Be A Hero: COVID-19 w/ Ady Barka, Rep. A. Ocasio-Cortez, & Rahna Epting of MoveOn
Be A Hero Fund, MoveOn | indybay.org | 2020-04-10
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/07/18832151.php

Freedom from fear
John Pilger | zcomm.org | 2020-04-10
Interview on coronavirus, Assange, propaganda and human rights…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/freedom-from-fear/

Femicide does not respect the quarantine
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-04-10
Days, weeks, months, an indeterminate amount of time as the world seems paralysed by the journey of SARS-CoV-2. The lack of certainty increases the anxiety. This virus, as Arundhati Roy writes, 'seeks proliferation, not profit, and has, therefore, inadvertently, to some extent, reversed the direction of the flow [of capital].
mronline.org/2020/04/10/femicide-does-not-respect-the-quarantine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=femicide-does-not-respect-the-quarantine

Orange King COVID
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
Listen to Paul Street on this week's edition of CounterPunch Radio. One of the reasons to have joined Refuse Fascism and other activists in the streets demanding the end of the lethal Trump-Pence regime for the last three years and three months was the danger that the demented president and his white nationalist party in…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/10/orange-king-covid/

Organizing under lockdown: online activism, local solidarity
Bernd Bonfert | zcomm.org | 2020-04-10
As the pandemic forces us into lockdown, activists across Europe demonstrate that there are still ways to organize and practice solidarity at a safe social distance…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/organizing-under-lockdown-online-activism-local-solidarity/

Noisy "OUTNOW! Tuesday" in SF Bay Area
TRUMP | indybay.org | 2020-04-10
With the tag line "Trump is an American virus, it's time to break the silence," members of Refuse Fascism, Vigil for Democracy, and the Raging Grannies Action League protested while maintaining social distancing rules on Tuesday, April 7. They demand that the US government provide aid and protection for humanity globally, not just for Americans, based on international co-operation, not competition in this time of pandemic.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/08/18832161.php

Three Illinois prisoners die of COVID-19 as Chicago jail identified as a "hotspot"
wsws.org | 2020-04-10
Protests have taken place against inhumane treatment, crowded conditions, inadequate sanitation and official inaction on the growing demands for inmate release.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/10/jail-a10.html

COVID-19: Capitalist Crisis & Socialist Solutions
Bob P | indybay.org | 2020-04-10
Online Forum: Join via internet or phone. | Register here: | zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYof-mhqjwsjeCVfc5xIsy7Yuf-wngN4g…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/09/18832202.php

Another Sanders Betrayal
Laurie Dobson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
As people come to grips with the announcement today that Bernie Sanders has suspended, i.e. dropped out of, his campaign, a myriad of collective feelings will have to run their inevitable course. My first reactions are that I feel profoundly let down. In the middle of Holy Week, for God's sake! While the virus is…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/10/another-sanders-betrayal/

Congress Must Lead The Way in This Unprecedented Crisis
Bernie Sanders | zcomm.org | 2020-04-10
The American people deserve and require leadership from Washington amid this horrific pandemic and economic meltdown. In this unprecedented moment in American history, we need an unprecedented legislative response…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/congress-must-lead-the-way-in-this-unprecedented-crisis/

Freedom from Fear: John Pilger Discusses Coronavirus Propaganda, Imperialism, and Human Rights
T.J. Coles | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
John Pilger is the world-renowned journalist and filmmaker. The author of several books and maker of over 60 documentaries (the latest being The Coming War on China and The Dirty War on the NHS), Pilger has won dozens of prestigious awards and has been honoured by several universities. I asked him about the coronavirus in…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/10/freedom-from-fear-john-pilger-discusses-coronavirus-propaganda-imperialism-and-human-rights/

Solidarity in the Age of Coronavirus: What the Arabs Must Do
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-04-10
Let COVID-19 be that opportunity that will allow all nations, especially in the Middle East, to take a stance against war, hunger and disease, to share their wealth and to extend the hand of solidarity to Africa and our historic allies throughout the world…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/solidarity-in-the-age-of-coronavirus-what-the-arabs-must-do/

Solidarity in the Age of Coronavirus: What the Arabs Must Do
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
While the Coronavirus continues to ravage almost every nation on earth, Arab countries remain unable, or unwilling, to formulate a collective strategy to help the poorest and most vulnerable Arabs survive the deadly virus and its economic fallout. Worse, amid growing international solidarity, we are yet to see a pan-Arab initiative that aims to provide…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/10/solidarity-in-the-age-of-coronavirus-what-the-arabs-must-do/

