Daily Archives: May 10, 2020

2020-05-10: News Headlines

Elijah Magnier (2020-05-10). UNIFIL Serves Israel, So The Hezbollah Deterrence Will Remain. thealtworld.com Every year, before renewing the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mandate, voices are heard from Israel and the US administration asking to expand the term and duties of UNIFIL in order to serve Israel's goals. The US administration stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel in trying to achieve by other means what it could not accomplish through military confrontation. The aim is always to cripple Hezbollah and limit its social and military capabilities. Until this goal is achieved, the UNIFIL mandate is annually renewed until the time comes when Israel no longer needs these "peacekeeping forces" in…

RT (2020-05-10). Trump to blame — again! Atlanta mayor pins controversial shooting of Ahmaud Arbery on WH 'rhetoric' giving 'permission to racists'. rt.com Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has used the controversial shooting of Ahmaud Arbery to attack the "rhetoric" being used by US President Donald Trump and his administration. | "It's 2020 and this was a 'lynching' of an African American man," Bottoms told CNN on Sunday about the case of Arbery, a black jogger who was allegedly chased and killed by two white men in Georgia at the end of February. | Arbery's case has gained national attention mainly due to the fact that murder charges were not filed until a cellphone video showing the 25-year-old man being confronted went viral in recent days. Gregory McMichae…

Hatem Bazian (2020-05-10). Israel's Losing Battle: Palestine Advocacy in the University. zcomm.org Israel's 2012 attack on the Gaza Strip brought about a decisive shift in thinking about Israel…

Stephen Lendman (2020-05-10). The End of World War II. From the Scourge of Fascism to America's Imperial "Fantasy Democracy" globalresearch.ca WW II had nothing to do with defeating the scourge of fascism, far from it. | Its belligerent face in the US, West, Israel, and their imperial allies resembles earlier versions in Germany, Japan and Italy with nationality and cultural differences….

Brenda Norrell (2020-05-10). Navajo coronavirus relief efforts expand and former bordertown mayor counters racism. indybay.org Relief efforts expand as coronavirus cases and deaths increase. Former Mayor of Page, Arizona, joins relief efforts, countering the recent racist incidents in the bordertown of Page. The Navajo Nation reports 103 new cases of coronavirus and three more deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 2,757 and 88 deaths.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-05-10). Victory Day and the continuing battle against Fascism. peoplesdispatch.org Victory Day marks the surrender of Nazi Germany during World War II. However, today, Neo-Nazi movements continue to thrive in Europe even as there are concerted attempts to deny the role of the Soviet Union in the defeat of Germany. The people, however, are in the forefront of the struggle against these groups.

John Spohr (2020-05-10). Antifascists demand that May 8 become a holiday in Germany. indybay.org The real goal is a nationwide public holiday anyway, as demanded in the petition. The Berlin Senate could also lobby for such a gesture, that May 8 is considered the day of liberation from National Socialism.

George Monbiot (2020-05-10). How did Michael Moore become a hero to climate deniers and the far right? zcomm.org The filmmaker's latest venture is an excruciating mishmash of environment falsehoods and plays into the hands of those he once opposed…

James A. Lucas (2020-05-10). U.S. Regime Has Killed 20-30 Million People Since World War II. globalresearch.ca Originally published on March 22, 2018. May 8, 2020 commemorates the defeat of Nazi Germany, May 8, 1945, 75 years ago. | Introduction | After the catastrophic attacks of September 11 2001 monumental sorrow and a feeling of desperate and understandable anger …

Staff (2020-05-10). What Can the Pandemic-Stricken World Learn From Palestinians' Resilience? truthout.org As a Palestinian woman from Jerusalem and a mental health professional, I am both treating and experiencing the extensive impact and far-reaching ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Across the world, communities are dealing with the unbearable pain of death and serious illness, compounded by not being able to comfort or even mourn the victims. On a global scale, people are facing what for many are unprecedented restrictions on freedoms, insecurity and anxiety about the future. | In these tes…

Fight Back (2020-05-09). FRSO demands justice for Ahmaud Arbery. fightbacknews.org The Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns the brutal murder Ahmaud Arbery, a young African American man in southern Georgia, who was killed by racist vigilantes on February 23. | Similar to the Trayvon Martin murder at the hands of racist vigilante George Zimmerman in 2012, this horrific murder highlights the savage and vicious nature of white supremacy in the Black Belt South, home to the African American nation and the majority of African Americans living in the United States. Brunswick, Georgia near where Ahmaud was murdered, is located on the southeastern edge of the Black Belt; it is a city of around…

Eds. (2020-05-09). Surviving this pandemic is hard, for America's most vulnerable, its nearly impossible. mronline.org This coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the exclusion of whole subsets of the most vulnerable in our society, exemplifying the toxic mix of racism, sexism, imperialism, and capitalism that the U.S. blends so well.

Franziska Kleiner (2020-05-09). On the frontlines: Red Army veteran Moritz Mebel talks about his battles against fascism. peoplesdispatch.org On the 75th anniversary of Victory Day, which commemorates the surrender of Hitler's Germany in World War II, we bring you the recollections of Red Army veteran Moritz Mebel who took part in grueling campaigns against the Nazis from the gates of Moscow to the Czech Republic…

I.V. Sta (2020-05-09). Eyewitness: Russia's 70th V-Day. liberationnews.org In addition to beautiful parades, fireworks and concerts, I was able to witness multitudes of people sharing with each other something wholly priceless: the gratitude of being alive thanks to those who fought fascism.

