White House embraces "Wuhan Lab" conspiracy theory
wsws.org | 2021-05-27
On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden publicly embraced the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 may have been released from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, ordering the US intelligence agencies to produce a report within 90 days into the potentially man-made origins of the disease.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/27/pers-m27.html
Life Insurance and COVID-19; Something Doesn't Make Sense
Jeff Harris | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-27
You would think …
globalresearch.ca/life-insurance-covid-19-something-doesnt-make-sense/5746376
No Tokyo Olympics: As COVID Spikes in Japan, Calls Grow to Cancel Games. IOC Refuses. Who Profits?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-27
Pressure is growing on organizers to cancel the Tokyo Olympics as Japan struggles to contain a fourth wave of COVID-19 cases. The games, which were delayed by a year due to the pandemic, are scheduled to begin July 23 even though less than 3% of the Japanese population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, one of the lowest rates in the developed world. Jules Boykoff, author and former Olympic athlete who played for the U.S. Olympic soccer team, says the "extremely lopsided" contracts the International Olympic Committee signs with host countries give the body ultimate authority over whether or not to cancel…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/27/cancel_tokyo_olympics
Dr. Monica Gandhi on the Origins of COVID-19, Vaccine Equity, the Debate over Masks & More
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-27
President Joe Biden has ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to investigate the origins of COVID-19 as new questions are being raised over whether an accidental leak from a Chinese virology lab is to blame for the pandemic. The Wall Street Journal reports three employees of the Wuhan Institute of Virology fell ill with COVID-like symptoms in the autumn of 2019 and were hospitalized in November of that year, before the first recorded case of COVID-19. China has criticized the Biden administration's call for a new probe, saying the lab leak hypothesis is a "conspiracy created by U.S. intelligence agencies." In March,…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/27/covid_19_origins_wuhan_lab_leak
Headlines for May 27, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-27
Transit Worker Fatally Shoots 9, Then Himself, at San Jose Rail Yard, Senate Republicans Blast Biden's ATF Nominee over His Support for Gun Controls, Texas "Constitutional Carry" Bill to Allow People to Openly Carry Handguns Without Permits, Dutch Court Orders Shell Oil Company to Halve Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030, Australia Orders Coronavirus Lockdown for 7 Million; Taiwan Battles Its Worst COVID Outbreak, Biden Orders Probe into COVID-19 Origins; States Offer Prizes to Vaccinated Residents, Iran Nuclear Deal Talks Offer Hope as IAEA Head Expresses Concern over Uranium Enrichment, Another Political Candidat…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/27/headlines
Biden's Eloquence About George Floyd Is Likely to Soon Ring Hollow
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
Black Lives Matter can't just be a slogan…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/26/18842757.php
US-funded Belarusian Regime-Change Activist Arrested on Plane Joined neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Ben Norton | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
By Ben Norton — May 26, 2021 | Belarusian regime-change activist Roman Protasevich, whose arrest on a grounded plane caused a global scandal, joined Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and was cultivated by the US government's media apparatus. | A high-profile Belarusian regime-change activist whose detention on a forcibly grounded airplane caused an international scandal has extensive links to neo-fascist groups, which his political sponsors in Western capitals have conveniently overlooked. | Right-wing activist Roman Protasevich was traveling on the Irish airliner Ryanair on May 23 when the plane crossed int…
orinocotribune.com/us-funded-belarusian-regime-change-activist-arrested-on-plane-joined-neo-nazis-in-ukraine/
The Strategic Significance of the Syrian Elections
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-27
The Hybrid War …
globalresearch.ca/strategic-significance-syrian-elections/5746296
Days Before Approving Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, State Department Agreed to Contentious Bomb Sale to Israel
Alex Kane | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-27
Today, the Biden …
globalresearch.ca/days-before-approving-humanitarian-aid-gaza-state-department-agreed-contentious-bomb-sale-israel/5746360
Southwest Airlines flight attendant attacked amid growing number of assaults by those opposed to coronavirus restrictions
wsws.org | 2021-05-27
Workers across the US are being subjected to the aggressive behavior of anti-vaxxers and others opposed to masking requirements as the Biden administration continues it push to completely reopen the economy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/27/wrab-j01.html
International delegation visits Douma day before Syrian elections
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-27
Douma, Syria – On Tuesday, May 25, one day before the Syrian election, an international delegation, which includes a number of observers from the U.S., visited the war-torn cities of Douma and Jobar just outside Damascus. The observers viewed tunnel networks used by terrorists during the six-year occupation of the city and spoke to residents who had returned after the city was liberated in 2018 by the Syrian Arab Army. | Soldiers guided the delegation through the city riddled with rubble and bullet holes as far as the eye can see. The area had been occupied by the Saudi-backed Jaish al Islam from 2012 until 2018.
