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2020-05-05: Social Media Postees

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Video: ISIS Rears Its Ugly Head in Southern Syria and Central Iraq
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
Tensions between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and the Syrian Army are growing in southern Idlib. Recently, government forces repeatedly shelled positions of the terrorist groups in the Zawiya Mountain area. The most intense shelling targeted Hayat Tahrir al-Sham terrorists near Fatterah …
globalresearch.ca/video-isis-southern-syria-central-iraq/5711792

WHO's Integrity Increasingly Questioned. Skepticism?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
Russian NTV: Donald Trump refused to Fund WHO. There are more and more people in the world who are skeptical of the organization. Does this skepticism have any Foundation? | Peter Koenig: Yes, it is true, and yes it does. WHO's …
globalresearch.ca/who-integrity/5711795

The Federal Reserve: More Lethal Than Coronavirus
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
Last week the Federal Reserve announced it will keep interest rates at or near zero until the economy recovers from the government-imposed shutdown. Following this announcement, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell urged Congress and the Trump administration to put aside …
globalresearch.ca/federal-reserve-more-lethal-coronavirus/5711834

Putin Didn't Disappear: Russia's Ongoing Decentralization Process
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
The Western Mainstream Media's aggressively propagated infowar narrative that President Putin "disappeared" and is "paralyzed" in the face of World War C is factually false because it ignores the Russian leader's regular video conferences with various officials that are widely …
globalresearch.ca/putin-didnt-disappear-he-delegating/5711837

75 Years Ago: Nazi Germany Lies in Rubble and How the Wehrmacht's Ultimate Defeat Came About
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
Three-quarters of a century ago the Third Reich lay in ruins, its ruler Adolf Hitler dead, having shot himself in the right temple with his 7.65mm pistol on 30 April 1945. Hitler had refused to leave Berlin over previous days, …
globalresearch.ca/75-years-ago-nazi-germany-lies-rubble-wehrmachts-ultimate-defeat/5711813

Health Workers Call for Caution Over 5G Roll-out
Alan Hope | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
Some 400 doctors and 900 health care workers have signed an open letter to the government, urging them to exercise caution regarding the roll-out by Proximus of a forerunner of the next generation of mobile data, known as 5G. | The …
globalresearch.ca/health-workers-call-caution-5g-roll-out/5711845

The Scourge of Authoritarianism in the Age of Pseudoscience
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
Following the court decision in the US to award in favour of Dewayne Johnson (exposure to Monsanto's Roundup weed killer and its active ingredient, glyphosate, caused Johnson to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma), attorney Robert Kennedy Jr said at…
globalresearch.ca/authoritarianism-age-pseudoscience/5711817

Compulsory Vaccination in Africa: Bill Gates Allegedly Offered Nigeria House of Representatives $10 Million Bribe for Speedy Passage of Compulsory Vaccine Bill: CUPP Opposition Party
Samson Atekojo Usman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
This article is based on a statement yet to be confirmed of Nigeria's opposition party CUPP. | Compulsory vaccination in Africa's most populated country would set the stage for a vaccination program for the entire continent. | *** | The Coalition of United …
globalresearch.ca/bill-gates-offered-nigeria-house-reps-10m-bribe-speedy-passage-compulsory-vaccine-bill/5711849

100 Years After San Remo and the Denial of Arab Rights Continues
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
It was appropriate that during the week in which we commemorated the 100th anniversary of the San Remo Conference, Israelis and Americans were discussing the Israeli government's declared intention to annex large portions of occupied Palestinian lands. As was the …
globalresearch.ca/100-years-after-san-remo-denial-arab-rights-continues/5711830

Pandemic Revisionism: The George W. Bush Whitewash
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful. And so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people. And neither do we."

A new strain has come: Meet Spike D614G, the new & improved coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-05-05
Fears that the coronavirus would mutate into a more dangerous strain appear to have been borne out, as research has identified that a new, more contagious strain of SARS-CoV-2 has become the dominant form worldwide. | The new strain, which has been dubbed 'Spike D614G' has been proliferating in Europe since at least mid-February, and spread to become the dominant form during the month of March. It is far more contagious than the original strain which emerged from Wuhan, for reasons as yet unknown. | Wherever it emerged it became dominant very quickly, and in some countries it became the only common strain with…
rt.com/news/487849-coronavirus-mutating-contagious-strain/

The Ministry of COVID-Compliance Reminder
Sundance | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
The Ministry of Covid Compliance is reminding us this week how the virus has a genetic targeting mechanism able to differentiate between essential cans of vegetables, bottles of liquor, lottery tickets and non-essential products like sneakers and paint. Thus the …
globalresearch.ca/ministry-covid-compliance-reminder/5711826

