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2020-05-16: Social Media Postees

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Global Capitalism, "World Government" and the Corona Crisis
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-16
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. | The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. (President Dwight D. Eisenhower | …
globalresearch.ca/global-capitalism-world-government-and-the-corona-crisis/5712312

Global Capitalism, "World Government" and the Corona Crisis
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-16
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. (President Dwight D. Eisenhower | …
globalresearch.ca/global-capitalism-world-government-and-the-corona-crisis/5712312

The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is "Agenda ID2020"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-16
WHO has most likely received orders from "above", from those people who also manage Trump and the "leaders" (sic) of the EU, European Union. The final decision to go ahead NOW with COVID-19 pandemic, was taken in January 2020 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos – behind very much closed doors.
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-causes-effects-real-danger-agenda-id2020/5706153

The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is "Agenda ID2020"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-16
WHO has most likely received orders from "above", from those people who also manage Trump and the "leaders" (sic) of the EU, European Union. The final decision to go ahead NOW with COVID-19 pandemic, was taken in January 2020 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos – behind very much closed doors.
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-causes-effects-real-danger-agenda-id2020/5706153

Budget shortfalls and planned cuts threaten higher education across the US
wsws.org | 2020-05-16
Colleges and universities across the US are announcing layoffs and eliminating programs in response to declines in state revenue and financial pressures from dormitory refunds and other costs incurred as they moved classes online.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/16/bud2…

Emergency Rallies/Press Conferences & Car Caravan to Stop the Destruction of CCSF
HEAT Higher Education Action Team | indybay.org | 2020-05-16
CCSF Mission Campus | 1125 Valencia St. | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833019.php

Trump Appoints Gates-Tied Pharma Exec As Vaccine Czar & Florida's Mandatory COVID Vaccination Order
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-16
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/15/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/trump-appoints-gates-tied-pharma-exec-vaccine-czar-floridas-mandatory-covid-vaccination-order/

The Growing Power of West Virginia's Teachers
Sarah Jaffe | progressive.org | 2020-05-16
When the Mountain State's teachers went on strike in 2018, they inspired a movement–now they're showing us how to build a better union.
progressive.org/dispatches/west-virginia-teachers-power-jaffe-200516/

Sekou Odinga: 'The right to struggle by any and all means'
| workers.org | 2020-05-16
These slightly edited remarks were given April 24 at the "U.S. Empire vs. Political Prisoners" webinar teach-in sponsored by Mobilization4Mumia and held in honor of the 66th birthday of political prisoner and revolutionary Mumia Abu-Jamal, incarcerated for 39 years by the U.S. state. By Sekou Odinga I'm a representative of . . . | Continue reading Sekou Odinga: 'The right to struggle by any and all means' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48701/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sekou-odinga-the-right-to-struggle-by-any-and-all-means

Rashid Johnson: 'Prison has always served a particular political function'
a guest author | workers.org | 2020-05-16
Remarks were given April 24 at the "U.S. Empire vs. Political Prisoners" webinar teach-in sponsored by Mobilization4Mumia and held in honor of the 66th birthday of political prisoner and revolutionary Mumia Abu-Jamal, incarcerated for 39 years by the U.S. state. Kevin Rashid Johnson, currently incarcerated in the Pendleton Correctional Facility . . . | Continue reading Rashid Johnson: 'Prison has always served a particular political function' at Workers.org…
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Marc Lamont Hill: 'Outside the logic of the prison' on Mumia's birthday
| workers.org | 2020-05-16
By Marc Lamont Hill These slightly edited remarks were given April 24 at the "U.S. Empire vs. Political Prisoners" webinar teach-in sponsored by Mobilization4Mumia and held in honor of the 66th birthday of political prisoner and revolutionary Mumia Abu-Jamal, incarcerated for 39 years by the U.S. state. Marc Lamont Hill . . . | Continue reading Marc Lamont Hill: 'Outside the logic of the prison' on Mumia's birthday at Workers.org…
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The murderous pseudoscience of "herd immunity"
wsws.org | 2020-05-16
Foreign Affairs has published an article endorsing a policy of allowing large portions of the world's population to be infected with COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/16/pers…

