Missing Journalist Found Murdered in Mexico
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Mexican authorities have found the decapitated body of journalist Victor Fernando Alvarez, who was reported missing since April 2, in the coastal city of Acapulco, the prosecutor's office said on Saturday. | RELATED: | Mexico: Violence Increases During COVID-19 Crisis | The Guerrero State Attorney General's Office said in a statement that forensic and genetic examinations confirmed the identification of the remains of the body found on Wednesday in the southern state of Guerrero…
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Mysterious Covid-19 outbreak forces US Navy to quarantine 116 crew on HOSPITAL ship treating a handful of non-coronavirus patients
rt.com | 2020-04-15
The US Navy has removed over 100 sailors from a hospital ship docked in Los Angeles to aid the city's fight against Covid-19 after seven crew members contracted the lethal virus
Pentagon looked 'hard' into theory Covid-19 came from Chinese lab, but 'inconclusive' evidence still suggests natural origin
rt.com | 2020-04-15
The US military looked 'hard' at rumors the coronavirus came from a laboratory in Wuhan, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters, but the evidence so far is 'inconclusive' and pointing to it emerging naturally. | "It should be no surprise to you that we have taken a keen interest in that, and we have had a lot of intelligence take a hard look at that," General Mark Milley said at a news briefing on Tuesday. | At this point it's inconclusive, although the weight of evidence seems to indicate natural, but we do not know for sure. | His top medical officer, Joint Staff Surgeon Brigadier-General…
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'Now is not the time!' UN chief says WHO is 'critical' in global war against Covid-19 as US cuts funding to probe its 'China ties'
rt.com | 2020-04-15
The United Nations has urged continued support for the World Health Organization (WHO) as countries around the globe battle the coronavirus pandemic, just hours after US President Donald Trump froze American funding to the agency. | The WHO and its thousands of staff are fighting the health crisis on the front lines, supporting the most vulnerable nations with "concrete life-saving services," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres wrote in a statement on Tuesday. | It is my belief…
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Pentagon looked 'hard' into theory Covid-19 came from Chinese lab, but 'inconclusive' evidence still suggests natural origin
rt.com | 2020-04-15
The US military looked 'hard' at rumors the coronavirus came from a laboratory in Wuhan, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters, but the evidence so far is 'inconclusive' and pointing to it emerging naturally. | "It should be no surprise to you that we have taken a keen interest in that, and we have had a lot of intelligence take a hard look at that," General Mark Milley said at a news briefing on Tuesday. | At this point it's inconclusive, although the weight of evidence seems to indicate natural, but we do not know for sure. | His top medical officer, Joint Staff Surgeon Brigadier-General…
rt.com/news/485830-pentagon-wuhan-lab-co…
'People abandoned to die of hunger & disease': France summons Chinese envoy over criticism of West's response to Covid-19 pandemic
rt.com | 2020-04-15
Paris has summoned its Chinese envoy after the embassy published a blistering critique of the West's response to the Covid-19 crisis, accusing leaders of failure to act and abandoning vulnerable citizens to death and starvation. | "Certain publicly voiced opinions by representatives of the Chinese embassy in France are not in line with the quality of the bilateral relation between our two countries," Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a statement late Tuesday, calling on Ambassador Lu Shaye to answer for an article p…
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Iran agricultural imports hit $9.3bn last year: official
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-15
TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA)
Will COVID-19 infect the world order?
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-15
TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA) –Professor Larry Backer in an interview with Mehr News Agency argues that the concept of COVID-19 may penetrate the world order like the virus attacks individuals.
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Tehran, Seoul mayors discuss fight against COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-15
TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA)
Trump's anti-Iran policy could lead to death of innocents: US sen
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TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA)
Landslide blocking Karaj-Chalus road
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KARAJ, Apr. 15 (MNA)
Commemoration ceremony of Martyr Soleimani held in karbala
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TEHRAN, Apr. 15 (MNA)
UN chief reacts to Trump's decision to halt WHO funds
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Guilt and Impunity: Gaza and COVID-19
Judith Deutsch | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
Plague has entered the Holy Land. During the week of Easter and Passover there is an uncanny conjuncture of dire threat and insouciance. Easter in the West is a cheery time of pastel eggs, chocolate, and death denial, of not grappling with Jesus' last cry to God-the-Father: "Why hast thou forsaken me?" Nor is there…
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Guilt and Impunity: Gaza and COVID-19
Judith Deutsch | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
Plague has entered the Holy Land. During the week of Easter and Passover there is an uncanny conjuncture of dire threat and insouciance. Easter in the West is a cheery time of pastel eggs, chocolate, and death denial, of not grappling with Jesus' last cry to God-the-Father: "Why hast thou forsaken me?" Nor is there…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/guilt-and-im…
If Coronavirus Overwhelms Gaza, Israel Alone will be to Blame
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-14
The Palestinians of Gaza know all about lockdowns. For the past 13 years, some two million of them have endured a closure by Israel more extreme than anything experienced by almost any other society
COVID-19 will compound catastrophic impact of Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
The announcement of the first case of COVID-19 in Yemen came as UN humanitarian agencies are slashing their aid programmes in the country.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/yeme…
COVID-19 in Brazil: Favela Residents and Indigenous Communities Among Those Most at Risk
Alexander Main | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
As of noon on April 8th the total number of Covid-19 positive cases reported by Brazil's health ministry exceeded 14,000 and the number of deaths exceeded 700. This is, by far, the highest number of reported cases in Latin America (though Ecuador has a greater number of reported cases and deaths on a per capita…
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Peru: Unions Protest Against Government's Economic Measures
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
Labor Unions in Peru are protesting against a new economic measure from the government that seeks to cease work until the COVID-19 pandemic dissipates. | RELATED: | Peru: Indigenous People in Lockdown Without Electricity, Sewage | Peruvian President, Martin Vizcarra, announced on April 12 the implementation of the measure as his administration faces the COVID-19 impact. The "perfect suspension" states that those who are unable to work because of the virus can stop working for u…
telesurenglish.net/news/peru-unions-prot…
Bolivia Indigenous Denounce Añez for Discrimination
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
Bolivian native organizations denounced the de facto president Jeanine Añez for discrimination against Indigenous communities during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | We Call for the Immediate Release of the Political Prisoner and Afrobolivian Leader, Irene Elena Flores Torrez | According to Confederation Bartolina Sisa's leader Irisolda Ribero, the government has not complied with promises and strategies in combatting the virus. As Ribero explains, the de facto p…
telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-indigeno…
Hundreds of Workers in Meat and Poultry Plants Test Positive for COVID-19
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-14
