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Sanders threatens to hold up $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus over 'anti-worker' bias
rt.com | 2020-03-26
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says he is willing to stall the already much-delayed coronavirus stimulus plan if more restrictions are not placed on the "$500 million corporate welfare fund." | Sanders says the "anti-worker objections" from several Republicans over proposed unemployment benefits in the bill have him ready to delay the whole process. | "Unless these Republican Senators drop their objections, I am prepared to put a hold on this bill until stronger conditions are imposed on the $500 billion corporate welfare fund," Sanders said in a statement on Wednesday, responding to several GOP lawmakers who…
rt.com/usa/484108-sanders-stimulus-senate-coronavirus/

'Covid-19 could be seasonal': Fauci warns coronavirus is likely to return in 'CYCLES', stresses need for vaccine
rt.com | 2020-03-26
Even if the US and other nations battling Covid-19 succeed in beating it back, the illness may return in yearly cycles, warned Anthony Fauci, a top expert on the US coronavirus task force, urging for the fast rollout of a vaccine. | …
rt.com/usa/484116-fauci-coronavirus-seasonal-cycles/

Peru deploys army in the streets to enforce COVID-19 curfew
wsws.org | 2020-03-26
The quarantine and curfew imposed by President Vizcarra are aimed at protecting the interests of the wealthy and preparing the repression of a likely social explosion.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/26/peru-m26.html

Norwegian parties grant government emergency powers as coronavirus leads to record rise in unemployment
wsws.org | 2020-03-26
The agreement, which suspends parliament for up to six months, means the right-wing coalition can make changes to laws without consulting deputies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/25/norw-m26.html

Johnson's "herd immunity" strategy and the London Conference on Intelligence whitewash: Britain's ruling class and eugenics
wsws.org | 2020-03-26
Innumerable posts on social media have drawn the connection between the reactionary ideology of eugenics and the British government's criminally delayed and negligent response to the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/26/euge-m26.html

SPLC and allies seek federal court injunction in system-wide suit to protect people detained by ICE from contracting COVID-19
splcenter.org | 2020-03-25
The SPLC and its allies asked a federal court today to issue a preliminary injunction requiring that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) take immediate steps to protect people in its custody, particularly those who have medical conditions making them more susceptible to serious illness and death from COVID-19.
splcenter.org/news/2020/03/25/splc-and-allies-seek-federal-court-injunction-system-wide-suit-protect-people-detained-ice

British Court Refuses Julian Assange's Bail Plea
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-25
The founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange will not be let out of a London Prison amid the recent COVID-19 outbreak, the British court announced on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Assange Could Be Released on Bail Over the COVID-19 Outbreak | The Westminster Magistrates' Court in London has rejected a plea from the Assange defense team that called on the British authorities to release the Wikileaks founder from the high-security Belmarsh prison. | Judge Vanessa Baraitser, who is overlooking the Assang…
telesurenglish.net/news/British-Court-Refuses-Julian-Assanges-Bail-Plea–20200325-0005.html

Julian Assange denied bail by London court
rt.com | 2020-03-25
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been denied bail by a London court after his lawyers argued that the Covid-19 pandemic posed a serious threat to his health in light of his pre-existing conditions. | Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that the global pandemic "does not provide grounds" for Assange's release. | Also on rt.com | | Julian Assange's lawyers to apply for release on bail, citing risk of Covid-19

Last night Julian Assange called me. Here is what we talked about
Yanis Varoufakis | zcomm.org | 2020-03-25
Whether the epidemic helps deliver the good or the most evil society will depend, of course, on us

The Decade Of Transformation Is Here: Remaking Health Care
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-25
We've been writing for a while that the 2020's would be a decade when multiple crises would come to a head and we would have an opportunity for major transformations if we were organized to mobilize and demand them. The current coronavirus pandemic, economic collapse, and falling oil prices are three events that are creating …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/the-decade-of-transformation-is-here-remaking-health-care/

Power in a Time of Coronavirus
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-03-25
Fighting against intentional neglect and greedy stupidity…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/23/18831742.php

Overlooked Region of India a Beacon to the World for Taking on Coronavirus
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-03-25
In a pandemic, a rational person would much rather live in a society governed by the norms of socialism than of capitalism, a society where people rally together to overcome a virus; than to live in a society where fear pervades…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/overlooked-region-of-india-a-beacon-to-the-world-for-taking-on-coronavirus/

Iran: Campaign to Lift US Sanctions Gets Around 100K Signatures
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-25
Iran's international campaign calling for the United States to lift illegal sanctions will soon reach 100,000 signatures, the state's Islamic Republic News Agency reported Wednesday. | RELATED: | EU Supports Iran, Venezuela Bids for IMF COVID-19 Funds | The signatures of the campaign have passed 97,500 and will reach 100,000 in no time, Abolfazl Fateh, an Iranian media activist wh…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Campaign-to-Lift-US-Sanctions-Gets-Around-100K-Signatures-20200325-0014.html

