Sri Lankan government opposes national lockdown despite surging COVID-19 infections
wsws.org | 2021-05-17
Opposition parties are also responsible for the government's criminal policies in response to the pandemic and other social attacks.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/17/slco-m17.html

How Bill Gates Set the Stage for Modi's Disastrous Response to COVID-19 in India
Prabir Purkayastha | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-17
While the incompetence of the Indian government is starkly visible in its handling of the second wave of the COVID-19 crisis, its performance has been far worse on the vaccine front. The BJP-led government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which seems to believe in the ideology of free-market capitalism, thinks that the market will magically…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/17/how-bill-gates-set-the-stage-for-modis-disastrous-response-to-covid-19-in-india-2/

Asian Hate Is on the Rise
Christine Thach | indybay.org | 2021-05-17
This article is about recent hate crimes that have been happening towards older Asian people. Many Asians have been getting attacked because COVID happened, and many people assume that every Asian have COVID-19.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/16/18842536.php

In New India, Can the Prime Minister Never Be Criticised?
Badri Raina | zcomm.org | 2021-05-17
With FIRs being registered against those who put up a poster critical of Narendra Modi, it appears the citizen does not have the fundamental right to express an unfavourable opinion of the government and the prime minister…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/in-new-india-can-the-prime-minister-never-be-criticised/

30,000 Cases of Side Effects Reported from AstraZeneca CoviShield Vaccines in Sweden
Great Game India | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
An official tally …
globalresearch.ca/30000-cases-side-effects-reported-astrazeneca-covishield-vaccines-sweden/5745506

The Power of Romanticism Today: 21st Century Irrationalism
Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-17
"Christianity defeated and …
globalresearch.ca/power-romanticism-today-21st-century-irrationalism/5745421

Australia must stop supporting state terror in the Philippines
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-17
Filipino-Australian community groups have launched a petition to demand the Australian government stop military aid to the Philippine, reports Patricia Arcilla.
greenleft.org.au/content/australia-must-stop-supporting-state-terror-philippines

Australia must stop supporting state terror in the Philippines
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-17
Filipino-Australian community groups have launched a petition to demand the Australian government stop military aid to the Philippine, reports Patricia Arcilla.
greenleft.org.au/content/australia-must-stop-supporting-state-terror-philippines

Military Situation In Syria On May 17, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-17
Click to see full-size image | On May 16, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on SAA members in Nawa city on 15th May | On May 16, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on SDF vehicle west of Tabqah | On May 16, ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on SDF members south of Markadah | On May 16, SDF with support of US coalition carried out a security operation in the Dhiban area | On May 16, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces north of Lattakia | On May 16, Intra-…
southfront.org/military-situation-in-syria-on-may-17-2021-map-update/

Inside India's Vaccine Divide
Sumedha Pal | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-16
India, the pharmacy of the world is currently facing a devastating second wave of the COVID pandemic. With a surge in infections crossing the 400,000 mark on a daily basis, the population of over a billion people were pinning its hopes on the ongoing vaccination drive. This, as the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, is staring…
counterpunch.org/2021/05/16/inside-indias-vaccine-divide/

Asian Hate Is on the Rise
Christine Thach | indybay.org | 2021-05-16
This article is about recent hate crimes that have been happening towards older Asian people. Many Asians have been getting attacked because COVID happened, and many people assume that every Asian have COVID-19.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/16/18842536.php

Ottoman's Forever Empire and its Multiple Triggers for War
Oliver Boyd-Barrett | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-16
Trading Genocides On April 24, 2021, US President Joseph Biden declared that the massacre of 1.5 million Turkish Armenians in 1915 constituted genocide. As to whether genocide is the word Americans can consent to use about Native Americans who suffered death, torture, displacement, apartheid and disease at the hands, mainly, of European settlers in the …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/ottomans-forever-empire-and-its-multiple-triggers-for-war/

Ottoman's Forever Empire and its Multiple Triggers for War
Oliver Boyd-Barrett | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-16
Trading Genocides On April 24, 2021, US President Joseph Biden declared that the massacre of 1.5 million Turkish Armenians in 1915 constituted genocide. As to whether genocide is the word Americans can consent to use about Native Americans who suffered death, torture, displacement, apartheid and disease at the hands, mainly, of European settlers in the …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/ottomans-forever-empire-and-its-multiple-triggers-for-war/

