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2020-04-20: Social Media Postees

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The viral debt trap
Editor | workers.org | 2020-04-21
The International Monetary Fund is giving itself a pat on the back for approving "immediate debt service relief" to 25 of the poorest countries in the world because of the coronavirus pandemic. It made the announcement on April 13. But don't cheer for the imperialist bankers. What these impoverished countries . . . | Continue reading The viral debt trap at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/47843/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-viral-debt-trap

Unemployment explosion reveals class conflict
John Catalinotto | workers.org | 2020-04-21
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Fighting for health, for us and the planet
Editor | workers.org | 2020-04-21
Workers World celebrates the historic 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Launched by a mass outpouring of demonstrators in 1970, this day continues to mobilize scientific and coordinated efforts to defend the health of our planet and of us who live here. Earth Day is still urgently needed as a call . . . | Continue reading Fighting for health, for us and the planet at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/47846/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ww-editorial-fighting-for-health-for-us-and-the-planet

Mumia Abu-Jamal supporters respond quickly to prison hoax
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-04-21
When a Pennsylvania Department of Corrections spokesperson callously claimed that Mumia Abu-Jamal was being hospitalized with COVID-19 at 5 p.m. on April 15, the news was shared worldwide in minutes. Supporters, who have been misled by DOC statements in the past, immediately flooded the institution with calls demanding confirmation from . . . | Continue reading Mumia Abu-Jamal supporters respond quickly to prison hoax at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/47861/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mumia-abu-jamal-supporters-respond-quickly-to-prison-hoax

A prescription for health care justice
Workers World staff | workers.org | 2020-04-21
After much discussion, the health care workers caucus

Human Rights Watch cabildea por sanciones letales contra Nicaragua y Venezuela, mientras arrecia la crisis de Covid-19
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-20
Human Rights Watch está orgullosamente asumiendo el crédito por sanciones devastadoras contra Nicaragua, mientras busca escalar la guerra económica en…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/20/human-rights-watch-sanciones-nicaragua-venezuela/

How a Trump media dump mainstreamed Chinese lab coronavirus conspiracy theory
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-20
A conspiracy theory about Covid-19 escaping from the Wuhan Institute of Virology is the Trump administration's Iraqi WMD. And the…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/20/trump-media-chinese-lab-coronavirus-conspiracy/

Fake Coronavirus Data, Fear Campaign. Spread of the COVID-19 Infection
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
Do not let yourself be misled by the fear campaign, pointing to a Worldwide coronavirus calamity with repeated "predictions" that hundreds of thousands of people are going to die. | According to the WHO, the death rate pertaining to Seasonal Influenza globally is between 6 to 12 times higher than COVID-19.
globalresearch.ca/fake-coronavirus-data-fear-campaign-spread-of-the-covid-19-infection/5708643

Fake Coronavirus Data, Fear Campaign. Spread of the COVID-19 Infection
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
Do not let yourself be misled by the fear campaign, pointing to a Worldwide coronavirus calamity with repeated "predictions" that hundreds of thousands of people are going to die. | According to the WHO, the death rate pertaining to Seasonal Influenza globally is between 6 to 12 times higher than COVID-19.
globalresearch.ca/fake-coronavirus-data-fear-campaign-spread-of-the-covid-19-infection/5708643

Colombia, the Oligarchs and Washington
Prof. Vijay Prashad | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
Last year, on November 21, the Colombian people took to the streets in massive numbers to reject the policies of the government led by President Iván Duque. In particular, the people called on the government to withdraw two policies….
globalresearch.ca/colombia-oligarchs-washington/5710186

Man Who Filmed Police Murder of Eric Garner Says Prison Guards Threatened to Give Him COVID-19
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-20
WeCopwatch, an activist organization dedicated to the nonviolent observation of police, says that corrections officers threatened to deliberately infect Ramsey Orta for weeks before he tested positive.
mintpressnews.com/ramsey-orta-says-prison-guards-deliberately-gave-him-covid-19/266782/

COVID-19 and the Wasting Disease of Normalcy
Brian Terrell | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
"But what of the price of peace?" asked Jesuit priest and war resister Daniel Berrigan, writing from federal prison in 1969, doing time for his part in the destruction of draft records.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/covid-19-and-the-wasting-disease-of-normalcy/

Selected Articles: A Universal Basic Income Is Essential and Will Work
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | | | If, like us, this is a …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-universal-basic-income-essential-will-work/5710167

Pandemic and Protest
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
It's not surprising that certain individuals and groups in US society are starting to publicly protest the ongoing quarantine measures undertaken because of the COVID-19 virus. From the several hundred (mostly) men who strapped on their guns and drove around the capital of Michigan to the Brooklyn Orthodox community members protesting the fact that they…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/pandemic-and-protest/

Protesters clog Buffalo, demanding Cuomo lift the lockdown in New York, worst hit by Covid-19 (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-04-20
A motorcade of protesters has jammed up Niagara Square in Buffalo, New York. The demonstrators want lockdown measures lifted in their corner of the Empire State, but their defiance has angered some citizens. | Sticking to their cars to maintain social distance, a crowd of protesters blocked the streets of central Buffalo on Monday, calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to reopen the economy of New York State. While New York City has seen more than 130,000 cases of coronavirus and 10,000 deaths, Erie County, where Buffalo is located, has seen 2,200 cases and 143 fatalities. | Despite the discrepancy, Cuomo's stay-at…
rt.com/usa/486384-protest-cuomo-new-york/

