Threat of ICE Detention Centers Turning Into Death Camps, Groups Rallying to Free Families
Eoin Higgins | indybay.org | 2020-04-01
ICE is making the pandemic more dangerous for everyone.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/01/18832002.php

Death Camps in the Making: New York's Prisons During a Time of Pandemic
Frances Madeson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
Every day, says Donna Robinson, a bucket of bleachy water is delivered to a ward in Bedford Hills to be used by the sixty women housed there, her own daughter among them. That's the extent of the supplies they receive to keep their area sanitized from COVID-19. The women are in bunk beds with no…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/01/death-camps-in-the-making-new-yorks-prisons-during-a-time-of-pandemic/

Honk for Justice, SF
Lis Cox | indybay.org | 2020-04-01
As Covid-19 increases exponentially, Never Again Action and allied organizations joined in SF and across the Country to form Car Caravans to Demand that the Camps be closed. 3 minute video.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/31/18831996.php

Brazilian stadium turned into field hospital as ruling class closes ranks behind corporate bailouts
wsws.org | 2020-04-01
Shocking images of stadiums transformed into concentration camps for the sick and dying stand in stark contrast to Bolsonaro's criminal denial of the seriousness of the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/braz-a01.html

Trump's Mass Negligent Homicide Doesn't Let Democratic Leaders Off the Hook
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
In the last few days, New York and Pennsylvania postponed voting in presidential primaries from April until June. A dozen other states have also rescheduled. Those wise decisions are in sharp contrast to a failure of leadership from Joe Biden and the Democratic National Committee. Just two weeks ago, the party establishment was vehemently pushing…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/01/trumps-mass-negligent-homicide-doesnt-let-democratic-leaders-off-the-hook/

Trump's Mass Negligent Homicide Doesn't Let Democratic Leaders Off the Hook
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-04-01
Failures of leadership in a time of coronavirus…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/30/18831943.php

Another New Peace
Scott Owen | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
It's not easy to write in the middle of a tsunami or a pandemic either for that matter. It seems like a good opportunity, one might think, all the bars are closed and people's usual activities like dating, eating-out and shopping aren't options at all, but it's just hard to focus when you've got too…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/01/another-new-peace/

"Whose University? Our University!" The Struggle for a COLA at UC Berkeley
Jack Wareham, Dylan Burgoon | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
On March 5th, in the midst of a campus-wide march and rally, a student protester at UC Berkeley walked into the bustling Free Speech Movement Café, a study spot that borrows its name from Cal's legendary 1960s anti-war protests. "Fellow students!" she shouted, climbing on top of the counter.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/01/whose-university-our-university-the-struggle-for-a-cola-at-uc-berkeley/

Innovative COVID-19 Safe Protest in San Francisco
Protest News | indybay.org | 2020-04-01
Boisterous Car Rally Honks for Justice for ICE Detainees…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/31/18831976.php

Watsonville Community Hospital Nurses to Hold Shift Change Actions To Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19
California Nurses Association | indybay.org | 2020-04-01
To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and preparedness for frontline health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital will hold a silent vigil and solidarity stand on Monday, March 30, 2020. Registered nurses are calling on Watsonville Community Hospital to reverse its decision to weaken personal protective equipment standards and cancel staff rather than preparing for a surge of COVID-19 patients.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/30/18831945.php

'We will go to the governor's door': Fired Amazon walkout leader vows BIGGER protest if Covid-19 safety demands not met
rt.com | 2020-04-01
The leader of an Amazon warehouse walkout will take his fight for a safe workplace to the New York governor's office if needed, he told RT. City authorities are investigating whether he was fired in retaliation for the protest. | Chris Smalls, the Amazon associate who led Monday's walkout at the megacorporation's mammoth Staten Island warehouse, believes he was fired over his leadership of the protest, but he told RT he isn't done fighting for the safety of what were until recently his fellow employees. "My plan of action is to continue to fight until the buildings are closed down," he said. "They got rid of m…
rt.com/usa/484631-amazone-covid-19-sick-out-strike/

UK warehouse and distribution workers protest exposure to COVID -19
wsws.org | 2020-04-01
Britain's new "Satanic Mills" are a byword for low pay, casualisation and sweat shop conditions, which have only worsened as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/ware-a01.html

The working class, socialism and the fight against the pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-01
The wildcat strikes and protests by Instacart, Amazon and Whole Foods workers are in response to the criminal subordination of workers' safety to corporate profits.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/pers-a01.html

