Washington D.C. legislature endorses limited rent relief, bars assistance to undocumented immigrants
wsws.org | 2020-04-18
The city's government left it up to representatives of the city's tourist industry to provide assistance to undocumented workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/18/rent-a18.html
Stuck Behind Bars, Inmates & Immigrants Are Sitting Ducks for COVID-19
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-18
$1.7T giveaway to millionaires tucked in CARES Act; Virus poses serious risk to detained immigrants; Activists call to empty jails amid crisis…
sputniknews.com/radio_by_any_means/202004181079005716-stuck-behind-bars-inmates–immigrants-are-sitting-ducks-for-covid-19/
Intensive CIA spying on Assange targeted his infant child
wsws.org | 2020-04-18
As the US government finalised its bogus charges against Assange, it oversaw dirty tricks operations targeting his partner and their infant child.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/18/assa-a18.html
Without a country in which to live, a field to plant, a love to cherish or a voice to sing, one is dead
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-04-18
Local communities have demonstrated remarkable generosity, but cannot cope anymore. National capacities are overwhelmed. The approaching lean season, coupled with the armed conflict and the COVID-19, will generate further dramatic situations and displacements of populations. The clock is ticking; we have little time left.
mronline.org/2020/04/18/without-a-country-in-which-to-live-a-field-to-plant-a-love-to-cherish-or-a-voice-to-sing-one-is-dead/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=without-a-country-in-which-to-live-a-field-to-plant-a-love-to-cherish-or-a-voice-to-sing-one-is-dead
2020 Youth Activist Grant
Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-04-18
Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center | 1035 Carol Lane | Lafayette, CA 94549…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/17/18832457.php
Portland's Rental Crisis Created an Opening for Democratic Socialist Candidates
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-18
When tenant activist Margot Black had her first "no-cause" eviction in which she was forced out of her apartment simply because she was not bound by a lease, she was 19 and a single mother of a 6-month-old daughter. When she saw her second no-cause eviction in 2012, Portland, Oregon, was an even less hospitable place. Housing prices had soared as tech jobs came in, and Portland was branded as the next hip place for urban professionals to relocate to
COVID-19 and the Wasting Disease of Normalcy
Brian Terrell | zcomm.org | 2020-04-18
From his prison cell in a year of mass movements to end the war in Vietnam and mobilizations for nuclear disarmament, Daniel Berrigan diagnosed normalcy as a disease and labeled it an obstacle to peace…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/covid-19-and-the-wasting-disease-of-normalcy/
2020 Art & Writing Challenge
Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-04-18
Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center | 1035 Carol Lane | Lafayette, CA 94549…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/17/18832456.php
2020 Art & Writing Challenge
Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-04-18
Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center | 1035 Carol Lane | Lafayette, CA 94549…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/17/18832456.php
Governance and Social Conflict in a Time of Pandemic
Cinzia Arruzza & Felice Mometti | zcomm.org | 2020-04-18
Source: Viewpoint Magazine On Monday March 29th, General Electric factory workers staged a protest against the thousands of layoffs announced by the company's management, demanding the reconversion of production and asking a simple question:…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/1032216/
#ClimateStrike: Virtual Protest Against Chase Bank to #Stop The Money Pipeline
350.org Bay Area & many others | indybay.org | 2020-04-18
Online protest actions…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/16/18832428.php
If Trump Thinks It's Safe for Followers to Gather at Protests, Why Won't He Attend One?