Trump's Praise for Astroturf Protests Is a Divisive Reelection Strategy
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-20
President Trump's daily coronavirus briefing rallies aren't even attempting to be relevant to the ongoing pandemic anymore. To the extent it even comes up, it's entirely Trump bragging about anything that's gone right and blaming others for everything that's gone wrong. If you want to know the latest information about the emergency, you'll need to look elsewhere. These are Trump campaign rallies done for the strict purpose of energizing his base. | If you're reading this, you have probably read and…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-praise-for-astroturf-protests-is-a-divisive-reelection-strategy/

What Will You Do if They Try to Extend Coronavirus Lockdowns into Next Year?
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
We are seeing a massive backlash against the coronavirus lockdowns all over the United States, and it is likely that the protests against these lockdowns will only intensify in the days ahead. But some elected officials are doubling down and …
globalresearch.ca/what-will-you-do-if-they-try-extend-coronavirus-lockdowns-next-year/5710119

Anti-quarantine protesters inspired by Covid-19-denying former opera singer hurl stones, clash with police in Vladikavkaz
rt.com | 2020-04-20
A group of protesters neglected social distancing and surrounded the local government's office in Vladikavkaz in Russia's south. They demanded the coronavirus quarantine to be lifted and scuffled with the police. | Videos from the Svoboda (Freedom) Square in the capital of Russia's Republic of North Ossetia showed the demonstrators trying to break police cordons and tossing stones at officers in full riot gear. | The unsanctioned rally began at noon on Monday with a group of people gathering outside the administration, with only a few wearing face masks and staying very close to each other. They were quite…
rt.com/russia/486351-vladikavkaz-russia-coronavirus-lockdown-protest/

Massachusetts #FreeHer car protest demands the release of incarcerated women during COVID-19
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2020-04-20
COVID-19 is spreading in Massachusetts prisons and jails. As reported by WBUR, five incarcerated people have already died of the virus in Massachusetts, and over 150 cases of the virus have been confirmed among prisoners and prison staff.
liberationnews.org/massachusetts-freeher-car-protest-demands-the-release-of-incarcerated-women-during-covid-19/

Israelis condemn Netanyahu's anti-democratic COVID-19 measures
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-20
Scores of Israeli citizens gathered at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on April 19, Sunday, to participate in a 'Black Flag' protest against prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's measures in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Protesters claim these measures are anti-democratic and violate privacy. Protesters also opposed Netanyahu's continuing as prime minister. Negotiations between Netanyahu's Likud party and the main opposition

Experts Warn: Years of US Intervention Have Set the Stage for a Deadly Coronavirus Outbreak in Haiti
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-20
Since 2004, successive administrations have partnered with Washington to loot Haiti, stripping away its assets to the point of collapse and leaving it woefully unprepared to face the coming pandemic.
mintpressnews.com/us-intervention-haiti-set-stage-deadly-coronavirus-outbreak/266794/

Essential or Expendable? Gig Workers at Instacart & Grocery Stores Demand Safety Gear & Hazard Pay
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-20
Grocery stores are one of the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, with store workers and gig economy shoppers often working without protection, as demand for groceries soars and millions of Americans stay home. "At first, when the adrenaline was still there, we were essential. We were prideful. And now, as we get more into it, that's wearing off, and it's seeming more like expendable," says Matthew Telles, a member of the Gig Workers Collective, who is a personal shopper who helped organize a strike by Instacart workers in March to demand the company implement appropriate safety measures and give them hazard…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/20/matthew_telles_instacart_gig_workers

Handcuffed: Black Miami Doctor Who Works with Homeless Says He Was Racially Profiled by Police
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-20
We continue our conversation with Dr. Armen Henderson, an African-American doctor in Miami who was handcuffed outside his home while preparing for a volunteer shift to help protect homeless people from the spread of COVID-19. The encounter has sparked widespread outrage, and Miami's police chief has now tested positive for COVID-19 and is in self-isolation. Dr Henderson has taken a test himself and is waiting for results

One 'gruesome' trade is cashing in on the coronavirus pandemic
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-04-20
Many of the world's businesses and workers have taken a financial hit due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Others are thriving, particularly those that provide life's essentials. | But one "gruesome" trade is cashing in on the crisis too. As the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has revealed, a trader in Vietnam is marketing 'glue' made from tigers as a way to "invest in health"
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2020/04/20/one-gruesome-trade-is-cashing-in-on-the-coronavirus-pandemic/

Sanders Won the War of Ideas
Erin McCarley | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
As Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama endorse Joe Biden, the final deathblow to the Bernie campaign is dealt. Beyond the sickening numbness I feel in my gut, there's a terribly familiar cynicism setting in, the kind of deep-rooted anger that at present, has no place to go. Once again, I feel almost naàØve for thinking…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/sanders-won-the-war-of-ideas/