We look at the spike in coronavirus infections at meatpacking plants. In just one case, Smithfield Foods shut down a plant responsible for 5% of U.S. pork production after more than 350 workers at the facility tested positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, deaths of slaughterhouse workers have been reported in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Colorado. Many meat processing facilities employ large numbers of immigrants, including undocumented workers. We speak with Wenonah Hauter, executive director and founder…
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COVID-19 Worsens Struggle of Migrant Workers in Gulf States
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
Human rights organizations are searching for empty buildings in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain is transforming schools in shelters to place workers from crammed work camps, as the coronavirus is fast spreading across the Gulf region, Reuters reported Tuesday. | RELATED: | COVID-19 Reportedly Fast Spreading Among Saudi Royal Family | The struggle is not limited to overcrowded work camps, where one room with bunk beds can sleep about a dozen workers, the virus has a…
telesurenglish.net/news/COVID-19-Worsens…
Privately-run immigrant jails denying detainees masks, dodging responsibility
Nomaan Merchant | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-14
HOUSTON (AP)–Elsy was on the phone in an immigration detention center when guards showed up with face masks and forms to sign. The asylum-seeker from El Salvador and others had resorted to tearing their T-shirts into face coverings after a woman in their unit tested positive for COVID-19. But the guards would not give out …
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Immigrants at US detention centers lead hunger strikes, face persecution demanding protections from pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
Nearly 200 immigrants, in male and female cell blocks, are currently staging a hunger strike and sit-in at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield, California.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/immi…
Get Ready for an Unacceptable "New Normal": Censorship, Extrajudicial Arrests, Is Martial Law the Next Shoe to Drop?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
At times like now, ideas lying around dormant on the shelf become reality. | Economic and other crisis conditions are times when most people can be convinced to accept unacceptable policies they'd likely reject otherwise. | During and after 2008-09 economic crisis …
globalresearch.ca/get-ready-unacceptable…
Sanders Formally Capitulates to Corporatist-Warmonger Biden
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
There never was any doubt. In 2016, Sanders capitulated to unfit to serve Hillary. | History repeated on Monday as expected. Biden's agenda since the 1970s matches Hillary's with a gender difference. | It's much the same as Trump's with a party …
globalresearch.ca/sanders-formally-capit…
The Arab-Israeli Alliance Is Fueling Conflicts in the Middle East
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
There are 2 camps in the Middle East: those countries which work with 'Israel', and those who do not. The countries which have established relationships with 'Israel' are Turkey; United Arab Emirates (UAE); Saudi Arabia; Qatar; Bahrain; Oman; Jordan; Egypt. …
globalresearch.ca/arab-israeli-alliance-…
HaàØti au bord du précipice en raison des ravages du coronavirus et des dirigeants imposés par les États-Unis
Jeb Sprague | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-14
Alors que le gouvernement d'HaàØti, soutenu par les États-Unis et largement méprisé, encourage officiellement la distanciation sociale pour restreindre la…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/14/haiti-coronav…
As Turkey Bombs Syria, Activists Urge Trader Joe's to Drop Turkish Goods
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-14
In solidarity with the people residing in North and East Syria, groups across the U.S. are asking the multibillion-dollar grocery chain Trader Joe's to de-shelve products from its Turkish suppliers. Rojava solidarity groups, organizing under a coalition hashtag of #TJsBoycottTurkey, launched a "Trader Joe's Boycott Turkey" petition. The coalition also scheduled a communications zap that encourages a coordinated flurry of emails and phone calls to corporate headquarters for Wednesday, April 15 and T…
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Colombia: UN Worried About Attacks Against Ex-FARC Members
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
In Colombia, the persecution of former combatants of the ex-guerrilla group FARC-EP persists, even though they are returning to normal life, The Common Alternative Revolutionary Force political party said on Monday. | RELATED: | Killings of Ex-FARC Members Continue in Colombia With Impunity | The United Nations also discussed the recent violence affecting Colombia, as members of the Peace Mission attended a meeting that discussed the latest attacks against the ex-FARC members inside…
telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-farc-de…
Phase 2 Chikungunya Virus–Like Particle Vaccine: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Chen GL, Coates EE, Plummer SH, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
This clinical trial tested whether the chikungunya virus–like particle vaccince was safe for participants living in chikungunya endemic areas.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…
Preemptive Therapy vs Antiviral Prophylaxis and CMV in Seronegative Liver Transplant Recipients With Seropositive Donors
Singh N, Winston DJ, Razonable RR, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
This randomized trial compares preemptive therapy vs antiviral prophylaxis with valganciclovir in cytomegalovirus (CMV)-seronegative liver transplant recipients with seropositive donors for the prevention of CMV disease.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…
Geostrategic Factors: Will China Wins "World War C"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
The New Cold War between the US and China abruptly took a new form following the global outbreak of COVID-19, but Beijing still has a solid chance of coming out on top in this struggle for global leadership if it …
globalresearch.ca/geostrategic-factors-d…
President Maduro announced 6 new confirmed coronavirus cases for a 181 total–Venezuela moving to massive screenings
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-14
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros , reported this Sunday that 6 new positive cases for Covid -19 were recorded in the country, for a total of 181 infected patients and zero [new] fatalities.
mronline.org/2020/04/14/president-maduro…
Venezuela Has the Lowest Contagion Rate in Latin America
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
According to data compiled through April 11, Venezuela had carried out 181,335 COVID-19 tests, which allowed this South American country to detect patients in time and become the Latin American nation with the lowest infection rate. | RELATED: | Venezuela Donates COVID-19 Tests to Caribbean Countries | " President Nicolas Maduro's measures place Venezuela as the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Has-th…
Spanish workers furious as unions support "back to work" in COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
Working class anger is rising against the Socialist Party-Podemos government, which forced millions of non-essential workers back to work yesterday…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/spai…
Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Help Curb War and Militarism?
Lawrence Wittner | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
Decades ago, when I began teaching international history, I used to ask students if they thought it was possible for nations to end their fighting of wars against one another. Their responses varied. But the more pessimistic conclusions were sometimes tempered by the contention that, if the world's nations faced a common foe, such as…
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Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Help Curb War and Militarism?
Lawrence Wittner | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
Decades ago, when I began teaching international history, I used to ask students if they thought it was possible for nations to end their fighting of wars against one another. Their responses varied. But the more pessimistic conclusions were sometimes tempered by the contention that, if the world's nations faced a common foe, such as…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/will-the-cor…
Prague Shows No Respect to Russians Who Liberated It from Nazism
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
Marshal Ivan Konev, the famous Soviet general who was responsible for liberating most of Eastern Europe from Nazi Germany and its allies has been a figure of respect. He has been immortalized in a series of busts and statues …
globalresearch.ca/prague-shows-no-respec…
Are Ventilators Killing More People Than They're Saving??