Like Freedom? Then You Won't Like the FREEDOM Act
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-25
Last Monday, a bipartisan group of Senators and a coalition including libertarian and progressive activists thwarted a scheme to ram through the Senate legislation renewing three provisions of the USA FREEDOM Act (previously known as the USA PATRIOT Act). The …
globalresearch.ca/like-freedom-freedom-act/5707529

Another Migrant Domestic Worker Found Dead in Lebanon
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-25
The lifeless body of Faustina Tay, 23, a domestic worker from Ghana was found on March 14 in a car park under the fourth-story home of her employers in Beirut, Lebanon, according to a report by Al Jazeera. | RELATED: | Kafala System to Be Abolished in Qatar: UN | Some hours before her death, Tay had sent a last hopeless message to This Is Lebanon, a Canada-based activist group, she had contacted about the abuse she was enduring at the hands of her employer…
telesurenglish.net/news/Another-Migrant-Domestic-Workers-Found-Dead-in-Lebanon–20200325-0013.html

Transitioning 'Ontologically' Pt II: Building Counter-(Oc)Culture
Kim C. Domenico | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-25
Beyond being "disrespectful," the modern Western insistence on a mechanical universe delimits the radical imaginary in general. To refrain from telling the [spiritually-based] activist they are wrong (while continuing to think they are) simply because he or she is a person of color, is altogether different than deconstructing one's colonial mentality, which treats the religious…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/25/transitioning-ontologically-pt-ii-building-counter-occulture/

MN shows solidarity with Palestine during COVID-19 pandemic
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-25
Minneapolis, MN – The MN Anti-War Committee (AWC) wanted to be a part of Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network's global week of action for Palestinian Land Day but they couldn't do it as a protest the way they had originally planned. Instead on March 24 the MN AWC reorganized their protest as a call-in day, and then did a five-person social distancing bannering protest. | In 1976, Land Day marked a turning point as the first mass mobilization by Palestinians within Israel against colonialism and land theft. Israeli police shot and killed six Palestinian citizens of Israel for protesting the Israeli go…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/3/25/mn-shows-solidarity-palestine-during-covid-19-pandemic

California Nurses Association protest in Oakland against lack of protective gear
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-03-25
Last Friday, I watched around 4 first responders from a fire truck in Oakland respond to the needs of someone that was hauled off to the hospital. I was shocked that the first responders were not wearing any protective gear or N95 respirators. Barely three days later, nurses from the California Nurses Association and National Nurses United held a protest Monday evening March 23, in front of Kaiser Permanente in Oakland. They protested against the lack of protective gear and weakening of standards by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) needed to protect them from getting sick during the coronavirus COVID-19 pand…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/24/18831760.php

WATCH stranded Russian tourists PROTEST at Dubai airport after UAE denies entry to evacuation flight
rt.com | 2020-03-25
Over 1,000 Russian tourists remain stranded in the UAE after cancellation of four FlyDubai flights. Some of them turned to protesting after Dubai denied entry to an evacuation flight

BJP and Israel: Hindu Nationalism is Ravaging India's Democracy
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-25
It was only a matter of time before the anti-Muslim sentiment in India turned violent. A country that has historically prided itself on its diversity and tolerance, and for being 'the largest democracy in the world' has, in recent years, exhibited the exact opposite qualities

Coronavirus: What Newsweek Failed to Mention About "Continuity of Government"
Whitney Webb | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-25
Though often discussed in relation to nuclear war or a similarly chaotic scenario, "continuity of government" plans can be triggered even by popular, nonviolent opposition to an unpopular war abroad. It exists solely to keep the current system in place, …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-newsweek-failed-mention-continuity-government/5707521

Socialist Alternative town hall injects racial politics into COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-03-25
The event was an attempt to cover over the conventional Democratic Party politics of Socialist Alternative and the DSA with anti-capitalist rhetoric and empty slogans. This was combined with the foul injection of racial politics, a hallmark of the Democratic Party.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/25/salt-m25.html

FRSO online forum: A people's response to the coronavirus crisis
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-25
Minneapolis, MN – The world is the midst of a once-in-a-century disease pandemic. COVID-19 is a natural phenomenon that is quickly becoming a human disaster. | Steff Yorek, political secretary of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) states, "We know that all the politicians serve the interests of the rich. We need to demand and win concessions that benefit poor and working people. This will be literally a life or death situation and will fall on those with the least resources the most." | Join us for an on-line forum addressing how capitalism fails to address the public health crisis, brings impending e…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/3/24/frso-online-forum-people-s-response-coronavirus-crisis

The World's Major Military and Economic Powers Find Happiness Elusive
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-03-25
Long before the advent of the coronavirus pandemic left people around the world desperate for survival, a popular assumption emerged that national governments are also supposed to promote the happiness and well-being of their citizens. This idea was expressed in the U.S. Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed that governments are instituted to secure humanity's…
zcomm.org/zblogs/the-worlds-major-military-and-economic-powers-find-happiness-elusive/