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/26/international-delegation-visits-douma-day-syrian-elections
South Korean president backs US war plans in summit with Biden
wsws.org | 2021-05-27
Biden used the meeting with President Moon to shore up the US-South Korean alliance as Washington continues to threaten China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/27/uskr-m27.html
Recently Detained Belarussian neo-Nazi "Journalist" Protasevich Served in Canadian Backed neo-Nazi Azov Battalion
Aidan Jonah | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
By Aidan Jonah — May 25, 2021 | Update: Purported "journalist" Protasevich confirmed beyond a doubt to be a neo-Nazi who fought with Canadian backed Azov Battalion for a year. | Belarusian "journalist" Raman Protasevich has come into the news after being arrested by Belarusian police on May 23. Protasevich has been described as a brave journalist fighting for democracy, the typical description of suspicious figures salivated over by mainstream media. | Notably, the Belarussian government argues that "The Ryanair plane made an emergency landing due to a bomb threat on 23 May in Minsk, which later turned out t…
orinocotribune.com/recently-detained-belarussian-neo-nazi-journalist-protasevich-served-in-canadian-backed-neo-nazi-azov-battalion/
Chile: Elections pave the way to a new country
Victor Figueroa Clark | greenleft.org.au | 2021-05-27
The elections for Chile's Constitutional Convention show a massive public desire for true social-political transformation and, crucially, provide the means to achieve it. | Elections to the Constituent Convention charged with writing a new Constitution for Chile have yielded a result nobody expected. The left went into the elections divided across many lists, the right was united under one banner, the parties of the social-liberal Concertación [Coalition of Parties for Democracy] under another. | Of the 155 seats, polls predicted that the Concertación list would get 45 seats, the right wing coalition, Vamos por C…
greenleft.org.au/content/chile-elections-pave-way-new-country
America's Next big Swing Towards Fascism is Much Closer Than we'd Like to Think
Rainer Shea | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-27
In Germany during the start of the 1930s, the economic damage the country had already been undergoing throughout the last decade or so due to its imperial collapse from overconfident military adventures combined with the Great Depression to bring nationwide desperation. The suffering of the masses was exploited by the Nazis, who justified their scapegoating of the Jews through a mishmash of antisemitic conspiracy theories. They claimed that the Jews had conspired to "stab Germany in the back" following World War I, and that the only way to right this wrong was to eliminate the Jews so that the "Aryan nation" coul…
orinocotribune.com/americas-next-big-swing-towards-fascism-is-much-closer-than-wed-like-to-think/
Biden's Pledge to Rein in Arms Deals Is Already Eroding
William D. Hartung | thenation.com | 2021-05-27
Biden's Pledge to Rein in Arms Deals Is Already Eroding…
thenation.com/article/world/bidens-pledge-to-rein-in-arms-deals-is-already-eroding/
Military Situation In Syria On May 27, 2021 (Map Update)
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-27
Click to see full-size image | On May 26, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 42 times: 21 — in Idlib province, 14 — in Latakia province, 3 — in Hama province, 4 — in Aleppo province | On May 26, unknown militants attacked two government buildings in Daraa that were designated as polling centers for the presidential election. Minor damage was reported | On May 26, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Kafr Uwaid…
southfront.org/military-situation-in-syria-on-may-27-2021-map-update/
George Floyd's Death, The Working Class & Capitalism With IBT808 Pres Chris Silvera
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-05-27
Chris Silvera, the president of IBT Local 808 talks about racism and the continuing murders one year after the death of George Floyd. He also discusses the failure of the national unions to stand up to the racists, sexist and xenophobic attacks of former president Trump.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/25/18842749.php
They're Not Conservatives, They're Extremists
John Feffer | juancole.com | 2021-05-27
( Foreign Policy in Focus ) — By mislabelling the radical members of the Republican Party "conservative," the mainstream media gives them a veneer of respectability. By John Feffer | May 26, 2021 The House Freedom Caucus is routinely described as conservative, by its members, by the mainstream media, by Wikipedia. The caucus, which draws …
juancole.com/2021/05/theyre-conservatives-extremists.html
Syracuse, NY: Teamsters gather for meet-and-greet with O'Brien-Zuckerman Slate candidates