And so, It's Biden
William Stroock | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
Last week the socialist pest from Vermont, Senator Bernie Sanders, formally endorsed former vice president Biden in an awkward livestream in which the two septuagenarians told one another how wonderful they are and how awful Trump is. As of …
globalresearch.ca/and-so-its-biden/5710188

A Patriot's Day Message
Chelli Stanley | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
For so long the world's governments and media lied on Palestine. That is one of the biggest understatements of the century. They held a mask in front of Palestine and projected images on it, so that Palestine was not seen at all. All that was seen were the lies of the ones trying to steal…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/a-patriots-day-message/

Trumpian Nationalists Have Met Their Match in COVID-19
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
President Trump is showing a disastrous inability during the coronavirus pandemic to shift from his well-tried tactics of claiming non-existent successes and blaming everybody for his blunders aside from himself. It is his first true crisis in his three years in the White House and, like that German general, he is visibly incapable of changing the way he deals with it.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/trumpian-nationalists-have-met-their-match-in-covid-19/

Corporate Media Cover for US Mob Threats Against Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
The Trump administration unveiled on March 31 a "democratic transition" plan to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from office, in favor of a "council of state" composed of both opposition and ruling party loyalists. | The plan was, however, less an …
globalresearch.ca/corporate-media-cover-us-mob-threats-against-venezuela/5710173

Techno-Tyranny: How The US National Security State Is Using Coronavirus To Fulfill An Orwellian Vision
Whitney Webb | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-20
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 in order to ensure American hegemony in artificial intelligence. Now, many of the "obstacles" they had cited as preventing its implementation are rapidly being removed under the guise of combating the …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/techno-tyranny-how-us-national-security-state-using-coronavirus-fulfill-orwellian-vision/

Russian and Venezuelan Presidents Hold Solidarity Phone Meeting
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-20
Venezuela and Russia agreed on Monday to consolidate their bilateral relations at a strategic level in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro held a telephone conversation with his Russian colleague, Vladimir Putin. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro Closes Brazil's Embassy and Consulates in Venezuela | Both leaders reiterated their condemnation of the imposition of coercive measures by the United States government against Venezuela. | The conversatio…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russian-and-Venezuelan-Presidents-Hold-Solidarity-Phone-Meeting-20200420-0007.html

'The US Reaction to Pressure to Ease Sanctions Was to Double Down' – CounterSpin interview with Joe Emersberger on sanctions under Covid-19
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-04-20
"If there were an opposition movement in countries like Canada and the United States and Europe, the demand wouldn't just be, 'You gotta stop this'; the demand would actually be, 'Hey, we've got to prosecute the people involved with this. This is killing people. This is a crime. People should be facing legal consequences for this.'"
fair.org/home/the-us-reaction-to-pressure-to-ease-sanctions-was-to-double-down/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-us-reaction-to-pressure-to-ease-sanctions-was-to-double-down

Sweden Is Right. The Economy Should be Left Open
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
Sometimes, the best thing to do, is to do nothing at all. Take Sweden, for example, where the government decided not to shut down the economy, but to take a more thoughtful and balanced approach. Sweden has kept its primary …
globalresearch.ca/sweden-right-economy-should-left-open/5710128

COVID-19: A Diabolical US Anti-China Plot?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
Is it coincidental that the first widely reported COVID-19 outbreak was in China. | It's unknown if the virus was natural or man-made, the latter very much possible, perhaps originating in a US bio-lab. | The US has a long disturbing history …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-us-anti-china-plot/5710176

US/UK media promotes evergreen Russian boozing stereotypes, but latest data shows alcohol sales down during Covid-19 pandemic
rt.com | 2020-04-20
Western media is a funny beast. While demanding balanced and sensible coverage of their own state's internal affairs, stories about Russia seem to be treated as the follies of bonkers, backward people in a far-flung freakshow. | If all you knew about this country came from the likes of the Washington Post and the Guardian, you'd be forgiven for thinking Russian streets were teeming with balalaika-playing bears, AK-47-wielding communists, and KGB officers Cossack-dancing in the snow. By now, you'd have thought such caricatures would have gotten old, yet despite the current trend towards wokeness, lazy and hackn…
rt.com/russia/486379-russia-alcohol-sales-coronavirus/

'Armageddon': When Coronavirus Struck a Tehran Hospital
Saheb Sadeghi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
It was like scenes from an Armageddon-like movie made in Hollywood instead of a real-world Tehran hospital, Hesam Khezri said, describing the state of Masih Daneshvari during the first days of the coronavirus outbreak in Iran. | "Looking down from the | …
globalresearch.ca/armageddon-coronavirus-struck-tehran-hospital/5710181

Will America Launch a War on Iraq?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-20
The US administration views Iraq as an arena for confrontation with Iran, with the aim of subjugating the country to its hegemony and dominance. The US imposes harsh sanctions on Iran and is trying to close the Iraqi market to …
globalresearch.ca/will-america-launch-war-iraq/5710134

The Pleasures of Eating Matzo
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
When the good weather allows it, I get together with my friend Manny Greer and sit on the bench in front of our favorite coffee-house in Soho, Ground Support, whose owner, Steven, is a good friend of ours. Although he is much younger than we are (he is in his forties, Manny is 95-years-old and…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/the-pleasures-of-eating-matzo/

