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May Day in Hong Kong, and here it happened again!
Several media outlets reported that “hundreds of protesters did gather in small groups at a shopping mall in the town of Sha Tin, chanting slogans and holding protest flags”. A few other groups of rioters were spotted at various other locations in the city.
They were holding banners, and singing and chanting slogans that were described by Western journalists as “pro-democracy” and “anti-Beijing”.
As Hong Kong is still fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic, the police, naturally, sent the rioters packing.

Michael Lesher Reading op-eds these days about the grim progress of COVID-19 through the United States, I sometimes have the eerie feeling that I’ve traveled backward in time and landed in some sort of Cold War-like, hyper-conformist dystopia — but with one disquieting difference. As in those dark days, we’re bombarded with warnings of a …

If you thought COVID-19 wouldn’t get political, think again.
Peter VAN BUREN
If America has a fast forward button on it, someone should push it ahead to November. We won’t be done with the virus until we’re done with the election. Between prudence and overreaction lies politics.

A "second wave" is coming . . . and they're going to blame it on YOU. Today James talks to Monica Perez and Brad Binkley of ThePropReport.com about their analysis of the "second wave" narrative and how it is going to play out in the unfolding covid crisis.

[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/2020-04-28_Propaganda_Report.mp3"][/audio]A "second wave" is coming . . . and they're going to blame it on YOU. Today James talks to Monica Perez and Brad Binkley of ThePropReport.com about their analysis of the second wave narrative and how it is going to play out in the unfolding covid crisis.

With every tragedy that befalls mankind few political leaders can resist the temptation to enhance the powers of the security state while attacking civil liberties. The response to the coronavirus pandemic has proven to be no exception.

Although we do not tie our organizing to the election cycle, the 2020 election is an opportunity for the people to set the agenda for the 2020s. We need to show that whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden are elected, the people will rule from below. We need to build our power to demand the transformational we need.

On March 24 the White House reported Trump’s declaration that “There’s tremendous hope as we look forward and we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel” regarding the wildfire spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Perhaps the most important part of his analysis is that mass refusal to comply with totalitarian edicts is the only way to halt and then reverse the process.

[audio mp3="http://www.corbettreport.com/mp3/qfc060-lockdownprotests.mp3"][/audio]Diane writes in to ask if there are any protests against the lockdowns happening. The answer is a resounding yes, but the fact that people aren't hearing about these protests speaks volumes in and of itself. Join James for this important action-oriented edition of Questions For Corbett.