Juan Guaidó Is Trying to Overthrow the Venezuelan Government Again. Calls on Military to Support Him
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-04
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 …
globalresearch.ca/juan-guaido-trying-overthrow-venezuelan-government-again/5711721

Netanyahu pushed US towards war with Iran
Gareth Porter | zcomm.org | 2020-05-04
An investigation of supposed Iranian nuclear documents presented in a dramatically staged Netanyahu press conference indicates they were an Israeli fabrication designed to trigger US military conflict with Iran…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/netanyahu-pushed-us-towards-war-with-iran/

Wisconsin Protesters Target 'Tony the Tyrant'
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-05-04
GOP temper tantrum escalates as state Supreme Court prepares to weigh in on restrictions.
progressive.org/dispatches/wisconsin-protesters-target-tony-the-tyrant-conniff-200504/

It's Time to Bring the Supreme Court Into the Modern Era–and the Light
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-05-04
It's Time to Bring the Supreme Court Into the Modern Era–and the Light…
thenation.com/article/politics/scotus-cameras-hearing/

Al-Nujaba distributed Subsistence packages in Palestine
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-04
TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA)

FBI Documents Hint at Israeli Collusion with 2016 Trump Campaign
Alison Weir | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-04
Previously sealed FBI documents indicate close contacts between Israel and the Trump campaign and that the Mueller investigation found evidence of Israeli involvement, but largely redacted it.
mintpressnews.com/fbi-documents-israel-collusion-2016-trump-campaign/267212/

Trump Welcomes Israel's Illegal Plan to Annex West Bank Amid Growing Anger
The New Arab | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-04
The US announced it is willing to recognise and support Israel's annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank shortly after Israel announced its illegal plan. | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed to go ahead with controversial…
globalresearch.ca/trump-welcomes-israel-illegal-plan-annex-west-bank-amid-growing-anger/5711649

Likud Files Knesset Bill to Annex Occupied Palestinian Territories
The Palestinian Information Center | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-04
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 …
globalresearch.ca/likud-files-knesset-bill-annex-occupied-palestinian-territories/5711704

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

Economic Decline and the Threat of Fascism
Rob Urie | zcomm.org | 2020-05-04
If blame can be placed with an errant leader rather than serial crises of capitalism, then changing leaders means they can keep capitalism…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/economic-decline-and-the-threat-of-fascism/

SFPD Wore "Blue Lives Matter" Face Masks While Responding to Protests
Insult to Black Lives Matter, Insult to All | indybay.org | 2020-05-04
Photos of the scene at a May 1 housing protest in San Francisco show a row of police wearing face masks that depict the Blue Lives Matter flag. At least one policeman at a reopen rally the same day wore the same mask. Police regulation states that officers cannot alter their uniform. City Police Chief Bill Scott says he is seeking "neutral" face coverings for the city's rank and file.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/03/18832811.php

Judge tosses out equal pay discrimination claims made by Women's soccer
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-04
On International Workers' Day, May 1, a federal judge quietly tossed out part of the U.S. Women's National Team's pay discrimination lawsuit–the unequal pay argument–while allowing their allegations of discriminatory working conditions to proceed to trial. It was a shocking judgment and a loss for players. Led by Alex Morgan, players filed their lawsuit in March …
peoplesworld.org/article/judge-tosses-out-equal-pay-discrimination-claims-made-by-womens-soccer/

Cults and Bioterrorism: A Toxic Duo
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-04
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 produced biological warfare weapons, there is no recent documented proof of a government being engaged in the widespread release of a biological warfare agent to cause maximum deaths. The 1972 Con…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/04/cults-and-bioterrorism-toxic-duo/

Cults and Bioterrorism: A Toxic Duo
Wayne Madsen | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-04
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…
thealtworld.com/wayne_madsen/cults-and-b…

Uruguay: May First Feminist Manifesto
Women's and Feminist Collectives of Uruguay | zcomm.org | 2020-05-04
The exit from this crisis must be feminist, migrant, plurinational, anti-patriarchal, anti-racist, anti-prison, anti-capitalist, anti-extractivist and anti-fascist…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/uruguay-may-first-feminist-manifesto/

Buzzing where corona can't get you: Watch Russian warplanes train for V-Day air show
rt.com | 2020-05-04
Russia may have suspended most public events marking the upcoming Victory Day, but demonstrations by military aircraft are still expected to take place. With less than a week to go, the crews are busy training. | Footage released by Russia's Southern Military District on Monday shows fighter jets training solo and in formations for next Saturday's demonstrations, held to celebrate the defeat of Nazi Germany. | May 9 is one of the biggest national holidays in Russia, with military parades and commemorative ceremonies held throughout the country. This year the coronavirus pandemic threw a spanner in the works…
rt.com/russia/487684-russia-air-show-rehearsal/

Israel's Top Court Discusses Netanyahu's Legal Ability to Govern
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-03
Israeli Supreme Court began Sunday a two-day discussion to determine whether the criminal charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu disqualify him from holding his post. | RELATED: | Hating Arabs as a Common Ground: Why Israel's Coalition Government is Likely to Survive | "Today we shall hear arguments on the question of bestowing the duty of forming a government on a Knesset (Parliament) member against whom an indictment has been filed," Chief Justice Esther Hayut sa…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israels-Top-Court-Discusses-Netanyahus-Legal-Ability-to-Govern-20200503-0012.html

Israel Teeters on Brink
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-05-03
Protests erupt against Indicted Netanyahu forming Government, and Supreme Court prepares to Rule on his Eligibility…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/israel-teeters-on-brink/

On International Day of Journalists, Dr. Ashrawi Honors Press
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-03
Senior Palestinian leader and Member of the Palestine Liberation Organization's (PLO) Executive Committee, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, stated on Sunday, that press freedoms are an integral part of public freedoms. | Dr.
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Israel's New Government Is Exploiting Pandemic to Annex 30 Percent of West Bank
Marjorie Cohn | zcomm.org | 2020-05-03
One of the central pillars of this new regime is the unlawful annexation of the Jordan Valley and illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. The annexation has the full backing of U.S. President Donald Trump…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/israels-new-government-is-exploiting-pandemic-to-annex-30-percent-of-west-bank/

Video: Golan Heights Escalation and New Drama in Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-03
Early on May 1, several missiles launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hit positions of the Syrian Army near Tell Ahmar and Quneitra city. The strike reportedly led to no casualties among Syrian personnel, but destroyed several pieces of military …
globalresearch.ca/video-golan-heights-escalation-idlib/5711578

Israeli court to hear petitions against Netanyahu forming a government while facing criminal charges
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-03
Israel's high court is set to begin hearing petitions against Benjamin Netanyahu forming a government while facing criminal indictments.The proceedings on 3 May, held by a large panel of 11 justices and, in a rare instance, to also be broadcast live, will focus on the issue of whether a politician can form a government while under indictment

Israel Behind Air Strikes in Syria Directed against Hezbollah. "Greater Israel" in the Making?
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-03
Tensions have worsened in the Middle East. Apparently, the Israeli government is promoting an escalation of violence in Syria with the aim of expelling any trace of Iranian presence from the country, leading to the collapse of relations between Tehran …
globalresearch.ca/israel-can-be-behind-air-strikes-syria/5711574

Officials Decry Israeli Seizure of Palestinian Authority's Tax Funds
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-03
A number of Palestinian officials in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, condemned on Sunday, Israel's seizure of the Palestinian Authority's (PA) tax funds, considering this as theft against the Palestinian people. Hussien Elsheikh, Minister of Civil Affairs with the PA, confirmed today that the Israeli Magistrate Court in …
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Israeli Troops Abduct Twelve Palestinians, Including Former Prisoner
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-03
Israeli troops reportedly abducted, early on Sunday, a dozen Palestinians from different parts of the Palestinian territories, prisoners sources said. The Ramallah-based Palestinian prisoners forum said that Israeli troops invaded the al-"Isawiya neighborhood of the old city of Jerusalem, which is internationally-recognized as an Israeli-occupied Palestinian area. The forum added …
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The FULL Story Behind "Fauci's" 3.7 Million To Wuhan, Flu/CV Overlap & It Was Always Israelgate
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-03
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/2/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/the-full-story-behind-faucis-3-7-million-to-wuhan-flu-cv-overlap-it-was-always-israelgate/

Why is Israel stepping up attacks on Syria?
Abdel Bari Atwan | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-03
Netanyahu is trying to achieve several objectives while the world looks elsewhere | There has been a steady upping of the pace of unprovoked Israeli military attacks on Syria recently. As presumably intended, this escalation has gone largely unreported in the international media and unnoticed by an outside world preoccupied with the coronavirus pandemic. | On Friday, Israeli warplanes launched a missile strike on a military base near the city of Hama, causing extensive casualties. The previous night, Israeli helicopters overflying the occupied Golan Heights targeted sites used by pro-government Iranian-backed par…
thealtworld.com/abdel_bari_atwan/why-is-…

Italy joins nations warily leaving lockdown amid fears of 'second wave'
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-04
Italy was among a slew of countries easing lockdown restrictions on Monday to resurrect their economies, but officials cautioned against moving too swiftly as new coronavirus cases passed 3.5 million globally and deaths neared a quarter of a million.Italy, among the world's hardest-hit countries, started to relax the longest lockdown in Europe, allowing about 4.5 million people to return to work after nearly two months at home.Spain, Nigeria, Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Israel, Tunisia and Lebanon were also among countries easing some restrictions, variously reopening factories, construction sites, parks, hairdressers…
yenisafak.com/en/world/italy-joins-nations-warily-leaving-lockdown-amid-fears-of-second-wave-3518594