U.S. jobless rate broke depression-era record–but most media missed it
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-16
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' eagerly awaited Friday morning Official Unemployment Rate report for April–what editors generally call the BLS's "headline" rate of unemployment–was definitely headline-worthy.
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Leader, university studesnts to meet via videoconference
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-16
TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA)

Schools reopened in Hamedan
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-16
TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA)

Video: Coronavirus: Economic and Social Collapse: Mass Unemployment, Bankruptcy, Poverty and Despair
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
First published on April 16, 2020 | There is a serious health crisis which must be duly resolved. But there is another important dimension which has to be addressed. | Millions of people have lost their jobs, and their lifelong savings. In …
globalresearch.ca/video-corona-virus-economic-and-social-collapse-bankruptcy-debt-and-poverty/5709883

What Happens In the Wake of the COVID-19 Lockdown? Economic Destruction, Global Poverty, Bankruptcies, Mass Unemployment. Neoliberalism to the Rescue
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
In the wake of the lockdown: Bankruptcies and mass unemployment, the economic destabilization of entire countries. | Millions of people have lost their jobs, and their lifelong savings. They are unable to pay their home mortgages. | In developing countries, poverty and …
globalresearch.ca/what-happens-in-the-wake-of-the-covid-19-lockdown-economic-destruction-global-poverty-bankruptcies-mass-unemployment-neoliberalism-to-the-rescue/5707270

Video: Coronavirus: Economic and Social Collapse: Mass Unemployment, Bankruptcy, Poverty and Despair
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
First published on April 16, 2020 | There is a serious health crisis which must be duly resolved. But there is another important dimension which has to be addressed. | Millions of people have lost their jobs, and their lifelong savings. In …
globalresearch.ca/video-corona-virus-economic-and-social-collapse-bankruptcy-debt-and-poverty/5709883

Trump's "Operation Warp Speed" for Mass Vaxxing. "Big Bucks for Big Pharma"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
Big Pharma is poised to cash in big from mass COVID-19 vaxxing

Trump's "Operation Warp Speed" for Mass Vaxxing. "Big Bucks for Big Pharma"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
Big Pharma is poised to cash in big from mass COVID-19 vaxxing

In the Race for Immunity, Sweden Leads the Pack
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
In a pandemic, there is no substitute for immunity, because immunity provides the best protection against reinfection. That's why Sweden set its sights on immunity from the very beginning. They crafted a policy that was designed to protect the old …
globalresearch.ca/immunity-sweden/5713003

In the Race for Immunity, Sweden Leads the Pack
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
In a pandemic, there is no substitute for immunity, because immunity provides the best protection against reinfection. That's why Sweden set its sights on immunity from the very beginning. They crafted a policy that was designed to protect the old …
globalresearch.ca/immunity-sweden/5713003

Israel Perfecting Surveillance Tech
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
Israel's external spy organization Mossad and its internal espionage equivalent Shin Bet have reputations that are much larger than their actual successes, but the one area where they have excelled is electronic intelligence gathering. Recent electronic spying around the White …
globalresearch.ca/israel-perfecting-surveillance-tech/5712987

"My Job Is to Make Syria a Quagmire for the Russians": CIA Doctrine Made Official Policy
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
Like with the disastrous Iraq quagmire years before the US war machine came to Syria under Obama, Washington's rationale and justification for occupying the Syrian Arab Republic has shifted and changed drastically multiple times over. | When ultimately what started …
globalresearch.ca/make-syria-quagmire-russians-cia-doctrine-made-official-policy/5712991

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 research at Mayo Clinic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-15
Thanks to its combination of practice, education, and research, Mayo Clinic has a strong foundation to respond quickly to a medical crisis such as COVID-19. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus spread worldwide, a research task force was formed at Mayo Clinic to review and approve research proposals related to the virus and the disease it causes. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-covid-19-research-at-mayo-clinic/

Billionaires Are the Biggest Threat to Public Schools
Sarah Lahm | commondreams.org | 2020-05-15
Given Gates's track record of expensive failures in the realm of education reform, this partnership is understandably drawing criticism from teachers and parents, as well as allegations from progressives that it is disaster capitalism at work. (Photo: Michael Cohen/Getty Images/The New York Times) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2020/05/15/billionaires-are-biggest-threat-public-schools?cd-origin=rss

