The Great Palestinian General Strike from the Jordan River to the Sea even Reaches President Biden in Dearborn
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-19
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — President Biden came to the Ford Rouge River Plant to tout new electric vehicles, one of his signature climate-friendly programs, on Tuesday. He was met at the airport by Rep. Debbie Dingell and by Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian in the US Congress, who welcomed him but also gave …
juancole.com/2021/05/palestinian-president-dearborn.html

The Great Palestinian General Strike
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2021-05-19
From the Jordan River to the Sea even Reaches President Biden in Dearborn…
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Indian variant surges in Britain as Tory government continues reopening drive
wsws.org | 2021-05-19
A growing number of schools have reported outbreaks of Covid with the Indian variant responsible, including in Northampton where B. 1.617.2 and another Indian variant, B.1.617.1, were found.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/19/couk-m19.html

The Gilt Comes Off: Singapore Goes Into Lockdown
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-19
A clean, technology driven dystopia. A representation of our techno future. These were the introductory descriptions to a piece by science fiction author William Gibson on Singapore for Wired in 1993.
counterpunch.org/2021/05/19/the-gilt-comes-off-singapore-goes-into-lockdown/

Ban Imposter Pennie Opal Plant from the Civil Rights Movement
Quanah Brightman | indybay.org | 2021-05-19
We feel it Necessary to Make You and All Parties aware of a Imposter Wannabee Named Pennie Opal Plant. She is a Fraud Wannabee Indian Women who tries to Pass Herself off as a Tribal Citizen, Yet She is in fact a Imposter Guilty of Cultural Appropriation. | She is Associated with these two groups 1000 Grandmothers for Future Generations…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/17/18842589.php

Mysterious Drones Attacked Turkey's Diyarbakir Air Base (Photos)
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-19
Illustrative image. A PKK fighter with a modified X-UAV. | Early on May 19, two unidentified drones attacked an air base in the southern Turkish province of Diyarbakir, which is located near the border with Syria. | On Twitter, Turkey's Interior Minister, Suleyman Soylu, claimed that the attack had foiled. According to him, the drones were shot down."There is no damage whatsoever," the minister said without providing any further details on the incident. | Local sources in Diyarbakir reported a number of explosions near th…
southfront.org/mysterious-drones-attacked-turkeys-diyarbakir-air-base-photos/

Kurdish Fighters Killed Five Militants In Afrin, Turkish Forces Responded By Shelling Syrian Soldiers
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-05-19
ALF fighters, illustrative image, By: Hawar News Agency (ANHA) | Early on May 19, Kurdish fighters raided a position of the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) near the town of Bosoufane in the southern part of occupied Afrin. | According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, five fighters of the SNA's al-Sham Corps were killed during the raid. Prior to the attack, three people, allegedly civilians, were injured, when Kurdish fighters targeted a mini truck near Bosoufane wi…
southfront.org/kurdish-fighters-killed-five-militants-in-afrin-turkish-forces-responded-by-shelling-syrian-soldiers/

Egypt Will Allocate 500 Million Dollars to Rebuild Gaza Strip
telesurenglish.net | 2021-05-18
Several Egyptian companies will participate in the recovery of the coastal enclave, El-Sisi said during a tripartite summit in France, in the presence of his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, and Jordanian King Abdullah II Ben Hussein, to discuss developments in the Palestinian territories. | RELATED: | Egypt Opens Border With Gaza To Receive Wounded Palestinians | The Egyptian leader stated that the only radical and fair way to "break the vicious circle of chronic violence" i…
telesurenglish.net/news/Egypt-Will-Allocate-500-Million-Dollars-to-Rebuild-Gaza-Strip-20210518-0017.html

Covid-19 Is a Global Threat to Humanity—and Requires an International Response
Jesse Jackson | commondreams.org | 2021-05-18
"With the U.S. well on the way to beating the pandemic at home, we must lift our sights to join in combating it across the world." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/india_3.jpg …
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The Heat: COVID-19 crisis in India poses threat to Southeast Asia
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2021-05-18
The World Health Organization says the coronavirus variant that's devastated India could threaten Southeast Asia countries.
america.cgtn.com/2021/05/18/the-heat-covid-19-crisis-in-india-poses-threat-to-southeast-asia

