6 Ways Trump Is Exploiting This Pandemic For Political Gain
Karen J. Greenberg | thenation.com | 2020-04-08
6 Ways Trump Is Exploiting This Pandemic For Political Gain…
thenation.com/article/politics/coronavirus-trump-immigration-election/

Be A Hero: COVID-19 w/ Ady Barka, Rep. A. Ocasio-Cortez, & Rahna Epting of MoveOn
Be A Hero Fund, MoveOn | indybay.org | 2020-04-08
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/07/18832151.php

Deaths of Inequality
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | zcomm.org | 2020-04-08
Black and Latinx Communities at Epicenter of Epicenter of the Pandemic…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/deaths-of-inequality/

Migrants in detention in Texas face COVID-19
Mirinda Crissman | workers.org | 2020-04-08
Austin, Texas Migrants being held in detention in Texas have been facing abhorrent sanitary conditions in the detention facilities long before the coronavirus pandemic began. Now that the virus is here, and threatens to infect such a vulnerable and captive population at higher rates than the general population, many migrants . . . | Continue reading Migrants in detention in Texas face COVID-19 at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/47542/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=migrants-in-detention-in-texas-face-covid-19

San Diego \"Honk for Justice\" Calls for the Release of people in ICE Detention
repost | indybay.org | 2020-04-08
Author Pedro Rios serves as director of the AFSC\'s U.S./Mexico Border Program and has been on staff with AFSC since 2003. He is a steering committee member of the Southern Border Communities Coalition, which brings together over 60 organizations along the Southern border working to support migrants and border communities.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/05/18832119.php

San Francisco: Mayor Breed Opts for Mass Indoor Camps
Quiver Watts, Street Sheet | indybay.org | 2020-04-08
While hundreds of advocates have been desperately contacting Mayor London Breed imploring her to place homeless people in hotel rooms and vacant units, it seems she has her own plan for addressing poverty during the pandemic: opening indoor camps to further concentrate vulnerable people.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/05/18832122.php

Julian Assange and Lockdown Injustice
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-08
Scribes of the Julian Assange case must surely gawk with a sense of horrified wonder at each proceeding unfolding at the Westminster Magistrates\' Court in London. Assange is in a battle that can only be described as titanic, seeking to avoid the clutches of the US Justice Department, not to mention its legal system, and …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/julian-assange-and-lockdown-injustice/

Vindictive court rulings prove British state wants Assange dead
wsws.org | 2020-04-08
Judge Vanessa Baraitser has decreed that Assange will remain behind bars and that his extradition show-trial will proceed in May, even as the coronavirus pandemic spreads rapidly in British prisons.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/08/pers-a08.html

Prisons: Breeding Grounds for Disease. Julian Assange\'s Life in Danger
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
The US gulag prison system is the world\'s largest by far, the largely unreported in the mainstream shame of the nation. | Official numbers significantly understate the true number of incarcerated inmates annually. | According to a Prison Policy Initiative analysis, nearly …
globalresearch.ca/prisons-breeding-grounds-disease-julian-assange-danger/5709067

Julian Assange and Lockdown Injustice
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
Scribes covering the Julian Assange case must surely gawk with a sense of horrified wonder at each proceeding unfolding at the Westminster Magistrates\' Court in London. Assange is in a battle that can only be described as titanic, seeking to …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-lockdown-injustice/5709059

COVID-19 Coronavirus \"Fake\" Pandemic: Timeline and Analysis
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
On January 30, a far-reaching decision was taken by the WHO without the support of expert opinion at a time when the coronavirus outbreak was limited to Mainland China. 150 confirmed cases outside China, when the decision was taken, 6 in the US, 3 in Canada, 2 in the UK, etc. In early March, 430 cases in the US.
globalresearch.ca/ncov-2019-coronavirus-time-line/5705776

After the Lockdown: A Global Coronavirus Vaccination Program
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
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.
globalresearch.ca/after-the-lockdown-a-global-coronavirus-vaccination-program/5706547

The Pandemic Makes the Bernie 2020 Campaign More Vital Than Ever
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-04-08
Reasons to stay in the race are ample and solid…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/06/18832133.php

Updates from Santa Cruz\'s Struggling Benchlands Meal & Santa Barbara\'s Peter Marin
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2020-04-08
Santa Barbara activist Peter Marin blasts Santa Barbara\'s \"Let \'Em Die: \" Lack of Services. Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs activist Keith McHenry Calls for More Volunteers, Warns Local Authorities Violate CDC Safeguards for Those Outside…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/04/18832103.php