Robert Mackey | zcomm.org | 2020-04-18
From a very safe distance on Friday, Donald Trump urged his supporters to risk infection with the deadly coronavirus by attending in-person protests to "liberate" Minnesota, Michigan, and Virginia from stay-at-home orders issued by their Democratic governors.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/if-trump-thinks-its-safe-for-followers-to-gather-at-protests-why-wont-he-attend-one/
'Fire Fauci, let us work': No social distancing as Alex Jones joins hundreds in rally against Covid-19 lockdown measures in Texas
rt.com | 2020-04-18
Texans flocked to the state's Capitol in Austin to protest Covid-19 lockdown measures, refusing to practice social distancing and cheering for Dr. Anthony Fauci to be fired by President Donald Trump. | In attendance at Saturday's 'You Can't Close America' Rally were InfoWars founder Alex Jones and host Owen Shroyer, who led the crowd of some 200 people in chants against the mainstream media and officials like Fauci. | Shroyer, who referred to the doctor as "fascist Fauci," asked the crowd: "Do you think Anthony Fauci should be fired?", before leading them in chants of "Fire Fauci." | Lots of protest speakers s…
rt.com/usa/486227-alex-jones-coronavirus-austin-protest/
Mexico Prohibits Cremation of People Killed by COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-18
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador administration Friday prohibited the cremation of unclaimed bodies who died because of COVID-19. | RELATED: | Protests Follow Deaths at US Factories in Mexican Border Town | This decision obeys the Law on the Forced Disappearance and Search of Persons, which establishes that "corpses or remains of persons…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Prohibits-Cremation-of-People-Killed-by-COVID-19-20200418-0002.html
Trump tweets support for far-right protests against social distancing orders
wsws.org | 2020-04-18
Having announced his plan for the state-by-state reopening of the economy, Trump is seeking to mobilize his far-right base to press for a rapid lifting of barriers to corporate profit-making.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/18/trum-a18.html
US right-wing protesters, supported by Trump, organize against stay-at-home orders
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-18
Different States in the United States are faced with threats of armed resistance from right-wing and conservative groups who are opposing measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. So far, Michigan and a few others States have had or are set to have thousands of protesters defying stay-at-home orders passed by their respective governments. Unsurprisingly, president Donald Trump has come out in support of such dangerous acts. | On April 17, president Donald Trump tweeted in support of these right-wing protests in the States which are led by Democratic governors. The tweets include content like "LIBERATE MICHIGAN",…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/18/us-right-wing-protesters-supported-by-trump-organize-against-stay-at-home-orders/
Brazilian nurses strike over deadly conditions as COVID-19 deaths mount
wsws.org | 2020-04-18
This week, after a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in Brazil, protests and work stoppage spread to hospitals and other health care units.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/18/braz-a18.html
Trump Plans for Economic Reopening While Protests Over Lockdown Grow
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-18
On this episode of Fault Lines, hosts Garland Nixon & Lee Stranahan talked with guests about recent positive and negative news in the ongoing novel coronavirus crisis, the nature of organizing during the lockdown, and inquired into our country's economic foundations and political dichotomies.
sputniknews.com/radio_fault_lines/202004181079002081-trump-plans-for-economic-reopening-while-protests-over-lockdown-grow/
Bill Gates and the Depopulation Agenda. Robert F. Kennedy Junior Calls for an Investigation
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-18
For over twenty years Bill Gates and his Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) have been vaccinating foremost children by the millions in remote areas of poor countries, mostly Africa and Asia. Most of their vaccination program had …
globalresearch.ca/bill-gates-and-the-depopulation-agenda-robert-f-kennedy-junior-calls-for-an-investigation/5710021
"Gangster in the White House"
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-04-18
Interview on COVID-19, WHO, China, Gaza and Global Capitalism…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/gangster-in-the-white-house/
COVID-19 May Exacerbate Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-18
Concern about the deepening of Afghanistan's humanitarian crisis is enhancing due to the number of COVID-19 cases, lack of tests to detect the disease, and political instability. | RELATED: | Taliban Delegation in Kabul for Prisoner Exchange Process | On Saturday, Health Minister Ferozuddin Feroz reported on 27 new confirmed patients and 933 people infected in the country so far. | According to local outlet Tolo News, fear is increasing because of the lack of tests and other health…
telesurenglish.net/news/COVID-19-May-Exacerbate-Humanitarian-Crisis-in-Afghanistan-20200418-0003.html
Venezuela Blasts Trump After Central Bank Assets Quietly Transferred to Guaido's Fed Account
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-18
The Trump administration quietly ordered the transfer of some $342 million in funds from a Venezuelan central bank account at Citibank to an account controlled by opposition leader and self-proclaimed Venezuelan 'president' Juan Guaido at the New York branch of the US Federal Reserve.
