, whose brief tenure in Congress has been dominated by scandal, was arrested by federal authorities Wednesday on a slew of criminal charges including money laundering, wire fraud, theft of public funds, and lying to Congress. The 13-count indictment, unsealed by the U.S. Justice Department on Wednesday, accuses Santos of masterminding "a scheme to defraud… |
(2023-05-10). Tucker Carlson Accuses Fox of Fraud, Announces Plan to Bring His Show to Twitter. truthout.org Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday accused the network of breaching his contract and announced plans to re-launch his show on Twitter. Carlson announced that he would bring his show to Twitter two weeks after he was ousted from Fox. "Starting soon we'll be bringing a new version of the show we've been doing for the last six and a half years to Twitter," he said in the video. |
(2023-05-10). A Woman Endured Abuse, Trafficking and Prison. Now She Faces Deportation. truthout.org By the time her husband brought her to the United States, Marisela Andrade had already borne the brunt of his anger repeatedly. The recently married 18-year-old knew that the move would not stop his violence, but she never imagined that her new life would include being trafficked, arrested and sentenced to life without parole. Now age 44, Andrade has survived and overcome all of these horrors. |
(2023-05-10). Protection of the public and the retrospective application of penalties. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
On 29 November 2019 Usman Khan attended a rehabilitation event at Fishmongers' Hall and stabbed five people, two fatally. On 2 February 2020 Sudesh Amman attacked two passers-by in Streatham High Road with a knife before being shot dead by police. Both men had previously been convicted of terrorism offences. Both men had been automatically …
(2023-05-10). Ten Years After Terrance and Ivan Killed by Minneapolis Police. unicornriot.ninja
(2023-05-10). Imran Khan: "I will come back with a strong government" unitedworldint.com 
by Dure Akram reporting for UWI from Lahore, Pakistan This is the first part of the interview focused on domestic Pakistani politics. Tomorrow follows the second part with Imran Khan's views on foreign policy and regional relations — UWI. Revolutionaries come in all shapes and forms and while former Prime Minister Imran Khan may not …
(2023-05-10). Lessons for today from the victory over fascism. unitedworldint.com The U.S. replaced Nazi Germany Today, American presidents have taken on Hitler's aggression. Nazi Germany has been replaced by the US. Just like Nazi Germany, the US uses all kinds of oppression and violence methods to establish its hegemony over the entire world and its basic motto is "If you are not with us, you …
(2023-05-10). Japan needs to take real actions to earn trust of its Asian neighbors: ministry. ecns.cn We would like to remind Japan that to be a responsible country, it can't rely on empty talk. Japan needs to take the concerns of the international community seriously and take real actions to earn the trust of its Asian neighbors and the rest of the world, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a press conference on Wednesday.
(2023-05-10). Privacy of all Chinese citizens are protected by law: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China is a country governed by law. The privacy of all Chinese citizens, regardless of their ethnic backgrounds, are protected by law, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Wednesday.
(2023-05-10). Diver cleans White Crane Ridge 30 meters below the Yangtze River. ecns.cn A diver was spotted carrying out protection and cleaning work on White Crane Ridge at Chongqing's Baiheliang Underwater Museum 30 meters below the Yangtze River surface on Tuesday. "ÄÄ…
(2023-05-10). Massive upstream migration of Huazi fish spotted in N China's Inner Mongolia. ecns.cn Dalai Nur Lake in Hexigten Banner, northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, witnessed a massive migration of Huazi fish. "ÄÄ…
(2023-05-10). China-Vietnam border port sees Southeast Asian fruits trade boom. ecns.cn Trucks loaded with imported fruit including durian, passionfruit, dragon fruit, jackfruit from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have been passing through customs."ÄÄThis is a daily scene at Youyi Port in Pingxiang City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which borders Vietnam. "ÄÄ…
(2023-05-10). China to launch Tianzhou-6 cargo craft Wednesday night. ecns.cn China plans to launch the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in southern China's Hainan Province at 9: 22 p.m. Beijing Time on Wednesday, the China Manned Space Agency announced.
(2023-05-10). China sets new world record in optical fiber transmission capacity. ecns.cn Chinese scientists have broken the world record for single-mode multi-core optical fiber transmission capacity, achieving 4.1 Pbit/s combined transmission over 19-core fiber, the research team announced on Tuesday.
(2023-05-10). Chinese dove-trees blossom in Sichuan's nature reserve. ecns.cn The tree's scientific name is Davidia involucrata and its leaves resemble the shape of a dove. Some 14,415.36 hectares of Chinese dove trees in the nature reserve have entered blossom season recently.
(2023-05-10). Aerial view of Jinxi Lake Grand Bridge in Jiangxi. ecns.cn Aerial view of Jinxi Lake Grand Bridge on the Nanchang-Jingdezhen-Huangshan railway in east China's Jiangxi province, May 9, 2023.
(2023-05-10). Experimental ultrahigh-speed maglev train line planned in Northeast China's Heilongjiang, to run at 1,000 km/h. ecns.cn The world's first experimental ultrahigh-speed maglev train with a maximum speed of over 1,000 kilometers per hour will be built in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
(2023-05-10). VP calls for economic partnership on Portugal visit. ecns.cn Vice-President Han Zheng has reaffirmed China's commitment to deepen cooperation with Portugal and the European Union to promote the growth of the economy and aid global economic recovery during a visit to Portugal from Sunday to Tuesday.
(2023-05-10). U.S. returns two important cultural relics to China. ecns.cn China received two important stone carvings relics returned from the U.S. on Tuesday, according to the Chinese Consulate General in New York.
(2023-05-10). China appoints Li Yunze Party secretary of new national financial regulatory administration. ecns.cn China appointed Li Yunze as Party secretary of the new national financial regulatory administration on Wednesday.
(2023-05-10). Pakistan hopes to buy Russian crude oil with Chinese yuan. ecns.cn Pakistan hopes to buy Russian crude with Chinese yuan, given the nation has a currency swap arrangement with China, said its power minister Khurram Dastgir Khan.
(2023-05-10). 'Saturn Ring' spectacle spotted in NW China's Qinghai. ecns.cn Video captured mysterious aerial scenery of the "Saturn Ring" in Mangya City, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province. The unique scenery was formed due to strong winds in the arid mountain area, according to experts. "ÄÄ…
(2023-05-10). Chinese fugitive on Interpol Red Notice turns himself in after at large for seven years. ecns.cn A Chinese fugitive on Red Notice from Interpol who has been at large overseas for seven years has handed himself in following unremitting effort from Chinese law enforcement to pursue fugitives and actively carry out international cooperation.
(2023-05-10). Magical tree pattern on riverbed in Tibet. ecns.cn A dry tree-shaped riverbed stretches out on either side of a highway in Nyima County, Nagqu City of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 8, 2023.
(2023-05-10). China gears up to allocate farmer subsidies. ecns.cn Local governments across China have geared up to allocate subsidies to farmers while some major grain-producing provinces including Heilongjiang and Henan announced that the funds would be distributed by the end of the month.
(2023-05-10). China's parcel delivery sector continues to grow. ecns.cn China's parcel delivery sector has continued to grow over the last month, showcasing the industry's good operation situation, boosting scale and improving service quality, a monthly industry index showed.
(2023-05-10). Zibo tourism still hot after May Day holiday. ecns.cn Tourism in Zibo City, east China's Shandong Province, continued to heat up after the May Day holiday. Flocks of tourists were spotted queuing up for its local special food Zibo Barbecue after the holiday.
(2023-05-10). Stricter emission standard to kick in. ecns.cn The planned introduction of a stricter national emission standard for all new heavy-duty vehicles will proceed as scheduled from July 1, and will prohibit the production, import and sales of vehicles that do not meet the standard.
(2023-05-10). 4 detained for demolishing load-bearing walls. ecns.cn Police in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, have criminally detained four people for allegedly demolishing load-bearing walls of a high-rise building in the city's Songbei district, according to the district government on Tuesday.
(2023-05-10). Hainan eager for first durian crop. ecns.cn South China's Hainan province is anticipating its first durian harvest this summer after years of cultivation.
(2023-05-10). 1st sample ticket of Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway printed. ecns.cn The first sample ticket of the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway is printedat the dispatching hall in Bandung, Indonesia, May 8, 2023.
(2023-05-10). New report finds action is required to protect UK health research. imperial.ac.uk
(2023-05-10). Two Imperial scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society. imperial.ac.uk Imperial experts in particle physics and robot vision have been granted Fellowship of the Royal Society.
(2023-05-10). Sunday 5/14: Free virtual screening of the documentary film "Jews Step Forward" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…
(2023-05-10). Sunday 5/21: Q&A Discussion of two documentary films "Voices across the Divide" & "Born in Deir Yassin" indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…
(2023-05-10). L.A. City College Presidential Hopeful Fostered Retaliation Culture as LAVC President. indybay.org Erika Endrijonas has been announced as a finalist for President of Los Angeles City College, but new information shows she fostered an existing culture of retaliation while President of Los Angeles Valley College.
(2023-05-10). Breaking: LA Valley College Building Delayed Till 2025. indybay.org $100 million dollar building sold to taxpayers as needed for low-income students will open a almost decade late. In the meantime low income San Fernando Valley students have struggled with mold, asbestos, and flooding.