Elijah Magnier (2020-05-09). La FINUL servant les intérêts d'Israà´l, le Hezbollah restera comme force de dissuasion. thealtworld.com Chaque année, à l'approche du renouvellement du mandat de la Force intérimaire des Nations unies au Liban (FINUL), des voix s'élèvent en Israà´l et dans l'administration américaine en faveur de l'élargissement du mandat et des fonctions de la FINUL pour mieux servir les objectifs d'Israà´l. L'administration américaine et Israà´l unissent leurs efforts pour obtenir par d'autres moyens ce qu'ils ne peuvent accomplir par un affrontement militaire. L'objectif est toujours de paralyser le Hezbollah et de limiter ses capacités sociales et militaires. Tant que cet objectif ne sera pas atteint, le manda…

Ali Salam (2020-05-09). Youth Released on House Arrest, Female Palestinian Detained in Hebron. imemc.org Palestinian teen, Yahya Maher Zagheer was released on house-arrest, on Friday, until May 17, 2020 and a 5000 shekel fine was imposed. The teen was arrested on Thursday morning, from his home in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. In related news, Israeli forces detained a young Palestinian female, on Friday, …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-05-09). Israeli Troops Abduct a Palestinian Youth in East Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli troops reportedly abducted a Palestinian youth from the occupied city of East Jerusalem, southern West Bank. Local media sources reported that Israeli troops broke into the home of Mofeed Khdoor from the Silwan neighborhood, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The sources added that the troops vandalized the home of …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-05-09). Israel Tightens Restrictions on Isolated Palestinian town of Beit Iksa. imemc.org Israeli occupation authorities reportedly tightened grip over the Palestinian town of Beit Iksa, southern West Bank, beginning early Saturday. Local sources reported that Israeli troops, stationed outside of the Beit Iksa town, northwest of the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem, prevented local Palestinian citizens from going into or out of the …

Fight Back (2020-05-09). On the passing of Michael Lucas, immigrant organizer and friend of Soviet people. fightbacknews.org Michael Lucas, editor of Northstar Compass and leader of the International Council for Friendship and Solidarity with the Soviet People, died in Toronto on May 4. He was 94. | Lucas was a fixture of the Canadian left for decades, especially among communities of progressive immigrants from Eastern Europe and Russia. He was longtime head of the Society of Carpatho-Russian Canadians. A musician, Lucas was deeply committed to preserving and sharing the culture and traditions of his people. Throughout his long life, he was a staunch supporter of socialism and the anti-fascist traditions of the Soviet Union. | "He work…

Fight Back (2020-05-09). National Alliance Statement on the Lynching of Ahmaud Arbery. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | This past Thursday, May 7th, Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael, a father and son lynch crew, were arrested for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man on the eve of his 26th birthday. We've all seen the video of this racist, lynch-style murder that went public more than two months ago. | A Black man is hunted and gunned down and it takes two months before an arrest. Two months after seeing the video before the District Attorney, George Barnhill, files charges. The…

Brad Evans (2020-05-08). This is Not a Conspiracy, It is a Terrifying Opportunity. counterpunch.org Every catastrophe and crisis are followed by a litany of conspiracy theories. The Covid-19 pandemic has proved no exception. From tales concerning transmission of some lethal agent through 5G infrastructure, to grand theories concerning a mastermind plot to destabilise the world, the fantastical and the absurd have spread almost as quickly as the virus. While the early culprits ranged from the Bill Gates to the Iranians, George Soros to the Eco-fascists, it's becoming more and more common to suggest some orchestrated Chinese plot. The alleged death of Kim Jong-un which had socialists the world over speculating ab…

RT (2020-05-08). 'Craven and repugnant': Dem Feinstein roasted for attack on Biden accuser Reade after backing Blasey Ford during Kavanaugh fiasco. rt.com Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein is being lambasted for apparent double standards after attacking Tara Reade, the former Joe Biden staffer who alleges the Democrat presidential candidate sexually assaulted her. | The Californian politician unequivocally supported Christine Blasey Ford when she accused then Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault in 2018. However, now that it's a Democrat facing the charges, Feinstein's singing an entirely different tune. | Discussing Reade's claims, which date back to 1993, Feinstein questioned why she waited 27 years to make them public. | Also on rt.com…

Albert Bender (2020-05-08). Will the Supreme Court return eastern Oklahoma to the Five Tribes? peoplesworld.org The case of McGirt v. Oklahoma sits at the top of the Supreme Court docket as the Indian law case that will decide the issue of whether eastern Oklahoma will be returned to reservation status. Oral arguments in this matter had been scheduled for April 21, but the Supreme Court delayed the hearing to June due to COVID-19, but has now …

Staff (2020-05-08). Republicans Say They'd Break Rule They Invented to Derail Obama's SCOTUS Pick. truthout.org Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from Baltimore's Johns Hopkins hospital on Wednesday evening after having been treated for an infection in her gallbladder. | Ginsburg is "doing well and glad to be home,"

Ramzy Baroud (2020-05-08). Justice is Indivisible: Placing Palestine Back at the Center of American Muslim Activism. mintpressnews.com In many mosques across the US, Palestine, Kashmir, Afghanistan, and other places of great and perpetual injustice are hardly mentioned. Perhaps, argues Ramzy Baroud, over fear that doing so would place them at the radar of the FBI or local enforcement agencies.