The US and China Are Intensely Competing to Shape the Outcome of "World War C"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-25
While everyone was worried of what they believed would inevitably be World War III, mankind suddenly found itself fighting World War C against COVID-19 instead, which has since become the single most globally disruptive event in human history. | The entire | …
globalresearch.ca/us-china-competing-shape-outcome-world-war-c/5707541

Depression USA: Dueling Dems and Republicans "Stimulus Plans" and Fed Shenanigans
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-25
First the Fed. Key is understanding that it's not federal. | It's owned and operated by major Wall Street banks, their interests its top priority. | Its dual mandate is supposed to be maximum employment and price stability. How it operates is …
globalresearch.ca/dueling-dem-gop-stimulus-plans-fed-shenanigans/5707399

Poland Sabotages Russian Coronavirus Relief Efforts for Italy
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-25
Russia has encountered problems in delivering humanitarian aid to Italy, with assistance struggling to be reached quickly due to the hostilities of many European Union/NATO countries towards Russia. Yesterday it was revealed that Poland did not let Russian planes pass …
globalresearch.ca/poland-sabotages-russian-coronavirus-relief-efforts-italy/5707472

As Governments Struggle to Contain Coronavirus, Doctors Get Inventive
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-25
From "full-on MacGyver" ventilators to homemade test kits, doctors – and even some governments – are turning to ingenious solutions in the face of a faltering global response.
mintpressnews.com/governments-grapple-coronavirus-homemade-inventions/266065/

Media Struggle to Defend Washington's Cruelty Toward Venezuela and Iran as Coronavirus Spreads
Joe Emersberger | fair.org | 2020-03-25
AP (New York Times, 3/17/20) accepts the IMF's excuse that lack of "clarity" over Venezuela's "rightful leader" prevents it from giving the country coronavirus aid–even though in 2002, the IMF rapidly offered aid to a short-lived coup government. | An Associated Press article (New York Times, 3/17/20) headlined "IMF Rejects Maduro's Bid for Emergency Loan to Fight Virus" declared: The r…
fair.org/home/media-struggle-to-defend-washingtons-cruelty-toward-venezuela-and-iran-as-coronavirus-spreads/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=media-struggle-to-defend-washingtons-cruelty-toward-venezuela-and-iran-as-coronavirus-spreads

Calls Grow for Sen. Burr to Resign After He Sold $1.7 Million in Stocks & Downplayed COVID-19 Risks
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-25
Calls are growing for Republican Senator Richard Burr to resign after he reportedly sold up to $1.7 million worth of stocks after receiving privileged briefings about the coronavirus's threat to the global economy. ProPublica reports Burr, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, unloaded his holdings on February 13 in 33 separate transactions. At the time, he had access to classified information about the coronavirus and was receiving daily intelligence briefings. The stock market began plummeting a week after Burr's sales and has since lost about 30% of its value. We speak with Derek Willis of ProPublica…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/25/senator_richard_burr_stocks_coronavirus

Frontline NY Nurses Lack Protective Masks & Ventilators, Say Worst Yet to Come as COVID-19 Spreads
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-25
As the New York metro area has 60% of all the new coronavirus cases in the United States and is responsible for half the cases all over the country, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday the number of hospitalizations is expected to peak in the next 40 days as hospitals are already encountering shortages of equipment needed to protect medical workers and to keep patients alive when the city's COVID-19 cases peak in the coming weeks. We're joined by two people on the frontlines of the pandemic: Sean Petty, a registered nurse in the pediatric emergency room of a public hospital in the Bronx and member of the…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/25/frontline_healthcare_workers_ppe_shortage_coronavirus

"People Go Before Money. This Is About Saving Lives," Says San Juan Mayor on Pandemic in Puerto Rico
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-25
Puerto Rico announced a record $787 million financial package to fight the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic Monday, as the island's death toll hits two with 39 cases reported. The pandemic follows a series of devastating earthquakes in Puerto Rico earlier this year and comes as the island continues to deal with fallout from Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico's infrastructure and killed at least 3,000. "One of the things that I think is evident is that with the Trump administration and FEMA, we have to continue to remind them, time and time again, that we are people and that we deserve to be…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/25/puerto_rico_coronavirus_carmen_yulin_cruz

Madrid's Ice Rink Turned to Morgue as Spain Exceeds China in Coronavirus Deaths
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-25
We go to Madrid, Spain, one of the epicenters of the pandemic in Europe, where health workers account for nearly 14% of the country's infections. Many face limited availability of protective equipment. So many people have died that Madrid's municipal funeral home has stopped collecting bodies. A large ice rink is now being used as a makeshift morgue, and the government plans to extend the state of emergency by another 15 days in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus. "If Madrid was a country, it would actually be fifth in terms of death rate in the entire world," says María Carrión, journalist and former De…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/25/maria_carrion_spain_coronavirus