Venezuela Pres Maduro's Message to American people
repost | indybay.org | 2020-04-10
Oil rich Venezuela is again threatened with invasion, by Nazi Trump, with no opposition from any Democrat, sending an armada to Venezuela's shores, in the middle of a pandemic, under the obviously false pretext of drug-pushing, which the world knows Venezuela does not do. The democratically elected government of Nicolas Maduro has sent an open letter to the American people. See www.globalresearch.ca/letter-president-maduro-people-united-states/5708882…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/07/18832148.php

EEU regards US sanctions on Iran amid COVID-19 'irrational'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-10
TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA)

The American Funhouse
Thomas S. Harrington | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
Within the last few weeks, in conversations I have had with well-educated American friends about the progression and treatment of the Corona virus, I have heard more than one comment about how we needed to take into account the obviously dubious quality of the Italian Health care system when seeking to understand the matter, a sentiment…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/10/the-american-funhouse/

Exporters like Russia won as Covid-19 fears pushed grain market up, but now veggies may get sliced & diced
rt.com | 2020-04-10
Coronavirus tanked global markets, but for grain producers like Russia, the pain was eased by a surge in prices. More bad news is on the horizon, however, as virus-induced labor shortages threaten the fruit and vegetable supply. | The Covid-19 pandemic caused a worldwide economic slowdown, sending the prices of oil and many other commodities into free fall. Grain prices went sharply against this trend, surging in the second half of March and prompting observations in Russia that carbohydrates were becoming more valuable than hydrocarbons. | This provided an unexpected economic boon for Russia, the world's numb…
rt.com/business/485396-grain-markets-coronavirus-surge/

Russia's workers sent back to factories as coronavirus continues to spread
wsws.org | 2020-04-10
Industrial and manufacturing enterprises are reopening in Russia, even as thousands of new infections are reported daily.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/10/russ-a10.html

US reports nearly 1,800 coronavirus fatalities in 24 hours, as death rate slows after 2 days of back-to-back records
rt.com | 2020-04-10
Nearly 1,800 people died in the US after contracting coronavirus on Thursday, a tally by Johns Hopkins University indicates. The overall US death toll stands at just over 16,500 as it continues to lead the world in cases. | The US, which according to various projections is nearing the peak of its outbreak, registered 1,783 deaths from the virus in a single day, according to data aggregated by the university. | While some models

50 cases of Covid-19 aboard France's ONLY aircraft carrier, Defense Ministry confirms
rt.com | 2020-04-10
The coronavirus outbreak on board France's only aircraft carrier has infected 50 crew members, the French Defense Ministry has confirmed. The Navy flagship is on its way to Toulon after cutting short its Mediterranean mission. | A military medical team was dispatched to the Charles de Gaulle to assess the situation after the start of the outbreak. Of the 66 people tested after its arrival on Wednesday, 50 returned positive results, the ministry said on Friday. | Three infected sailors were evacuated from the Charles de Gaulle on Thursday by an NH90 military helicopter to Portugal before being airlifted to a mi…
rt.com/news/485486-french-carrier-coronavirus-confirmed/

Crucial test to identify those who have recovered from COVID-19 and have active immunity
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
A test that can determine if a patient had been infected and recovered from COVID-19 is being developed at Mayo Clinic Laboratories. The test will detect the presence of antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Antibodies are produced by a person's immune system, and are critical for control and clearance of the …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/crucial-test-to-identify-those-who-have-recovered-from-covid-19-and-have-active-immunity/

Qeshm streets vacant amid Covid-19 outbreak
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-10
QESHM ISLAND, Apr. 10 (MNA)

Trump gloats over ABC 'fake news' as medical intelligence refutes shock report, denies warning Washington of Covid-19 in November
rt.com | 2020-04-10
A bombshell ABC News report that claimed US military intelligence warned the White House about a looming coronavirus outbreak was denied by the service itself, giving President Trump an opportunity to gloat at his accusers. | The story, released on Wednesday, claimed the National Center for Medical Intelligence (NCMI) reported in November that a possible "cataclysmic event" was in the making in China's Wuhan city. The NCMI

Will the EU Survive the Coronavirus?
John Feffer | zcomm.org | 2020-04-10
Hungary's authoritarianism, Portugal's generosity, Italy's call for solidarity, Germany's tightfistedness: European responses to the crisis are all over the map…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/will-the-eu-survive-the-coronavirus/

Now Is the Time to Dismantle Our Deportation Machine
Alina Das | thenation.com | 2020-04-10
Now Is the Time to Dismantle Our Deportation Machine…
thenation.com/article/politics/deportation-coronavirus/