Daily Telegraph rails against socialist revival due to coronavirus crisis
wsws.org | 2020-04-01
The fears of the ruling class internationally that the coronavirus crisis is leading to opposition to capitalism on a mass scale are expressed in the commentary in Britain's Telegraph.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/tele-a01.html

The Speech Trump Must But Cannot Give
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
Some of my commentary about politics is presented in the form of "advice" to the ruling classes. Please understand: I don't really expect them to take my advice. My advice is not really directed toward them. It is a theoretical exercise. I am really speaking to you, the people. My goal is to set a…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/01/the-speech-trump-must-but-cannot-give/

India's Top Court Holds Govt Accountable Over Migrant Crisis
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-01
India's top court on Monday sought a report from the government over the steps taken for tens of thousands of migrant laborers as they try to return home after losing jobs following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak. | RELATED: | Rohingyas in India Abandoned to Fate in Face of Pandemic | The Supreme Court was hearing two petitions through a video-conferencing as the situation turned grim amid reports of more than 20 migrant laborer…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indias-Top-Court-Holds-Govt-Accountable-Over-Migrant-Crisis-20200331-0020.html

COVID-19: The Capitalist Emperor has no Clothes
Ajamu Baraka | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-01
As the capitalist emperor strolls down the avenue of U.S. public opinion butt-naked but for the first time since the 1930s, more and more people are starting to realize that they were not crazy. The brutal failures of the capitalist system that they saw were not a figment of their imagination or a diversion from …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/covid-19-the-capitalist-emperor-has-no-clothes/

ran Covid-19 Deaths Rival US as Trump Blockade blocks Medical Supplies
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-04-01
The European Union has activated the Instex trading mechanism for the purpose of sending medicine and medical supplies to Iran to fight the coronavirus outbreak…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/ran-covid-19-deaths-rival-us-as-trump-blockade-blocks-medical-supplies/

"Chinese Virus" Rhetoric Shows Ineptness of U.S. Politicians
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-01
The Western mass media is extremely busy frightening its own citizens and the entire world with statements like: A leaked government document has suggested up to 500,000 people could die from coronavirus if the disease is able to infect up to 80 per cent of the country. That's what The Independent wrote on 26 February …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/chinese-virus-rhetoric-shows-ineptness-of-u-s-politicians/

Washington harnesses coronavirus pandemic to promote Venezuela coup
wsws.org | 2020-04-01
The so-called "Democratic Transition Framework" is a patent attempt to weaponize the global pandemic as a means of installing a puppet regime in Caracas.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/vene-a01.html

Airlines, auto companies cut pay even as US government bails out corporations
wsws.org | 2020-04-01
While prepared to pocket tens of billions of dollars in federal bailout money, US airlines and automakers are imposing pay cuts and furloughs on employees.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/cuts-a01.html

What Does COVID-19 Have to Do With Industrial Pollution?
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
The industry lobbyists were lined up at the trough last week grabbing hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars from the corporate-heavy giveaways in the Senate's $2.2 trillion ($2,200,000,000,000) "relief" bill while average Americans get a relative pittance. That's no surprise considering it came from the Senate's Republican majority and Trump's Treasury Secretary and former Goldman…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/01/what-does-covid-19-have-to-do-with-industrial-pollution/

Stop The Theft Of Our Water! Fighting Constellation Brands Brewery In Mexicali, Mexico
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-04-01
The New York based. Constellation Brands has illegally built a $1.5 billion brewery in Mexicali, Mexico. that will steal water from the Colorado river. This will divert water from agriculture. and. the people. A. popular voted opposed. it and are demanding be stopped.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/30/18831938.php

Russia sees drop in new Covid-19 cases, but cause for alarm as almost half of newly infected in Moscow are under 45
rt.com | 2020-04-01
A total of 440 more people have tested positive for coronavirus over the last 24 hours, in Russia, a drop from the previous day's 500. The nationwide death toll has risen by seven to 24. Moscow remains the disease's main hotspot. | …
rt.com/russia/484659-russia-coronavirus-new-cases/

Peruvian president authorizes military to use lethal force to enforce the national quarantine
wsws.org | 2020-04-01
A new law shows that Peru's ruling oligarchy, in anticipation of widespread unrest, is preparing the army to carry out repression with absolute impunity.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/peru-a01.html