Alien life could thrive on hydrogen worlds says new study, forcing rethink of how we hunt for ET
rt.com | 2020-05-05
New research indicates that organic life could thrive on planets with hydrogen-dense atmospheres, throwing the search for extraterrestrial life wide open, just as the next generation of space telescopes comes online. | Astronomer Sara Seager, professor of Planetary Science, Physics, and Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT, is wary of our "terra-centric" view of life and wanted to explore what other kinds of habitats beyond Earth might foster life

Video: Robert F Kennedy Jr "The Rest of the Story" Statement on Vaccines (Oct 2015)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
Our good friend, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom we affectionately call "Bobby," was invited by Minister Louis Farrakhan to speak at the Million Man March Anniversary in October 2015. This is a clip of his complete message warning us …
globalresearch.ca/video-robert-f-kennedy-jr-statement-vaccines-oct-2015/5711803

Team of experts put forward a sustainable approach to coronavirus recovery
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-05
Researchers from the UK's top universities have found that climate-friendly investment policies are the best medicine for a failing economy.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197313/team-experts-forward-sustainable-approach-coronavirus

OPCW Insiders Denounce Latest Syria Report
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
Over the past year, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been quietly facing a crisis of credibility. The crisis started when whistleblowers within the organization shared information that contradicted the findings of an OPCW investigation into …
globalresearch.ca/opcw-insiders-denounce-latest-syria-report/5711832

How Rockefeller Founded Modern Medicine and Killed Natural Cures
Chris Kanthan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
This was originally published in October 2015. | People these days look at you like a weirdo if you talk about the healing properties of plants or any other holistic practices. Much like anything else, there is a lot of politics …
globalresearch.ca/how-rockefeller-founded-modern-medicine-killed-natural-cures/5711818

Science Saturday: Antimalarials, COVID-19, cardiac arrest
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-05
Over the last few weeks, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have become household words. These antiparasitic drugs normally prescribed for malaria were introduced early in the rush to find potential treatments for COVID-19. As time goes on, the public discussion has centered on who should get these particular drugs and when. Meanwhile many doctors and medical researchers …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-antimalarials-covid-19-cardiac-arrest/

Economic Cataclysm: Politicians Have Destroyed Markets and Ignored Human Rights with Alarming Enthusiasm
Finn Andreen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
An economic cataclysm has been unleashed upon the world by Western politicians and bureaucrats. Unbelievably, economic activity in the West has slowed to a creep, as entire populations have been confined to their homes for weeks, if not months. As …
globalresearch.ca/politicians-destroyed-markets-ignored-human-rights/5711821

Physicians, scientists and physician-scientists connect dots between heart disease, potential for worse COVID-19 outcomes
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-05-05
ROCHESTER, Minn. ? People with certain heart diseases may be more susceptible to worse outcomes with COVID-19, but the reason why has remained unknown. New research from Mayo Clinic indicates that in patients with one specific type of heart disease ? obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) ? the heart increases production of the ACE2 RNA transcript …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/physicians-scientists-and-physician-scientists-connect-dots-between-heart-disease-potential-for-worse-covid-19-outcomes/

New report models Italy's potential exit strategy from COVID-19 lockdown
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-05-05
Imperial researchers have analysed the likely impact of easing lockdown measures in Italy and the impact on transmission of coronavirus.
imperial.ac.uk/news/189351/new-report-models-italys-potential-exit

Global Research: Stay Informed, Be Prepared
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
To say that the public has become disillusioned and wary of constant doomsday media reports and news coverage is a gross understatement

Compulsory Vaccination in Africa? Bill Gates Allegedly Offered Nigeria House of Representatives $10 Million Bribe for Speedy Passage of Compulsory Vaccine Bill: CUPP Opposition Party
Samson Atekojo Usman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
This article published in Nigeria's Daily Post (Abuja) is based on a statement yet to be confirmed of Nigeria's opposition party CUPP. | Compulsory vaccination in Africa's most populated country would set the stage for a vaccination program for the entire …
globalresearch.ca/bill-gates-offered-nigeria-house-reps-10m-bribe-speedy-passage-compulsory-vaccine-bill/5711849

Just 22% of carers needing a Covid-19 test can get one, research says
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-05
Just 22% of social care workers considered a priority for a Covid-19 test have been able to access one, research by a body representing the sector has found. | A survey by the National Care Forum (NCF) found that out of a sample of 31,262 care staff, 6,469 were in urgent need of testing due to having symptoms of the virus. | But despite a government pledge made on 15 April that all frontline care workers in need of a test should have one, only 1,463