Ramzy Baroud (2020-05-08). 100 Years of Shame: Annexation of Palestine Began in San Remo. counterpunch.org One hundred years ago, representatives from a few powerful countries convened at San Remo, a sleepy town on the Italian Riviera. Together, they sealed the fate of the massive territories confiscated from the Ottoman Empire following its defeat in World War I. It was on April 25, 1920, that the San Remo Conference Resolution was

sputniknews (2020-05-10). Israel 'Too Weak' to Take on Iran as it Continues to Cement its Presence in Syria – Military Expert. sputniknews.com Although reports suggest that Iran has started to evacuate its supposed military bases from Syria, an Israeli military expert says it is too early to celebrate.

sputniknews (2020-05-10). Putin: Russia is 'Absolutely Reliably Defended' Against Any Foreign Intervention. sputniknews.com Russia recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in WWII, in which the country participated as a part of the Soviet Union. The USSR, which was suddenly attacked by Germany in 1941 lost 27 million people in the fight against fascism.

sputniknews (2020-05-10). US Man Wears Swastika in Protest Against 'Festering in Lockdown' Days After Another Sports KKK Hood. sputniknews.com Dustin Hart, who filmed himself in a San Diego grocery store, explains in the video that the stunt was meant to explicitly put forward his rage over the prolonged quarantine measures in the state of California.

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-05-09). Progressive Group Denounces Roberts' Refusal to Investigate Federal Judge's Retirement. commondreams.org In what the advocacy group Demand Justice called a "Friday news dump," U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said he would not direct a federal court to conduct an inquiry into the retirement of Judge Thomas Griffith from second-highest court in the country. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Ramzy Baroud (2020-05-08). Placing Palestine Back at the Center of Muslim Discourse in the West. dissidentvoice.org It was nearly twenty years ago at a Muslim conference in Washington D.C. that I heard the distressing argument that Palestine should not be made a central topic in the American Muslim political agenda. The point, which took many by surprise, was enunciated by a young American Pakistani Muslim academic, whose name is not important …

Victor Grossman (2020-05-08). V-E Day today marks the defeat of fascism in Europe. peoplesworld.org BERLIN — Today, May 8, is the 75th Anniversary of V-E Day, marking the end of World War II in Europe. On this day we celebrate the official acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces on Tuesday, May 8, 1945. Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader, …

People's World (2020-05-08). Final days of the war against fascism—from the Daily Worker archives. peoplesworld.org 75 years after the defeat of Hitler and the fall of fascism in Europe, we present highlights from those historic days as they were covered in the pages of the Daily Worker, predecessor of People's World. From the historic meeting of U.S. and Soviet troops at the Elbe River in late April 1945 to the …

Staff (2020-05-08). Palestinians And Israelis Remember Casualties Together. therealnews.com The alternative memorial service organized by peace organizations in Israel/Palestine challenges the racist official memorial services of the State of Israel in which only Israeli casualties are remembered.

Alan Macleod (2020-05-08). Victory in Europe Day: These American Corporations Aided Nazi Germany. mintpressnews.com May 8 marks the 75th anniversary of the Allied armies' victory in Europe, the day when they accepted the formal surrender of Nazi Germany after a bitter, six-year-long struggle that saw tens of millions killed in fighting, famines or exterminated in death camps. While many novel socially-distanced celebrations across the world are going on, some large corporations are laying low in the knowledge that they actively collaborated with and helped Hitler's war machine. | Standard Oil, a huge monolith now split up into a myriad of smaller ones, including Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, and Marathon, was crucial to both prolon…

Andrew Bacevich (2020-05-08). V-E Day Plus 75: From a Moment of Victory to a Time of Pandemic. counterpunch.org The 75th anniversary of Nazi Germany's surrender in May 1945 ought to prompt thoughtful reflection. For Americans, V-E Day, as it was then commonly called, marked the beginning of "our times." The Covid-19 pandemic may signal that our times are now coming to an end. Tom Engelhardt, editor and proprietor of TomDispatch, was born less

Andrey Areshev (2020-05-08). Victory Day: Remembering the Great Patriotic War. strategic-culture.org What is Victory Day ? | Every spring, as the weather improves, Russians begin to venture outside to enjoy the warming sun, or perhaps to open up their dachas or to prepare vegetable gardens for planting. There is also the long May holiday to anticipate. This year however is different. Like almost everywhere else in the world, Russia has been hit by the coronavirus. It means people are asked to stay in their flats and not go out except for necessities, like groceries, prescriptions, and the like. It is a time of worry, frustration, aggravation. In short, this year the May holiday is not going to be a holiday at al…

Global Research News (2020-05-08). Selected Articles: Economics and the Pandemic, Where's the Money coming From? globalresearch.ca By As coronavirus broke out, Israel became the first Western country to close itself off to all flights . It then proceeded …

Jeffrey St. Clair (2020-05-08). Roaming Charges: Ain't Living Long Like This. counterpunch.org + The detestable rationalizations liberals make for sticking with Biden despite Tara Reade's convincing story can't come as any surprise. It's the same ritual contortions they've made about the Iraq war, fracking, abortion, the drug war, Anita Hill, social security, segregation, climate change, health care, deportations, a living wage, student debt, the Patriot Act, pipelines, the Libyan coup, climate change. To be a Democrat is to live in a constant state of denial, self-contradiction and moral hypocrisy.