US Supreme Court Breaks Precedent By Allowing Public Broadcast of Oral Arguments
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-04
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – For years, Justices had rejected proposals to broadcast oral arguments live. Tuesday's hearing took place by audio conference call, with the court building closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
sputniknews.com/us/202005041079194802-us-supreme-court-breaks-precedent-by-allowing-public-broadcast-of-oral-arguments/

Israeli Court Hears Petitions against Netanyahu Forming Gov't While Under Indictment for Corruption
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-03
Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted earlier this year on charges of accepting bribes, fraud and breach of trust. Israel's longest serving prime minister has denied any wrongdoing, claiming he is the victim of a politically motivated "witch hunt".
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202005031079181381-israeli-court-hears-petitions-against-netanyahu-forming-govt-while-under-indictment-for-corruption/

SFPD Wore "Blue Lives Matter" Face Masks While Responding to Protest
Insult to Black Lives Matter, Insult to All | indybay.org | 2020-05-03
Photos of the scene at a May 1 housing protest in San Francisco show police wearing face masks that depict the Blue Lives Matter flag. Police regulation states that officers cannot alter their uniform. City Police Chief Bill Scott is seeking "neutral" face coverings for the city's rank and file.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/03/18832811.php

Colombia sacked officials never mentioned in illegal army spying scandal
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-03
Seven of nine army officials who were sacked by Colombia's defense ministry on Friday over their alleged role in reported intelligence gathering for President Ivan Duque's far right party were…
colombiareports.com/colombia-sacked-officials-never-mentioned-in-illegal-army-spying-scandal/

4/30/20: 45th Anniversary of Victory in Vietnam
repost | indybay.org | 2020-05-03
On April 30, 1975, the "little people in black pajamas" of Vietnam defeated the mightiest, most despicable war machine the world had seen since Nazi Germany, namely the US military, as they chased the US military and their local lackeys onto helicopters, boats and planes, causing celebrations around the world, including here in the Bay Area where we, who opposed the war machine and resisted the draft, danced in streets. Today, Vietnam has ZERO deaths from the coronavirus because it has SOCIALIZED medicine. For more, see www.counterpunch.org/2020/04/30/a-letter……
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/30/18832708.php

Greek refugee camps 'beyond breaking point' as UK government continues its racist policies
Eliza Egret | thecanary.co | 2020-05-03
Human rights campaigners on the Greek island of Samos have told The Canary that the situation for refugees is "beyond breaking point". Since the early 2000s, people have been seeking refuge on the Aegean islands, fleeing the West's neo-colonial policies in the Middle East. Around 7,000 people are currently stuck in Samos' Vathy camp, which has capacity for under 700 people. | Europe Must A…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/05/03/greek-refugee-camps-beyond-breaking-point-as-uk-government-continues-its-racist-policies/

Illegal extension of arms embargo to kill JCPOA forever
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-03
TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA)

Women at War: Female Soldiers of the Soviet Red Army in the 1940s
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-03
Russia is preparing to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 against Nazi Germany.
sputniknews.com/photo/202005031079180501-Women-at-War-Female-Soldiers-of-the-Soviet-Red-Army-in-the-1940s/

Minnesota Weatherman Sacked For Repost Likening Anti-Lockdown Protesters With Nazi Sympathisers
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-03
A group dubbed "Liberate Minnesota" has been protesting lockdown measures introduced in the state, and are calling for the reopening of the economy. The state has recently extended the stay-at-home order to 18 May to slow the spread of COVID-19.
sputniknews.com/us/202005031079181929-minnesota-weatherman-sacked-for-repost-likening-anti-lockdown-protesters-with-nazi-sympathisers/

Israeli Troops Shoot at Palestinian Fishermen and Farmers in Gaza
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-02
Israeli troops opened fire on Saturday, at local Palestinian farmers in southern Gaza, mainly in the Khuza'a rural area, east of the southern Khan Younis city. Local Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that Israeli troops, stationed on the Israeli side of the border, east of Khan Younis city, opened …
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Israel's New Government Is Exploiting Pandemic to Annex 30 Percent of West Bank
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-02
After three indecisive elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponent Benny Gantz agreed to form a unity government in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. | One of the central pillars of this new regime is the unlawful annexation of the Jordan Valley and illegal Jewi…
truthout.org/articles/israels-new-government-is-exploiting-pandemic-to-annex-30-percent-of-west-bank/

Israel Plans New Colonial Settlement in Northern West Bank
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-02
Israeli authorities reportedly endorsed the erection of a new Israeli colonial settlement near the Kufur Qasem town, north of the West Bank. According to Ma'areef Israeli Hebrew-language newspaper, the 10 acres of Palestinian farm land, on which the colonial settlement is set to be erected, will be rather designated as …
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PA prisoners tortured for protesting racist policies
Ted Kelly | workers.org | 2020-05-02
Eric McGill was locked up in Lebanon County Correctional Facility in Lebanon, Pa., on Jan. 19, 2019. For 15 months now he has been held there, not because he has been convicted of a crime, but because he cannot afford the preposterous $1 million bail the judge set. And during . . . | Continue reading PA prisoners tortured for protesting racist policies at Workers.org…
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Louisiana prisons are 'death concentration camps'
a guest author | workers.org | 2020-05-02
By: Quess Moore/transcribed by Mirinda Crissman This slightly edited talk is by Quess Moore speaking at the April 9 Workers World Party webinar. Moore organizes with New Orleans Workers Group and Take 'Em Down NOLA, a group which has been working to take down symbols of white supremacy and slavery. . . . | Continue reading Louisiana prisons are 'death concentration camps' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48121/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=louisiana-prisons-are-death-concentration-camps

Groundhog Day: Juan Guaidó Is Trying to Overthrow the Venezuelan Government Again
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-01
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 against hunger and destruction and sided with the constitution," he announced on social media last night,…
mintpressnews.com/juan-guaido-trying-to-overthrow-venezuela-government/267201/

Groundhog Day: Juan Guaidó Is Trying to Overthrow the Venezuelan Government Again
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-01
One year since his audacious coup attempt failed spectacularly, Guaidó is once again trying to overthrow the government of Nicolas Maduro. | MPN– 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 against hunger and destruction and sided with the constitution," he announced on social media last night, "To the…
thealtworld.com/alan_macleod/groundhog-d…

Hating Arabs as a Common Ground: Why Israel's Coalition Government is Likely to Survive
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-01
Shortly after an agreement to form a "national emergency government" in Israel, leader of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party, Benny Gantz, tweeted triumphantly that 'democracy' in Israel has been 'safeguarded'. But how is a deal that would grant Israel's right-wing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a veto power over the very judicial system which…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/01/hating-arabs-as-a-common-ground-why-israels-coalition-government-is-likely-to-survive/

Army To Demolish The Home Of A Palestinian Suspected Of Carrying Out A Stabbing Attack
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-01
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Tulkarem refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and stormed the home of a wounded Palestinian, who is suspected of carrying out a stabbing, Tuesday, and handed the family a demolition order for their home. Media sources said several army …
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Israeli Soldiers Injure Six Palestinians, Including Two Children, In Kufur Qaddoum
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-01
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession against the Annexation Wall and colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and injured six Palestinians, including two children. Morad Eshteiwi, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, …
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Israeli Soldiers Injure Two Palestinians Near Qalqilia
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-01
Israeli soldiers shot, Friday, two young Palestinian, south of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Local sources said the two young men, identified as Khaled Khalil Zamari, 23, and Haitham Mansour, 21, were on Palestinian land, near the illegal Annexation Wall, south of Qalqilia. There were …
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Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian Carwash and Agricultural Nursery near Bethlehem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-01
The Israeli army demolished, Thursday morning, a Palestinian car wash near Bethlehem, while it was under construction, a local official reported. Iyad Abu Sarra, from al-Khader municipality, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that soldiers destroyed the car wash for construction without a permit. The military also demolished an agricultural nursery …
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Chicago Tribune lends its press to racism
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-01
Chicago, IL – The headline in the Chicago Tribune Wednesday, April 19 blared: "Two charities have bailed scores of felony defendants out of Cook County Jail. Some were soon charged with new crimes." The headline could have said, with equal validity, that "Millions of Chicagoans were not arrested last year. Some were charged with new crimes." | The article is filled with racist 'dog whistles' about [Black and brown] people with guns and hysteria regarding violent crime. In actual fact, in the past three years the rate of violent crime in Chicago has declined significantly. The Tribune is blowing the racist 'get to…
fightbacknews.org/2020/5/1/chicago-tribune-lends-its-press-racism

Israel's New Government Is Exploiting Pandemic to Annex 30 Percent of West Bank
Marjorie Cohn | zcomm.org | 2020-05-03
One of the central pillars of this new regime is the unlawful annexation of the Jordan Valley and illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. The annexation has the full backing of U.S. President Donald Trump…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/israels-new-government-is-exploiting-pandemic-to-annex-30-percent-of-west-bank/

The FULL Story Behind "Fauci's" 3.7 Million To Wuhan, Flu/CV Overlap & It Was Always Israelgate
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-03
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/2/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/the-full-story-behind-faucis-3-7-million-to-wuhan-flu-cv-overlap-it-was-always-israelgate/