(2023-05-10). US corporations in the wings for post-war Ukraine. indybay.org The IMF granted large loans to the invaded country and enforces the so-called neoliberal "Washington Consensus"[1]. In a major privatization campaign, the Ukrainian government is selling off state assets. U.S. corporations such as ExxonMobil, Chevron and Halliburton participate in negotiations to take over the oil and gas industry of the Eastern European country.
(2023-05-10). Big Oil pumps $9.4 million into lobbying California officials in 2023's first quarter. indybay.org WSPA and Big Oil wield their power in 8 major ways: through (1) lobbying; (2) campaign spending; (3) serving on and putting shills on regulatory panels; (4) creating Astroturf groups; (5) working in collaboration with media; (6) sponsoring awards ceremonies, including those for legislators and journalists; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) creating alliances with labor unions.
(2023-05-10). Wednesday 5/10: Bernal Litterati [sic]. indybay.org the outdoor amphitheater outside the Bernal Branch library | 500 Cortland Avenue | San Francisco…
(2023-05-10). Saturday 5/13: Pachamama's Day walking tour. indybay.org American Youth Hostel | 312 Mason Street | San Francisco | (meet in the lobby)…
(2023-05-10). °Ni condenado, ni perseguido! Solidaridad con Miguel Peralta. indybay.org Mensaje de Fidencio Aldama en solidaridad con Miguel Peralta…
(2023-05-10). Monday 5/15: Hearing: Stop SF Mayor Breed From Union Busting & Attacking The Civil Service Merit System. indybay.org SF City Hall Rm 400 | San Francisco…
(2023-05-10). Oakland Teachers Strike Music Video. indybay.org
(2023-05-10). Bankruptcy filing for Diocese of Oakland over clergy child sexual abuse lawsuits. indybay.org Diocese of Oakland – Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Documents Filed On May 8, 2023:…
(2023-05-10). Friday 5/12: Recall Brooke Jenkins! indybay.org 325 China Basin Street, San Francisco | Public transit: MUNI #22 #15 and T Third light rail…
(2023-05-10). Reinventar la comunidad en el mundo urbano. indybay.org Reinventar la comunidad en el mundo urbano: | Otras formas del estar siendo comunidad…
(2023-05-10). SF City Politicians Outsource Police Oversight To Non-profit HealthRight 360. indybay.org The murders by police and recently by the Walgreen's security guard Banko Brown have exposed the role of Mayor London Breed and the rest of the Democratic Party politicians to allow the police and company police to have free hand. | Diana Aroche started with Coleman Advocates, then worked for Maria Su at the Mayor's Office of Children, Youth, and Families, then for Mayor Edwin Mah Lee – who outsourced Violence Intervention and Prevention to HealthRight 360 – and now works at the SF Police Department as its Director of Policy and Public Affairs.
(2023-05-10). Bd elections are coming to KPFA this summer & it matters-At stake is KPFA's anti-war stanc. indybay.org Elections are coming at KPFA and Pacifica and one issue is the future of KPFA and Pacifica's historic anti-war stance. The management and news department of KPFA have been pushing for more militarization in the Ukraine and around the world. It is time that KPFA stand against militarism and war and members of KPFA will have a choice this coming election. The management has also unilaterally closed down the First Apprenticeship Program which allowed oppressed communities to get training that they can't get any place else.
(2023-05-10). Saturday 5/20: Defending the Right to Live in your Vehicle. indybay.org Intersection of Delaware Ave and Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz…
(2023-05-10). Tuesday 5/16: Santa Cruz Police Military Equipment Virtual Community Meeting. indybay.org Online Event…
(2023-05-10). Tuesday 5/23: Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office Military Equipment Community Meeting. indybay.org Sheriff's Office Headquarters, Community Room, 5200 Soquel Ave. Santa Cruz…
(2023-05-10). Saturday 5/20: Workplace Organizing Training. indybay.org 333 Hegenberger Road; | Oakland, CA 94621; | 4th Floor…
(2023-05-10). Thursday 5/25: Organizing Your Workplace is First Step in Changing The World with UK authors. indybay.org The Green Arcade | 1680 Market Street | SF, CA 94102…
(2023-05-10). State agency fails to protect San Gabriel Valley from Quemetco's contamination. liberationnews.org 
California's environmental regulatory system and its systemic failures has been increasingly questioned by residents of the East San Gabriel Valley community in Los Angeles. The struggle for a safe environment is exacerbated by Quemetco's chronic toxic contamination from the byproducts of lead-smelting and the failure of state agencies like the Department of Toxic Substance Control to protect communities from toxic exposure.
(2023-05-10). Testing finds toxic 'forever chemicals' in common US food pesticides. nationofchange.org The results of the recent tests suggest that at least some of the agricultural products are being contaminated with PFAS from unknown sources.
(2023-05-10). Jury in civil case finds Trump sexually abused, defamed E. Jean Carroll. nationofchange.org Lisa Bloom called on the New York Legislature to "extend the CRIMINAL statute of limitations for sex crimes so Trump can be criminally prosecuted for the sexual abuse that this civil jury found Trump committed."
(2023-05-10). The healthcare long march: Why exposing evils of medical debt doesn't fix the problem. nationofchange.org The closest thing to actual solutions are vague hints…
(2023-05-10). What is more evil than pure evil? nationofchange.org "Rationalization is the evil step-brother of rationality."
(2023-05-10). Report: Trump to blame for weak initial U.S. response to coronavirus. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Governmental chaos, mostly in Washington and mostly due to Donald Trump, led to the weak U.S. response to the outbreak of the coronavirus in the U.S. just over three years ago. Lessons from the Covid War, researched by a non-partisan scientific and public health panel of 36 experts—originally assembled to staff what was going to …
(2023-05-10). 'The Lonesome Vigilante': John Steinbeck explains Tucker Carlson. peoplesworld.org 
There's been some lively discussion about how former Fox News host Tucker Carlson's newly released text message of January 2021—in which he confessed his desire to help end the life of an "Antifa creep"—relates to the nation's long history of vigilante violence and lynching. "It's not how white men fight" is the opposite of truth …
(2023-05-10). Writers Guild strikers pick up political heavyweight backer: President Biden. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The 11,000 members of the Writers Guild of America, forced to strike by the nation's TV studios, movie moguls, and streaming video manufacturers, picked up a political heavyweight backer: Democratic President Joe Biden. But maybe nobody should be surprised. Biden publicly supports unions and union workers at every turn and has openly supported workers trying …
(2023-05-10). Haiti faces a choice: Social revolution or foreign occupation. peoplesworld.org 
With long experience of chaos, violence, and dysfunctional governance, Haiti looks now to be on the verge of a new crisis in the form of foreign military intervention. U.S. and United Nations decision-makers have held back, but now they look to be moving, again. The need all the while has been for change so that …
(2023-05-10). Right-wing Kansas politicians face backlash after accusing school of LGBTQ 'indoctrination'. peoplesworld.org 
LEAVENWORTH, Kan.—"I want everyone to understand who and what these people are, and to make sure this never happens again!" That's what parent Courtney Ricard told People's World about Republican Kansas State Rep. Pat Proctor and conservative Leavenworth City School Board member Vanessa Reid. On Jan. 27, 2023, Reid and Proctor entered David Brewer Elementary School …
(2023-05-10). Philly could be next in line for a progressive mayor. peoplesworld.org 
PHILADEPHIA—Community activist, organizer, and former teacher Helen Gym is putting together a progressive multi-racial coalition in her bid to become the 100th mayor of Philadelphia. Does this sound familiar? It's how financially outgunned Rep. Karen Bass (D) succeeded in her bid to become Mayor of Los Angeles and what Teachers (AFT) member and Cook County …
(2023-05-10). Starbucks intensifica la intimidación de los trabajadores de Ithaca, cierra todas las tiendas. peoplesworld.org 
ITHACA, N.Y.—"100% unión. 100% cerrado. 100% inmoral". Así es como los miembros de Starbucks Workers United (SBWU) resumen el plan de la compañía de cerrar todas sus tiendas en Ithaca, Nueva York, el 26 de mayo. Los trabajadores de la ubicación de Commons, junto al popular centro comercial peatonal de la ciudad, se enteraron de …
(2023-05-10). Extremists Receive Large Ethereum Cryptocurrency Donations. splcenter.org A single benefactor made cryptocurrency donations worth more than $216,000 to extremists and hate groups between September 2021 and April 2022, according to an analysis provided to Hatewatch by the SPLC's Data Lab.
(2023-05-10). The US Gets Ready to Arrest Thousands of Migrants at Its Border. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, tens of thousands of migrants from around the world set up makeshift camps along Mexico's northern border in hopes of crossing into the United States. | RELATED: | They are waiting for the validity of "Title 42" to expire. Enacted in 2020 during the Donald Trump administration, this rule allowed the U.S. authorities expeditiously deport migrants arguing that they represented an epidemiological threat.
