(2021-05-09). Sunday 5/9: CODEPINK Mother's Day Peace Rally. indybay.org Golden Gate Bridge, Welcome Center Plaza, S.F. Side…
(2021-05-09). Bill Gates, The White Man's Burden And Modi Government's Vaccine Debacle. popularresistance.org The incompetence of the Indian government is starkly visible in its handling of the current COVID-19 crisis. It fares even worse on the vaccine front. Its belief in the ideology of free-market capitalism is that the market will magically produce whatever we need. This is why it starved the 7 public sector vaccine manufacturing units (Down to Earth, 17 April 2021) of any support. And also gave the public sector vaccine, Covaxin, developed by ICMR and National Institute of Virology to a private company, Bharat Biotech on an exclusive basis. It also believed that Serum Institute of India, another private sector comp…
(2021-05-09). US Navy Seized Large Weapons Shipment In North Arabian Sea (Video, Photos). southfront.org 
021028-N-0780F-001.Souda Bay, Crete, Greece (Oct. 28, 2002) — The guided missile cruiser, USS Monterey (CG 61), departs Souda Bay after a brief port visit. U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley. (RELEASED). | On May 8, the US Navy 5th Fleet announced that one of its warships had seized a weapons shipment in the North Arabian Sea. | In a statement, the 5th Fleet revealed that that the shipment was hidden aboard a stateless dhow. The guided-…
(2021-05-09). Crashing Out In Hartlepool: Labour Ills And Teflon Boris. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | By-election results make poor predictors. The government of the day can often count on a swing against it by irritated voters keen to remind it they exist. It's an opportunity to mete out mild punishment. But the loss of the seat in Hartlepool by the British Labour party is ominous for party apparatchiks. For the first time in 62 years, the Conservatives won the traditional heartland Labour seat, netting 15,529 votes. Labour's tally: 8,589. The swing…
(2021-05-09). Divest in Israel's Elbit on Tohono O'odham Nation and in Palestine. indybay.org The 'Divest in Elbit' panel today reveals the surveillance and weapons of the Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems, targeting Tohono O'odham and Palestinians, by way of U.S. contracts and funding, violating human rights and international law.
(2021-05-09). President Maduro Criticizes Officials who end up Becoming 'Little Kings' — Lácteos Los Andes. orinocotribune.com All public servants, elected by vote or designated by the president of the Republic, must govern in response to the needs of the people and not become "little kings," said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. | This Friday, May 7, during the inauguration of the presidential council of the popular government of the working class, President Maduro reiterated that one of the priority tasks of the vice-presidency for Social and Territorial Socialism, headed by Eduardo Piñate, is precisely to govern with the forces of the Popular Power. | "It cannot be that a mayor, a governor, a president is elected, that one is name…
(2021-05-09). Crashing Out in Hartlepool: Labour Ills and Teflon Boris. dissidentvoice.org By-election results make poor predictors. The government of the day can often count on a swing against it by irritated voters keen to remind it they exist. It's an opportunity to mete out mild punishment. But the loss of the seat in Hartlepool by the British Labour party is ominous for party apparatchiks. For the …
(2021-05-09). US Navy Says It Seized Illicit Shipment of Weapons in North Arabian Sea. sputniknews.com The cargo, found in the Indian Ocean, reportedly contained Russian and Chinese-made "illegal" weapons, and it remains unknown from where the weapons were taken and where they were supposed to be delivered.
(2021-05-09). US Navy Seizes Arms Shipment In North Arabian Sea. eurasiareview.com The US Navy said it seized an illicit arms shipment from a stateless dhow in international waters of the North Arabian Sea on May 6-7, 2021. | The cache of weapons included dozens of advanced Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles, thousands of Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, and hundreds of PKM machine guns, sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenades launchers, the US Navy said, adding that other weapon components included advanced optical sights. | In a statement, the Navy said that the USS Monterey and its embarked U.S. Coast Guard Advanced Interdiction Team (AIT) discovered the illicit cargo during a rout…
(2021-05-09). Hologram Experts Can Now Create Real-Life Images That Move In The Air. eurasiareview.com They may be tiny weapons, but Brigham Young University's holography research group has figured out how to create lightsabers — green for Yoda and red for Darth Vader, naturally — with actual luminous beams rising from them. | Inspired by the displays of science fiction, the researchers have also engineered battles between equally small versions of the Starship Enterprise and a Klingon Battle Cruiser that incorporate photon torpedoes launching and striking the enemy vessel that you can see with the naked eye. | "What you're seeing in the scenes we create is real; there is nothing computer generated about them…
(2021-05-09). Datos biométricos y capitalismo de vigilancia. globalizacion.ca La reciente creación de un Padrón Nacional de Usuariosde Telefonía Móvil, que obliga al registro de los datos biométricos de todos los usuarios, ha abierto un debate necesario sobre sus impactos potenciales. No obstante, faltan elementos de contexto fundamentales. | La…
(2021-05-09). Two People Dead in Light Plane Crash in Russia's Tatarstan. sputniknews.com UFA (Sputnik) – A maintenance worker, who was supposed to repair a light-engine plane in Russia's Tatarstan region, hijacked the aircraft and crashed while landing, which resulted in his and the other passenger's deaths, local investigative authorities said on Sunday.