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-27
Syracuse, NY – On May 23, around 100 Teamsters gathered at Ye Olde Clipper Tavern here to meet candidates in the O'Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United Slate, also referred to as the OZ Slate. After about an hour of shaking hands and speaking with the attendees, OZ Slate candidates took to a podium to speak to the members about the issues in the upcoming Teamster leadership elections. The candidates laid out their vision to reverse decades of concessions and membership decline in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. | Secretary Treasurer of Teamsters Local 89 and current International Vice President Avral Thom…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/26/syracuse-ny-teamsters-gather-meet-and-greet-o-brien-zuckerman-slate-candidates
Headlines for May 26, 2021
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-26
George Floyd's Family Calls for Passage of Policing Act as Nation Marks One Year Since His Killing, Blinken Says U.S. Will Reopen Jerusalem Consulate, Pledges Aid for Gaza as U.S. OKs New Arms Sales to Israel, Israel Arrests Hundreds of Palestinians; UNRWA Head Apologizes for Remarks on Israeli Assault, U.S. Joins Calls to Further Probe Origins of COVID-19, 50% of U.S. Adults Fully Vaccinated; Moderna's Vaccine Is 100% Effective in 12- to 17-Year-Olds, Kristen Clarke Sworn In as First Black Woman to Lead the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, Iraqi Security Forces Kill Protester at Rally Demanding Accountability for Mu…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/26/headlines
US-funded Belarusian regime-change activist arrested on plane joined neo-Nazis in Ukraine
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2021-05-26
Belarusian regime-change activist Roman Protasevich, whose arrest on a grounded plane caused a global scandal, joined Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov Battalion and was cultivated by the US government's media apparatus. A high-profile Belarusian regime-change activist whose detention on a forcibly grounded airplane caused an international scandal has extensive links to neo-fascist groups, which his political sponsors in Western capitals have conveniently overlooked. Right-wing activist Roman Protasevich was traveling on the Irish airliner Ryanair on May 23 when the plane crossed into …
thegrayzone.com/2021/05/26/belarus-roman-protasevich-plane-nazis-ukraine/
Rashida Tlaib Demands That Social Media Companies Stop Censoring Palestinians
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-26
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has written a letter to social media companies asking that they stop removing and suspending posts and users from their platforms for spreading information about Israeli violence against Palestinians. | The letter to Facebook, Twitter and ByteDance, which owns TikTok, asks the companies to answer a series of questions on their methodologies for removing certain posts and highlights a double standard in censorship of Palestinians online. | "I write with urgent…
truthout.org/articles/rashida-tlaib-demands-that-social-media-companies-stop-censoring-palestinians/
Warren Shames Chase's Dimon, Other Big Bank CEOs for Charging Overdraft Fees During Pandemic
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"The big bank CEOs came to the Senate today to talk about how they stepped up and took care of customers during the pandemic—and I told them that's a bunch of baloney. They nickel and dimed their struggling customers with overdraft fees to line their own pockets," says Sen. Elizabeth Warren. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/elizabethwarren-2021-senate-2600×1361.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2021/05/26/warren-shames-chases-dimon-other-big-bank-ceos-charging-overdraft-fees-during?cd-origin=rss
Students demand U of MN divest from companies aiding Israeli apartheid
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-05-26
Minneapolis, MN – On Friday, May 21, Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of Minnesota held a protest calling for university divestment from companies funding the Israeli apartheid. | Over 150 students and community members rallied at the Memorial Union, where speakers voiced their anger with the university administration for complicity with the genocide against Palestinians and its giving support to Zionist student groups. Additionally, students condemned the administration's lack of action following the passage of two separate referendums in campus elections: one in 2018 calling for divestment f…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/5/25/students-demand-u-mn-divest-companies-aiding-israeli-apartheid
A Year Later: Are Palestinians like George Floyd?