Video: SDF Releases Tens of ISIS Members in Eastern Syria. Turkey, Russia Struggle with Idlib De-escalation
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-25
On March 23, Russian and Turkish forces carried out a second limited joint patrol in southern Idlib. The patrol involved six armoured vehicles and took place along a short chunk of the M4 highway west of the government-controlled town of …
globalresearch.ca/video-sdf-releases-isis-members-eastern-syria-turkey-russia-struggle-idlib-de-escalation/5707476

Palestine Demands Israel Release Prisoners Amid Virus Outbreak
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-25
Palestine on Wednesday urged Israel to immediately release over 5,000 Palestinian prisoners from its jails amidst an outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. | RELATED: | Israel Controls 95 Percent of Occupied Jordan Valley: Official | In a press statement, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Israeli Prisons Service (IPS) is not providing proper health protection to Palestinian prisoners, despite an alarming increase of coronavirus cases in Israel. | "Israel is in…
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestine-Demands-Israel-Release-Prisoners-Amid-Virus-Outbreak-20200325-0004.html

Experts Explain Why COVID-19 Seems More Fatal in Men Than Women
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-25
Existing data show the novel coronavirus has caused higher mortality in men than women. Besides general poor health and habits like smoking and drinking for men that may cause damage to the lungs, leading experts told Xinhua hormonal influences on the immune response may also play a vital role in this phenomenon. | RELATED: | Spain's COVID-19 Death Toll Overtakes China's | While addressing a White House daily briefing, Dr. Deborah Birx, White House COVID-19 task force director, said a report from…
telesurenglish.net/news/Experts-Explain-Why-COVID-19-Seems-More-Fatal-in-Men-Than-Women-20200325-0015.html

Two Fiat Chrysler workers die from COVID-19 in US
wsws.org | 2020-03-25
The deaths, at FCA Sterling Heights Assembly in the Detroit area and at Kokomo Transmission in Indiana, are the predictable outcome of the combined effort by the auto companies and the UAW to keep the plants running up until last week.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/25/auto-m25.html

'Whole of humanity' at stake in Covid-19 pandemic, UN chief warns in urgent plea to 'fight back'
rt.com | 2020-03-25
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has warned that the "whole of humanity" is in danger of the coronavirus crisis, and we must all fight against it. | "Global action and solidarity are crucial. Individual country responses are not going to be enough," Guterres said on Wednesday. | The secretary general said the Covid-19 crisis is unlike anything the UN has faced in its 75-year history and is pleading with the developed world to raise trillions of dollars to help poorer countries fight off the deadly viral scourge. | The UN is launching a $2 billion program to help the world's poor fight against the coronavi…
rt.com/news/484075-coronavirus-threatens-all-humanity-un/

Caribbean Governments Join Forces Against COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-25
The Health and Foreign Ministers of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) held Tuesday the first extraordinary meeting of the regional bloc on COVID-19, during which the delegations proposed joint actions to confront the pandemic. | RELATED: | COVID-19 in the Caribbean: Overview of the Situation, Outbreak | More than 33 countries, territories, and regional organizations participated in what was called the First Extraordinary Meeting of Health and Foreign Ministers of the ACS, wh…
telesurenglish.net/news/-Caribbean-Governments-Join-Forces-Against-COVID-19-20200325-0018.html

The coronavirus crisis is proving our current economic system to be a death cult
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-03-25
In the weeks since the new coronavirus (Covid-19) has spread around the globe, the stock market has been going haywire with abrupt ups and downs. In the midst of the chaos, the US government has been on the fence about how to respond. The reason is simple

Police called to disperse Georgia meat processing workers who walked off the job Monday over concerns about the spread of COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-03-25
The walkout of Perdue workers follows a Monday report that a slaughterhouse worker in Mississippi was sent home after testing positive for COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/25/perd-m25.html

'I'm so happy I can barely speak': Trump responds to Romney's negative coronavirus, gets bashed for 'sarcasm'
rt.com | 2020-03-25
President Donald Trump says Senator Mitt Romney not having coronavirus is "really great news," but he followed that up by slamming him as a "RINO" and "terrible presidential candidate." | Romney announced this week he has tested negative for Covid-19 following a move into self-isolation in Utah after he discovered Senator Rand Paul

These Kids Are in the Crosshairs of Covid-19
Sara Luterman | thenation.com | 2020-03-25
These Kids Are in the Crosshairs of Covid-19…
thenation.com/article/society/immunocomprised-children-coronavirus/