The Coronavirus Pandemic and Our Civilizational Crisis
Fran Shor | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
Although the coronavirus pandemic is not unique in its global reach, it, nevertheless, reminds us of the deficiencies inherent in the systems within which we operate. Indeed, all such infectious diseases exist in specific contexts that determine how lethal they will be and what will be the extent of our capacities for dealing with the…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/the-coronavirus-pandemic-and-our-civilizational-crisis/

In redwoods, tree sitting continues during pandemic
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/in-redwoods-tree-sitting-continues-during-pandemic/

A Universal Basic Income is Essential and Will Work
Ellen Brown | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
According to an April 6 article on CNBC.com, Spain is slated to become the first country in Europe to introduce a universal basic income (UBI) on a long-term basis. Spain's Minister for Economic Affairs has announced plans to roll out a UBI "as soon as possible," with the goal of providing a nationwide basic wage…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/a-universal-basic-income-is-essential-and-will-work/

Covid-19 Exposes the Death Penalty's Selfishness
Stephen Cooper | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
Capital punishment has always been perverse, but during our country's struggle with the coronavirus, its selfishness sticks out like a sneeze, its sickly aerosols joining racism, classism, and festering immorality

Feinstein Urges Newsom to Negotiate with Trump over Increasing Water Exports to Agribusiness
Dan Bacher | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
On April 15, U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein and Representatives Jim Costa, TJ Cox, John Garamendi, and Josh Harder sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom imploring him to reach an agreement with federal agencies through negotiation, rather than judicial action, on increasing water deliveries from the Delta to San Joaquin Valley corporate agribusiness interests. A coalition of…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/feinstein-urges-newsom-to-negotiate-with-trump-over-increasing-water-exports-to-agribusiness/

Trump Disrupts the Distinction Between Personal Loyalty & Constitutional Allegiance
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
Donald Trump was elected president to disrupt our government and society; to drain the swamp. The specifics were vague, but the understanding was that someone had to change the "system". As Trump said at the 2016 Republican nominating convention in Cleveland, "Only I can fix it." And, he wants explicit loyalty to him from government…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/trump-disrupts-the-distinction-between-personal-loyalty-constitutional-allegiance/

Starving the Cities and States
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
Disaster capitalism is in high gear. The stock market plunged, so Trump, hysterical, whipped out the federal checkbook. The result? Unlimited bailouts of shoddily-run corporations, criminally managed banks and other assorted oligarchs with their hands out. But hey, it got the stock market soaring, because now investors know Washington will rescue them, whatever idiocies they commit. Everybody else is on their own.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/starving-the-cities-and-states/

"Donald J. Trump Ventilators"
Steve Klinger | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
Although it should have come as no surprise, Donald Trump's unprecedented decision to add his name to stimulus checks going out to millions of Americans under the CARE Act still has left jaws dropping across the beleaguered land, which is approaching 650,000 cases of the COVID-19 virus Trump predicted would soon be down to zero…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/donald-j-trump-ventilators/

How Ecuador Descended Into Corona Chaos
Guillaume Long | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
In the last few days and weeks, media outlets around the world have been publishing shocking stories and images of the COVID-19 crisis in Ecuador. Scenes of corpses abandoned in the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador's second-largest city, have shaken audiences in Latin America and beyond. Statistics, even the highly untrustworthy official ones, have confirmed the dire picture of a fast accelerating crisis.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/how-ecuador-descended-into-corona-chaos/

The Fire Fauci Brigade
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
The intemperate volcano that is the US President has done much to burn its way through prominent appointments. As the title of former GOP strategist Rick Wilson's book goes, Everything Trump Touches Dies. There seem few more important individuals in the United States than Dr Anthony Fauci, and that, for the White House, is a…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/the-fire-fauci-brigade/

The Mountains Sing
Matthew Hoh | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
Bringing The Enemy's War Home; The Mountains Sing by Nguyen Phan Que Mai I was born near New York City in 1973, the year the United States officially ended its war in Vietnam and brought home the last of its combat troops. The Vietnam War, known to the Vietnamese as The American War, was always something removed…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/the-mountains-sing/

The Next Coronavirus Bill Must Protect the 2020 Elections
Robert P. Alvarez | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-20
First, it was a public health crisis. Now, it's decimating the economy. And for it's next trick, the coronavirus is threatening to undermine the 2020 election. Unless, that is, Congress steps in to ensure we can vote by mail. If you're curious what the worst case scenario is, look no further than Wisconsin, where a…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/20/the-next-coronavirus-bill-must-protect-the-2020-elections/

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2020-04-21 02:58 GMT (22:58 EST)

2020-04-19: News Headlines

en.mehrnews (2020-04-20). OIC to hold emergency meeting to review consequences of COVID-19. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) — Foreign ministers of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)'s member states will hold a virtual meeting on Wed. to review the consequences of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, on the security and financial stability of these countries.

en.mehrnews (2020-04-20). Reviving small mines not enough, a change of approach is in order: official. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) — Holding nearly 70 different types of minerals, Iran is ranked among the world's top 15 mineral-rich countries, however, the country's mining sector is still underdeveloped and small mines which can be considered the major drivers of the industry are lagging behind a few big companies which enjoy the government's full support.

