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

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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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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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/

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

Asian Hate Is on the Rise
Christine Thach | indybay.org | 2021-05-18
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

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/

Colonialism & Imperialism are the Root of Venezuela's Economic Problems, Not Socialism, Says US Economist Michael Hudson (#SanctionsKill)
Steve Lalla | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-18
May 16 (Special for OrinocoTribune.com)–The US oligarchy became wealthy by exploiting the labor and natural resources of peoples and lands across the Americas, Africa, and Asia. In our millennium, Venezuela's assets were seized by an empire in decline. As its economy continues to weaken, the US lashes out with increasingly desperate policies of economic "sanctions" against those that try to break out of its orbit. In the process, it drives its enemies together. | "Ironically, America's attempt to isolate other countries is turning into an attempt to isolate itself," said economist Michael Hudson recently. O…
orinocotribune.com/colonialism-imperialism-are-the-root-of-venezuelas-economic-problems-not-socialism-says-us-economist-michael-hudson-sanctionskill/

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/

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

Tamil nationalists sow pro-imperialist lies on Sri Lankan war to divide workers
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

Ban Imposter Pennie Opal Plant from the Civil Rights Movement
Quanah Brightman | indybay.org | 2021-05-18
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

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/

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/

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

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

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/

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

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/

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

Colonialism & Imperialism are the Root of Venezuela's Economic Problems, Not Socialism
Internationalist 360 ∞ | libya360.wordpress.com | 2021-05-17
Steve Lalla The US oligarchy became wealthy by exploiting the labor and natural resources of peoples and lands across the Americas, Africa, and Asia. In our millennium, Venezuela's assets were seized by an empire in decline. As its economy continues to weaken, the US lashes out with increasingly desperate policies of economic "sanctions" against those… Read…
libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/17/colonialism-imperialism-are-the-root-of-venezuelas-economic-problems-not-socialism/

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/