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2020-03-24: News Headlines

RT (2020-03-24). US shows 'very large acceleration' in Covid-19 cases, has potential to become new epicenter of pandemic — WHO. rt.com The amount of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the US is growing so rapidly that the country has a potential to become the new epicenter of the pandemic, a spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) has said on Tuesday. | WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris was asked whether the US could become the new epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic. "We are now seeing a very large acceleration in cases in the US So it does have that potential," she replied. | More than 33,400 people have tested positive for Covid-19 across the US and 400 have died as a result of the virus, the nation's Centers for Disease Cont…

RT (2020-03-24). EU left Italy 'practically alone' to fight coronavirus, so Rome looked for help elsewhere, incl Russia — ex-FM Frattini to RT. rt.com The EU's initial response to the massive outbreak of coronavirus in Italy was largely "inadequate," and a lack of European solidarity opened the doors for Russia and China, former Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told RT. | The new epicenter of the dreaded pandemic, Italy, has been struggling to stop the spread of Covid-19 for weeks now. The disease has already killed more than six thousand people in the country, with over 60 thousand people infected. | EU tried to pin the blame on Italy: | The EU clearly underestimated the virus, blaming the outbreak in Italy on its national healthcare system…

RT (2020-03-24). 'It is not a matter of weeks, but days': IOC approaching decision on Tokyo 2020 Olympics amid coronavirus pandemic. rt.com The key powerbrokers involved in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are set for key discussions as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) pushes for a definitive decision on the future of the summer Games amid the coronavirus crisis. | According to news agency Reuters Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and IOC President Thomas Bach will hold a conference call on Tuesday to discuss a firm plan for the Games, which are scheduled to take place from July 24. | But the global spread of the coronavirus pandemic has led to growing opposition to the IOC and Tokyo 2020 organizers' insistence that the Games can go ahead as…

RT (2020-03-24). Olympic torch will not be held by runners in Japan, flame will be carried in lantern. rt.com Breaking with decades of tradition, authorities in Japan revealed on Monday that the Olympic torch will not be carried by relay runners, but in a lantern with a more conservative display case. | The unveiling will take place at an event on Thursday in Japan's Fukushima prefecture, a government official is reported as saying. | Authorities in Fukushima have opted to forego the usual ceremony — complete with a torch, torchbearers and the general public — in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic which has swept across the world and thrown the games into uncertainty. | The Olympic flame arrived in Ja…

RT (2020-03-24). Scale of current economic downturn unprecedented since 1929 Great Depression, French economy minister says. rt.com France is facing an economic crisis that can only be compared to the Great Depression of 1929, the minister of the economy and finance, Bruno Le Maire, warned as he laid out government plans to mitigate the damage. | The French government will not "allow the flagships of our industry… to go up in smoke just because there is an economic crisis of a magnitude unprecedented since the 1929 Great Depression in the West," Bruno Le Maire said in an interview with France Info on Tuesday. | The minister was discussing ways French businesses can be assisted to traverse the economic slowdown aggravated by the Covid-19…

RT (2020-03-24). Albert Uderzo, legendary artist behind 'Asterix and Obelix' comics, dies aged 92. rt.com The co-creator of 'The Adventures of Asterix' comic book series, Albert Uderzo, has died aged 92 at his home, his family announced. He passed away from a heart attack in his sleep, after several weeks of weakness. | The death was not related to the coronavirus epidemic currently ravaging France, Uderzo's son-in-law told AFP. | Asterix is an iconic French comic book series focused on the ancient Gauls standing up to the war machine of the Roman Empire — with a bit of magic and a lot of humor and creativity thrown in. The first strip was published in 1959, created by Uderzo in collaboration with fellow writ…

Ramzy Baroud (2020-03-24). The Not-So-Shocking Report on Israeli Weapons Exports. dissidentvoice.org The Middle East region, battered by wars and adjoining humanitarian crises that have left millions of people stateless, hungry and diseased, is in urgent need for peace, security and reconstruction. Thanks to the US, Russian, French, Israeli and other weapons manufacturers, however, it is now the dumping ground for military hardware, an ominous sign for …

RT (2020-03-24). 'Why did we vote?' French election officials sick a week after controversial ballot held amid Covid-19. rt.com Holding a nationwide election during an epidemic may not seem like the wisest move, but France went along with it. Fast forward a week, and some people who made the voting possible report they have contracted the coronavirus. | The first round of municipal elections in France took place on March 15, even as the government was shutting down non-essential public venues and calling on people to stay at home — unless, of course, they had to cast their votes. The second round was supposed to happen a week later but was postponed until late June, rendering the practical value of the initial vote questionable at…

RT (2020-03-24). Trains and buses disinfected in Wuhan & checkpoints removed as city prepares to end lockdown (VIDEOS). rt.com Disinfection teams have been deployed to transport hubs in the Chinese city of Wuhan — the epicenter of the Covid-19 outbreak — as it now prepares for normal life to resume, with the strict lockdown due to end in early April.