Epidemics and capitalism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-05
The article seeks to re-emphasise that as capitalism exploits society and nature for its own expanded reproduction, it cannot but revolutionise the productive forces, in terms of science and technology. On the other hand, however, it also creates fetters to the realisation of the ≠potential that it creates, by making it a slave to the logic …
mronline.org/2020/05/05/114481/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=114481

Donald J. Trump, MD
Calvin Trillin | thenation.com | 2020-05-05
Donald J. Trump, MD…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-bleach-science-covid/

Russia's lead spacecraft designer & architect of ISS modules dies due to Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-05
Yevgeny Mikrin, a top scientist behind Russia's manned spaceflight program and a contributor to the International Space Station designs, succumbed to the coronavirus in a Moscow hospital, the Academy of Sciences said. | Mikrin, who was due to turn 65 this year, has passed away "in the prime of life," President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Alexander Sergeev told the media on Tuesday, calling him an "outstanding scholar" and "a very bright man." | The scientist, who served as a chief designer for Russia's famed corporation Energia

A Pandemia da Despesa Militar
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
A cada minuto gastam-se no mundo, cerca de 4 milhàµes de dólares para fins militares. Indicam-no as últimas estimativas de Sipri: em 2019 [1], a despesa militar mundial quase atingiu 2 triliàµes de dólares, o nível mais alto desde 1988, …
globalresearch.ca/a-pandemia-da-despesa-militar/5711894

Pandemia della Spesa Militare
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-05
Ogni minuto si spendono nel mondo circa 4 milioni di dollari a scopo militare. Lo indicano le ultime stime del Sipri: nel 2019 [ 1] la spesa militare mondiale ha quasi raggiunto i 2.000 miliardi di dollari, il più …
globalresearch.ca/pandemia-della-spesa-militare/5711786

Close Shave, No Impact? Bold Theory Challenges the Enigma of Tunguska Event
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-05
The researchers suggest that the iron asteroid which produced the event in question didn't slam into Earth but shot back into space instead.
sputniknews.com/science/202005051079201139-close-shave-no-impact-bold-theory-challenges-the-enigma-of-tunguska-event/

Huawei, China Mobile Build 5G Base Stations on Mount Everest to Test IT Tech in Harsh Environments
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-05
Two of China's major telecoms have successfully built several 5G masts Mount Everest to show how telecoms can operate under extreme conditions, it was reported.
sputniknews.com/science/202005051079201351-huawei-china-mobile-build-5g-base-stations-on-mount-everest-to-test-it-tech-in-harsh-environments/

SHAD system creates a teacher-student relationship during pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-05
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What 9/11 Taught Me About COVID-19
David Vine | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-05
On the morning of September 11, 2001, I heard the impact of a plane hitting a building. I was a second-year graduate student living near downtown Brooklyn, not far from the World Trade Center towers. I watched one of the towers fall from a park near my home. For at least four days after the…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/05/what-9-11-taught-me-about-covid-19/

May Day Caravan in Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2020-05-05
#COLA4ALL activists in Santa Cruz organized a May Day Caravan to support those "striking and fighting for their right to live in this city". Beginning on the UC Santa Cruz campus to support the striking COLA graduate students, the caravan traveled downtown to the Santa Cruz Main Jail, and then on to support Food Not Bombs at Front and Laurel Streets. (Photos taken downtown by Keith McHenry of Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/02/18832785.php

Australian governments reopen schools despite studies warning of COVID-19 danger
wsws.org | 2020-05-05
The federal government's attack on the Victorian state premier was aimed at suppressing opposition by teachers and parents.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/05/teac…

Headteachers say low staff numbers and lack of PPE could make it hard to reopen
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-05
The majority of headteachers say reduced staff numbers, an inability to implement social distancing measures and a lack of PPE could make it hard for schools to reopen to more pupils.The government should improve its guidance on social distancing, and provide the scientific evidence for pupils returning to class, as "prerequisites" to schools reopening, heads say.Parents will not have the confidence to send their children back to class if schools are not given enough time to prepare, the leader of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) has warned.More than one in four (29%) heads do not believe it will…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/05/05/headteachers-say-low-staff-numbers-and-lack-of-ppe-could-make-it-hard-to-reopen/

Thousands at risk from COVID-19 in 'dangerous' UK call centres
Adam Ramsay | zcomm.org | 2020-05-05
Labour and Lib Dems urge government to stop firms playing 'Russian roulette' with workers' lives

