(2022-05-07). On Wars, Propaganda and outright Lies. thesaker.is By Francis Lee for the Saker Blog. Here is a typical political offering from the British centre-left. As follows: "Putin's war on Ukraine has led to thousands of deaths, upended…
(2022-05-07). [Correspondence] Allocated but not treated: the silent 16%. thelancet.com The RECOVERY Collaborative Group has provided timely, robust evidence for managing hospitalised patients with COVID-19, including their randomised controlled trial supporting the use of tocilizumab.1 However, results from other smaller randomised controlled trials of tocilizumab (and sarilumab), particularly those with a placebo control group, did not show a mortality benefit of interleukin-6 inhibition versus control. In seeking to understand the totality of the data, results of any meta-analysis will be heavily weighted by RECOVERY trials, the largest population studied.
(2022-05-06). Zhao Lijian: China is a victim of U.S. disinformation campaign when asked about Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn
(2022-05-06). United States seeks to provoke Russia into escalation in Ukraine. wsws.org The New York Times and NBC published reports, based on the statements of US officials, documenting both the extent of direct US involvement in the war in Ukraine and the deliberate effort to provoke a direct conflict with Russia.
(2022-05-06). U.S. should stay simple in Ukraine crisis: NYT columnist Thomas Friedman. ecns.cn (ECNS) — New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman on Tuesday published an opinion work "A Message to the Biden Team on Ukraine: Talk Less", criticizing the Biden Administration of talking too much about its goal on the Ukraine crisis.
(2022-05-06). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.
(2022-05-06). Chapeando: Las visas a buchito y la desinformación a chorro (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Una nueva fake news sobre Cuba, recorre las redes, pero esta vez el punto de partida no son los llamados medios tóxicos sino varias agencias de prensa.
(2022-05-06). France Shifting Blame on Russia in Mali as Paris is Losing Influence & Control in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Ekaterina Blinova A mass grave discovered by Malian soldiers near a vacated French base prompted Paris to accuse a private Russian paramilitary organisation, Wagner Group, of planting corpses there to smear the French Armed Forces. However, Bamako renounced its military cooperation agreement with France on 2 May following the gruesome discovery. "France is desperate to…
(2022-05-06). The Poor Peoples Campaign Dishonors Martin Luther King. popularresistance.org On April 4, 1967 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave one of the most significant speeches of his career. In "Beyond Vietnam – Time to Break Silence " King declared his unequivocal opposition to the war in Vietnam. His very public break with Lyndon Johnson was greeted with derision, including from his own allies, who believed that the president was an ally who should not be attacked. The NAACP board passed a resolution calling King's statement a "serious tactical mistake" that would neither "serve the cause of civil rights nor of peace." The media joined in the condemnation, with the New York Times characterizing his…