RT (2020-03-24). Beijing to quarantine & test ALL foreign arrivals for Covid-19 as outbreaks accelerate outside China. rt.com China's capital city has stepped up measures to detect and contain those carrying the coronavirus, isolating all travelers arriving from other countries and testing them for the lethal pathogen, the state-run Beijing Daily newspaper reported on Tuesday. | Starting on March 25, Beijing health authorities will require anyone traveling to the capital from overseas to enter centralized quarantine and undergo an RNA test for the virus, part of enhanced containment measures adopted as Covid-19 hotspots flare up across Europe, the Americas and elsewhere in Asia. | Those who arrived in China over the past 14 days will…

RT (2020-03-24). Coughing but winning: Russia's 'unwell' Nepo destroys Chinese rivals & surges into World Chess Candidates lead. rt.com Ian Nepomniachtchi has beaten two Chinese rivals to forge ahead at the World Chess Candidates in Ekaterinburg, despite suffering from a persistent cough. The event may be called off if the Russian tests positive for Covid-19. | The 29-year-old Nepomniachtchi (known as 'Nepo' by fans) played his moves in double-quick time to beat China's Ding Liren in dramatic fashion in round 6 of the Candidates Tournament, opening up a full 1-point lead at 4.5/6 over his nearest rival, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France. If Nepo can retain his lead and win the event, he will challenge Norwegian world champion Magnus Carlsen for…

RT (2020-03-24). China's first locked-down province of Hubei, where coronavirus originated, to reopen on March 25. rt.com Beijing is lifting travel restrictions on Hubei Province on Wednesday, as China's fight against Covid-19 is yielding positive results. Even constraints on the city of Wuhan, where the virus first emerged, will be lifted in April. | Residents will once again be allowed to travel in and out of the country's central Hubei Province starting from March 25, the regional health commission announced on Tuesday. Travel bans in the region's capital, Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak started, will be lifted on April 8. | Wuhan was the first city in China to be quarantined, and along with several of Hubei's other majo…

RT (2020-03-24). France to close open-air markets, crack down on JOGGING to stop coronavirus spread. rt.com France is set to tighten its coronavirus lockdown rules, closing open-air markets and limiting outdoor workouts, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has said. Stricter rules come as the nation's Covid-19 death toll continues to mount. | Speaking to TF1 TV on Monday, Philippe announced he was about to sign a new decree, imposing stricter lockdown in the country. The restrictions, he noted, might be in force for "several more weeks." | A lot of citizens want normalcy to return, but it's not happening soon | The new measures, expected to take effect on Tuesday, include closure of the majority of open-air markets acro…

RT (2020-03-24). Covid-19 cases in Germany surge by 4,700+ in one day, with 28 new deaths. rt.com A total of 4,764 new cases of Covid-19 were recorded across Germany, with 28 deaths, the federal Robert Koch Institute (RKI), which releases daily monitoring of the disease, announced on Tuesday. | Overall, the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus grew from 22,672 to 27,436 within one day, RKI reported. There have been 28 new deaths, bringing the nation's death toll to 114. | Germany has a relatively low death rate from Covid-19 compared to other nations, but remains among the hardest-hit countries in terms of people infected. | Several German states, including Bavaria and Saxony, introduced quarantine mea…

RT (2020-03-24). Devil in the details: Media jumps to blame Trump for death of man who self-medicated with FISH TANK CLEANER containing chloroquine. rt.com An Arizona man has died after consuming a substance used to clean aquariums — but is also found in a drug the US president said could treat Covid-19 — prompting the US media to hop aboard the Trump blame train, details be damned.

RT (2020-03-24). President Rouhani says about half of Iran's state workers are staying home. rt.com Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday about half of all government employees were staying at home as part of measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak. | Another measure to contain the outbreak, the temporary release of prisoners, will be extended until the end of the current Iranian month of Farvardin, about April 18, he said, according to state TV. | Iran is one of the hardest hit countries outside China. The country's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak increased by 122 in the past 24 hours to 1,934, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Tuesday. | The total number of people…

RT (2020-03-24). Egypt imposes nighttime curfew, partially closes shops to fight coronavirus spread. rt.com The Egyptian government has imposed a two-week long curfew and is shutting down shops and restaurants to curb the spread of the coronavirus epidemic in the country. | The curfew will be in force between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. starting Wednesday and apply to all citizens and transport, Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly announced in a televised address. Violators would be subjected to fines and prison terms. | Businesses will have to stay shut between 5 p.m. and 6 a.m. on all days except Fridays and Saturdays, when they will not be allowed to open at all. | Cafes and restaurants will be allowed to deliver foo…

The Canary (2020-03-24). Calls for clarity on how tougher rules on movement will be policed. thecanary.co A "huge amount of clarification" is needed on tougher rules to restrict people's movements during the coronavirus crisis, a former police chief has said.Prime minister Boris Johnson said the lockdown will be enforced by police, threatening those who flouted the rules with fines.Officers will have powers to disperse gatherings after a ban on meetings of more than two people apart from those who live together was announced.But questions remain as to how officers will monitor whether people are breaking the rules, what action will then be taken, and how much the fines will be.Peter Fahy, former chief constable of Gr…

