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Capitalism Can't Be Repaired, Coronavirus Shows Its Huge Weaknesses
Richard D. Wolff | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Consider this absurdity: The U.S. government's policy in the face of the current capitalist crash is to "return the economy to the pre-coronavirus normal." What? In that "normal" system, private capitalists maximized profits by not producing the tests, masks, ventilators, beds, etc., needed when coronavirus hit. Profit-driven capitalism proved extremely inefficient in its response to the virus…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/capitalism-cant-be-repaired-coronavirus-shows-its-huge-weaknesses/

Capitalism Can't Be Repaired, Coronavirus Shows Its Huge Weaknesses
Richard D. Wolff | zcomm.org | 2020-04-27
Might the interactions now among capitalism, coronavirus, and a new worker-coop-based socialism prove similar to those among feudalism, the Black Death and capitalism so long ago?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/capitalism-cant-be-repaired-coronavirus-shows-its-huge-weaknesses/

Video: The Criminal Indictments against Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
Colonel Ann Wright | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
Last year we met in Florence on the 7th of April, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the founding of NATO. The theme of our conference last year was NATO EXIT. | On April 25, 2020, Commemorating the Liberation of Italy. …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-criminal-indictments-against-julian-assange-and-chelsea-manning/5710973

Julian Assange's extradition hearing postponed amid Covid-19 pandemic, earliest available date November
rt.com | 2020-04-27
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange's US extradition hearing in London has been delayed, potentially till November, due to the coronavirus pandemic with his defense arguing it made the proceedings "medically dangerous." | Assange's extradition case has been delayed again after his defense lawyers said the coronavirus outbreak made his trial "impossible" and "medically dangerous." | A hearing, held by video link at Westminster Magistrates Court, heard that the case could be postponed until as late as November 2, the earliest date where three consecutive weeks are available. | Judge Vanessa Baraitser vacated the…
rt.com/news/486993-assange-extradition-hearing-postponed-covid19/

The Ongoing Travesty of the Attempted Extradition of Julian Assange
Glenn Greenwald | zcomm.org | 2020-04-27
The indictment pertains solely to those widely celebrated 2010 disclosures that revealed rampant war crimes, systemic corruption and official deceit by numerous governments around the world…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-ongoing-travesty-of-the-attempted-extradition-of-julian-assange/

Application for delay in Assange extradition hearing as COVID-19 sweeps through UK prisons
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
The vindictive suspension of the COVID-19 prisoner release programme demonstrates the criminal disregard of the British ruling class for the lives of prisoners.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/assa-a27.html

Dissident British ex-diplomat Craig Murray indicted for blog posts in Kafkaesque case
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-27
Craig Murray, a former UK diplomat turned anti-war activist, has been charged with contempt of court for writing blog posts….
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/27/craig-murray-indicted-blog-posts/

The Era of Mass Strikes Begins on May 1, the First Day of General Strike Campaign
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
On Friday, May 1, an ongoing General Strike campaign begins. This campaign could become the most powerful movement in the United States and reset the national agenda. It comes when the failures of the US political system have been magnified …
globalresearch.ca/mass-strikes-begin-may-1-first-day-general-strike-campaign/5710926

The Likely Democratic Party Candidate for the Senate Opposing McConnell is a Militarist Who is Not Much of an Alternative
Rick Baum | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Given the 2018 election results, one might expect a wave of more liberally-minded peace candidates. In one race for the senate, that is definitely not happening. I live in California. A couple of weeks ago, I received a fundraising letter from Amy McGrath who is running for the Kentucky seat in the U.S. Senate against…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/the-likely-democratic-party-candidate-for-the-senate-opposing-mcconnell-is-a-militarist-who-is-not-much-of-an-alternative/

Anti-Lockdown Rallies Are Providing an Opening for the Proud Boys and Other Far-Right Extremists
Cassie Miller | splcenter.org | 2020-04-27
Protests against state-imposed stay-at-home orders have exploded across the country and attracted a wide array of right-wing supporters, including the Proud Boys.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/27/anti-lockdown-rallies-are-providing-opening-proud-boys-and-other-far-right-extremists

Local-Level Fossil Fuel Fights Face Violent Retaliation From Industry
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
Fighting fossil fuel companies can be dangerous business. The people of County Mayo, Ireland, found that out when they rose up against Shell Oil in the early 2000s. The uprising lasted 15 years. Protesters were beaten and jailed. But they delayed the refinery's opening by 10 years, cost Shell billions of dollars and caused the company a public relations nightmare, as a new book by Fred Wilcox, Shamrocks and Oil Slicks, recou…
truthout.org/articles/local-level-fossil-fuel-fights-face-violent-retaliation-from-industry/

