UK coronavirus policy could put 7.3 million over-60s at increased risk
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-22
The UK's policy for shielding older adults from COVID-19 overlooks 7.3 million adults aged 60-69, placing them at increased risk and death.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197013/uk-coronavirus-policy-could-73-million
Imperial COVID-19 vaccine team secures £22.5 million support
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-22
The UK government will provide £22.5 million to fast-track Imperial's development of a coronavirus vaccine.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197017/imperial-covid-19-vaccine-team-secures-225
Death Trap Jail: Pepper-Sprayed, Otay Mesa Detainees Demand Release as COVID-19 Spreads Inside
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-21
We look at the mounting number of COVID-19 cases inside immigration jails across the country and one of the largest outbreaks at the Otay Mesa Detention Center near San Diego, run by private prison company CoreCivic. Prisoners were told to sign contracts, written only in English, in exchange for receiving face masks. When some refused to sign, guards pepper-sprayed them. This comes as activists say hundreds imprisoned in detention centers in California are on hunger strike. We get an update from Ruth Mendez, community activist and volunteer with Otay Mesa Detention Resistance.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/21/otay_mesa_immigrant_detention_center_coronavirus
Millions in US Won't Get Stimulus Aid for Marrying Migrants
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
Millions of United States (U.S.) citizens are being excluded from the US$2 trillion coronavirus relief package because they are married to a migrant, local media including the Dallas Morning News and the Los Angeles Times have reported. | RELATED: | Trump to Suspend Immigration to the U.S. Due to COVID-19 | The large group of those who won't get help is made of citizens who file taxes jointly with a spouse using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), an identification…
telesurenglish.net/news/Millions-in-Us-Wont-Get-Stimulus-Aid-for-Marrying-Migrants-20200421-0015.html
American dream suspended: Trump says he's signing order to halt immigration into US 'in light of attack' from coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-04-21
US President Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order suspending all immigration into the United States, citing the need to protect American jobs amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. | "In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!" Trump said in a tweet on Monday night. | In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to tempo…
rt.com/usa/486391-immigration-trump-suspension-us/
Thailand announces second automatic 3-month visa extension for foreigners
rt.com | 2020-04-21
The Thai government approved a second automatic visa extension for foreigners for three more months on Tuesday. The move could prevent long queues at immigration centers and stem the spread of the coronavirus. | Foreigners whose visas had expired since March 26 will be permitted to stay until July 30 without having to apply for an extension, said Narumon Pinyosinwat, spokeswoman for Thailand's cabinet. | A similar extension was granted until April 30. Thailand has since late March banned entry to foreigners, except diplomats and work-permit holders, to combat the Covid-19 outbreak. | Earlier on Tuesday, the So…
rt.com/newsline/486433-thailand-visa-extension-foreigners/
Trump Tweets Plan to Suspend All Immigration to US
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-21
President Donald Trump declared in a tweet late Monday night that he intends to sign an executive order "temporarily" banning all immigration to the U.S. amid the Covid-19 outbreak, an announcement rights groups condemned as a shameful attempt to scapegoat immigrants that will do nothing to safeguard either Americans' health or jobs. | "In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT Ameri…
truthout.org/articles/trump-tweets-plan-to-suspend-all-immigration-to-us/
Trump to Suspend Immigration to the U.S. Due to COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
The U.S. President Donald Trump Monday night announced that he will sign a decree to temporarily suspend the entry of immigrants to his country while his administration faces the health and economic effects triggered by the COVID-19. | RELATED: | Trump Orders Deportation of Migrant Children Due to Coronavirus | "In light of the attack from the invisi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-to-Suspend-Immigration-to-the-U.S.-Due-to-COVID-19-20200421-0005.html
Global Climate Fight Continues Despite Isolation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
