Why Did the World Health Organization Wait Until March to Declare a Global Pandemic?
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-04-29
The 2005 regulations pushed on the World Health Organization by the United States and the Europeans hampered the WHO's ability to declare an emergency and a pandemic…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-did-the-world-health-organization-wait-until-march-to-declare-a-global-pandemic/
A Different Kind of COVID-19 Protest
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-29
Amidst a deadly pandemic set to kill millions of people it is hard not to become reactionary and short-sighted. The coronavirus for all intents and purposes is the new Trump for the libs. On the one hand a force that remains criminally underrated in its capacity for destruction despite its overwhelming popularity and attention from…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/29/a-different-kind-of-covid-19-protest/
Let Prisoners Go During COVID-19 pandemic
Jesse Jackson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-29
Across the United States and across the world, prisoners are among the most vulnerable to the coronavirus. Overcrowded facilities, shortages of food and medicine, and totally inadequate testing expose prisoners who are disproportionately poor and afflicted with prior conditions that render them vulnerable to the disease. Prisoners increasingly are protesting their conditions, objecting to being…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/29/let-prisoners-go-during-covid-19-pandemic/
April 25, 2020: Nationwide Cancel Rents Protests
Repost | indybay.org | 2020-04-29
We face a second rent day, May 1, when at least one third of renters nationwide will not be able to pay the rent due to the pandemic lockdown. Yet no governor, Democrat or Republican, has demanded that the rent be cancelled since the renters who live from paycheck to paycheck face immediate eviction when the lockdown ends as they cannot pay any back rent.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/27/18832659.php
Wild in the Streets? Mayday 1971
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-29
During the last week of April and the first few days of May in 1971, tens of thousands of US residents protested in the streets of Washington, DC. Their goal was to force an immediate and complete withdrawal of all US forces from Southeast Asia. Although they did not accomplish their goal, they did force…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/29/wild-in-the-streets-mayday-1971/
Your Freedoms Don't Have to be Muzzled Just Because You're Wearing a Mask
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-29
"If 2019 was the year of the street protest, of tear gas and rubber bullets, 2020 might be the year the street protest died, or perhaps fell into a deep sleep, and went online."–Journalist Christopher Miller | Despite all appearances …
globalresearch.ca/your-freedoms-dont-have-muzzled-because-youre-wearing-mask/5711198
Will the Coronavirus Change the World? On Gramsci's 'Interregnum' and Zizek's Ethnocentric Philosophy
Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-29
The prophecies are here and it is a foregone conclusion:…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/29/will-the-coronavirus-change-the-world-on-gramscis-interregnum-and-zizeks-ethnocentric-philosophy/
Coronavirus Capitalism and "Exceptional" America
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-29
United States capitalism system was already on the verge of a major recession before COVID-19 hit. All the classic signs were there: absurdly inflated P/E ratios s (an absurdly inflated stock market), massively deb-leveraged corporations, giant consumer and student debt, savage economic inequality (so extreme that the top tenth of the U.S. upper 1 percent had more wealth than the nation's bottom percent), tens of millions living just one inadequate paycheck away from being unable to meet basic living expenses , and more. If the virus hadn't broken that camel's back, something else would have done the job, albeit…
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Bernie Sanders and the Future of the Movement
James L Cowan | indybay.org | 2020-04-29
Online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/25/18832641.php
Controversies About Covid-19, Biotech Safety & US China Rivalry with Sam Husseini
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-04-29
ournalist Sam Husseini with The Institute of Public Accuracy discusses the growing controversies about where Covid-19 came from, what it is and the issue of bio-tech safety and biological warfare.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/28/18832675.php
Khanzadi described Persian Gulf as center of Resistance' naval power
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Russia slams US maximum pressure policy against Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Iran marks Persian Gulf National Day