UK officially surpasses Italy death toll as experts warn comparing countries is difficult
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-05
The UK has passed Italy as the country with the most Covid-19 deaths in Europe, new figures show

What the statistics reveal about Trump, China and the virus
Deirdre Griswold | workers.org | 2020-05-05
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Selected Articles: If We Want to Return to Normal, We Have to Fix the Policy
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-04
Trump's Virtual Town Hall: A Vehicle for Deception, Finger-Pointing and Threats | By Stephen Lendman, May 04 2020 | On Sunday, Trump was his usual congenital lying self, falsely boasting to viewers that he's…
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-if-we-want-to-return-to-normal-we-have-to-fix-the-policy/5711774

This is what anti-imperialism looks like: Call for posters
Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-04
Art and anti-imperialism | In the small French commune of Vallauris sits a 14th century chapel. On its walls, Spanish socialist painter Pablo Picasso created one of his largest murals

Coronavirus Gives a Dangerous Boost to DARPA's Darkest Agenda
Whitney Webb | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-04
Technology developed by the Pentagon's controversial research branch is getting a huge boost amid the current coronavirus crisis, with little attention going to the agency's ulterior motives for developing said technologies, their potential for weaponization or their unintended consequences. In January, well before the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis would result in lockdowns, quarantines and economic devastation …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/coronavirus-gives-dangerous-boost-darpas-darkest-agenda/

Boyle Heights celebrates May Day for the 6th consecutive year
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-04
Los Angeles, CA – On Friday, May 1, a car protest of over 40 vehicles driven by workers, teachers and activists took to the streets for the sixth consecutive year to celebrate International Workers Day, May Day, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. Organized by Centro CSO, this year's May Day protest focused on Trump's attacks on immigrants and called for free healthcare for COVID-19 patients, support for public education, jailing killer cops and community control over the police. | "The coronavirus pandemic has affected oppressed nationalities like African Americans, Chicanos and American Indians the most. Unsafe…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/4/boyle-hei…

House Republicans demand probe into Chinese investment in American colleges
rt.com | 2020-05-04
In addition to blaming China for the Covid-19 pandemic, Republicans in Congress want to start a probe into Beijing's investment in US universities, insisting that China is attempting to "steal" ideas. | "Besides China peddling money for influence in US institutions of higher education, China is restricting any research regarding the origins of Covid-19 that does not comport with [Chinese Communist Party] propaganda," read a letter sent on Monday to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, calling for an investigation. "To nations battling peak pandemic outbreaks, the CCP's machinations undoubtedly hamper the global…
rt.com/usa/487766-republicans-probe-china-universities-coronavirus/

America's Long War… Family Stories from Ground Zero, by a New Generation of Filmmakers
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-04
For two decades now, following U.S. invasions of Afghanistan, then Iraq, and as we approach ten years of upheaval in Syria and five in Yemen, interpretation of these wars has been the domain of western observers– journalists, occupying soldiers, and …
globalresearch.ca/family-stories-from-ground-zero-new-generation-filmmakers/5711670

The 'White Makes Right' Continuance
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-04
In September of 1962 James Meredith, a 28 Year old Air Force veteran, and proud black man, enrolled in the segregated University of Mississippi. All hell literally broke loose. In David Talbot's great look at the Kennedy years, aptly entitled …
globalresearch.ca/white-makes-right-continuance/5711635

China Calls for Closing All U.S. Deep-State Bioweapons Laboratories in Former USSR Countries
Joaquin Flores | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-04
As countries have openly begun to utilize their military structures in fighting the coronavirus in programs intended to guard against biological warfare, Chinese authorities have come out in support the official position of Russia and considers it dangerous that there …
globalresearch.ca/china-calls-closing-all-u-s-deep-state-bioweapons-laboratories-former-ussr-countries/5711641

Unreliable COVID-19 "Estimates"in Virginia: Increase in "Testing Numbers" Attributable to Change in "Counting Methodology": Health Officials
Kate Masters | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-04
Officials with the Virginia Department of Health abruptly announced Friday that they were changing their methodology for reporting the number of COVID-19 tests conducted in Virginia. | The announcement came after data on the state's coronavirus surveillance page appeared to show …
globalresearch.ca/increase-virginia-testing-numbers-due-change-counting-health-officials-say/5711708

The Impact of COVID-19 on Africa. The Case of Somalia
Dr. Bischara A. Egal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-04
"We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy".