(2023-05-10). Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Kill 21 Palestinians. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qedra confirmed that 21 Palestinians were killed, including 12 civilians, and 64 others were injured by the shrapnel of the Israeli missiles on the Gaza Strip. | RELATED: | "The Israeli attacks hit residential areas, killing women and children while they were sleeping safely in their homes," said the Arab League (AL), which includes Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros…
(2023-05-10). Iran Ready to Facilitate Rapprochement Between Syria & Türkiye. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian voiced his country's readiness to support diplomatic efforts and forward-looking steps taken under the principle of good neighborliness between Syria and Türkiye. | RELATED: | He made the remarks during a quadrilateral meeting with his Syrian, Turkish and Russian counterparts on the Syria issue in Moscow. The meeting marks the highest-level talks…
(2023-05-10). Lula to Propose Peace Initiative for Ukraine at G7 Meeting. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Brazilian President Lula da Silva announced that he will invite India and Indonesia to join the club of countries he wants to form to mediate in favor of a negotiated solution to the Ukrainian conflict. | RELATED: | "It is the time for diplomacy, it is not the time for war," he said in a joint statement with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte made at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia. | "We need to find someone to discuss peace and Brazil is wi…
(2023-05-10). Palestinians Respond to Israeli Attacks by Firing Rockets. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the Gaza-based joint chamber of military operations of Palestinian factions claimed firing a barrage of rockets into Israel. | RELATED: | Palestinian security sources and witnesses said that over 20 rockets were fired, while explosions were heard near the border wall separating Israel and Gaza. | The Gaza-based chamber comprising armed factions operating in the enclave, including Hamas and the Palestinian Islami…
(2023-05-10). Republicans, Democrats in Fight as Debt Default Deadline Looms. telesurenglish.net Republicans and Democrats are nowhere near a deal after a high-profile debt ceiling meeting failed to yield a breakthrough on Tuesday, risking a debt default that economists warn could cripple the U.S. economy and spawn a financial crisis. | RELATED: | Republicans are proposing spending cuts in exchange for raising the borrowing limit. U.S. President Joe Biden and Democrats, meanwhile, are urging Congress to pass a "clean" debt ceiling increase without conditions.
(2023-05-10). Colombian Government Supports Judges for Peace. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Justice Minister Nestor Osuna ratified the support of President Gustavo Petro's administration to the judges of the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) in the face of threats against them. | RELATED: | "The Government repudiates violence or any harassment against the judiciary, without exceptions and without extenuating circumstances," Osuna said during a joint press conference with JEP president Ro…
(2023-05-10). Argentine President Accuses Judges of Meddling in Elections. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez accused the Supreme Court of meddling in the gubernatorial elections in the provinces of San Juan and Tucuman, which were scheduled for Sunday. | RELATED: | Latin America Celebrates International Workers' Day | "In a clear interference in the democratic process and in the autonomy of the provinces, the Supreme Court aligned itself with the opposition to anticipate what was foreseen as possible triumphs of Peronism," the Argentine Presidency said. | Previously, the Supreme Court suspended the elections in Tucuman and San Juan after accepting unconstitutionali…
(2023-05-10). Syria Receives Saudi Invitation to Attend Arab Summit. telesurenglish.net
(2023-05-10). Guardsman Kills 5 People at Tunisia Synagogue. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday night, a guardsman affiliated with the National Guard killed five people at La Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba, south Tunisia. | RELATED: | The guardsman killed a colleague and seized his ammunition before heading toward the synagogue, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said. | He opened fire at security units stationed near the synagogue, leaving two visitors and another security officer killed, befor…
(2023-05-10). Germany: Politically Motivated Crimes Increased by 7pct in 2022. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Interior Ministry (BMI) said that the number of politically motivated crimes in Germany increased by 7 percent year-on-year in 2022 to a new high of 58,916 cases. | RELATED: | "Politically motivated crime is a reflection of social conflicts in our country," Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said, stressing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. | Most crimes had a "diffuse ideological motivation," which could not be assigned to eithe…
(2023-05-10). Bahamas Receives Donation of Medical Supplies From China. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Chinese government made a donation of medical provisions to the Grand Bahama Island, which represents the northernmost island in the Bahamas. | Related: | The donation consists of a variety of hospital supplies, including syringes and needles, that are intended to safeguard the health of individuals residing on the island. | During the handover ceremony, Dai Qingli, Chinese Ambassador to the Bahamas, underscored th…
(2023-05-10). Iraq Recovers 6,000 Antiquities From Britain. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, 6,000 antiquities that Britain borrowed 100 years ago "for scholarly purposes," were recovered by Iraq. During a press conference at the Baghdad airport, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid told journalists that the antiquities had been in possession of Britain since 1923. He further elucidated that the return of these antiquities was possible due to the cooperative efforts made with the British Museum. | Related: |
(2023-05-10). Israel Evacuates Communities, Possible Gazan Retaliation. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Israel remained on a state of high alert in anticipation of potential retaliatory rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip in response to a set of Israeli airstrikes that led to the death of both militants and civilians in the coastal Palestinian enclave. | Related: | According to a report by the state-owned Kan TV news in Israel, more than 2,000 Israeli citizens residing in proximity to the Gaza Strip have been relocate…
(2023-05-10). 42nd ASEAN Summit Kicks Off, ASEAN Centrality, Economic Growth. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the 42nd summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) officially kicked off in the town of Labuan Bajo situated in the eastern region of Indonesia. | Related: | Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, delivered a discourse advocating the significance of ASEAN unification and economic integration as key factors in fostering regional peace and development. | "With unity, ASEAN will be able to b…
(2023-05-10). Sri Lanka Steps up Precautionary Measures to Control Dengue. telesurenglish.net The President's Media Division (PMD) reported that on Tuesday, a written communication was directed to all provincial chief secretaries in Sri Lanka, urging them to implement necessary measures to curb the spread of dengue in light of the recent surge in cases. | Related: | According to the PMD, it is imperative that heads of government institutions, schools, and other establishments be informed to conduct thorough asse…
(2023-05-10). Review] Reducing alcohol use through alcohol control policies in the general population and population subgroups: a systematic review and meta-analysis. thelancet.com We estimate the effects of alcohol taxation, minimum unit pricing (MUP), and restricted temporal availability on overall alcohol consumption and review their differential impact across sociodemographic groups. Web of Science, Medline, PsycInfo, Embase, and EconLit were searched on 08/12/2022 and 09/26/2022 for studies on newly introduced or changed alcohol policies published between 2000 and 2022 (Prospero registration: CRD42022339791). We combined data using random-effects meta-analyses. Risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle—Ottawa Scale.
(2023-05-10). NTP Advisory Board Unanimously Votes to Accept Report on Fluoride's Toxicity. thelastamericanvagabond.com The truth about fluoride's toxicity is one step closer to being released to the public, but will industry influence prevent its release? On May 4, the U.S. National Toxicology Program's (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors (BSC) unanimously voted to accept the recommendations of the BSC working group relating to the NTP's report on fluoride's toxicity.
(2023-05-10). May Day marches and rallies celebrate workers' struggles. workers.org 
May Day — International Workers Day — commemorates the 1886 struggle in Chicago for the eight-hour day. Despite its radical origins in U.S. labor history, May Day has to a large extent been supplanted by moderate events on Labor Day in September, a holiday designed to dampen class struggle and . . . |
(2023-05-10). U.S. hands off Haiti! Reparations now! workers.org 
By any account the situation in Haiti is desperate. What the U.S. has done to Haiti in the past, as well as its current maneuvers, has devastated the country. Most people in Haiti have no access to clean water, which is essential to controlling cholera. While the disease had . . . |
(2023-05-10). Oakland teachers launch Unfair Labor Practices strike. workers.org 
Frustrated by the Oakland Unified School District's refusal to bargain a new contract, more than 3,000 teachers and other educators, all members of the Oakland Education Association, went on strike on May 4. OEA teachers and supporters kick off a march on the second day of the strike. (Credit: Craig . . . |
(2023-05-10). Tuesday 5/9: Stop the Pogonip Sweeps. indybay.org Santa Cruz City Council Meeting | 809 Center St, Santa Cruz…
(2023-05-09). Xenophobic Title 42 Ends, Biden's Immigration Reform Nowhere to Be Found. itsgoingdown.org Report from Indigenous Action on mutual aid work along the so-called US/Mexico border as Title 42 is set to end. Indigenous Action recently supported @abolition.yumacounty (on Instagram) at the "US-Mexico" border. They are a crew of radical femme and queer folks who provide essential supplies to Indigenous people and other asylum seekers who are kept…
(2023-05-09). Anarchist Political Prisoner Dan Baker Needs Support! itsgoingdown.org Call from New York City Anarchist Black Cross (NYC-ABC) to support anarchist and antifascist prisoner Daniel Baker. Daniel Baker is an anti-fascist activist who was arrested on January 15, 2021 for social media posts that called for defense against possible far-right attacks in the wake of the January 6th riots. Daniel was facing up to…
(2023-05-09). Final Straw: Trans Resilience in Texas. itsgoingdown.org Long-running anarchist radio and podcast show The Final Straw speaks with guests on the unfolding situation in Texas. Listen and Download HERE Our interview with journalist and community organizer, Kit O'Connell (of the Texas Observer), and anarchist and activist lorén (of QTPIE or Queer and Trans People Illuminate Everything). Both folks are trans folks in…
(2023-05-09). How did right-wing forces win a majority of seats in Chile's Constitutional Council? peoplesdispatch.org Center-left President Gabriel Boric has called on the opposition "to prevent history from repeating itself," and "draft a constitution that interprets the vast majority of the country"
(2023-05-09). Yet another mass shooting in the US kills eight people, including three children. peoplesdispatch.org On Saturday, May 6, 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia opened fire in a shopping mall in Allen, Texas, killing eight people and injuring seven. Shortly after, Garcia himself was killed by police. Three of the victims Garcia killed were children. Garcia killed three people out of a family of four, leaving behind only
(2023-05-09). Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 13, including 4 children. peoplesdispatch.org Tuesday's airstrikes come just days after an earlier round of Israeli bombing in Gaza in the aftermath of the death of Palestinian administrative detainee Khader Adnan, who had been on hunger strike for close to 90 days…
(2023-05-09). Intervencionismo norteamericano en el sistema de justicia peruano y el Golpe de Estado contra Pedro Castillo. peoplesdispatch.org 
Las sospechas surgieron después de que el Embajador de EE.UU. en Perú publicara una foto con el Fiscal General de Perú. El activista y jurista peruano José Carlos Llerena Robles sostiene que el intervencionismo estadounidense en el sistema judicial peruano tiene raíces mucho más profundas…
(2023-05-09). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: U.S. Activists Face Harassment From Authorities Upon Return From Cuba IACHR Slams Peru's De Facto Government for Human Rights Violations Against Protesters South African Court Rules in Favor of NUMSA and Others in Load Shedding Case, Asks State to Ensure Power Supply to Critical Facilities Iran and Syria Call for …
(2023-05-09). No to war! Reject the pro-imperialist alliances of the Turkish ruling class! Build the Sosyalist Eşitlik Partisi! wsws.org The May 14 Turkish presidential and parliamentary elections are being held against the backdrop of the danger of a nuclear world war amid NATO's escalating war against Russia in Ukraine.