Correcting the Sentinel\'s Latest Errors
Robert Norse & Keith McHenry | indybay.org | 2020-04-08
Food Not Bombs activist Keith McHenry corrects errors, omissions, and distoertions in Sentinel writer Jessica York\'s recent story \"Santa Cruz County launches joint homelessness task force in coronavirus pandemic; Food Not Bombs expands food distribution\" (4 PM, April 4th) at www.santacruzsentinel.com/2020/04/04/santa-cruz-county-launches-joint-homelessness-task-force-in-coronavirus-pandemic .
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/05/18832118.php

Martin Khor: The Making of a Global Activist
Walden Bello | zcomm.org | 2020-04-08
The late Martin Khor united activists, officials, and thought leaders against trade and climate policies that plundered the Global South. Here\'s how his comrades remember him…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/martin-khor-the-making-of-a-global-activist/

UN suspends deployment and rotation of peacekeeping troops worldwide due to coronavirus pandemic
rt.com | 2020-04-08
The United Nations has ordered its military and police forces across the globe to suspend rotation in an effort to mitigate the spread of the deadly coronavirus. | The suspension will stay in effect until June 30, the spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, told reporters on Tuesday. | \"There is no movement of troops, coming in or out… A few, limited exceptions may be considered,\" Dujarric told CBS News. | The spokesperson explained that the order applies not only to formed military and police units, but to individual officers as well. | The UN currently has 13 active peacekeeping missi…
rt.com/news/485242-un-suspends-al-peacekeeping-deployments/

COVID-19 in Democratic Republic of the Congo (CRC): Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst
Dr. Jean-Claude Maswana | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
This week I spoke to Congolese native Jean-Claude Maswana, economics professor at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, about COVID-19 in DRC. | ANN GARRISON: Jean-Claude, reporting on your homeland, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is always daunting. It\'s not …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-drc-hoping-best-preparing-worst/5709047

Billionaire \"Job Creators\" and the Keyboard Revolutionaries Who Enable Their Candidates
Michael K. Smith | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-08
Capitalism\'s \"invisible hand\" gives us the middle finger with ever more contempt these days. With the national unemployment rate soaring to Depression-era levels and beyond, the self-proclaimed \"job creators\" of our glorious free-market paradise are now drowning in gluttonous excess from sucking the tit of the \"Nanny State\" they allegedly abhor. While workers are prohibited …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/billionaire-job-creators-and-the-keyboard-revolutionaries-who-enable-their-candidates/

Montana Ballot Access Decision Suppresses Green Party Voters
Steve Kelly | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-08
In 1969, the U.S. Supreme Court held that unequal distribution requirements for statewide petitions violate the Fourteenth Amendment. Again in 1970, citing the 1969 Illinois case, the SCOTUS struck down New York\'s distribution requirements. Distribution requirements give voters in some geographical areas more power than voters residing in other areas in blatant disregard for a…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/08/montana-ballot-access-decision-suppresses-green-party-voters/

US deal with Taliban breaks down while coronavirus spreads in Afghanistan
wsws.org | 2020-04-08
The Taliban has withdrawn from talks with the crisis-ridden Kabul regime over its failure to act on a prisoner release agreement brokered by Washington.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/08/afgh-a08.html

When \"Moderate\" Democrats Lead the Ticket and Win, Down-Ballot Candidates Soon Suffer Losses
Rick Baum | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-08
Many mainstream Democrats claim if \"democratic socialist\" Sanders were their party\'s presidential nominee, many party candidates running in down-ballot races would lose in races they should win. They warn that a Sanders\' led ticket could result in the Democrats not regaining control of the Senate and even losing their majority in the House along with…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/08/when-moderate-democrats-lead-the-ticket-and-win-down-ballot-candidates-soon-suffer-losses/

Venezuela Pres Maduro\'s Message to American people
repost | indybay.org | 2020-04-08
Oil rich Venezuela is again threatened with invasion, by Nazi Trump, with no opposition from any Democrat, sending an armada to Venezuela\'s shores, in the middle of a pandemic, under the obviously false pretext of drug-pushing, which the world knows Venezuela does not do. The democratically elected government of Nicolas Maduro has sent an open letter to the American people. See www.globalresearch.ca/letter-president-maduro-people-united-states/5708882…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/07/18832148.php

Open Letter to Condemn Trump Administration\'s Hypocritical Indictment on Drug Charges of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and High-Ranking Venezuelan Officials
Alliance for Global Justice | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
We, the undersigned organizations and prominent individuals, condemn the false claims of criminal charges by the US government against the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and other high-ranking officials with the pretext of their alleged involvement in international …
globalresearch.ca/open-letter-condemn-trump-administration-drug-charges-venezuelan-president-nicolas-maduro-high-ranking-venezuelan-officials/5709043