The COVID-19 Crisis Profoundly Exposes African Americans to the Scourge of Poverty and Racism
Azhar Azam | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-04
They live below the poverty level. They are prison inmates in large numbers. They are most likely to be killed by the police, a longstanding grievance that originated the Black Lives Matter (BTM) movement to protest against police killing and | …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-profoundly-exposes-african-americans-racism/5711687

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2020-05-06 00:26 GMT (20:26 EST)

2020-05-04: News Headlines

RT (2020-05-04). Covid-19 victims 'would have died anyway'? Not so, says new research. rt.com A new study analyzing the longevity prospects of people who died from Covid-19 has found that, far from being on death's door anyway, victims would have lived on for an average of 11 years had they not fallen to the disease.

Dr. Bischara A. Egal (2020-05-04). The Impact of COVID-19 on Africa. The Case of Somalia. globalresearch.ca "We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy". — Chris Hedges | The Coronavirus (Covid-19) …

Alan MacLeod (2020-05-04). Juan Guaidó Is Trying to Overthrow the Venezuelan Government Again. Calls on Military to Support Him. globalresearch.ca Exactly one year since his audacious coup attempt failed spectacularly, self-declared Venezuelan president Juan Guaidó is once again trying to overthrow the government of Nicolas Maduro. "Today I speak to the patriotic soldiers of our Armed Forces who rebelled …

RT (2020-05-04). Parents in Paris exasperated as schools plan to take only 10% of students back in phase 1 of lifting lockdown. rt.com When public schools in Paris finally reopen on May 11, only 10 percent of children will be accommodated, leaving many worried French parents in the lurch as they attempt to return to work after the Covid-19 lockdown. | The limited capacity is due to the numerous health measures which will need to be implemented in schools as restrictions are being phased out, the deputy mayor in charge of education Patrick Bloche told Le Figaro on Sunday. | "If we reach [this figure], it will already be very good," Bloche said, given that Paris is within France's 'red zone' for Covid-19 and that some school premises will strug…

Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research (2020-05-04). This is what anti-imperialism looks like: Call for posters. peoplesdispatch.org Art and anti-imperialism | In the small French commune of Vallauris sits a 14th century chapel. On its walls, Spanish socialist painter Pablo Picasso created one of his largest murals — the diptych, War and Peace (1952). After preparing 278 sketches, Picasso's finished mural portrays a disease-carrying demon of war battling a heroic figure wielding a spear and shielded by a dove. It is a portrait of imperialism. Against the backdrop of this painting were the U.S. military aggressions in the Korean War that had begun two years earlier, which would claim three million lives by 1953. | "Painting is not made to…

RT (2020-05-04). Germany's actual Covid-19 cases could be TEN TIMES higher than officially confirmed number — study. rt.com The number of Covid-19 infections across Germany could be 10 times higher than official numbers show, researchers have concluded after conducting a study in one of the country's hardest-hit towns. | Researchers from the University of Bonn say that while the official count is around 160,000 cases nationwide, in reality about 1.8 million people in the country could be infected — with many people being asymptomatic and others having symptoms so mild that they were not reported. | The team analysed swabs from 919 people living in Heinsberg, a district on the Dutch border which recorded one of the highest deat…

Rob Lyons (2020-05-04). Dear Lockdown Enthusiasts, Science Isn't What You Think It Is. anti-empire.com According to David Blunkett, a former senior cabinet minister in Tony Blair's governments, attempts to have a blanket lockdown on the over-70s are discriminatory. He believes that the current 'shielding' rules are too crude and need to be more nuanced. Whatever the merits of his ideas, his comments on the scientific advice that the government is receiving are interesting. | Speaking on BBC Radio 4's

Mark Gruenberg (2020-05-04). 30 million jobs lost so far, but many workers can't access unemployment benefits. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Another 3.84 million people filed for jobless benefits nationwide in the prior week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on April 30. That shoots the actual number of jobless due to closures caused by the coronavirus pandemic to over 30 million. The Economic Policy Institute warns that 30 million total may actually be an undercount. …

Matt Taibbi (2020-05-04). The Inevitable Coronavirus Censorship Crisis Is Here. anti-empire.com

Instead of asking calmly if hydroxychloroquine works, or if the less restrictive Swedish crisis response has merit, or questioning why certain statistical assumptions about the seriousness of the crisis might have been off, we're denouncing the questions themselves as infamous

| Earlier this week, Atlantic magazine — fast becoming the favored media outlet for self-styled intellectual elites of the Aspen Institute type — ran an

Morning Star (2020-05-04). Young Communists lead jobs drive in Vietnam for the unemployed. peoplesworld.org More than 10,000 people have found work in Vietnam's capital Hanoi thanks to a Communist-led initiative for students and young people whose jobs are most vulnerable due to the coronavirus pandemic. Led by the Hanoi section of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU), working alongside the Hanoi Students' Association and the Hanoi Youth …