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-26
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — May 26 was the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd by Minnesota police, and President Biden had the victim's family to the White House, where they lobbied the president on police reform. George Floyd could not have imagined how he would become an international symbol of the victimization …
juancole.com/2021/05/later-palestinians-george.html
How Chavismo Will Select Candidates for November Mega-Election
José Manuel Blanco Diaz | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-26
Chavismo will select the contenders for the regional and municipal elections of November 21 through a methodology that will allow the Chavista bases to directly nominate their candidates. | This was announced by President Nicolás Maduro, who is also president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), the largest political group within the Great Patriotic Pole (GPP) alliance. | "Comrade Diosdado Cabello has issued a comprehensive proposal for the purpose of consulting the consensus of the party bases," stated Maduro. "For it is among the bases where the candidates for governors, mayors, deputies and counc…
orinocotribune.com/how-chavismo-will-select-candidates-for-november-mega-election/
"America on Fire": Historian Elizabeth Hinton on George Floyd, Policing & Black Rebellion
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-26
Protests and vigils were held across the U.S. to mark one year since the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd's death sparked a national uprising and global movement against systemic racism and police brutality. Elizabeth Hinton, an associate professor of history and African American studies at Yale University and a professor of law at Yale Law School, connects the Black Lives Matter protests to a long history of Black rebellion against police violence in her new book "America on Fire" and notes that the U.S. has had previous opportunities to address systemic racism and state violence, but change r…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/26/elizabeth_hinton_america_on_fire
Marcus Smith "Died Like an Animal" When Cops Hogtied Him. Police Have Known for Decades It Can Kill
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-26
Despite decades of warnings against the practice, police departments across the country continue to hogtie people during arrests, sometimes with fatal results. On September 8, 2018, Marcus Smith, a 38-year-old homeless Black man in Greensboro, North Carolina, was facing a mental health crisis and asked police officers for help. Instead, eight white officers brutally and fatally hogtied him. Police videos show officers pushed Smith face down on the street and tied a belt around his ankles, then attached it to his cuffed hands so tightly that his knees were lifted off the pavement. Smith's family filed a lawsuit in…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/26/marcus_smith_police_death_hogtied
Belarus' Ryanair Flight Diversion Might Open Pandora's Box
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-26
Belarus' fighter jet-assisted …
globalresearch.ca/belarus-ryanair-flight-diversion-might-open-pandora-box/5746198
Biden State Department Quietly Grants Boeing License for $735 Million Bomb Sale
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-26
The Biden administration has reportedly granted Boeing an export license for the sale of $735 million in advanced weaponry to the Israeli government, news that came as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pledged $5.5 million in emergency aid to help Gaza recover from the latest Israeli bombing campaign. | Citing an un…
truthout.org/articles/biden-state-department-quietly-grants-boeing-license-for-735-million-bomb-sale/
Loosening the Tie to Israel
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2021-05-26
After bombing over a thousand targets in Gaza, where genuine strategic targets are few and far between, even Israeli leaders decided that the backlash from killing Palestinian children was too much to bear. Nevertheless, the mainstream media is giving credit to President Joe Biden for arranging a cease fire between Israel and Gaza that was determined by conditions on the ground and not humanitarian concerns.
