15 April 2020 Archives

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Arundhati Roy and Howard Zinn
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-16
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Syrian militants ‘trained at US base for sabotage & terrorism’ try to surrender & get ambushed by OTHER US-backed extremists
rt.com | 2020-04-16
A US-backed militant group has intercepted a convoy of ‘defectors’ seeking to lay down their arms and surrender to Damascus. The survivors told the Syrian Army that American instructors trained them for sabotage and terrorism. | After giving themselves up to the Syrian army, the 27 militants said they had been trained and provided weapons at an American facility, Rear Admiral Oleg Zhuravlev, the head of the Russian Defense Ministry’s Center for Syrian Reconciliation, said at a briefing on Wednesday. | American instructors trained them to carry out sabotage at oil and transport infrastructure, as well as for te…
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Terrifying crash landing & evacuation shown in dramatic video as probe finds pilot error in 2019 Superjet tragedy
rt.com | 2020-04-16
Russia’s Investigative Committee has finished its inquiry into the fatal crash of Superjet-100 passenger aircraft at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. It published a new video of the incident, which it blamed on pilot error. | Sukhoi Superjet-100 captain Denis Evdokimov will face charges of improper aircraft handling over the incident that took place on May 5, 2019 and claimed the lives of 41 people. On that day, the aircraft had to return to the airport because of malfunctions with the communications system and autopilot. As it hit the runway, the plane suddenly burst into flames that turned into a real firestor…
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Terrifying crash landing & evacuation shown in dramatic video as probe finds pilot error in 2019 Superjet tragedy
rt.com | 2020-04-16
Russia’s Investigative Committee has finished its inquiry into the fatal crash of Superjet-100 passenger aircraft at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. It published a new video of the incident, which it blamed on pilot error. | Sukhoi Superjet-100 captain Denis Evdokimov will face charges of improper aircraft handling over the incident that took place on May 5, 2019 and claimed the lives of 41 people. On that day, the aircraft had to return to the airport because of malfunctions with the communications system and autopilot. As it hit the runway, the plane suddenly bounced and burst into flames that turned into a r…
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‘Who cares?’ UK Health Secretary unveils ‘badge of honor’ for social care workers, gets hit by FURIOUS criticism
rt.com | 2020-04-16
The UK Health Secretary has offered care workers a “badge of honor” that may get them perks similar to NHS staff amid the pandemic. The move got staggeringly negative reception

