'Can't erase history': Putin & Stalin TEMPLE MOSAIC is 'appropriate,' church says amid furor over Russian military cathedral decor
rt.com | 2020-04-25
President Vladimir Putin and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin will both make surprise, if minor, appearance inside the main cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces, being heavily decorated with historical scenes of the nation's glory. | Photos showing an incomplete mosaic with the likeness of Putin, other key government figures, as well as seemingly random people celebrating with national flags made quite a stir in Russia after being leaked to the media on Friday. The artwork was linked to the grandiose church being built in Patriot Park outside Moscow, which is to become the main temple of the Russian military. | ht…
rt.com/russia/486856-army-church-putin-stalin-mosaic/
The Courts Won't Free Migrant Children Because of COVID-19. We Must
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
Migrant child detention is in the national spotlight again. Because of COVID-19, a U.S. District Court is considering mass release of children from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody. Like many times before, coverage of this story has not included voices of community and family members who have resisted migrant child detention for years. My organization, Little Village Solidarity Network (LVSN), a Chicago…
truthout.org/articles/the-courts-wont-free-migrant-children-because-of-covid-19-we-must/
The Courts Won't Free Migrant Children Because of COVID-19. We Must
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
Migrant child detention is in the national spotlight again. Because of COVID-19, a U.S. District Court is considering mass release of children from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody. Like many times before, coverage of this story has not included voices of community and family members who have resisted migrant child detention for years. My organization, Little Village Solidarity Network (LVSN), a Chicago…
truthout.org/articles/the-courts-wont-free-migrant-children-because-of-covid-19-we-must/
Fraihat v. ICE Community Resources
splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
On April 20, 2020, a federal district court granted a nationwide preliminary injunction requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take a number of important steps to protect medically vulnerable people in its custody from COVID-19.
splcenter.org/news/2020/04/24/fraihat-v-ice-resources-0
Trump's Immigration Order Was Drafted by Officials With Ties to Hate Groups, According to Report
Michael Edison Hayden and Eddie Bejarano | splcenter.org | 2020-04-24
Two officials with ties to anti-immigrant hate groups helped write President Trump's executive order blocking the issuance of new green cards, according to a report.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/24/trumps-immigration-order-was-drafted-officials-ties-hate-groups-according-report
Once Again, Trump Shreds US Immigration Law
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-04-24
Once Again, Trump Shreds US Immigration Law…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-immigration-coronavirus-fascism/
New Relief Bill Lacks Funds for Food Aid, Rent Relief, Election Protection
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
As the House passes a new $484 Billion coronavirus relief bill, Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the sole Democrat to vote no, saying it falls far short, failing to protect those at greatest health risk, including essential frontline workers, and could let millions go hungry. We get response from The American Prospect's David Dayen. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AMY GOODMAN: Members of Congress returned to Washington, D.C., Thursday…
truthout.org/video/new-relief-bill-lacks-funds-for-food-aid-rent-relief-election-protection/
New Relief Bill Lacks Funds for Food Aid, Rent Relief, Election Protection
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
As the House passes a new $484 Billion coronavirus relief bill, Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the sole Democrat to vote no, saying it falls far short, failing to protect those at greatest health risk, including essential frontline workers, and could let millions go hungry. We get response from The American Prospect's David Dayen. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AMY GOODMAN: Members of Congress returned to Washington, D.C., Thursday…
truthout.org/video/new-relief-bill-lacks-funds-for-food-aid-rent-relief-election-protection/
New $484B Relief Bill Lacks Funds for Food Aid, Rent Relief, US Postal Service, Election Protection
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-24
As the House passes a new $484 Billion coronavirus relief bill, Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the sole Democrat to vote no, saying it falls far short, failing to protect those at greatest health risk, including essential frontline workers, and could let millions go hungry. We get response from The American Prospect's David Dayen.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/24/480_billion_coronavirus_relief_package
SCOTUS Just Found a Way to Inflict More Terror on Immigrants
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-04-24
SCOTUS Just Found a Way to Inflict More Terror on Immigrants…
thenation.com/article/society/scotus-barton-immigrants/
During Coronvrius: Cuba to the Rescue, But Don't Tell the American people
Medea Benjamin | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-24
Anti-Cuba zealots in the Trump administration have been enticing Cuban doctors working overseas to defect, paying journalists to write negative stories, slapping sanctions on Cubans in charge of the program, and strong-arming countries to expel Cuban doctors.
