2020-05-14: Social Media Postees

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Paramilitary Panda: WWF Land Grabs Rooted in Covert Apartheid History
Michael Molitch-Hou | indybay.org | 2020-05-14
According to a BuzzFeed News series, the WWF has been tied to paramilitary violence in third world countries. What they completely ignored was that the WWF was previously involved in the murder of 6,000 anti-apartheid activists in South Africa a part of an "anti-poaching" mission in the 1980s. All evidence seems to suggest that the WWF was used as cover for an MI6 operation on behalf of powerful business interests in South Africa.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832991.php

Africa: Lesotho Reports First COVID-19 Case
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-14
Lesotho Health Minister Nkaku Kabi announced on May 13 the first COVID-19 positive case in his nation. Lesotho is the latest African country to report the virus outbreak. | RELATED: | Cuba Rejects US Terrorism Accusations, as Habana Blacklisted | According to Kabi, 81 people were tested given their recent traveling chart. The positive patient is a Lesothan student who returned from Saudi Arabia via South Africa, with no visible symptoms. The health authorities decided to isolate…
telesurenglish.net/news/africa-lesotho-reports-first-covid19-case-20200514-0003.html

AI-Powered Medical "Pre-Crime" Is Officially Here To "Fight COVID-19"
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-14
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/13/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/ai-powered-medical-pre-crime-officially-here-fight-covid-19/

German armed forces deploy 300 soldiers to EU mission "Irini" in Mediterranean
wsws.org | 2020-05-14
The mission's mandate includes stopping and searching ships suspected of transporting weapons to Libya.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/14/germ-m14.html

Michael McClure: Beat Poet and Playwright Helped Thaw Cold War American Culture
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
"I put mammalian consciousness into Beat literature. I expressed the biological aspect of humans. At the Six Gallery, I read about the slaughter of whales."

What on Earth is the U.S. Doing by Bombing Somalia?
Danny Sjursen | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-14
The Trump administration has quietly ramped up a vicious bombing–and covert raiding–campaign in Somalia amid a global coronavirus pandemic. Neither the White House nor the Pentagon has provided any explanation for the deadly escalation of a war that Congress hasn't declared and the media rarely reports. At stake are many thousands of lives. The public…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/14/122732/

Paramilitary Panda: WWF Land Grabs Rooted in Covert Apartheid History
Michael Molitch-Hou | indybay.org | 2020-05-13
According to a BuzzFeed News series, the WWF has been tied to paramilitary violence in third world countries. What they completely ignored was that the WWF was previously involved in the murder of 6,000 anti-apartheid activists in South Africa a part of an "anti-poaching" mission in the 1980s. All evidence seems to suggest that the WWF was used as cover for an MI6 operation on behalf of powerful business interests in South Africa.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832991.php

Egypt and Ethiopia: Could it be war?
Abdel Bari Atwan | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-13
A showdown over Nile waters is looming as the world looks the other way | While the world is diverted by the coronavirus crisis, Ethiopia is just weeks away from starting to fill the reservoir of its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, to the great dismay of Egypt whose vital supply of water stands to be severely reduced. | Last week, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri sent a letter to all members of the UN Security Council setting out the country's perspective on developments in the long-running dispute over the dam, detailing its efforts to reach an equitable solution, and warning of t…
thealtworld.com/abdel_bari_atwan/egypt-and-ethiopia-could-it-be-war

Only Three Countries Control Over 80% of Global Diamond Reserves
Justinas Baltrusaitis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
Only three countries are in control of more than three quarters of the world's diamond reserves globally. Data gathered and calculated by Learnbonds.com indicates that Russia, Congo, and Botswana combined account for at least 80.6% of the world diamond reserves….
globalresearch.ca/only-three-countries-control-over-80-global-diamond-reserves/5712816

China reacts with zero tolerance for racist incidents
Joshua Hanks | workers.org | 2020-05-13
Reports surfaced in April of cases of discrimination against African workers in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong as pictures appeared on the internet of a sign refusing service to Africans at a McDonald's restaurant and allegations that Africans were being evicted from hotels. Ambassador Liu Yuxi, head of Mission . . . | Continue reading China reacts with zero tolerance for racist incidents at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48572/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=china-reacts-with-zero-tolerance-for-racist-incidents