A Lethal Brew: Israel’s Racism and the Pandemic
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
While reporting from Israel/Palestine has focused on Israel’s difficulties in forming a new government and on measures being taken by Israelis to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic, the story behind the story is the role anti-Arab racism has played in …
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IMF Projects Global Economy in 2020 to Contract by a Mere 3%. Is this a Joke?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
Background | The International Monetary Fund projects that the global economy will fall by three percent in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. | The IMF chief economist branded the widespread restrictions around the world as the Great Lockdown. Gita Gopinath said …
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Bosses Are Making Coronavirus ‘Worse, for Their Benefit’
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-04-15
If the labor movement revives, the Sanders movement, which is very significant, he’s achieved great successes, if that can take off, it could be, we once again could get out of the capitalist crises as was done in the ’30s…
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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 points 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 Pa…
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Venezuela Has the Lowest Contagion Rate in Latin America
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
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. | ” President Nicolas Maduro’s | …
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Ocasio-Cortez To Back Biden If He Changes on Healthcare
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of Congress’s leading progressives, told Politico on Wednesday she wanted to see former Vice President Joe Biden refine his stances on issues including healthcare and immigration before endorsing him. | RELATED: | Sanders Endorses Biden to ‘Bring Democrats Against Trump’ | Ocasio-Cortez, who had earlier backed fellow progressive U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ bid for the Democratic nomination, said she expected to ultimately support Bid…
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Migrants Workers Demand Indian Govt Trains to Go Back Home
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Thousands of migrant workers came out Tuesday to the streets of India’s financial hub Mumbai, demanding food and transport, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi extended the nationwide lockdown until May 3 to curb the coronavirus outbreak. | RELATED: | India: Post COVID-19 Period Will See Turnaround in Job Market | Migrants started gathering near Bandra railway station in Mumbai, the capital of the western state of Maharashtra and demanded food supplies and train services to return…
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Spain: Death Toll Keeps Falling but New COVID-19 Cases Rise
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Spain’s Health Ministry Wednesday reported that the daily death toll decreased from 567 to 523 in the past 24 hours. However, in the same period, the number of new COVID-19 confirmed cases increased by 5,092. | RELATED: | Spain Hires Migrants in Agriculture To Maintain Supply Chain | So far, Spain registers 177,633 COVID-19 confirmed cases and 18,579 deaths, and 70,853 discharged patients. Madrid is the most affected region with 49,256 registered cases and 6,724 deaths. | These s…
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Philanthropists helping provide $500, $1,000 checks to undocumented migrants in California
koat.com | 2020-04-15
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said $50 million is being put up by philanthropists.
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Locked Down and Cast Out: Europe’s Migrants Navigate the Pandemic
Luke Butterly | thenation.com | 2020-04-15
Locked Down and Cast Out: Europe’s Migrants Navigate the Pandemic…
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California gov announces $125 million relief for illegal immigrants over Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-15
California will be the first state in the US to provide financial relief to illegal immigrants amid the Covid-19 pandemic. | California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a series of new measures by his state to provide financial relief to citizens suffering because of Covid-19 lockdown measures. Among the measures is an eye-catching $125 million fund for illegal immigrants living within the state. | …
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Greek authorities send 1st group of unaccompanied young refugees to EU countries
rt.com | 2020-04-15
Greece transferred a dozen unaccompanied children from overcrowded migrant camps to Luxembourg on Wednesday. The group is the first of more than 1,000 relocations that are being expedited amid concerns over the impact of coronavirus on vulnerable groups. | Another group of 50 children is expected to fly from Athens to Germany on Saturday, and 20 more will head to Switzerland at a later date. Greece hopes to relocate some 1,600 unaccompanied minors in the coming months. | The children relocated on Wednesday were aged between 11 and 15. Ten were from Afghanistan and two from Syria. At least 5,200 migrant childre…
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A Surprising Plea on Behalf of Julian Assange
repost | indybay.org | 2020-04-15
In a recent video, attorney Stella Morris surprises the world by revealing that she has a partnership and children with whistleblower Julian Assange.
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UN Ceasefire Defines War As a Non-Essential Activity
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-04-15
Let’s insist that the U.S. government call off its airstrikes, artillery and night raids in Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Syria and West Africa, and support ceasefires in Yemen, Libya and around the world…
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Threatening Military Intervention in Venezuela During a Pandemic?
Medea Benjamin, Leonardo Flores | commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
Littoral combat ship USS Detroit off the coast of Venezuela. (Photo: US Navy/DoD) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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German Lawyer Sent to Psychiatric Ward for Organizing Protest Against COVID-19 Lockdown
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
In the Soviet Union, activists were sent to state psychiatric wards. According to the state, any and all opposition to government policy was considered a form of mental illness. | Stephanie Buck writes about the treatment of the “social parasite” Joseph …
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Anti-surveillance activists claim they set fire outside German institute developing Covid-19 tracking app
rt.com | 2020-04-15
Left-wing activists aiming to prevent mass surveillance via the ‘Corona App’ claim they caused a fire outside Berlin’s telecommunications institute, which is developing software designed to track the spread of the disease. | Several power and telecommunication cables were badly damaged during the fire at a construction site in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district on Tuesday morning, outside the Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications. The fire caused a temporary power outage on adjacent streets, and police are investigating the incident as a suspected arsonist attack. | A letter has since been sent to a number…
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Why Did Our Permanent Emergency Government Fail to Face the Emergency?
Harry Blain | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
Between 1978 and 2018, American presidents declared 58 national emergencies. Their targets ranged from “Transactions with Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process” and “Transactions with Significant Narcotics Traffickers” to “the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels with Respect to Cuba” and “Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe.” By the time…
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The Coming Revolt – and the peaceful solidarity for a Just World Society
Kanoh Nishizawa | indybay.org | 2020-04-15
As capitalism gets exposed for its savagery, there will be tumult, and revolt of the oppressed. In this new environment, we should express peaceful solidarity if we want a chance at a Just World Society.
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Brazil Health Minister Says Bolsonaro Likely To Fire Him
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Brazilian Health Minister Henrique Mandetta told his team that President Jair Bolsonaro is likely to fire him this week, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, raising the prospect of turmoil in the middle of the coronavirus outbreak. | RELATED: | Brazil: Health Workers Protest Against Bolsonaro | Mandetta told aides on Tuesday evening that he planned to remain in the job until Bolsonaro had chosen his replacement, according to the sources, who spoke on the condition of an…
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Garment workers protest in Bangladesh as COVID-19 spreads
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
Employers have shuttered the plants, sacking thousands of workers and refusing to pay outstanding wages.
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Billionaire Jeff Bezos Makes US$24 Billion More Amid Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Amazon’s founder and president Jeff Bezos has added nearly US$24 billion to his already vast fortune, as coronavirus-related lockdowns across the globe have forced people indoors and fueled a surge in e-commerce demand. | RELATED: | Amazon Workers Protest Near Detroit, Following NYC Walkout | The company’s stock rose by 5.3 percent, “hitting a new record close of US$2,283 per share,” Forbes reported Tuesday. | Owning an 11 percent stake in the company, Bezos has been the wealthiest…
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100+ Lawmakers Demand Moratorium on Utility Shutoffs to Ensure Access to Services ‘Essential to Survive’ During Coronavirus Crisis
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
“There is absolutely no excuse left for Congress to exclude basic human needs from the next coronavirus stimulus package, or in general,” said Food & Water Action’s Rianna Eckel. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Despite CDC Warning of ‘Significant Risk’ of Lifting Stay-in-Place Orders, Right-Wingers Launch Anti-Lockdown Movement
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
“These selfish and out-of-touch fringe groups are throwing a temper tantrum at the expense of public safety and health.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Trump’s Cyprus Signalling Is More Against Turkey Than Russia
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
The Al-Monitor portal has left many extremely surprised with news that was not expected in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic. With over 600,000 cases and 25,000 deaths in the U.S., President Donald Trump has made a bold geopolitical move …
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American Politics Without Sanders
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
The decision of Senator Bernie Sanders to withdraw from the Democratic presidential contest is a blow to the prospects of democracy in America. For several years, but especially since 2016, Sanders has been talking of the need for political revolution, by which he means: (1) revitalize democratic institutions and the economy by taxing the rich and closing…
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Beyond Bernie: The Next Challenge for Progressives
Christopher D. Cook | commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
Whoever wins the presidency, the millions of people who voted and worked for Bernie Sanders will need to plow their energies and talents into creating serious political pressure to win gains for climate action, health care access, people power, workers’ rights, corporate accountability, and much more. (Photo: Helen H. Richardson/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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WATCH: Sanders to Hold Livestream Discussion on Future of US Economy
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-15
Sen. Bernie Sanders will be joined by labor rights advocates and progressive economists Wednesday night for a livestream on the future of the U.S. economy after the coronavirus pandemic. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Should Biden create his own ‘SHADOW GOVT, shadow cabinet, shadow SWAT team’ to counter Trump… asks MSNBC host
rt.com | 2020-04-15
MSNBC’s Stephanie Ruhle went beyond the point of shilling for Joe Biden by asking whether the former vice president should set up a “shadow government” to counter Donald Trump’s coronavirus daily briefings. | Biden may be riding the momentum of endorsements from previous competitors Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, as well as from former President Barack Obama, but one MSNBC host thinks he needs to do more to “counter-program” Trump during the Covid-19 pandemic. | “Should he be creating his own shadow government, shadow cabinet, shadow SWAT team, and getting up there on a podium every night saying, ‘here’s…
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Elizabeth Warren officially endorses Democrat Joe Biden for 2020 election
rt.com | 2020-04-15
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has joined former President Barack Obama and fellow ex-candidate Bernie Sanders in throwing her support behind Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for the 2020 election. | “In this moment of crisis, it’s more important than ever that the next president restores Americans’ faith in good, effective government,” Warren tweeted on Wednesday morning in her endorsement of Biden. | The senator also tweeted out a video of her talking up Biden’s commitment to “public service” and “empathy,” admitting she does not agree with the former vice president “100 percent of…
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Corporate Media Cover for US Mob Threats Against Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2020-04-15
The Trump administration unveiled on March 31 a “democratic transition” plan to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from office, in favor of a “council of state” composed of both opposition and ruling party loyalists. | The plan was, however, less an offer to negotiate than a diktat, with the US State Department ( 3/31/20) vowing that “sanctions will remain in effect, and increase, until the Maduro regime accepts a genuine political transition.” | Despite the obvious mafioso over…
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Corruption at the WHO. Trump Regime COVID-19 Blame Game Diverts Attention from Its Own Failings
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
Trump is the latest in a long line of US leaders and other key officials who time and again blame others for their own harmful actions and failings. | On Tuesday, Trump directed his blame game at the World Health Organization …
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Long Breadlines Form Outside of Food Banks as America Struggles to Cope With COVID-19 Fallout
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-15
MintPress News spoke to a number of people on the front lines attempting to keep America fed during the worst pandemic in a century.
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As One of the Largest Bailouts in History Looms, “Crisis-Ridden” Corporations Reap Record Profits
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-15
Hospitals overflowing with sick and dying patients. Overworked staff risking their lives wearing garbage bags as makeshift protective equipment against an invisible but deadly virus. Refrigerated containers left outside medical facilities, filling with the dead. Mass graves being dug in the city. It is like something out of a horror movie. But it is very real and is happening right now in America. “We are doing the best we can,” Derrick Smith, a certified registered nurse anesthetist in New York City told MintPres…
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GOP Tax Cuts in Coronavirus Relief Bill Give 82% of Benefits to Millionaires and Billionaires
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-15
A new report suggests that a tax cut quietly inserted into the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act will add almost $170 billion to the deficit over the next ten years and overwhelmingly benefit the ultra-wealthy.
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Video: Turkish Forces Clash with Their Own Proxies on M4 Highway in Southern Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
On April 13, the Turkish Army and its proxies from the so-called Free Syrian Police clashed with supporters of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other radical Idlib groups east of the town of Nayrab on the M4 highway. | According to sources …
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Trump Cuts Funds for World Health Org as Oxfam Warns Pandemic Could Push Half a Billion into Poverty
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-15
As the confirmed cases of coronavirus surpass 2 million around the world, President Donald Trump says he will cut U.S. support for the World Health Organization. Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet medical journal, called it a “crime against humanity.” Oxfam America said the cuts slash “any hopes for the responsible international cooperation and solidarity that is critical to save lives and restore the global economy.” This comes as a new Oxfam report estimates the pandemic’s economic fallout could push more than half a billion more people into poverty. We get response from Paul O’Brien, vice president…
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Headlines for April 15, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-15
Lancet Editor Calls Trump’s WHO Funding Freeze a “Crime Against Humanity”, NYC Coronavirus Toll Tops 10,000 as Thousands of Uncounted Deaths Added, Health Official Says COVID-19 May Be Present in All New Jersey Nursing Homes , California Governor Outlines Roadmap for Easing Coronavirus Lockdown, Florida Governor Declares Pro Wrestling an “Essential Service” Amid Lockdown, Pandemic to Increase U.S. Budget Deficit to World War II Levels, IMF Warns Global Economy Faces Worst Downturn Since Great Depression, Indian PM Modi Cracks Down on Political Opponents Amid Coronavirus Lockdown, Scientists Warn 400,000 Will Die…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/15/headlines