Democratic Money and the New Corona Virus Economy
Pat Ryan | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
Here in the United States, we don't like to talk about class. The dominant metaphor projected by the media is the great big competition that we are all participating in as individuals (the meritocracy or free market). Within the competition, there are winners and losers. As independent competitors, most people don't belong to a class.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/10/democratic-money-and-the-new-corona-virus-economy/

Social and economic catastrophe intensifies as 6.6 million Americans file for unemployment
wsws.org | 2020-04-10
Emergency measures are necessary as the health crisis produced by the coronavirus pandemic develops into the greatest economic crisis in the United States since the 1930s.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/10/pers-a10.html

How does COVID-19 affect the heart?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
The effects of COVID-19 on the lungs are well-known. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, more information is becoming available about the role the virus, called SARS-CoV-2, has on the heart. "Individuals with known cardiovascular disease are at an increased risk of more severe complications from respiratory viral illnesses, including the flu and COVID-19," says Dr. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/how-does-covid-19-affect-the-heart/

Canada: More than 5 million workers apply for government assistance amid coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-10
While millions of workers and their families are effectively being given rations, Canada's banks and business elite are rolling in cash, courtesy of the more than $650 billion handed over to them by the Trudeau government.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/10/caco-a10.html

Wall Street's Banks Could Profit by Millions on Coronavirus Deaths of Employees
Pam Martens, Russ Martens | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
If it sounds ghoulish, it's because it is ghoulish. Some of the biggest banks on Wall Street have been intimidating their traders to come back to work despite an executive order from the Governor of New York State, Andrew Cuomo, ordering people to remain at home during the coronavirus outbreak unless they work for essential…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/10/wall-streets-banks-could-profit-by-millions-on-coronavirus-deaths-of-employees/

Repatriation of Indian pilgrims, students in Qom ongoing
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-10
TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA)

OPEC, allies agree to cut output by 10mn bpd: Zanganeh
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-10
TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA)

As Coronavirus spread, financial services contractor told warehouse workers they aren't allowed to get sick
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-10
M. WAS MIDWAY through her 12-hour shift in late March, sorting financial documents in a cavernous Long Island warehouse, when a supervisor stopped by and handed her a flyer. Several days earlier, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo had signed an executive order shutting down most businesses, but M.'s warehouse had remained open because its purpose–mailing …
mronline.org/2020/04/10/as-coronavirus-spread-financial-services-contractor-told-warehouse-workers-they-arent-allowed-to-get-sick/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-coronavirus-spread-financial-services-contractor-told-warehouse-workers-they-arent-allowed-to-get-sick

Global COVID-19 infections at over 1.6mn with over 95k deaths
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-10
TEHRAN, Apr. 10 (MNA)

Mayo Clinic expert says be diligent, patient when COVID-19 guidelines change
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
Guidelines to help slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are in place across the U.S. Dr. Stacey Rizza, an infectious diseases specialist at Mayo Clinic, says it's important to be diligent in following the current health guidelines and recommendations, especially as they continue to change. "I want to remind everyone that sometimes we …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-expert-says-be-diligent-patient-when-covid-19-guidelines-change/

I think the New York State Prison system is trying to kill Ramsey Orta
WeCopwatch | indybay.org | 2020-04-10
As Ramsey Orta, (who filmed the 2014, NYPD chokehold murder of Eric Garner) sits in solitary confinement in New York State prison, the virus is spreading rapidly across the prison systems. Time is running out.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/08/18832175.php

Auto companies plot out plan to restart production in North America despite coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-10
Both the auto corporations and their lackeys in the auto unions are demanding that workers risk their lives to go back to work in the factories in order to satisfy capitalist profit interests.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/10/auto-a10.html

Number of coronavirus cases in Russia rises by 1,786 to 11,917
rt.com | 2020-04-10
The number of coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 1,786 in the past 24 hours, the country's largest daily rise so far, the crisis center said in a statement on Friday. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Russia to 11,917. | It added that coronavirus patients had been identified for the first time in southern Siberia's Tuva region. "A total of 11,917 coronavirus cases have so far been recorded in 82 Russian regions, up by 17.6 percent," the center said. | "As many as 97 people were discharged from hospitals in the past 24 hours. Eighteen coronavirus patients died in the past 24 hours, taking the…
rt.com/newsline/485459-cases-rise-russia-tuva/