Patents versus the People
Prabhat Patnaik | mronline.org | 2021-05-18
ON October 2, 2020, even before any vaccines against COVID-19 had been approved, India and South Africa had proposed to the WTO that a temporary patent waiver should be granted on all such innovations. | May 18, 2021…
mronline.org/2021/05/18/patents-versus-the-people/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=patents-versus-the-people

Indian govt. should properly explain vaccine doses gap: Satyajit Rath
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-18
In this video, eminent immunologist Dr. Satyajit Rath, talks about the government decision to extend the gap between COVID-19 vaccine doses and the lack of information around it.
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/05/18/indian-govt-should-properly-explain-vaccine-doses-gap-satyajit-rath/

The Gilt Comes Off: Singapore Goes Into Lockdown
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-18
A clean, technology driven dystopia. A representation of our techno future. These were the introductory descriptions to a piece by science fiction author William Gibson on Singapore for Wired in 1993. "Imagine an Asian version of Zurich operating as an offshore capsule at the foot of Malaysia; an affluent microcosm whose citizens inhabit something that …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/the-gilt-comes-off-singapore-goes-into-lockdown/

Azerbaijan holds new large-scale war games after armed incursion into Armenia
Rick Rozoff | antibellum679354512.wordpress.com | 2021-05-18
Azerbaijan holds new large-scale war games after armed incursion into ArmeniaRick Rozoff On May 16 Azerbaijan kicked off large-scale war games after its troops encroached on Armenian territory almost a week ago. This is the third series of Azerbaijani war games since last August, the first having preceded the Azerbaijani-Turkish attack on Nagorno-Karabakh by only …
antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/05/18/azerbaijan-holds-new-large-scale-war-games-after-armed-incursion-into-armenia/

To divide workers, Tamil nationalists sow pro-imperialist lies on Sri Lankan war
wsws.org | 2021-05-18
Washington, the EU and the Indian state are complicit in the ethnic bloodshed in Sri Lanka that the Tamil nationalist groups claim these powers will resolve.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/18/tami-m18.html

Dispatches from India : Rocky road ahead for the Indian economy
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-18
In this episode, we take a look at the controversial Central Vista project that seeks to change the very face of Delhi, the bumpy road ahead for the Indian economy and the vexing question of patents for vaccines…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/05/18/indian-economy-rocky-road-ahead/

The Jakarta Method Never Ended
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-18
By Randy Shields — May 14, 2021 | Review of Vincent Bevins's The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World | Prepare to read Vincent Bevins's The Jakarta Method in one sitting because it's impossible to put down. The book is a summation of the US government assisting the Indonesian military in killing approximately one million civilians from October 1965 through March 1966. | While the Vietnam War got most of the headlines, in Indonesia…
orinocotribune.com/the-jakarta-method-never-ended/

Population Growth and the Which Way Is Up Problem in Economics
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2021-05-18
Paul Krugman's column today commented on the recent data showing continuing low fertility rates, which is likely to mean a stagnant or declining working age population in future years. Krugman points out that this is no big deal; Japan and Europe have been living with declining working age populations and have managed just fine. But …
cepr.net/population-growth-and-the-which-way-is-up-problem-in-economics/

Population Growth and the Which Way Is Up Problem in Economics
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2021-05-18
Paul Krugman's column today commented on the recent data showing continuing low fertility rates, which is likely to mean a stagnant or declining working age population in future years. Krugman points out that this is no big deal; Japan and Europe have been living with declining working age populations and have managed just fine. But …
cepr.net/population-growth-and-the-which-way-is-up-problem-in-economics/

Jordan Peterson's New Rules Are Old News
Katha Pollitt | thenation.com | 2021-05-18
Jordan Peterson's New Rules Are Old News…
thenation.com/article/culture/jordan-peterson-new-book/

Meet the Woman Who Would Transform the Nation's Most Powerful DA's Office
Moustafa Bayoumi | thenation.com | 2021-05-18
Meet the Woman Who Would Transform the Nation's Most Powerful DA's Office…
thenation.com/article/politics/thane-aboushi-da/

The Woman in the Window: Unable to leave her house, she sees a crime
wsws.org | 2021-05-18
Anna Fox, an alcoholic child psychologist, suffers from agoraphobia. She is unable to leave her Manhattan brownstone. Through her front windows, she begins to pay attention to the Russells, a family that has moved in across the street.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/18/wind-m18.html