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Front pages of Iran international dailies on April 29
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Eurasia reduces tariffs to zero on 10 Iranian exports items
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
MP calls for increasing economic ties with other countries
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Iran's Zarif, Afghanistan's Ghani hold phone talk
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
13-ton cargo of laboratory diagnostic equipment arrives Iran from France
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Iranian dailies' headlines on April 29
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Rouhani, Imran Khan stress cooperation in COVID-19 battle
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
US cannot cite to JCPOA as withdrawn from Iran's nuclear deal: MP
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Qatar sends 4th batch of humanitarian aid to Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Iran to give slap in face to any violator of its interests, territorial waters
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Turkey's TIKA donates personal care items for Rohingya
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-29
The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), a state-run aid body, donated 5,000 personal care packages for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh's camps.The distribution run through Wednesday starting on Saturday in various camps set up in the southern Cox's Bazar district, TIKA's Dhaka office said in a statement on Wednesday."COVID-19 affects Rohingya refugees just as it affects the whole world. TIKA has also not forgotten the Rohingya refugees and has distributed cleaning supplies to help them fight the coronavirus," said Ismail Gundogdu, the agency's Bangladesh coordinator.The package included produ…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkeys-tika-donates-personal-care-items-for-rohingya-3518234
Riot erupts at coronavirus-hit prison in Sierra Leone
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-29
Smoke billowed from the central prison in Sierra Leone's capital and gunfire could be heard from nearby streets on Wednesday after a riot broke out following the confirmation of a coronavirus case there, a Reuters reporter said.Inmates at Pademba Road Prison had earlier set some buildings on fire in a protest that police and security forces were subsequently able to quell, Information Minister Mohamed Rahman Swaray told reporters."There are casualties, but these are early days. When the dust settles we will be able to give you a more comprehensive account," Swaray said in a video streamed online.The prison was r…
yenisafak.com/en/world/riot-erupts-at-coronavirus-hit-prison-in-sierra-leone-3518237
Arab League warns against escalation in Lebanon
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-29
The Arab League on Wednesday warned of Lebanon's "slide into the unknown" following bloody clashes between the army and protesters. | At least one protestor died and a dozen others injured in clashes in Tripoli, the country's second largest city, late Monday.Anger over the crash of Lebanon's national currency that sent food prices soaring led to street violence. Protests were witnessed in the capital Beirut, and the city of Sidon as well. The Arab League, in a statement, expressed its deep concern regarding "the accelerating developments on the Lebanese scene.""There is a hope that the wisdom of the army's leader…
yenisafak.com/en/world/arab-league-warns-against-escalation-in-lebanon-3518236
US teachers' unions vow action against early reopening
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-29
Major teachers' unions in the US are gearing up to call for strikes or major protests if states reopen schools without taking proper precautions amid the coronavirus pandemic.The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and The National Education Association (NEA), the nation's two biggest teachers' unions, told Politico news outlet Tuesday that they will not remain silent when it comes to student safety.AFT President Randi Weingarten said schools need funding to implement public health measures, including personal protective equipment, to prevent possible exposure to the virus.If schools reopen without proper safet…
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-teachers-unions-vow-action-against-early-reopening-3518235
Two Policemen Injured in Stone Pelting by Migrant Workers at Top Indian IT Institute in Hyderabad
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-29
New Delhi (Sputnik): In March, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nationwide lockdown to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of poor migrants left bigger cities on foot to return to their homes. States were instructed to take care of daily wagers wherever they were stuck.