The New Arab (2020-05-08). Palestine President Abbas Threatens to Tear-up Agreements with Israel, US if West Bank Is Annexed. globalresearch.ca The During a meeting in Ramallah with the Fatah Central Committee, Mahmoud…

PCHR (2020-05-08). PCHR: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (30 April — 06 May 2020). imemc.org Palestinian Centre for Human Rights: Summary of Israeli Violations of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (30 April — 6 May 2020) Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to violate Palestinians' human rights and commit crimes against civilians and their properties, conducting raids into Palestinian cities without regard to the …

IMEMC & Agencies (2020-05-08). Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure 4 Palestinians in Kufur Qaddoum. imemc.org Israeli troops reportedly fired live ammunition and tear-gas canisters at many protesters in the northern West Bank village of Kufur Qaddoum. Local sources reported that at least four Palestinians were wounded by live rounds, with medical sources describing their injuries as light, while many others suffered the toxic effects of …

Ali Salam (2020-05-08). Israeli Navy Injures 3 Palestinian Fisherman off Gaza Coast. imemc.org The Israeli navy attacked fishermen Friday morning, off the coast of the Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent. He stated that naval boats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats sailing northwest of Gaza city, shooting a 60-year-old fisherman with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the head. The wounded man was …

Joshua Tartakovsky (2020-05-08). Israel: A Lab for "The New Vaccine Order"? Towards a Second Lockdown? globalresearch.ca In the fight against corona virus, when trying to discern in what direction the Western world is going, it is almost always useful to watch the steps taken by Israel, the Zionist State.[1]. | Israel is not only a threat to …

Kollibri terre Sonnenblume (2020-05-08). Slaughter of the Innocents: COVID-19 & the Future of Agriculture. counterpunch.org It's early days yet, but the COVID-19 pandemic has already proven to be revelatory, exposing much that is ugly about the "normal" functioning of the US: the sorry state of health care, the unresponsiveness of corporate-owned government, the hyper individuality of the populace, the high levels of ignorance among the same, and the racism of

Fight Back (2020-05-08). How the USSR made the World War II victory over German fascism a reality. fightbacknews.org On May 8, 1945, at 11: 01 pm Central European Time — already May 9 in the USSR — the German surrender took effect, ending World War II in Europe. The war with Germany and her fellow members of what we now call fascist allies in Europe — Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Italy, Slovakia and Finland — had already claimed the lives of perhaps 50 million people. In the ensuing years, oceans of ink have been spilled by right-wing historians and polemicists in an attempt to distort or even minimize the significance of this date. The purpose of this rewriting of history is in some cases to defend fascis…

Fight Back (2020-05-08). 500-car caravan demands right to recovery. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 500 cars from around Chicago converged on the State of Illinois Building as Governor J.B. Pritzker held his daily COVID-19 press briefing May 7. The horns could be heard clearly from inside the building. | The Right to Recovery coalition was organized by United Working Families and includes 50 organizations such as the Chicago Teachers Union and Black Lives Matter-Chicago, as well as 13 elected officials. | The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) organized 20 cars to parade from the Pilsen Neighborhood, where they met up with the Jane Addams Senior Caucus (JASC). The C…

news.un (2020-05-08). 75 years on from the Nazi defeat, many still suffer impact of conflict: Guterres. news.un.org On 8 and 9 May, the UN commemorates the millions who lost their lives during the Second World War, the tragic conflict that led to the birth of the United Nations. In a video message released late on Friday, UN chief António Guterres warned that divisions still exist, and called for a world based on peace and unity.

Christian Christensen (2020-05-08). "It Could Be Something We Didn't See On The Tape"—Ahmaud Arbery and the Eternal Guilt of Black Victims. commondreams.org To accept the alternative—the killing was planned and unprovoked—is to expose the murder to be a product of a racist society. (Photo: Ahmaud Arbery/Family photo) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Joshua Cho (2020-05-08). Why It's Wrong (and Racist) to Blame Covid-19 on Chinese 'Wet Markets'. commondreams.org New York Times depiction (1/25/20) of a wet market in Shenzhen, which is 680 miles from Wuhan. (Photo: Lam Yik Fei/New York Times) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

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The End of World War II. From the Scourge of Fascism to America's Imperial "Fantasy Democracy"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
WW II had nothing to do with defeating the scourge of fascism, far from it. | Its belligerent face in the US, West, Israel, and their imperial allies resembles earlier versions in Germany, Japan and Italy with nationality and cultural differences….
globalresearch.ca/ww-ii-shifted-fascism-from-axis-powers-us-satellite-states/5712343

Israel's Losing Battle: Palestine Advocacy in the University
Hatem Bazian | zcomm.org | 2020-05-10
Israel's 2012 attack on the Gaza Strip brought about a decisive shift in thinking about Israel…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/israels-losing-battle-palestine-advocacy-in-the-university/