Emergency Rallies/Press Conferences & Car Caravan to Stop the Destruction of CCSF
HEAT Higher Education Action Team | indybay.org | 2020-05-15
CCSF Mission Campus | 1125 Valencia St. | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833019.php

#Unis4all: An Open Letter to the U.S. Higher Education Community
Maxximilian Seijo | mronline.org | 2020-05-15
Universities can immediately bypass feckless state & federal legislatures & finance themselves directly with "Unis" supported by the Federal Reserve For a growing majority of outspoken administrators and faculty, the economic fallout associated with the Covid-19 crisis threatens to catapult U. S. higher education into a draconian age of austerity, layoffs, and closures. The question, …
mronline.org/2020/05/15/unis4all-an-open-letter-to-the-u-s-higher-education-community/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unis4all-an-open-letter-to-the-u-s-higher-education-community

Finland: Schools Reopen Despite Health Situation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-15
Finland's Education Ministry reopened Thursday schools after a two-month closure period due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Pre-school and elementary school children were the first to return their activities. | RELATED: | Tense Calm in Montenegro After Day of Mass Protests | "Experts affirm schools reopening would have a minimal impact on the pandemic, but grand benefits for children," Education Minister Li Andersson said, adding that her office instructed municipality authorities to enforce p…
telesurenglish.net/news/finland-schools-reopen-despite-health-situation-20200515-0002.html

DeVos's Channeling of CARES Act Funds Seen as Boosting 'Perennial Goal' of Advancing Voucher Program
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-15
New reporting on the Education Secretary's directing of the money follows concern by a House Democrat that DeVos may be hampering "the response of public school systems in the states most severely impacted by the coronavirus crisis." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/15/devoss-channeling-cares-act-funds-seen-boosting-perennial-goal-advancing-voucher?cd-origin=rss

Mayo Clinic's comprehensive COVID-19 research
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-15
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinics-comprehensive-covid-19-research/

COVID-19: Construir os empregos do futuro AGORA!
Flávio Gonàßalves | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
Reconstruir as economias depois da pandemia de COVID-19 parece ser uma tarefa impossível dado ao contrário do que sucede numa guerra convencional nà£o há infra-estruturas a reconstruir, o que criaria emprego e relanàßaria a economia. Ou será esta a oportunidade …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-construir-os-empregos-do-futuro-agora/5713039

Is Universal Basic Income the Way Out of the Current Economic Crisis?
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
Philip's third interview with Ellen Brown focused on the Universal Basic Income, which Philip believes is the ONLY way out of the current economic crisis. The social distancing forced by the COVID-19 epidemic has shut down the country, and one-time …
globalresearch.ca/universal-basic-income-current-economic-crisis/5712994

Corona-hounds: UK launches trials for 'Covid-19 SNIFFER DOGS'
rt.com | 2020-05-15
Trials have begun in the UK to find out if dogs can be trained to detect Covid-19. If successful, the bio-detection canines could be used as a "non-invasive" way to identify people sick with coronavirus. | Researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) will carry out the first phase of the trial, working with the charity Medical Detection Dogs and Durham University. It will be funded by money from a £500 million ($605 million) UK government pot set up to assist "innovative schemes" in the fight against Covid-19. | Dogs are famous for their incredible sense of smell and have fo…
rt.com/uk/488825-coronavirus-covid-sniffer-dogs/

Canadians Must Ask Questions About the Mercenary Raid on Venezuela
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
Details of the failed armed mercenary incursion on Venezuela are surfacing daily thanks to the prompt public information system from Venezuela and scant corporate media reports. The so-called Operation Gideon took off from Colombia on May 3 and was effectively …
globalresearch.ca/canadians-must-ask-questions-about-mercenary-raid-venezuela/5712996

Meet The Bio-Psyop Profiteers Behind The COVID Response & Trump To Mobilize Military For Vaccination
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-15
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/14/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/meet-bio-psyop-profiteers-behind-covid-response-trump-mobilize-military-vaccination/

Video: Ted Cruz to Zuckerberg: Is There Facebook Political Bias?
Mark Zuckerberg | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) pressed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on whether or not there is a political bias at the social media giant. | . | . | . | …
globalresearch.ca/video-ted-cruz-zuckerberg-facebook-political-bias/5712986