Fridays For Future (FFF) members announced demonstrations and other activities next Friday, April 24. The ecological international movement will perform protests through social media to remain active and respect COVID-19 preventive measures. | RELATED: | Trump to Suspend Immigration to the U.S. Due to COVID-19 | FFF representatives explained that international attention is on COVID development and all preventive strategies. However, as movement leaders pointed out, the environmental…
telesurenglish.net/news/global-climate-fight-continues-from-isolation-20200421-0009.html
Trump announces 60-day immigration ban to shield American workers from competition
rt.com | 2020-04-21
US President Donald Trump has ordered a two-month pause in issuing most work visas, so that more than 22 million Americans made unemployed by coronavirus lockdowns will not face as much competition. | The 60-day moratorium will apply only to immigrants seeking permanent residence permits, also known as "green cards," Trump said on Tuesday at the daily White House press conference about the US coronavirus response. | "By pausing immigration we'll help put unemployed Americans first in line for jobs as America reopens," the president said. "It would be wrong and unjust for Americans laid off by the virus to be r…
rt.com/usa/486512-trump-immigration-ban-coronavirus/
Anti-Immigrant Movement Has History of Politicizing Disease
Eddie Bejarano | splcenter.org | 2020-04-21
COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, is the latest disease the nativist movement has politicized to demonize immigrants.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/21/anti-immigrant-movement-has-history-politicizing-disease
COVID-19 lockdown leaves Gulf states' migrant workers penniless in unsanitary conditions
wsws.org | 2020-04-21
Unable to return home because of travel restrictions or their countries' refusal to accept them, migrants are left to fester in lockdown, confined to overcrowded, unsanitary dormitories without access to either health care or help.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/21/gulf-a21.html
NYC Immigrant Communities Fight Hunger, Exploitation & Invisibility Through Mutual Aid
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-21
We look at how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting undocumented people here in New York City, where the coronavirus has hit immigrant communities the hardest, even as the numbers of daily deaths statewide has declined in recent days. As reports of widespread poverty and hunger continue in the immigrant communities, people are also organizing and helping each other through mutual aid despite extraordinarily difficult circumstances. We are joined by Juan Carlos Ruiz, Lutheran pastor at Good Shepherd Church in Brooklyn and co-founder of the national New Sanctuary Movement and the New Sanctuary Coalition here in Ne…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/21/migrants_in_queens
Mass COVID-19 infection among migrant workers in Singapore
wsws.org | 2020-04-21
The number of COVID-19 infections is exploding in the Singapore workers' camps.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/21/sing-m21.html
Free julian assange Nation wide Webinar event Panel
ORION | indybay.org | 2020-04-21
zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Xh2EsZbrTtOq1FZifgfIlw…
Video: COVID-19: Closing Down the Economy Is Not the Solution
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
Millions of people have lost their jobs, and their lifelong savings. In developing countries, poverty and despair prevail. | While the lockdown is presented to public opinion as the sole means to resolving a global public health crisis, its devastating economic …
globalresearch.ca/video-covid-19-closing-down-the-economy-is-not-the-solution/5710221
The Gates Foundation's Vaccination Activism
Eric Wagner | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
In the corona crisis, billionaire Bill Gates makes a high-profile appearance as a vaccination activist. The essence: a vaccine is the solution, it is only a matter of implementation. According to Gates, the G20 should now "address the logistics of …
globalresearch.ca/gates-foundation-vaccination-activism/5710314
Protests and looting break out in Colombia over failure to distribute aid amid COVID-19 quarantine
wsws.org | 2020-04-21
The right-wing Duque government has called for reopening "productive life without social life" to meet the needs of Colombian and foreign capital.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/21/colo-a21.html
Peruvian Official Demands Attention of Indigenous Communities
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
The Peruvian Ombudsman's Office in the Uyacali province recommended the government implement regional measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in indigenous communities. | RELATED: | Peru: Unions Protest Against Government's Economic Measures | Uyacali's public service head, Hugo Pari, requested attention and health guarantees for native communities, especially the shipibo-konibo group. This petition upsurges after two indigenous tested positive for COVID-19 in Coronel Portillo pro…
telesurenglish.net/news/peru-ombudsmans-office-demands-indigenous-communities–attention-20200421-0012.html
Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2020-04-21
Medical workers from the October 1 hospital in Mexico City set up a blockade to protest the lack of protective equipment and other supplies needed to confront COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/21/wrkr-a21.html
Demonstrators Demand Santa Cruz Provide Hotel Vouchers for the Homeless
Alex Darocy | indybay.org | 2020-04-21
Community members in Santa Cruz organized a "physical distancing" protest today to demand the City and County of Santa Cruz provide hotel vouchers for the homeless during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The demonstration was organized following California Governor Gavin Newsom's statements made during a press conference on April 18 that cities and municipalities that are blocking the State's effort to provide hotels for the homeless will be "judged" by history.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/20/18832521.php
Demonstrators Demand Santa Cruz Provide Hotel Vouchers for the Homeless
Alex Darocy | indybay.org | 2020-04-21
Community members in Santa Cruz organized a "physical distancing" protest today to demand the City and County of Santa Cruz provide hotel vouchers for the homeless during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The demonstration was organized following California Governor Gavin Newsom's statements made during a press conference on April 18 that cities and municipalities that are blocking the State's effort to provide hotels for the homeless will be "judged" by history.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/20/18832521.php
Kentucky Sees Highest Single-Day Increase in COVID-19 Cases Days After Protests
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-21
Protests against stay-in-place measures have occurred in a number of states across the nation, in spite of the fact that some health experts are saying such demonstrations could themselves lead to an increase in the spread of COVID-19. | While it's not possible to directly link the protests with a spike in infections, at least one state where such events ha…
truthout.org/articles/kentucky-sees-highest-single-day-increase-in-covid-19-cases-days-after-protests/
US: Nurses Protest Over Lack of Resources
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
The U.S. Nurses Union protested Tuesday in front of the White House. The health workers demonstrated in honor of the coworkers they lost due to the pandemic. They also demanded better biosafety resources. | RELATED: | 'Coronavirus Did Not Come out of a Laboratory', WHO Holds | According to Bonnie Castillo, Executive Director of the National Nurses Union (NNU), nurses are asking for better Personal Protection Equipment. Nurses will read aloud the names of those who lost their lives bec…
telesurenglish.net/news/us-nurses-protest-over-lack-of-resources-20200421-0006.html
What If the Lockdown Was All a Big Mistake?
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
From California to New Jersey, Americans are protesting in the streets. They are demanding an end to house arrest orders given by government officials over a virus outbreak that even according to the latest US government numbers will claim fewer …
globalresearch.ca/what-lockdown-was-all-big-mistake/5710311
The Right to Get Our Hair Cut
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-04-21
The Right to Get Our Hair Cut…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-liberty-protests/
Fake Facebook pages used to push protests at state capitals
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-21
A wealthy family of extreme right wingers, armed with plenty of money and social media skills, is behind the hundreds of Facebook groups, including the five largest of those groups, opposing stay-at-home orders designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The Facebook groups, which have hundreds of thousands of members, are being used to …
peoplesworld.org/article/fake-facebook-pages-used-to-push-protests-at-state-capitals/
Trump's Patriotic Color Revolution Call, against "Unreasonable Quarantine Demands"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
Trump caught his political opponents flatfooted when he endorsed the patriotic protests against several Democrat Governors' unreasonable quarantine demands, channeling the nascent Color Revolution spirit nationwide to show the rest of his compatriots that he truly has the people's support …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-patriotic-color-revolution-call-against-unreasonable-quarantine-demands/5710164
Trump Temporarily Suspends All Immigration Into The United States
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-04-21
In a stunning turn of events, late on Monday, President Trump tweeted that "In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!" twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1252418369170501639 Trump did not …
iranian.com/2020/04/20/trump-temporarily-suspends-all-immigration-into-the-united-states/
Selected Articles: COVID-19: Closing Down the Economy Is Not the Solution