Incarceration Is Killing Us
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
Kelly Hayes talks with Alan Mills about COVID-19, prisons and making bold demands. | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form. | Kelly Hayes: Welcome to Movement Memos, a Truthout podcast about things you should know if you want to change the world. I'm your host Kelly Hayes. | Tensions are high in the U.S. as lockdowns continue in some states, while others have begun to ease restrictions. Gun-toting right-wing protesters have staged astroturf protests, demanding the economy be reo…
truthout.org/audio/incarceration-is-killing-us/

Bernie Sanders and the Future of the Movement
James L Cowan | indybay.org | 2020-04-27
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US House Speaker Pelosi endorses Biden for president
rt.com | 2020-04-27
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Joe Biden for president. The endorsement of the Democratic Party presidential candidate follows that of US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Al Gore. | In a video statement released on Monday, Pelosi cited Biden's experience in government, including his role in passing the Affordable Care Act. She said Biden is well-positioned to lead the country amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. "As we face coronavirus, Joe has been a voice of reason and resilience, with a clear path to lead u…
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A Soft Power Ploy? Cuba Continues to Aid the Poorest and Least Influential Nations
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-27
As the coronavirus pandemic grows worse in many countries, Cuba has answered an urgent South African request for aid, sending 217 medical personnel to the country.
mintpressnews.com/medical-internationalism-cuba-sends-217-doctors-aid-south-africa-coronavirus/267036/

America's Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $282 Billion in Three Weeks of Pandemic
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-27
America's billionaires have accrued more wealth in the past three weeks alone than they made in total prior to 1980. | MPN– A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies found that, while tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, America's ultra-wealthy elite have seen their net worth surge by $282 billion in…

America’s Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $282 Billion in Three Weeks of Pandemic

As Food Banks Struggle to Cope with Demand, Desperate Farmers Dump Unsellable Produce
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
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 …
globalresearch.ca/food-banks-struggle-cope-demand-desperate-farmers-dump-unsellable-produce/5710935

Trump Regime Pushing for Confrontation with Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
Since Iranians ended a generation of CIA-installed fascist dictatorship in 1979, the US has been at war on the Islamic Republic by other means. | The Trump regime escalated it way beyond where its predecessors went, risking confrontation by accident or …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-pushing-confrontation-iran/5710975

China Slams Hostile US Actions, America's Failed System
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
In pursuit of its imperial aims, the US needs enemies. None exist so they're invented. | Iran is US public enemy No. 1 in the Middle East, China considered Washington's leading adversary globally

Pompeo, Gantz and the End of the Two-State Solution
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Michael Richard Pompeo is becoming almost as hypnotic as Donald Trump. What he lacks in lunacy, he makes up for in wilful ignorance or just good old plain hypocrisy. You might blame Trump for mental incapacity when he hands over the Middle East to his dumbo son-in-law; Pompeo, however, knows what he's doing. So there…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/pompeo-gantz-and-the-end-of-the-two-state-solution/

COVID-19, We Are Now Living the "Lock Step Scenario"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
The 25th of April is an important date in Italy's history. It commemorates the 75th anniversary of Liberation, which is also the Anniversary of the Resistance. | On April 25, 2020, Commemorating the Liberation of Italy. We express our solidarity with …
globalresearch.ca/rid-ourselves-war-virus/5710882

The Farce and Diabolical Agenda of A "Universal Lockdown"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
First comes the farce, an (almost) universal government lie around the globe about a deadly virus, WHO named COVID-19. The decision for a global lockdown

Unsolicited Advice on Terrorism to UVa Basketball Player Austin Katstra
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Dear Mr. Katstra, First of all, thanks for your terrific work on the greatest team ever which I think we are all safe in assuming would have repeated last year's championship this year if the season hadn't been shut down. Maybe I'm biased. The point is I'm a fan and an alumnus who found very…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/unsolicited-advice-on-terrorism-to-uva-basketball-player-austin-katstra/

COVID-19: UN expert urges US to free detained migrants
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-27
The US must urgently use available alternatives for the detention of migrants held in overcrowded and unsanitary administrative centers in order to counter the risk of a novel coronavirus outbreak, a UN human rights expert said Monday."It is very difficult to keep the necessary physical distance in overcrowded detention facilities," said the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe Gonzalez Morales."Significantly reducing the number of detained migrants by releasing them into alternative settings can easily solve this," he said in a statement.Gonzalez Morales said that UN human rights expert…
yenisafak.com/en/news/covid-19-un-expert-urges-us-to-free-detained-migrants-3518019