“I Want an Apology”: Black Doctor Who Tests Homeless for Coronavirus Handcuffed by Miami Police
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-15
We speak with Dr. Armen Henderson, an African-American doctor who was handcuffed and detained outside his home Friday as he was wearing a mask and preparing for a volunteer shift to test homeless people for COVID-19. “I want the officer held accountable. There’s no way that you racially profile me and then you arrest me, detain me, during a pandemic, when you have no mask on, where hundreds of police officers throughout Miami-Dade County have tested positive,” says Dr. Henderson, who is an internal medicine physician, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Miami and an organizer with Dream Defenders…
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Will Quiet Middle East Last? Or Is It Lull Before Next Storm?
Martin Sieff | iranian.com | 2020-04-15
Across the Middle East, the coronavirus is stirring up both upheavals and more subtle changes from Tel Aviv to Riyadh, little reported and when covered little understood in the Western media. In Israel, the virus has enabled that master political magician Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pull off yet another spectacular escape as improbable as …
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Uruguay: Lacalle Evaluates Trade Possibilities Despite Health Emergency
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou assessed on Monday the possible performance of his country’s business sector. The president met with members of the Confederation of Business Chambers (CCE) to discuss the possibilities and the current economic climate in the South American nation. | RELATED: | Uruguay: Constructive Work Resumes Despite Measures by COVID-19 | Lacalle’s meeting with the business association was aimed at analyzing the repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic…
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Abrupt Ecosystem Collapse
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
A new study in Nature (April 2020) casts a disturbing light on the prospects of abrupt ecosystem collapse. The report analyzes the probabilities of collapsing ecosystems en masse, and not simply the loss of individual species. (Source: Trisos, C.H. et al, The Projected Timing of Abrupt Ecological Disruption From Climate Change, Nature, April 8, 2020)…
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This pandemic IS ecological breakdown: different tempo, same song
Vijay Kolinjivadi | zcomm.org | 2020-04-15
Comparisons between the toll of COVID-19 and climate change are not helpful because they view each as two separate “things”
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Black Doctor Who Tests Homeless for Coronavirus Handcuffed by Miami Police
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-15
We speak with Dr. Armen Henderson, an African-American doctor who was handcuffed and detained outside his home Friday as he was wearing a mask and preparing for a volunteer shift to test homeless people for COVID-19. “I want the officer held accountable. There’s no way that you racially profile me and then you arrest me, detain me, during a pandemic, when you have no mask on, where hundreds of police officers throughout Miami-Dade County have tested positive,” says Dr. Henderson, who is an interna…
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GOP Buried Overwhelming Benefits for Millionaires in COVID-19 Relief Package
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-15
Democratic lawmakers and progressive critics expressed outrage Tuesday after a nonpartisan congressional body found that nearly 82% of benefits from a Republican tax provision in the most recent coronavirus relief package will go to the nation’s millionaires and billionaires and cost taxpayers an estimated $90 billion this year alone. | The finding came in a new Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) analysis released by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) detailing t…
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37,000 More Americans May Die Because Trump Did Not Take COVID-19 Seriously
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-15
Two epidemiologists, writing an op-ed together in The New York Times on Wednesday, are suggesting that earlier efforts to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus

COVID-19 Is Exposing the Violence of US Foreign Policy as Virus Spreads
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-15
On Wednesday morning, the total number of COVID-19 cases worldwide trembled on the brink of 2 million people, with more than 127,000 recorded deaths. These numbers are probably an undercount, given the state secrecy of some nations, and because people were dying of COVID-19 before anyone knew its name. | In the United States, the total number of documented COVID-19 cases has surpassed 600,000 people, with more than 26,000 documented deaths. These numbers are almost certainly lower than the actual…
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Trump’s Defunding of the WHO Threatens to Make the Pandemic Worse
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-15
Trump’s announcement that the U.S. will withhold all its contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) is an unforgivable abnegation of U.S. responsibility at the very moment when a coordinated international public health response is most needed. | At the height of a pandemic that threatens to kill millions and capsize the global economy, the U.S. president is trying to deflect blame for his own failings by going on a public offensive against the world’s preeminent public health organization. In c…
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The leaked Labour report is truly shocking
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-15
“Casual snobbery. Sexist and racist commentary. Clandestine plotting. Contempt for democracy. A sense of privilege and entitlement. This is not the Bullingdon Club, it is what runs through the messages revealed in the leaked document which found its way online yesterday.” These are the rather restrained words of Jon Trickett the Labour politician who has been …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/the-leaked-labour-report-is-truly-shocking/

