Daily Archives: May 7, 2023

2023-05-07: News Headlines

Ericka Wills, Labor Notes. (2023-05-07). Knights On Strike In California. popularresistance.org Shocking video of Medieval Times strikers in Buena Park, California, run down by a car and then physically assaulted while picketing in a crosswalk had hundreds of thousands of views on social media in April. | "We began to get run over by cars," said Jake Bowman, a Medieval Times knight-turned-union organizer. "People would get out of their cars and throw picketers to the ground. Some people cared more about getting into their two-hour, completely optional entertainment venue than workers' lives. Sometimes you may have to yell louder to convince people to care." | The assaults brought into public view the challe…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-07). Analysis of obituaries shows a 40% increase in deaths of younger pilots during 2021. expose-news.com Claims continue to be circulated on social media that there have been exponential increases in pilot deaths based on the Airline Pilot Magazine's 'In Memoriam' section — these claims are false. However, …

Larry Johnson (2023-05-06). Evgeny Prigozhin — Truth Teller, Mad Man or Maskirovka? sonar21.com The Wagoner Group's chief benefactor, Evgeny Prigozhin, had quite a public meltdown this week on social media and the West is lapping it up: Standing in a field of corpses,…

Common Dreams Staff (2023-05-07). Police Arrest Dozens for Peacefully Protesting King Charles III's Coronation. truthout.org Thousands of King Charles III's subjects protested against the monarchy Saturday in London — and heavy-handed police detained many of them for "suspicion of breaching the peace." Earlier this week, the Metropolitan Police tweeted that they would have an "extremely low tolerance" of those seeking to "undermine" King Charles III's coronation day. "A significant police operation is underway in… |

Mike Ludwig (2023-05-06). Trump Told Proud Boys to "Stand By." Now 5 Are Convicted of Felonies. truthout.org Former President Donald Trump famously refused to condemn white supremacists and told members of the neo-fascist Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" during a 2020 presidential debate. When Trump tweeted that the January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally would be "wild," the Proud Boys believed it was their cue to organize a group of "real men" to be in Washington, D.C. on that fateful day. Now… |

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-05-07). Anuncian II Festival Internacional de Teatro Progresista en Venezuela. telesurtv.net En su cuenta personal de la red social Twitter, Villegas Poljak, indicó que este evento cultural se realizará entre los días 8 y 18 de junio del presente año.

Ericka Wills, Labor Notes. (2023-05-07). Knights On Strike In California. popularresistance.org Shocking video of Medieval Times strikers in Buena Park, California, run down by a car and then physically assaulted while picketing in a crosswalk had hundreds of thousands of views on social media in April. | "We began to get run over by cars," said Jake Bowman, a Medieval Times knight-turned-union organizer. "People would get out of their cars and throw picketers to the ground. Some people cared more about getting into their two-hour, completely optional entertainment venue than workers' lives. Sometimes you may have to yell louder to convince people to care." | The assaults brought into public view the challe…

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-07). Analysis of obituaries shows a 40% increase in deaths of younger pilots during 2021. expose-news.com Claims continue to be circulated on social media that there have been exponential increases in pilot deaths based on the Airline Pilot Magazine's 'In Memoriam' section — these claims are false. However, …

Larry Johnson (2023-05-06). Evgeny Prigozhin — Truth Teller, Mad Man or Maskirovka? sonar21.com The Wagoner Group's chief benefactor, Evgeny Prigozhin, had quite a public meltdown this week on social media and the West is lapping it up: Standing in a field of corpses,…

Common Dreams Staff (2023-05-07). Police Arrest Dozens for Peacefully Protesting King Charles III's Coronation. truthout.org Thousands of King Charles III's subjects protested against the monarchy Saturday in London — and heavy-handed police detained many of them for "suspicion of breaching the peace." Earlier this week, the Metropolitan Police tweeted that they would have an "extremely low tolerance" of those seeking to "undermine" King Charles III's coronation day. "A significant police operation is underway in… |

Mike Ludwig (2023-05-06). Trump Told Proud Boys to "Stand By." Now 5 Are Convicted of Felonies. truthout.org Former President Donald Trump famously refused to condemn white supremacists and told members of the neo-fascist Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" during a 2020 presidential debate. When Trump tweeted that the January 6 "Stop the Steal" rally would be "wild," the Proud Boys believed it was their cue to organize a group of "real men" to be in Washington, D.C. on that fateful day. Now… |

teleSUR, nbb, JGN (2023-05-07). Anuncian II Festival Internacional de Teatro Progresista en Venezuela. telesurtv.net En su cuenta personal de la red social Twitter, Villegas Poljak, indicó que este evento cultural se realizará entre los días 8 y 18 de junio del presente año.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-05-07). Incendio en gasolinera de Türkiye deja al menos 12 fallecidos. twitter.com El siniestro se desató tras un choque múltiple. Contabilizan 32 lesionados, de ellos tres en condición crítica.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-07). Israel Hands Over Jordanian MP Accused Of Smuggling Arms To West Bank. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Police, via Twitter. | On May 7, Israel released a Jordanian parliamentarian who was accused of smuggling hundreds of firearms to Palestinians in the West Bank. | MP Imad Adwan was detained by Israeli authorities at the Allenby Bridge border crossing while on his way to the West Bank on April 22. Back then, 194 handguns and 12 assault rifles were seized from the parliamentarian's car. | The Israeli security agency, Shin Bet, said in a statement th…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-07). Turkey To Move Embassy Out From Sudanese Capital After Attack On Ambassador Car. southfront.org The Turkish ambassador's car after the attack. Via Twitter. | On May 6, gunfire hit the car of Turkey's ambassador to Sudan as it was moving in the country's capital, Khartoum, where the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF) have been fighting for more than three weeks. | No casualties were reported and the source of the gunfire that hit ambassador Ismail Cobanoglu's vehicle was unclear, said Turkish diplomatic sources quoted by Anadolu Agency. Both the army and the R…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-06). Cuba and Portugal celebrate 104 years of diplomatic relations. plenglish.com On Twitter, the Cuban Foreign Ministry reiterated its willingness to continue expanding the existing relations of friendship and cooperation between the two peoples and nations. | Havana and Lisbon have historically maintained close ties that extend to several sectors, such as health care, where they recently signed a memorandum of understanding to promote medical and biopharmaceutical cooperation. | Portugal has supported Cuba at the United Nations and other forums every year condemning the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States.

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