Israel Teeters on Brink
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-05-03
Protests erupt against Indicted Netanyahu forming Government, and Supreme Court prepares to Rule on his Eligibility…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/israel-teeters-on-brink/

Israel Behind Air Strikes in Syria Directed against Hezbollah. "Greater Israel" in the Making?
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-03
Tensions have worsened in the Middle East. Apparently, the Israeli government is promoting an escalation of violence in Syria with the aim of expelling any trace of Iranian presence from the country, leading to the collapse of relations between Tehran …
globalresearch.ca/israel-can-be-behind-air-strikes-syria/5711574

Israeli court to hear petitions against Netanyahu forming a government while facing criminal charges
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-03
Israel's high court is set to begin hearing petitions against Benjamin Netanyahu forming a government while facing criminal indictments.The proceedings on 3 May, held by a large panel of 11 justices and, in a rare instance, to also be broadcast live, will focus on the issue of whether a politician can form a government while under indictment

Video: Golan Heights Escalation and New Drama in Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-03
Early on May 1, several missiles launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights hit positions of the Syrian Army near Tell Ahmar and Quneitra city. The strike reportedly led to no casualties among Syrian personnel, but destroyed several pieces of military …
globalresearch.ca/video-golan-heights-escalation-idlib/5711578

SFPD Wore "Blue Lives Matter" Face Masks While Responding to Protest
Insult to Black Lives Matter, Insult to All | indybay.org | 2020-05-03
Photos of the scene at a May 1 housing protest in San Francisco show police wearing face masks that depict the Blue Lives Matter flag. Police regulation states that officers cannot alter their uniform. City Police Chief Bill Scott is seeking "neutral" face coverings for the city's rank and file.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/03/18832811.php

Colombia sacked officials never mentioned in illegal army spying scandal
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-03
Seven of nine army officials who were sacked by Colombia's defense ministry on Friday over their alleged role in reported intelligence gathering for President Ivan Duque's far right party were…
colombiareports.com/colombia-sacked-officials-never-mentioned-in-illegal-army-spying-scandal/

4/30/20: 45th Anniversary of Victory in Vietnam
repost | indybay.org | 2020-05-03
On April 30, 1975, the "little people in black pajamas" of Vietnam defeated the mightiest, most despicable war machine the world had seen since Nazi Germany, namely the US military, as they chased the US military and their local lackeys onto helicopters, boats and planes, causing celebrations around the world, including here in the Bay Area where we, who opposed the war machine and resisted the draft, danced in streets. Today, Vietnam has ZERO deaths from the coronavirus because it has SOCIALIZED medicine. For more, see www.counterpunch.org/2020/04/30/a-letter……
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/30/18832708.php

Greek refugee camps 'beyond breaking point' as UK government continues its racist policies
Eliza Egret | thecanary.co | 2020-05-03
Human rights campaigners on the Greek island of Samos have told The Canary that the situation for refugees is "beyond breaking point". Since the early 2000s, people have been seeking refuge on the Aegean islands, fleeing the West's neo-colonial policies in the Middle East. Around 7,000 people are currently stuck in Samos' Vathy camp, which has capacity for under 700 people. | Europe Must A…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/05/03/greek-refugee-camps-beyond-breaking-point-as-uk-government-continues-its-racist-policies/

Illegal extension of arms embargo to kill JCPOA forever
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-03
TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA)

Israeli Troops Shoot at Palestinian Fishermen and Farmers in Gaza
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-02
Israeli troops opened fire on Saturday, at local Palestinian farmers in southern Gaza, mainly in the Khuza'a rural area, east of the southern Khan Younis city. Local Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that Israeli troops, stationed on the Israeli side of the border, east of Khan Younis city, opened …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-shoot-at-palestinian-fishermen-and-farmers-in-gaza/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-troops-shoot-at-palestinian-fishermen-and-farmers-in-gaza

Israel Plans New Colonial Settlement in Northern West Bank
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-05-02
Israeli authorities reportedly endorsed the erection of a new Israeli colonial settlement near the Kufur Qasem town, north of the West Bank. According to Ma'areef Israeli Hebrew-language newspaper, the 10 acres of Palestinian farm land, on which the colonial settlement is set to be erected, will be rather designated as …
imemc.org/article/israel-plans-new-colonial-settlement-in-northern-west-bank/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israel-plans-new-colonial-settlement-in-northern-west-bank

Israel's New Government Is Exploiting Pandemic to Annex 30 Percent of West Bank
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-02
After three indecisive elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponent Benny Gantz agreed to form a unity government in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. | One of the central pillars of this new regime is the unlawful annexation of the Jordan Valley and illegal Jewi…
truthout.org/articles/israels-new-government-is-exploiting-pandemic-to-annex-30-percent-of-west-bank/

PA prisoners tortured for protesting racist policies
Ted Kelly | workers.org | 2020-05-02
Eric McGill was locked up in Lebanon County Correctional Facility in Lebanon, Pa., on Jan. 19, 2019. For 15 months now he has been held there, not because he has been convicted of a crime, but because he cannot afford the preposterous $1 million bail the judge set. And during . . . | Continue reading PA prisoners tortured for protesting racist policies at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48116/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pa-prisoners-tortured-for-protesting-racist-policies

Louisiana prisons are 'death concentration camps'
a guest author | workers.org | 2020-05-02
By: Quess Moore/transcribed by Mirinda Crissman This slightly edited talk is by Quess Moore speaking at the April 9 Workers World Party webinar. Moore organizes with New Orleans Workers Group and Take 'Em Down NOLA, a group which has been working to take down symbols of white supremacy and slavery. . . . | Continue reading Louisiana prisons are 'death concentration camps' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48121/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=louisiana-prisons-are-death-concentration-camps

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians Near Ramallah
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-01
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, three young Palestinian men in Beit Sira village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after invading and violently searching several homes causing excessive damage. Kifaya Anqawi, the mother of Yousef Anqawi, 20, who was killed by Israeli soldiers along with …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-three-palestinians-near-ramallah-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-soldiers-abduct-three-palestinians-near-ramallah-2

Hating Arabs as a Common Ground: Why Israel's Coalition Government is Likely to Survive
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-01
Shortly after an agreement to form a "national emergency government" in Israel, leader of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party, Benny Gantz, tweeted triumphantly that 'democracy' in Israel has been 'safeguarded'. But how is a deal that would grant Israel's right-wing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a veto power over the very judicial system which…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/01/hating-arabs-as-a-common-ground-why-israels-coalition-government-is-likely-to-survive/

Israeli Soldiers Injure Two Palestinians Near Qalqilia
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-01
Israeli soldiers shot, Friday, two young Palestinian, south of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Local sources said the two young men, identified as Khaled Khalil Zamari, 23, and Haitham Mansour, 21, were on Palestinian land, near the illegal Annexation Wall, south of Qalqilia. There were …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-injure-two-palestinians-near-qalqilia-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-soldiers-injure-two-palestinians-near-qalqilia-2

Arab League warns Israel against plans to annex occupied Palestinian territories
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-01
A new national unity government in Israel, headed by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank with US support…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/01/arab-league-warns-israel-against-plans-to-annex-occupied-palestinian-territories/

Soldiers Assault And Abduct A Father And His Three Sons In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-01
Israeli soldiers assaulted and abducted, on Friday evening, a Palestinian father and his three sons in Bab al-'Amoud area, in occupied East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped the father and his three sons, from the Salayma family, while walking near Bab al-'Amoud, before repeatedly assaulting them, and abducted them. …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-assault-and-abduct-a-father-and-his-three-sons-in-jerusalem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soldiers-assault-and-abduct-a-father-and-his-three-sons-in-jerusalem

Arab League warns Israel against plans to annex occupied Palestinian territories
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-01
A new national unity government in Israel, headed by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank with US support…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/01/arab-league-warns-israel-against-plans-to-annex-occupied-palestinian-territories/

Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian Carwash and Agricultural Nursery near Bethlehem
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-05-01
The Israeli army demolished, Thursday morning, a Palestinian car wash near Bethlehem, while it was under construction, a local official reported. Iyad Abu Sarra, from al-Khader municipality, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that soldiers destroyed the car wash for construction without a permit. The military also demolished an agricultural nursery …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-demolish-palestinian-carwash-and-agricultural-nursery-near-bethlehem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-forces-demolish-palestinian-carwash-and-agricultural-nursery-near-bethlehem

Army To Demolish The Home Of A Palestinian Suspected Of Carrying Out A Stabbing Attack
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-01
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday at dawn, Tulkarem refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and stormed the home of a wounded Palestinian, who is suspected of carrying out a stabbing, Tuesday, and handed the family a demolition order for their home. Media sources said several army …
imemc.org/article/army-to-demolish-the-home-of-a-palestinian-suspected-of-carrying-out-a-stabbing-attack/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=army-to-demolish-the-home-of-a-palestinian-suspected-of-carrying-out-a-stabbing-attack

Israeli Soldiers Injure Six Palestinians, Including Two Children, In Kufur Qaddoum
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-01
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession against the Annexation Wall and colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and injured six Palestinians, including two children. Morad Eshteiwi, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-injure-six-palestinians-including-two-children-in-kufur-qaddoum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-soldiers-injure-six-palestinians-including-two-children-in-kufur-qaddoum