Jessica Corbett (2020-04-19). Canceling Rent and Suspending Mortgage Payments. zcomm.org "My bill to cancel rent and mortgages isn't just necessary," says Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, "it's popular."

teleSUR (2020-04-19). Ethiopia to Close Refugee Camp Amid COVID-19 Pandemic. telesurenglish.net Ethiopia plans to shut down a camp for Eritrean refugees and resettle thousands in other camps that the United Nations already considers full, an official said Sunday amid fears that COVID-19 could make them more vulnerable. | RELATED: | "We are ready to start. But we cannot start with a big number. We can start with a small number," Deputy Director-General of Ethiopia's Agency for Refugee and Returnee Affairs Eyob Aw…

ORION (2020-04-19). Free julian assange Nation wide Webinar event Panel. indybay.org zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Xh2EsZbrTtOq1FZifgfIlw…

Ben Norton (2020-04-19). Corporate media spreads fake news claiming Nicaraguan President Ortega is dead — then he gives a fiery speech condemning US militarism. thegrayzone.com International media outlets spent weeks falsely implying Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega died of coronavirus… until he gave a televised speech…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-04-19). After the Lockdown: A Global Coronavirus Vaccination Program… globalresearch.ca The tendency is towards a Worldwide lockdown spearheaded by fear and media disinformation. Currently, hundreds of millions of people Worldwide are under lockdown. | What is the next step in the evolution of the COV-19 Crisis? A multibillion dollar coronavirus vaccination program to be implemented in the wake of the Lockdown.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-04-19). Video: "The House Cat Flu" is Coming. The Meow Apocalypse… globalresearch.ca The following episode of the Simpsons was released in 2010. | It is a satire. But at the same time it reveals the unspoken truth. The writer of the script is award winning author Michael Price. | This episode was not taken …

Vijay Prashad (2020-04-19). How China broke the chain of infection. mronline.org As information about coronavirus emerged, the Chinese government and Chinese society began to organize an immense campaign against its spread.

Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center (2020-04-19). 2020 Youth Activist Grant. indybay.org Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center | 1035 Carol Lane | Lafayette, CA 94549…

Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center (2020-04-19). 2020 Art & Writing Challenge. indybay.org Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center | 1035 Carol Lane | Lafayette, CA 94549…

en.mehrnews (2020-04-19). Free Bahrain's only female political detainee Zakia Al-Barbouri. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) — When the Arab Spring made its way to Bahrain in February 2011, the authority rushed to violently suppress the peaceful protestors.

Jonathan Cook (2020-04-19). Trump's "Peace" Plan Threatens to Revoke Citizenship of Palestinian Arab Israelis. zcomm.org Under the terms of the "Peace to Prosperity" document, the U.S. could allow Israel to strip potentially hundreds of thousands of its own inhabitants of their citizenship in a so-called "populated land swap" with the settlements.

Staff (2020-04-19). Warren Slams Trump for Supporting Protests Against Stay-at-Home Orders. truthout.org Democratic lawmakers have joined with advocacy groups in criticizing President Donald Trump for In…

RT (2020-04-19). Herd immunity? 1 in 3 test positive for Covid-19 ANTIBODIES in pilot Massachusetts street study. rt.com Nearly a third of 200 randomly tested residents of Chelsea, Massachusetts were found to have Covid-19-related antibodies in yet another indication that the virus could be far more widespread and much less lethal than believed. | All of the participants "generally appeared healthy," but around half of them admitted that they had suffered at least one coronavirus symptom in the past month, according to the Massachusetts General Hospital researchers. Those who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 in the regular nasal swab were deliberately excluded from the study. | A total of 64 out of 200 blood samples t…

sputniknews (2020-04-19). Former Major League Baseball Star Worries Space Aliens May Have Coronavirus. sputniknews.com Former Oakland A's slugger Jose Canseco, who is known for his usage of performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career, as well as some random references to interplanetary visitors from time to time, has again raised some eyebrows among a bunch of his devoted followers.

Ann Garrison (2020-04-19). The USS Navy's Pacific Command COVID-19, from Guam to Puget Sound. globalresearch.ca While the world confronts a real-life deadly epidemic, the Covid-afflicted US Navy struggles to maintain the farce of keeping the planet safe from fictitious threats. | "The US Navy's Pacific Command is not in its normal operational mode." | On April …

F. William Engdahl (2020-04-19). Lock Step, This Is No Futuristic Scenario: Panic and the Post-Pandemic Future? globalresearch.ca First published by New Eastern Outlook and Global Research March 10, 2020 | Every day world mainstream news reports more people in more countries diagnosed "positive" for the coronavirus illness, now called COVID-19. As the reported numbers grow, so does widespread …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-19). China Bashing, a Bipartisan US Obsession. globalresearch.ca For bipartisan US hardliners and their establishment media press agents, any pretext will do to bash China and other sovereign independent nations on the US target list for regime change. | Blaming China for spreading COVID-19 outbreaks plays out daily in …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-19). US COVID-19 vs. Economy Related Polls: Homelessness, Unemployment and Hunger in America. globalresearch.ca A new Gallup poll showed Trump's mismanagement of the COVID-19 crisis and indifference toward infected Americans is catching up to him. | Concerned only about his own self-interest and monied ones he serves at the expense of the health and welfare …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-19). US Blame Game Twist: Suing China for COVID-19 Outbreaks. globalresearch.ca No evidence suggests that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab or from bat-eating Chinese people. | Writer Allen Yu explained that no Chinese tradition of bat-eating exists. Videos suggesting otherwise weren't from Wuhan or elsewhere in China. | Filming was "in Palau …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-19). Trump's Best Ever Economy Craters. globalresearch.ca Time and again, Trump's hyperbole defies reality. | As US economic conditions peaked in mid-February and began declining sharply, he falsely claimed that "(o)ur economy (is) the greatest…we've had in the history of our country." | His fantasy assessment was reminiscent of …

