2022-05-19: News Headlines

Sean Callebs (2022-05-19). The Heat: Northern Ireland Politics. america.cgtn.com Elections for Northern Ireland's Assembly earlier this month resulted in an historic outcome. For the first time in the history of the state, a nationalist party that seeks the unification of Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland came out on top. Sinn Fein won …

Adriaan Alsema (2022-05-19). Colombia's far-right trying to postpone presidential elections. colombiareports.com The far-right party of Colombia's President Ivan Duque wants to postpone the May 29 presidential elections. The Democratic Center party and its main ally, the Conservative Party, proposed to postpone…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-05-19). Colombia's opposition embarks on anti-election fraud offensive. colombiareports.com Opposition candidate Gustavo Petro has begun an offensive against election fraud in Colombia's Caribbean region. The offensive is led by Miguel Angel del Rio, an attorney who played a key…

Michael F. Brown (2022-05-19). Noa Tishby's spin fails to obscure horror at Shireen Abu Akleh's funeral procession. electronicintifada.net Actor turned official propagandist has attacked Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Bernie Sanders.

____ (2022-05-19). Australian unions promote illusions Labor will reverse wage decline. wsws.org The ACTU's feigned concern over wages is a cynical exercise to drum up support for the election of another pro-market Labor government.

____ (2022-05-19). Biden administration says government has no role in producing baby formula amidst nationwide shortage. wsws.org Seeking to tamp down immense social anger, Biden's invocation of the Defense Production Act will do little to alleviate the immediate crisis while further exposing the bankruptcy of capitalism.

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