Obama, Sanders, and Warren back Biden: ‘Lives and democracy at stake’
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-15
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COVID-19 Mideast Updates: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Israel
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
The confirmed cases of COVID-19 surpassed 76,000 in Iran on Wednesday as the slowdown in infections continued. Meanwhile, a team of Chinese medical experts arrived in Saudi Arabia to help fight the novel coronavirus. | RELATED: | Sub-Saharan Africa Won’t Be Spared in Health, Economic Crisis: IMF | Iran announced 94 new deaths from the coronavirus, raising the total fatalities to 4,777, while the tally of confirmed cases surged to 76,389, up by 1,512 from a day ago. | The incr…
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Scientists Prove That COVID-19 Can Survive Over 60 Degrees
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Some strains of COVID-19 can survive high temperatures, according to scientists at the University of Aix-Marseille, France. | RELATED: | China Predicts New Wave of COVID-19 by the End of 2020 | To reach these conclusions, the scientists exposed the virus to 60 degrees Celsius for one hour. In that period of time, some strains could still replicate. | This study, published in the specialized website BioRxiv, showed that the virus could only be inactivated by exposing it to 92 degrees Ce…
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Russia: Putin Launches New Financial Support for Workers
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin Wednesday said his administration will provide financial support to people working in small & medium-sized businesses so they can improve their living conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Russia Extends Paid Leave Nationwide to End of April | “Besides the support measures that are already being in place, I propo…
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Sub-Saharan Africa Won’t Be Spared in Health, Economic Crisis
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Sub-Saharan African Countries are facing a health crisis and economic downturns with consequences that could last for years as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday, warning that no country would be spared. | RELATED: | Africa’s COVID-19 Death Toll Hits 816, 15,249 Confirmed Cases | So far, more than 16,000 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded across the region, including North Africa. In the Sub Saharian part of the continent,…
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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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UNICEF Advocates for Child Care During COVID-19 Crisis
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warns of the need to protect children during the health emergency caused by COVID-19. | RELATED: | Africa’s COVID-19 Death Toll Hits 816, 15,249 Confirmed Cases | According to the international agency, infants are not only vulnerable to infection, but also to the social and economic consequences of the pandemic. | UNICEF advocates for indirect protection of children through securing work and income for parents and legal guardians who su…
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Guyana Still Waits Date for Vote Recount, Caricom Invited Again
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
The Guyana Electoral Commission (GECOM) invited again the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to monitor the full recount of votes from the March 2 general elections while the country still waits for the date to start the new suffrage count. | RELATED: | Guyana: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Prior to 2020 Elections | The invitation to CARICOM comes as the GECOM announced on Wednesday the procedure and place of the new count, after the irregularities that have arisen in the past el…
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Trump’s Strategy to COVID-19: Increase Unjustified Layoffs
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
As the U.S. faces the COVID-19 pandemic, the administration President Donald Trump is making unfair layoffs. | RELATED: | Trump Halts US Funding to WHO | According to local media, U.S. citizens and officials are the main victims of the mismanagement of the coronavirus in the United States. | Because Trump cannot stand criticism, even more so now that his country is the epicenter of the new coronavirus, he has committed a series of unfair dismissals in recent weeks. | The U.S. Department of Defense this month…
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Australia Opens 1st “Virtual Hospital” for COVID-19 Patients
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Australia has started a trial of its first “virtual hospital” for COVID-19 patients in the State of New South Wales (NSW), a local television network reported on Wednesday. | Armidale hospital in NSW began the trial on Wednesday which would allow COVID-19 patients with moderate symptoms to return home with a monitoring device to report on their vital life signs. | RELATED: | Solidarity vs. Sanctions in Times of a Global Pandemic | With the help of artificial intell…
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The U.S. Must Meet Its Obligations to the WHO, China Says
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
China expressed “serious concern” over the U.S. government’s decision to suspend its financial contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO). | RELATED: | Trump Halts US Funding to WHO | “We call on the United States to fulfill its responsibilities and obligations and to support WHO’s leadership in the international campaign against the pandemic,” China’s Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday.‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | The Chinese governm…
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G7 to Back Debt Relief for the Poorest Countries If China Joins
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S., all of which make up the group of the world’s seven most industrialized countries (G7), announced that they would support a temporary suspension of debt payments for the poorest countries if China also does. | RELATED: | IMF Approves Debt Relief for 25 Countries Due to COVID-19 | “Ministers and governors noted that a number of the most vulnerable and poorest countries will face acute health and economic challenges related to…
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Cuban Doctors Arrive in Qatar to Fight COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Cuba’s government informed Wednesday that a brigade of around 200 health professionals arrived in Qatar in order to help fight the global coronavirus pandemic in the Gulf State. | RELATED: | Cuba is Willing to Send More Medical Brigades to the World | “Cuban doctors are excellent…We have a positive experience with the Cuban Hospital,” the Co-Chair of National Pandemic Preparedness Committee Abdullatif Al Khal emphasized. | The official added that “Qatar asked Cuba to send a certa…
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US: Farmers Affected by COVID Economic Impact
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
U.S. farmers are economically affected by the ongoing crisis caused by the COVID-19 in food consumption and trading. | RELATED: | Trump’s Strategy to COVID-19: Increase Unjustified Layoffs | Rural food production workers are facing various difficulties as they deal with the difficult situation caused by the virus. Those who traded their products with restaurants, schools and hotels lost their market and by so much their profits, unlike those who sold to large markets. | In the absenc…
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US Deportations Risk Spreading COVID-19 in Guatemala
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
Guatemala’s Health Minister Hugo Monroy denounced Tuesday that an estimated 75 percent of the people on one deportation flight from the United States later tested positive for the novel coronavirus, raising fears that the U.S. is willfully sending sick people back. | RELATED: | US Continues Deporting Guatemalans Amid the Pandemic | “There are really flights where the deportees arrive … citizens who come with fever, and they get on the planes that way,” Monroy said, adding they “automa…
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Solidarity vs. Sanctions in Times of a Global Pandemic
Roxana Baspineiro | telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-15
As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc globally –leaving more than 124,000 dead so far– capitalism has never before faced a similar threat. In the face of a global crisis, it has become clear that international solidarity is an alternative to rethinking the dynamics that characterize today’s geopolitics. | RELATED: | US Should Lift Economic Sanctions to Avoid More Deaths From Pandemic | With the world immersed for almost two months now in quarantine and long…
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Is Putin Laying a Petroleum Trap for Trump?
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
The G20 met in virtual session on April 10, ostensibly to address the crippling one-two punch brought on by the economic impact of coronavirus and the simultaneous collapse of the price of oil resulting from Russia and Saudi Arabia flooding …
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North Carolina sanitation workers demand increased protection after co-worker’s death
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
As of Tuesday, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in North Carolina was 5,024, with 108 deaths recorded.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/ncvi…

21 million Chinese dead due to COVID-19 story is FAKE NEWS
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-15
Did new US intelligence data reveal that 21 million people died in China from December 2019 to March 2020 due to the novel coronavirus? No, that’s not true: An online article being shared uses a statistic about a drop in cellphone users to make a faulty supposition that this figure reflects COVID-19 deaths in China. …
truepublica.org.uk/global/21-million-chinese-dead-due-to-covid-19-story-is-fake-news/

King Lear and Donald Trump: Two Peas in a Pod
Raouf Halaby | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
In his “Poetics,” Aristotle was likely to have been the first critic to have formally outlined the structure and guiding principles by which 5th century BC Greek dramatists had to abide. Aristotle stated that drama, especially tragedies, should have one: 1) One Action (such as a plague, a mysterious murder, a war, or a national…
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Bolivia’s coup regime extends COVID-19 quarantine amid repression
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
In a recent speech, interim President Añez stressed that anyone who violates the quarantine will face the “active participation of the Armed Forces and the National Police.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/boli…

