From Jenna Orkin, Rice Farmer and Robin Westenra
Breaking News
Is it an example of: when you're in a hole, stop digging; you can't cure a drunk with a case of whiskey; or don't pee into the wind? - Wes
Total US Debt Soars To 101.5% Of GDP
Eurosis Is Back With A Bang: PMIs Collapse, Unemployment Surges To Record
May-Day, May-Day: Houston, We Have Global Unemployment
May Day: Protests & demonstrations worldwide on Workers' Day
The Entire Global Economy Depends On Collateral That Doesn't Exist
You mean "Hopium" isn't a resource that we can bank on? Sadly, it's not a strategy either... - Wes
Clashes in Oakland: Police use tear gas and batons against protesters (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
-- After checking around the world it's pretty clear that Occupy has not returned as before, or recaptured the momentum it held for a brief while. I'm certain that Occupy protest were more numerous and effective than mainstream media will acknowledge. But today's events weren't big enough to force the mainstream to see them. In general large demonstrations in NY and Oakland were met with overwhelming intimidation, or as in Cleveland, conveniently placed provocateurs posing as anarchists allegedly planning on blowing up a bridge with explosives conveniently rendered harmless in advance by the FBI. Sound familiar? And the foolish Occupiers in Cleveland cancelled their protest so as not to be linked to the violence... Suckers!
Occupy set many forces in motion, and blades of grass will still find their way through the sidewalk. On the other hand, May Day brought out substantial numbers worldwide. -- MCR
Civil Unrest/Revolution
Re-Occupied: protest camp is back at St Paul's
Salafists Attack Police at Far-Right Rally
Occupy activists fear becoming Democratic 'pet'
May Day in Toronto: No bankers, borders, bosses or capitalism Special
After A Full Day Of Protests, Occupy Reached Liberty Square, And Some Protesters Don't Want To Leave
Occupy Oakland Got To Meet This Badass Armored Beast
Occupy Wall Street Completely Took Over Union Square In A Rally Thousands Of Protesters Strong
Occupy Wall Street Has Labeled These Three Restaurant Chains 'Super-Villains'
May Day unity on display: Hundreds of thousands rally worldwide (FESTIVE PHOTOS)
-- You see it doesn't matter whether you call it Occupy or May Day. What matters is hundreds of thousands, maybe millions, maybe hundreds of millions in the streets sharing a common vision and and common objective. You might call it Anonymous, but that name's already taken. -- MCR
Occupy takes May Day protests to streets
NYPD, FBI Raid Occupy Wall Street Protesters' Homes In Anticipation Potentially Violent May Day
-- Pure, naked fascism. -- MCR
Europeans protest austerity at May Day rallies
Kuwait riot police disperse stateless protesters
Bahrain breaks up protests, faces calls to free prisoners
"Riot police firing tear gas and stun grenades routed protesters in Bahrain's capital on Tuesday as the government came under mounting international pressure to release jailed leaders of last year's uprising."
May Day In Chicago: Protesters Block Bank Of America Entrance, Rally Downtown
Stinging gas sends May Day protesters fleeing
Environment/Disasters
Floods fear as more rain forecast in 'wettest April'
Failure to boost flood defences exposed as 1,000 are evacuated
The lesson here is what we are preparing for at CollapseNet - we are on our own to deal the effects of climate change, and the dozen other converging crises. When either Mother Nature or man's arrogance causes the disaster, expect no bailouts from government anywhere. - Wes
Why are we still “in drought” after all this rain?
Peru to investigate mass pelican die-off in dolphin death area
Mother Nature Mugs California's Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
Poisonous caterpillars could bring misery to millions of Olympic spectators
Asthma rates at record high, CDC says
Food/Water
Is Another Bout Of Global Food Inflation Just Around The Corner?
Yes. And if we have QE III, get ready for more global revolution as more commoners are priced out of eating. - WesC
annabis: Britain's growth industry
Scientists send open letter to anti-GM protesters pleading with them not to destroy 'years of work'
Guess What Drugs and Illegal Substances Are Showing Up in Chicken?
All Hail the Robotic Farmers and Pilots of the Future
Farmers face high costs when planting crops
Energy
Researchers break record for deep-sea drill depth
Another Energy Company Nationalized As Bolivia Follows In Argentina's Footsteps; More Pain For Spain
Solve Water Problems Or Forget Growth, India Told
Global Economy
UN Agency Slams European Austerity Measures
Something Really Bad Happened To The European Economy In April
The Effects Of Swiss Currency Manipulation Are Dire In Europe
Europe's Modern-Day Ghost Towns
Greece's Young and Bright Flee Crisis and Corruption
Bank of Spain Confirms Foreigners Dump Spanish Bonds; Spanish Banks Foolishly Load Up
Madness in Spain Lingers as Ireland Chases Recovery
AND NOW: The Brand New Spanish Youth Unemployment Number
51.1%
LIVE: THOUSANDS OF COMPANIES AROUND THE WORLD REVEAL THE STATE OF BUSINESS
Want Economic Growth? Do It Like the Fed: Analysts
Dallas Fed: Why We Must End TBTF Now!