RT (2020-03-24). Global markets rebound from historic collapse amid hopes of stimulus measures. rt.com Stock markets in Europe opened higher on Tuesday, following the Asian markets' positive reaction to the US Federal Reserve's pledges to run an open-ended asset purchase program amid the global coronavirus outbreak. | Britain's FTSE 100 index surged almost four percent at the start of trading in London. Germany's DAX is up almost six percent, while France's CAC gained almost five percent. | The pan-European Stoxx 600 jumped 4.4 percent in early trade, with basic resources growing 6.5 percent as all sectors entered positive territory. | Markets in Asia-Pacific also jumped earlier in the day in reaction to the Fe…

RT (2020-03-24). Suicides from depression will be 'FAR GREATER' than coronavirus deaths unless America reopens for business 'soon' — Trump. rt.com Social distancing rules may be relaxed sometime 'soon' to prevent "tremendous death" from economic and social depression that could end up worse than the coronavirus itself, President Donald Trump said. | "People get tremendous anxiety and depression and you have suicide over things like this, when you have a terrible economy, you have death," Trump said Monday at the White House daily press briefing, adding it would "definitely be in far greater numbers than we're talking about with regard to the virus." | President Trump on economy: "We can't turn that off and think it's going to be wonderful. There'll be t…

RT (2020-03-24). Don't just blame coronavirus for current global economic crisis — Steen Jakobsen. rt.com This is the single greatest financial crisis of our time, chief economist and the CIO of Saxo Bank Steen Jakobsen told RT. It is worse than 2008 and perhaps the biggest crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, he added.

Leon Kunstenaar (2020-03-24). Jewish Activists Demand Governor Newsom Release Detainees In Light of Covid-19 Outbreak. indybay.org In a March 21 press release, Never Again Action Bay Area calls on Governor Newsom to take immediate steps to release migrants from unsanitary, overcrowded "death camp" detention centers…

WSWS (2020-03-24). Julian Assange to apply for bail amid coronavirus dangers in British prisons. wsws.org A press release issued by WikiLeaks stated that Assange's lawyers "will argue that he is vulnerable to the COVID-19 outbreak in the prison where he is on remand."

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-03-24). 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 coronavirus vaccine program was …

Norman Solomon (2020-03-24). Power in a Time of Coronavirus. indybay.org Fighting against intentional neglect and greedy stupidity…

The Grayzone (2020-03-24). OAS head Luis Almagro's new term promises more corruption, cronyism and coup-plotting. thegrayzone.com The shocking story of the most incompetent, unethical and imperial-minded Secretary General in the history of the Organization of American…

Donatella della Porta (2020-03-24). Social movements in times of pandemic: another world is needed. zcomm.org Faced with the glaring need for radical and complex transformation, social movements in times of crisis act differently from protests…

Lynda Carson (2020-03-24). California Nurses Association protest in Oakland against lack of protective gear. indybay.org Last Friday, I watched around 4 first responders from a fire truck in Oakland respond to the needs of someone that was hauled off to the hospital. I was shocked that the first responders were not wearing any protective gear or N95 respirators. Barely three days later, nurses from the California Nurses Association and National Nurses United held a protest Monday evening March 23, in front of Kaiser Permanente in Oakland. They protested against the lack of protective gear and weakening of standards by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) needed to protect them from getting sick during the coronavirus COVID-19 pand…

WSWS (2020-03-24). Under pressure from online protests over coronavirus concerns, GameStop shutters California stores. wsws.org The half-measure concessions, which went into effect Sunday, also included keeping stores in the rest of the United States operating with "delivery-to-door" service.

Patrick Cockburn (2020-03-24). Austerity Has Weakened Our Ability to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic. counterpunch.org "I have delivered food parcels to four families this morning," says Paula Spencer, who runs the community centre in Thanington, a deprived district on the outskirts of Canterbury. Two of the families had called for help because they had symptoms of the coronavirus, and two simply needed food to eat. There are no signs of

Bernie Sanders (2020-03-24). An Emergency Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic. zcomm.org We must begin thinking on a scale comparable to the threat, and make sure that we are protecting working people, low-income people, and the most vulnerable communities, not just giant corporations and Wall Street…

Nino Pagliccia (2020-03-24). Sanctions: Unilateral Coercive Measures for Regime Change in Venezuela. counterpunch.org In discussing the issue of "sanctions" there are two main points that need to be made. One is the use of the correct terminology when referring to the government actions that the US, Canada and the EU take in order to achieve regime change. The second is of course the impact that those actions have.