Letter From America: COVID-19 Strikes Home
Lawrence Reichard | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
Friday, April 10, 2020: The news came yesterday. For a couple of days I thought we might escape the worst of COVID-19 here in my small midcoast Maine town of Belfast, population 6,700. We started social distancing before our county, Waldo County, had a single confirmed case. But then all that changed. Tall Pines senior housing suddenly…
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Those Dasteredly Russians!
Jacob Hornberger | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
Those dastardly Russians! They are at it again! What are they up to now? They are shipping medical supplies to the United States to help America deal with the Coronavirus crisis! What could be worse than that? Imagine: Trying to befriend us again. Who do they think they are? Those Russkies must think that we…
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US Flexes Military Might in Front of Russian Forces with F-35 Flight Over Syria
Almasdar News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
The U.S. military flew their new F-35 stealth jet over Syria’s skies this past week, as they display their strength in front of the Russian Armed Forces who are only a few kilometers away from the American troops in the …
globalresearch.ca/us-flexes-military-mig…

Strongest evidence yet that neutrinos explain how the universe exists
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-15
New data throws more support behind the theory that neutrinos are the reason the universe is dominated by matter.
imperial.ac.uk/news/196895/strongest-evidence-that-neutrinos-explain-universe

Global Research: Your Daily Panoramic View of World Events
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
Since 2001, Global Research has established an international network of authors, scholars and investigative journalists. Our news coverage comes from a multitude of diverse perspectives to offer you a panoramic view of the current state of the world on a …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-your-d…

Coronavirus and the Coming Financial Revolution
Michael Kern | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
The coronavirus pandemic is one of the biggest and unprecedented seismic shifts in the global economy that we’ve ever seen in modern history, and it’s just getting started. | Already, economies around the world are shutting down. The federal reserve has …
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Will Covid-19 Awake Us? The Unconscious System Plague
Prof. John McMurtry | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
Like others, I have thought from the first day of the Covid-19 pandemic that it was forcing us to awake from exponential life-system destruction by ‘business as usual’ to our common life-ground. | In the words of the formerly neo-liberal Governor …
globalresearch.ca/will-covid-19-awake-us…

People ‘Should be Leery About’ a Coronavirus Vaccine
Adam Dick | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
Ron Paul, in a Monday interview with host Dan Dicks at Press for Truth, warns that people “should be leery about” coronavirus vaccines that may come out. Further, says Paul, a doctor and former United States House of Representatives …
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Labour’s Explosive Report Shows How Right-wing Officials Sabotaged the Party
Alex Snowdon | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
A leaked 850-page report provides a wealth of information about how senior officials undermined Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party. Titled ‘The work of the Labour Party’s Governance and Legal Unit in relation to antisemitism, 2014-2019’, it particularly documents …
globalresearch.ca/labour-explosive-repor…

How Coronavirus Is Destroying Donald Trump’s Presidency
Peter Oborne | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
The coronavirus pandemic is on the verge of destroying Donald Trump’s presidency, with momentous consequences not just for the United States but also the world. | Mercifully, Trump himself has tested negative for the virus. But his leadership has …
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US Hospitals Getting Paid More to Label Cause of Death as ‘Coronavirus’
Wayne Dupree | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
Senator Scott Jensen represents Minnesota. He’s also a doctor. He appeared on Fox News with Laura Ingram where he revealed a very disturbing piece of information. | Dr. Scott Jensen says the American Medical Association is now “encouraging” doctors to overcount …
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“Madam, How Can I Have Any Plans?”
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-15
“I am searching for medicine for my mother; I’ve no money to repair my car; I have my sister asking me to help her son; I have come to the end of our food ration for this week.” | A reply …
globalresearch.ca/madam-how-can-i-have-a…

Trump Treasury tells banks they can seize your $1,200 check
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-15
WASHINGTON–Got plans for that $1,200 federal check you’re going to get from the $2.2 trillion economic stimulus law? Think again. That’s because, in a webinar last week, top Trump Treasury officials gave the nation’s big banks permission to go ahead and seize the electronically sent checks, or parts of them, if your account is overdrawn. …
peoplesworld.org/article/trump-treasury-…

World economy to take biggest hit since Great Depression
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
The IMF’s “baseline scenario” is that the world economy will lose $9 trillion in 2020 and 2021, equivalent to the combined economic output of Germany and Japan.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/imfr…

Portent of Pandemic
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
Just months ago, few would have thought it possible that a submicroscopic ball of genetic coding could bring the world’s wealthiest powers to their knees. But it has. In the space of a few months the Covid-19 virus projected its spiky arms not only into the delicate cells of the human lung, but into the…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/15/portent-of-p…

