2021-05-19: Social Media Postees

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Cal Senators Feinstein & Padilla Not on Ceasefire for Palestine List
Not One Nickel, Not One Dime | indybay.org | 2021-05-19
We now have a list of senators calling for a ceasefire in Palestine as the dead Palestinians now number 212 and over 1200 wounded with weapons paid for with our tax dollars. Despite thousands of Californians demanding an end to the genocide of Palestinians at protests on May 15, 2021, Senators Feinstein and Padilla are not on the list. See www.ossoff.senate.gov/press-releases/sen-ossoff-leads-28-senators-urging-immediate-ceasefire-in-middle-east/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/17/18842595.php

Gaza conflict: no matter how powerful Israel's military becomes it still can't win
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-05-19
By Paul Rogers | — Israel is the most powerful state in the Middle East. Its military forces may not match the likes of Egypt or Turkey in numbers, but the might of its training, equipment, technologies and nuclear weapons make it unassailable. Given its long-developed capabilities in public order control, such a position should …
juancole.com/2021/05/conflict-powerful-military.html

The Labour Party has a role to play in the socialist movement, Starmer does not
Editorial Team | challenge-magazine.org | 2021-05-19
Daniel Roantree argues that the Labour Party's recent loss in England hurts everyone on Britain's road to socialism. | We Communists do not rejoice when we see Labour being dragged down by the right wing of the party. The left wing movement in Britain is inextricably linked to the Labour Party, and as socialists it's not good practice for us to celebrate the demise or defeat of continues to be the mass party of the labour and trade union movement. | Such an attitude is an ultra-leftist tendency that we must avoid. Were the Labour Party to collapse, left wing politics would be wiped from the view of the British…
challenge-magazine.org/2021/05/19/the-labour-party-has-a-role-to-play-in-the-socialist-movement-starmer-does-not/

Service Workers Aren't Returning to Work Because They Don't Get Paid Enough
Kandist Mallett | zcomm.org | 2021-05-19
"Our pre-pandemic lives are not sustainable. They weren't good for our health or this planet. Let's evolve past capitalism, past working our lives away, past destroying the planet for profit's sake."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/service-workers-arent-returning-to-work-because-they-dont-get-paid-enough/

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/

Arms Trade: Which Countries and Companies Are Selling Weapons to Israel?
Frank Andrews | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-19
For over a …
globalresearch.ca/arms-trade-which-countries-companies-selling-weapons-israel/5745688

What should a CEO earn?
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2021-05-19
Capitalism is not economics. It is cronyism.
nationofchange.org/2021/05/18/what-should-a-ceo-earn/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Signs of depression in teens and how to help
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-05-19
Depression is a serious mental health problem that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities. Although depression can occur at any time in life, symptoms may differ between teens and adults. Issues such as peer pressure, academic expectations and changing bodies can bring a lot of ups and downs for …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-signs-of-depression-in-teens-and-how-to-help/

Two Pilots Killed In Yak-130 Plane Crash In Belarus
Anonymous103 | southfront.org | 2021-05-19
Illustrative image. Source: airliners.net | A military aircraft crashed during the training flight near Baranovichy, in the south-western region of Belarus. According to the report of the Defence Ministry, both pilots died as a result of the accident. | The Yak-130 aircraft flew from the Lidskaya assault air base. According to the primary reports, the accident was caused by a technical malfunction."Having shown courage and heroism, the pilots tried to take the plane away from the settlement. After ensuring that the traject…
southfront.org/two-pilots-killed-in-yak-130-plane-crash-in-belarus/

Business Lobby Created "Labor Shortage" Myth That GOP Used to Slash Benefits
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-19
Earlier this month, the Department of Labor released a less-than-stellar jobs report that sent politicians, economists and leaders in corporate America scrambling for answers. That report details an approximate 71% drop in job growth paired with a slight hike in unemployment, falling far below analyst expectations of a month-over-month boom. This prompt…
truthout.org/articles/business-lobby-created-labor-shortage-myth-that-gop-used-to-slash-benefits/

With Less Than Half the Country Fully Vaccinated, I Fear We Reopen Too Soon
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-18
I dove into my personal archives to see if I could find the first time I ever mentioned COVID-19 in print. Turns out it was a Facebook post from January 26, 2020, a week before the Iowa Caucus and a little more than a year before seething mobs of hard-right Republicans crashed the doors of the Capitol building looking to hang Mike Pence and Nancy Pelosi. | "I have never been one to get spooked by these ZOMG PLAGUE YOU GUYS stories," I wrote, "even when I lived in a big city. This one, tho, has…
truthout.org/articles/with-less-than-half-the-country-fully-vaccinated-i-fear-we-reopen-too-soon/

The 2020-21 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2021-05-18
We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in modern history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the flow of events since January 2020 has been blurred. Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media.
globalresearch.ca/the-2020-worldwide-corona-crisis-destroying-civil-society-engineered-economic-depression-global-coup-detat-and-the-great-reset/5730652

GOP States Spurn Unemployment Funding to Force Workers Back Into Low-Paying Jobs
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-05-18
As the pandemic raged in 2020, tens of millions of U.S. families were kept economically afloat by expanded unemployment benefits — which lasted longer, were of higher value, and were accessible by more categories of workers (in particular freelancers or independent contractors) than was the case in non-pandemic moments. | In the first terrifying days of the pandemic and the accompanying public health-informed shutd…
truthout.org/articles/gop-states-spurn-unemployment-funding-to-force-workers-back-into-low-paying-jobs/