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
Video: COVID-19: Closing Down the Economy Is Not the Solution | By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, April 21, 2020 | While the lockdown is presented to public opinion as the sole means to resolving a global public health crisis, its devastating economic …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-covid-19-closing-down-economy-not-solution/5710337
Protest in Beirut Against Lebanese Gov't Measures Amid COVID-19 Pandemic – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-21
Lebanon's parliament is holding a three-day legislative session at a Beirut theatre in order to observe social distancing measures imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202004211079041084-protest-in-beirut-against-lebanese-govt-measures-amid-covid-19-pandemic/
Trump Supporters Are Brandishing Automatic Weapons at Anti-Shutdown Protests
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-21
We get an update from Democracy Now! co-host Juan González about his mother and wife, who were infected with COVID-19, and discuss how right-wing Trump supporters are brandishing automatic weapons at protests to demand an end to coronavirus shutdowns and are being egged on by the president. "We should make no mistake, that this country is edging closer and closer to neo-fascist authoritarianism," says González, expressing concern these actions will become normalized in the lead-up to a bitter na…
truthout.org/video/trump-supporters-are-brandishing-automatic-weapons-at-anti-shutdown-protests/
Juan González: "Make No Mistake: This Country Is Edging Closer to Neo-Fascist Authoritarianism"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-21
We get an update from Democracy Now! co-host Juan González about his mother and wife, who were infected with COVID-19, and discuss how right-wing Trump supporters are brandishing automatic weapons at protests to demand an end to coronavirus shutdowns and are being egged on by the president. "We should make no mistake, that this country is edging closer and closer to neo-fascist authoritarianism," says González, expressing concern these actions will become normalized in the lead-up to a bitter national election in November.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/21/juan_gonzalez_coronavirus_update
Car caravan protesters demand release of immigrant detainees in Arizona
Sarah Roberts | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-21
TUCSON, Ariz.
As US Shale Oil Plunges, Trump Admin Takes Aim at Venezuela
Whitney Webb | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
President Trump recently praised a deal reached largely by Saudi Arabia and Russia, two of the top oil producers in the world who together dominate the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), saying that the agreed upon production cuts …
globalresearch.ca/us-shale-oil-plunges-trump-admin-takes-aim-venezuela/5710257
How the National Security State Is Using Coronavirus to Push AI-Driven Mass Surveillance
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-21
Last year a government commission called for the US to adopt an AI-driven mass surveillance system far beyond that used in any other country. Now, many of the "obstacles" cited as preventing its implementation are being removed under the guise of combating coronavirus.
mintpressnews.com/national-security-state-using-coronavirus-push-artificial-intelligence-driven-mass-surveillance/266820/
The Agribusiness Model Is Failing
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
Over the past decades the organization of the entire world food supply from farm to consumers has been reorganized into a globalized distribution known as agribusiness. With most of the world in lockdown over the fears of spread of the …
globalresearch.ca/agribusiness-model-failing/5710289
Coronavirus and the crisis of African American human rights
Ajamu Baraka | mronline.org | 2020-04-21
With the overwhelming evidence that the capitalist system is fundamentally antithetical to the realization of human rights, including what should be an elementary right–access to healthcare–the presidency of Donald J. Trump has been a godsend for the capitalist rulers.
mronline.org/2020/04/21/coronavirus-and-the-crisis-of-african-american-human-rights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coronavirus-and-the-crisis-of-african-american-human-rights
Coronavirus Relief Bills Bail Out Corporations as Small Businesses & Workers Suffer
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-21
As the White House and Democrats near a deal on a $450 billion coronavirus relief package, members of the Progressive Caucus say it bails out businesses once again and fails to protect working people. "In general, there's been kind of a disproportionate response that is reflected in the CARES Act. For individuals, for small businesses, it's very hard to get relief," says The American Prospect's executive editor, David Dayen. "But if you're a big corporation, the Federal Reserve has $4.5 trillion in reserves ready for you."