Saving Smokey Bear
John Horning | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
The adversity we are all facing in this pandemic has revealed the character of millions of people; doctors, nurses, neighbors and countless others have demonstrated their character by putting themselves at personal risk to help the most vulnerable among us. If there is a silver lining to this crisis, it may well be this increased…
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COVID-19 and the Return of a Dangerous Idea, Austerity
Mark Blyth, Jeffrey Sommers | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
The past decade delivered powerful lessons of what not to do in an economic crisis. Many countries pursued, or had imposed on them, austerity policies. That is, cutting government spending when the economy tanks in order to balance the books. The idea is that with less spending now, taxes will be lower later on, which will make people feel more confident now, thereby shortening the recession. It’s a nice idea. But it actually makes things worse.
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The Post-Pandemic Economy
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
We have a lot of economist type people telling us how awful the economy will be once we get through our near-term shutdown period. At the risk of being accused of unwarranted optimism, I am not sure I buy the pessimists’ story. Before saying anything about the economy, we have to outline where we think…
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Lockdown Burden on Little Shoulders in Latur
Ira Deulgaonkar | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
Paras Madikar reacted to the shutdown of his school in Latur city as quite a few 11-year-olds might. He was delighted that his Class 4 exams had been cancelled and looked forward to an extended vacation. That didn’t happen. His father, Shrikant, 45, lost his job as a driver and had to take on the…
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The American World That Covid-19 Reveals
Rajan Menon | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV-2) virus, which causes Covid-19, seemed to emerge from deepest history, from the Black Death of the 14th century and the “Spanish Flu” of 1918. In just months, it has infected more than 1.5 million people and claimed more than 88,000 lives. The virus continues to spread almost everywhere. In…
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Saving Smokey the Bear
John Horning | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
The adversity we are all facing in this pandemic has revealed the character of millions of people; doctors, nurses, neighbors and countless others have demonstrated their character by putting themselves at personal risk to help the most vulnerable among us. If there is a silver lining to this crisis, it may well be this increased…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/15/saving-smoke…

Woody’s Wicked Levity and Wicked-er Gravity
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
“I ought to join a club and beat you over the head with it, [but] I would not belong to a club that would have me as a member.”

COVID-19 and the Return of a Dangerous Idea, Austerity
Mark Blythe, Jeffrey Sommers | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
The past decade delivered powerful lessons of what not to do in an economic crisis. Many countries pursued, or had imposed on them, austerity policies. That is, cutting government spending when the economy tanks in order to balance the books. The idea is that with less spending now, taxes will be lower later on, which will make people feel more confident now, thereby shortening the recession. It’s a nice idea. But it actually makes things worse.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/15/covid-19-and…

I Warned About Trump’s Attacks on Science, But Didn’t Predict the Horror That Lay Ahead
Ariel Dorfman | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-15
” °Abajo la inteligencia! °Viva la muerte!” 5Those infamous words

COVID-19 devastating the elderly at nursing homes across the US
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
The COVID-19 pandemic has exploded in nursing homes and long-term care facilities, exposing the catastrophic circumstances facing large numbers of elderly working class people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/nurs…

Detroit Symphony musicians to take 20 percent pay cut
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
Orchestras, opera companies, museums and other cultural institutions face severe revenue strains due to the COVID-19 pandemic and are responding with major cuts.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/orch…

Australian construction workers denounce union enforcement of unsafe conditions
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-15
Hundreds of workers across the country have taken to social media over the past weeks to denounce the construction union for enforcing continued production in the sector, despite the health risks posed by the coronavirus pandemic. The Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union (CFMMEU) has responded with censorship. Supporters of the union bureaucracy have …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/australian-construction-workers-denounce-union-enforcement-of-unsafe-conditions/

Hoffa praises UPS, sees ‘encouraging response’ by corporations to the pandemic
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-15
Lansing, MI – In the April 13 edition of USA Today, Teamster head James P. Hoffa and three other labor leaders signed an outrageous letter entitled “Coronavirus is a stress test for capitalism, and we see encouraging signs.” The article fawned over the same companies that rank-and-file Teamsters across the country are fighting every day. It was especially outrageous given that Teamsters in many industries still lack appropriate PPE, sanitary working conditions, information and hazard pay. | Peppered throughout the article are silly platitudes about “well-managed companies with established relationships to workers…
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Greek medical workers demand funds to combat coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
Greece only had 560 intensive care unit beds as the pandemic began, 6 per 1 million inhabitants compared to 29.2 in Germany.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/gree…

The global elite seek their pandemic retreats
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
The rapacious quest for pandemic hideouts by the super-rich starkly demonstrates the waste of societal resources under capitalism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/elit…

On social reproduction and the Covid-19 pandemic
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-15
“This pandemic can, and should, be a moment when the left puts forward a concrete agenda for how to support life over profit in a way that will help us move beyond capitalism.”
mronline.org/2020/04/15/on-social-reprod…

At height of pandemic, Trump halts funds for WHO
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-15
At an angry blame-shifting press conference yesterday, Trump announced he is halting funding for the World Health Organization (WHO), the world’s premier health organization founded by the UN in 1948. He accused the organization of delays and of committing every single misstep that he and his administration have committed in the handling of the coronavirus …
peoplesworld.org/article/at-height-of-pa…

Wall Street feasts on death
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
Since March 23, the COVID-19 pandemic has claimed more than 25,000 lives in the United States. During the same period, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has risen more than 30 percent.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/pers…

UK: Heathrow Airport demands workers to take pay cut or face dismissal
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-15
London Heathrow, the UK’s busiest airport, is forcing its workers to take a 15 per cent pay cut or face dismissal over the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter seen by Sky News, Heathrow’s “Chief People Officer,” Paula Stannett, told thousands of workers that they must accept a supposedly “voluntary” reduction in pay …
truepublica.org.uk/newsbits/uk-heathrow-airport-demands-workers-to-take-pay-cut-or-face-dismissal/

IMF Offers Partial Debt Relief, but US Continues to Block SDR Allocation
Jake Johnston | cepr.net | 2020-04-15
On April 13, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it would suspend debt servicing requirements for 25 lower-income countries in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The program, an expansion of the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT), would provide “grants to our poorest and most vulnerable members to cover their IMF debt obligations for …
cepr.net/imf-offers-partial-debt-relief-…

With anger mounting over pandemic response, unions make pitch to save American capitalism
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
In a joint comment published by USA Today, the leaders of four major unions urge corporate America to use their services to “restore profits and economic growth.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/unio…

