Month: May 2020

Categories USA

US should have spent half its military budget on healthcare system instead of missiles, ‘ex-economic hitman’ Perkins tells RT

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The Covid-19 pandemic should be a rallying call to change an economic system that spends billions each year on the tools of war but can’t produce a decent healthcare system, bestselling author John Perkins told RT. … Read More >US should have spent half its military budget on healthcare system instead of missiles, ‘ex-economic hitman’ Perkins tells RT

Categories Shows

How coronavirus defeated the US (w/ Vijay Prashad)

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Lee sits down with Vijay Prashad, executive director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. They discuss how the US failed in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the growing cohort of working people who’ve been dubbed the ‘precariat’ because of their precarious employment, what people can do to help limit this crisis, and how foreign countries such as India and Cuba are handling it. … Read More >How coronavirus defeated the US (w/ Vijay Prashad)

Categories EU

Macron warns life ‘won’t be back to normal’ as Covid-19 forces French to find new way of ‘social distance’ protest

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France’s president has said that the national recovery would need to be ‘organized,’ in a speech at the Elysee Palace as the country celebrated a subdued Labor Day, while movement in the country remains tightly restricted. … Read More >Macron warns life ‘won’t be back to normal’ as Covid-19 forces French to find new way of ‘social distance’ protest

Categories Asia & Pacific

WHO’s not invited? World Health Organization seeks permission to participate in China’s investigation into Covid-19 origins

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that Beijing is investigating the origins of the novel coronavirus that first appeared in Wuhan, but the agency has so far been prevented from participating in the probe. … Read More >WHO’s not invited? World Health Organization seeks permission to participate in China’s investigation into Covid-19 origins

Categories Middle East

‘Illegitimate presence’: Iran says Persian Gulf confrontation was sparked by US Navy encroaching on planned drills

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A US-Iran confrontation in the Persian Gulf earlier this month kicked off due to the US Navy’s unauthorised presence during Iran’s planned military drills, a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official has said. … Read More >‘Illegitimate presence’: Iran says Persian Gulf confrontation was sparked by US Navy encroaching on planned drills

Categories Shows

The News with Rick Sanchez – April 30, 2020

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China claims that it expelled a US Navy ship called the USS Barry from its “territorial waters” in the South China Sea on Tuesday and went on to condemn Washington’s “provocative acts.” The US, who does not recognize China’s claim to the area, defended the USS Barry’s “freedom of navigation” operation went according to plan and sent the USS Bunker Hill through the contested waters on the following day. … Read More >The News with Rick Sanchez – April 30, 2020