Chicago Tribune lends its press to racism
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-01
Chicago, IL – The headline in the Chicago Tribune Wednesday, April 19 blared: "Two charities have bailed scores of felony defendants out of Cook County Jail. Some were soon charged with new crimes." The headline could have said, with equal validity, that "Millions of Chicagoans were not arrested last year. Some were charged with new crimes." | The article is filled with racist 'dog whistles' about [Black and brown] people with guns and hysteria regarding violent crime. In actual fact, in the past three years the rate of violent crime in Chicago has declined significantly. The Tribune is blowing the racist 'get to…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/5/1/chicago-t…

Case Asking Supreme Court to Halt Enforcement of "Stay-at-home Order". Justice Alito Orders Pennsylvania Government to Respond
Tyler Olson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-01
Justice Samuel Alito this week ordered the Pennsylvania government to respond to arguments from a variety of Pennsylvanians asking the Supreme Court to halt enforcement of Gov. Tom Wolf's strict stay-at-home order, aimed at fighting the coronavirus, because they …
globalresearch.ca/alito-orders-pennsylvania-respond-case-asking-supreme-court-halt-enforcement-stay-home-order/5711436

Israeli Court Hears Petitions against Netanyahu Forming Gov't While Under Indictment for Corruption
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-03
Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted earlier this year on charges of accepting bribes, fraud and breach of trust. Israel's longest serving prime minister has denied any wrongdoing, claiming he is the victim of a politically motivated "witch hunt".
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202005031079181381-israeli-court-hears-petitions-against-netanyahu-forming-govt-while-under-indictment-for-corruption/

Minnesota Weatherman Sacked For Repost Likening Anti-Lockdown Protesters With Nazi Sympathisers
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-03
A group dubbed "Liberate Minnesota" has been protesting lockdown measures introduced in the state, and are calling for the reopening of the economy. The state has recently extended the stay-at-home order to 18 May to slow the spread of COVID-19.
sputniknews.com/us/202005031079181929-minnesota-weatherman-sacked-for-repost-likening-anti-lockdown-protesters-with-nazi-sympathisers/

Women at War: Female Soldiers of the Soviet Red Army in the 1940s
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-03
Russia is preparing to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 against Nazi Germany.
sputniknews.com/photo/202005031079180501-Women-at-War-Female-Soldiers-of-the-Soviet-Red-Army-in-the-1940s/

Groundhog Day: Juan Guaidó Is Trying to Overthrow the Venezuelan Government Again
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-01
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 against hunger and destruction and sided with the constitution," he announced on social media last night,…
mintpressnews.com/juan-guaido-trying-to-overthrow-venezuela-government/267201/

Groundhog Day: Juan Guaidó Is Trying to Overthrow the Venezuelan Government Again
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-01
One year since his audacious coup attempt failed spectacularly, Guaidó is once again trying to overthrow the government of Nicolas Maduro. | MPN– 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 against hunger and destruction and sided with the constitution," he announced on social media last night, "To the…
thealtworld.com/alan_macleod/groundhog-d…

Weekend Read: Even as Southern states continue honoring Confederate holidays, monuments are being removed
splcenter.org | 2020-05-01
With a recent stroke of his pen, Gov. Ralph Northam put Virginia at the forefront of efforts across the South to remove symbols of white supremacy from public spaces.
splcenter.org/news/2020/05/02/weekend-read-even-southern-states-continue-honoring-confederate-holidays-monuments-are

Virtual Liberation in Italy
Robert L. Kendrick | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-01
For most years in Italy, April 25th would be a day of commemoration and sociability. It marks the 1945 call from the anti-Nazi Committee of National Liberation (CLN) for the final uprising against the German occupiers and Mussolini's puppet regime, and is thus Liberation Day, with special emphasis on the Italian Resistance of 1943-45. It…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/01/virtual-liberation-in-italy/

Echoing Praise for Charlottesville Neo-Nazis, Trump Calls Armed Anti-Lockdown Fanatics 'Very Good People'
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-01
"Trump is using a tactic of authoritarians who pretend that they have no influence over the actions of private militias or thug squads. This is failed state stuff right here." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/01/echoing-praise-charlottesville-neo-nazis-trump-calls-armed-anti-lockdown-fanatics?cd-origin=rss

Kairos Palestine: The Dire Consequences of Israel's "Coalition Government"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-04-30
By Kairos Palestine: April 30th, 2020: Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
imemc.org/article/the-dire-consequences-of-israels-coalition-government/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dire-consequences-of-israels-coalition-government

With apparently fabricated nuclear documents, Netanyahu pushed the US towards war with Iran
Gareth Porter | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-30
An investigation of supposed Iranian nuclear documents presented in a dramatically staged Netanyahu press conference indicates they were an Israeli…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/29/fabricated-nuclear-documents-netanyahu-war-iran/

As US Approaches Record Deficit, Israel Asks for Record Handout
Alison Weir | iranian.com | 2020-04-30
Breaking Defense, a digital magazine that covers military issues, reports that Israel may ask for its U.S. aid early, possibly in a lump sum that could be as high as $7.6 billion. This would work out to almost $21 million per day from American taxpayers, even though the U.S. is approaching a $4 trillion deficit (the largest in the world), …
iranian.com/2020/04/29/as-us-approaches-record-deficit-israel-asks-for-record-handout/

With apparently fabricated nuclear documents, Netanyahu pushed the US towards war with Iran
Gareth Porter | iranian.com | 2020-04-30
An investigation of supposed Iranian nuclear documents presented in a dramatically staged Netanyahu press conference indicates they were an Israeli fabrication designed to trigger US military conflict with Iran. President Donald Trump scrapped the nuclear deal with Iran and continued to risk war with Iran based on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim to have …
iranian.com/2020/04/30/netanyahu-pushed-the-us-towards-war-with-iran/

Biden and Trump compete to produce most misleading, racist anti-China ad
Leela Anand | liberationnews.org | 2020-04-30
Both political parties in the U.S. seek to make a national enemy out of China. But the U.S. working class has more to gain from friendship, solidarity and exchange of knowledge with China and the Chinese people.
liberationnews.org/biden-and-trump-compete-to-produce-most-misleading-racist-anti-china-ad/

Hate as a Common Ground: Why Israel's Coalition Government Is Likely to Survive
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-29
Israeli leaders insist that democracy, transparency, and inclusion are achievable, even when millions of the country's Arab citizens are marginalized and continue to be victims of institutional racism that dates back to the very foundation of Israel.
mintpressnews.com/hate-as-a-common-ground-israel-coalition-government-survive/267091/

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's New Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Takes Aim at the Holy Sanctuary
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-29
Israel's right-wing poster boy has been slated for the role of Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, giving him both the position and power to carry out his apocalyptic vision of building a Jewish Temple on the site of the Dome of the Rock.
mintpressnews.com/bezalel-smotrich-apocalyptic-vision-israel-new-minister-jerusalem-affairs/267104/

Israel Attacks Syria, US OKs Annexation, OPCW Caught Again & Impending (Already Here) Bio False Flag
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-29
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/28/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-attacks-syria-us-oks-annexation-opcw-caught-again-impending-already-here-bio-false-flag/

Labour Party Plot Against Corbyn Revealed
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-28
Newly-elected leader Keir Starmer promised to investigate the evidence that senior party members actively undermined Jeremy Corbyn, even at the cost of weakening Labour in the general election.
therealnews.com/stories/labour-party-corbyn-leaked-report-anti-semitism

Trump attacks trans health access during a pandemic
Aviva Levine | liberationnews.org | 2020-04-28
Under an expected rewrite of part of the ACA, discrimination against trans people in health care would be legally permitted.
liberationnews.org/trump-attacks-trans-health-access-during-a-pandemic/

Has The Coronavirus Crisis Softened Hamas?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-27
The Gaza Strip lacks protective gear, clean water, and ventilators, putting immense pressure on Hamas to sign a ceasefire agreement with Israel. But the Israeli side isn't as eager to make a deal.
therealnews.com/stories/has-coronavirus-softened-hamas-israel-ceasefire-gaza

The Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-27
Co-hosted by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle

Anti-Lockdown Rallies Are Providing an Opening for the Proud Boys and Other Far-Right Extremists
Cassie Miller | splcenter.org | 2020-04-27
Protests against state-imposed stay-at-home orders have exploded across the country and attracted a wide array of right-wing supporters, including the Proud Boys.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/27/anti-lockdown-rallies-are-providing-opening-proud-boys-and-other-far-right-extremists

"We Don't Have the Capacity to Treat": Palestinian-Canadian Doctor Says Israel Must Lift Gaza Siege
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-24
As fears continue to grow about what a rampant outbreak of the coronavirus might do to the occupied Palestinian territory, already crippled by years of Israeli sanctions, we get an update from Dr. Tarek Loubani, Palestinian-Canadian doctor and emergency physician who volunteers in the Gaza Strip and returned from a trip there last month. "Testing is severely limited," he says. "There have been fewer tests in Gaza so far throughout the entire pandemic than there were in South Korea yesterday."
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/24/tarek_lou…

Remembering the deadly Poway shooting one year later
splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/24/remembering-deadly-poway-shooting-one-year-later