RT (2020-05-04). 'Political child abuse': UK govt's 'help for disadvantaged students' during Covid-19 crisis slammed by critics citing austerity. rt.com The UK government's pledge to give more resources to help disadvantaged school kids during the Covid-19 pandemic has received an angry backlash from critics who say students are suffering because of the Tories' self-imposed cuts. | During the government's daily Covid-19 briefing — led by cabinet office minister Michael Gove — on Sunday, it was revealed that vulnerable and disadvantaged young people would receive laptops and tablets to borrow, to help them carry on their school learning from home. Gove boasted that schools would continue to receive additional funding "worth around £2.4 billion a…

David Schultz (2020-05-04). The Anatomy of a Failing University. counterpunch.org American universities are failing. They are private or public schools. They could be religiously-affiliated or not. They could be in the east, west, north, or south of the United States. They traditionally emphasized liberal arts. They are facing an enrollment and budget crunch for several years, seeing that the declining number of eighteen-year-olds in the coming years poses an existential threat. It has a modest endowment. It is not an elite school. It is a school like the one that many professors teach at. It was failing before Covid-19. It may not be around in five years. Wirth COVID-19, it may be around even…

Mike Whitney (2020-05-04). If We Want to Return to Normal, We Have to Fix the Policy. globalresearch.ca Most of the United States is still under lockdown, but why? What is the purpose of the policy? | We've had the "flatten the curve" meme pounded into our brains for so long, that most people think it's the objective of …

Andrew Korybko (2020-05-04). No, the US Isn't Going to Dump India over Its Atrocious Treatment of Minorities. globalresearch.ca There's been a lot of speculation that the US might be preparing to dump India over its atrocious treatment of minorities after the official White House Twitter account stopped following several Indian government ones including Prime Minister Modi's and the …

Andrea Germanos (2020-05-04). 'Belongs in the Hague': Online Disgust Follows Glowing Praise for George W. Bush's Covid-19 Message. globalresearch.ca George W. Bush's record in office became the subject of numerous tweets after a video message released Saturday from the former president elicited praise from some Democrats. | . | . | . | Good morning. George W Bush belongs in The Hague. | — …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-04). A Hillary/Obama Ticket to Challenge Trump? globalresearch.ca Despite polls showing Biden favored to defeat Trump, the notion surfaced of resurrecting two-time loser Hillary with Obama as her VP running mate to replace the presumptive Dem nominee. | He's challenged by years of disturbing political baggage as US senator …

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-04). Trump's Virtual Town Hall: A Vehicle for Deception, Finger-Pointing and Threats. globalresearch.ca On Sunday, Trump appeared on a Fox News televised virtual town hall session, using the Lincoln Memorial as a backdrop. | The event was part of his reelection campaign, notably an attempt to boost his low public approval rating in key …

Stella Moris (2020-05-04). Why Julian Assange Must Urgently be Freed: Stella Morris. globalresearch.ca Julian and I have two little boys. Since becoming a mother, I have been …

Azhar Azam (2020-05-04). The COVID-19 Crisis Profoundly Exposes African Americans to the Scourge of Poverty and Racism. globalresearch.ca They live below the poverty level. They are prison …

Joaquin Flores (2020-05-04). China Calls for Closing All U.S. Deep-State Bioweapons Laboratories in Former USSR Countries. globalresearch.ca As countries have openly begun to utilize their military structures in fighting the coronavirus in programs intended to guard against biological warfare, Chinese authorities have come out in support the official position of Russia and considers it dangerous that there …

Jacob G. Hornberger (2020-05-04). Why Foreign Interventionism? globalresearch.ca What is the point of U.S. foreign interventionism? | Why are U.S. troops killing and dying in faraway countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and Somalia? | Why does the U.S. government have 165,000 troops stationed in more than 150 foreign countries? | Why …

The New Arab (2020-05-04). Trump Welcomes Israel's Illegal Plan to Annex West Bank Amid Growing Anger. globalresearch.ca The US announced it is willing to recognise and support Israeli Prime Minister

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-04). Physicians, scientists and physician-scientists connect dots between heart disease, potential for worse COVID-19 outcomes. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ? People with certain heart diseases may be more susceptible to worse outcomes with COVID-19, but the reason why has remained unknown. New research from Mayo Clinic indicates that in patients with one specific type of heart disease ? obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) ? the heart increases production of the ACE2 RNA transcript …