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
"Researchers in Wuhan…reported that, of 37 critically ill Covid-19 patients who were put on mechanical ventilators, 30 died within a month. In a U.S. study of patients in Seattle, only one of the seven patients older than 70 who were …
globalresearch.ca/are-ventilators-killin…
On COVID-19 And Internationalism Or Extinction
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-04-14
Interview on the coronavirus pandemic in the context of neoliberal capitalism's failures, climate change, potential nuclear disaster, and Donald Trump's authoritarianism…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/on-covid-19-and-in…
Mural in the West Bank Painted in Honor of Cuba and Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
A large mural named "Al Ahrar" (Liberators in Arabic) was painted on a wall in the illegally occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank in honor of Cuba and Venezuela, local media reported Tuesday. | RELATED: | A Palestinian Guide to Surviving a Quarantine | The stone wall, which measures 10 meters wide by three high, is located on the highest summit of the city of Dura, in the southern West Bank. In Dura, and more generally in Palestine, murals are an important way to showcase the art…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mural-in-the-Wes…
A Pandemic May be Reported Like a War, But They're Very Different
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
I was walking in the early evening down an empty street in Canterbury, wondering how residents were coping with fear and isolation stemming from the coronavirus outbreak. People living there must have been in their houses judging by the cars parked outside, but there were few lights in the windows suggesting that they were in their kitchens out the back.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/a-pandemic-m…
How One of Big Pharma's Most Corrupt Companies Plans to Corner the COVID-19 Cure Market
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-14
One of the most politically-connected yet scandal ridden vaccine companies in the united states, with troubling ties to the 2001 anthrax attacks and opioid crisis, is set to profit handsomely from the current coronavirus crisis.
mintpressnews.com/how-emergent-solutions…
So Long, Bernie
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
People, on the political left, need something to believe in if they're to survive in a right-wing society. While many on the left criticize those of us who supported Bernie Sanders for president, there is a cohort who believes in taking part in the political system and campaigns long after any reasons remain for doing…
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So Long, Bernie
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
People, on the political left, need something to believe in if they're to survive in a right-wing society. While many on the left criticize those of us who supported Bernie Sanders for president, there is a cohort who believes in taking part in the political system and campaigns long after any reasons remain for doing…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/so-long-bern…
Ayatollah Trump Declares "Total Authority"
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-04-14
Top 5 Ways he is Becoming American Version of Iran's Supreme Leader…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/ayatollah-trump-de…
COVID-19 and Amerindians
J.P. Linstroth | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
Most of us are preoccupied with quarantining, and whether or not we will have jobs to go back to when this is all over. In truth, it may be months. Therefore, it is difficult to imagine the Coronavirus (COVID-19) wreaking more economic or mortal havoc elsewhere, but it will, especially in the "developing world". Imagine,…
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Apocalypse Around Every Corner
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
I used to read my three kids their favourite story book series on Frog and Toad. Frog, more cheery than his friend Toad, who takes things a wee bit too literally and frets too much, says that "spring is just around the corner." Thinking for a few seconds, Toad asks Frog if they could go…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/apocalypse-a…
Why It's Going to be Much Harder for Neoliberals to Prevent Government Spending
Subin Dennis | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
It is a sign of how bad things are when the editorial board of the Financial Times, the world's leading business newspaper, carries an editorial calling for "radical reforms… reversing the prevailing policy direction of the last four decades." The FT editorial of April 3 has advocated, among other things, a more active role for…
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Why is Canada Refusing Cuban Doctors?
Macdonald Stainsby | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
We all have this feeling right now. Fear, sometimes verging on terror, and the main strategy to stay human is to never panic. Still, there is a lot of reason to be greatly afraid. Covid-19 has passed into every country, and most people on earth are on some variant of lockdown. The psychology of it is immense. There is an invisible enemy, somewhere out there, and it is threatening immediately our families and loved ones, and it has removed all outdoor life, socialization, schooling, etc.
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Five Ways to Get Rid of Coronavirus
Chris Kuntz | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
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If the Rich Trust in Hydroxychloroquine, Should We?
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
Donald Trump the president last Saturday became Donald Trump the pitchman. He didn't pitch any policy. He pitched instead what some are calling a "game changer" in the war against coronavirus, an 85-year-old anti-malaria medicine known as hydroxychloroquine. Exhorted Trump at his April 4 daily Covid-19 briefing: "What do you have to lose? Take it."
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/if-the-rich-…
Mega-Rich Hedge Funds Swoop Down to Grab COVID-19 Small Business Relief Funds
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-14
As small business owners struggle to obtain desperately needed money from a first-come-first-served federal coronavirus relief program, some wealthy hedge fund managers are attempting snag a share of the $350 billion taxpayer fund with the help of high-powered legal firms that know how to quickly navigate the confusing application process. | "Some he…
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Mega-Rich Hedge Funds Swoop Down to Grab COVID-19 Small Business Relief Funds
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-14
As small business owners struggle to obtain desperately needed money from a first-come-first-served federal coronavirus relief program, some wealthy hedge fund managers are attempting snag a share of the $350 billion taxpayer fund with the help of high-powered legal firms that know how to quickly navigate the confusing application process.
truthout.org/articles/trumps-hedge-fund-…
Mega-Rich Hedge Funds Swoop Down to Grab COVID-19 Small Business Relief Funds
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-14
As small business owners struggle to obtain desperately needed money from a first-come-first-served federal coronavirus relief program, some wealthy hedge fund managers are attempting snag a share of the $350 billion taxpayer fund with the help of high-powered legal firms that know how to quickly navigate the confusing application process.