mintpressnews.com/during-coronvrius-cuban-doctors-rescue-but-dont-tell-american-people/266925/
Video- COVID-19: O Encerramento da Economia Nà£o É a Soluàßà£o
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
Milhàµes de pessoas perderam os seus empregos e as suas economias de toda a vida. Nos países em desenvolvimento, prevalece a pobreza e o desespero. | Embora o bloqueio seja apresentado à opinià£o pública como o único meio de resolver uma …
globalresearch.ca/video-covid-19-o-encerramento-da-economia-nao-e-a-solucao/5710379
How the Chinese Authorities and the World Health Organization Handled the Coronavirus
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
On April 14, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump addressed a news conference at the White House, where he said that his administration would "halt [all] funding" for the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO, founded in 1948, is the principal United Nations agency tasked with the improvement of the health of the world; it is also widely acknowledged as an agency that is best suited to deal with health emergencies.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/how-the-chinese-authorities-and-the-world-health-organization-handled-the-coronavirus/
Either socialism will defeat the louse or the louse will defeat socialism
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-04-24
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says that the Great Lockdown, which has no end date, could very well lead to a loss of $9 trillion to global Gross Domestic Product over the entirety of 2020 and 2021; this number is greater than the combined economies of Japan and Germany. This scenario, the Fund's managing director …
mronline.org/2020/04/24/either-socialism-will-defeat-the-louse-or-the-louse-will-defeat-socialism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=either-socialism-will-defeat-the-louse-or-the-louse-will-defeat-socialism
Libertarian Activist Organizes "Re-Open" Santa Cruz March, Calls Pandemic a Hoax
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
Libertarian activist Sean Cutler is organizing a march to Santa Cruz City Hall on April 24 in support of re-opening the "local economy". An event listing posted to social media by Cutler promises "speeches" at City Hall, however it is unclear if the event is real or a stunt, as only one person is listed as attending. The event post for the march demands "an end to the tyrannical quarantine" and encourages participants to "bring flags, banners, posters, and the loving spirit of freedom". On March 16, Cutler posted on social media that the COVID-19 pandemic was, "overblown, childish, and insane". The pandemic is "s…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/22/18832568.php
Libertarian Activist Organizes "Re-Open" Santa Cruz March, Calls Pandemic a Hoax
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
Libertarian activist Sean Cutler is organizing a march to Santa Cruz City Hall on April 24 in support of re-opening the "local economy". An event listing posted to social media by Cutler promises "speeches" at City Hall, however it is unclear if the event is real or a stunt, as only one person is listed as attending. The event post for the march demands "an end to the tyrannical quarantine" and encourages participants to "bring flags, banners, posters, and the loving spirit of freedom". On March 16, Cutler posted on social media that the COVID-19 pandemic was, "overblown, childish, and insane". The pandemic is "s…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/22/18832568.php
Climate Activists Have Not Lost Hope Amid Pandemic
Greta Thunberg | zcomm.org | 2020-04-24
We're Changing How We Organize…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/climate-activists-have-not-lost-hope-amid-pandemic/
As Thailand Fights Covid-19, Students Vow to Continue Chaos for "Democracy"
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
Despite the unprecedented damage global panic over coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has caused to nations around the world, so-called "pro-democracy" protesters have vowed to immediately resume street mobs as soon as emergency measures are lifted in Thailand. | The move will …
globalresearch.ca/thailand-fights-covid-19-students-vow-continue-chaos-democracy/5710652
"Stay at Home Orders": California Organizer of Protest Movement against Lockdown Faces Arrest
City News Service | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
A woman who organized last weekend's protest in downtown San Diego opposing stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus is facing arrest and possible misdemeanor charges that could result in 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine, the woman and …