Israel's New Government Is Exploiting Pandemic to Annex 30 Percent of West Bank
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-02
After three indecisive elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponent Benny Gantz agreed to form a unity government in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. | One of the central pillars of this new regime is the unlawful annexation of the Jordan Valley and illegal Jewi…
truthout.org/articles/israels-new-government-is-exploiting-pandemic-to-annex-30-percent-of-west-bank/

Rumors about Martyrdom of IRGC cmdr. rejected
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-02
TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA)

British PMs call for sanctions if Netanyahu carries out threat to annex parts of West Bank
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-02
TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA)

4/30/20: 45th Anniversary of Victory in Vietnam
repost | indybay.org | 2020-05-02
On April 30, 1975, the "little people in black pajamas" of Vietnam defeated the mightiest, most despicable war machine the world had seen since Nazi Germany, namely the US military, as they chased the US military and their local lackeys onto helicopters, boats and planes, causing celebrations around the world, including here in the Bay Area where we, who opposed the war machine and resisted the draft, danced in streets. Today, Vietnam has ZERO deaths from the coronavirus because it has SOCIALIZED medicine. For more, see www.counterpunch.org/2020/04/30/a-letter……
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/30/18832708.php

PA prisoners tortured for protesting racist policies
Ted Kelly | workers.org | 2020-05-02
Eric McGill was locked up in Lebanon County Correctional Facility in Lebanon, Pa., on Jan. 19, 2019. For 15 months now he has been held there, not because he has been convicted of a crime, but because he cannot afford the preposterous $1 million bail the judge set. And during . . . | Continue reading PA prisoners tortured for protesting racist policies at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48116/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pa-prisoners-tortured-for-protesting-racist-policies

Louisiana prisons are 'death concentration camps'
a guest author | workers.org | 2020-05-02
By: Quess Moore/transcribed by Mirinda Crissman This slightly edited talk is by Quess Moore speaking at the April 9 Workers World Party webinar. Moore organizes with New Orleans Workers Group and Take 'Em Down NOLA, a group which has been working to take down symbols of white supremacy and slavery. . . . | Continue reading Louisiana prisons are 'death concentration camps' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48121/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=louisiana-prisons-are-death-concentration-camps

Shamkhani reacts to German ban against Lebanon's Hezbollah
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-02
TEHRAN, May 02 (MNA)

Postal Bankruptcy Would Hit Rural America Hardest
Sarah Anderson | zcomm.org | 2020-05-02
The 15 most rural states would face heavy blows to jobs, revenue, mail and package deliveries, and voting rights…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/postal-bankruptcy-would-hit-rural-america-hardest/

Hating Arabs as a Common Ground: Why Israel's Coalition Government is Likely to Survive
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-01
Shortly after an agreement to form a "national emergency government" in Israel, leader of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party, Benny Gantz, tweeted triumphantly that 'democracy' in Israel has been 'safeguarded'. But how is a deal that would grant Israel's right-wing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a veto power over the very judicial system which…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/01/hating-arabs-as-a-common-ground-why-israels-coalition-government-is-likely-to-survive/

Arab League warns Israel against plans to annex occupied Palestinian territories
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-01
A new national unity government in Israel, headed by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has announced plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank with US support…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/01/arab-league-warns-israel-against-plans-to-annex-occupied-palestinian-territories/

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians Near Ramallah
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-01
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Friday at dawn, three young Palestinian men in Beit Sira village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, after invading and violently searching several homes causing excessive damage. Kifaya Anqawi, the mother of Yousef Anqawi, 20, who was killed by Israeli soldiers along with …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-three-palestinians-near-ramallah-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-soldiers-abduct-three-palestinians-near-ramallah-2

Soldiers Assault And Abduct A Father And His Three Sons In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-05-01
Israeli soldiers assaulted and abducted, on Friday evening, a Palestinian father and his three sons in Bab al-'Amoud area, in occupied East Jerusalem. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers stopped the father and his three sons, from the Salayma family, while walking near Bab al-'Amoud, before repeatedly assaulting them, and abducted them. …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-assault-and-abduct-a-father-and-his-three-sons-in-jerusalem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=soldiers-assault-and-abduct-a-father-and-his-three-sons-in-jerusalem

Podcast: Netanyahu's Fake Documents Pushed the US Towards War
Kyle Anzalone | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-01
On FPF #486, I discuss how Israel apparently used fake documents to push Trump towards war with Iran in April 2018. | Gareth Porter has a great article out that explains how it is clear the documents were forgeries. | Netanyahu released the documents in April of 2018 before Trump withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Deal and imposed a 'maximum pressure' sanctions campaign against Iran. | The economic war – and other provocative actions by Trump – has moved the US un…
anti-empire.com/netanyahus-fake-documents-pushed-the-us-towards-war/

Groundhog Day: Juan Guaidó Is Trying to Overthrow the Venezuelan Government Again
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-01
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 against hunger and destruction and sided with the constitution," he announced on social media last night,…
mintpressnews.com/juan-guaido-trying-to-overthrow-venezuela-government/267201/

Groundhog Day: Juan Guaidó Is Trying to Overthrow the Venezuelan Government Again
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-01
One year since his audacious coup attempt failed spectacularly, Guaidó is once again trying to overthrow the government of Nicolas Maduro. | MPN– 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 against hunger and destruction and sided with the constitution," he announced on social media last night, "To the…
thealtworld.com/alan_macleod/groundhog-d…

Weekend Read: Even as Southern states continue honoring Confederate holidays, monuments are being removed
splcenter.org | 2020-05-01
With a recent stroke of his pen, Gov. Ralph Northam put Virginia at the forefront of efforts across the South to remove symbols of white supremacy from public spaces.
splcenter.org/news/2020/05/02/weekend-read-even-southern-states-continue-honoring-confederate-holidays-monuments-are

Virtual Liberation in Italy
Robert L. Kendrick | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-01
For most years in Italy, April 25th would be a day of commemoration and sociability. It marks the 1945 call from the anti-Nazi Committee of National Liberation (CLN) for the final uprising against the German occupiers and Mussolini's puppet regime, and is thus Liberation Day, with special emphasis on the Italian Resistance of 1943-45. It…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/01/virtual-liberation-in-italy/

Israeli Troops Detain Eleven Palestinians, Shoot One, Assault Three
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-04-30
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, attacked Palestinian young men in the old city of occupied East Jerusalem, Quds News Network reported. According to local sources, Israeli soldiers assaulted 3 Palestinian youths from the Salaymeh family in the old city, arresting them afterward. Soldiers shot a Palestinian young man, on Wednesday, identified …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-detain-eleven-palestinians-shoot-one-assault-three/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-troops-detain-eleven-palestinians-shoot-one-assault-three

With apparently fabricated nuclear documents, Netanyahu pushed the US towards war with Iran
Gareth Porter | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-30
An investigation of supposed Iranian nuclear documents presented in a dramatically staged Netanyahu press conference indicates they were an Israeli…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/29/fabricated-nuclear-documents-netanyahu-war-iran/

Arab League Defines West Bank Annexation as "War Crime"
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-30
Israel's plan to annex the West Bank is a war crime and a flagrant violation of international law, Arab League foreign ministers said Thursday. | RELATED: | Israeli Forces Detain Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem | The Arab League's statement followed a video conference between ministers of the organization on Thursday. | The decisions of the Palestinian State will be supported by the League, through its political, legal and financial resources. | The Israeli plan is simply a crime o…
telesurenglish.net/news/arab-league-defines-west-bank-annexation-as-war-crime-20200430-0010.html

Kairos Palestine: The Dire Consequences of Israel's "Coalition Government"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-04-30
By Kairos Palestine: April 30th, 2020: Take away from me the noise of your songs; I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
imemc.org/article/the-dire-consequences-of-israels-coalition-government/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-dire-consequences-of-israels-coalition-government

Prisoners Affairs Committee: Majority of Palestinian Prisoners Belong to the Labor Sector
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-30
Head of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Committee, Qadri Abu Baker, said on Thursday, on the eve of International Workers Day, that majority of Palestinian prisoners, inside Israeli jails and detention centers, belong to the labor sector and that their lives have been spent in jail. In his remarks, Abu …
imemc.org/article/prisoners-affairs-committee-majority-of-palestinian-prisoners-belong-to-the-labor-sector/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prisoners-affairs-committee-majority-of-palestinian-prisoners-belong-to-the-labor-sector

Israeli Bulldozers Raze Palestinian-owned Lands in Nablus
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-30
Israeli army bulldozers razed, early on Wednesday, some areas of Palestinian-owned farm lands in south of Nablus city, in the West Bank. Palestinian chief for the file on illegal Israeli settlements in the northern West Bank, Ghassan Daghlas, said that Israeli army bulldozers began razing several dunams of Palestinian-owned farm …
imemc.org/article/israeli-bulldozers-raze-palestinian-owned-lands-in-nablus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-bulldozers-raze-palestinian-owned-lands-in-nablus

Biden and Trump compete to produce most misleading, racist anti-China ad
Leela Anand | liberationnews.org | 2020-04-30
Both political parties in the U.S. seek to make a national enemy out of China. But the U.S. working class has more to gain from friendship, solidarity and exchange of knowledge with China and the Chinese people.
liberationnews.org/biden-and-trump-compete-to-produce-most-misleading-racist-anti-china-ad/

Hate as a Common Ground: Why Israel's Coalition Government Is Likely to Survive
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-29
Israeli leaders insist that democracy, transparency, and inclusion are achievable, even when millions of the country's Arab citizens are marginalized and continue to be victims of institutional racism that dates back to the very foundation of Israel.
mintpressnews.com/hate-as-a-common-ground-israel-coalition-government-survive/267091/