Frank Morales (2020-05-04). "Homeland Defense" and the Militarisation of America. globalresearch.ca The document states that although "the Founding Fathers' hesitancy to raise a standing army & their desire to render the military subordinate to civilian authority" is "rooted in the Constitution," "exceptions to the restrictions on employment of federal armed forces to assist state & local authorities are grounded in the Constitution…"

The Canary (2020-05-04). Queen's University Belfast given funding to develop rapid test for Covid-19. thecanary.co Queen's University Belfast has received funding to develop a rapid diagnostic test for Covid-19. | The trial is aimed at finding a highly accurate test which can show results within an hour, eliminating the need to send tests to a laboratory. | Professor Cliff Taggart, lead researcher from the Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine at Queen's University, said: "The local availability, speed and accuracy of the test will help inform public health preparedness and response in the ongoing pandemic." | The study is in partnership with HiberGene Diagnostics Ltd, Medcaptain in China, and Italian Hospital…

RT News (2020-05-04). CIA and MI6 Put Together 'Scientific' Dossier 'Targeting China's COVID-19 Cover-up' — as West Readies to Demand Beijing Compensation. globalresearch.ca An informative RT review article. GR does not necessarily share the views expressed in this article. | ** | The West's wish to pin the blame on China (and probably the bill too) for the Covid-19 pandemic has been reportedly incarnated in …

Kim Petersen (2020-05-04). Does Weaponizing a Pandemic and Blaming China "Make America Great Again"? globalresearch.ca United States president Donald Trump is proud of the US effort against COVID-19. In his 1 May remarks on protecting America's seniors, he said, | Through aggressive actions and the devotion of our doctors and nurses, however, we have held our …

Wayne Madsen (2020-05-04). Cults and Bioterrorism: A Toxic Duo. thealtworld.com Although there is no recent history of nation-states propagating biological warfare attacks, there is a history of dangerous religious cults being involved in preparing for or carrying out them. | Far right-wingers in the United States and other countries are pushing the propaganda line that China was somehow involved in the creation or spread of the Covid-19 virus, formally known as SARS [Severe acute respiratory syndrome]-CoV-2, to the rest of the world either deliberately or from an accidental release from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Although nation-states have, over the decades, conducted research on and…

Global Research News (2020-05-04). Selected Articles: If We Want to Return to Normal, We Have to Fix the Policy. globalresearch.ca By On Sunday, Trump was his usual congenital lying self, falsely boasting to viewers that he's "done more than any other president in …

sputniknews (2020-05-04). 'Education, not Compulsion' Required for Successful Deployment of COVID-19 Vaccine – Commentator. sputniknews.com European countries have pledged to raise £6.6 billion in a bid to help accelerate the process of finding a coronavirus vaccine. The UK will contribute £388 million to the cause. The UN has repeatedly outlined that the pandemic can only be ended, should an effective vaccine be developed and mass produced.

True Publica (2020-05-04). COVID-19 Vs the Economy — The Trouble Britain Now Finds Itself in. globalresearch.ca There is no doubting to the observant, that the government of Britain has been negligent in its approach to the coronavirus threat. It is a matter of public record that they have failed in their primary duty to protect us …

Dr. Chandra Muzaffar (2020-05-04). Video: The Coronavirus Crisis: A Plea to Pause and Ponder. globalresearch.ca A Sharing by Dr. Chandra Muzaffar, President, International Movement for a Just World (JUST), Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) | Recorded on May 1, 2020 | . | * | Note to readers: please click the share …

Nebojsa Malic (2020-05-04). US Push for "Low-yield Nukes" Makes Nuclear War More Likely as Russia Will Retaliate with Full Force, Moscow Says. globalresearch.ca The US State Department's case for tactical nuclear weapons is a case study in psychological projection not seen since the darkest days of the Cold War and its ever-present threat of world-ending atomic holocaust. | Back in February, the Pentagon announced …

Philip A Farruggio (2020-05-04). The 'White Makes Right' Continuance. globalresearch.ca In September of 1962 James Meredith, a 28 Year old Air Force veteran, and proud black man, enrolled in the segregated University of Mississippi. All hell literally broke loose. In David Talbot's great look at the Kennedy years, aptly entitled …

(2020-05-04). Colorado Bans Cruel Wildlife-killing Contests. globalresearch.ca The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission voted yesterday to ban wildlife-killing contests for various furbearing and small game species in the state. Colorado is the sixth state to prohibit these cruel events. | When it goes into effect on June 30, …