Neither Iraq, nor Syria can afford to allow Daesh to Return as Major Challenge
Michael Jansen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
Despite Covid-19, Iraqis have returned to the streets to demand an end to mismanagement, corruption and sectarianism as Mustafa Al Kadhimi was confirmed as the country's new prime minister. His first act was to mollify protesters by calling for the …
globalresearch.ca/neither-iraq-nor-syria-can-afford-to-allow-daesh-to-return-as-major-challenge/5713032

Video: Bill Gates' and Rockefeller Foundation's Plan to Track Americans
Dr. Joseph Mercola | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
Bill Gates

"Truth in America R.I.P.": In America there is only Official Truth, and It's a Lie
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
In "freedom and democracy" America there is only official truth, and it is a lie. A person or website that speaks real truth is shunted aside as a "conspiracy theorist," "Russian agent," "racist," "anti-semite," or other such name with the …
globalresearch.ca/truth-america-r-i-p/5712999

"Truth in America R.I.P.": In America there is only Official Truth, and It's a Lie
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
In "freedom and democracy" America there is only official truth, and it is a lie. A person or website that speaks real truth is shunted aside as a "conspiracy theorist," "Russian agent," "racist," "anti-semite," or other such name with the …
globalresearch.ca/truth-america-r-i-p/5712999

Neither Iraq, nor Syria can afford to allow Daesh to Return as Major Challenge
Michael Jansen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
Despite Covid-19, Iraqis have returned to the streets to demand an end to mismanagement, corruption and sectarianism as Mustafa Al Kadhimi was confirmed as the country's new prime minister. His first act was to mollify protesters by calling for the …
globalresearch.ca/neither-iraq-nor-syria-can-afford-to-allow-daesh-to-return-as-major-challenge/5713032

COVID-19: How Many are Really Unemployed and how Many British Companies are Going Bust
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
The total amount of people who are unemployed right now seems to something of a closely guarded secret as is the amount of financial support that is really being dished out by the government. I suspect this has something to …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-how-many-are-really-unemployed-and-how-many-british-companies-are-going-bust/5713026

The Real Coronavirus Victims: Relations between People
Dr. Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
"Only touch, medicine and speech can truly heal. ª |

Musk's swarm of Starlink microsatellites to light up UK skies this weekend
rt.com | 2020-05-15
Elon Musk's artificial constellation of Starlink microsatellites will stream across the night skies above the UK twice this weekend, providing some fodder for amatuer astronomers but some frustration for the pros. | Musk's SpaceX designed the fleet of microsats to provide cheap broadband internet to neglected areas of the globe. | While this is a noble goal, the swarm of microsatellites has divided the astronomy community: amateurs have added them to the list of casual targets for a night of stargazing while professionals and researchers bemoan the additional light pollution, lampooning Musk for 'destroying' t…
rt.com/uk/488744-starlink-satellites-uk-skies/

The Real Coronavirus Victims: Relations between People
Dr. Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
"Only touch, medicine and speech can truly heal. ª |

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: COVID-19 news briefing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-15
On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, covers the latest news on the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Poland discusses how the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, is changing, and how scientists and researchers are rapidly gaining new knowledge about the virus and the disease that it …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-covid-19-news-briefing/

Fake pandemic science and conspiracy theories a key part of far-right agenda
Kimball Cariou | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-15
When is science not actually scientific? One answer is that research which cherry-picks and manipulates facts to support a preconceived hypothesis is not truly scientific. Long after Galileo and Copernicus demolished the Ptolemaic theory, some highly educated scientists kept creating astronomical models showing that the sun, planets, and stars revolve around Earth. The sheer weight …
peoplesworld.org/article/fake-pandemic-science-and-conspiracy-theories-a-key-part-of-far-right-agenda/

Mayo Clinic receives $26 million from BARDA for COVID-19 convalescent plasma expanded access program
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-15
Mayo Clinic was awarded a $26 million contract today from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The financial support is for the Expanded Access Program (EAP) for convalescent plasma to fight COVID-19. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-receives-26-million-from-barda-for-covid-19-convalescent-plasma-expanded-access-program/

Video: Bill Gates' and Rockefeller Foundation's Plan to Track Americans
Dr. Joseph Mercola | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
Bill Gates

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2020-05-16 20:41 GMT (16:41 EST)

2020-05-15: News Headlines

Paula A Rochon, Robin Mason, Jerry H Gurwitz (2020-05-16). [Comment] Increasing the visibility of older women in clinical research. thelancet.com By 2024, more than 20% of Canada's population will be 65 years or older, joining other countries in becoming a super-aged society.1,2 The USA and the UK are also among the high-income countries that will soon follow in becoming super-aged nations.2 In all three countries, the majority of those in this older age group will be women, with their proportion increasing with advancing age (figure).