Trump PR Stunt Falls Flat
Robert Mackey | zcomm.org | 2020-04-15
White House Video Exposes His Failure to Prepare for Pandemic…
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The myth of British exceptionalism has driven the inept response to coronavirus
Johann Beckford | bright-green.org | 2020-04-15
We are seemingly becoming used to dramatic and disturbing headlines on a daily basis during the coronavirus pandemic. Reported deaths in the UK from Covid-19 have risen to over 10,000, …

The myth of British exceptionalism has driven the inept response to coronavirus

Airlines receiving billions of dollars each from federal government to help pay workers
koat.com | 2020-04-15
The money will help pay salaries through the end of September.
koat.com/article/airlines-receiving-bill…

Modi extends India’s coronavirus lockdown till May 3
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
Modi offered no plan to deal either with the health emergency or the socio-economic calamity triggered by the sudden, unplanned lockdown.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/inco…

COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Data Review
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2020-04-15
Though COVID-19 was slow to appear in worrying numbers in Latin America and the Caribbean, the number of infected people in the region is now rising rapidly. Between March 1 and April 1, total confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Latin America rose from 5 to 25,500. In the first half of April, that …
cepr.net/covid-19-in-latin-america-and-t…

Study: European care home residents account for 50 per cent of COVID-19 deaths
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-15
By TruePublica: On the 9th April, the Guardian reported in an exclusive piece that

Government has misled public over UK deaths being lower than France
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-15
The government’s daily coronavirus briefings have repeatedly and incorrectly indicated that the UK has fewer coronavirus deaths than France, based on the numbers of deaths in hospitals, Health Service Journal has learned. The global death comparison chart used in the televised briefing on Monday 13 April showed covid-19 fatalities in France were just above 14,000, as compared …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/government-has-misled-public-over-uk-deaths-being-lower-than-france/

Navajo Nation to extend weekend curfew amid coronavirus
KOB 4 | kob.com | 2020-04-15
The Navajo Nation has announced plans to continue its weekend overnight curfew through the first weekend in May to combat the spread of the coronavirus.
kob.com/new-mexico-news/navajo-nation-to…

Only good news allowed–India’s independent media fights government’s COVID-19 censorship
Conn Hallinan | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-15
While the coronavirus has focused much of the world on Europe and the United States lately, India promises to be the greatest victim of the disease. But other than a slick public relations campaign, the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done little to confront the crisis. Indeed, a number of policy moves by …
peoplesworld.org/article/only-good-news-…

Coronavirus and the politics of disposability
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-15
COVID-19 is having a disproportionate effect among vulnerable populations. When the dust settles, as in all U.S. disasters, there will be a tale to tell of who mattered and who was sacrificed.
mronline.org/2020/04/15/coronavirus-and-…

Drive-Thru Service for Antibodies to CCP-Wuhan Corona Virus
KOOK | thepeoplescube.com | 2020-04-15

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Disunited States: Government failure to address Coronavirus is sparking a mutual aid revolution
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-15
As state and local authorities struggle and the federal government focus on saving Wall Street, a volunteer-driven mutual aid revolution is taking hold in disenfranchised communities across America.
mronline.org/2020/04/15/disunited-states…

Coronavirus exposes Chilean two-tiered health system as deathtrap
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
It is the policy of sustained socio-economic shock therapy initiated under Pinochet that lay the groundwork for incalculable loss of life today…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/chil…

I mind dying
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-15
If the coronavirus lockdown leads to a fall in GDP of more than 6.4% more years of life will be lost due to recession than will be gained through beating the virus.
mronline.org/2020/04/15/i-mind-dying/?ut…

VIDEO: You’ve never seen Disney and Universal like this
koat.com | 2020-04-15
Aerial video of Florida’s theme parks provides a stunning look into the empty attractions.
koat.com/article/video-disney-universal-…

The Great Depression, The Great Recession and the Great Lockdown
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-15
By TruePublica Editor: They say, don’t they, that the coronavirus is a great leveller

Coronavirus in New Mexico: No new deaths reported in latest round of updates
koat.com | 2020-04-15
Here are the latest updates on coronavirus in New Mexico.
koat.com/article/coronavirus-new-mexico-…

COVID-19 deaths break US record as virus spreads through every state
wsws.org | 2020-04-15
Over 2,300 people died from COVID-19 in the United States Tuesday, in the highest recorded daily death toll of any country.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/15/covi…

Czech Police Make Nude Sunbathers Wear Corona-Virus Masks
jackalopelipsky | thepeoplescube.com | 2020-04-15

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Is the Coronavirus ‘Peak’ a Mirage?
Jim Naureckas | zcomm.org | 2020-04-15
We need to think about what we’ll do if physical separation is something that needs to be sustained not for weeks, but for months…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/is-the-coronavirus…

CDC estimates more than 9,200 health care workers have been infected with the coronavirus
koat.com | 2020-04-15
The number is likely an underestimate, since most reports of the novel coronavirus cases don’t include whether the person worked in health care.
koat.com/article/cdc-estimates-more-than…

‘I’m Young, Healthy, and I Exercise 5 Times a Week. COVID-19 Came for Me Anyway’
koat.com | 2020-04-15
“I spent 22 days battling the virus. My lifestyle didn’t protect me from it like I thought it would.”
koat.com/article/coronavirus-symptoms-da…

National coronavirus updates: President says new coronavirus guidelines will be announced Thursday
koat.com | 2020-04-15
Government relief checks are arriving in Americans’ bank accounts as the damage to the U.S. economy piles up.
koat.com/article/national-coronavirus-up…

Keller details how Albuquerque is protecting homeless during COVID-19 crisis
KOB 4 | kob.com | 2020-04-15
Mayor Tim Keller detailed what the City of Albuquerque is doing to protect homeless people from COVID-19…
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