truthout.org/articles/trumps-hedge-fund-…
German airline Lufthansa receives multibillion-euro bailout, prepares to cut 18,000 jobs
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
Europe's largest airline, is exploiting the coronavirus pandemic to implement long-planned attacks on their workforces.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/luft…
Global airline hit from coronavirus rises to $314 billion
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-14
Global airlines will lose $314 billion in revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. This is according to a forecast from the industry's representative body IATA, which raised its estimate from the $252 billion figure given on March 24. The $314 billion represents a 55% fall in passenger revenues. This is compared to the …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/global-airline-hit-from-coronavirus-rises-to-314-billion/
'Can I Keep You Safe? Your Future Is Uncertain': Climate and the Fate of Humanity
Media Lens | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
In the face of the coronavirus pandemic, the most immediate objective is to slow its spread, minimise the death toll and help people through the crisis. But, despite government promises to support citizens who are now losing their jobs and …
globalresearch.ca/climate-fate-humanity/…
China Predicts New Wave of COVID-19 by the End of 2020
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
By the end of 2020, a new COVID-19 outbreak could hit the world, according to predictions by a Chinese health specialist. | RELATED: | China to Launch Clinical Trials for Two COVID-19 Vaccines | "Contrary to what many think, the COVID-19 pandemic will not be over in a couple of months," Dr. Zhang Wenhong, who is leading the fight against the coronavirus in Shanghai city, in China, said recently. | The disease "could re-emerge in the late autumn. A new outbreak is very likely," the…
telesurenglish.net/news/china-predicts-n…
Trump Says His "Authority Is Total." In Response, Governors Are Rebelling
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-14
The president of the United States went fully off the rails on live television yesterday like your shouty right-wing uncle at the Thanksgiving table … times a thousand zillion infinities. Even for Donald Trump, who has set the bar for presidential behavior so low that worms use it as a guardrail, this was a rare and terrifying performance. | Trump h…
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Could the US Forever Wars Be Part of Our Past in a Post-Coronavirus Planet?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-14
Let me quote a Trumpian figure from long ago, Henry Ford. That's right, the bigot who created the Ford Motor Company (and once even ran for president). Back in 1916, in an interview with a Chicago Tribune reporter,…
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Could the US Forever Wars Be Part of Our Past in a Post-Coronavirus Planet?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-14
Let me quote a Trumpian figure from long ago, Henry Ford. That's right, the bigot who created the Ford Motor Company (and once even ran for president). Back in 1916, in an interview with a Chicago Tribune reporter,…
truthout.org/articles/could-the-u-s-fore…
Could the U.S. Forever Wars Be Part of Our Past in a Post-Coronavirus Planet?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-14
Let me quote a Trumpian figure from long ago, Henry Ford. That's right, the bigot who created the Ford Motor Company (and once even ran for president). Back in 1916, in an interview with a Chicago Tribune reporter,…
truthout.org/articles/could-the-u-s-fore…
Islamophobia Has No Place in the Fight Against COVID-19
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-14
From politics to social media, Muslims or anything associated with Islam (whether correctly or not) are dehumanized as objects against which to measure the intensity or severity of all things negative and threatening. Such comparisons reinforce conscious and subconscious biases, and prime society and lawmakers to implement drastic and often repressive measures to address the latest perceived threat ostensibly posed by Muslims or Islam. | This cycle is nothing new. It should therefore come as no surprise that in t…
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Democratic Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Protect Fauci From Being Fired by Trump
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-14
After President Donald Trump sent out a tweet this past weekend that included a suggestion to fire one of the most recognizable and trusted names on his coronavirus task force, a Democratic senator hopes to pass legislation to prevent him from doing so without just cause or oversight. | Trump's tweet included the hashtag #FireFauci, a reference to Anthony Fauci, director of…
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Cuba Under Media Attack for Sending Doctors, Not Bombs, to Help Covid-19 Victims
Belen Fernandez | fair.org | 2020-04-14
As coronavirus ravages the world, Cuba has exhibited disproportionate heroism, deploying medical personnel to at least 14 countries thus far to battle the pandemic–including to Italy, which has been particularly devastated. The response is in keeping with Cuba's decades-long tradition of " doctors, not bombs," which has seen the tiny island nation dispatch tens of thousands of medics across the globe to combat everything…
fair.org/home/cuba-under-media-attack-fo…
Turkey's COVID-19 prison amnesty excludes political prisoners, journalists
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
Turkey has one of the world's fastest-spreading coronavirus epidemics, with over 52,000 cases and 1,100 deaths since the first case was diagnosed on March 10.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/turk…
A DWP 'fatal flaw' could spell disaster for 1.4 million people
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-04-14
The chair of an influential committee has said there is a "fatal flaw" in the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP's) response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. But it seems that the DWP is still refusing to change course. Even though this inbuilt fault in its flagship benefit could spell disaster for 1.4 million people. | Universal Credit and coronavirus: | Universal Credit is the DWP…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/04/14/a-dw…
Three New York City transit workers dying every day of coronavirus
Gary Bono | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-14
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Progressive lawmakers say pandemic underlines need for Workers' Bill of Rights
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-14
WASHINGTON–Progressive lawmakers are using workers' sacrifices due to the coronavirus pandemic
Cabinet split on coronavirus plan masks greater rift, with thousands more deaths likely
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2020-04-14
Over the Easter weekend, it was reported that there is a split in the Cabinet over how long the lockdown imposed to combat the coronavirus (Covid-19) should continue. Some ministers want it extended by six weeks "to save lives"; others, including home secretary Priti Patel, want it extended by three weeks to "protect the economy". | But there could be a more fundamental rift, alluded to in recently leaked recordings, regarding a very different strategy. That strategy could, in th…
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Sweden's flawed coronavirus battle plan hits the poor & elderly, resulting in worst death count among Nordic countries
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-14
In only three days, the total fatalities in Sweden due to the current epidemic rose from 477 to 881. While the problem started roughly about the same time in all the Scandinavian countries, Sweden's stats are among the worst.
mronline.org/2020/04/14/swedens-flawed-c…
California's COVID-19 Cases Higher Than Reported: Official
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
There might be up to 25,000 cases of COVID-19 in Northern California's San Mateo County (SMC), far more than the three-digit cases that are officially confirmed, the county's health officer said in a statement on Monday. | RELATED: | China Rejects US Accusation of 'Xenophobia' Against Africans | Scott Morrow said that the data currently shared on the county's website is simply very limited as many characteristics of the coronavirus are unknown and the testing remains very constrain…
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Trump Halts US Funding to WHO
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
United States President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that his country will halt funding to the World Health Organization while his administration reviews the agency's response to the coronavirus pandemic. | RELATED: | Trump Tells Employers Not to Bother Recording Coronavirus Cases | "I am directing my administration to halt funding while a review is conducted to access the World Health Organization's role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Halts-US-F…
Indonesian authorities announce limited restrictions, despite the alarming spread of COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
On Sunday Indonesia reported its largest daily jump in coronavirus cases and fatalities, with 399 new infections and 46 more deaths.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/indo…
Transit agencies and governments continue to expose workers and riders to coronavirus pandemic internationally
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
Transit workers are both dying from and increasingly rebelling against the withholding of adequate safety measures by the transit agencies and state officials.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/tran…
Lucha contra COVID-19 refleja amistad profunda entre China y Venezuela
Xinhua News Agency | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-14
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Searching for Truth in What We Are Being Told About Covid-19
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
Following the news regarding coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) we'd be led to believe humanity faces an unprecedented crisis
China to Launch Clinical Trials for Two COVID-19 Vaccines
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
China's health authorities approved human clinical trials of two experimental vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 disease. | RELATED: | China Rejects US Accusation of 'Xenophobia' Against Africans | These are two "inactivated" vaccines consisting of microorganisms that have been killed through physical or chemical processes. | One of them was developed by the Wuhan Institute of Virology and Sinopharm. Their vaccine will be tested on 1,396 voluntee…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-to-Launch-…
El Salvador Extends State of Emergency Due to Covid-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
The Salvadorean Legislative Assembly extended the state of emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic until April 16, a new reported has revealed. | RELATED: | El Salvador Remembers Saint Romero of the Americas | During the extension, the deputies will draw up a new legal project that is in line with the real needs generated by the pandemic. | The legal body will also review fundamental issues to be monitored during the exceptional situation caused by the virus, such as human rights and complian…
telesurenglish.net/news/el-salvador-exte…
Workers are essential, bosses are not
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-14
Who's an "essential worker" in the time of the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent shutdowns, financial decline, and rising joblessness from coast to coast? And who isn't? We ask because that's a big issue these days as the country struggles to figure out who should go back to work, armed with masks and other protective gear, …
peoplesworld.org/article/workers-are-ess…
Sickness and the cure: The great pandemic films, and the greatest
Michael Berkowitz | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-14
There are many good pandemic movies. But there is only one great one. It's one of the greatest films ever made. With the onslaught of the coronavirus, viewers and reviewers have flocked to their screens to look back at popular pandemic films. The best of them, like Contagion, Outbreak or 28 Days Later, may entertain. …
peoplesworld.org/article/sickness-and-th…
Resistance growing to covid-capitalism
Glen Ford | mronline.org | 2020-04-14
Covid-19 has laid bare a fundamental truth: that capitalist healthcare is a contradiction in terms, since capital–like the killer virus–cares for nothing but reproducing itself.