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2020-05-04). America's Long War… Family Stories from Ground Zero, by a New Generation of Filmmakers. globalresearch.ca For two decades now, following U.S. invasions of Afghanistan, then Iraq, and as we approach ten years of upheaval in Syria and five in Yemen, interpretation of these wars has been the domain of western observers— journalists, occupying soldiers, and …

Kate Masters (2020-05-04). Unreliable COVID-19 "Estimates"in Virginia: Increase in "Testing Numbers" Attributable to Change in "Counting Methodology": Health Officials. globalresearch.ca Officials with the Virginia Department of Health abruptly announced Friday that they were changing their methodology for reporting the number of COVID-19 tests conducted in Virginia. | The announcement came after data on the state's

Pepe Escobar (2020-05-04). The Deeper Historical Roots of Chinese Demonization. globalresearch.ca Fasten your seat belts: the US The US …

Mohammad Reza Mohammadi (2020-05-04). Coronavirus and Saudi Arabia's "Soft Power". Will This Year's Hajj be Cancelled? "Pilgrims bring in Billions of Dollars…" globalresearch.ca Today, the tourism industry is considered as one of the important sources of the soft power of countries in promoting and disseminating its material and spiritual attractions to attract other nations of the world. Saudi Arabia is known as a …

Alberto Lovera (2020-05-04). Venezuelan Armed Forces Neutralize Colombian Paramilitary Incursion on Coast of La Guaira. globalresearch.ca At dawn this Sunday, the Venezuelan state security forces neutralized a paramilitary incursion from Colombia on the coast of La Guaira, reported the Minister of People's Power for Interior, Justice and Peace, Nestor Reverol. | "They tried to carry out …

Adam Dick (2020-05-04). Knock, Knock. We're From the Government, and We Want Your Family's Blood. globalresearch.ca Talk about creepy. The Georgia Department of Public Health has announced that it, the United Sates Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and county health boards are together

Prof. Paul Jobin (2020-05-04). The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and Civil Actions as a Social Movement. globalresearch.ca Like the many industrial disasters that have marked the history of modern and contemporary Japan, the nuclear disaster of March 2011 resulted in much litigation. By the ninth anniversary of the catastrophe in 2020, nearly four hundred individual civil actions, …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-05-04). Science Saturday: Antimalarials, COVID-19, cardiac arrest. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Over the last few weeks, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have become household words. These antiparasitic drugs normally prescribed for malaria were introduced early in the rush to find potential treatments for COVID-19. As time goes on, the public discussion has centered on who should get these particular drugs and when. Meanwhile many doctors and medical researchers …

The Palestinian Information Center (2020-05-04). Likud Files Knesset Bill to Annex Occupied Palestinian Territories. globalresearch.ca Member of the Knesset May Golan (Likud) on Sunday submitted a bill calling for imposing Israel's sovereignty on the occupied territories of the Jordan Valley, the northern Dead Sea area and the West Bank. | According to Israel's Channel 7, economy …

sputniknews (2020-05-04). US' COVID Psy-Op Against Beijing is One of Five Strategic Battles to Undermine China's Rise — Prof. sputniknews.com The US has launched a media offensive against Beijing and is forging an international anti-China coalition while the People's Republic is carrying out a global health assistance initiative having largely curbed the outbreak, says Dr. Heinz Dieterich, coordinator at the World Advanced Research Project (WARP).

sputniknews (2020-05-04). UK Among Five European States Not Seeing Decline in Covid-19 Cases, Despite Government Claims. sputniknews.com The United Kingdom has boasted that its lockdown strategy, intended to enforce social distancing measures and slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, was a success. However, this claim has now been contradicted by new reports released by European Union affiliated research groups.

en.mehrnews (2020-05-04). Iran's corona diagnostic kits to be exported to Germany, Turkey: VP. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) — Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said that Iran-made coronavirus diagnostic kits will be exported to Germany and Turkey in the coming weeks.

Amy Mizialko (2020-05-04). During Crisis, Teachers Need Freedom to Focus on Student Needs. zcomm.org The aims of our work should be relationships, regular communication, and offering students opportunities for enrichment, practice learning, and support…

Greg Moses (2020-05-04). Not Trusting that Department of Ed: Looking to Higher Ed Relief via States. counterpunch.org Reeling from last week's attacks on Harvard and Stanford that bullied those schools and others into refusing federal relief allocated to their most needy students, the Young Invincibles this week released an open letter asking the schools to reconsider. The "Open Letter to College and University Leaders" argues that all schools "should make certain they

WSWS (2020-05-04). Fifty years since the massacre of students at Kent State. wsws.org The killing of four students by National Guard soldiers touched off an unprecedented national wave of antiwar protests involving millions of youth.

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