(2023-05-09). Children "bear the brunt" as Israel targets Gaza homes. electronicintifada.net Netanyahu reportedly revives "policy of targeted assassinations."
(2023-05-09). Painful memories of May 2021. electronicintifada.net Israel is bombarding Gaza again — on the second anniversary of a devastating attack.
(2023-05-09). Israel kills Islamic Jihad leaders in surprise Gaza attack. electronicintifada.net Resistance faction says senior figures were assassinated along with their wives and children.
(2023-05-09). US, UK Vow to Keep Supporting Ukraine Regardless of Counteroffensive. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his British counterpart, James Cleverly, vowed on Tuesday that the US and Britain will continue supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia regardless of the result of Kyiv's expected counteroffensive. "We need to continue to support them, irrespective of whether this forthcoming offensive generates huge gains on the battlefield, …
(2023-05-09). Joint US-Philippine Patrols in South China Sea to Begin Later This Year. news.antiwar.com The US and the Philippines should start joint patrols in the South China Sea later this year, Manila's ambassador to the US said on Monday. "An estimate would be no later than the third quarter of this year. We should have that in place," Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez said, according to Reuters. Secretary of Defense …
(2023-05-09). Biden to Become First President to Visit Papua New Guinea. news.antiwar.com The White House announced Tuesday that President Biden will become the first sitting president to visit Papua New Guinea as the US is looking to boost cooperation with the Pacific nation as part of its strategy against China. The White House said Biden will stop in Papua New Guinea after the G7 summit of leaders …
(2023-05-09). Syrian, Turkish Foreign Ministers to Hold First Meeting in Over a Decade. news.antiwar.com The Turkish and Syrian foreign ministers will hold their first meeting in more than a decade on Wednesday in Moscow as more and more countries are taking steps to normalize with Damascus. The meeting will also be attended by the foreign ministers of Russia and Iran and will build on the progress of other Russian-hosted …
(2023-05-09). It's a Long Way From New York City: On the Beat in Donetsk With Political Satirist Randy Credico. covertactionmagazine.com Randolph "Randy" Credico has been around the block. Friend of luminaries such as Roger Waters, George Galloway and the late William Kunstler (to name but a few), Randy has been relentlessly committed to defend the proverbial "little guy" while taking on the powerful. (He repeatedly ran against senior Democrats such as Chuck Schumer and Andrew …
(2023-05-09). The Heat: U.S. Gun Violence. america.cgtn.com 
Another mass shooting in the United States leaves several people dead at a shopping mall. U.S. President Biden is urging Congress to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines but will anything change? And, the political showdown over the U.S. debt ceiling, why Republican Senators say …
(2023-05-09). Media Monopolies and Prosecution of Assange Drive Drop in US Press Freedom Rank. scheerpost.com 
(2023-05-09). The Nord Stream Explosions: New Revelations About Motive, Means and Opportunity. scheerpost.com 
As new details emerge about the pipeline blasts, they also prompt questions: What did US intelligence know about the biggest whodunit of the century, when did they know it, and how did they know it?
(2023-05-09). Talk World Radio: James Bamford on Israelgate and Nordstream. scheerpost.com 
By David Swanson / Let's Try Democracy This week on Talk World Radio we're discussing Israelgate and Nordstream. Our guest, journalist James Bamford, has a new book called Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America's Counterintelligence, and recent articles in The Nation, one called "The Candidate and the Spy," another "The Nord Stream Explosions: …
(2023-05-09). War for Profit: A Very Short History. scheerpost.com 
(2023-05-09). DeSantis' Anti-Press Bills Seem Dead, but Don't Celebrate Yet. scheerpost.com 
(2023-05-09). Cop City Protesters Face Felonies for Flyering as Police Repress Student Sit-Ins. scheerpost.com 
(2023-05-09). What happens if U.S. Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling? america.cgtn.com 
Top U.S. Republican and Democrat lawmakers are meeting President Joe Biden at the White House as they try to hash out a deal to raise the debt ceiling.
(2023-05-09). Texas mourns after weekend of violence. america.cgtn.com 
Weeks ahead of the anniversary of deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the state saw another weekend of violence.
(2023-05-09). Argentina's rising poverty. america.cgtn.com 
Poverty in Argentina is increasing, with an inflation rate over 100% hitting low-income sectors the hardest.
(2023-05-09). DM visit: Portugal aids Georgia's NATO-EU absorption, seizure of Abkhazia, S. Ossetia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseMay 9, 2023 Juansher Burchuladze hosted the Minister of Defense of Portugal For the first time in the history of independent Georgia, Minister of Defense of Portugal Helena Carreiras paid an official visit. She was hosted by the Minister of Defense of Georgia, Juansher Burchuladze. After the official welcoming ceremony, a bilateral …
(2023-05-09). Roger Thompson's Anti-Clancy Quest. smoothiex12.blogspot.com 
(2023-05-09). Justice for Jordan Neely: Friend Remembers Dancer as "Gentleman" as Calls Grow for Killer's Arrest. democracynow.org 
Eleven people were arrested at a protest in New York on Monday demanding justice for Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old unhoused Black man who was choked to death on a subway car last week by another passenger. Neely was well known as a dancer and Michael Jackson impersonator. He was crying out that he was hungry, when he was fatally attacked on the train by a 24-year-old former marine named Daniel Penny, who was questioned by police but released without charges. The city medical examiner has ruled Neely's death a homicide. The subway killing comes as New York is facing a growing population of unhoused people who…
(2023-05-09). Sudan: Residents Trapped Between Warring Rival Factions as Humanitarian Crisis Escalates. democracynow.org 
Conflict in Sudan between two rival military factions is entering its fourth week. Despite international calls for a humanitarian ceasefire, both combatant groups have repeatedly breached truce agreements. More than 700 people have died. As thousands of Sudanese civilians flee both the capital Khartoum and the country entirely, the fighting is expected to continue, with no end in sight. As Sudan braces for the renewed possibility of full-scale civil war, we speak to McGill University professor Khalid Mustafa Medani and Sudanese activist Marine Alneel about the country's brewing humanitarian crisis. "T…
(2023-05-09). Israel Kills 13, Including Women & Children, in Airstrikes Targeting Militant Leaders in Gaza. democracynow.org 
Israel launched surprise airstrikes in Gaza overnight, targeting three commanders of the Islamic Jihad militant group, who were assassinated in their homes. The attacks killed a total of 13 people, including the wives and children of the men. The Israeli attack broke a ceasefire that had been reached last week after a spike in violence following the death of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan in Israeli custody. "As the occupying power, Israel has the obligation to protect the civilian population," says Phyllis Bennis, author and fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. "Instead, we're s…
(2023-05-09). Phyllis Bennis on Ukraine War & Why a Ceasefire Is the First Step Toward Lasting Peace. democracynow.org 
As Russia marks the Soviet Union's defeat of the Nazis 78 years ago, Ukraine is preparing to launch a major counteroffensive, which has forced Moscow to issue an evacuation order for thousands of residents in areas occupied by Russian forces. Meanwhile, international actors are calling for negotiations, possibly brokered by China or Brazil, to end the war. For more on the prognosis for peace in Ukraine, we're joined by Phyllis Bennis, author and a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies.