Israel Attacks Syria, US OKs Annexation, OPCW Caught Again & Impending (Already Here) Bio False Flag
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-29
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/28/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-attacks-syria-us-oks-annexation-opcw-caught-again-impending-already-here-bio-false-flag/

As US Approaches Record Deficit, Israel Asks for Record Handout
Alison Weir | iranian.com | 2020-04-30
Breaking Defense, a digital magazine that covers military issues, reports that Israel may ask for its U.S. aid early, possibly in a lump sum that could be as high as $7.6 billion. This would work out to almost $21 million per day from American taxpayers, even though the U.S. is approaching a $4 trillion deficit (the largest in the world), …
iranian.com/2020/04/29/as-us-approaches-record-deficit-israel-asks-for-record-handout/

With apparently fabricated nuclear documents, Netanyahu pushed the US towards war with Iran
Gareth Porter | iranian.com | 2020-04-30
An investigation of supposed Iranian nuclear documents presented in a dramatically staged Netanyahu press conference indicates they were an Israeli fabrication designed to trigger US military conflict with Iran. President Donald Trump scrapped the nuclear deal with Iran and continued to risk war with Iran based on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim to have …
iranian.com/2020/04/30/netanyahu-pushed-the-us-towards-war-with-iran/

Echoing Praise for Charlottesville Neo-Nazis, Trump Calls Armed Anti-Lockdown Fanatics 'Very Good People'
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-01
"Trump is using a tactic of authoritarians who pretend that they have no influence over the actions of private militias or thug squads. This is failed state stuff right here." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/01/echoing-praise-charlottesville-neo-nazis-trump-calls-armed-anti-lockdown-fanatics?cd-origin=rss

Israel: Coronavirus death toll up to 227
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-02
Israel confirmed two more fatalities from the coronavirus on Saturday, taking the death toll to 277.The Health Ministry said 51 new cases were reported in the country over the past 24 hours, raising the total to 16,152.It said 107 patients remain in critical condition, while at least 9,400 have recovered and been discharged from hospitals so far.Israel started taking measures to stem the spread of coronavirus in late February, initially barring non-residents arriving from virus hotspots and gradually imposing a near-total air travel ban.It also closed all educational institutions and prohibited citizens from leav…
yenisafak.com/en/world/israel-coronavirus-death-toll-up-to-227-3518458

Hating Arabs as a Common Ground: Why Israel's Coalition Government is Likely to Survive
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-29
Shortly after an agreement to form a "national emergency government" in Israel, leader of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party, Benny Gantz, tweeted triumphantly that 'democracy' in Israel has been 'safeguarded'. But how is a deal that would grant Israel's right-wing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a veto power over the very judicial system which …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/hating-arabs-as-a-common-ground-why-israels-coalition-government-is-likely-to-survive/

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's New Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Takes Aim at the Holy Sanctuary
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-29
Israel's right-wing poster boy has been slated for the role of Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, giving him both the position and power to carry out his apocalyptic vision of building a Jewish Temple on the site of the Dome of the Rock.
mintpressnews.com/bezalel-smotrich-apocalyptic-vision-israel-new-minister-jerusalem-affairs/267104/

Labour Party Plot Against Corbyn Revealed
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-28
Newly-elected leader Keir Starmer promised to investigate the evidence that senior party members actively undermined Jeremy Corbyn, even at the cost of weakening Labour in the general election.
therealnews.com/stories/labour-party-corbyn-leaked-report-anti-semitism

Trump attacks trans health access during a pandemic
Aviva Levine | liberationnews.org | 2020-04-28
Under an expected rewrite of part of the ACA, discrimination against trans people in health care would be legally permitted.
liberationnews.org/trump-attacks-trans-health-access-during-a-pandemic/

Has The Coronavirus Crisis Softened Hamas?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-27
The Gaza Strip lacks protective gear, clean water, and ventilators, putting immense pressure on Hamas to sign a ceasefire agreement with Israel. But the Israeli side isn't as eager to make a deal.
therealnews.com/stories/has-coronavirus-softened-hamas-israel-ceasefire-gaza

The Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-27
Co-hosted by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle

Anti-Lockdown Rallies Are Providing an Opening for the Proud Boys and Other Far-Right Extremists
Cassie Miller | splcenter.org | 2020-04-27
Protests against state-imposed stay-at-home orders have exploded across the country and attracted a wide array of right-wing supporters, including the Proud Boys.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/27/anti-lockdown-rallies-are-providing-opening-proud-boys-and-other-far-right-extremists

"We Don't Have the Capacity to Treat": Palestinian-Canadian Doctor Says Israel Must Lift Gaza Siege
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-24
As fears continue to grow about what a rampant outbreak of the coronavirus might do to the occupied Palestinian territory, already crippled by years of Israeli sanctions, we get an update from Dr. Tarek Loubani, Palestinian-Canadian doctor and emergency physician who volunteers in the Gaza Strip and returned from a trip there last month. "Testing is severely limited," he says. "There have been fewer tests in Gaza so far throughout the entire pandemic than there were in South Korea yesterday."
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/24/tarek_lou…

Trump's Immigration Order Was Drafted by Officials With Ties to Hate Groups, According to Report
Michael Edison Hayden and Eddie Bejarano | splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
Two officials with ties to anti-immigrant hate groups helped write President Trump's executive order blocking the issuance of new green cards, according to a report.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/24/trumps-immigration-order-was-drafted-officials-ties-hate-groups-according-report

Fraihat v. ICE Community Resources
splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
On April 20, 2020, a federal district court granted a nationwide preliminary injunction requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take a number of important steps to protect medically vulnerable people in its custody from COVID-19.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/24/fraihat-v-ice-community-resources

Remembering the deadly Poway shooting one year later
splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/24/remembering-deadly-poway-shooting-one-year-later

Florida voting rights trial to be argued online
splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/25/florida-voting-rights-trial-be-argued-online

Oath Keepers Chaplain Quits Over Leader's COVID Response
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-04-23
Chuck Baldwin, who has served as the national chaplain of the antigovernment Oath Keepers since 2013, announced his resignation early Tuesday morning on Facebook.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/23/oath-keepers-chaplain-quits-over-leaders-covid-response

The Social Contract Publishes its Last Tract
Caleb Kieffer | splcenter.org | 2020-04-23
The Social Contract, a long-running quarterly journal founded by John Tanton, ran its final issue in Fall 2019.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/23/social-contract-publishes-its-last-tract

Far Right, Spurred by Trump, Plans Next Anti-Quarantine Protest in Wisconsin
Michael Makowski | progressive.org | 2020-04-22
The planned Friday event will be the latest to put concern for the economy over human lives.
progressive.org/dispatches/far-right-antiquarantine-protest-wisconsin-200422/

First person to die in Alabama's prisons with COVID-19 spent more than four decades behind bars
splcenter.org | 2020-04-22
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/22/first-person-die-alabamas-prisons-covid-19-spent-more-four-decades-behind-bars

SPLC Action makes recommendations to Congress to address COVID-19 needs in the Deep South
splcenter.org | 2020-04-22
The SPLC Action Fund sent a detailed letter to members of Congress on April 22, 2020, highlighting the need for federal action that specifically addresses the needs of people in South.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/22/splc-action-makes-recommendations-congress-address-covid-19-needs-deep-south

Anti-Immigrant Movement Has History of Politicizing Disease
Eddie Bejarano | splcenter.org | 2020-04-21
COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, is the latest disease the nativist movement has politicized to demonize immigrants.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/21/anti-immigrant-movement-has-history-politicizing-disease

Augustus Invictus Arrested in Florida for Stalking, Violating Bond
Rachel Janik | splcenter.org | 2020-04-21
Invictus' father, John Gillespie, was arrested days earlier and charged with human trafficking of children under 18 years old.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/21/augustus-invictus-arrested-florida-stalking-violating-bond

SPLC lawsuit challenging Mississippi's failure to provide a uniform public school system moves forward
splcenter.org | 2020-04-17
When Precious Hughes looked down the long, dark halls of Raines Elementary School in Jackson, Mississippi, she saw lights flickering, water spots staining the ceilings and paint chipping off the walls.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/27/splc-lawsuit-challenging-mississippis-failure-provide-uniform-public-school-system-moves

Podcast: Netanyahu's Fake Documents Pushed the US Towards War
Kyle Anzalone | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-01
On FPF #486, I discuss how Israel apparently used fake documents to push Trump towards war with Iran in April 2018. | Gareth Porter has a great article out that explains how it is clear the documents were forgeries. | Netanyahu released the documents in April of 2018 before Trump withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Deal and imposed a 'maximum pressure' sanctions campaign against Iran. | The economic war – and other provocative actions by Trump – has moved the US un…
anti-empire.com/netanyahus-fake-documents-pushed-the-us-towards-war/

Iran condemns German ban on Lebanon's Hezbollah
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-01
TEHRAN, May 01(MNA) –Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has strongly condemned the German government's blacklisting of the Lebanese Hezbollah as a measure serving the objectives of the US and the Zionist regime of Israel.
en.mehrnews.com/news/158210/Iran-condemns-German-ban-on-Lebanon-s-Hezbollah