Judge's Decision to Postpone Julian Assange's Extradition Case is 'Very Wise', His Father Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
Julian Assange's lawyers renewed their application to adjourn the second part of his extradition proceedings on the basis that it would be impossible to have a fair hearing without the lawyers and the defendant being physically present in court as due to their inability to consult with their client during the COVID-19 lockdown.
sputniknews.com/interviews/202004271079108866-judges-decision-to-postpone-julian-assanges-extradition-case-is-very-wise-his-father-says/

A people's call for healthcare not warfare
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-27
Imperialism & war Independent and Peaceful Australia NetworkIssue 1263 Australia Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) COVID-19…
greenleft.org.au/content/peoples-call-healthcare-not-warfare

US Beefs Up Gunship Presence In Persian Gulf Ready To Back Trump's Iran 'Red Line'
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-04-27
American forces in the Persian Gulf have greatly bolstered their ability to respond to Iran at a moment President Trump has renewed trading threats and barbs with the Islamic Republic, ordering the US Navy "to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea." This includes the Pentagon …
iranian.com/2020/04/26/us-beefs-up-gunship-presence-in-gulf-ready-to-back-trumps-iran-red-line/

Unsolicited Advice on Terrorism to UVa Basketball Player Austin Katstra
David Swanson | zcomm.org | 2020-04-27
This is a time to recognize what's needed and what services are actually a service…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/unsolicited-advice-on-terrorism-to-uva-basketball-player-austin-katstra/

The Restoration of Self-Rule in South Yemen Is the Next Step Towards Independence
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
South Yemen's Southern Transitional Council declared self-rule over the vast regions of the country that they claim as their own in response to the Saudi-backed Hadi government's repeated violations of last year's Riyadh Agreement that was aimed at de-escalating tensions …
globalresearch.ca/restoration-self-rule-south-yemen-next-step-towards-independence/5710922

Scientific American: As Trump Touts Dangerous Cures, Here's What We Know About COVID-19 Drug Tests
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-27
President Trump dangerously suggested injecting disinfectants could help patients sick with the coronavirus, then said he was being "sarcastic." But his remarks led to a spike in calls to helplines about taking disinfectants. We look at "What We Know About the Most Touted Drugs Tested for COVID-19" with Tanya Lewis, associate editor for health and medicine at Scientific American.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/27/tanya_lewis_covid_19_drugs

"Unconscionable": Planned Parenthood Pres. Condemns States Using Pandemic to Limit Abortion Access
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-27
As much of the U.S. remains on lockdown, abortion rights are under attack nationwide. We get an update on the fight for abortion access with Alexis McGill Johnson, acting president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. "Our bodies have literally been deemed essential," she says, "and yet the control of our bodies and the right to control our own bodies has not."
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/27/coronavirus_us_abortion_access_texas_alabama

"Never Rarely Sometimes Always": New Film Follows Teenager's Perilous Journey to Access Abortion
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-27
As multiple states have moved to further restrict access to abortions during the pandemic, a powerful new dramatic film follows a 17-year-old girl as she travels from her small town in Pennsylvania to New York City to get an abortion without having to notify her parents. "Never Rarely Sometimes Always" director and writer Eliza Hittman joins us to discuss the making of the film, which is being distributed online while cinemas remain closed in most states due to the pandemic.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/27/eliza_hittman_never_rarely_sometimes_always

US States Stock Malaria Drug Touted by Trump Despite Warnings
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
At least 22 states and Washington, D.C. obtained about 30 million doses of hydroxychloroquine, a medication used to cure malaria and promoted by United States (U.S.) President Donald Trump to treat COVID-19, The Associated Press (AP) reported Saturday. | RELATED: | Brazil: Chloroquine Studies Suspended After 11 People Die | While health authorities have been warning that more research is still needed, Oklahoma spent US$2 million to buy the drugs, and Utah and Ohio spent hundreds of…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-States-Stock-Malaria-Drug-Touted-by-Trump-Destite-Warnings-20200426-0011.html

As Bolsonaro pushes to reopen schools, Brazilian state governments escalate attacks on education
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
Brazil's fascistic president justified his proposal by saying, "It's a reality: on average, 70 percent will catch the virus… It is no use running away from this reality."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/bols-a27.html

Satellite launch proved sanctions to be ineffective: IRGC spox
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

Saudi-led coalition urges Yemen's separatist group to rescind self-rule declaration
rt.com | 2020-04-27
The Saudi-led coalition currently engaged in Yemen urged on Monday for a leading separatist group that has declared self-rule in the south to rescind its move. The decision of the separatist Southern Transitional Council threatens to renew conflict between the STC and the Saudi-backed government