(2023-05-09). Headlines for May 9, 2023. democracynow.org Israel Bombs Gaza Strip, Killing 13 People, Including Children, Putin Delivers Defiant "Victory Day" Speech as Russia Fires Missiles Across Ukraine, Sudan's Warring Parties Hold Peace Talks in Saudi Arabia But Won't Agree to Ceasefire, Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan Arrested in Islamabad, Tens of Thousands March Against Gun Violence in Serbia After Two Mass Shootings, Texas Gunman Was Rejected from Army, Had Nazi Tattoos But Purchased AR-15 Legally, Texas Man Who Rammed SUV Into Migrants Charged with Eight Counts of Manslaughter, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Deploys "Tactical Bo…
(2023-05-09). Finding Reconnection through the Power of Human Touch. dissidentvoice.org 
The famous "rescuing hug" I was recently reminded of the incredible story of the "rescuing hug" photo (above). To sum up the basics: Kyrie and Brielle Jackson were born on October 17, 1995 — 12 weeks ahead of their due date. Kyrie weighed only 2 pounds, 3 ounces. Brielle was even smaller and far more …
(2023-05-09). King Charles III: Policing the Republican Protests. dissidentvoice.org In Britain, pageantry has always been a palliative and plaster for the dark and dismal. Be it in times of crisis, the chance to put on an extravagant show, usually at vast expense, is not something to forego. Central to this entertainment complex is the Royal family, that archaic vestige of an era that refuses …
(2023-05-09). What is a Conspiracy Theorist Who Gets it Right? dissidentvoice.org 
(2023-05-09). Dr. Clare Craig shares some facts about "vaccines" with the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. expose-news.com At the beginning of 2022, the UK launched a Covid-19 Inquiry to investigate the "preparedness and resilience" of the UK's response to the covid pandemic. Diagnostic pathologist Dr. Clare Craig was asked …
(2023-05-09). Charles "The Great Reset" King and Global Britain using the Commonwealth, Five Eyes and City of London to exert influence. expose-news.com This week, Charles was crowned King of the United Kingdom and the other 14 Commonwealth realms. But that is not all. He has also become head of the British Commonwealth, head of …
(2023-05-09). The Illusion of Progress: Unmasking the Dark Side of Agenda 2030. expose-news.com In the shadowed corridors of power, hidden beneath the veil of global initiatives, lies an agenda that promises a utopian future but may lead us down a dystopian path. Agenda 2030, hailed …
(2023-05-09). Neo-Nazi terror threat grows as Ukraine fighters jailed in France. thegrayzone.com The arrest of two heavily armed French neo-Nazis returning from Ukraine highlights a looming problem for NATO states sponsoring the proxy war, and their conspiracy of silence on the nature of the threat. On April 24th 2023, two French neo-Nazis were jailed for 15 months, nine of which were suspended, for possessing assault rifle ammunition. The pair had returned to Paris from Ukraine two days earlier, and were arrested at customs. Both were on the radar of French domestic spying …
(2023-05-09). Ukrainian media asks 'who should be next' after car bombing of Russian writer. thegrayzone.com A Ukrainian media group partnered with BBC, Der Spiegel and other Western outlets polled readers on which Russian intellectual should be assassinated following a car bomb attack on writer Zakhar Prilepin. The Biden administration has greenlit Kiev's campaign of terror. Hours after Russian writer and activist Zakhar Prilepin was nearly killed in a targeted car bomb, a popular Ukrainian news agency submitted a poll that asked its readers, "Who do you think should be next in the Russian pantheon of …
(2023-05-09). The monarchy: time to abandon the scam. greenleft.org.au The monarchy seems like an enormous Ponzi scheme and now is the right time to talk about a republic, argues Tony Smith.
(2023-05-09). NT Labor gives fracking the go-ahead, despite First Nations' objections. greenleft.org.au First Nations people, farmers and communities across the Northern Territory have condemned NT Labor's decision to approve exploration permits for shale gas fracking in the Beetaloo Basin. Pip Hinman reports.
(2023-05-09). The Future of Clinical Trials in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. jamanetwork.com Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) currently affects about 100‚ÄØ000 individuals in the US, and millions globally. Patients living with IPF experience disabling symptoms and progressive loss of lung function. The 2 treatments approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat IPF, nintedanib and pirfenidone, slow disease progression but do not stop or reverse lung fibrosis. Both drugs are poorly tolerated by a substantial number of patients, and use is further limited by high cost and lack of perceived benefit on symptoms and quality of life. Many patients with IPF are eager to participat…
(2023-05-09). The Role of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Patients With Severe Alcohol-Related Hepatitis. jamanetwork.com Few effective pharmacologic therapies are available for alcohol-related hepatitis. In patients diagnosed with alcohol-related hepatitis, greater severity of liver injury and systemic inflammation are associated independently with early mortality. Three months after a diagnosis of alcohol-related hepatitis, patients who continue to use alcohol had poorer prognosis than those who abstained (no alcohol relapse, 66 deaths in 8451 patient-months observed; relapse of ‚â•30 g/d, 55 deaths in 2654 patient-months; hazard ratio, 2.89; P‚Äâ<‚Äâ.001).
(2023-05-09). Trends in Deaths From Falls Among Adults Aged 65 Years or Older in the US, 1999-2020. jamanetwork.com This study examines trends in deaths from falls among adults aged 65 years or older by sex and by race and ethnicity between 1999 and 2020 in the US.
(2023-05-09). Five-Year Sales for Newly Marketed Prescription Drugs With and Without Initial Orphan Drug Act Designation. jamanetwork.com This study evaluates sales revenue earned in the first 5 years for newly marketed brand-name drugs with and without an initial orphan drug designation.
(2023-05-09). Regulatory Submission Characteristics and Recalls of Medical Devices Receiving 510(k) Clearance. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent study reported the association between characteristics of predicate devices and recalls of medical devices relying on substantial equivalence to the devices cleared under the 510(k) submission pathway. The analysis relied on the ability to collect information on predicate devices using an algorithm that extracts unique predicate medical device identifiers.
(2023-05-09). High-Flow Nasal Oxygen vs Standard Oxygen Therapy and Length of Hospital Stay in Children With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent randomized clinical trial reported that children who received early high-flow nasal oxygen therapy for mild to moderate acute hypoxemic respiratory failure had a significantly longer length of stay in the hospital than those who initially received standard oxygen therapy. Although we appreciate the authors' list of hypotheses for why children allocated to high-flow oxygen therapy had a prolonged length of stay, we believe there may be some other important explanations for this trial's finding.
(2023-05-09). Regulatory Submission Characteristics and Recalls of Medical Devices Receiving 510(k) Clearance—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Dr Rathi's comments describe a fundamental challenge when studying 510(k) medical devices. Researchers can observe individual clearances, but when are devices actually different or new? Changes not related to device design that seem trivial ex ante could affect patient safety ex post. Labeling changes could nudge physicians to use devices more or less appropriately, while changes in manufacturing processes may improve or compromise device quality.
(2023-05-09). High-Flow Nasal Oxygen vs Standard Oxygen Therapy and Length of Hospital Stay in Children With Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply The Letter by Dr Hsu and colleagues provides further insight into the reasons why children who were randomized to high-flow nasal oxygen therapy had a longer length of hospital stay than children treated with standard oxygen therapy in our study. We agree with the Letter authors' comments, except that our study protocol provided no additional observation period after cessation of high-flow oxygen therapy, so this factor could not have substantially contributed to the results. We support the notion that there are excessive ICU admissions for infants with bronchiolitis. The PARIS-2 trial excluded infants w…
(2023-05-09). Effect of Prophylactic Antibiotics on Mortality in Severe Alcohol-Related Hepatitis. jamanetwork.com This randomized clinical trial assesses the effect of administration of prophylactic amoxicillin-clavulanate vs placebo on 60-day mortality in patients hospitalized with severe alcohol-related hepatitis.
(2023-05-09). Ziritaxestat, a Novel Autotaxin Inhibitor, and Lung Function in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. jamanetwork.com These 2 randomized clinical trials compare the efficacy and safety of 2 doses of the autotaxin inhibitor ziritaxestat vs placebo in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
(2023-05-09). Rocket Strike on a Market. jamanetwork.com They don't fly screaming out of doors and windows. They stumble about, unnerved by their surroundings.
(2023-05-09). "Order in the Gulf Death Imposes"—Poetry and War. jamanetwork.com Many readers associate poetry with sublime themes like beauty and love. Yet we need only think of poets such as Homer and Wilfred Owen, and more recently Yehuda Amichai and Yusef Komunyakaa, to be reminded that the horrors of war have long been an archetypal subject of its urgent address. In "Rocket Strike on a Market," we see why this is so: poetry, perhaps, creates a kind of "order in the gulf/death imposes." Where there is chaos and destruction, the poet is witness, showing us the broken walls of a bombed market and the torn limbs of shoppers in its fragmented, jaggedly enjambed lines. The poem is clinically a…
(2023-05-09). Diagnosis and Management of Cirrhosis and Its Complications. jamanetwork.com This narrative review summarizes current evidence regarding the diagnosis and management of cirrhosis and its complications.
(2023-05-09). Abdominal Pain and Hypotension in a 70-Year-Old Woman. jamanetwork.com A 70-year-old woman with hypertension, atrial fibrillation, congestive heart failure, and gallstones had 3 days of nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography showed a thickened gallbladder wall with intraluminal air adherent to the duodenum and a gallstone in the middle ileum with proximal bowel distension. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?
(2023-05-09). Informing a Rational Approach to Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Open Pancreatoduodenectomy. jamanetwork.com Despite numerous advances in perioperative care, surgical site infection (SSI) remains a frequent complication after major abdominal surgery, with gastrointestinal procedures among the highest risk for infection. Besides the increased length of stay and overall costs of care, SSIs are the most common indication for readmission after surgery. Antimicrobial prophylaxis given during the perioperative period is an essential, evidence-based aspect of SSI prevention. The choice of prophylactic regimen in patients undergoing a surgical procedure should include an agent effective against the most likely infecting organis…
(2023-05-09). Piperacillin-Tazobactam Compared With Cefoxitin as Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Pancreatoduodenectomy. jamanetwork.com This phase 3 randomized clinical trial examines the effect of broad-spectrum perioperative antimicrobial prophylaxis on postoperative surgical site infection incidence compared with standard care antibiotics (cefoxitin).