Jim Hightower (2020-04-19). Coronavirus and Small Government Sociopathy. zcomm.org As the devastating impact of Trump's inaction becomes clear, Americans are discovering a hidden socialist streak…

Juan Cole (2020-04-19). Is Covid-19 Killing the Coal Industry in Egypt and around the World? zcomm.org Egypt is one of the countries most vulnerable to the climate emergency and global heating…

RT (2020-04-19). Iranian FM heads to Syria to talk security & terrorism. rt.com Though trips abroad became a rare occurrence nowadays due to the coronavirus pandemic, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is set to discuss the fight against terrorism and other pressing issues with Syrian officials. | Zarif will leave for Damascus this Monday,

The Canary (2020-04-19). Young Afghan women work on lifesaving mission to build ventilators from car parts. thecanary.co Five Afghan young women are spending their days on a lifesaving mission to build a ventilator from car parts as the war-stricken country battles coronavirus.Nearly every morning, Somaya Farooqi and four other members of Afghanistan's prize-winning girls' robotics team pile into her father's car and head to a mechanic's workshop.They use back roads to avoid police checkpoints set up to enforce a lockdown in their city of Herat, one of Afghanistan's hotspots of the coronavirus pandemic."If we even save one life with our device, we will be proud," said 17-year-old Somaya.Their pursuit is particularly remarkable in c…

RT (2020-04-19). Russia reports whopping 6,000+ jump in Covid-19 cases in new record. rt.com As many as 6,060 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Russia over the last 24 hours, the Covid-19 crisis center has confirmed. The death toll linked to the dreaded disease has surpassed 360 nationwide. | The figures demonstrate a significant increase in new cases in comparison to the previous day, when Russia recoded about 4,700 new cases. | Most cases were reported in Moscow, where 3,570 people have been diagnosed with the disease over the past 24 hours. The Russian capital leads the grim rating of regions most affected by the virus in Russia, with a total of 24,324 people diagnosed with Covid-19 s…

RT (2020-04-19). Ukrainian ace Svitolina warns she could shun Chinese tournaments for TWO YEARS over Covid-19 fears. rt.com Ukrainian world number five Elina Svitolina has suggested she is unwilling to play tournaments in China for the next two years as the sporting fallout continues from the Covid-19 pandemic. | The women's WTA and men's ATP tours are both currently suspended until at least July 13 as large parts of the world remain in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic. | Speaking about a potential return to action, world number five Svitolina suggested that date would be shifted even further back as countries emerged from lockdown in different stages. | "It's possible we could still play this year, but after September," the 25-ye…

RT (2020-04-19). Russian Covid-19 cases spike by over 6,000 as Putin says situation is 'under control'. rt.com Russia has entered the world's top ten countries for coronavirus infections after 6,060 new cases were announced on Sunday, bringing the total to 42,853. It is the biggest one day rise recorded by the Russian response team. | The figure, partially ascribed to an improved testing regime, is a considerable jump on Saturday's tally of 4,785 fresh instances and suggests that Russia is still some way from flattering the curve in the spread of the killer disease. This is despite a strict semi-lockdown across most of the world's largest country. | Meanwhile, officials announced 48 new deaths, 28 of them in Moscow, br…

RT (2020-04-19). 'Don't run around like bunch of chickens': SECOND Covid-19 lockdown inevitable if Germany goes too lax on restrictions — minister. rt.com Germany's economy minister issued an unorthodox warning to federal states, telling them to keep calm while relaxing coronavirus restrictions — or face the return of another nationwide shutdown. | "If we keep our nerve now, we can avoid a second lockdown. That is why a joint action by the federal and state governments is so important," Peter Altmaier, Germany's economy minister, was

The Canary (2020-04-19). NHS staff being asked to 'sacrifice' themselves over lack of PPE. thecanary.co Officials responsible for the UK's "disgraceful" lack of adequate personal protective equipment need to be held "fully accountable for their abject failure" to protect frontline health staff, the hospital doctors' union has said.Hospitals and employers will now be able to use new official guidance on reusing items or wearing different kit to "coerce health workers … to risk their own lives when caring for Covid-19 patients", said HCSA president Dr Claudia Paoloni.Amid fears hospitals could run out of supplies, Paoloni said it was an indictment of the UK's response to the pandemic that it was drawing on the emer…