globalresearch.ca/organizer-downtown-san-diego-covid-19-protest-faces-arrest-possible-charges/5710632
Amazon will be fined €100,000 for EVERY 'non-essential' delivery in France after court rejects appeal in worker safety dispute
rt.com | 2020-04-24
Amazon will face a fine each time it delivers non-essential goods in France until it improves the safety conditions of its workers amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The company earlier closed its warehouses in protest. | On Friday, an appeals court in Versailles, outside Paris, upheld last week's ruling, which restricted Amazon's French warehouses to only shipping IT products, health items, groceries and pet food until it ensures the safety of its workers. | Jeff Bezos' e-commerce giant was given 48 hours to comply with the ruling, and will be fined €100,000 ($108,020) for every delivery that doesn't meet the c…
rt.com/news/486810-amazon-appeal-rejected-france/
Group Promoting COVID-19 "Liberate" Protests Tied to Hydroxychloroquine Push
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge. | A prominent Koch network group that is helping to organize protests calling for states to reopen is tied to a campaign that promoted misleadingly optimistic information about a drug it c…
truthout.org/articles/group-promoting-covid-19-liberate-protests-tied-to-hydroxychloroquine-push/
Over 1,000 protesters storm Wisconsin Capitol to demand end to lockdown as every 8th resident out of work (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-04-24
A massive group of demonstrators gathered in Wisconsin's state Capitol to protest Governor Tony Evers' stay-at-home order
Group Promoting COVID-19 "Liberate" Protests Tied to Hydroxychloroquine Push
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-24
This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge. | A prominent Koch network group that is helping to organize protests calling for states to reopen is tied to a campaign that promoted misleadingly optimistic information about a drug it c…
truthout.org/articles/group-promoting-covid-19-liberate-protests-tied-to-hydroxychloroquine-push/
Demonstrators Demand Santa Cruz Provide Hotel Vouchers for the Homeless
Alex Darocy | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
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
U.S. Again Trying to Control Greenland to Dominate Arctic
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
In the summer of 2020, the U.S. intends to open its consulate in Greenland, as well as allocate $12.1 million to strengthen its presence on this island. According to the U.S. ambassador to Denmark, Carla Sands, the North American …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-trying-control-greenland-dominate-arctic/5710659
As Saudi Forces Flee Northern Yemen, Evidence of an Unholy Alliance with Al-Qaeda is Left Behind
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-24
MintPress' Ahmed Abdulkareem traveled through Yemen's recently liberated al-Jawf Province to see firsthand the devastation left behind by Saudi-backed AQAP militants.
mintpressnews.com/ssaudi-arabia-pushed-northern-yemen-evidence-alliance-al-qaeda/266967/
Two Mentally Challenged Candidates to Choose Between for US President?
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
The US is hurtling into uncharted waters as a polity, with the two likely candidates for president this November both clearly suffering from significant cognitive impairment and evidence of continuing mental decline. Back in 1980, the American voters elected a man, Ronald Reagan, who unbeknownst to them already had the beginnings of Alzheimer's dementia. By…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/two-mentally-challenged-candidates-to-choose-between-for-us-president/
May Day, Mayday!
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. Freeman and slave, patrician and plebeian, lord and serf, guild-master and journeyman, in a word, oppressor and oppressed, stood in constant opposition to one another, carried on an uninterrupted, now hidden, now open fight, a fight that each time ended, either in…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/may-day-mayday/
Joe or No?
Jim Kavanagh | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
Here we go again. Now that Bernie Sanders has completed his predictable circuit of loss and capitulation, leftists–those who stand for socialist and anti-imperialist, or even serious social-democratic and antiwar, politics–again confront the quadrennial quandary: Must one vote for the thoroughly neo-liberal and imperialist Democratic presidential nominee? "The lesser evil is still evil."