How America Went From Mom-and-Pop Capitalism to Techno-Feudalism
Moderator | scheerpost.com | 2021-05-18
Daniel Oberhaus / CC BY 2.0] By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost In a matter of decades, the United States has gone from a somewhat benign form of capitalism to a neo-feudal form that has created an ever-widening gap in wealth and power. In his 2013 bestseller Capital in the 21st Century, French economist Thomas Piketty declared that "the level of inequality in the US is probably higher than… | Source…
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El otro Chile
Global Research | globalizacion.ca | 2021-05-18
A Chile el resto de la región lo visitó un par de veces, en diferentes estaciones de la historia, como un curioso archipiélago del que brotaban cada tanto experimentos imprevisibles. Primero fue la famosa "vía democrática al socialismo", ensayada al…
globalizacion.ca/el-otro-chile/

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2021-05-18: News Headlines

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-05-18). The 2020-21 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in modern history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the flow of events since January 2020 has been blurred. Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media.

WSWS (2021-05-18). Lively discussion among students, parents, and workers about an international counter-offensive against capitalism. wsws.org The discussion covered the key class issues in the pandemic—from the orgy of enrichment in the capital markets to the role of the trade unions in Germany.

Anonymous007 (2021-05-18). Russia Delivered Third Batch Of Weapons To Central African Republic. southfront.org Illustrative image. Click to see full-size | Russia has supplied the Central African Republic (CAR) with a third batch of small arms, including 5,000 Kalashnikov assault rifles, Russian Ambassador to Bangui Vladimir Titorenko

Not One Nickel, Not One Dime (2021-05-18). Cal Senators Feinstein & Padilla Not on Ceasefire for Palestine List. indybay.org We now have a list of senators calling for a ceasefire in Palestine as the dead Palestinians now number 212 and over 1200 wounded with weapons paid for with our tax dollars. Despite thousands of Californians demanding an end to the genocide of Palestinians at protests on May 15, 2021, Senators Feinstein and Padilla are not on the list. See www.ossoff.senate.gov/press-releases/sen-ossoff-leads-28-senators-urging-immediate-ceasefire-in-middle-east/…

Moderator (2021-05-18). How America Went From Mom-and-Pop Capitalism to Techno-Feudalism. scheerpost.com Daniel Oberhaus / CC BY 2.0] By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost In a matter of decades, the United States has gone from a somewhat benign form of capitalism to a neo-feudal form that has created an ever-widening gap in wealth and power. In his 2013 bestseller Capital in the 21st Century, French economist Thomas Piketty declared that "the level of inequality in the US is probably higher than… |

Steve Lalla (2021-05-18). Colonialism & Imperialism are the Root of Venezuela's Economic Problems, Not Socialism, Says US Economist Michael Hudson (#SanctionsKill). orinocotribune.com 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2021-05-18). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Signs of depression in teens and how to help. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Depression is a serious mental health problem that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest in activities. Although depression can occur at any time in life, symptoms may differ between teens and adults. Issues such as peer pressure, academic expectations and changing bodies can bring a lot of ups and downs for …

Editorial Team (2021-05-17). The social conformation of the productive forces: why does technology always end up working against us? challenge-magazine.org "Economists explain how production takes place in the above-mentioned relations, but what they do not explain is how these relations themselves are produced, that is, the historical movement that gave them birth." — Karl Marx, The Poverty of Philosophy. | The nature of productive forces is not ideologically neutral. Science, technology and machinery are devoted and subordinate to capital. The Marxists who treat socialism as an inevitable result of expanded production revise the core essence of Marxism: revolutionary struggle. | A Marxist who upholds dialectical materialism knows that the productive forces…

Staff (2021-05-17). Biden Push for $735 Million Weapons Sale to Israel Amid Onslaught Sparks Outrage. truthout.org Human rights advocates warned Monday that the Biden administration is deepening U.S. complicity in the Netanyahu regime's ongoing massacre of civilians in Gaza by attempting to push through a $735 million sale of so-called "precision-guided weapons" to Israel. | The Washington Post

Anonymous103 (2021-05-17). Biden Signed $735 Million Weapons Sale To Israel Amid Ongoing Shelling With Gaza — Report. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On May 17, US President Joe Biden had approved the $ 735 million sale of high-precision weapons to Israel, According to the sources of The Washington Post, Congress received the notification on May 5, a few days before the military escalation. U.S. lawmakers reportedly have 20 days to subm…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-17). FBI And DHS Conclude White Supremacist Domestic Terrorism Is No.1 Threat To U.S. Security. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | In the United States lone wolf attackers with easily accessible weapons present the greatest terrorism threat to the US and the number of people dying at the hands of racially motivated extremists every year is on the rise since 2017. | This was concluded in a joint report [ The repor…

Prabir Purkayastha (2021-05-17). How Bill Gates Set the Stage for Modi's Disastrous Response to COVID-19 in India. counterpunch.org 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

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-17). Colonialism & Imperialism are the Root of Venezuela's Economic Problems, Not Socialism. libya360.wordpress.com 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…

imperial.ac.uk (2021-05-17). The future of psychedelic science. imperial.ac.uk From treating depression to understanding consciousness, the promise of psychedelics is shifting their study from fringe to frontier neuroscience.

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