Last Chance to Save the Euro?
Marshall Auerback | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
After a faulty start to the coronavirus pandemic, the European Union members appear to be getting their act together, as they all appear to have abandoned ruinous slash-and-burn austerity policies (including budget cuts to health care, education and other social services) in order to cope with the onset of a global depression. At least that's…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/10/last-chance-to-save-the-euro/

Catholic Bishops Urge President Trump to Lead Global COVID-19 Debt Relief
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2020-04-10
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops and Jubilee USA Network, an interfaith religious group, is urging President Trump to lead the G20 on coronavirus global debt relief plans.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/09/18832196.php

World coronavirus cases surge past 1.6 million
wsws.org | 2020-04-10
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have published new guidelines that provide the justification to force tens of millions of workers back to work, even as the global death toll from COVID-19 approaches 100,000.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/10/coro-a10.html

"It's the economy stupid!"
Detlef Umbach and Karin Lohmeyer | indybay.org | 2020-04-10
US unemployment at the start of April 2020 is higher than at the peak of the 1929 Great Depression. Trump is to blame for the botched response to the Coronavirus that he initially called a hoax. To generate economic activity, he recently proposed raising CEO deductions for entertainment and restaurant bills. We face a collapse of the GDP, consumption, investments and tax revenues.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/08/18832178.php

Trump, Our Grifter in Chief, Is a Global Menace
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-04-10
Trump, Our Grifter in Chief, Is a Global Menace…
thenation.com/article/politics/coronavirus-trump-who-watchdog/

Surviving and Going Beyond
Michael Albert | zcomm.org | 2020-04-10
Wise folks now realize The Virus is going to cause countries to wind up moving either hard right with fascistic racism, authoritarianism, lies, and manipulation in the saddle, or moving seriously left with militant, angry, honest, and anti corporate pro change leftism rising. Which will it be, and if the later, how far can it Read…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/surviving-and-going-beyond/

Locked down, literally: Indian officials PUT LOCKS on homes of quarantine violators to prevent them from sneaking out
rt.com | 2020-04-10
Local authorities in two towns in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh went to great lengths to stop the spread of coronavirus, sealing quarantine violators in their homes, while ensuring they have food and essentials delivered. | With India in a state of complete lockdown since March 25, state officials are taking no prisoners in enforcing the strict stay-at-home regulations… well, almost. | Some 47 people have been effectively interned in their homes by district authorities in the towns of Khajuraho and Rajnagar for breaching quarantine as they came back after being released from hospitals in other areas, th…
rt.com/news/485449-india-coronavirus-lockdown-locked/

Science Saturday: The importance of antibody testing in addressing COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-10
If there's one thing the world has learned so far in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, it's the important role of testing for the disease. The ability to know who has the virus and who doesn't provides critical information for people and entire regions. Early testing involved collecting cells from the back of the …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-the-importance-of-antibody-testing-in-addressing-covid-19/

Congress Needs a Plan to Confront the Coronavirus. I Have One
Elizabeth Warren | zcomm.org | 2020-04-10
Government action is essential to save lives and to rescue our economy. Front-line workers, including health care, transit, farm, grocery, domestic and delivery workers, are putting their lives on the line to keep America functioning…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/congress-needs-a-plan-to-confront-the-coronavirus-i-have-one/

Boeing may slash staff by 10% amid coronavirus crisis & 737 MAX fiasco
rt.com | 2020-04-10
American aviation giant Boeing could cut its more than 150,000-strong workforce by around 10 percent as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on the global airline industry, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). | The plane maker could offer its workers early retirement as well as voluntary layoffs, the outlet said, citing sources, adding that the plan could also include buyouts. The company has not made the final decision yet. | Also on rt.com | | Boeing shuts down Washington state factories due to coronavirus threat…
rt.com/business/485450-boeing-may-slash-workforce/

COVID-19 is Manufactured Chaos
Wim Laven | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-10
In late December of last year, the Chinese announced an epidemic in Wuhan. The autocratic Chinese government should have made that outbreak known at least three weeks earlier. Over here, the increasingly autocratic Trump dithered, misunderstood, failed to act, dismissed the threat as nothing, and let coronavirus win. This poor excuse for an official finally lets us know on…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/10/covid-19-is-manufactured-chaos/

Front Line Advocates Speak Out About Homelessness Crisis and COVID-19 in Oakland
Dave Id | indybay.org | 2020-04-10
On April 9, homeless advocates held an online Town Hall to speak out about the crisis faced by Oakland's curbside communities during the coronavirus pandemic. Over 100 people watched and/or participated. Questions from the media were taken at the end of main panel discussion.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/09/18832209.php