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Michigan’s COVID wards are filling up with younger patients
Apr 29, 2021 14:30At Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan, in one of America’s worst coronavirus hot spots, entire units are still filled with COVID-19 patients. People weak with the virus still struggle to sit up in bed. And the phone still rings with pleas to transfer patients on the verge of death to units with higher-tech equipment.
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Mass protests led to Chauvin’s conviction. Now they’re being criminalized
Apr 29, 2021 14:29Now, at the same time that the US criminal legal system is congratulating itself for sending Chauvin to prison, the very protests that brought the case to national attention are being criminalized.
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Increasing desperation as US capitalist system declines
Apr 29, 2021 03:07Because the signs of US capitalism’s decline are denied or misunderstood, they lead individuals and groups often to resort to frustrated, misguided, and desperate acts. They are blind to the structural problem of an economic system no longer capable of dealing with its contradictions.
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New Study shows ‘doomsday’ climate tipping points have wiggle room
Apr 28, 2021 10:01A recent United Nations’ report said the year 2020 was one of the three hottest years on record, marked by wildfires, droughts, floods and melting glaciers, prompting the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres to say the world stands “on the verge of the abyss.”
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The West practicing vaccine apartheid at a global level (1)
Apr 28, 2021 09:46A comparison of the number of doses of vaccines manufactured by the rich countries with the number of doses used by them in their own countries provides a clear picture of the extent of vaccine apartheid practiced by these countries. An article in The New York Times in late March reveals, “Residents of wealthy and middle-income countries have received about 90% of the nearly 400 million vaccines delivered so far.”
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The Derek Chauvin verdict won’t stop cops murdering black people
Apr 27, 2021 14:00According to American academic and political commentator Marjorie Cohn, racist violence against Black people and other minorities has been “part of the very fabric” of the United States. Cohn also said that the recent violent incidents involving white police officers are “part of systemic racist police violence against Black people” in America.
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The United States has declared defeat in two more wars
Apr 27, 2021 03:49Both Iraq and Afghanistan are just two more wars that the United States has lost in a long list of botched military interventions dating back to Vietnam and Korea.
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Dishonesty of Biden’s Afghanistan pullout vow
Apr 27, 2021 03:43US President Joe Biden, in announcing an ostensible end to the US war in Afghanistan, continued to pay eloquent lip service to progressive causes while maintaining the implied status quo.
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Andrew Brown shooting: Seven North Carolina deputies placed on leave
Apr 26, 2021 16:04After seven North Carolina deputies were placed on leave over the death of Andrew Brown Jr, an African American man shot during the serving of a drug-related warrant, authorities in Elizabeth City added to calls for body camera footage to be released. Reports have said Brown, 42, was shot in the back on Wednesday (April 21,) as he tried to drive away.
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OPCW ignores critics of its cover-up, imposes sanctions on Syria
Apr 26, 2021 15:57Syria has condemned a Western-backed resolution passed by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) over the country’s alleged use of toxic arms, saying the illegitimate move encourages foreign-sponsored terrorists to go ahead with their crimes in the Arab country.