China reacts with Zero tolerance for racist incidents
Joshua Hanks | workers.org | 2020-05-13
Reports surfaced in April of cases of discrimination against African workers in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong as pictures appeared on the internet of a sign refusing service to Africans at a McDonald's restaurant and allegations that Africans were being evicted from hotels. Ambassador Liu Yuxi, head of Mission . . . | Continue reading China reacts with Zero tolerance for racist incidents at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48572/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=china-reacts-with-zero-tolerance-for-racist-incidents

Africa: COVID Crisis Could Lead to Increase in AIDS Deaths
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
WHO and UNAIDS representatives warned on May 12 that an AIDS treatment could increase the total sum of HIV-related deaths by up to 500,000 in Africa. | RELATED: | Lebanon to Enter 4-Day Lockdown After Jump in COVID-19 Cases | According to the UNAIDS modeling group preclusion, the COVID-19 crisis could cause antiretroviral drug scarcity and treatment to cease if African HIV patients are not prioritized during the COVID spread. UN and WHO forecasts show a possible half million peo…
telesurenglish.net/news/africa-covid-sanitary-crisis-could-lead-to-hiv-death-increase-20200513-0002.html

If we must die, don't let it be from COVID-19
Tanuke Smith | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-13
Not much has changed in the Black community. The strategy of controlling wealth, access to healthcare, and the demise of African Americans is still as calculated as ever. The mainstream media reports daily on the death rate in Black communities, stemming from crime, police brutality, or COVID-19. As April arrived, the cruel face of reality …
peoplesworld.org/article/if-we-must-die-dont-let-it-be-from-covid-19/

Tunisia relaxes curfew after 3 days without new coronavirus cases
rt.com | 2020-05-13
Tunisia has announced a reduction of its nightly curfew hours after three consecutive days without recording any new coronavirus cases, state media reported on Wednesday. | The North African democracy imposed the curfew in March in a bid to slow the spread of the virus, combined with a lockdown that shuttered all but key shops and services. President Kais Saied has cut the curfew hours to 11pm to 5am instead of 8pm to 6am, 10 days after the start of a gradual reopening of the bureaucracy and economy. | The government announced that no new coronavirus cases have been recorded for three days in a row, with 1,032…
rt.com/newsline/488547-tunisia-relaxes-nightly-curfew/

History of Ghana: The Tragedy of One-time Military Ruler Ignatius Acheampong: Visionary and Kleptocrat
Adeyinka Makinde | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-13
"Beloved Ghana, born with a deep sense of pride, nurtured with unshakeable courage, has said goodbye forever to reaction, to timidity and hypocrisy in Government, and to the suppression of the interests and welfare of the people. Together we shall …
globalresearch.ca/ignatius-acheampong-visionary-kleptocrat/5712728

Floods Leave at Least 237 Dead and 807,000 Displaced in Kenya
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-13
Kenya's Decentralization Minister Eugene Wamalwa Thursday reported that at least 237 people have died and 807,000 residents have been forced to flee their homes due to flooding from the heavy rains that have been falling for the past four weeks. | RELATED: | Nothing Left': Kenyan Mother's Fields Stripped by Locust Swarm | "So far, 237 Kenyans have lost their lives because of the floods. That is a very high number compared to the 40 people who have died due to COVID-19," Wamalwa s…
telesurenglish.net/news/Floods-Leave-at-Least-237-Dead-and-807000-Displaced-in-Kenya-20200513-0010.html

IndustriALL questions violations of worker rights by Shell in Nigeria
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-13
82% of oil giant Shell's workforce in Nigeria is sourced through labor contractors. As per IndustriALL, the workers "live in poverty with no job security, poor healthcare and little regard for health and safety."
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/13/industriall-questions-violations-of-worker-rights-by-shell-in-nigeria/

IndustriALL questions violations of worker rights by Shell in Nigeria
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-13
82% of oil giant Shell's workforce in Nigeria is sourced through labor contractors. As per IndustriALL, the workers "live in poverty with no job security, poor healthcare and little regard for health and safety."
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/13/industriall-questions-violations-of-worker-rights-by-shell-in-nigeria/

