The white supremacist terrorist who killed at least 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York and livestreamed it, Payton Gendron, published a fascist manifesto using the same "black sun" Nazi symbol used by Ukraine's neo-Nazi Azov militia, which NATO is arming & training pic.twitter.com/nx4mqTRcjM
— Benjamin Norton (@BenjaminNorton) May 15, 2022
NATO is arming and training Nazis in Ukraine, as US floods Russia’s neighbor with weapons Benjamin Norton
NATO is sending weapons and trainers to help neo-Nazis in Ukraine’s white-supremacist Azov movement fight Russia. This follows numerous reports of Western government support for Ukrainian far-right extremists.
CLIMATE
Birds fall from the sky as heatwave scorches India Reuters
Pakistan city hits nearly 50C as blistering heatwave grips nation Al Jazeera
#COVID19
Don’t be fooled by the myths about kids and COVID flourishing on social media The Advocate
Trump officials and meat industry blocked life-saving Covid controls, investigation finds Guardian
Biden urges cities to spend Covid relief money on police, crime prevention NBC
Palestine
Modest improvement in U.S. coverage of Abu Akleh killing — but most reports remain biased Mondoweiss
The killing of Shireen Abu Akleh Columbia Journalism Review
Old Palestinian Wound Resurfaces at Israeli Resort NYTimes
Israeli soldiers had long denied killing prisoners after capturing an Arab seaside town, days after Israel’s creation. A new film provides fresh evidence — reopening a debate about Israel’s foundational story.
China
Fresh Off Russia, the U.S. Just Can’t Stop Provoking China CounterPunch
U.S./NATO war
If Ukraine Is Winning Why Is The U.S. Requesting A Ceasefire? Moon of Alabama
The Bizarre, Unanimous Dem Support for the $40b War Package to Raytheon and CIA: “For Ukraine” Glenn Greenwald
Nazis Are Actually Fine Now, According to the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League Michael Tracey
Economy
Big Bottle: The Baby Formula Nightmare Matt Stoller
$11 Trillion and Counting: Global Stock Slump May Not Be Over Yahoo Finance
Crypto unTethered Michael Roberts
Texans asked to limit electricity use after six power plants go down ahead of a hot weekend Texas Tribune
“All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake ‘public opinion’ for the benefit of the bourgeoisie.” — V.I. Lenin
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