America's "Safest Long Term Investment" Is Gold - Gallup
Bank of America Planning More Job Cuts: Report
Bulls Roll the Dice, Hoping for More Good Economic News
Even a rain dance has more science behind it than that. - JO
'Ocean' of Credit Boosts Growth but Has Risks: Gross
States Scaling Back Worker Pensions to Save Money
Collapsing U.S. Postal Service Needs Freedom to Cut Costs
Euro-Region Unemployment Rate Climbs to Highest Level in Almost 15 Years
Fed Stimulus Odds Decline as Four Regional Presidents Doubt It’s Necessary
EXCLUSIVE: Apple Has Destroyed 490,000 American Jobs
Steve Jobs: slave laborer and American hero. Same as it ever was. - Wes
This Chart From The New Reinharts And Rogoff Paper Has People Freaking Out
BREMMER: These Are The Countries That Will Win And Lose In The New Global Paradigm
Estimating Government Support for Canadian Banks During the Financial Crisis
Inside Story - Did austerity measures worsen unemployment? (al-Jazeera VIDEO)
A new International Labour Organisation (ILO) report paints a miserable picture of the global jobs market, and blames government cutbacks for the big slow-down. Will the situation improve? Guests: Raymond Torres, Raoul Ruparel, Sony Kapoor.
Bank of Spain Confirms Foreigners Dump Spanish Bonds; Spanish Banks Foolishly Load Up
Israel's jobless rate leaps as the counting changes
"Israel's move to bring its economic statistics in line with leading Western countries has led to a far bleaker picture of its jobs market, undermining claims that the country is riding through the global crisis with relative ease."
Polish steel market sinks in glut
"Steel major in their bid to gain foothold in Eastern European market have taken the plunge with price reduction in Poland by Euro 20 per tonne. Some manufacturers have pruned production significantly to align with the demand and supply from CIS mills (Russia, Ukraine)."
Airline Death Spiral
Domestic airfares hit record high in 2011 (US)
Military/Intelligence
Never Forget Friedrich Hayek's Warning About Government Tyranny
Why So Many Europeans Are Falling In Love With Right-Wing Nationalists
Al-Qa'ida opens a new front line
U.S. Has No Idea Whether al-Qaida Is Beaten
Obama Stresses Need to 'Finish the Job' in Afghanistan
Skype security hole shares Internet addresses
New study links Tasers to cardiac arrest for the first time
Former Headhunter: There's A Really Good Reason To Become A Security Cyberspace Intelligence Spy
Fences Up: Israel walls off Lebanon, Egypt (RT VIDEO)
Drone strikes are back: US and Pakistan fighting over extrajudicial murders
Obama signs US-Afghan pact with Karzai
NATO May Decide on Stepping Up Missile Defense in Chicago – Defense Ministry
China, Russia resist West's sanctions push for Sudan, S.Sudan
"China and Russia are resisting a Western push for the U.N. Security Council to threaten Sudan and South Sudan with sanctions if the two countries fail to comply with demands to halt their escalating conflict, U.N. envoys said."
Obama targets evaders of Iran, Syria sanctions
US deploys F-22 fighter jets to UAE: officials
Israel begins building wall on Lebanese border
Israel joins UN list of states limiting human rights organizations
Greece's Extreme Right Poised For Parliament As Elections Near
Intelligence/security/internet/systemic breakdown
Is there a worldwide parking problem?
Yes, but people offering solutions like this ought to have their heads examined. -- RF
More white powder incidents in New York; police see Occupy link
"Three new envelopes containing suspicious white powder were sent to New York City banks and news organizations on Tuesday, along with notes suggesting the sender sympathizes with the Occupy Wall Street's Day of May 1 protests, police said."
-- It's the fucking government stupid! -- MCR
5 arrested for allegedly trying to blow up Ohio bridge
"The public was never in danger from the explosive devices, which were inoperable and controlled by an undercover FBI employee, according to sources close to the investigation."
Ditto. -- MCR
Europe
Huge China trade hub planned for Irish countryside
Thousands of European protesters mark May Day
U.K. Factory Index Falls More Than Forecast on Export Slump
Asia
UK aid helps to fund forced sterilisation of India's poor
USA
Total US Debt Soars To 101.5% Of GDP
Occupy New Dawn? OWS re-emerges in US
Painkiller-addicted newborns skyrocket in US
Asking for trouble: NYPD announced it's ready for May Day violence
Obama orders U.S. treasury to target evaders of Iran, Syria sanctions
May Day means remergence of OWS (RT VIDEO)
Where it all came from
Homeownership rate drops to 15-year low
Well, so much for Dubya's "ownership society." -- RF
Social Security is a Ponzi scheme (Fox News)
Yes, but pension programs are just a subset of the infinite-growth economy, which itself is structurally the same as a Ponzi scheme.
Australia/NZ
More cuts needed, and banks must follow suit (Australia)
Public sector jobs to go in biggest cuts since Kennett (Australia)