"Losing the Fabric of the City": COVID-19 Took Chicago Black Lives First & Exposed Structural Racism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-12
We look at the coronavirus pandemic's disproportionate toll on African Americans through the story of Chicago's first 100 recorded deaths. A report by ProPublica found that 70 of the first 100 people to die were African American. Black people account for 30% of Chicago's population and 72% of COVID-19 deaths. We speak with ProPublica reporter Adriana Gallardo, who contributed to the report "COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn't Have To." She says the story paints a picture of "sophisticated structural racism" in Chicago.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/12/chicago_70_black_people_dead_first

Paramilitary Panda: WWF Land Grabs Rooted in Covert Apartheid History
Michael Molitch-Hou | indybay.org | 2020-05-12
According to a BuzzFeed News series, the WWF has been tied to paramilitary violence in third world countries. What they completely ignored was that the WWF was previously involved in the murder of 6,000 anti-apartheid activists in South Africa a part of an "anti-poaching" mission in the 1980s. All evidence seems to suggest that the WWF was used as cover for an MI6 operation on behalf of powerful business interests in South Africa.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/12/18832991.php

Turkey says 5 states forming 'alliance of evil' as they denounce Ankara's policies in E. Mediterranean, Libya
rt.com | 2020-05-12
Turkey accused Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, France and the United Arab Emirates of seeking to form an "alliance of evil" on Tuesday, after they issued a joint declaration denouncing Ankara's policies in the eastern Mediterranean and Libya. Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said the five countries were pursuing "regional chaos and instability." | The foreign ministers of the five countries held a teleconference on Monday to discuss the situation in the eastern Mediterranean

Thousands Flee Violence in Nigeria, Seek Refuge in Niger: UNHCR
telesurenglish.net | 2020-05-12
An estimated 23,000 Nigerians fled their country since April, seeking asylum in neighboring Niger as the security situation continues to deteriorate amid brutal violence in northwest Nigeria, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Tuesday. | RELATED: | HIV Deaths Could Double in Sub-Saharan Africa Due to COVID-19 | "We are working closely with authorities in Niger to relocate at least 7,000 refugees to safety … where water, food, shelter, access to he…
telesurenglish.net/news/Thousands-Flee-Violence-in-Nigeria-Seek-Refuge-in-Niger-UNHCR-20200512-0015.html

COVID-19 Took Chicago Black Lives First and Exposed Structural Racism
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-12
We look at the coronavirus pandemic's disproportionate toll on African Americans through the story of Chicago's first 100 recorded deaths. A report by ProPublica found that 70 of the first 100 people to die were African American. Black people account for 30% of Chicago's population and 72% of COVID-19 deaths. We speak with ProPublica reporter Adriana Gallardo, who contributed to the report "COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn't Have To." She says the story paints a picture of "sophisticated struct…
truthout.org/video/covid-19-took-chicago-black-lives-first-and-exposed-structural-racism/

View Intl. Quds Day's rally online via Instagram program, other social platforms in English from S. Africa
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-12
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA)

South Africa: COVID-19 Crisis Unmasks Dangers of Profit Oriented Healthcare
Salimah Valiani | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
The pandemic has shown the need for medical care and interventions that have nothing to do with profit. But not even SA's proposed National Health Insurance would fit the bill. | *** | Covid-19 has been linked to a number of truth …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-dangers-commodified-healthcare/5712640

Mountains Of Evidence Show COVID-19 Was All Over The World Oct/Nov 2019, Why Is It Being Ignored?
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-12
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/12/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/mountains-evidence-show-covid-19-was-all-over-world-oct-nov-2019-why-being-ignored/

Madagascar Slams WHO for Not Endorsing Its Herbal Cure
Felix Tih | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-12
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has slammed the World Health Organization for not endorsing its COVID-19 herbal cure. | Last month, the Malagasy president officially launched Covid-Organics (CVO), an organic herbal concoction, claiming that it can prevent and cure patients suffering from …
globalresearch.ca/madagascar-slams-who-not-endorsing-herbal-cure/5712617

Delivery of Talc for Pleurodesis of Malignant Pleural Effusions
Wollbrett C, Seitlinger J, Renaud S. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-12
To the Editor Dr Bhatnagar and colleagues examined the effect of thoracoscopic talc poudrage vs talc slurry on pleurodesis in individuals with malignant pleural effusions and found no significant differences between the procedures. We have a number of concerns about the study.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765725