mronline.org/2020/04/14/resistance-growi…
Millions are reportedly going hungry in lockdown Britain
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-14
Just as the UK sends £200m in aid to help developing nations battle coronavirus, and as food banks crater as volunteers isolate, it is reported by the FT that a shocking 3 million people in the UK will go hungry in the lockdown. Many admit to having gone a whole day without eating anything as the …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/millions-are-reportedly-going-hungry-in-lockdown-britain/
Australian government demands staged reopening of the school system
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
The Australian government is pressing for schools across the country to reopen, as part of a wider move to lift social distancing and other restrictions put in place for the coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/scho…
Sickness and the cure: The great pandemic films, and the greatest
Michael Berkowitz | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-14
There are many good pandemic movies. But there is only one great one. It's one of the greatest films ever made. With the onslaught of the coronavirus, viewers and reviewers have flocked to their screens to look back at popular pandemic films. The best of them, like Contagion, Outbreak or 28 Days Later, may entertain. …
peoplesworld.org/article/sickness-and-th…
As first sailor from COVID-19-stricken carrier dies, Pentagon stresses readiness for war
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
The deadly coronavirus has spread to a number of other ships in the Navy and is infecting members of every other branch of the US military.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/pent…
How Wars, Sanctions, and Militarism Made the Coronavirus Crisis Worse
Khury Petersen-Smith | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
Governments around the world are offering a tragic lesson in how denial, incompetence, and inequity have exacerbated the unfolding coronavirus pandemic. That is just as true in the United States, where President Trump's lies, denials, and half measures
The Illegal United States and Allied Invasion of Iraq & Syria Reaches Crisis Point
James ONeill | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
The onset of the coronavirus has had a number of consequences in the health and livelihoods of millions of people. There has however, been another consequence that is little remarked upon, and that is the almost total disappearance from the …
globalresearch.ca/illegal-united-states-…
Argentina Extends Mandatory Lockdown Until April 26
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez announced Friday that the mandatory lockdown imposed last month to curb the outbreak of the coronavirus will be extended until April 26. | RELATED: | El Salvador Extends State of Emergency Due to Covid-19 | "We are extending the quarantine until April 26. We are going to continue doing the same in the bigger cities and large urban centers," Fernandez told reporters. | The president said the objective of extending the lockdown was to contain the s…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Extend…
Confucius Is Winning the Covid-19 War
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
As the Raging Twenties unleash a radical reconfiguration of the planet, coronavirus (literally "crowned poison") has for all practical purposes served a poisoned chalice of fear and panic to myriad, mostly Western, latitudes. | Berlin-based, South Korean-born philosopher Byung-Chul Han has …
globalresearch.ca/confucius-winning-covi…
Canada's coronavirus wage-subsidy tailored to propping up business, not protecting workers' incomes
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
The trade unions and NDP have once again rallied to the support of the Trudeau government, whose response to the pandemic has focussed on bailing out the banks and big business so as to safeguard the wealth and investments of the capitalist elite.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/caws…
We are cheap labour to fight COVID-19
Kaeliz Garcia | zcomm.org | 2020-04-14
#HumansofCOVID19: I was put on the frontline against the coronavirus. I'm a medical resident. We have no tests, protection or ventilators. And I think I'm infected…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/we-are-cheap-labou…
A New Vaccine for Chikungunya Virus
Stapleford KA, Mulligan MJ. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
Arboviruses (arthropod-borne) are a group of viruses that encompass hundreds of members and span multiple viral families making it one of the most genetically diverse, widespread, and dangerous groups of viruses on earth. Arboviruses are transmitted to humans by a variety of geographically widespread arthropod vectors (most commonly, mosquitoes and ticks) so that these viruses can change location with human hosts or arthropod vectors, with potential for rapid spread wherever these vectors are present. Past outbreaks of West Nile virus and recent outbreaks of eastern equine encephalitis virus, Zika virus, and chik…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…
Trump's EPA Unleashing Pollution That Makes Us Vulnerable to COVID-19
Sharon Zhang | zcomm.org | 2020-04-14
Between Trump's EPA and industries free to pollute at will, this radical regulation stoppage will make coronavirus outcomes worse for communities that were already sensitive to the pandemic…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trumps-epa-unleash…
Preventing Cytomegalovirus Infection After Liver Transplant: An Evolving Approach
Desai AN, Malani PN. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
Despite recent advances in the management of patients following liver transplant, cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection remains a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality among this population. Clinicians and transplant centers have adopted varying approaches to managing CMV-seronegative liver transplant recipients with CMV-seropositive donors, a recipient group that is at highest risk for developing CMV-associated complications. Antiviral prophylaxis is typically initiated soon after transplant for a period of several months. Although the most widely used strategy, prophylaxis is limited by the incidence of delaye…
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticl…
Hell Is Other People: Pandemic Lifestyles and Domestic Violence
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
In No Exit, the translated title of Jean-Paul Sartre's play, Huis Clos, three deceased characters find themselves in a room, ostensibly in Hell, in what transpires as a permanent wait. Locked after being ushered in by a valet, with quite …
globalresearch.ca/pandemic-lifestyles-do…
COVID-19 and the War on Cash: What Is Behind the Push for a Cashless Society?