UNIFIL Serves Israel, So The Hezbollah Deterrence Will Remain
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-10
Every year, before renewing the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mandate, voices are heard from Israel and the US administration asking to expand the term and duties of UNIFIL in order to serve Israel's goals. The US administration stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel in trying to achieve by other means what it could not accomplish through military confrontation. The aim is always to cripple Hezbollah and limit its social and military capabilities. Until this goal is achieved, the UNIFIL mandate is annually renewed until the time comes when Israel no longer needs these "peacekeeping forces" in…
thealtworld.com/elijah_magnier/unifil-se…

Navajo coronavirus relief efforts expand and former bordertown mayor counters racism
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
Relief efforts expand as coronavirus cases and deaths increase. Former Mayor of Page, Arizona, joins relief efforts, countering the recent racist incidents in the bordertown of Page. The Navajo Nation reports 103 new cases of coronavirus and three more deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 2,757 and 88 deaths.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/08/18832911.php

Victory Day and the continuing battle against Fascism
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-10
Victory Day marks the surrender of Nazi Germany during World War II. However, today, Neo-Nazi movements continue to thrive in Europe even as there are concerted attempts to deny the role of the Soviet Union in the defeat of Germany. The people, however, are in the forefront of the struggle against these groups.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/10/victory-day-and-the-continuing-battle-against-fascism/

Victory Day and the continuing battle against Fascism
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-10
Victory Day marks the surrender of Nazi Germany during World War II. However, today, Neo-Nazi movements continue to thrive in Europe even as there are concerted attempts to deny the role of the Soviet Union in the defeat of Germany. The people, however, are in the forefront of the struggle against these groups.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/10/victory-day-and-the-continuing-battle-against-fascism/

Antifascists demand that May 8 become a holiday in Germany
John Spohr | indybay.org | 2020-05-10
The real goal is a nationwide public holiday anyway, as demanded in the petition. The Berlin Senate could also lobby for such a gesture, that May 8 is considered the day of liberation from National Socialism.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/08/18832925.php

How did Michael Moore become a hero to climate deniers and the far right?
George Monbiot | zcomm.org | 2020-05-10
The filmmaker's latest venture is an excruciating mishmash of environment falsehoods and plays into the hands of those he once opposed…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/how-did-michael-moore-become-a-hero-to-climate-deniers-and-the-far-right/

U.S. Regime Has Killed 20-30 Million People Since World War II
James A. Lucas | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-10
Originally published on March 22, 2018. May 8, 2020 commemorates the defeat of Nazi Germany, May 8, 1945, 75 years ago. | Introduction | After the catastrophic attacks of September 11 2001 monumental sorrow and a feeling of desperate and understandable anger …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-regime-has-killed-20-30-million-people-since-world-war-ii/5633111

What Can the Pandemic-Stricken World Learn From Palestinians' Resilience?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-10
As a Palestinian woman from Jerusalem and a mental health professional, I am both treating and experiencing the extensive impact and far-reaching ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic. | Across the world, communities are dealing with the unbearable pain of death and serious illness, compounded by not being able to comfort or even mourn the victims. On a global scale, people are facing what for many are unprecedented restrictions on freedoms, insecurity and anxiety about the future. | In these tes…
truthout.org/articles/what-can-the-pandemic-stricken-world-learn-from-palestinians-resilience/

FRSO demands justice for Ahmaud Arbery
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-09
The Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns the brutal murder Ahmaud Arbery, a young African American man in southern Georgia, who was killed by racist vigilantes on February 23. | Similar to the Trayvon Martin murder at the hands of racist vigilante George Zimmerman in 2012, this horrific murder highlights the savage and vicious nature of white supremacy in the Black Belt South, home to the African American nation and the majority of African Americans living in the United States. Brunswick, Georgia near where Ahmaud was murdered, is located on the southeastern edge of the Black Belt; it is a city of around…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/9/frso-dema…

Youth Released on House Arrest, Female Palestinian Detained in Hebron
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-09
Palestinian teen, Yahya Maher Zagheer was released on house-arrest, on Friday, until May 17, 2020 and a 5000 shekel fine was imposed. The teen was arrested on Thursday morning, from his home in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. In related news, Israeli forces detained a young Palestinian female, on Friday, …
imemc.org/article/youth-released-on-house-arrest-female-palestinian-detained-in-hebron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=youth-released-on-house-arrest-female-palestinian-detained-in-hebron

Israeli Troops Abduct a Palestinian Youth in East Jerusalem
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-09
Israeli troops reportedly abducted a Palestinian youth from the occupied city of East Jerusalem, southern West Bank. Local media sources reported that Israeli troops broke into the home of Mofeed Khdoor from the Silwan neighborhood, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The sources added that the troops vandalized the home of …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-abduct-a-palestinian-youth-in-east-jerusalem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-troops-abduct-a-palestinian-youth-in-east-jerusalem

Israel Tightens Restrictions on Isolated Palestinian town of Beit Iksa
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-09
Israeli occupation authorities reportedly tightened grip over the Palestinian town of Beit Iksa, southern West Bank, beginning early Saturday. Local sources reported that Israeli troops, stationed outside of the Beit Iksa town, northwest of the internationally-recognized occupied East Jerusalem, prevented local Palestinian citizens from going into or out of the …
imemc.org/article/israel-tightens-restrictions-on-isolated-palestinian-town-of-beit-iksa/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israel-tightens-restrictions-on-isolated-palestinian-town-of-beit-iksa