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/joe-or-no/
Assange's Lawyers to Ask Court to Postpone Extradition Hearing
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
LONDON (Sputnik) – The lawyers of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will ask the court next week to postpone the activist's extradition hearing, a statement by the campaign against Assange's extradition to the United States said Friday.
sputniknews.com/europe/202004241079080603-assanges-lawyers-to-ask-court-to-postpone-extradition-hearing/
Lee Camp: This Pandemic is Not Just a Crisis, It's a Gift
Lee Camp | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-24
Like cancer, capitalism grows until it murders the host body. During this pandemic shutdown, it's not getting the growth it needs and is becoming benign.
mintpressnews.com/lee-camp-coronavirus-capitalism-not-just-crisis-gift/266945/
A Machiavellian Fiasco: How 'Centrist' Gantz Resurrected Netanyahu, Israel's Right
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
It was intended to be a Machiavellian move, but the decision by Benny Gantz, leader of Israel's Kahol Lavan (Blue and White) coalition, to join a Benjamin Netanyahu-led government is likely to destabilize the political fabric of Israeli society for years to come. In a surprising move, Gantz has entered into precarious political compromises, whereby…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/a-machiavellian-fiasco-how-centrist-gantz-resurrected-netanyahu-israels-right/
Organizer: Domestic Workers Make All Work Possible, But the Coronavirus Relief Bill Discounts Them
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-24
To talk more about how the coronavirus relief bills have affected essential workers, we speak with an organizer in Queens, New York, the epicenter of the epicenter of the pandemic. "Things are being done, but it's not enough to serve the domestic workers who are essential workers and keep this city running," says Riya Ortiz, lead organizer and case manager for the nonprofit Damayan Migrant Workers Association in New York City.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/24/coronavirus_essential_workers
"We Don't Have the Capacity to Treat": Palestinian-Canadian Doctor Says Israel Must Lift Gaza Siege
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-24
As fears continue to grow about what a rampant outbreak of the coronavirus might do to the occupied Palestinian territory, already crippled by years of Israeli sanctions, we get an update from Dr. Tarek Loubani, Palestinian-Canadian doctor and emergency physician who volunteers in the Gaza Strip and returned from a trip there last month. "Testing is severely limited," he says. "There have been fewer tests in Gaza so far throughout the entire pandemic than there were in South Korea yesterday."
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/24/tarek_loubani_palestinian_canadian_doctor_gaza
"Nobody Wants to Do This": Georgia Reopens Nonessential Businesses Despite Public Health Warnings
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-24
We go to Georgia, which is reopening nonessential businesses today
Roaming Charges: Killing Yourself to Live
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
+ Neoliberalism: an ideology of austerity, which contends that economics is a science and epidemiology is soothsaying. + One of the eternal axioms of American politics: When you don't know anything claim that you're right about everything and wrong about nothing. + This strategy pays off, time and time again. Consider that 3.5 years into…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/roaming-charges-killing-yourself-to-live/
Video: Escalation of Syria War: Turkey Shells Syrian Army in Aleppo. US Threatens to Sink Iranian Ships in Gulf
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
In the second half of the week the military situation in Syria's western Aleppo escalated. | On April 22, Turkish forces shelled positions of the Syrian Army in western Aleppo. Pro-Turkish sources claimed that this shelling was a response to Syrian …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkey-shells-syrian-army-aleppo-us-threatens-sink-iranian-ships-gulf/5710625
A Light Against the Darkness
Sam Hitt | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-24
Bernie Sanders claimed to have won the war of ideas in his unsuccessful quest for the Democratic Presidential nomination by introducing new concepts like class struggle to our political vocabulary and making universal health care and debt-free higher education subject to mainstream debate. If this is victory, then we have a long road ahead. America…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/24/a-light-against-the-darkness/
Biden Suggests Trump May Make Attempt to 'Kick Back' 2020 Presidential Election
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
Joe Biden remains the last presidential hopeful to challenge incumbent Donald Trump in the 3 November elections, after Senator Bernie Sanders wrapped up his bid for the Democratic Party's nomination earlier in April.