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
"The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if not most, taxes are paid under the compulsion of that threat. The government does not, indeed, waylay a man …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-war-cash-what…
The Cuban Missile Crisis and US Terrorist Campaigns Against Cuba
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
Perhaps the most serious revelation to have emerged from the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, is President John F. Kennedy's willingness to knowingly increase the possibility of nuclear war by up to 50%. | US General David Burchinal, …
globalresearch.ca/cuban-missile-crisis-u…
The Citizen Is Back
Prof. Yakov M. Rabkin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
'Once the pandemic subsides, vital conclusions must be drawn and implemented. Many citizens have become painfully aware that the invisible hand of the market is no more than a useless extremity, as the sacrosanct laws of supply and demand have …
globalresearch.ca/citizen-back/5709603
àúberlegungen zur heimlichen Agenda der sogenannten Elite und zur Rolle von uns Bàºrgern
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
‚ÄûDie Internationale" ist das weltbekannte Kampflied der sozialistischen Arbeiterbewegung. Die deutsche Version des urspràºnglich franzà∂sischen Textes von Emil Luckhard (1910) lautet: ‚ÄûWacht auf, Verdammte dieser Erde, die stets man noch zum Hungern zwingt! (…) Heer der Sklaven, wache auf! (…) …
globalresearch.ca/uberlegungen-zur-heiml…
Video: The Discourse Surrounding Trump's Handling of COVID-19: Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai
Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
America's Daily Report's Christina Aguayo interviews Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai on the discourse surrounding Trump's handling of the COVID-19 outbreak in the US and the role of Dr. Fauci, Dr. Birx, Bill Gates, the Clintons and the WHO. | *** | "Unfortunately …
globalresearch.ca/video-dr-shiva-ayyadur…
Lockdown in Virginia: 6 Feet, 10 or Fewer People, Sunshine?
Christine E. Black | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
We are in lockdown in Virginia after Governor Ralph Northam last week closed beaches, book stores, libraries, restaurants, coffees shops, cancelled live music concerts, and ordered churches closed. He said to not have gatherings of more than 10 people and …
globalresearch.ca/6-feet-10-fewer-people…
IMF Approves Debt Relief for 25 Countries Due to COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
To help address the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved immediate debt service relief for 25 countries on Monday. | RELATED: | EU Supports Iran, Venezuela Bids for IMF COVID-19 Funds | The decision will allow "a greater share of scarce financial resources to be channeled to the health sector in these times of pandemic," IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a statement. | It is expected that the immediate debt service relief will…
telesurenglish.net/news/imf-approves-deb…
Brazil Retains 50 Respirators Purchased by Paraguay
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
Paraguay's government denounced Monday that their neighbors in Brazil retained 50 respirators purchased by the Ministry of Health to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in the inland nation. | RELATED: | Paraguay: Government Still Not Providing Enough Aid | "They were retained but I don't know if the figure invoked by the Brazilian government is a law or a presidential decree," Paraguay's Health Minister Julio Mazzoleni told a local TV channel Sunday. | The minister added that now "other non-trad…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Retains-5…
Europe: Italy Reports 602 Deaths, France a Fall in ICU Patients
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in European countries. | ROME
Cuba Is Developing a Vaccine to Activate the Immune System
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
Cuba applies a clinical trial for a vaccine aimed at activating the innate immune system to combat COVID-19. This experimental vaccine has been developed with Cuban technology and scientists amid the U.S. blockade against the Island. | RELATED: | Cuba is Willing to Send More Medical Brigades to the World | The drug called CIGB 2020 is undergoing clinical trials at Havana's Luis Diaz Soto hospital with volunteer patients suspected of being carriers of the disease, the director of re…
telesurenglish.net/news/Cuba-Is-Developi…
The US Will Indefinitely Maintain Border Closure With Europe
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
President Donald Trump Monday announced that the United States will maintain indefinitely the ban on entering its territory from Europe that has been in force for a month. | RELATED: | US Nationals Traveling to Europe Will Require Permit in 2021 | "We want to do it [lift the shutdown] very quickly, but we want to make sure everything is fine. Right…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-US-Will-Inde…
Africa's COVID-19 Death Toll Hits 816, 15,249 Confirmed Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the African continent reached 816 as the number of confirmed cases hit 15,249 across the continent as of Tuesday, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. | RELATED: | US: African-Americans Are More Vulnerable to COVID-19 | The Africa CDC, a specialized agency of the 55-member African Union (AU) Commission, in its latest situation update issued on Tuesday also revealed that the number of confirmed positi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Africas-COVID-19…
Combatting COVID-19 through solidarity
Federico Fuentes | mronline.org | 2020-04-14
Despite a deep economic recession, a profound political crisis and international sanctions that have ravaged its health sector, the South American nation of Venezuela is demonstrating that prioritising lives is possible in the battle against COVID-19.
mronline.org/2020/04/14/combatting-covid…
Solidarity in a Time of Pandemic, while the US capitalizes on Disaster
Roger D. Harris | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-14
Like most everyone else, I don't get out much lately due to shelter-in-place. But when I walk around my community, I am heartened by neighbors asking if there is anything we might need. I suspect this scenario is taking place everywhere. Around the world amidst the pandemic, people step out at a mutually designated evening …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/solidarity-in…
Trump, the media, and the COVID-19 disaster
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
Even as they focus on Trump's obvious negligence, the Democratic Party and the New York Times cannot account for their own failure to warn the public and demand emergency measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/pers…
More Thoughts on the Post-Pandemic Economy: Think 1970s Stagflation
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-04-14
I wrote a piece last week giving some quick thoughts on…
cepr.net/more-thoughts-on-the-post-pande…
Meatpacking workers demand protection as pandemic hits US food supply chain
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
Over the last few weeks, more than 2,000 food processing workers have tested positive and scores have died, including five meatpacking workers in Colorado, Pennsylvania and Georgia and at least 41 grocery store workers in New York, Illinois and Michigan.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/meat…
Australian construction workers denounce union enforcement of unsafe conditions
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
The union has responded to the outpouring of anger by mass deleting Facebook comments and declaring that work must continue, despite the dangers posed by the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/cons…
As COVID-19 pandemic surges across India, business presses for quick return to work
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
Due to the criminal negligence of the Modi government and the Indian elite, the country's workers and toilers face a combined health and socio-economic catastrophe.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/inco…
U.S. company buys ventilator suppliers and then cancels shipments to Cuba
Walkiria Juanes Sánchez, Ronald Suárez Rivas | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-14
HAVANA (Granma)–While Cuban medical collaboration is extended around the world to help contain the COVID-19 pandemic, the blockade imposed by the United States on that country has just denied its public health system access to two regular suppliers of ventilators, key to the care of the most serious cases of the disease. Manufacturers IMTMedical AG …
peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-company-buy…
Media glorifies New Zealand government's pro-business response to the pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
The Ardern government is being glorified to cover up the fact that its response to the pandemic protects the wealth of the super-rich, while attacking the living standards of the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/nzco…
Pandemics, super-capitalism and the struggles of tomorrow
