(2020-05-10). Funeral Directors in Covid-19 Epicenter Doubt Legitimacy of Deaths Attributed to Pandemic, Fear Numbers Are 'Padded'. anti-empire.com 
Judge Calls Bullsh*t on Relative's COVID-19 Cause of Death | Funeral Home: To Me all You're Doing is Padding the Statistics…Making the Death Rates in New York City Higher than Estimated | Staten Island Funeral Director Questions Mayor DeBlasio's Role and Adds: I Think It's Political | Brooklyn Funeral Director: They Are Padding Numbers; Medical Examiners Too Busy to Investigate | Brooklyn Funeral Director: 40-year-old Died in Home with No Symptoms Other Than Fever, Toe-Tagged as COVID-19 Victim | | Project Veritas today released another video featuri…
(2020-05-10). Bank of England Is Predicting the Biggest Contraction Since the 1709 'Great Frost,' Here Is What Happened Then. anti-empire.com 
In the first months of 1709, Europe froze and stayed that way for months. People ice-skated on the canals of Venice, church bells broke when rung, and travelers could cross the Baltic Sea on horseback. This freakish winter ultimately claimed the lives of a vast number of Europeans and disrupted two major wars—but to this day, there is no conclusive theory for its cause. | IT HAPPENED LITERALLY overnight in the first few days of 1709. On January 5, temperatures plummeted—not, perhaps, a surprise in European winter. But 1709 was no ordinary cold snap. Dawn broke the next morning on a continent that had…
(2020-05-10). Lockdown Fanatics Scare Me Far More Than Covid-19. anti-empire.com 
I know I'm meant to be scared of The lockdown fanatics were out in force yesterday. No sooner had there…
(2020-05-10). Belarus Telegraph Agency — This Is How Sensible, Non-Sensationalist Reporting on Coronavirus Looks Like. anti-empire.com 
An update from the 6,050 coronavirus recoveries reported in Belarus: | MINSK, 9 May (BelTA) — As many as 6,050 patients previously diagnosed with COVID-19 have recovered and have been released from hospitals as of 9 May, the press service of the Belarusian Healthcare Ministry told BelTA. | As many as 22,052 people in Belarus have tested positive for COVID-19. As many as 251,771 coronavirus tests have been performed so far. | As many as 126 patients, who tested p…
(2020-05-10). Imperial College's COVID-19 Coding Is Unintelligible, "Quite Possibly the Worst Production Code I Have Ever Seen" anti-empire.com 
It may be surprising to those outside the bubble, but it is no great secret within the academic community that the quality of most computer codes used is very poor. Prof. Neil Ferguson's group at Imperial have now What is even more alarming is that the published code has supposedly been improved over a number of weeks to be less dire. So what it looked like back in March when Prof. Ferguson was predicting hundreds of thousands of deaths is anyone's guess. | But…
(2020-05-09). Women In Prisons Say They're Being Punished For Speaking Out About COVID-19 Risks. therealnews.com 
Women say they're being punished for contacting people outside about their living conditions. Activists are planning an action May 23 at Jessup Correctional Facility in response.
(2020-05-09). US Health Care Sector Has Shed 2 Million Jobs in a 'Pandemic'. anti-empire.com 
(2020-05-09). Russia Shot Itself in the Foot With the Corona Hysteria, but the Economic Fallout Will Be Far Less Than in the West. anti-empire.com 
In a global comparison, Russia's corona epidemic response has been very strong. The best and most foolproof indicator is the fatality rate. Russia has experienced the lowest Covid-19 mortality among all countries in the Northern Hemisphere, significantly lower than nearly all Western countries. Presently the fatality rate in Russia is 10 per 1 million, compared to 684 in Belgium, 544 (Spain), 483 (UK), 481 (Italy), 386 (France), 274 (Sweden) and 211 (USA). | Russia's initial decisive response helped reduce the spread. The Russian healthcare system proved superior to most other countries in terms of adequate fa…
(2020-05-09). State Department's Odd Way of Commemorating WWII. anti-empire.com 
Co-signed by the foreign ministers of a bunch of Eastern European states, including Hitler's one-time allies Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania, the
(2020-05-09). In WWII 3 out of 4 German KIA Were by Soviet Army. anti-empire.com 
| The best available estimate of WWII German military deaths comes from German historian Ràºdiger Overmans. Most estimates are based on wartime casualty reports of the German military; but Overmans shows convincingly that the system was unreliable and eventually broke down, so that earlier estimates underestimate the number of German mili…
(2020-05-09). Europe's Freest Nation Holds the Continent's Only Victory Day Parade (VIDEO). anti-empire.com 
(2020-05-09). Brazil using pandemic as smokescreen for new attacks on the Amazon, activists warn. nationofchange.org "The invaders think they can enter the indigenous reserve because of the government agenda."