Cyprus: Turkey to keep troops in at least five nations
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-05-16
Cyprus: Turkey to keep troops in at least five nationsRick Rozoff Turkey's Anadolu news agency cited Ersin Tatar, president of the self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, insisting that Turkish troops in Northern Cyprus would never leave. To exploit an issue that is topical as well as tragic, he gratuitously added that his domain would …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/05/16/cyprus-turkey-to-keep-troops-in-at-least-five-nations/

Turkey to Keep Troops in at Least Five Nations
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-16
Rick Rozoff Turkey's Anadolu news agency cited Ersin Tatar, president of the self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, insisting that Turkish troops in Northern Cyprus would never leave. To exploit an issue that is topical as well as tragic, he gratuitously added that his domain would not suffer the fate of another territory currently under attack:…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/16/turkey-to-keep-troops-in-at-least-five-nations/

Turkey to Keep Troops in at Least Five Nations
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-16
Rick Rozoff Turkey's Anadolu news agency cited Ersin Tatar, president of the self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, insisting that Turkish troops in Northern Cyprus would never leave. To exploit an issue that is topical as well as tragic, he gratuitously added that his domain would not suffer the fate of another territory currently under attack:…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/16/turkey-to-keep-troops-in-at-least-five-nations/

Cyprus: Turkey to keep troops in at least five nations
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-05-16
Cyprus: Turkey to keep troops in at least five nationsRick Rozoff Turkey's Anadolu news agency cited Ersin Tatar, president of the self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, insisting that Turkish troops in Northern Cyprus would never leave. To exploit an issue that is topical as well as tragic, he gratuitously added that his domain would …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/05/16/cyprus-turkey-to-keep-troops-in-at-least-five-nations/

The 'Nationalists' must consult the Nation in Finding a Way Forward
Badri Raina | zcomm.org | 2021-05-16
Close to four hundred districts in India now have a positivity rate of twenty percent or…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-nationalists-must-consult-the-nation-in-finding-a-way-forward/

Storm Of Terror: ISIS Claimed 280 Operations In Syria, Iraq In Last 30 Days
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-16
File image. | ISIS claimed that its cells had carried out 280 operations in Iraq and Syria over the last 30 days in an infographic released by its news agency, Amaq, on May 16. | According to the infographic: | ISIS cells in Iraq carried out a total of 201 operations between April 13 and May 13, including 73 attacks in Kirkuk, 57 in Diyala, 30 in Saladin, 17 in al-Anbar, 15 in Baghdad and 3 in Babylon. | ISIS cells in Syria carried out a total of 79 operations between April 13 and May 13, including 40 attacks in Deir Ez…
southfront.org/storm-of-terror-isis-claimed-280-operations-in-syria-iraq-in-last-30-days/

Military Situation In Iraq On May 16, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-16
Click to see full-size image | On May 14, a logistical convoy of the US military was targeted by an IED attack in the Naseriyah area | On May 15, the US coalition carried out nine airstrikes on the Hamrin mountains, reportedly resulting in the destruction of five ISIS hideouts | On May 16, large demonstration held in Baghdad to show solidarity with Palestinians | In the first four months of 2021, 67 individuals were killed which19 of them are Turkish soldiers, 34 PKK militants and two civilians, accor…
southfront.org/military-situation-in-iraq-on-may-16-2021-map-update/

Commander: NATO ready to fight in seven-year Black Sea conflict
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-05-16
Commander: NATO ready to fight in seven-year Black Sea conflictRick Rozoff The Romanian press, in reporting on the ongoing U.S. Army-led 30,000-troop, 27-nation war games codenamed DEFENDER-Europe 21, cited an American commander in the country characterizing them as "mutual intra-NATO defense." A suggestion: NATO should publish a Militarese-English dictionary for the uninitiated. To conduct a …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/05/16/commander-nato-ready-to-fight-in-seven-year-black-sea-conflict/

NATO Ready to Fight in Seven-Year Black Sea Conflict
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-16
Rick Rozoff The Romanian press, in reporting on the ongoing U.S. Army-led 30,000-troop, 27-nation war games codenamed DEFENDER-Europe 21, cited an American commander in the country characterizing them as "mutual intra-NATO defense." A suggestion: NATO should publish a Militarese-English dictionary for the uninitiated. To conduct a military exercise, or rather a veritable host of air, naval… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/16/nato-ready-to-fight-in-seven-year-black-sea-conflict/