Arnold Milstein, Eric J Topol (2020-05-16). [Perspectives] Computer vision's potential to improve health care. thelancet.com Artificial intelligence (AI) research for medical applications has largely focused on image pattern recognition or electronic health record (EHR) data. EHR data inputs include what clinicians order and what they document that they did. But the physical actions that comprise what clinicians actually did for patients can differ: one study showed almost half of physician medical record entries documenting the extent of their physical examinations of emergency room patients were not substantiated by an independent physician observer.

Maxximilian Seijo (2020-05-15). #Unis4all: An Open Letter to the U.S. Higher Education Community. mronline.org Universities can immediately bypass feckless state & federal legislatures & finance themselves directly with "Unis" supported by the Federal Reserve For a growing majority of outspoken administrators and faculty, the economic fallout associated with the Covid-19 crisis threatens to catapult U. S. higher education into a draconian age of austerity, layoffs, and closures. The question, …

Karl Denninger (2020-05-15). Bye-Bye TEACHERS, COPS And Government PENSIONS. anti-empire.com Retail sales for April were 22% below last year's figures. | No stores open, no bars and restaurants open, nobody actually spending money. "Oh, you can order out." Uh huh. The volume of business collapsed anyway. | That means no tax receipts. No sales taxes. | It means commercial property, which has property taxation at much higher rates than residences, is now wort…

Kimball Cariou (2020-05-15). Fake pandemic science and conspiracy theories a key part of far-right agenda. peoplesworld.org When is science not actually scientific? One answer is that research which cherry-picks and manipulates facts to support a preconceived hypothesis is not truly scientific. Long after Galileo and Copernicus demolished the Ptolemaic theory, some highly educated scientists kept creating astronomical models showing that the sun, planets, and stars revolve around Earth. The sheer weight …

RT (2020-05-15). Musk's swarm of Starlink microsatellites to light up UK skies this weekend. rt.com Elon Musk's artificial constellation of Starlink microsatellites will stream across the night skies above the UK twice this weekend, providing some fodder for amatuer astronomers but some frustration for the pros. | Musk's SpaceX designed the fleet of microsats to provide cheap broadband internet to neglected areas of the globe. | While this is a noble goal, the swarm of microsatellites has divided the astronomy community: amateurs have added them to the list of casual targets for a night of stargazing while professionals and researchers bemoan the additional light pollution, lampooning Musk for 'destroying' t…

The Canary (2020-05-15). 'Worrying data' reveals more than 12,500 people in care homes have now died with Covid-19. thecanary.co More than 12,500 people living in care homes have now died with Covid-19, with the majority dying in their care home, new figures show.Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reveals that just over one in four of all deaths of care home residents in England and Wales between March 2 and May 1 involved Covid-19.Of 45,899 care home residents who died during this period, 27% (12,526) had Covid-19 mentioned on their death certificate.Some 9,039 (72%) of the deaths occurred within a care home and 27% were in hospital.(PA Graphics)The latest data includes all care home residents who died with coronavirus eit…

RT (2020-05-15). Germany in recession with economy in worst plunge since global financial crisis. rt.com Germany's economy shrank by 2.2 percent in the first quarter compared to the final three months of 2019, preliminary official statistics have shown. It's the biggest slump in a decade for Europe's largest economy. | Figures for the final three months of 2019 were revised to show a contraction of 0.1 percent, which means German GDP growth has been negative for two consecutive quarters, the technical definition of a recession. | The numbers are expected to get worse; Germany's Statistical Office has forecast a ten percent plunge in GDP for the second quarter, depending on the success of lifting lockdown measures…

Al Neal (2020-05-15). How a teenager in the '60s South became a Communist. peoplesworld.org Once upon a time, and sadly, not so long ago in the grand scheme of history, a young high schooler in Virginia spent his summer, the summer of 1964, watching the Civil Rights Movement play out before his eyes. Little did this student, Scott Marshall, know how life-changing that first Freedom Summer would turn out …