Mike Davis | zcomm.org | 2020-04-14
The super-capitalism of today has become an absolute fetter on the development of the productive forces necessary for our species survival…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/pandemics-super-ca…
Five Michigan grocery and retail workers die from COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
Evidence is emerging that the pandemic is sweeping through workers at grocery and retail establishments, which have been kept open and identified as part of the critical infrastructure workforce in most states.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/mich…
The Prevailing Pandemic of Influenza
jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
During the past two weeks, August 28 to September 11, there has begun a severe and rapidly spreading epidemic of influenza in the First Naval District. More than 2,000 cases have been reported in these two weeks, and there are indications of a rapid spread of the infection. This is undoubtedly the same disease which, first heard of in Spain last spring, and hence called Spanish influenza, has in recent months spread over nearly all of Europe, including Germany, Italy, France, England and Ireland, attacking from 30 to 40 per cent. of the people. The outstanding feature of this epidemic is its high degree of commun…
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Australian university union in backroom talks to slash jobs and conditions amid COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
NTEU members received an email from the union saying it is in discussions with the employers about measures "we would never normally consider."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/nteu…
Facebook Picks up Senior FTC Official to Undermine Her Former Employees
Andrea Beaty | cepr.net | 2020-04-14
The Covid-19 pandemic is creating ripe conditions for corporate acquisition sprees by industry giants. But at least one company, already under the microscope, isn't just looking to pick off competitors. Facebook has its eyes on the supposed cops on this beat, the antitrust enforcement officials ready to jump ship. Barbara Blank just joined Facebook …
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The impact of the pandemic on childcare in the US: A social catastrophe affecting generations
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed particularly sharply the inability of the capitalist system to provide for the needs of society's most vulnerable members, including infants, children and their caregivers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/chil…
Meatpacking workers demand protection as pandemic hits US food supply chain
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
Over the last few weeks, more than 2,000 food processing workers have tested positive and scores have died, including five meatpacking workers in Colorado, Pennsylvania and Georgia and at least 41 grocery store workers in New York, Illinois and Michigan.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/meat…
Towards a General Strike to End the COVID-19 Crisis and Create a New World
Cooperation Jackson | zcomm.org | 2020-04-14
We have to apply ceaseless, unyielding pressure on the system and the forces that enable it. Let's do so with any eye towards employing maximum unity to end this crisis and create a new world in its aftermath…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/towards-a-general-…
Prioritizing Jails Over Hospitals Has Made Rural US More Vulnerable to COVID-19
Jasmine Heiss | zcomm.org | 2020-04-14
If we are to emerge from this crisis with a functioning and fair society, public safety will need to mean safety for everyone. The time has come to definitively end mass incarceration and to build for a just future…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/prioritizing-jails…
Linking air pollution with the immunodeficiency conditions of hospital patients with COVID-19
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-14
By Manuel Joà£o Ramos, Professor of Departamento de Antropologia (ECSH), Lisbon Portugal and Centre of International Studies, ISCTE University Institute of Lisbon: Most countries' authorities are keeping silent in the face of the evidence being presented by a growing number of pathologists and epidemiologists linking air pollution with the immunodeficiency conditions of hospital patients with Covid19. …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/linking-air-pollution-with-the-immunodeficiency-conditions-of-hospital-patients-with-covid-19/
When Oil Markets Go Viral
Adam Hanieh | zcomm.org | 2020-04-14
The Covid-19 crisis has lead to a huge drop in the demand for, and price of, oil globally…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/when-oil-markets-g…
French court orders Amazon to limit warehouse activities to 'essentials' until worker protection assured
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Amazon's French warehouses have been restricted to shipping essential goods only until a safety assessment can be conducted, after unions demanded the megacorporation adopt better employee protection measures. | The judicial court of Nanterre has ordered Amazon to limit its warehouse activities to "reception, preparation and shipment of food products, hygienic products, and medical products" within 24 hours, union counsel Judith Krivine told reporters on Tuesday. The company must submit to a professional risk assessment in conjunction with employee representatives before it can resume normal operations. | Also…
rt.com/news/485795-amazon-france-suspend…
'Coronavirus is affecting EVERYBODY': Chinese virologists urge govts to act on Covid-19 as they share frontline experience with RT
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Top Chinese virologists, who were invited to share their experience with Russian colleagues, have revealed how their country tackled Covid-19. They also urged governments to 'get real' about the unprecedented threat to humanity. | A medical task force was sent to Russia from China on a humanitarian mission last weekend. Two of its members gave their take on the developing pandemic in an exclusive interview with RT. | They warned that Covid-19, which has killed more than 120,000 people around the globe, must be taken seriously because of its contagiousness, the likes of which have rarely been seen before. | Rea…
rt.com/news/485729-chinese-doctors-coron…
Over 100k infections in, France becomes 4th country to surpass 15,000 coronavirus deaths
rt.com | 2020-04-14
The death toll from Covid-19 has reached 15,729 in France, making it the fourth country after the US, Italy and Spain to cross the unsettling threshold. The number of confirmed cases of the disease also went beyond 100,000. | There were 762 new deaths in the past 24 hours, Jerome Salomon, the head of the public health authority, said. The figure indicated a slight increase in the rate of fatalities, which remained stable for the few previous days. | The number of the infected in the country has also risen by almost 5,500 since Monday, reaching 103,573 people. | Despite the somber figures, the French health chi…
rt.com/news/485819-france-coronavirus-de…
Southeast Asian leaders hold video conference summit, vow to cooperate in Covid-19 fight
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Leaders of Southeast Asian states agreed at their first video conference summit on Tuesday to fight together against the "gravest public health crisis" in 100 years. Coronavirus cases in countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over the past month have soared to more than 20,000 from fewer than 840. | The death toll has grown to 866 from 14, Reuters said. Due to limited testing in some countries, medical professionals suspect the real numbers may be much higher. "It's critical for us and ASEAN to mount a united response because of how connected and interdependent our countries are," Sing…
rt.com/newsline/485750-southeast-asia-vi…
'We've turned the dollar into toilet paper', chief investment officer tells Keiser Report
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Central banks and fiscal policy makers worldwide are launching huge stimulus measures in an effort to backstop the global economy, as the Covid-19 pandemic takes its toll. | RT's Keiser Report talks to Mark Yusko of Morgan Creek Capital to figure out what lies ahead for the world economies, as entire industries are shutting down. | "The real issue today is that it's not the virus that's the threat," Yusko says. According to him, there are lots of viral threats around the world that are actually worse than Covid-19. The "unprecedented response" from fiscal and monetary stimulus around the world will lead to a g…
rt.com/business/485757-us-dollar-toilet-…
Russian FM Lavrov holds video conference with international journalists to discuss pressing global issues amid Covid-19 pandemic
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will host a video conference attended by international media to discuss key issues, as the world struggles to contain the coronavirus pandemic. | The unorthodox press briefing will be attended by fifteen journalists from Russia and across the world. Lavrov, who is currently in Moscow, is expected to touch on a range of current international topics during the video conference.