Hating Arabs as a Common Ground
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-05-01
Why Israel's Coalition Government is Likely to Survive…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/hating-arabs-as-a-common-ground/

Hating Arabs as a Common Ground: Why Israel's Coalition Government is Likely to Survive
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-01
Shortly after an agreement to form a "national emergency government" in Israel, leader of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party, Benny Gantz, tweeted triumphantly that 'democracy' in Israel has been 'safeguarded'. But how is a deal that would grant Israel's right-wing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a veto power over the very judicial system which…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/01/hating-arabs-as-a-common-ground-why-israels-coalition-government-is-likely-to-survive/

May 1 Actions to Counter "ReOpen America" Rallies; Demand Trump/Pence #OutNOW
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2020-05-01
Join us to demand Trump, Pence, the whole fascist regime #OutNow in social distancing counter protest of the May 1st fascist rallies that demand the end to sheltering at home and demand their rights to disregard the health and lives of the most vulnerable. In contrast to this, unite with refuse fascism by saying Humanity first and in the name of humanity we refuse to accept a fascist America.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/29/18832688.php

Press Conference: Rancho Cordova PD Stop Beating Our Children
Black Lives Matter Sacramento | indybay.org | 2020-05-01
7-Eleven (Rancho Cordova, CA) | 10246 Mills Station Rd | Rancho Cordova, California 95670…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/29/18832686.php

Resistance and The Resistance Banker: Dramas of the struggle against Nazism
wsws.org | 2020-05-01
The crimes of the Nazis, the greatest ever committed against humanity, generated some of the noblest and most self-sacrificing actions in the struggle against their barbarism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/01/resi…

Virtual Liberation in Italy
Robert L. Kendrick | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-01
For most years in Italy, April 25th would be a day of commemoration and sociability. It marks the 1945 call from the anti-Nazi Committee of National Liberation (CLN) for the final uprising against the German occupiers and Mussolini's puppet regime, and is thus Liberation Day, with special emphasis on the Italian Resistance of 1943-45. It…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/01/virtual-liberation-in-italy/

4/30/20: 45th Anniversary of Victory in Vietnam
repost | indybay.org | 2020-05-01
On April 30, 1975, the "little people in black pajamas" of Vietnam defeated the mightiest, most despicable war machine the world had seen since Nazi Germany, namely the US military, as they chased the US military and their local lackeys onto helicopters, boats and planes, causing celebrations around the world, including here in the Bay Area where we, who opposed the war machine and resisted the draft, danced in streets. Today, Vietnam has ZERO deaths from the coronavirus because it has SOCIALIZED medicine. For more, see www.counterpunch.org/2020/04/30/a-letter……
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/30/18832708.php

Prisoners Affairs Committee: Majority of Palestinian Prisoners Belong to the Labor Sector
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-30
Head of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Committee, Qadri Abu Baker, said on Thursday, on the eve of International Workers Day, that majority of Palestinian prisoners, inside Israeli jails and detention centers, belong to the labor sector and that their lives have been spent in jail. In his remarks, Abu …
imemc.org/article/prisoners-affairs-committee-majority-of-palestinian-prisoners-belong-to-the-labor-sector/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prisoners-affairs-committee-majority-of-palestinian-prisoners-belong-to-the-labor-sector

Israeli Bulldozers Raze Palestinian-owned Lands in Nablus
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-30
Israeli army bulldozers razed, early on Wednesday, some areas of Palestinian-owned farm lands in south of Nablus city, in the West Bank. Palestinian chief for the file on illegal Israeli settlements in the northern West Bank, Ghassan Daghlas, said that Israeli army bulldozers began razing several dunams of Palestinian-owned farm …
imemc.org/article/israeli-bulldozers-raze-palestinian-owned-lands-in-nablus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-bulldozers-raze-palestinian-owned-lands-in-nablus

Israeli Troops Detain Eleven Palestinians, Shoot One, Assault Three
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-04-30
Israeli forces, on Wednesday, attacked Palestinian young men in the old city of occupied East Jerusalem, Quds News Network reported. According to local sources, Israeli soldiers assaulted 3 Palestinian youths from the Salaymeh family in the old city, arresting them afterward. Soldiers shot a Palestinian young man, on Wednesday, identified …
imemc.org/article/israeli-troops-detain-eleven-palestinians-shoot-one-assault-three/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-troops-detain-eleven-palestinians-shoot-one-assault-three

Israeli Forces Arrested 40 Palestinians during First 6 days of Ramadan
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-30
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Prisoners' Studies, said on Wednesday, that Israeli troops abducted 40 Palestinian residents, since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, last Friday. Spokesperson for the center, Riyad Alashqar, was quoted as saying that the Israeli occupation forces have exposed lives of Palestinian prisoners to …
imemc.org/article/40-palestinians-have-been-arrested-by-israeli-during-the-first-6-days-of-ramadan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=40-palestinians-have-been-arrested-by-israeli-during-the-first-6-days-of-ramadan

With apparently fabricated nuclear documents, Netanyahu pushed the US towards war with Iran
Gareth Porter | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-30
An investigation of supposed Iranian nuclear documents presented in a dramatically staged Netanyahu press conference indicates they were an Israeli…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/29/fabricated-nuclear-documents-netanyahu-war-iran/

Arab League Defines West Bank Annexation as "War Crime"
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-30
Israel's plan to annex the West Bank is a war crime and a flagrant violation of international law, Arab League foreign ministers said Thursday. | RELATED: | Israeli Forces Detain Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem | The Arab League's statement followed a video conference between ministers of the organization on Thursday. | The decisions of the Palestinian State will be supported by the League, through its political, legal and financial resources. | The Israeli plan is simply a crime o…
telesurenglish.net/news/arab-league-defines-west-bank-annexation-as-war-crime-20200430-0010.html

Bolivia's socialist presidential candidate Luis Arce speaks about elections, COVID-19 and fascist oppression
Oliver Vargas | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-30
The presidential candidate of the Movement for Socialism in Bolivia, Luis Arce Catacora, talks about COVID-19 being used as a pretext to postpone elections, the economic policies of the coup government, and the approach his party plans to take…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/30/bolivias-socialist-presidential-candidate-luis-arce-speaks-about-elections-covid-19-and-fascist-oppression/

Biden and Trump compete to produce most misleading, racist anti-China ad
Leela Anand | liberationnews.org | 2020-04-30
Both political parties in the U.S. seek to make a national enemy out of China. But the U.S. working class has more to gain from friendship, solidarity and exchange of knowledge with China and the Chinese people.
liberationnews.org/biden-and-trump-compete-to-produce-most-misleading-racist-anti-china-ad/

Hate as a Common Ground: Why Israel's Coalition Government Is Likely to Survive
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-29
Israeli leaders insist that democracy, transparency, and inclusion are achievable, even when millions of the country's Arab citizens are marginalized and continue to be victims of institutional racism that dates back to the very foundation of Israel.
mintpressnews.com/hate-as-a-common-ground-israel-coalition-government-survive/267091/

Hating Arabs as a Common Ground: Why Israel's Coalition Government is Likely to Survive
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-29
Shortly after an agreement to form a "national emergency government" in Israel, leader of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party, Benny Gantz, tweeted triumphantly that 'democracy' in Israel has been 'safeguarded'. But how is a deal that would grant Israel's right-wing Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, a veto power over the very judicial system which …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/hating-arabs-as-a-common-ground-why-israels-coalition-government-is-likely-to-survive/

In Israel, the Betrayal that Made Netanyahu King
Haggai Matar | thenation.com | 2020-04-29
Benny Gantz chose chauvinism and corruption.
thenation.com/article/world/gantz-netanyahu-deal/

As US Approaches Record Deficit, Israel Asks for Record Handout
Alison Weir | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-29
The request would work out to almost $21 million per day from American taxpayers, even as the U.S. is approaching a $4 trillion deficit (the largest in the world), and Israel typically has a lower unemployment rate than the United States.
mintpressnews.com/us-approachs-record-deficit-israel-asks-record-handout/267077/

Bezalel Smotrich: Israel's New Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Takes Aim at the Holy Sanctuary
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-29
Israel's right-wing poster boy has been slated for the role of Minister for Jerusalem Affairs, giving him both the position and power to carry out his apocalyptic vision of building a Jewish Temple on the site of the Dome of the Rock.
mintpressnews.com/bezalel-smotrich-apocalyptic-vision-israel-new-minister-jerusalem-affairs/267104/

Israel Orders One Halt Construction and Two Demolition Orders of Palestinian Structures
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-04-29
The Israeli army, on Tuesday, ordered a Palestinian resident of Bardala village in the northern Jordan Valley to halt construction on his home, citing a lack of Israeli permission to build, a local source reported. Aref Daraghme, a human rights activist, told Palestinian WAFA News Agency that occupation authorities instructed …
imemc.org/article/israel-orders-one-halt-construction-and-two-demolition-orders-of-palestinian-structures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israel-orders-one-halt-construction-and-two-demolition-orders-of-palestinian-structures

With apparently fabricated nuclear documents, Netanyahu pushed the US towards war with Iran
Gareth Porter | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-29
An investigation of supposed Iranian nuclear documents presented in a dramatically staged Netanyahu press conference indicates they were an Israeli fabrication designed to trigger US military conflict with Iran. | President Donald Trump scrapped the nuclear deal with Iran and continued to risk war with Iran based on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim to have proven definitively that Iran was determined to manufacture nuclear weapons. Netanyahu not only spun Trump but much of the corporate media as well, duping them with the public unveiling of what he claimed was the entire secret Iranian "nuclear…
thealtworld.com/gareth_porter/with-appar…