Juan Cole (2020-03-24). Trump, putting Profit Motive and Reelection over Public Health. zcomm.org How Trump is Undermining Coronavirus Social Distancing Strategy…

John Peeler (2020-03-24). Trump and the Virus: It's All About the Base. counterpunch.org In confronting the coronavirus pandemic, it is striking that President Trump, who normally likes to be seen as The Man in Charge, driving events, has instead dragged his feet when pressed to take decisive, radical measures that most experts argue are necessary to avert the most catastrophic infection and death rates. For months he downplayed

lynda Carson (2020-03-24). Legality of shelter-in-place orders is questionable. indybay.org Coronavirus pandemic fears result in California Lock-down!

WSWS (2020-03-24). Exploiting Coronavirus pandemic, Canada's Trudeau closes border to asylum seekers. wsws.org Just days after reiterating that barring "irregular entrants" from seeking asylum would violate Canadian and international law, the Trudeau Liberal government has done just that.

WSWS (2020-03-24). Trump continues to spend billions on border wall construction amid coronavirus pandemic. wsws.org Rather than marshal all available resources to fight the pandemic, huge sums of money are being directed to construct of 150 miles of border wall in Arizona, New Mexico and California.

WSWS (2020-03-24). Twenty-three die in Colombia prison revolt over coronavirus conditions. wsws.org Amid fears of the rapidly spreading pandemic, prison riots erupted across Colombia and were brutally suppressed by prison guards.

Erika Taylor (2020-03-24). Beware Wall Street During a Pandemic. counterpunch.org We have entered uncertain times. The novel coronavirus has upended life around the globe, and none of us knows exactly how long the outbreak or its ramifications will last. But daily reminders of how much we can't control shouldn't stop us from seizing upon those things we can. We may not know if the United

WSWS (2020-03-24). The quiet before the surge: US physicians speak on the COVID-19 pandemic. wsws.org The WSWS spoke to three physicians as the coronavirus pandemic continues to escalate in the United States.

Michael Halpern (2020-03-24). EPA Proposes to Restrict Applied Public Health Scientific Research in Midst of Coronavirus Pandemic. globalresearch.ca The Environmental Protection Agency

John W. Whitehead (2020-03-24). How a Police State Will Deal With the COVID-19 Pandemic. counterpunch.org "Fear is a primitive impulse, brainless as hunger, and because the aim of horror fiction is the production of the deepest kinds of fears, the genre tends to reinforce some remarkably uncivilized ideas about self-protection. In the current crop of zombie stories, the prevailing value for the beleaguered survivors is a sort of siege mentality,

Binoy Kampmark (2020-03-24). The Pandemic Surveillance State. counterpunch.org In anticipation of…

Santa Cruz News Network (2020-03-24). Real Estate Interests Seek Limits on Proposed Eviction Moratorium in Santa Cruz. indybay.org Santa Cruz Together is calling for a 90-day "repayment period" to be written into the proposed emergency eviction moratorium ordinance on the agenda of tomorrow's Santa Cruz City Council meeting. The ordinance seeks to, "protect the health, safety, and welfare of the larger community by preventing residential or commercial evictions for non-payment of rent as a result of economic losses related to the coronavirus pandemic to avoid further homelessness and loss of jobs and employment opportunities within the community," according to the meeting's agenda packet. Santa Cruz Together fought rent control and other ren…

Fight Back (2020-03-24). Legalization for All Statement: Covid19 and DACA. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Legalization for All Network. | The Legalization for All (L4A) Network is a coalition of various individuals and organizations from around the U.S. who fight to win legalization for all undocumented and Temporary-status peoples in the U.S. The need for full equality has never been clearer than in the face of a global pandemic, like Covid-19. Trump and the ruling-class have nothing stopping them from making changes that could devastate the undocumented, as the majority of people are preoccupied with the very real danger of Coronavirus. | Putti…

WSWS (2020-03-24). UK: NHS frontline staff and patients at risk through government negligence over pandemic. wsws.org NHS doctors and nurses have been battling against the government's refusal to provide testing and adequate Personal Protective Equipment.

Binoy Kampmark (2020-03-24). Business as Usual: Coronavirus, Iran and US Sanctions. dissidentvoice.org Never discount the importance of venality in international relations. While pandemics should provide the glue for a unified front in response — we keep being told of fighting this horrendous "invisible enemy" — it's business as usual in other respects. The United States, with a disparate, confused medical system that risks being overwhelmed, remains committed …

Kate Zeller (2020-03-24). Jubilee USA Urges Immediate IMF Covid-19 Action. indybay.org Religious Development Group Proposes Solutions for Pandemic Economic Impacts…

WSWS (2020-03-24). Florida residents on COVID-19 pandemic: "There is no way we can go longer than a month at this rate." wsws.org Workers and students spoke with the WSWS about lack of supplies, limited testing, and growing concerns over the economic, social, and health impact on their families and friends.

WSWS (2020-03-24). US officials use economic fallout from pandemic to slash school funding. wsws.org Even as school districts deliver free meals to millions of low-income students, state governments have already begun slashing school spending and reneging on promised pay raises to teachers.

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