La FINUL servant les intérêts d'Israà´l, le Hezbollah restera comme force de dissuasion
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-09
Chaque année, à l'approche du renouvellement du mandat de la Force intérimaire des Nations unies au Liban (FINUL), des voix s'élèvent en Israà´l et dans l'administration américaine en faveur de l'élargissement du mandat et des fonctions de la FINUL pour mieux servir les objectifs d'Israà´l. L'administration américaine et Israà´l unissent leurs efforts pour obtenir par d'autres moyens ce qu'ils ne peuvent accomplir par un affrontement militaire. L'objectif est toujours de paralyser le Hezbollah et de limiter ses capacités sociales et militaires. Tant que cet objectif ne sera pas atteint, le manda…
thealtworld.com/elijah_magnier/la-finul-…

UNIFIL Serves Israel, So The Hezbollah Deterrence Will Remain
Elijah Magnier | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-09
Every year, before renewing the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mandate, voices are heard from Israel and the US administration asking to expand the term and duties of UNIFIL in order to serve Israel's goals. The US administration stands shoulder to shoulder with Israel in trying to achieve by other means what it could not accomplish through military confrontation. The aim is always to cripple Hezbollah and limit its social and military capabilities. Until this goal is achieved, the UNIFIL mandate is annually renewed until the time comes when Israel no longer needs these "peacekeeping forces" in…
thealtworld.com/elijah_magnier/unifil-se…

Surviving this pandemic is hard, for America's most vulnerable, its nearly impossible
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-05-09
This coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the exclusion of whole subsets of the most vulnerable in our society, exemplifying the toxic mix of racism, sexism, imperialism, and capitalism that the U.S. blends so well.
mronline.org/2020/05/09/surviving-this-pandemic-is-hard-for-americas-most-vulnerable-its-nearly-impossible/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=surviving-this-pandemic-is-hard-for-americas-most-vulnerable-its-nearly-impossible

Eyewitness: Russia's 70th V-Day
I.V. Sta | liberationnews.org | 2020-05-09
In addition to beautiful parades, fireworks and concerts, I was able to witness multitudes of people sharing with each other something wholly priceless: the gratitude of being alive thanks to those who fought fascism.
liberationnews.org/eyewitness-russias-70th-v-day-2/

On the frontlines: Red Army veteran Moritz Mebel talks about his battles against fascism
Franziska Kleiner | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-09
On the 75th anniversary of Victory Day, which commemorates the surrender of Hitler's Germany in World War II, we bring you the recollections of Red Army veteran Moritz Mebel who took part in grueling campaigns against the Nazis from the gates of Moscow to the Czech Republic…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/09/on-the-frontlines-red-army-veteran-moritz-mebel-talks-about-his-battles-against-fascism/

Minnesota: Advance a People's Agenda!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-09
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Coalition to Advance a People's Agenda. | Working and oppressed people are facing the biggest crisis we've experienced in generations. The government's disastrous mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic combined with deepening unemployment and economic collapse are throwing millions of working people into crisis. So far the government is doing what they usually do

On the passing of Michael Lucas, immigrant organizer and friend of Soviet people
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-09
Michael Lucas, editor of Northstar Compass and leader of the International Council for Friendship and Solidarity with the Soviet People, died in Toronto on May 4. He was 94. | Lucas was a fixture of the Canadian left for decades, especially among communities of progressive immigrants from Eastern Europe and Russia. He was longtime head of the Society of Carpatho-Russian Canadians. A musician, Lucas was deeply committed to preserving and sharing the culture and traditions of his people. Throughout his long life, he was a staunch supporter of socialism and the anti-fascist traditions of the Soviet Union. | "He work…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/9/passing-m…

State Department's Odd Way of Commemorating WWII
Paul Robinson | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-09
Co-signed by the foreign ministers of a bunch of Eastern European states, including Hitler's one-time allies Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania, the following statement of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared on the website of the US State Department yesterday, to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Nazi Germany gets one brief mention. Thereafter, as you will see, it's all 'The Soviets were evil, the Soviets were evil'. To say the least it's a very odd way of commemorating…
anti-empire.com/state-departments-odd-way-of-commemorating-wwii/

WATCH Russia's active-duty pilots fly over Syria for V-Day parade in stunning GoPro FOOTAGE
rt.com | 2020-05-09
Not to be outdone by their peers back at home, the Russian military pilots keeping jihadists in check in Syria have pulled off their own Victory Day parade

Europe's Freest Nation Holds the Continent's Only Victory Day Parade (VIDEO)
Marko Marjanović | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-09

"Even just the thought of betraying the traditions…is unthinkable for us."

National Alliance Statement on the Lynching of Ahmaud Arbery
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-09
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. | This past Thursday, May 7th, Gregory McMichael and Travis McMichael, a father and son lynch crew, were arrested for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man on the eve of his 26th birthday. We've all seen the video of this racist, lynch-style murder that went public more than two months ago. | A Black man is hunted and gunned down and it takes two months before an arrest. Two months after seeing the video before the District Attorney, George Barnhill, files charges. The…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/9/national-…

This is Not a Conspiracy, It is a Terrifying Opportunity
Brad Evans | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-08
Every catastrophe and crisis are followed by a litany of conspiracy theories. The Covid-19 pandemic has proved no exception. From tales concerning transmission of some lethal agent through 5G infrastructure, to grand theories concerning a mastermind plot to destabilise the world, the fantastical and the absurd have spread almost as quickly as the virus. While the early culprits ranged from the Bill Gates to the Iranians, George Soros to the Eco-fascists, it's becoming more and more common to suggest some orchestrated Chinese plot. The alleged death of Kim Jong-un which had socialists the world over speculating ab…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/08/this-is-not-a-conspiracy-it-is-a-terrifying-opportunity/