The Green New Deal and the State: Lessons from World War II–Part I
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2020-04-08
There is growing interest in a Green New Deal, but far too little discussion among supporters about the challenging nature of the required economic transformation, the necessary role of public planning and ownership in shaping it, or the strategies necessary to institutionalize a strong worker-community voice in the process and final outcome.
mronline.org/2020/04/08/the-green-new-deal-and-the-state-lessons-from-world-war-ii-part-i/

Video: Infighting Among Turkish Proxies Erupts in Syria. Rocket Strike Hits US-operated Oil Facility in Iraq
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
Infighting among Turkish-backed groups has erupted near the town of Ras al-Ayn. According to local sources, conflicts over the captured houses and looted properties became the main reason of the conflict between members of the Sultan Murad armed group which …
globalresearch.ca/video-infighting-among-turkish-proxies-syria-rocket-strike-hits-us-operated-oil-facility-iraq/5709044

Video: US Confirms Deployment of Patriot Missiles in Iraq. Iran Prepares for Conflict in Strait of Hormuz
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
On April 5, a series of large explosions rocked the village of al-Kastan in southwestern Idlib injuring 8 people, including 3 members of the so-called White Helmets. According to local sources, an ammunition depot located in the civilian area inside …
globalresearch.ca/video-us-confirms-deployment-patriot-missiles-iraq-iran-prepares-conflict-hormuz/5708899

The Cruel Truth Behind Wisconsin\'s Uncancelled Election
Bill Lueders | progressive.org | 2020-04-08
State Republicans exploited the coronavirus crisis in an effort to elect a state Supreme Court candidate who objects to the idea of government helping people in need.
progressive.org/dispatches/cruel-truth-wisconsin-uncancelled-election-lueders-200408/

As Washington Privatized Pandemic Preparation, the National Security State Left Americans Defenseless Against Coronavirus
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
Responsibility for pandemic preparation was privatized under the Obama and Trump administrations. It\'s time to face down the national security state that wasted trillions on imperial wars and abandoned Americans to fight coronavirus alone. | *** | Donald Trump\'s failure to …
globalresearch.ca/washington-privatized-pandemic-preparation-national-security-state-left-americans-defenseless-against-coronavirus/5709099

Corporate Buybacks Artificially Inflated Stock Prices to Bubble Levels
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
For many years on Wall Street, stock prices and true valuations diverged sharply

The Coronavirus Pandemic, Like Other Global Catastrophes, Reveals the Limitations of Nationalism
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-08
We live with a profound paradox. Our lives are powerfully affected by worldwide economic, communications, transportation, food supply, and entertainment systems. Yet we continue an outdated faith in the nation-state, with all the divisiveness, competition, and helplessness that faith produces when dealing with planetary problems. As we have seen in recent weeks, the coronavirus, like …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/the-coronavirus-pandemic-like-other-global-catastrophes-reveals-the-limitations-of-nationalism/

Biden Says He \'Doesn\'t Have Enough Information\' on Iran to Have a View
Robert Fisk | zcomm.org | 2020-04-08
How Odd, He Negotiated the Nuclear Deal…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/biden-says-he-doesnt-have-enough-information-on-iran-to-have-a-view/

Iran\'s Rouhani urges IMF to provide $5bn loan to his corona-ravaged country in defiance of US pressure
rt.com | 2020-04-08
The president of Iran has called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to provide the Islamic Republic with a much-needed loan. The US has been opposing Iran\'s request in what Tehran sees as an act of \'medical terrorism.\' | Iran applied for IMF money in mid-March as the Covid-19 pandemic was overwhelming its national healthcare system. Tehran hadn\'t asked for IMF assistance since the early 1960s and said it needed the money urgently to fight the coronavirus. The international organization, however, was not forthcoming as the US openly objected to providing any funds to Iran. | \"I urge international organiza…
rt.com/news/485251-iran-imf-loan-coronavirus/

\'We\'re Not Treated Like We\'re Essential. We\'re Treated Like We\'re Disposable.\'
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-08
Amazon is using COVID-19 rules to control their employees, not to protect them, says an Amazon worker who took part in the fourth strike at a Chicago facility.
therealnews.com/stories/amazon-chicago-strike-essential-workers-disposable-strike-hazard-pay

Muhammad Ali\'s Fight Against the Pentagon
Jacob Hornberger | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-08
Like many home-bounders during this coronavirus crisis, I\'m watching movies on Netflix and Amazon Prime. I just finished watching a biography of Muhammad Ali, who was one of the greatest boxers of all time, if not the greatest. Perhaps the biggest demarcation point in Ali\'s life occurred when he refused to comply with a draft…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/08/muhammad-alis-fight-against-the-pentagon/