counterpunch.org/2021/05/26/loosening-the-tie-to-israel/
Video: Ryanair's Landing in Belarus and Its Far-reaching Impact on Europe
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-26
Belarus has been …
globalresearch.ca/video-ryanair-landing-belarus-far-reaching-impact-europe/5746233
Iran: The Election Trump did succeed in Spoiling
Farhang Jahanpour | juancole.com | 2021-05-26
Oxford, U.K (Special to Informed Comment) — Although Iran is one of the few countries in the Middle East that has regular presidential, parliamentary and local council elections, those elections are far from free and fair when judged by the standards of advanced democracies. The June, 2021 polls will be even more flawed, in large …
juancole.com/2021/05/election-succeed-spoiling.html
They're Not Conservatives, They're Extremists
RobertAlvarez | ips-dc.org | 2021-05-26
The House Freedom Caucus is routinely described as conservative, by its members, by the mainstream media, by Wikipedia. The caucus, which draws together 45 Republican Party members of the House of Representatives, is…
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The Russia-China Relationship Points to a Better Future for the World
James O'Neill | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-05-26
The United States is openly stating its desire for a better relationship with Russia. At the recent meeting in Reykjavík, Iceland, United States secretary of state Blinken and his Russian counterpart Lavrov held what has been termed as a cordial meeting. It is well known that United States president Biden is anxious for a meeting …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/05/the-russia-china-relationship-points-to-a-better-future-for-the-world/
Biden's latest executive order takes aim at climate change's threat to economy
Naveena Sadasivam | peoplesworld.org | 2021-05-26
Climate change could wreak havoc on nearly every aspect of life, and the U.S. financial system is no exception: Local housing market crashes and absurdly high insurance premiums are just two potential examples of the fallout. The federal government is beginning to act on these possibilities. On Thursday, President Joe Biden signed an executive order directing government agencies to expand their …
peoplesworld.org/article/bidens-latest-executive-order-takes-aim-at-climate-changes-threat-to-economy/
Ripping Away Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Will Disproportionately Harm Working-Class Moms
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2021-05-26
MarketWatch See article on original site All but a handful of Republican-led states have announced their intent to withdraw from the federal government's supplemental unemployment benefits program. Doing so will reduce benefits for jobless residents in these states by $300 per week. Republicans have blamed the more generous benefits for labor shortages and sluggish recovery …
cepr.net/ripping-away-enhanced-unemployment-benefits-will-disproportionately-harm-working-class-moms/
In the Lead up to June Mobilization, Over 300 Groups Call for President Biden to take Presidential Action to Stop the Line 3 Pipeline Project
commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
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commondreams.org/newswire/2021/05/26/lead-june-mobilization-over-300-groups-call-president-biden-take-presidential?cd-origin=rss
As Mobilization Gains Steam, Over 300 Groups Implore Biden to 'Stop Line 3'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
"Line 3 is a climate bomb waiting to go off," warned one organizer. Opponents of the project are urging President Joe Biden to stop it. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/line3-dapl-protest-dc-2600×1361.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2021/05/26/mobilization-gains-steam-over-300-groups-implore-biden-stop-line-3?cd-origin=rss
Biden EPA Reverses Trump 'Secret Science' Rule
commondreams.org | 2021-05-26
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commondreams.org/newswire/2021/05/26/biden-epa-reverses-trump-secret-science-rule?cd-origin=rss
The Party of White Grievance Has Never Cared About Democracy
Steve Phillips | thenation.com | 2021-05-26
The Party of White Grievance Has Never Cared About Democracy…
thenation.com/article/politics/democracy-race-power/
How America Went From Mom-and-Pop Capitalism to Techno-Feudalism
Ellen Brown | zcomm.org | 2021-05-26
The crisis of 2020 has created the greatest wealth gap in history. The middle class, capitalism and democracy are all under threat. What went wrong and what can be done?
zcomm.org/znetarticle/how-america-went-from-mom-and-pop-capitalism-to-techno-feudalism/
Iran announces final list of candidates for June 18 presidential election
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-26
The Guardian Council headed by supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei approved a list of seven candidates out of a total of 592 applicants. Most of the approved candidates belong to conservative groups…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/05/26/iran-announces-final-list-of-candidates-for-june-18-presidential-election/
34 candidates assassinated ahead of parliamentary and subnational elections in Mexico
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-05-26
According to the consulting firm Etellekt's latest report on political violence, so far, 88 politicians have been assassinated since the beginning of the election campaign in September 2020. 34 of them were aspiring candidates for the upcoming legislative, regional and municipal elections in Mexico…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/05/26/34-candidates-assassinated-ahead-of-parliamentary-and-subnational-elections-in-mexico/
America dominant again (in arms sales)
William D. Hartung | nationofchange.org | 2021-05-26
Will Biden continue to promote this country as the world's top arms exporter of all time?>…
nationofchange.org/2021/05/26/america-dominant-again-in-arms-sales/
Many Wait Uneasily as Biden Unwinds Key Trump Asylum Policy
The Associated Press | latinorebels.com | 2021-05-26
As President Joe Biden undoes Trump immigration policies that he considers inhumane, he faces a major question: How far should he go to right his predecessor's perceived wrongs?>…
latinorebels.com/2021/05/26/bidenunwindskeytrumpasylumpolicy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bidenunwindskeytrumpasylumpolicy