RT (2020-04-19). Stranded Russian speed skating pair finally evacuated home after going ahead with Bali holiday amid Covid-19 pandemic. rt.com Russian speed skating duo Anna Chernova and Elena Sokhryakova have become the last of the country's athletes to be evacuated to their homeland after being stranded on holiday island Bali amid the coronavirus pandemic. | The Russian Sports Ministry confirmed at the end of last week that 96 people – including athletes, coaches and various specialists – had been evacuated from around the world with the help of the Foreign Ministry and Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsiya). | That included speed skating pair Chernova and Sokhryakova, who were among the last to return having gone ahead with a trip to the Indo…

The Canary (2020-04-19). Michael Gove adds to the government's coronavirus chaos and incompetence. thecanary.co Michael Gove has added to the government's chaotic response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.He confirmed Boris Johnson had not attended five meetings of the key government Cobra committee in the build-up to the coronavirus outbreak.It followed an investigation in the Sunday Times in which a Whitehall source claimed the government "missed the boat on testing and PPE" (personal protective equipment) and "just watched" as the death toll mounted in Wuhan, China.The wide-ranging report said that Johnson missed five meetings of the key Cobra committee in the run-up to the outbreak and stated a number of opportun…

The Canary (2020-04-19). Decision on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's temporary release delayed again. thecanary.co Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces another "deeply unsettling" couple of days as the wait continues to find out if her temporary release from a prison in Iran has been extended.The British-Iranian mother was temporarily freed from Evin prison in Tehran in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.Zaghari-Ratcliffe's furlough was extended by two weeks in late March, and she was scheduled to return to prison on Saturday 18 April.When her family had not received a decision by Saturday on whether or not her furlough is to be extended, they were told to return to the prosecutors office in Iran on 19 April — but have now bee…

RT (2020-04-19). 'Why risk so many lives?' asks French town councilor, as several mayors reported dead of coronavirus after non-banned election. rt.com Paris' decision to hold a municipal vote in France days before putting the nation gripped by the Covid-19 epidemic on total lockdown is "hard to understand," a town councilor has told RT as the poll turned out to be a disaster.

RT (2020-04-19). US coronavirus death toll rises to 40,000, almost double Italy's figures. rt.com The number of people who have died in the US due to Covid-19 climbed to over 40,000 on Sunday, according to calculations by Reuters and Johns Hopkins University. | The American death toll is the highest in the world and is almost two times larger than the figures from Italy, which is currently ranked second in terms of fatalities. | The death toll has jumped from 30,000 to 40,000 in just four days after the untested but probable coronavirus fatalities were added to the numbers. The first American succumbed to the coronavirus on February 29. | Italy, which remained the world's hardest hit country for weeks, has…

RT (2020-04-19). WATCH one of the world's most active volcanos spew LAVA in Russia's Far East. rt.com The Klyuchevskoy volcano in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula — a huge volcano among the most active in the world — has erupted, spewing tons of ash and lava in a powerful explosion caught on film. | Streams of lava emerged from the Klyuchevskoy volcano, which has been seen sending huge flames and clouds of black smoke high into the sky, a video recorded by the Kamchatka geophysical service shows. | The Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team (KVERT) has given the eruption one of the highest hazard levels for aviation. They also said that flows of lava have been moving along the southea…

RT (2020-04-19). Russia has enough reserves to protect its people amid coronavirus pandemic — Putin. rt.com Russia has everything it needs to cope with the coronavirus crisis, including a "healthy economy" and vast reserves, the country's President Vladimir Putin has said. | "All the measures to protect people's lives and health and support the economy require additional and large resources and reserves. We have them," the president said as he congratulated Orthodox Christians and Russian citizens celebrating Easter on Sunday. He added that the funds will be used to help those who have faced difficulties amid the pandemic. | As of Sunday, over 42,000 people in Russia have tested positive for the virus, which has alr…

RT (2020-04-19). Malta flag carrier set to fire 80 PERCENT of pilots after talks fail amid coronavirus crisis. rt.com As the deadly coronavirus wreaks havoc on the aviation sector, Air Malta could leave 108 of its 134 pilots out of work after it failed to find common ground on salary compensations with the pilots' union. | The major Maltese airline had to ground its fleet in March just like most airlines in the world due to border closures amid the coronavirus outbreak. Struggling to keep up with the fallout of the crisis which could result in over €130 million (US$ 141 million) in damages for the company by the start of the summer season, Air Malta offered this month to grant pilots a minimum income of €1,200 ($1,3…

RT (2020-04-19). Who funds Victoria Beckham's staff layoffs? Guess you know the answer… and bet you don't like it. rt.com Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham has been blasted for using taxpayer money to furlough staff at her fashion company. While Britain foots that bill, Mrs. Becks dipped into her £335 million fortune to buy a Miami penthouse. | Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Beckham's eponymous fashion label has shuttered its flagship Hong Kong store, and Beckham has furloughed some 30 staff back at home. £1,500 dresses are, understandably, not classed as an 'essential' item. Though British tabloids report that Beckham has taken a pay cut, the one-time pop megastar has been flayed alive on social media for us…