Guatemalan Water Protectors Persist, Despite Mining Company Threats
Jen Moore | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
The hard work of protecting water and land from the long-term harms associated with gold and silver mining takes place daily on the frontlines of tenacious struggles throughout Latin America and around the world. Indigenous people and affected communities face many reprisals for their resistance, including a mounting number of arbitration suits against their governments…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/01/guatemalan-water-protectors-persist-despite-mining-company-threats/

Apocalypse, Now and Forever
Robert Jensen | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
Notes from an Apocalypse: A Personal Journey to the End of the World and Back is a thoughtful, engaging book that ends in failure. But Mark O'Connell shouldn't take that assessment too personally. His book fails in the way that his culture–the modern, cosmopolitan, left/liberal, individualist culture–routinely fails in the face of multiple, cascading ecological crises. That…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/01/apocalypse-now-and-forever/

Lessons From Africa: Military Intervention Fails to Counter Terrorism
Elizabeth Schmidt | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
Late last year, President Trump provoked a furor when he declared his intent to withdraw some 1,400 US troops from West Africa, where he claimed they had quelled the terrorist threat. He sparked a similar firestorm when he announced that the U.S. would (eventually) pull 14,000 troops from Afghanistan, where they were engaged in an…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/01/lessons-from-africa-military-intervention-fails-to-counter-terrorism/

No Pandemic-Related Pause? VA Privatization Leaves Veterans Waist Deep in Another Big Muddy
Steve Early, Suzanne Gordon | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
Under the guise of giving VA patients more "choice" and speeding up their doctor appointments and hospital treatment, the Trump Administration has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on private sector providers, while refusing to fill an estimated 44,000 to 50,000 vacancies among VA care-givers.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/01/no-pandemic-related-pause-va-privatization-leaves-veterans-waist-deep-in-another-big-muddy/

The White House and the CDC are United in Stupidity
Clark T. Scott | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
On Saturday, I received a postcard of guidelines from the white house and the Centers for Disease Control

What's the Hang Up on Releasing Adult Lobos?
Greta Anderson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
On March 9, a colleague from Endangered Species Coalition and I published this op-ed in the Albuquerque Journal, identifying Arizona and New Mexico as major stumbling blocks to wolf recovery, "[B]ecause both are allowing the Fish and Wildlife Service only to conduct cross-fostering in their states." We called out the urgency with which the New…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/01/whats-the-hang-up-on-releasing-adult-lobos/

"The Coronavirus is Man-Made:" the Conspiracy Theory Trap
Danny Shaw | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
In this trying time, have you heard some of your friends say that the U.S. government created this pandemic or that the pandemic is not real at all? It is worth responding to these outlandish claims because in times of social tumult, there are no lack of conspiracy theorists irresponsibly tossing these ideas around. It…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/01/the-coronavirus-is-man-made-the-conspiracy-theory-trap/

The UK and Covid-19 Crisis
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
BoJo, though not the proverbial rocket scientist, is much better informed generally (and less demented!) than his orange-hued American counterpart, and so, for instance, knows that hospitals caring for COVID-19 patients need more than 2 ventilators each, and that making egregious suggestions regarding possible "cures" for the virus is best left to those better trained in science and medicine!
counterpunch.org/2020/04/01/the-uk-and-covid-19-crisis/

Former WHO Director: 8-Week Suppression Strategy Could Stop US COVID Crisis in Its Tracks
Nafeez Ahmed | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-01
"We know we can get this under control," says Dr Anthony Costello, a former Director at the World Health Organization (WHO) where he headed up maternal, child and adolescent health. "The problem is that Europe has been too slow to act compared with Asia; and America is now facing a huge crisis." Costello, who is…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/01/former-who-director-8-week-suppression-strategy-could-stop-us-covid-crisis-in-its-tracks/

Grad Students Continue Withholding Grades During Covid-19 Pandemic
Spread The Strike! | indybay.org | 2020-04-01
Email from graduate student to UCSC Chancellor and Executive Vice Chancellor on the day Winter quarter grades are due.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/30/18831944.php

Sri Lankan SEP to hold online event: "COVID-19 pandemic and capitalist barbarism"
wsws.org | 2020-04-01
The event will be live-streamed through the SEP's official Facebook page.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/slmt-a01.html

As Detroit surges past 2,000 cases, COVID-19 pandemic spreads throughout Michigan
wsws.org | 2020-04-01
Given that there is no systematic and mass testing of the public for the presence of the virus, the reported numbers of confirmed cases are very deceptive.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/detr-a01.html