Staff (2020-05-15). HEROES Act Includes Utility Shutoff Ban, $4 Billion For Broadband Access. therealnews.com Republicans oppose the HEROES Act provision to expand broadband, but students and educators say lack of internet access is a major roadblock to learning in low income and rural communities.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-05-15). What Happens In the Wake of the COVID-19 Lockdown? Economic Destruction, Global Poverty, Bankruptcies, Mass Unemployment. Neoliberalism to the Rescue. globalresearch.ca In the wake of the lockdown: Bankruptcies and mass unemployment, the economic destabilization of entire countries. | Millions of people have lost their jobs, and their lifelong savings. They are unable to pay their home mortgages. | In developing countries, poverty and …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-05-15). Video: Coronavirus: Economic and Social Collapse: Mass Unemployment, Bankruptcy, Poverty and Despair. globalresearch.ca First published on April 16, 2020 | There is a serious health crisis which must be duly resolved. But there is another important dimension which has to be addressed. | Millions of people have lost their jobs, and their lifelong savings. In …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-15). Trump's "Operation Warp Speed" for Mass Vaxxing. "Big Bucks for Big Pharma" globalresearch.ca Big Pharma is poised to cash in big from mass COVID-19 vaxxing — at the expense of human health and welfare. | Author of "Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America" Gerald Posner explained that drug companies "view Covid-19 …

Philip Giraldi (2020-05-15). Israel Perfecting Surveillance Tech. globalresearch.ca Israel's external spy organization Mossad and its internal espionage equivalent Shin Bet have reputations that are much larger than their actual successes, but the one area where they have excelled is electronic intelligence gathering. Recent electronic spying around the White …

Mike Whitney (2020-05-15). In the Race for Immunity, Sweden Leads the Pack. globalresearch.ca In a pandemic, there is no substitute for immunity, because immunity provides the best protection against reinfection. That's why Sweden set its sights on immunity from the very beginning. They crafted a policy that was designed to protect the old …

Zero Hedge (2020-05-15). "My Job Is to Make Syria a Quagmire for the Russians": CIA Doctrine Made Official Policy. globalresearch.ca Like with the disastrous Iraq quagmire years before the US war machine came to Syria under Obama, Washington's rationale and justification for occupying the Syrian Arab Republic has shifted and changed drastically multiple times over. | When ultimately what started …

True Publica (2020-05-15). COVID-19: How Many are Really Unemployed and how Many British Companies are Going Bust. globalresearch.ca The total amount of people who are unemployed right now seems to something of a closely guarded secret as is the amount of financial support that is really being dished out by the government. I suspect this has something to …

Nino Pagliccia (2020-05-15). Canadians Must Ask Questions About the Mercenary Raid on Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Details of the failed armed mercenary incursion on Venezuela are surfacing daily thanks to the prompt public information system from Venezuela and scant corporate media reports. The so-called Operation Gideon took off from Colombia on May 3 and was effectively …

Flávio Gonàßalves (2020-05-15). COVID-19: Construir os empregos do futuro AGORA! globalresearch.ca Reconstruir as economias depois da pandemia de COVID-19 parece ser uma tarefa impossível dado ao contrário do que sucede numa guerra convencional nà£o há infra-estruturas a reconstruir, o que criaria emprego e relanàßaria a economia. Ou será esta a oportunidade …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2020-05-15). Video: Bill Gates' and Rockefeller Foundation's Plan to Track Americans. globalresearch.ca Bill Gates — who

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2020-05-15). "Truth in America R.I.P.": In America there is only Official Truth, and It's a Lie. globalresearch.ca In "freedom and democracy" America there is only official truth, and it is a lie. A person or website that speaks real truth is shunted aside as a "conspiracy theorist," "Russian agent," "racist," "anti-semite," or other such name with the …

Mark Zuckerberg (2020-05-15). Video: Ted Cruz to Zuckerberg: Is There Facebook Political Bias? globalresearch.ca Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) pressed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on whether or not there is a political bias at the social media giant. | . | . | . …

Ellen Brown (2020-05-15). Is Universal Basic Income the Way Out of the Current Economic Crisis? globalresearch.ca Philip's third interview with Ellen Brown focused on the Universal Basic Income, which Philip believes is the ONLY way out of the current economic crisis. The social distancing forced by the COVID-19 epidemic has shut down the country, and one-time …