sputniknews.com/latam/202004181079009570-venezuela-blasts-trump-after-central-bank-assets-quietly-transferred-to-guaidos-fed-account/
Prescribing an overdose: A chapter in the opioid epidemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-18
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Delivery of new UAVs to Iranian Army
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-18
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA)
Parl. backs strategic, friendly Iran-China ties: Larijani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-18
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA)
Leader issues fatwa on fasting in Ramadan amid pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-18
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA)
RECAP: Watch Dagestan-born IMMAF superstar Muhammad Mokaev's epic trilogy with Reo Yamaguchi (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-18
Recap three epic fights featuring one of the biggest stars of amateur MMA, Dagestan-born Muhammad Mokaev, as he took on Japanese rival Reo Yamaguchi in IMMAF competition. | Nineteen-year-old Mokaev was born in Buynaksk, Dagestan but moved to Manchester, England with his family as a 12-year-old. | The Russian-English star is riding an unbeaten 23-fight win streak and is considered to be one of the hottest young prospects in the sport. | Mokaev hasn't yet turned professional, but there are sure to be a host of potential suitors for his signature, with the Bellator ONE Championship, Cage Warriors and BRAVE CF all…
rt.com/sport/486205-live-mma-immaf-watch-party-muhammad-mokaev-reo-yamaguchi-video/
Russia could suspend grain exports next month if export quota is reached
rt.com | 2020-04-18
Russian grain exports may reach the limits introduced by the government much ahead of schedule, bringing the shipments to a temporary halt till the end of June, the country's agriculture ministry has said. | "The quota was introduced for the period from April 1 to June 30, 2020. After it is depleted, the supplies outside the Eurasian Economic Union will be stopped for this period," Deputy Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut said on Friday. | Given the current pace, exports will be suspended in mid-May, the official said. As of Saturday, less than 4.2 million tons of grain remained available from the 7-million-ton…
rt.com/business/486202-russia-grain-exports-suspension/
Control goes automatic: Manned checking of digital passes in Moscow to be replaced by electronic systems
rt.com | 2020-04-18
Moscow's roll-out of digital passes to limit non-essential travel had a rocky start this week. Now the city has announced the checks will remain in place, but in automatic form. | This week the Russian capital introduced 'digital passes' to reduce travel in the city and thus slow the spread of Covid-19. Non-essential workers were limited to two trips a week, and everyone taking a ride had to apply for a pass
High-octane STREET CHASE in St. Petersburg ends with drunk driver's overturned car HANGING over river (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-18
If God watches over drunks and fools, as they say, this man is a living testament. After failing to shake the police in a car chase, he found his car flipping through the air
Watch Dagestan-born IMMAF superstar Muhammad Mokaev's epic trilogy with Reo Yamaguchi in LIVE IMMAF watch party (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-18
Recap three epic fights featuring one of the biggest stars of amateur MMA, Dagestan-born Muhammad Mokaev, in a live IMMAF live watch party at 8am ET / 2pm CET, and you can watch it right here on RT Sport. | Nineteen-year-old Mokaev was born in Buynaksk, Dagestan but moved to Manchester, England with his family as a 12-year-old. | The Russian-English star is riding an unbeaten 23-fight win streak and is considered to be one of the hottest young prospects in the sport. | Mokaev hasn't yet turned professional, but there are sure to be a host of potential suitors for his signature, with the Bellator ONE Championsh…
rt.com/sport/486205-live-mma-immaf-watch-party-muhammad-mokaev-reo-yamaguchi-video/
4,785 new Covid-19 cases registered across Russia, Moscow remains top hotspot
rt.com | 2020-04-18
In the past 24 hours, 4,785 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Russia, the nation's disease response team reported on Saturday. The increase in newly-recorded cases is higher than that of the previous day
Russia sought China's APPROVAL for missile test, US diplomat claims. His proof? They didn't come to his Twitter to deny it
rt.com | 2020-04-18
Ignoring one's tweet can apparently not only spell the end to a teenage romance, but it can also be proof for high-profile geopolitical assertions. That is, at least, according to a high-ranking US diplomat. | The recent secretive test of a Russian
Bathtub ballet: Synchronized swimmer Svetlana Romashina shows off her skills in the bath during COVID-19 lockdown (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-18
The world of sport may be at a standstill, but Russian synchronized swimmer Svetland Romashina was able to show off her elite-level skills in a somewhat smaller pool than usual as she strutted her stuff in the bath. | The graceful starlet of the swimming pool hopped into her bathtub to perform a miniature version of the routine. | Also on rt.com | | Hot work: Bellator starlet Valerie Loureda works up a sweat as she shadowboxes on her Miami balcony (VIDEO) | The five-time Olympic champion has also earned 21 gold m…
rt.com/sport/486225-video-bathtub-ballet-synchronized-swimmer-svetlana-romashina/
This Easter is different: WATCH Holy Fire descend in Jerusalem amid coronavirus lockdown
rt.com | 2020-04-18
As Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter this weekend, the descent of the Holy Fire
Is it safe to wear contact lenses during the COVID-19 pandemic?