Israel 'Too Weak' to Take on Iran as it Continues to Cement its Presence in Syria – Military Expert
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
Although reports suggest that Iran has started to evacuate its supposed military bases from Syria, an Israeli military expert says it is too early to celebrate.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202005101079260341-israel-too-weak-to-take-on-iran-as-it-continues-to-cement-its-presence-in-syria—military-expert/

Putin: Russia is 'Absolutely Reliably Defended' Against Any Foreign Intervention
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
Russia recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in WWII, in which the country participated as a part of the Soviet Union. The USSR, which was suddenly attacked by Germany in 1941 lost 27 million people in the fight against fascism.
sputniknews.com/russia/202005101079261833-putin-russia-is-absolutely-reliably-defended-against-any-foreign-intervention/

US Man Wears Swastika in Protest Against 'Festering in Lockdown' Days After Another Sports KKK Hood
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-10
Dustin Hart, who filmed himself in a San Diego grocery store, explains in the video that the stunt was meant to explicitly put forward his rage over the prolonged quarantine measures in the state of California.
sputniknews.com/society/202005101079261260-us-man-wears-swastika-in-protest-against-festering-in-lockdown-days-after-another-sports-kkk-hood/

Progressive Group Denounces Roberts' Refusal to Investigate Federal Judge's Retirement
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-09
In what the advocacy group Demand Justice called a "Friday news dump," U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said he would not direct a federal court to conduct an inquiry into the retirement of Judge Thomas Griffith from second-highest court in the country. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/09/progressive-group-denounces-roberts-refusal-investigate-federal-judges-retirement?cd-origin=rss

Justice is Indivisible: Placing Palestine Back at the Center of American Muslim Activism
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-08
In many mosques across the US, Palestine, Kashmir, Afghanistan, and other places of great and perpetual injustice are hardly mentioned. Perhaps, argues Ramzy Baroud, over fear that doing so would place them at the radar of the FBI or local enforcement agencies.
mintpressnews.com/placing-palestine-center-of-muslim-american-activism/267317/

100 Years of Shame: Annexation of Palestine Began in San Remo
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-08
One hundred years ago, representatives from a few powerful countries convened at San Remo, a sleepy town on the Italian Riviera. Together, they sealed the fate of the massive territories confiscated from the Ottoman Empire following its defeat in World War I. It was on April 25, 1920, that the San Remo Conference Resolution was…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/08/100-years-of-shame-annexation-of-palestine-began-in-san-remo/

Placing Palestine Back at the Center of Muslim Discourse in the West
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-08
It was nearly twenty years ago at a Muslim conference in Washington D.C. that I heard the distressing argument that Palestine should not be made a central topic in the American Muslim political agenda. The point, which took many by surprise, was enunciated by a young American Pakistani Muslim academic, whose name is not important …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/placing-palestine-back-at-the-center-of-muslim-discourse-in-the-west/

Victory in Europe Day: These American Corporations Aided Nazi Germany
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-08
From Coca-Cola to Nestle, some of the most iconic American brands eagerly took part in the Nazi experiment. | MPN– May 8 marks the 75th anniversary of the Allied armies' victory in Europe, the day when they accepted the formal surrender of Nazi Germany after a bitter, six-year-long struggle that saw tens of millions killed in fighting, famines or exterminated in death camps. While many novel socially-distanced celebrations across the world are going on, some large corporations are laying low in the knowledge that they actively collaborated with and helped Hitler's war machine. | Standard Oil, a huge monolith…
thealtworld.com/alan_macleod/victory-in-…

Victory in Europe Day: These American Corporations Aided Nazi Germany
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-08
May 8 marks the 75th anniversary of the Allied armies' victory in Europe, the day when they accepted the formal surrender of Nazi Germany after a bitter, six-year-long struggle that saw tens of millions killed in fighting, famines or exterminated in death camps. While many novel socially-distanced celebrations across the world are going on, some large corporations are laying low in the knowledge that they actively collaborated with and helped Hitler's war machine. | Standard Oil, a huge monolith now split up into a myriad of smaller ones, including Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, and Marathon, was crucial to both prolon…
mintpressnews.com/victory-in-europe-day-these-american-corporations-aided-nazi-germany/267345/

Roaming Charges: Ain't Living Long Like This
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-08
+ The detestable rationalizations liberals make for sticking with Biden despite Tara Reade's convincing story can't come as any surprise. It's the same ritual contortions they've made about the Iraq war, fracking, abortion, the drug war, Anita Hill, social security, segregation, climate change, health care, deportations, a living wage, student debt, the Patriot Act, pipelines, the Libyan coup, climate change. To be a Democrat is to live in a constant state of denial, self-contradiction and moral hypocrisy.
counterpunch.org/2020/05/08/roaming-charges-aint-living-long-like-this/