sputniknews.com/us/202004241079081172-biden-suggests-trump-may-make-attempt-to-kick-back-2020-presidential-election/
Economic Collapse Far More Serious Than COVID-19 Contagion
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
The ongoing economic collapse combined with a public health crisis is unprecedented in modern memory. | The human toll from both mounts daily worldwide
Iran to Retaliate Against US Aggression if Launched
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
The US under both right wings of its war party is an unprecedented bully on the world stage. | It's ruling regimes represent an unparalleled threat to everyone everywhere. | The long aggressive arm of its military operates in parts of the …
globalresearch.ca/iran-retaliate-against-us-aggression-launched/5710664
Instead of Providing Masks or Allowing Unions, Whole Foods Unveils New "Hero" Uniform
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-24
As corporations like Amazon and Whole Foods spend fortunes on advertising campaigns thanking their workforce for "heroic" service, they refuse to provide even basic protective gear or sick pay and ruthlessly crush any internal dissent. | MPN– In the wake of the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, premium supermarket chain Whole Foods has redesigned its uniform, giving employees shirts that designate them as "heroes" and "hard core." The revamp is one of many actions large corporations across the world have taken to symbolically thank their workers amidst the global crisis. | Whole Foods Workers: "Can we h…
Instead of Providing Masks or Allowing Unions, Whole Foods Unveils New “Hero” Uniform
Instead of Providing Masks or Allowing Unions, Whole Foods Unveils New "Hero" Uniform
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-24
As corporations like Amazon and Whole Foods spend fortunes on advertising campaigns thanking their workforce for "heroic" service, they refuse to provide even basic protective gear or sick pay and ruthlessly crush any internal dissent.
mintpressnews.com/instead-masks-or-unions-whole-foods-unveils-new-hero-uniform/266933/
As Food Banks Struggle to Cope with Demand, Desperate Farmers Dump Unsellable Produce
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-24
The coronavirus pandemic is shaking America's food supply and production system. And after only a few weeks, it appears much of it is failing the stress test. | MPN– Even as food banks nationwide are inundated with hungry Americans, many of the country's farmers are dumping or destroying their harvests. Amidst a pandemic that has seen tens of millions of workers laid off, the nation's food banks have struggled to cope with the surge in demand for their vital services. | In San Antonio, over 10,000 people lined up overnight in their vehicles in the hope of receiving a box of basic foods. "Needs have skyrocket…
As Food Banks Struggle to Cope with Demand, Desperate Farmers Dump Unsellable Produce
As Food Banks Struggle to Cope with Demand, Desperate Farmers Dump Unsellable Produce
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-24
The coronavirus pandemic is shaking America's food supply and production system. And after only a few weeks, it appears much of it is failing the stress test.
mintpressnews.com/food-banks-struggle-cope-demand-desperate-farmers-dump-unsellable-produce/266958/
A hard-hit Italian city is trailblazing the way towards a better post-coronavirus world
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-04-24
Italy has been particularly badly hit by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Although the country has recently seen declines in new cases, it remains one of the top for infections and deaths worldwide. And the northern region of Lombardy has, by far, had the largest number of confir…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2020/04/24/a-hard-hit-italian-city-is-trailblazing-the-way-towards-a-better-post-coronavirus-world/
Read My Lips
Lucine Kasbarian | indybay.org | 2020-04-24
The True Face of Turkey.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/23/18832604.php
'Death by meteorite': Turkish researchers claim to have proof of world's first space-rock fatality
rt.com | 2020-04-24
A group of researchers in Turkey are claiming to have come across the first credible records yet discovered of 'death by meteorite,' dating from August 22, 1888. | They cite multiple official documents recovered from the General Directorate of State Archives of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey, which detail a meteorite strike that hit and killed one man and paralyzed another, in what is now Sulaymaniyah in Iraq. | The Earth endures near-constant bombardment by assorted meteorites and space rocks, at a rate of millions per day, most of which burn up harmlessly in our atmosphere. | For context, and accor…
rt.com/news/486742-death-meteor-strike-evidence/
Despite US Sanctions, Iran Launches Military Satellite for Defense
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
On April 22, the 41st anniversary of the establishment of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), they launched the 'Nour' satellite, aboard the 'Qased' three-staged satellite launcher, during an operation located in the desert at Dasht-e Kavir. | IRGC commander …
globalresearch.ca/despite-us-sanctions-iran-launches-military-satellite-defense/5710645
Immense Economic Damage of Pandemic: Worldwide Economic Collapse Reveals Failure of "Global Capitalism"
Dr. Leon Tressell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-24
As each day passes by data pours in revealing the immense economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Most politicians and economic pundits will put the blame for up the economic hurricane, blasting tens of millions into unemployment, on coronavirus …
globalresearch.ca/global-economic-collapse-reveals-complete-failure-capitalism/5710689