(2020-05-09). Anti-goldmine activists are 'sickened' by company's £50k donation to a charity for the terminally ill. thecanary.co Anti-goldmine activists in Greencastle in county Tyrone
(2020-05-08). 100 Years of Shame: Annexation of Palestine Began in San Remo. counterpunch.org One hundred years ago, representatives from a few powerful countries convened at San Remo, a sleepy town on the Italian Riviera. Together, they sealed the fate of the massive territories confiscated from the Ottoman Empire following its defeat in World War I. It was on April 25, 1920, that the San Remo Conference Resolution was
(2020-05-08). Jimmy Kimmel's non-apology for pushing FAKE NEWS about VP Pence shows partisanship rules MSM. rt.com 
After even mainstream outlets objected to a deceptively edited video of VP Mike Pence, comedian Jimmy Kimmel issued a sarcastic apology suggesting that lying about the Trump administration is fine because they don't "value truth." | A 40-second segment seen by millions showed Kimmel mocking Pence for delivering empty boxes of personal protective equipment into a Virginia nursing home. Democrat activists online — as well as in mainstream media outlets — were quick to denounce the VP for a publicity stunt in the times of pandemic. | There was just one tiny problem with the video: it was fake news. Even…
(2020-05-07). UK Supreme Court Reverses BDS Ban. therealnews.com 
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the largest British Palestinian solidarity group, successfully petitioned to reverse a 2016 ban preventing local governments divesting from companies involved in the Israeli occupation.
(2020-05-07). Johnson compared to Chamberlain in protest video on White Cliffs of Dover. thecanary.co 
Boris Johnson's response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis has been compared to Neville Chamberlain's "peace for our time" moment, in a giant projection beamed on to the White Cliffs of Dover.The Kent landmark was lit up with a mock-up of the prime minister holding a scrap of paper saying "Highest death toll in Europe".The stunt was the brainchild of Led By Donkeys, a group of activists famed for their giant billboards of politicians' tweets.The group said the black and white creation is a comment on the government's "profound failure" and compares Johnson's conduct to Chamberlain's appeasement policy in the l…
(2020-05-07). Protesters say: 'Shelters = Death, Hotels = Haven'. workers.org 
Cops stop activists from delivering demands to a city official's home. After the COVID-19 deaths of dozens of seniors at Philadelphia nursing homes and at least one homeless person in a city shelter, community activists converged on a city official's home on May 6 to deliver a message: The city . . . |
(2020-05-07). Palestinian movement scores big legal win for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain. workers.org 
Members of Unite the Union, a British and Irish labor union, show support for the Palestinian people. The Palestine Solidarity Committee won a legal victory for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign in Britain when the country's highest court issued a landmark ruling that struck a blow against the Whitehall . . . |
(2020-05-07). Facebook deletes dozens of Palestinian activists' accounts. peoplesdispatch.org Social media site Facebook has blocked dozens of pages belonging to Palestinian activists on Monday and Tuesday, May 5 and 6, using the vague category of "not following the community standards". The real figure may rise as reports of more accounts being blocked are still emerging. | According to Facebook, it has already "reviewed" the decision and hence there is no grievance redressal available for those whose pages have been blocked or deleted. | Speaking to Middle East Eye, one of the activists, Imad Jibreen, who lives in the occupied West Bank, claimed that Facebook "did not provide any specific reason" for de…
(2020-05-06). 100 Years of Shame: The Annexation of Palestine Began in San Remo. mintpressnews.com 
One hundred years ago, representatives from a few powerful countries convened in a sleepy town on the Italian Riviera to seal the fate of the massive territories confiscated from the Ottoman Empire following its defeat in World War I.
(2020-05-06). Trump Must Choose Between a Global Ceasefire and America's Long Lost Wars. progressive.org Despite a U.N. call for ceasefire and his promise to bring troops home, Trump is continuing U.S.'s unwinnable wars.
(2020-05-04). "It's Very Scary": COVID Surges in Meat Plants as Activists Demand Worker Safety & Meatless Mondays. democracynow.org 
At least 20 workers at meat processing plants have died from COVID-19, and around 5,000 have tested positive, but President Trump invoked an executive order to bar local governments from closing meat plants. We hear from meat plant workers and organizers about conditions during the pandemic and speak with Sindy Benavides, CEO of the League of United Latin American Citizens, which is supporting the workers with a virtual town hall on food worker safety with presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and calling for Meatless May Mondays.
(2020-05-04). Facebook Is Go-To Platform For Organizing Protests Against Social Distancing. splcenter.org As COVID-19 continues to pose a lethal threat worldwide, fringe, right-wing activists are using Facebook to mobilize protests of stay-at-home orders in several states.
(2020-05-01). Caravan for Life: Protesters in Puerto Rico Demand More Tests & Resources to Combat the Coronavirus. democracynow.org 
On Thursday in Puerto Rico, activists in dozens of cars held a "Caravan Por La Vida," or "Caravan for Life," through San Juan to demand the government provide more COVID-19 tests and sufficient resources for people to stay at home during the pandemic. At least 92 people have died from COVID-19 in Puerto Rico, and last week the island was reporting a testing rate lower than any U.S. state, at an abysmal average of 15 tests a day for every 100,000 people. No one in Puerto Rico has received $1,200 checks from the government, according to San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz. Police stopped the caravan and said their sou…
(2020-04-04). Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS. zcomm.org The bogus trial against Loujain al-Hathloul should compel governments around the world to put more pressure on the Saudis and demand al-Hathloul's immediate and unconditional release…
(2020-02-06). Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law" theantimedia.com In this exclusive interview, VA talks to the activists who defended the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC ahead of their trial.