(2023-05-09). Study: No More Than 6 Teaspoons of Added Sugar per Day. jamanetwork.com Moderate-quality evidence has tied high intake of sugars, particularly those containing fructose, with a range of poor outcomes, such as obesity in children, coronary heart disease, and depression, according to an umbrella review of 73 meta-analyses that included 8601 studies, a majority of which were observational.
(2023-05-09). Research Shows Air Pollution Promotes Lung Cancer. jamanetwork.com Particulate matter in the environment measuring less than 2.5 μm promotes lung cancer by spurring the growth of lung cells with preexisting oncogenic variants, according to an analysis of epidemiological evidence combined with results from mouse and human cell models.
(2023-05-09). Blood Donor Sex Not Tied to Recipient Survival. jamanetwork.com Despite previous observational research suggesting that blood from female donors resulted in worse outcomes among transfusion recipients, a recent randomized clinical trial involving 8719 patients showed that the sex of red blood cell donors did not influence outcomes.
(2023-05-09). Rule Tackles Medicare Advantage Marketing, Prior Authorization. jamanetwork.com Under a finalized rule that aims to smooth disruptions in care, approved prior authorizations for Medicare Advantage (MA) beneficiaries will be valid for as long as they are medically necessary, according to an announcement by the US Department of Health and Human Services. A health care professional will also need to review refusals of coverage based on medical necessity before MA plans can issue a denial.
(2023-05-09). Weapons Trafficking: NATO Expansion & Wishful-thinking … journal-neo.org 
(2023-05-09). Victory Parade on Red Square. libya360.wordpress.com
(2023-05-09). Bold Gambits on the West Asian Chessboard. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar In the Great Power competition, everything is connected: Uncertain negotiations between Russia and NATO over Ukraine may be impacted by Türkiye's post-election pivot and Syria's return to the Arab League West Asia is a region that is currently experiencing a great deal of geopolitical activity. Recent diplomatic efforts, initiated by Russia and overseen…
(2023-05-09). The Warmongering U.S. Empire is Crashing, the Lying Western Media's Days are Numbered. libya360.wordpress.com Finian Cunningham, Bruce Gagnon and Daniel Lazarre The Western mainstream media have never been so blatant in their propaganda for the U.S. empire. The pretensions are threadbare. As the warmongering U.S. government/regime and its Western/NATO imperialist lackeys are becoming more exposed and desperate to maintain credibility, so too are their media tools. The likes of…
(2023-05-09). US Interventionism in the Peruvian Justice System and the Coup D'état Against Pedro Castillo. libya360.wordpress.com José Carlos Llerena US Ambassador Lisa Kenna with Peruvian Attorney General Patricia Benavides. Photo: Twitter Suspicions were raised after the US Ambassador to Peru posted a photo with Peru's Attorney General. Peruvian activist and jurist José Carlos Llerena Robles argues that US interventionism in the Peruvian justice system has much deeper roots On April 13,…
(2023-05-09). Two Worlds: May 6 and May 9. libya360.wordpress.com Thierry Meyssan King Charles III wearing the insignia of His Majesty. London and Moscow are the scene of great collective events. Each one expresses its own values. In England, the splendors mask the origin of rich ornaments, stolen without scruples. In Russia, celebrating the martyrs of the Second World War is a commitment to the…
(2023-05-09). The Saharawi Struggle: Spanish MEP Idoia Villanueva Ruiz Exposes the Truth. libya360.wordpress.com Mohsen Abdelmoumen Spanish MEP Idoia Villanueva Ruiz. D. R. Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You recently denounced the fisheries agreement in place between Morocco and the European Union, which is currently the subject of legal proceedings. What are the reasons for your protest? MEP Idoia Villanueva Ruiz: It is the European, and broadly the international legal framework, that give…
(2023-05-09). Charles III Coronation Ignored Imperialism, Colonialism, Genocide, Trauma, Deadly Colonial Legacy & Palestine. libya360.wordpress.com Dr Gideon Polya Perhaps billions around the world saw at least part of the coronation of King Charles III and marvelled at the pomp, the pageantry and the glorious choral music. The colourful military uniforms and the final parade of thousands of British and Commonwealth military forces testified to past imperial glory. However the lavish…
(2023-05-09). Recession Watch: Professional Networking Leader LinkedIn Lays Off 716 Workers. moguldom.com Microsoft's business social network platform LinkedIn is discontinuing its China-specific jobs app, InCareer, and laying off 716 workers worldwide, citing unfavorable economic conditions, despite recently reporting 8 percent revenue growth year over year. The Silicon Valley-based company will continue to "manage expenses," CEO Ryan Roslansky said in a memo to employees, suggesting that more layoffs …
(2023-05-09). Highlights From California Reparations Task Force Recommendations For Lineage-Based Reparations. moguldom.com It's been a packed two-year process for California's Reparations Task Force, which was established by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2020 to study and collect evidence of the harms of slavery and lingering discrimination. As the task force is about to wrap up, its final report is to be delivered to the state Legislature by July …
(2023-05-09). Report: Mass Shooter In Texas With Hispanic Name Has Links To White Supremacist Groups. moguldom.com Eight shoppers, including three small children, were shot dead Saturday and seven others injured at a mall in Allen, Texas, by a 33-year-old with an AR-15 rifle who wore tactical gear and a clothing patch during the attack with the insignia RWDS, short for "Right Wing Death Squad." Texas had the most mass shootings of …
(2023-05-09). Rymir Satterthwaite Files Supreme Court Motion to Force Paternity Test: Jay-Z Is My Daddy. moguldom.com For more than 10 years, Rymir Satterthwaite has been trying to prove that hip-hop billionaire Jay-Z is his father. Now he's taking his fight to the Supreme Court. Satterthwaite, 30, has filed a motion to force Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, to take a paternity test. Satterthwaite filed a motion to unseal court …
(2023-05-09). What Is A Harriet Tubman Statue Doing At The CIA? 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com Harriet Tubman was a freedom fighter who helped hundreds of slaves escape. She was also a spy who gathered intelligence for the Union Army. In 2022, the CIA erected a statue depicting Tubman at its headquarters in Langley, Va. Here are three things to know. 1. Tubman, the spy or intelligence collector Tubman was one …
(2023-05-09). Defiant Cuba Celebrates May Day. mronline.org 
Mainstream reports on this past May Day celebration in Cuba leave out a key element: the imperialist economic and financial blockade.
(2023-05-09). Africans in the U.S. are a colonized people: A comment on the indictment of the African People's Socialist Party. mronline.org 
Red Scares, McCarthyism, COINTELPRO, "Black Identity Extremists" are all indicative of how the colonized are treated by the state.
(2023-05-09). Sanctions drive Chinese firms to advance AI research minus U.S. chips. mronline.org 
U.S. sanctions aimed against China tech drive Chinese firms to increase research aimed at developing alternatives to leading U.S. cutting-edge technology necessary for AI.
(2023-05-09). Paying tribute to the victims of genocide in Namibia. mronline.org 
Every year, descendants of the Nama-Ovaherero tribes gather at Swakopmund Memorial Park Cemetery in Namibia during the month of March to pay tribute to their ancestors who were victims of the genocide that took place from 1904-1908.