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/21/david_dayen_coronavirus_stimulus
When Solidarity Mattered: the Seattle General Strike
Paul Buhle | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-21
Radical Seattle: the General Strike of 1919. By Cal Winslow, New York: Monthly Review Press, 2020. 242pp, $19.00 pbk This is a special book, bearing an almost sacred topic for all those interested in the history of the American labor and the Left. The vibrant, pre-1920 Socialist Party, waxing strong and confident until struck down…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/21/when-solidarity-mattered-the-seattle-general-strike/
Why the OPEC+ Deal is a Many-Splendored Thing
M. K. Bhadrakumar | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-21
A perfect deal is where all protagonists get something out of it. All oil-producing countries stand to gain if the oil price rebounds. In bare bones, the OPEC+ group led by Saudi Arabia and Russia finalized, in a nail-biting photo finish on April 12, an agreement to steeply cut oil production by a combined 9.7…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/21/why-the-opec-deal-is-a-many-splendored-thing/
SARS-CoV-2 Mortality Data Is Distorted. Review of Scientific Research in Germany, U.S., Italy, Spain
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
SouthFront offers a scientific-based survey providing an in-depth look at the real death toll statistics and the spread of SARS-COV-2. | 1. The research issued by the Bonn University Hospital | The research issued by the Bonn University Hospital and made by …
globalresearch.ca/sars-cov-2-mortality-distorted/5710253
We Face Another Colossal Failure of Capitalism: Chomsky
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
The Spanish news agency EFE Tuesday published an interview with Noam Chomsky who holds that the pandemic shows the failure of neoliberalism, which within the United States is aggravated by President Donald Trump administration. | RELATED: | Democrats Abandoned the Working Class Decades Ago: Chomsky | "The first lesson is that we are facin…
telesurenglish.net/news/We-Face-Another-Colossal-Failure-of-Capitalism-Chomsky-20200421-0010.html
As the US Grapples with Coronavirus, Congress Leaps into Action… On a New Military Draft
David Swanson | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-21
What is the dumbest thing Congress could do at this moment? How about pushing a bill to force young women to register for a military draft. Meet HR 6415.
mintpressnews.com/as-us-grapples-coronavirus-congress-leaps-into-action-military-draft/266831/
Trump Blames China for His Own Failings
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
The US is a nation in longterm decline, a process ongoing for decades, notably post-9/11. | Its focus on militarism, war-making, corporate welfare, and police state harshness comes at the expense of economic and human development. | Other nations are rising, notably …
globalresearch.ca/trump-blames-china-his-own-failings/5710331
Unprecedented: "Oil Prices Can Go Negative"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
Last month, analyst Paul Sankey warned that "(o)il prices can go negative" in today's environment. On March 18, he wrote: | "The physical reality of the market is that oil is pumped out of the ground and has to be consumed …
globalresearch.ca/unprecedented-oil-prices-can-go-negative/5710332
Netanyahu/Gantz Unity Deal… Safeguarding Israel's "Democracy". Annexation of West Bank Ongoing
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
A weeks earlier agreement between them collapsed, a new unity deal struck. | Netanyahu prevailed. Gantz's surrender to his demands split his Blue and White (B &W) party. | It may have ended his chance to become prime minister, his political career …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-gantz-unity/5710325
Latvia Wanted to Bridge EU with Russia but Is Now in Economic Trouble
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
The transit industry was one of the most important in Latvia and was established during the Soviet era. In the first years of Latvia's independence in the 1990's, it was destroyed. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has significantly lowered Latvia's …
globalresearch.ca/latvia-wanted-bridge-eu-russia-now-economic-trouble/5710339
The Gulf Kingdoms Are Finally Waking Up to Hindu Extremists' Inherent Islamophobia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
Three back-to-back developments over the past week prove that the Gulf Kingdoms are finally waking up to Hindu extremists' inherent Islamophobia, the threat of which Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been warning about for a while now, suggesting that …
globalresearch.ca/gulf-kingdoms-waking-hindu-extremist-inherent-islamophobia/5710287
Cowardly Congress Chooses to be AWOL: Shouldn't Our Elected Representatives be on the Job Providing Essential Services?
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-21
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic a careening, confused President is fibbing, flailing, breaking laws, and mishandling money. As the domino effect of this crisis mounts, the public is asking: "Where is the Congress?" Our Senators and Representatives have been home since March 20 and won't be back until May 4th, not on the…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/21/cowardly-congress-chooses-to-be-awol-shouldnt-our-elected-representatives-be-on-the-job-providing-essential-services/