RT (2020-04-19). 'No mass exodus': Most US firms don't want to wind down operations in China over pandemic. rt.com Large US companies operating in China don't want to move production and supply chains from the country in the near future, even though the coronavirus may force them to adjust their business strategies, a recent survey found. | Around 70 percent of 25 firms with global revenue of over half a billion dollars have no relocation plans, despite the effect the coronavirus outbreak has had on their business, according to a joint poll conducted by the American Chamber of Commerce in China and the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. The results of the March survey, published on Friday, also show that around 40 p…

RT (2020-04-19). 'We don't take advice from ANY American politician': Iran's Zarif rejects Trump's ventilator offer. rt.com Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has rebuffed an offer by US President Donald Trump to send ventilators to Iran, claiming that the Islamic Republic will be exporting its own devices "in a few months." | Trump offered a number of the US' "excess ventilators" to Iran during a press briefing on Saturday. "If they need ventilators, which they do, I would send them ventilators," Trump said. | Though the offer was a humanitarian one on its surface, Trump followed it up with a characteristic flex on Iran. "Right now they just want to survive," he said, adding "they're loaded up with the plague." | Also on rt.com…

RT (2020-04-19). Iran releases VIDEO of its ships intercepting 'unprofessionally' acting US Navy vessels in Persian Gulf. rt.com Tehran has shared footage of a recent incident between Iranian and US vessels to back up its earlier statement that Washington's claims of its warships being harassed in the Persian Gulf were "fake stories." | The video by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shows the events of last Wednesday when the American vessels were intercepted by several Iranian boats with machine guns aboard, and with gunners looking set to put them to use if necessary. | The tense moment didn't escalate into an armed confrontation, but caused a heated exchange in accusations between the two archrivals. Washington was firs…

RT (2020-04-19). 'Only interested in Hollywood scenarios': Iranian military brands Washington's 'harassment' accusations in Persian Gulf as 'fake'. rt.com Tehran has brushed off American claims that its vessels buzzed US warships in the Persian Gulf by saying the US Navy itself acted "unprofessionally." It also vowed a "decisive response" to any such "adventurism" by foreign powers. | "We advise the Americans to follow international regulations and maritime protocols in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman and to refrain from any adventurism and false and fake stories," Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said in a statement. The IGRC then particularly said that the US Navy's latest report about the supposed "harassement" of its vessels by Iran's patrol bo…

RT (2020-04-19). Kim never sent 'nice note' to Trump: North Korea accuses US president of 'feeding ungrounded story to media'. rt.com Donald Trump's claim that he received a positive letter from Kim Jong Un is false, Pyongyang has said, urging the US president to refrain from using his relations with the North Korean leader for "selfish purposes." | During his briefing on Saturday, Trump boasted that he had "recently" received a written message from Kim. "It was a nice note. I think we're doing fine," he said, insisting that the US and North Korea would've been at war by now, were it not for his diplomatic efforts. | But it turned out that the letter wasn't nice, nor was it unpleasant — as, according to the North Korean Foreign Ministry…

W. T. Whitney, Jr. (2020-04-19). Pandemic story: failures, forebodings, signs of solidarity. mronline.org A great hazard looms. Under duress and as chaos mounts, capital may find it useful to revert to the extremist, even brutal, measures figuring in its past.

RT (2020-04-19). 'I'll kill you if you talk to me': Zlatan bragged about '300 MILLION in bank and owning an island' in post-match rant at teammates. rt.com Legendary Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic threatened his teammates and boasted about his vast wealth in an angry tirade after a frustrating defeat during his time spearheading LA Galaxy, former teammate Joao Pedro has revealed. | Ibrahimovic failed to score and saw a last-minute free-kick saved as Galaxy spurned a 2-0 half-time lead to conclude their 2018 season in painful fashion with a 3-2 defeat at home to Houston Dynamo, leaving their temperamental star forward seething in the dressing room afterwards. | The MLS Newcomer of the Year scored 22 goals in his debut season but regularly voiced his frustration…

The Canary (2020-04-19). David Attenborough issues a vital plea to 'cherish' our 'precious world'. thecanary.co David Attenborough has urged people to "stop waste of any kind", saying the world is precious and should be "celebrated and cherished".The broadcaster and naturalist warned humans have a "last chance" to change their behaviour and save the planet, as he urged politicians to address "the biggest problem humanity has ever faced".In an interview on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, Attenborough said it will be the younger generation who will have to make changes because "they will be able to see the consequences of what they do". | He added: "My lot are dying off and we are the ones that caused the problem."He suggested p…

RT (2020-04-19). Gunman hijacks bus in Texas, shot dead after police chase (VIDEOS). rt.com An armed hijacker has been shot dead by Texas police after he commandeered a bus and led police on a chase through traffic. The man fired at police before his rampage was brought to an end. | Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) police were called to the scene of a hijacking on Sunday morning, after an armed man boarded a bus in the Dallas suburb of Richardson and forced the driver to chauffeur him along the George Bush Turnpike toward Rowlett, another suburb of the city. | pic.twitter.com/zU64BSe0z0— Nathan Arizona (@arizona_nathan) en.mehrnews (2020-04-19). 'US trying to distract attentions from its continued economic terrorism'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) — Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi reacted to the US' nervous claims against Iran's arms activities, saying such moves are only meant to divert attention from Washington's economic terrorism against the Iranian nation.

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