(2023-05-09). House Hawks Urge Biden to Use Sanctions to Prevent Syria Normalization. news.antiwar.com The top Republican and Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee released a statement on Monday slamming Syria's readmission into the Arab League and urging President Biden to use sanctions to prevent further normalization. "Readmitting Assad to the Arab League is a grave strategic mistake that will embolden Assad, Russia, and Iran to continue butchering …
(2023-05-09). Harry Belafonte — Unashamedly Revolutionary. orinocotribune.com By Richard S. Dunn — May 3, 2023 | The late Harry Belafonte was a great artist and also a committed revolutionary. | The consummate artiste, revolutionary and humanitarian the late Harry Belafonte, passed away at the age of 96 on April 25, 2023 at his home in Harlem, New York. According to our cultural and philosophical teachings of Maat and Kawaida, Belafonte did not become an ancestor just because he passed away, but moreso; because he lived a life of struggle and commitment in actively uplifting his community. Harry Belafonte did exactly that and more; he lived an exemplary life worth emulating by those i…
(2023-05-09). A Kingly Proposal: Letter From Julian Assange To King Charles III. orinocotribune.com By Julian Assange — May 5, 2023 | To His Majesty King Charles III, | On the coronation of my liege, I thought it only fitting to extend a heartfelt invitation to you to commemorate this momentous occasion by visiting your very own kingdom within a kingdom: His Majesty's Prison Belmarsh. | You will no doubt recall the wise words of a renowned playwright: "The quality of mercy is not strained. It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath." | Ah, but what would that bard know of mercy faced with the reckoning at the dawn of your historic reign? After all, one can truly know the measure of a…
(2023-05-09). Chile: The Right Wins Constitutional Council Election. orinocotribune.com The Republican Party was the big winner after the elections of this May 7, obtaining 22 of 50 constitutional councilors. The Republican Party received these votes despite refusing to be part of the Agreement for Chile, an alliance between political parties that initiated this second constitutional process. | On the other hand, the center-left was the great loser of the day, not obtaining any representation within the body. | This May 7, 15.1 million Chileans were summoned to elect the 50 members of the Constitutional Council, the body that will be in charge of drafting the proposal for a new Constitution. This se…
(2023-05-09). President of Guinea-Bissau Visits Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The Monday, Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodríguez received the president of Guinea-Bissau, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, at the Casa Amarilla on the occasion of his working visit to the country to strengthen cooperation between the two countries. | Umaro Sissoco Embaló arrived in Venezuela during the afternoon and is scheduled to meet with Venezuelan authorities and discuss matters of common interest. | Relations b…
(2023-05-09). Grenada's PM: We Support China's Efforts Towards Peace and Global Development. orinocotribune.com We are pleased to republish the speech given by Hon. Dickon Mitchell, Leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Prime Minister of Grenada, at the CPC in Dialogue with World Political Parties High-level Meeting, which was organized by the Communist Party of China on 15 March. It was originally carried on the website of the Not…
(2023-05-09). Cristina Fernández Condemns Cover-Up of Her Attempted Assassination. orinocotribune.com This Monday, Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner condemned the "cover-up of the assassination attempt" that targeted her eight months ago. | Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, former president of Argentina, has singled out Patricia Bullrich, a presidential candidate from the country's main opposition coalition, for putting pressure on a key witness of the incident with the goal of erasing incriminating information from her phone. | Fernández mentioned, in a message posted on social media, a story published on Sunday by Argentina's media outlet Página 12, in which it was revealed that one of the…
(2023-05-09). Care Over Cost Rallies for National Day of Action at BCBS Offices to Demand Corporation Reverse Claim Denials & Give People Health Care. peoplesaction.org Day Before Shareholders Meeting, People's Action Exposes BCBS Business Model Reliant on Denying Care Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action's Care Over Cost campaign today rallied people across the country at Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) offices to demand the private health corporation and companies associated with the BCBS brand stop denying care …
(2023-05-09). The WGA Strike Has Ramifications That Go Well Beyond Hollywood. progressivehub.net HAMILTON NOLAN | THE GUARDIAN…
(2023-05-09). Massachusetts Activists Demand An End To Sanctions In Latin America. progressivehub.net CELINA DELLA CROCE | PEOPLES DISPATCH…
(2023-05-09). Bernie Sanders Unveils Push For $17-An-Hour Federal Minimum Wage, Citing State Increases. progressivehub.net ARIANA FIGUEROA | FLORIDA PHOENIX…
(2023-05-09). Why Do We Keep Feeding The Merchants Of Death? progressivehub.net DR. JOSEPH MERCOLA | MERCOLA.COM…
(2023-05-09). 15 May, Boston: Nakba75 — Liberate the Land from the River to the Sea! samidoun.net 
Resist. Reclaim. Return! | Nakba75 Boston. | Join us to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba. Cambridge City Hall. 5/15/23 @ 5pm. More info: From Nakba to victory: liberate the land from the river to the sea! Uphold resistance!
(2023-05-09). 21 May, Portland: Nakba75 — Resistance Until Reclamation Demonstration and Palestine Festival. samidoun.net 
Sunday, 21 May 1: 30 pm SW Park Ave & SW Madison St. Portland, OR Info: www.instagram.com/p/Cr9OQkTSIkY/ Join CSPP PDX, SUPER @ PSU, and the Palestine solidarity community on Sunday, May 21st at 1: 30 PM at SW Park Ave & SW Madison St. for a rally and festival on the 75th anniversary of an-Nakba, the catastrophe …
(2023-05-09). 13 May, Seattle: Nakba75 — Resist Until Return! samidoun.net 
Cal Anderson Park, North Lawn Saturday, May 13, 12pm Seattle, WA Info: www.instagram.com/p/CrfD6xKr3Zw/ Join @super_uw, @falastiniyat, and @samidounseattle for a community gathering, rally, and march to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine—Al-Nakba— and create a space to channel our grief into action. We will uplift 75 years of Palestinian sumud (steadfastness) and unified resistance to …
(2023-05-09). 13 May, NYC: Palestine Takeover for #Nakba75. samidoun.net 
Saturday May 13th 2 PM 72nd & 5th Ave Bay Ridge Brooklyn Info: www.instagram.com/p/Cr4Jt9XOmwS/ Samidoun NY/NJ will be joining Within Our Lifetime for this important event! Join us for a takeover of Bay Ridge, the heart of the Palestinian community in NYC, to celebrate Palestinian resistance, life, culture, food, music and the ongoing struggle for …
(2023-05-09). Breaking News: Gaza under attack with repeated occupation air raids; resistance leaders targeted. samidoun.net 
As of 4: 50 pm Pacific time Monday, 8 May, occupation forces are currently targeting the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian people and the Palestinian resistance in attempted assassination raids, particularly targeting leaders of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine. Homes in Rafah, in Gaza City and elsewhere have been hit by Zionist missiles, leading to casualties …
(2023-05-09). No Politics But Class Politics: Class, Identity, Inequality. socialistproject.ca 
In his recent book, Poverty, by America, Matthew Desmond writes, "Poverty might consume your life, but it's rarely embraced as an identity. It's more socially acceptable today to disclose a mental illness than to tell someone you're broke."
(2023-05-09). Polish Generals Finally Admit the Obvious. sonar21.com 
General Skyrzypczak To the surprise of many, voices of sanity are finally beginning to break through in the rigid media atmosphere in Poland as it relates to the war in…
(2023-05-09). Some Miscellaneous But Salient Observations about the War in Ukraine. sonar21.com 
Let's start with the obvious — Chef Prigozhin. Three days ago he was in full meltdown and vowed to take his boys and abandon the fight in Bakhmut to the…
(2023-05-09). Behind the faàßade of humanitarian aid and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. thealtworld.com The humanitarian paradigm for Palestinians is not working, the UN should be informed. On the assumption that the Institution holds a shard of respect towards human rights. For several years, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), has been warning of a funding deficit that affects its provision of services. Recently, the World Food Programme (WFP)
(2023-05-09). The Final Folly of the Western World. thealtworld.com The victory over President Trump of the military/security complex has condemned the United States and its European, Canadian, Australian, and Japanese empire to irreversible decline. Trump's intention to "normalize relations with Russia" was perceived by the powerful military/security complex, about which both President Eisenhower and President John F. Kennedy warned, as a threat to its budget, power, and primacy. Thus was launched by the CIA and FBI the long and ongoing era of false charges against an American President, both in office and out, by the security services of the United States. | The consequence is…
(2023-05-09). Zelensky's Rage At Europe's Temporary Grain Restrictions From Ukraine Is Counterproductive. thealtworld.com What's unacceptable isn't Europe's temporary restrictions on Ukrainian grain, but Zelensky's ungrateful rage and zero-sum demands of regional farmers, not to mention that his country's agricultural products should be exported to hungry Global South states per the "grain deal" and not the comfortably fed EU. | The best actors have a knack for improvisation, something that Zelensky completely lacks as proven by his counterproductive rant against Europe's temporary grain restrictions from Ukraine. France's
(2023-05-09). 'This land is our life': Indigenous Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo people defend forest from illegal destruction in Peru. therealnews.com 
This story originally appeared in The Shipibo-Konibo-Xetebo people of the Peruvian Amazon are organizing themselves to protect their ancestral forests and waters from illegal fishing, logging, and coca growing amidst conservation and development efforts from both the government and international nonprofits that they say are ineffective at best and actively harmful to Indigenous ways of life at worst.