Zimbabwean president: Our doctors can learn from China's experience
Lisa Chiu | america.cgtn.com | 2020-05-13
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Tuesday that his country could learn from China's experience in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic to a visiting medical team from China who shared knowledge and experience battling the virus.
america.cgtn.com/2020/05/13/zimbabwean-president-our-doctors-can-learn-from-chinas-experience

N. Cyprus slams joint declaration on E. Mediterranean
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-12
The premier of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) slammed on Tuesday a joint declaration dubbing Turkey's activities in the Eastern Mediterranean as "illegal"."Turkish Cypriots have as much rights as the Greeks in the Eastern Mediterranean," said TRNC Prime Minister Ersin Tatar in a statement.Tatar said that some parties heighten hostilities when their interests in the region are being hampered, but this was not a rightful approach.The Turkish Cypriot premier's remarks came after Greece, Egypt, France, the Greek Cypriot administration, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) released the joint declaration…
yenisafak.com/en/news/n-cyprus-slams-joint-declaration-on-e-mediterranean-3519288

Delivery of Talc for Pleurodesis of Malignant Pleural Effusions–Reply
Bhatnagar R, Maskell NA. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-05-12
In Reply The methods for our study were fully detailed in the eAppendix in the Supplement and included a comprehensive, 28-step recommended approach to performing medical thoracoscopy. One of these steps was ensuring even pleural coverage of talc. The article also made clear that procedures were performed while individuals were under local anesthesia and moderate sedation rather than general anesthetic.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2765726

Saharawi political prisoner Bachir Khada: "I only dream of my freedom"
Bahia Mahmud Awah | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-12
The story of Saharawi journalist Bachir Khada, political prisoner condemned to more than 20 years in Morocco because of his participation in the struggle to free Western Sahara. Today he is one of the thousands of prisoners that demands to be freed amid the pandemic…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/12/saharawi-political-prisoner-bachir-khada-i-only-dream-of-my-freedom/

Nigeria: COVID-19 compounds economic recession provoked by oil price slump
wsws.org | 2020-05-12
Medical and other experts are against the easing of restrictions, with the National Medical Association and the Federal Capital Territory Youth Task Force on COVID-19 both asking Buhari not to ease the lockdown.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/12/nige-m12.html

Sanctions = Health terrorism
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-05-12
A timely international webinar, sponsored by SanctionsKill.org on May 9, featured representatives from Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, Syria and Venezuela, plus a statement from Zimbabwe addressing the deadly impact of U.S. sanctions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 1,000 people from nearly every continent, including multiple U.S. cities, viewed the event. The . . . | Continue reading Sanctions = Health terrorism at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48562/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sanctions-health-terrorism

Africa reports over 3,000 new COVID-19 cases
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-12
Number of coronavirus cases in the African continent reached 66,373 with 3,048 new infections over the past 24 hours, said the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday.The continent's death toll rose to 2,336, while the number of recoveries stood at 23,095.According to the update, North Africa continues to be the hardest-hit of the five geographic regions of the continent with 23,000 cases, while West Africa has 19,600 cases, Southern Africa 11,400, East Africa 6,500 and Central Africa 5,900.In terms of deaths, North Africa records 1,300 fatalities, West Africa 416, Southern Africa 225,…
yenisafak.com/en/world/africa-reports-over-3000-new-covid-19-cases-3519285

Ethiopian minister lauds Turkey for rapid response
yenisafak.com | 2020-05-12
Turkey has been at the forefront of countries that responded quickly and positively to Ethiopia's calls for help in difficult times, Filson Abdulahi, Ethiopia's minister of women, children and youth, said on Tuesday. | The minister was speaking at a handover ceremony of a donation made by Yapi Merkezi, a Turkish construction company, of dry food in support of flood victims in the Somali regional state in eastern Ethiopia. | "We have been soliciting and mobilizing resources in response to the pandemic (COVID-19), and the Turkish government and investors were among those who came forward with positive and rapid re…
yenisafak.com/en/world/ethiopian-minister-lauds-turkey-for-rapid-response-3519298

This Is Why You Can't Trust The Fact Checkers
Derrick Broze | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-11
For the last eight years I have worked as a writer, researcher, and investigative reporter for many well-known American independent media outlets. I have spent my time investigating digital surveillance technology, attacks on indigenous communities, and the overall growth of the government and corporate power. As someone working in this field, writing about topics which …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/censorship/this-is-why-you-cant-trust-the-fact-checkers/