(2021-05-09). VIDEO: Chinese rocket debris crashes back to Earth. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) — The remnants of China's largest rocket have plummeted back to Earth, plunging into the Indian Ocean near the Maldives, according to Chinese state media, ending days of speculation over where the debris would hit.
(2021-05-08). Sunday 5/9: CODEPINK Mother's Day Peace Rally. indybay.org Golden Gate Bridge, Welcome Center Plaza, S.F. Side…
(2021-05-08). Financialized Capitalism in India. dissidentvoice.org 
India — gripped by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic — has been endlessly witnessing desperate scrambles for hospital beds, the dire need for oxygen and mass cremation. Amid all this, the stock market is booming. In fact, Mumbai Sensex has signaled that bullish trends have been on the rise. Over the year ending …
(2021-05-08). Bill Gates, the White Man's Burden and Modi Government's Vaccine Debacle. libya360.wordpress.com Prabir Purkayastha An incompetent, vainglorious leadership, combined with the right-wing belief in magical capitalism, has led to the disaster that India is now facing The incompetence of the Indian government is starkly visible in its handling of the current COVID-19 crisis. It fares even worse on the vaccine front. Its belief in the ideology of…
(2021-05-08). Colombia an Imperial Beachhead: The War of the Colombian Oligarchy and Duque against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
By Mison Verdad — May 4, 2021 | One year after it sought to invade Venezuela and capture President Nicolás Maduro with Operation Gideón, the Colombian government continues to participate in conspiracies planned in Washington to bring about regime change in Caracas. | Since 2018, when the attempted assassination of President Maduro and the Venezuelan military high command was thwarted with the use of explosive drones, Bogotá's willingness to serve as an operational base to plan attacks against Venezuela has been confirmed with every step it takes and laid bare before the international media and diplomatic sho…
(2021-05-08). Book review: "The Holly" shines light on Denver's "urban war industrial complex" liberationnews.org 
In the context of last fall's attack on Denver and Aurora protest leaders, the book serves to educate the movement in Denver on a matter as relevant as ever — the machinations of the police to infiltrate and destroy the Black community and movements for Black liberation.
(2021-05-08). War In Ukraine Is Not Over: Losses Reported By Both Sides (Map Update). southfront.org 
ILLUSRATIVE IMAGE: Forces of the Donetsk People's Republic | On May 8th, the official sources of National Militia of Donetsk People's Republic reported deaths of three of its soldiers. They were reportedly killed as a result of a mortar fire near the village of Styla, south of Donetsk."Militants of the 1st battalion of the 93rd brigade fired 82-mm mortars at the area of the locality of Styla. To preserve the life and health of the residents of the Republic, the People's Militia units were forced to return fire from weapons not prohibited by…
(2021-05-08). War In Ukraine Is Not Over: Losses Reported By Both Sides (Map Update). southfront.org ILLUSRATIVE IMAGE: Forces of the Donetsk People's Republic | On May 8th, the official sources of National Militia of Donetsk People's Republic reported deaths of three of its soldiers. They were reportedly killed as a result of a mortar fire near the village of Styla, south of Donetsk."Militants of the 1st battalion of the 93rd brigade fired 82-mm mortars at the area of the locality of Styla. To preserve the life and health of the residents of the Republic, the People's Militia units were forced to return fire from weapons not prohib…
(2021-05-08). Divest in Israel's Elbit on Tohono O'odham Nation and in Palestine. indybay.org The 'Divest in Elbit' panel today reveals the surveillance and weapons of the Israeli defense contractor Elbit Systems, targeting Tohono O'odham and Palestinians, by way of U.S. contracts and funding, violating human rights and international law.
(2021-05-08). Re-Engaging Russia — OpEd. eurasiareview.com Russian realignment offers the biggest opportunity to dramatically transform the international situation in the immediate future. A cooperative relationship between Russia and the Industrialized World could be a highly visible example of democratic development, strongly undercutting Chinese promotion of autocracy and minimizing cyber intrusions. It would also significantly reduce requirements for military forces, including a potential for major reductions in nuclear weapons. Diplomatically, collaboration with Russia could help resolve confrontations in Afghanistan, Venezuela, Ukraine, Belarus, Syria and Myanma…
(2021-05-08). Iraqi Army seize number of ISIL weapons in Al-Anbar. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA) — During an operation in Al-Anbar province, Iraqi army forces seized a number of weapons belonging to the ISIL terrorist members in the province.
(2021-05-08). Official: Ukraine certain of receiving lethal weapons from NATO. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Official: Ukraine certain of receiving lethal weapons from NATORick Rozoff Leonid Kravchuk, one of the three signatories to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and Ukraine's first president, told one of his nation's television networks on May 7 that he was sure of the U.S. and other NATO delivering lethal weapons to Ukraine. Weapons required …
(2021-05-08). Official: Ukraine Certain of Receiving Lethal Weapons From NATO. news.antiwar.com Leonid Kravchuk, one of the three signatories to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and Ukraine's first president, told one of his nation's television networks on May 7 that he was sure of the U.S. and other NATO delivering lethal weapons to Ukraine. Weapons required to continue the seven-year war against the Donetsk and Lugansk …
(2021-05-08). New York City Restaurants See Drop in Employment Rates After Unemployment Benefits Increase. sputniknews.com When US President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act in March, it offered a $1,400 stimulus check to Americans who earn less than $75,000 a year. The package also granted an extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits through September 6.