The Victory America Won for Fascism and Nazism After WWII
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-04-29
This article is about the role ideology actually played in World War II, the Cold War, and plays in today's world. The links here provide access to deeper explorations, regarding each linked issue. Links are provided instead of notes, because all of the sources here are freely available online, and because in the digital era (as we now are) notes are archaic except when a source is not available online. Readers who are interested in the documentation at any point can instantaneously access that in the article's online version simply by clicking onto the link. Readers who aren't interested in ideology won't be int…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/04/29/the-victory-america-won-for-fascism-and-nazism-after-wwii/

Roger Waters: We need to save this fragile planet
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-29
Vijay Prashad speaks to Roger Waters on issues ranging from the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the protests in Chile to the coup against Evo Morales Ayma in Bolivia and the struggle to liberate Palestine.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/29/roger-waters-we-need-to-save-this-fragile-planet/

Israeli Forces Abduct Five Palestinian Youths in East Jerusalem Neighborhood
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-28
Israeli troops in East Jerusalem, southern occupied West Bank, abducted five Palestinian youths, early on Tuesday, from the al-'Isawiya neighborhood. Local media sources and witness said that Israeli troops invaded the al-'Isawiya Palestinian-populated neighborhood and invaded several homes. Sources added that the soldiers conducted thorough searches of homes, before abducting …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-abduct-five-palestinian-youths-in-east-jerusalem-neighborhood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=israeli-forces-abduct-five-palestinian-youths-in-east-jerusalem-neighborhood

With apparently fabricated nuclear documents, Netanyahu pushed the US towards war with Iran
Gareth Porter | iranian.com | 2020-04-30
An investigation of supposed Iranian nuclear documents presented in a dramatically staged Netanyahu press conference indicates they were an Israeli fabrication designed to trigger US military conflict with Iran. President Donald Trump scrapped the nuclear deal with Iran and continued to risk war with Iran based on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claim to have …
iranian.com/2020/04/30/netanyahu-pushed-the-us-towards-war-with-iran/

As US Approaches Record Deficit, Israel Asks for Record Handout
Alison Weir | iranian.com | 2020-04-30
Breaking Defense, a digital magazine that covers military issues, reports that Israel may ask for its U.S. aid early, possibly in a lump sum that could be as high as $7.6 billion. This would work out to almost $21 million per day from American taxpayers, even though the U.S. is approaching a $4 trillion deficit (the largest in the world), …
iranian.com/2020/04/29/as-us-approaches-record-deficit-israel-asks-for-record-handout/

Satellite Images Allegedly Depict Damage Done to Syrian Facilities by Airstrikes Blamed on Israel
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-01
Many of these airstrikes were attributed to the Israeli Air Force by Syrian media outlets, but Tel Aviv itself has not commented on these claims only vaguely hinting that it might be behind the attacks.
sputniknews.com/military/202005011079160372-satellite-images-allegedly-depict-damage-done-to-syrian-facilities-by-airstrikes-blamed-on-israel/

Erekat Briefs European Officials on Israeli Annexation Plans
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-04-28
Top Palestinian negotiator and executive member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, briefed a number of Palestinian officials on the latest announcement by Israel regarding the planned annexation of the occupied West Bank. During phone calls, Erekat was reportedly introduced to the Swedish Foreign Minister, Anne Lindy …
imemc.org/article/erekat-briefs-european-officials-on-israeli-annexation-plans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=erekat-briefs-european-officials-on-israeli-annexation-plans

How Are You Gonna Pay For It? Stop Giving Money to Israel
David Swanson | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-28
Israel is not a poor country. It is certainly not the poorest in the world. So why is it the top recipient of US military "aid?"
mintpressnews.com/stop-giving-united-states-money-israel-miltiary-aid/267054/

Palestinian Youth Abducted from Qalandia, Several Suffer Tear-gas Inhalation in Hebron
Ali Salam | imemc.org | 2020-04-28
Israeli forces attacked, on Sunday night, several Palestinian youths in al-Fawwar refugee camp in southern Hebron, southern occupied West Bank, in addition to abducting one in Qalandia, in the Jerusalem district, Days of Palestine reported. Local sources said that Israeli soldiers invaded al-Fawwar camp and brutalized some Palestinian civilians near …
imemc.org/article/palestinian-youth-abducted-from-qalandia-several-suffer-tear-gas-inhalation-in-hebron/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=palestinian-youth-abducted-from-qalandia-several-suffer-tear-gas-inhalation-in-hebron

Labour Party Plot Against Corbyn Revealed
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-28
Newly-elected leader Keir Starmer promised to investigate the evidence that senior party members actively undermined Jeremy Corbyn, even at the cost of weakening Labour in the general election.
therealnews.com/stories/labour-party-corbyn-leaked-report-anti-semitism

Trump attacks trans health access during a pandemic
Aviva Levine | liberationnews.org | 2020-04-28
Under an expected rewrite of part of the ACA, discrimination against trans people in health care would be legally permitted.
liberationnews.org/trump-attacks-trans-health-access-during-a-pandemic/

The Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-27
Co-hosted by Combatants for Peace and the Parents Circle

Has The Coronavirus Crisis Softened Hamas?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-27
The Gaza Strip lacks protective gear, clean water, and ventilators, putting immense pressure on Hamas to sign a ceasefire agreement with Israel. But the Israeli side isn't as eager to make a deal.
therealnews.com/stories/has-coronavirus-softened-hamas-israel-ceasefire-gaza

FRSO online event: COVID-19 pandemic striking Black and brown communities
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-27
New York City, NY

Anti-Lockdown Rallies Are Providing an Opening for the Proud Boys and Other Far-Right Extremists
Cassie Miller | splcenter.org | 2020-04-27
Protests against state-imposed stay-at-home orders have exploded across the country and attracted a wide array of right-wing supporters, including the Proud Boys.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/27/anti-lockdown-rallies-are-providing-opening-proud-boys-and-other-far-right-extremists

"We Don't Have the Capacity to Treat": Palestinian-Canadian Doctor Says Israel Must Lift Gaza Siege
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-24
As fears continue to grow about what a rampant outbreak of the coronavirus might do to the occupied Palestinian territory, already crippled by years of Israeli sanctions, we get an update from Dr. Tarek Loubani, Palestinian-Canadian doctor and emergency physician who volunteers in the Gaza Strip and returned from a trip there last month. "Testing is severely limited," he says. "There have been fewer tests in Gaza so far throughout the entire pandemic than there were in South Korea yesterday."
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/24/tarek_lou…

Israelis Cheer Palestinian Party Leader Ayman Odeh At Rally Against Netanyahu Coalition Government
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-24
After three election cycles, Netanyahu and Gantz's coalition formed the largest government in Israeli history, even as Netanyahu faces a corruption trial.
therealnews.com/stories/israel-ayman-odeh-rally-netanyahu-ganz-coalition-government-trial

Remembering the deadly Poway shooting one year later
splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/24/remembering-deadly-poway-shooting-one-year-later

Florida voting rights trial to be argued online
splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/25/florida-voting-rights-trial-be-argued-online

Fraihat v. ICE Community Resources
splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
On April 20, 2020, a federal district court granted a nationwide preliminary injunction requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take a number of important steps to protect medically vulnerable people in its custody from COVID-19.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/24/fraihat-v-ice-community-resources

Trump's Immigration Order Was Drafted by Officials With Ties to Hate Groups, According to Report
Michael Edison Hayden and Eddie Bejarano | splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
Two officials with ties to anti-immigrant hate groups helped write President Trump's executive order blocking the issuance of new green cards, according to a report.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/24/trumps-immigration-order-was-drafted-officials-ties-hate-groups-according-report

Oath Keepers Chaplain Quits Over Leader's COVID Response
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-04-23
Chuck Baldwin, who has served as the national chaplain of the antigovernment Oath Keepers since 2013, announced his resignation early Tuesday morning on Facebook.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/23/oath-keepers-chaplain-quits-over-leaders-covid-response

The Social Contract Publishes its Last Tract
Caleb Kieffer | splcenter.org | 2020-04-23
The Social Contract, a long-running quarterly journal founded by John Tanton, ran its final issue in Fall 2019.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/23/social-contract-publishes-its-last-tract

Wisconsin Republicans Sue to Dump Safety Rules
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-04-22
The GOP-controlled legislature is asking the state's conservative-dominated Supreme Court to end the governor's ability to curb the spread of COVID-19.
progressive.org/dispatches/wisconsin-republicans-dump-safety-rules-conniff-200422/

Far Right, Spurred by Trump, Plans Next Anti-Quarantine Protest in Wisconsin
Michael Makowski | progressive.org | 2020-04-22
The planned Friday event will be the latest to put concern for the economy over human lives.
progressive.org/dispatches/far-right-antiquarantine-protest-wisconsin-200422/

SPLC Action makes recommendations to Congress to address COVID-19 needs in the Deep South
splcenter.org | 2020-04-22
The SPLC Action Fund sent a detailed letter to members of Congress on April 22, 2020, highlighting the need for federal action that specifically addresses the needs of people in South.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/22/splc-action-makes-recommendations-congress-address-covid-19-needs-deep-south