Interview: Amazon worker battles billionaire Bezos
Ted Kelly | workers.org | 2020-04-08
Chris Smalls is a former Amazon worker who was fired for organizing a March 30 walkout at the JFK8 Amazon facility in Staten Island, N.Y. Bosses refused to close the facility despite confirmed cases of COVID-19 among the workers. In the aftermath of Smalls\' wrongful termination, a leaked memo from . . . | Continue reading Interview: Amazon worker battles billionaire Bezos at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/47554/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-amazon-worker-battles-billionaire-bezos

Iran welcomes Russia\'s idea of green corridors: FM Zarif
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-08
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA)

\'Fighting COVID-19 harder without relying on domestic capacities\'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-08
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA)

\'Innocent Iranians dying as US sanctions limit humanitarian aid\'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-08
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA)

Amid Plague, Sanctions are Genocide
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-08
Sanctions have long been indefensible; now in the time of Covid-19, more so than ever. Nor are they some minor phenomena. Over a quarter of humanity lives under U.S. economic sanctions. That means millions of people lack untroubled access to food and medicines during a lethal pestilence. Thus in Iran, where the government fears millions of deaths from Covid-19, sanctions amount to genocide. Under ordinary circumstances, these embargoes are economic warfare. By putting Iran and Venezuela under economic siege even before the pandemic, the U.S. had murdered tens of thousands of those countries\' citizens. Yet most Am…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/08/amid-plague-sanctions-are-genocide/

Mayo Clinic joins community efforts urging people to #StoptheSpread during COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
Jeff Bolton, Mayo Clinic\'s chief administrative officer, joins other community leaders in Rochester, Minn., in sharing the message that the best defense against COVID-19 is for people to stay home. ROCHESTER, Minn.

Govt. allocates over $6.4mn to Iranians in fight against COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-08
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA)

More People Died of Suicide Last Week in Tennessee Than COVID-19
Mac Slavo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
As we previously warned, this pandemic will bankrupt and kill more people from suicide than the virus will. When you sacrifice people\'s livelihoods, you create a difficult situation of desperation for many who will see no other way out. | We …
globalresearch.ca/more-people-died-of-suicide-last-week-in-tennessee-than-covid-19/5709093

US smashes daily Covid-19 death record AGAIN with nearly 2,000 fatalities in 24 hours, as outbreaks accelerate beyond New York
rt.com | 2020-04-08
The United States has set a new record for its daily mortality count, reporting just shy of 2,000 new deaths in the span of a single day, as fatalities in New York

US opposes IMF loan grant to Iran to battle COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-08
TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA)

French Navy flagship & its ONLY carrier \'Charles de Gaulle\' cuts Middle East op as DOZENS of sailors get Covid-19 symptoms
rt.com | 2020-04-08
France\'s sole aircraft carrier \'Charles de Gaulle\' had to suspend its Mediterranean Sea mission and turn back to port shortly after around 40 of its crewmembers were placed under medical observation with suspected Covid-19. | All symptomatic sailors have been \"isolated\" from the rest of the crew and are being constantly monitored by medical staff, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. | They have symptoms consistent with a possible Covid-19 infection. These first symptoms have appeared recently. | The illness struck the crew when the nuclear-powered ship was making its way to the Mediterranean Sea to partici…
rt.com/news/485250-french-aircraft-carrier-covid19/

Slavoj Žižek\'s Virulent Polemic Against Covid-19, and Stuff!
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-08
\"I used to be Deleuzanal, but, now, I\'m not Saussure.\"

Importance of following COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
Shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic have gone into effect in different areas of the U.S. While the hope is everyone voluntarily complies with these types of orders, having a formal executive order allows some ability for governments to regulate movements of people and closure of businesses in order to slow the …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/importance-of-following-stay-at-home-restrictions/

What you need to know about spring allergies and COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-08
In many parts of the U.S., spring is in full bloom. And with the arrival of spring comes an increase in seasonal allergies and now questions about increased risk related to COVID-19. \"Currently, there is no data to substantiate those patients with allergies and asthma are at an increased risk for contracting COVID-19,\" says Dr. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/what-you-need-to-know-about-spring-allergies-and-covid-19/

Italy closes \'unsafe ports\' to migrant ships over coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-04-08
Italian ports cannot be considered safe because of the coronavirus epidemic, the government said, adding that it will not let charity migrant boats dock. | The decision was taken late on Tuesday after a ship operated by the German non-governmental group Sea-Eye picked up some 150 people off Libya and headed towards Italy, Reuters reports. | \"For the entire duration of the national health emergency caused by the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Italian ports cannot guarantee the requisites needed to be classified and defined as a place of safety,\" the decree said. | The national emergency is set to expire on July…
rt.com/newsline/485258-italy-closes-ports-migrant/