Honduras: Quarantine and Curfew Extended Until May 3rd
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
The Honduran Health Ministry announced on Sunday new COVID-19 preventive measures as they extend the quarantine until May 3rd. | RELATED: | Cuban Doctors Arrive in Honduras to Fight COVID-19 | Honduran National Risk Management System (Sinager) representatives stated Red Alert and curfew upholding in the 18 departments. | Sinager enforced these measures in March after the COVID -19 outbreak in the Central American nation. This is the sixth time that the authorities have implemented the pr…
telesurenglish.net/news/honduras-quarantine-and-curfew-extended-until-may-3-20200427-0006.html

Peru: Massive Exodus Continues Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-27
Peru's exodus continued in main cities this week because of the COVID-19 crisis, the local media reported. Most of the people fleeing the crisis have been reportedly heading to Piura, Apurimac, Cusco, and San Martin. | RELATED: | Peru: 1,300 Police Officers Are Infected With Coronavirus | The economic aid bonds offered by the government of Martin Vizcarra are not enough. For example, the "I stay home" bonus offers 760 soles to economically disadvantaged families. This amount is equiv…
telesurenglish.net/news/peru-massive-exodus-continues-amidst-pandemic-20200427-0004.html

How Israel Legitimizes the Abuse of Palestinian Political Prisoners
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-27
Each year Palestinian Prisoners Day comes and goes while the prisoners remain in their cells and their conditions worsen. The destructive effects that Israel's imprisonment of thousands of Palestinians has on society cannot be overstated. Israel justifies its treatment of these prisoners with false claims that the Palestinian men, women, and children who languish in its jails are terrorists. These false claims must be rejected in their entirety. Palestinian prisoners are political prisoners, they are prisoners of conscience and must be viewed and treated as such by the international community. | Israeli claims th…
mintpressnews.com/how-israel-legitimizes-abuse-palestinian-political-prisoners/267014/

Trump and Biden Trade Hit Pieces: Distinctions without a Difference
Roger D. Harris | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-27
This season's sequel to the "Game of Thrones" features reality TV star and the current occupant of the Oval Office versus the former Senator from MBNA and two-term VP. It's time to binge-watch dueling hit pieces from the U.S electoral duopoly going at it. | The narrower the distinctions between Democrats and Republicans, the more vociferous they get in inflating those distinctions as if a distinction were really a difference. As liberation president of Tanzania Julius Nyerere famously observed,…
mintpressnews.com/trump-biden-trade-hit-pieces-china/266997/

A New Global Order? How Coronavirus Will Change the World Forever
Romana Rubeo | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-27
The prophecies are here and it is a foregone conclusion:…
mintpressnews.com/how-coronavirus-will-change-the-world-forever/266991/

The Truth About China's COVID-19 Response
Roger Stoll | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-27
While the U.S. took two-and-a-half years to identify HIV/AIDS after the discovery of the first symptomatic case in the country, China discovered, identified and contained COVID-19 within a few months. In the U.S., over half a million people have died of HIV/AIDS; worldwide that same number die every year. Even now, in the U.S., 13,000 die each year of the disease. | No wonder the world understands that China's successful national mobilization to stop the COVID-19 virus was unprecedented, as recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO). Also well understood is that China's rapid detection and transparency in…
mintpressnews.com/truth-about-china-covid-19-response/267006/

South Korea maintains Kim Jong Un health rumours are untrue
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-27
A top South Korean official has said his country remains confident that there have been no "unusual developments" in North Korea, suggesting that rumours about the health of leader Kim Jong Un are untrue.Unification minister Kim Yeon-chul told a closed-door forum in Seoul on Sunday that South Korea has "enough intelligence to confidently say that there are no unusual developments" in North Korea which back up speculation about Kim Jong Un's health.The minister said he would not reveal what specific intelligence led to that conclusion, but stressed that it had undergone a complex analysis process.Visitors look on…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/04/27/south-korea-maintains-kim-jong-un-health-rumours-are-untrue/

Not dead anymore? As Pyongyang cites Kim's message, media downplays death rumors after Seoul adviser says he's 'alive & well'
rt.com | 2020-04-27
International media headlines have undergone some changes following reports from South Korea that Kim Jong-un isn't dead or even in grave condition. This coincided with the North's state media citing his message to workers. | Major news outlets rushed to quote Moon Chung-in, a national security adviser to South Korea's president, who said on Sunday that the North Korean leader has been staying in the coastal town of Wonsan, downplaying the death rumors. Seoul's position is "firm" that Kim Jong-un, believed to be 36 years of age, "is alive and well," the senior official stated. | Around the same time the remark…
rt.com/news/486959-kim-alive-media-reports/

Syrians Remember the Armenian Genocide as Turkey Threatens Again
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
April 24, 2020, marks the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which was the first genocide of the 20th century. The starting date is held to be April 24, 1915, in a premeditated and systematic campaign to exterminate …
globalresearch.ca/syrians-armenian-genocide-turkey-threatens-again/5710879

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