Covid-19 pandemic poses gravest threat to world's poorest countries
wsws.org | 2020-04-01
Hundreds of millions of people across the globe live in homes that were detrimental to their health and safety even before the onset of the coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/poor-a01.html

COVID-19 pandemic leads to mass sackings in Australia
wsws.org | 2020-04-01
Unemployment is likely to rise above 15 percent as hundreds of thousands of workers lose their jobs.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/aujo-a01.html

Coronavirus deaths in US nearing 4,000 as Trump washes his hands of responsibility
wsws.org | 2020-04-01
More than 800 people died Tuesday of COVID-19 in the United States, the highest death toll so far, with nearly 25,000 new cases.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/usco-a01.html

Covid-19 Shows America's Class Divide Is Untenable
Shuja Haider | thenation.com | 2020-04-01
Covid-19 Shows America's Class Divide Is Untenable…
thenation.com/article/society/covid-19-wealth-divide-tests/

Police given new guidance on enforcing coronavirus lockdown after backlash
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-01
Police forces have been told people should not be punished for travelling a "reasonable distance" to exercise following criticism of heavy-handed tactics used to enforce the Covid-19 lockdown.The new guidance, issued by the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) and the College of Policing on Tuesday night, also states road checks on every vehicle are "disproportionate".It comes after Derbyshire Police faced a backlash for filming walkers with drones to deter visitors to the Peak District, while North Yorkshire Police stopped motorists at "checkpoints" last week.The new guidance states: "Use your judgement and co…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/04/01/police-given-new-guidance-on-enforcing-coronavirus-lockdown-after-backlash/

COVID-19 & SF DPH SEIU 1021 Community Healthcare Centers Workers Under Attack
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-04-01
San Francisco DPH community center healthcare workers are being forced into dangerous positions without proper PPE protection that may contaminate them with COVID-19. SEIU 1021 SF DPH Community Healthcare Center Chapter VP Cheryl Thornton speaks out.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/30/18831958.php

Financial turbulence continues to grow
wsws.org | 2020-04-01
While COVID-19 was the trigger it was not the underlying cause, as the financial system was set to crash due to the dizzy rise of the markets divorced from the real economy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/fina-a01.html

Bangladesh: Garment workers strike over safety amid COVID-19 crisis
wsws.org | 2020-04-01
The anger of Bangladeshi factory workers is mounting because they are unable to practice "social distancing" in their plants or during transit.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/01/bang-a01.html

Spain surpasses 100,000 Covid-19 infections, records 5th consecutive day with 800+ deaths
rt.com | 2020-04-01
Spanish authorities have confirmed that the total number of coronavirus infections in the country has surpassed 100,000, while the daily death toll reached over 800 fatalities for the fifth consecutive day. | The total number of infections in the country now stands at 102,136, of which 5,872 are being treated in intensive care units across the country. For the second day running, authorities announced a record death toll, with 864 new fatalities. The increase was lower than previous days in terms of percentage, however, despite being a record in absolute terms. | At least 9,053 people have died in total during…
rt.com/news/484661-spain-surpasses-100000-covid-19/

Stick to the 'chain of command'! Pentagon rejects aircraft carrier captain's plea to save crew as 100+ sailors contract Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-01
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said it was too soon to evacuate an aircraft carrier where over 100 sailors were infected with Covid-19, despite the unusual plea by the ship's captain to quarantine the entire crew. | Asked about removing over 4,000 sailors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt

Dominican Hospital's (mis)treatment of (disabled) homeless people
John Colby | indybay.org | 2020-04-01
As an advocate for (disabled) homeless people who blogs about this advocacy (thus I'm an independent journalist), I've come across numerous incidents of discrimination by Dignity Health's Dominican Hospital against (disabled) homeless people. I obtained a media statement about how Dignity Health's Dominican Hospital will (equally) serve homeless COVID-19 victims. Please report non-compliance to me.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/01/18832005.php

Livestream: COVID-19 and Climate Implications for Public Health
The Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-04-01
Onlin via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/30/18831954.php

Spain Nationalized Private Clinics To Fight COVID-19
Sebastiaan Faber | zcomm.org | 2020-04-01
Spain faced the second worst infection rate in Europe, and took control of the country's private health care companies to improve its response. What does this mean for Spain's public health care system going forward?
zcomm.org/znetarticle/spain-nationalized-private-clinics-to-fight-covid-19/