rt.com/russia/485739-lavrov-coronavirus-…
'Zoom-bombed': National swimming organization red-faced after X-RATED content broadcast during FAMILY online workout session
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Scottish Swimming has apologized after an online session aimed at providing workout tips for families during coronavirus lockdown was hijacked by online trolls who played x-rated content to an audience of around 300 people. | The video stream, which was broadcast live on the live broadcasting service Zoom, was intended to provide tips for people looking to exercise remotely and was co-ordinated by Scottish Swimming, the country's national body for the sport. | It featured a host of the Scotland's top swimmers but organizers were forced to pull the plug when the feed was hacked and what was later referred to as…
rt.com/sport/485799-scottish-swmming-x-r…
Is EVERYTHING broken? Earth has a 'leaky core' resulting in iron-rich lava eruptions, researchers find
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Amid growing anxiety over the coronavirus pandemic, it would be nice if we could at least rely upon the solidity of the Earth. Think again, says a new study, which found the inner layer of our planet is discharging metal material. | …
rt.com/news/485786-earth-leaky-core-iron…
Cannes, but in different 'form'? Film festival orgs hint it'll have to CHANGE as France extends Covid-19 shutdown
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Organizers of the Cannes International Film Festival have not yet given up on holding it "one way or another" this summer, but have conceded it will be impossible in "its original form," due to extended coronavirus lockdowns. | The festival, which serves as a springboard for a wide variety of films, was originally scheduled to start on May 12. Last month, the organizers announced they would postpone it to late June, after President Emmanuel Macron declared "war" on the coronavirus and locked down France. | On Monday, howev…
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Trump halts WHO funding, accuses health body of conspiring with China to 'cover up' Covid-19 outbreak
rt.com | 2020-04-14
US President Donald Trump has cut funding for the World Health Organization, insisting the agency be held accountable for its 'failures' in responding to the Covid-19 crisis, and accusing it of promoting 'Chinese disinformation'. | "Today I'm instructing my administration to halt funding of the World Health Organization while a review is conducted to assess the … organization's role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of the coronavirus," Trump said at a White House briefing on Tuesday, adding that the US has a "duty to insist on…
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Russian Covid-19 cases exceed 21,000 after Putin warns country faces 'extraordinary crisis'
rt.com | 2020-04-14
The day after President Vladimir Putin told Russians that the next few weeks will be "decisive" in the battle with coronavirus, the country has posted a new daily record rise in infections, with 2,774 new cases discovered. | Over two-thirds (1,949) were found in Moscow and its surrounding region, with others dotted around the country. The national total now stands at 21,102. | Worryingly, the remote northern Komi Republic is Russia's fourth most affected region overall. The resource-rich territory recorded 97 fresh Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing its tally to 305, with three dead. | Twenty-two new deaths h…
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Merkel's party may delay leadership vote until December, CDU chief says
rt.com | 2020-04-14
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) will likely delay the election of a new chief until December due to the coronavirus, according to current leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. | "The nearer we get to the summer break with a possible special party conference, the less the need for a conference that will take place just a few weeks before the normal one," dpa quoted Kramp-Karrenbauer as saying on Tuesday. | The new leader will be in pole position to run as chancellor in the next federal election. Merkel has said she will not seek a fifth term. Kramp-Karrenbauer, Merkel's pro…
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Germany's drop in Covid-19 cases may only be due to lack of testing at Easter, public health chief warns, amid lockdown debate
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Germany's top health official has cautioned that a recent slowdown in new coronavirus infections is likely the result of a temporary decrease in testing. The warning comes as Berlin considers lifting containment measures. | Daily tallies of new coronavirus cases have begun to gradually decline, but the recent figures may be the result of less testing over the Easter holiday, Lothar Wieler, the head of the Robert Koch health institute, noted. | "We can therefore not yet conclusively assess whether the number of cases is actually falling," the public health chief argued, adding that Germans should not think that…
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US coronavirus deaths top 25,000
rt.com | 2020-04-14
The number of deaths in the US due to Covid-19 has reached 25,000, according to multiple databases keeping track of the coronavirus toll. | There have been more than 584,000 total US cases registered as of Tuesday morning.This puts the US in the first place globally in both known cases and fatalities, ahead of the next hardest-hit country, Italy, where the death toll is just over 21,000. | The state of New York remains the hardest hit, with almost 11,000 of the deaths and over 202,000 cases. New York City alone accounts for 7,900 coronavirus fatalities and 110,000 cases. | A total of 1.95 million Covid-19 case…
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Denmark's PM proposes 'quicker reopening' of society
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Denmark's government wants to reopen society quicker than previously anticipated, as the number of coronavirus-related hospitalizations continues to fall, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has said. | "The number of hospitalizations have not risen, they have fallen. And the number of people in intensive care is also falling," Frederiksen told reporters on Tuesday. The PM did not specify details of the government's proposal, Reuters said. | The move will be discussed with other parties in parliament later on Tuesday, according to the Danish prime minister.
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Covid-19 strikes Moscow's LEGENDARY Bolshoi Theater, dozens of staff test positive
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Coronavirus has been detected in the Presidential Administration and other top Russian institutions. Thus, it was probably just a matter of time before a few cases were reported in the country's most famous opera and ballet house. | Despite being closed since March 15, and with rehearsals having been suspended 10 days later, 34 staff members at Moscow's world-famous Bolshoi Theater have tested positive for the virus. | | © Sputnik / Vladimir Astapkovich | Testing was conducted prior to a nationally televised concert called 'We Are Together,' held in support of those fighting the spread of Covid-19 in Ru…
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Trump threatens consequences for Beijing as Senate launches China-centered probe into Covid-19 origins
rt.com | 2020-04-14
China will have to answer for allegedly misleading the world about coronavirus, President Donald Trump has signaled. His thinly-veiled threat comes as the US Senate begins an investigation into the causes of the health crisis. | The US president took a swipe at China
WWE deemed 'essential business' in Florida, will continue to operate live shows despite coronavirus lockdown
rt.com | 2020-04-14
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has been designated as an 'essential business' in Florida and will continue to operate live events alongside other indispensable services, per a local government official in the state. | WWE has long preached a 'show must go on' mentality. Terrorist attacks, natural disasters and even the death of one of their performers during a show couldn't get Vince McMahon's traveling road show taken off the air, even temporarily, so what chance a global pandemic? | In contrast to practically every other sport in the United States, the WWE has been granted dispensation by Orange County…
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Test for me but not for thee: UK's Gove under fire as daughter skips virus-test queue
rt.com | 2020-04-14
UK Cabinet minister Michael Gove is under fire after his daughter was granted permission to skip the coronavirus testing queue, in the latest example of there being one rule for the powerful and another for everyone else. | Gove's 17-year-old daughter began showing mild symptoms on April 5, and the family received special permission from Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty to have her tested the following day, along with orders to stay indoors for a period of 14 days. | The teenager's results later came back negative, but the incident was yet another example of the rich and powerful appearing to jump to the top…
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Huge spike in deaths in England & Wales as Covid-19 linked to 1 in every 5 fatalities, suggesting UK is UNDERREPORTING
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Covid-19 death tolls in England and Wales have shot up dramatically, with one in every five now linked to the coronavirus, while the UK government has been accused of underreporting fatalities among the elderly in care homes. | New data published on Tuesday by the Office of National Statistics (ONS)