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-18
To prevent becoming infected with COVID-19, health experts are urging people to avoid touching their face. That's because SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can enter the body through the mouth, nose and eyes. That's left millions of people around the world who wear contact lenses wondering if they should stop wearing them and switch …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/is-it-safe-to-wear-contact-lenses-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Pregnancy during the COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-18
COVID-19 is the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Because SARS-CoV-2 is a novel coronavirus, researchers are still learning how the virus affects the body. And this raises questions for pregnant women. Can COVID-19 affect pregnancy? Is breastfeeding safe? How can a pregnant woman protect herself from the disease? On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-pregnancy-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Neither 'lab' nor 'wet market'? Covid-19 outbreak started months EARLIER and NOT in Wuhan, ongoing Cambridge study indicates
rt.com | 2020-04-18
The novel coronavirus may have first passed to humans somewhere in southern China months before the outbreak in the city of Wuhan, a new study found, cutting against widely held theories about the origins of the pandemic. | Mapping a "network" of coronavirus genomes and tracing mutations over time, a team of researchers led by a Cambridge University geneticist determined the first Covid-19 infection may have come as early as September in a region south of Wuhan, noting the pathogen could have been carried by humans well before it mutated into a more lethal form. | "The virus may have mutated into its final 'hu…
rt.com/news/486194-study-coronavirus-southern-china/
Australian ruling elite seizes on pandemic to demand harsh economic restructuring
wsws.org | 2020-04-18
Governments and big business are using the COVID-19 crisis to accelerate the decades-long assault on social spending and workers' jobs, wages and conditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/18/rest-a18.html
Positive responses to the coronavirus pandemic could be a sign of the communities to come
Peadar O'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-04-18
Amidst the tragedy and lockdown of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, people have started discussing changes occurring across the UK. In addition to the work being done by frontline staff in the NHS, local people are responding in their communities. | Such efforts include helping people forced to self-isolate to get food essentials and prescriptions. Some projects already underw…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/04/18/positive-responses-to-the-coronavirus-pandemic-could-be-a-sign-of-the-communities-to-come/
Mayo Clinic responds to COVID-19 financial impact
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-18
Mayo Clinic staff are doing extraordinary work, leading in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are proud of, and committed to, our staff and our communities as they come together to fight this global health crisis. Mayo Clinic is facing unprecedented challenges as a result of these circumstances, including a financial impact that requires significant …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-responds-to-covid-19-financial-impact/
"All gas no mask!": In life and death situation, inmates rebel amid pandemic
Steven Powers | liberationnews.org | 2020-04-18
Spontaneous prison actions of resistance have become increasingly regular in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic.
liberationnews.org/all-gas-no-mask-in-life-and-death-situation-inmates-rebel-amid-pandemic/
COVID-19: What to do if you develop symptoms while away from home
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-18
In many areas of the U.S. and around the world, people are being told to stay home and avoid travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, travel restrictions may not apply to employees of critical industries, such as trucking, public health professionals, financial services, and food supply. So what should someone do if they develop …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/covid-19-what-to-do-if-you-develop-symptoms-while-away-from-home/
Iran, Turkey interior ministers discuss coronavirus pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-18
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA)
99-year-old Veteran Raises Millions for UK's Health Workers
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-18
A 99-year-old war veteran has raised more than 21 million pounds (about 26 million U.S. dollars) for the National Health Service (NHS) by completing 100 laps of his garden. | RELATED: | New York Governor: Trump Is 'Passing Buck' on Pandemic Response | With the aid of a walking frame, Tom Moore, a retired civil servant and Second World War veteran, had planned to do 100 laps of his garden in Bedfordshire, England, before his 100th birthday on April 30. | He finished the challenge…
telesurenglish.net/news/99-year-old-Veteran-Raises-Millions-for-UKs-Health-Workers-20200417-0018.html
Intl. NGOs urge Bahrain to release prisoners amid pandemic
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-18
TEHRAN, Apr. 18 (MNA)
Bret Stephens' Employers May Keep Big Pharma Haters Out of the New York Times, but We Are Everywhere Else
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2020-04-18
The sub-headline of Bret Stephens' latest column tells readers "there should be no big-pharma haters in pandemics." The point is that researchers at Gilead Sciences, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies, are working tirelessly on the testing of remdesivir, which at the moment is the most promising treatment for the coronavirus. Stephens' column focuses on …
cepr.net/bret-stephens-employers-may-keep-big-pharma-haters-out-of-the-new-york-times-but-we-are-everywhere-else/
Someone fixed the care worker badge for Matt Hancock, and it's damning
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-04-18
Matt Hancock's care worker badge hasn't exactly gone down well. People have criticised the health secretary's attempt to acknowledge the social care sector during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. But someone decided the badge needed a reworking
As Coronavirus Spreads Through Prisons, States Are Failing Incarcerated People
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-18
On April 6, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed an executive order allowing "medically vulnerable" incarcerated people to be temporarily released on medical furlough for the duration of the state's disaster proclamation. Furloughs are typically temporary releases from prison, usually for no more than 14 days. Pritzker's executive order extends the order indefinitely during the pandemic; it is unclear whe…
truthout.org/articles/as-coronavirus-spreads-through-prisons-states-are-failing-incarcerated-people/
Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Emergency medicine in the time of COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-18
Emergency medicine is a specialty that prides itself on a mantra: anyone, anything, anytime. The COVID-19 pandemic has put emergency health care providers and first responders on the front lines, fighting the spread of the virus and caring for critically ill patients. On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. Annie Sadosty, a Mayo Clinic emergency medicine …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-emergency-medicine-in-the-time-of-covid-19/