sputniknews.com/india/202004291079133071-two-policemen-injured-in-stone-pelting-by-migrant-workers-at-top-indian-it-institute-in-hyderabad/
Malaysian activists say 'let Rohingya boats land'
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-29
Healthcare Refugees & migrants Alex SalmonIssue 1263 Malaysia COVID-19 Rohingya refugeesApril 29, 2020A boat carrying 200 Rohingy…
greenleft.org.au/content/malaysian-activists-let-rohingya-boats-land
New book gives eyewitness acount of Hong Kong protests
Stuart Munckton | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-29
Democracy Alex SalmonIssue 1263 China Hong KongApril 29, 2020City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong | By Anthony Daripan | Scribe Publications, 2020 | 320pp, $35 | "Heung gong jan, gaa jau!" (Hong Kongers, add oil) is a rallying cry that could be translated to mean "Go…
greenleft.org.au/content/new-book-gives-eyewitness-acount-hong-kong-protests
73,791 recovered from COVID-19 in Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Iranian short film wins Jury award at Italian filmfest
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Turkey's lack of coop. with Iran in road transport sector criticized
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
2 Iranian filmmakers receive awards at European Independent Film Fest
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
'This is Persian Gulf not gulf of New York or Washington'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Iranian scientist in US jail contracts coronavirus
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
PG islands to be converted into residential properties
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Mayo Clinic introduces skill for Amazon's Alexa about COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-29
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Go battle Covid-19 at home! Chinese Navy 'expels US warship from territorial waters'
rt.com | 2020-04-29
A US warship was "expelled" from disputed South China Sea waters after Beijing's navy scrambled fighter jets and naval assets to escort it away, accusing Washington of "provocative" actions at sea. | The USS 'Barry,' a guided missile destroyer, "trespassed" into Beijing's territorial waters near the disputed Xisha Islands
10,000 nursing home workers vote to strike in Illinois in the face of life-threatening working conditions
wsws.org | 2020-04-29
The coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage nursing home residents and staff, accounting for 35 percent of COVID-19 cases in Illinois.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/29/seiu-a29.html
Science Saturday: Antimalarials, COVID-19, cardiac arrest
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-29
Over the last few weeks, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have become household words. These antiparasitic drugs normally prescribed for malaria were introduced early in the rush to find potential treatments for COVID-19. As time goes on, the public discussion has centered on who should get these particular drugs and when. Meanwhile many doctors and medical researchers …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-antimalarials-covid-19-cardiac-arrest/
Mayo Clinic partners with state of Minnesota, University of Minnesota on breakthrough COVID-19 initiative
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-29
Mayo Clinic joined Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Minnesota Department of Health Commissioner Jan Malcom, the University of Minnesota, and other health system leaders to announce a breakthrough initiative to provide rapid, widespread testing for COVID-19 in Minnesota. The goal of this statewide strategy is to test all symptomatic people, isolate confirmed cases to limit the …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-partners-with-state-of-minnesota-university-of-minnesota-on-breakthrough-covid-19-initiative/
Infographic: Informed but not overwhelmed
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-29
For the latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic, check the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. For more information and COVID-19 coverage, go to the Mayo Clinic News Network and mayoclinic.org.
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Nearly half of global workforce at risk as job losses increase due to COVID-19: UN labour agency
news.un.org | 2020-04-29
Some 1.6 billion people employed in the informal economy
Public Health and Private Profits Under COVID-19 Pandemic
Prabir Purkayastha | zcomm.org | 2020-04-29
There is a major problem with vaccines and the for-profit pharmaceutical industry…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/public-health-and-private-profits-under-covid-19-pandemic/
Mike Pence tours medical clinic without a face mask
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-29
US vice president Mike Pence chose not to wear a face mask during a tour of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota on Tuesday, an apparent violation of the world-renowned medical centre's policy requiring them.Video feeds show Pence did not wear a mask when he met with a Mayo employee who has recovered from Covid-19 and is now donating plasma, even though all other people in the room appeared to be wearing one.He was also without a mask when he visited a lab where Mayo conducts coronavirus tests.Vice President Mike Pence visits the molecular testing lab at Mayo Clinic (Jim Mone/AP) | And Pence was the only participant not…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/04/29/mike-pence-tours-medical-clinic-without-a-face-mask/
Classical musicians, orchestras and opera companies confront COVID-19 lockdown
wsws.org | 2020-04-29
Freelance and younger musicians are especially hard hit by cancellations and shutdowns.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/29/musi-a29.html
Confirmed worldwide Covid-19 death toll passes 218,000
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-29
TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA)
Cuban working class facing disaster due to coronavirus-related tourism collapse
wsws.org | 2020-04-29
While Cuba appears to have effectively slowed the spread of COVID-19, the collapse of tourism has left huge numbers of workers unemployed and threatens imports of needed goods.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/29/cuba-a29.html
Boris Johnson's Recuperation at His Prime Ministerial Country Estate
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-29
BoJo Johnson, suffering from the COVID-19 virus, was discharged from hospital, where he had a spell in intensive care, in order to recuperate at Chequers, the official country residence of the prime minister. A second governmental country estate, Chevening, is earmarked for use by the prime minister and senior cabinet members. While he recuperated, a…
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