Michael Jansen (2020-05-15). Neither Iraq, nor Syria can afford to allow Daesh to Return as Major Challenge. globalresearch.ca Despite Covid-19, Iraqis have returned to the streets to demand an end to mismanagement, corruption and sectarianism as Mustafa Al Kadhimi was confirmed as the country's new prime minister. His first act was to mollify protesters by calling for the …

WSWS (2020-05-15). The Trump administration vs. science. wsws.org The president's attack on his top coronavirus advisor, Anthony Fauci, is part of an appeal to the most backward and reactionary forces to support the deadly policy of "reopening" the US economy.

HEAT Higher Education Action Team (2020-05-15). Emergency Rallies/Press Conferences & Car Caravan to Stop the Destruction of CCSF. indybay.org CCSF Mission Campus | 1125 Valencia St. | San Francisco…

Carole Concha Bell (2020-05-15). Anonymous shootings target students as violence against activists increases in Chile. thecanary.co

WSWS (2020-05-15). UK universities prepare all-out assault on staff and students in wake of pandemic. wsws.org With the coronavirus pandemic leading to a drop in student numbers, up to 60,000 workers could lose their jobs as universities face a £2.5 billion funding black hole.

RT (2020-05-14). 'We're in deep s**t': Ousted 'whistleblower' Dr. Bright becomes new anti-Trump hero pinning blame on White House. rt.com Mainstream media has elevated National Institutes of Health whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright to heroic status after his congressional testimony denounced Trump's Covid-19 response as borderline criminally negligent. | Bright, the director of the US Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) until he was unceremoniously dismissed last month, painted a disturbing picture of a government flying blindly into disaster on Thursday during his testimony on the administration's Covid-19 response before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. | "We're in deep shit"

John McEvoy (2020-05-14). Revealed: Secretive British Unit Planning for 'Reconstruction' of Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act have exposed a secretive Foreign Office unit aimed at the 'reconstruction' of Venezuela. The files also reveal private discussions between Venezuelan opposition figures and UK officials, detailing proposals for the promotion of …

Dimitris Konstantakopoulos (2020-05-14). Corona-Crisis and Two Models of Capitalism. globalresearch.ca It is clear that we are entering worldwide an era of very grave social, political and international conflicts and we cannot exclude new wars, writes Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, former adviser to the Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou and former Member …

Mark Taliano (2020-05-14). A Well-Planned Epidemic. globalresearch.ca Evidence demonstrates that the Coronavirus Operation started well before the "lockdowns" and the Fear campaigns. | Consider, for example, that whereas the WHO declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on January 30, 2020 (1) the Coronavirus Aid Relief …

Ian Dunt (2020-05-14). Unholy Shambles: Johnson's COVID Response Falling Apart at the Edges. globalresearch.ca As soon as they had to do anything, the whole thing fell down. From the slogan, to the statement, to the guidance, it is an unholy shambles, a near-ceaseless demonstration of cack-handed inadequacy. | It's not like they didn't have time …

Mike Adams (2020-05-14). America's Military Vaccine Mandate? Dept. of Defense Purchasing 500 Million ApiJect Syringes to Inject Every Person in America with Coronavirus Vaccine. globalresearch.ca Anyone who thought the US military was preparing to force vaccinate every American with a coronavirus vaccine has just found strong evidence to confirm the plan.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-05-14). COVID-19 Response Fund: Cutting-edge technologies advance coronavirus fight. imperial.ac.uk Imperial researchers are driving forward the fight against coronavirus with new healthcare innovations and data insights.

Matthew Russell Lee (2020-05-14). Banking on the Nuclear Bomb Are Citi, Chase, BofA, Wells and Goldman Sachs. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in 2018. | Among the top ten investors in nuclear weapons are banks which stand to benefit from the de-regulatory bill

Lawrence Korb (2020-05-14). Pandemic Spending Will Force US Defense Budget Cuts—Some of Which Should Come From Nuclear Weapons Programs. globalresearch.ca Even supporters of increased US defense budgets expect that, because the US government will likely spend trillions of dollars trying to rescue the economy from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, military spending in the United States is likely …

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-14). Education unions in Morocco prevent private schools' profiteering from COVID-19 Crisis Fund. peoplesdispatch.org A federation of for-profit private schools, many of which are collecting fees during the lockdown without providing online classes or teachers' pay, had sought financial assistance through the COVID-19 fund…

imperial.ac.uk (2020-05-14). Imperial MBBS medics deliver action plans for London GPs and local communities. imperial.ac.uk Third-year medical students have partnered with community, voluntary, health & social care leaders to respond to local needs in the era of COVID-19.