(2023-05-09). PFAS contamination and the scourge of cancer in Odawa nation. therealnews.com 
230 bright blue dots are plotted on an official gray
(2023-05-09). The 'Two-State Solution' masks a One-State Reality in Israel/Palestine. therealnews.com 
The debate on a just future to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine has often pivoted around the question of a two-state or one-state solution. In a recent article for
(2023-05-09). Government Ethics Watchdog Demands Clarence Thomas Resign Amidst Scandals. truthout.org A government ethics watchdog is demanding that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas resign in the wake of numerous accounts of corruption and seeming right-wing conspiracies involving the justice unveiled by investigative reports in recent weeks. In a letter sent to Thomas on Tuesday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) wrote that the "truly shocking" reports that Thomas… |
(2023-05-09). Republicans Defending Clarence Thomas Have Gotten Nearly $500K From Harlan Crow. truthout.org Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have spent recent weeks fiercely defending the deep corruption on the Supreme Court in the wake of major scandals involving several conservative justices, saying that reining in the Court is "unnecessary." A new report finds, however, that these lawmakers may be protecting their own interests as much as they're protecting the Supreme Court. |
(2023-05-09). Analysis: WI Taxpayers Fund Anti-LGBTQ Schools Through State Voucher Program. truthout.org A number of private schools in Wisconsin that receive public funding through the state's school voucher programs discriminate against LGBTQ students and students with physical or mental disabilities, according to an analysis published earlier this month. Wisconsin's school voucher programs distribute taxpayer funds that would typically go to public school districts to students seeking to attend… |
(2023-05-09). Senator Whitehouse: 275 of 315 Pages of GOP Debt Limit Bill Are Big Oil Favors. truthout.org As congressional Republicans unite around their plan to hold the economy hostage in order to advance their extremist debt limit package, some Democrats are pointing out that the vast majority of the bill is dedicated to favors for the fossil fuel industry. Last week, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing on the Limit, Save, Grow Act, dubbed the "Default on America" bill by Democrats. |
(2023-05-09). Study: Without Reforms, Conservative Justices Will Run Supreme Court Until 2065. truthout.org A new analysis from a number of law and political science professors finds that, if current trends continue, the liberal bloc of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court will remain in the minority until at least 2065, barring any immediate reforms. The study sought to examine the potential outcomes of "court packing," or increasing the number of Supreme Court justices beyond the current nine in order… |
(2023-05-09). A Ceasefire Is Immediately Needed to Reduce Escalating War in Ukraine. truthout.org As Russia marks the Soviet Union's defeat of the Nazis 78 years ago, Ukraine is preparing to launch a major counteroffensive, which has forced Moscow to issue an evacuation order for thousands of residents in areas occupied by Russian forces. Meanwhile, international actors are calling for negotiations, possibly brokered by China or Brazil, to end the war. For more on the prognosis for peace in… |
(2023-05-09). Protests Erupt Across Pakistan After Former Prime Minister Imran Khan Arrested. truthout.org Supporters of Imran Khan took to the streets of Pakistan nationwide in angry protest Tuesday after the former Prime Minister was arrested on corruption and embezzlement charges — allegations the champion cricketer turned progressive politician has denied and says are politically motivated. The protests erupted in various cities — including Karachi, Islamabad, Peshawar, and Lahore — clashed with… |
(2023-05-09). Labor Organizers Launch a New Model for the Fight Against Private Equity. truthout.org On May Day, a small group of labor advocates and workers weaved through midtown Manhattan, stopping at the shiny corporate headquarters of several firms with names like KKR, Sycamore Partners, Apollo Global Management, BC Partners and Roark Capital Group. Most people don't recognize these names, or if they do, know very little about them. But these are some of the wealthiest and most influential… |
(2023-05-09). To Push Back GOP Extremism, Democrats Must Reinvest in Southern Communities. truthout.org After a mass shooting in Nashville took the lives of young children, educators and a school custodian, three legislators in Tennessee rightly raised their voices demanding commonsense gun reform. The legislators, Representatives Justin Pearson, Justin Jones and Gloria Johnson were the subject of votes by Republican legislators to eject them from the Tennessee House of Representatives. |
(2023-05-09). Three Face Felonies for Allegedly Flyering Near Home of One Georgia Trooper Tied to Killing of Forest Defender. unicornriot.ninja
(2023-05-09). Venezuela: Opposition Mayor Arrested for Alleged Hate Speech. venezuelanalysis.com Ernesto Paraqueima reportedly made disparaging comments about local children with autism.
(2023-05-09). Autoimmune disorders affect about one in ten individuals. imperial.ac.uk
(2023-05-09). Clarence Thomas Reversed Position After Gifts And Family Payments. levernews.com
(2023-05-09). Here's The Real Goal Of Supreme Court Corruption. levernews.com 
(2023-05-09). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: V for Vendetta (w/ Evan from LOTP). levernews.com
(2023-05-09). Free Cuba to Free Ourselves. By: Calvin Wu. midwesternmarx.com 
We left Havana on May 3. Tired after days of seminars, meetings with locals, and cultural activities, I was able to begin unpacking and relax, unlike many others returning home to the United States who ended up being detained at the airports of Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, and Newark. They were granted special permission to visit Cuba under the US blockade that has been in place for more than sixty years (except for a short reprieve from 2014—2017). Yet, despite legal documents and …
(2023-05-09). 'Whole Process People's Democracy' in China: What does it mean? peoplesworld.org 
The expulsion of two African American representatives from the Tennessee state legislature recently is only the latest in what seems to be a never-ending series of attacks on democracy in the United States. Add to it the endless voter suppression tactics like racist purges of voter rolls, bans on mail-in ballots, restrictive voter ID hurdles, reduced …
(2023-05-09). Wildfires have burned nearly one million acres in western Canada. peoplesworld.org 
Nearly a million acres have been destroyed in wildfires across the western Canadian province of Alberta, with more than 30,000 people forced to evacuate and oil production forced to halt after a state of emergency was declared this weekend. The province, which is the country's largest producer of crude oil and natural gas, has discontinued the production of the …
(2023-05-09). First they burned books, then people: Lessons of the Nazis' 1933 book blaze. peoplesworld.org 
How can memorials powerfully remind us of past horrors? How can they keep the atrocities of the past alive and relevant? "The Empty Library," Micha Ullmann's Berlin memorial commemorating the fascist book blaze—when on May 10, 1933, some 20,000 works by a great number of German and international authors were devoured by the flames before …
(2023-05-09). Displaced People In Sudan Double To 700 000 In One Week. telesurenglish.net The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported on Tuesday that the number of people internally displaced due to the fighting in Sudan is already more than 700 000. | RELATED: | The figure has more than doubled in the last week. According to IOM spokesman Paul Dillon, "as of last Tuesday, the figure stood at 340 000. Before the fighting, there were already some 3.7 million internally displaced people in Su…
(2023-05-09). Search For Kenyan Forest Death Cult Followers: 21 More Bodies. telesurenglish.net A search operation for followers of a doomsday cult in Shakahola forest in southeastern Kenya resumed Tuesday, with Kenyan investigators exhuming 21 more bodies. | RELATED: | According to regional head Rhoda Onyancha, the latest figures of bodies exhumed bring the death toll to 133. The search operation has resumed after being suspended for a few days due to bad weather. | Home Affairs Minister Kithure Kindiki told r…
(2023-05-09). Rio De Janeiro To Host G20 Summit In 2024. telesurenglish.net The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro will host the Group of Twenty (G20) heads of state summit in 2024, Rio state governor Claudio Castro announced. | RELATED: | On his official Twitter account, the governor said that "it's official! Rio will host the G20 heads of state summit next year. The twenty largest world economic powers will gather, plus ten other nations that will be invited, for a total of thirty." | The G20 summit is scheduled for November 2024, w…
(2023-05-09). Donald Trump Guilty of Sexual Abuse. telesurenglish.net Donald Trump, former President of the United States, is guilty of sexual abuse against the writer E. Jean Carroll, according to the opinion of a jury in Manhattan. | Related: | The jury took just three hours to reach its verdict. Tuesday's ruling emphasized that while Trump did not commit rape, he is liable for assault with respect to the complainant's allegation. | Carroll accused Trump of raping her in a Fifth Avenue department store dressing r…
(2023-05-09). Tàºrkish President Offers To Host Sudan Peace Talks. telesurenglish.net Tàºrkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Türkiye is ready to host mediation talks for peace in Sudan in case the military rivals agree to engage in comprehensive negotiations. | RELATED: | In a phone call with Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Erdogan said Ankara will continue together with the United Nations (UN) efforts to meet "the urgent humanitarian needs of the Sudanese people…
(2023-05-09). Ecuador: President Lasso's Impeachment Moves One Step Forward. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the National Assembly began the debate to decide whether the impeachment trial against Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso moves to a phase in which legislators will vote for or against his removal. | RELATED: | The discussion in plenary began with the presence of 117 out of 137 lawmakers. They must analyze the charges against Lasso since the Oversight Commission President Fernando Villavicencio prepa…
(2023-05-09). Brazilian 'Freedom Rocker' Rita Lee Died. telesurenglish.net On Monday night, Rita Lee Jones, known as one of the most popular figures in Brazilian music, died at the age of 75 after suffering from lung cancer. | RELATED: | "Rita Lee left us. She was ever-changing, revolutionary, democratic, defender of women's rights, defender of animals, defender of sexual freedom. She was bold, creative, shameless, and great. I send you an ecological hug by telepathy to the rings of Saturn, wh…
(2023-05-09). Türkiye: Shipping Containers to Be Used as Voting Booths. telesurenglish.net With many public buildings still damaged across Türkiye's 11 southern provinces following devastating twin earthquakes on February 6, special containers have been set up to facilitate voting on Sunday's elections. | RELATED: | The custom-made 21 square meters containers will house two voting booths on the back corners for earthquake victims to vote in privacy, while election officials will be seated in the middle to mon…
(2023-05-09). Let the Mexicans Choose Supreme Court Judges!: AMLO. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced that he will send a constitutional reform initiative so that citizens directly elect the members of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ). | RELATED: | During his morning press conference, he recalled that this proposal is not new since the Mexican people directly elected the judges in the time of President Benito Juarez, when the liberal Constitution of 1857 was in for…
(2023-05-09). Articles] Public support for smoke-free policies in outdoor areas and (semi-)private places: a systematic review and meta-analysis. thelancet.com Our findings suggested that public support for novel smoke-free policies is high, especially in places frequented by children. Governments should be reassured about public support for implementation of novel smoke-free policies.
(2023-05-09). Syria Readmitted To The Arab League, Is This The End Of The War? thelastamericanvagabond.com After over a decade of separation, the Syrian Arab Republic was readmitted to the Arab League this Sunday, in a move that has dealt a blow to Washington's Middle East agenda, exciting some and causing outrage amongst others. The Syrian war that began in 2011 still hasn't officially ended, so what impact will this normalization
(2023-05-09). The Anglo-American Hand Behind the Rise of Fascism Then and Now. thelastamericanvagabond.com This May 9th, the world will celebrate Victory Day. For those who have not closed their eyes to the integration of leading unreconstructed Nazis, Italian Fascist, and Japanese fascists into the Anglo-American intelligence complex after World War Two this celebration is bitter sweet to say the least. In West Germany, the head of Nazi intelligence,