Daily Archives: May 15, 2021

2021-05-15: News Headlines

Sarah Aziza (2021-05-15). Can Palestinian Lives Matter? zcomm.org George Floyd's death penetrated the American imagination. Now Palestinians fight for the right to be human. Will the world see them?>

Hayden Harwood (2021-05-15). Wisconsin bill would cut funding to cities that defund the police. zcomm.org Wisconsin's legislature is largely dominated by Republican minded bodies, who blatantly disregard Black, Brown and Indigenous communities…

WSWS (2021-05-15). Black Lives Matter goes to war with Napoleon and the French Revolution. wsws.org In the New York Times, an academic supporter of Black Lives Matter slandered the republic that emerged from the 1789 French Revolution as a genocidal, racist state.

Nashelly Chavez (2021-05-15). Santa Rosa Police Department underscores changes since summer 2020 protests. indybay.org The outcome of the 2020 BLM movement on Santa Rosa Police department. There has now been changes that have been made within the police department involving stricter rules for less-lethal munitions and long-range sound system for orders. Awareness of human right violations that were done with the use of tear gas and the less-lethal munitions. In need of better communication of protocols in handling situations like that better.

Jorge Arévalo, Francisco C Villafuerte, Martin Montes, Theresa J Ochoa, researchers from Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, from Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (2021-05-15). [Correspondence] Peruvian research: striving for the highest standards. thelancet.com For 60 years, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru, has contributed to world-class knowledge in tropical medicine, high-altitude medicine and physiology, public health, and basic sciences with the highest research standards and ethics. We therefore read with interest the World Report by Lucien Chauvin,1 in which we found some inaccuracies that we would like to clarify.

Staff (2021-05-14). Republicans Oppose Kristen Clarke for Top Civil Rights Job at DOJ in Latest Attack on Voting Rights. democracynow.org Republican senators in Washington are attempting to block Kristen Clarke, a prominent voting rights advocate, from a top Justice Department position. The Senate Judiciary Committee has deadlocked on an 11-11 vote on whether to move Clarke's nomination for assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division to the Senate floor for a full vote. If she wins the vote, Clarke, who has served as the head of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and is a longtime champion of voting rights, a defender against hate and violent extremism, would be the first Black woman to hold the posit…

Anonymous007 (2021-05-14). The Year Of Open Letters: Retired US Generals And Admirals Warn Democracy Is Dying. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | If 2020 was the year of Black Lives Matter protests, and left-wing victories, 2021 is the year of open letters. | Following France, it is now the United States' turn. | On May 12th, Flag Officers 4 America

WSWS (2021-05-14). New video shows officers "ambushed" Andrew Brown Jr. wsws.org Attorneys for the family of the shooting victim say the footage contradicts statements by the district attorney, who stated in court that deputies didn't start firing until after Brown's vehicle struck them twice.

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2021-05-15: Social Media Postees

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Black Lives Matter goes to war with Napoleon and the French Revolution
wsws.org | 2021-05-15
In the New York Times, an academic supporter of Black Lives Matter slandered the republic that emerged from the 1789 French Revolution as a genocidal, racist state.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/05/15/napo…

Santa Rosa Police Department underscores changes since summer 2020 protests
Nashelly Chavez | indybay.org | 2021-05-15
The outcome of the 2020 BLM movement on Santa Rosa Police department. There has now been changes that have been made within the police department involving stricter rules for less-lethal munitions and long-range sound system for orders. Awareness of human right violations that were done with the use of tear gas and the less-lethal munitions. In need of better communication of protocols in handling situations like that better.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/12/1884245…

[Correspondence] Peruvian research: striving for the highest standards
Jorge Arévalo, Francisco C Villafuerte, Martin Montes, Theresa J Ochoa, researchers from Facultad de Ciencias y Filosofía, from Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia | thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
For 60 years, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru, has contributed to world-class knowledge in tropical medicine, high-altitude medicine and physiology, public health, and basic sciences with the highest research standards and ethics. We therefore read with interest the World Report by Lucien Chauvin,1 in which we found some inaccuracies that we would like to clarify.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00890-4/fulltext?rss=yes

[Department of Error] Department of Error
thelancet.com | 2021-05-15
Chauvin L. Peruvian COVID-19 vaccine scandal spreads. Lancet 2021; 397: 783–This World Report incorrectly stated that clinical trials had been halted at Cayetano Heredia University. The National Institute of Health suspended the unit at Cayetano Heredia University doing the Sinopharm trial, pending an investigation. It did not suspend other trials. This correction has been made to the online version as of May 13, 2021.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)01067-9/fulltext?rss=yes

Can Palestinian Lives Matter?
Sarah Aziza | zcomm.org | 2021-05-15
George Floyd's death penetrated the American imagination. Now Palestinians fight for the right to be human. Will the world see them?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/can-palestinian-li…

Wisconsin bill would cut funding to cities that defund the police
Hayden Harwood | zcomm.org | 2021-05-15
Wisconsin's legislature is largely dominated by Republican minded bodies, who blatantly disregard Black, Brown and Indigenous communities…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/wisconsin-bill-wou…

NFL Denounced for Using Racist Criteria to Avoid Paying Black Retirees in Concussion Settlement
Kenny Stancil, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-05-14
"They come out with all these slogans like 'We care' and 'Black Lives Matter,'" said former NFL player Kevin Henry. "And I'm sitting there, like, you're lying." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/news/2021/05/14/nfl-den…

The Year Of Open Letters: Retired US Generals And Admirals Warn Democracy Is Dying
Anonymous007 | southfront.org | 2021-05-14
Click to see full-size image | If 2020 was the year of Black Lives Matter protests, and left-wing victories, 2021 is the year of open letters. | Following France, it is now the United States' turn. | On May 12th, Flag Officers 4 America published an open letter, warning that the US constitution was at stake.During the 2020 election an "Open Letter from Senior Military Leaders" was signed by 317 retired Generals and Admirals and, it said the 2020 election could be…
southfront.org/the-year-of-open-letters-…

Republicans Oppose Kristen Clarke for Top Civil Rights Job at DOJ in Latest Attack on Voting Rights
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-05-14
Republican senators in Washington are attempting to block Kristen Clarke, a prominent voting rights advocate, from a top Justice Department position. The Senate Judiciary Committee has deadlocked on an 11-11 vote on whether to move Clarke's nomination for assistant attorney general of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division to the Senate floor for a full vote. If she wins the vote, Clarke, who has served as the head of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and is a longtime champion of voting rights, a defender against hate and violent extremism, would be the first Black woman to hold the posit…
www.democracynow.org/2021/5/14/kristen_c…

Wisconsin bill would cut funding to cities that defund the police
Hayden Harwood | liberationnews.org | 2021-05-14
Pro-police policies like this are an effective counter to any kind of legislative reforms aimed at defunding, restructuring or creating community control of the police.
liberationnews.org/wisconsin-bill-would-…

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