Republicans Say They'd Break Rule They Invented to Derail Obama's SCOTUS Pick
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-08
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from Baltimore's Johns Hopkins hospital on Wednesday evening after having been treated for an infection in her gallbladder. | Ginsburg is "doing well and glad to be home," according to a spokeswoman for the Court, but that hasn't stopped some Republicans in the Senate from considering what they might do if her seat (or even somebody else's) were suddenly to become vacant…
truthout.org/articles/republicans-say-theyd-break-rule-they-invented-to-derail-obamas-scotus-pick/

'Craven and repugnant': Dem Feinstein roasted for attack on Biden accuser Reade after backing Blasey Ford during Kavanaugh fiasco
rt.com | 2020-05-08
Democrat Senator Dianne Feinstein is being lambasted for apparent double standards after attacking Tara Reade, the former Joe Biden staffer who alleges the Democrat presidential candidate sexually assaulted her. | The Californian politician unequivocally supported Christine Blasey Ford when she accused then Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault in 2018. However, now that it's a Democrat facing the charges, Feinstein's singing an entirely different tune. | Discussing Reade's claims, which date back to 1993, Feinstein questioned why she waited 27 years to make them public. | Also on rt.com…
rt.com/usa/488176-feinstein-roasted-tara-reade-attack/

Will the Supreme Court return eastern Oklahoma to the Five Tribes?
Albert Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-08
The case of McGirt v. Oklahoma sits at the top of the Supreme Court docket as the Indian law case that will decide the issue of whether eastern Oklahoma will be returned to reservation status. Oral arguments in this matter had been scheduled for April 21, but the Supreme Court delayed the hearing to June due to COVID-19, but has now …
peoplesworld.org/article/will-the-supreme-court-return-eastern-oklahoma-to-the-five-tribes/

Palestinians And Israelis Remember Casualties Together
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-08
The alternative memorial service organized by peace organizations in Israel/Palestine challenges the racist official memorial services of the State of Israel in which only Israeli casualties are remembered.
therealnews.com/stories/palestinians-israelis-remember-casualties-memorial-service

Palestine President Abbas Threatens to Tear-up Agreements with Israel, US if West Bank Is Annexed
The New Arab | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
The Palestinian Authority has threatened to cut all agreements signed with Israel and the US, if the annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank goes ahead. | During a meeting in Ramallah with the Fatah Central Committee, Mahmoud…
globalresearch.ca/palestine-president-abbas-threatens-tear-up-agreements-israel-us-west-bank-annexed/5712232

Palestinians And Israelis Remember Casualties Together
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-08
The alternative memorial service organized by peace organizations in Israel/Palestine challenges the racist official memorial services of the State of Israel in which only Israeli casualties are remembered.
therealnews.com/stories/palestinians-israelis-remember-casualties-memorial-service

Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure 4 Palestinians in Kufur Qaddoum
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-08
Israeli troops reportedly fired live ammunition and tear-gas canisters at many protesters in the northern West Bank village of Kufur Qaddoum. Local sources reported that at least four Palestinians were wounded by live rounds, with medical sources describing their injuries as light, while many others suffered the toxic effects of …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-shoot-injure-4-palestinians-in-kufur-qaddoum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-forces-shoot-injure-4-palestinians-in-kufur-qaddoum

Israeli Navy Injures 3 Palestinian Fisherman off Gaza Coast
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-08
The Israeli navy attacked fishermen Friday morning, off the coast of the Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent. He stated that naval boats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats sailing northwest of Gaza city, shooting a 60-year-old fisherman with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the head. The wounded man was …
imemc.org/article/israeli-navy-injures-3-palestinian-fisherman-off-gaza-coast/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-navy-injures-3-palestinian-fisherman-off-gaza-coast

Israel: A Lab for "The New Vaccine Order"? Towards a Second Lockdown?
Joshua Tartakovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
In the fight against corona virus, when trying to discern in what direction the Western world is going, it is almost always useful to watch the steps taken by Israel, the Zionist State.[1]. | Israel is not only a threat to …
globalresearch.ca/israel-lab-new-vaccine-order/5712184

Selected Articles: Economics and the Pandemic, Where's the Money coming From?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-08
Israel: A Lab for "The New Vaccine Order"? Towards a Second Lockdown? | By Joshua Tartakovsky, May 08, 2020 | As coronavirus broke out, Israel became the first Western country to close itself off to all flights . It then proceeded …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-israel-lab-new-vaccine-order-towards-second-lockdown/5712265

Slaughter of the Innocents: COVID-19 & the Future of Agriculture
Kollibri terre Sonnenblume | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-08
It's early days yet, but the COVID-19 pandemic has already proven to be revelatory, exposing much that is ugly about the "normal" functioning of the US: the sorry state of health care, the unresponsiveness of corporate-owned government, the hyper individuality of the populace, the high levels of ignorance among the same, and the racism of…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/08/slaughter-of-the-innocents-covid-19-the-future-of-agriculture/

How the USSR made the World War II victory over German fascism a reality
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-08
On May 8, 1945, at 11: 01 pm Central European Time

Final days of the war against fascism–from the Daily Worker archives
People's World | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-08
75 years after the defeat of Hitler and the fall of fascism in Europe, we present highlights from those historic days as they were covered in the pages of the Daily Worker, predecessor of People's World. From the historic meeting of U.S. and Soviet troops at the Elbe River in late April 1945 to the …
peoplesworld.org/article/final-days-of-the-war-against-fascism-from-the-daily-worker-archives/

V-E Day today marks the defeat of fascism in Europe
Victor Grossman | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-08
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