Staff (2020-05-13). Stir Crazy! Episode #33: Not Safe For Work From Home. therealnews.com On today's show: TRNN visual producer Andrew Corkery, political consultant and community organizer Marcus Ferrell, and managing director of K-12 education for the Center for American Progress Dr. Khalilah Harris. Hosted by Kim Brown.

Dave Lindorff (2020-05-13). US Jobless Rate Broke Depression-Era Record—but Most Media Missed It. fair.org The New York Times (5/9/20) featured a chart of job losses that stretched all the way down the front page. | The Bureau of Labor Statistics' eagerly awaited Friday morning Official Unemployment Rate report for April—what editors generally call the BLS's "headline" rate of unemployment —was definitely headline-worthy. This was especially evident in the next day's New York Times (5/9/20), which ran a bar chart of historic unemployment going back to 1946 across the top of the front page, and then a long red bar down the right-hand column of the entire page showing job losses for April. | It was a drama…

Sarah Lahm (2020-05-13). Billionaires Are the Biggest Threat to Public Schools. progressive.org For education "disruptors" like Bill Gates and Betsy DeVos, COVID-19 isn't a crisis—it's an opportunity.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-05-13). Compression stockings unnecessary following surgery, research shows. imperial.ac.uk The risk of blood clots following surgery is the same whether patients wear compression stockings or not, a new trial has found.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-05-13). The economic impact of coronavirus: analysis from Imperial experts. imperial.ac.uk Academics and researchers from Imperial College London have provided analysis of the economic impact of COVID-19.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-05-13). Imperial expands teaching of digital skills through executive education offer. imperial.ac.uk The Business School has launched a series of programmes designed to help executives sharpen their digital skills and prepare for the future of work.

ahtribune (2020-05-12). A Breakdown of Academic Integrity at Universities, 9/11 to COVID-19. ahtribune.com The subject matter of Robin's letter below provides insight into a case study among many others that demonstrates the failure of the academy to put the quest for truth and understanding above political expediency and successful fund raising. The implications of this pervasive failure in the academy are slowly but surely making their way into venues of public discourse. | One of the precedents set in transforming universities into pawns of powerful lobbies, including the Israel lobby, has animated the continuing failure of academic institutions to protect realms of multi-faceted academic research, publication a…

ahtribune (2020-05-12). Civilian Taxi Driver Shot and Killed by US Military in Deir Ezzor. ahtribune.com Before the outbreak of the Syrian conflict, Yasser Aslan used to teach programming. With the war and ever-dwindling economy, Yasser, the only breadwinner in the family of six, had to look for additional sources of income. Like thousands of other Syrians, he turned his car – a KIA Rio – into a taxi, and drove along the dangerous roads of Deir Ezzor province in an attempt to make the ends meet for himself, his wife and four daughters (15-years-old teenager and 4-years-old triplets). | Deir-Ezzor, as well as other eastern provinces of Syria, still suffers from small-scale yet lethal attacks carried out by remnant…

ISDBICC (2020-05-12). [Research Paper] Mapping of variations in child stunting, wasting and underweight within the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000—2017. thelancet.com CGF indicators have improved in India, but there are substantial variations between the districts in their magnitude and rate of decline, and the inequality between districts has increased in a large proportion of the states. The poor correlation between the national surveys for CGF estimates highlights the need to standardise collection of anthropometric data in India. The district-level trends in this report provide a useful reference for targeting the efforts under NNM to reduce CGF across India and meet the Indian and global targets.

Frances Madeson (2020-05-12). 'You Got to Move' Brings Resistance Back to the Spotlight. progressive.org New short films extracted from the 1985 original offer organizers and teachers tools for political education.

Project Censored (2020-05-12). Kent State 50th with Mickey Huff. projectcensored.org 50 years have passed since Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War. Four students were killed and nine wounded. On this week's…

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