US blocks vote on UN’s bid for global ceasefire over reference to WHO
The security council has been wrangling for more than six weeks over the resolution, which was intended to demonstrate global support for the call for a ceasefire by the UN secretary general, António Guterres. The main source for the delay was the US refusal to endorse a resolution that urged support for the WHO’s operations during the coronavirus pandemic.
Source: Pushback with Aaron Maté
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“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State [under fascism].”
How capitalism and racism hold back a COVID-19 cure
In a few short months, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has swept the world without any proven treatment or vaccine. By early May 2020, over 3.6 million cases have been confirmed and over 250,000 have died, both of which continue to increase rapidly.
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“I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea,” US President Donald Trump tweeted Wednesday in a startling threat that could trigger a catastrophic war throughout the Middle East and beyond.
The threat to launch a war 7,000 miles from US shores in the midst of coronavirus pandemic, whose death toll in the US is rapidly approaching 50,000, comes on the heels of Trump’s Monday night tweet announcing a suspension of all immigration into the United States, a transparent attempt to scapegoat immigrants for the ravages of the pandemic and the layoffs of tens of millions of workers.
DW: As far as I can tell there’s no US involvement in this at all.
Although, they’re only right about the whole thing getting weirder!
The Venezuela/Silvercorp USA Saga Keeps Getting Weirder
Read More »President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have both said in recent days that they’ve seen evidence the coronavirus did come from a Wuhan lab. Mr. Trump said it appears to be an accidental release. If they don’t want the issue to be dismissed as an anti-China campaign ploy, they should make the evidence public.
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The New York Times’ Long History of Endorsing US-Backed Coups
Manufacturing consent
Studying the Times’ coverage of U.S.-orchestrated coup attempts, it becomes clear that there is a checklist of talking points it employs time and again to justify events.
1 Blame all economic and political problems on the government; ignore the effect of any U.S. sanctions.
2 Constantly present the targeted leader as a tyrannical autocrat crushing dissent, no matter what the reality is.
3 Insist that the leader is actually a Russian plant controlled by the Kremlin.
4 Refrain from using the word “coup”. Prefer instead words like “uprising”, “revolt” or “transition”.
5 Express ridicule at the idea that the U.S. could be involved in the affair.
6 Depict the new U.S.-backed rulers as democratically-minded and downplay any violence they commit in establishing their rule.
7 Blame the deposed leaders for their own overthrow.
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