Immigrants at US detention centers lead hunger strikes, face persecution demanding protections from pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
Nearly 200 immigrants, in male and female cell blocks, are currently staging a hunger strike and sit-in at the Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center in Bakersfield, California.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/immi-a14.html
How the Deportation Machine Criminalizes Immigrants
Alina Das | thenation.com | 2020-04-14
How the Deportation Machine Criminalizes Immigrants…
thenation.com/article/society/immigration-prison-deportation-crime/
Privately-run immigrant jails denying detainees masks, dodging responsibility
Nomaan Merchant | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-14
HOUSTON (AP)–Elsy was on the phone in an immigration detention center when guards showed up with face masks and forms to sign. The asylum-seeker from El Salvador and others had resorted to tearing their T-shirts into face coverings after a woman in their unit tested positive for COVID-19. But the guards would not give out …
peoplesworld.org/article/privately-run-immigrant-jails-denying-detainees-masks-dodging-responsibility/
How the Deportation Machine Criminalizes Immigrants
Alina Das | thenation.com | 2020-04-14
How the Deportation Machine Criminalizes Immigrants…
thenation.com/article/society/immigration-prison-deportation/
Our Crime-Based Deportation Machine
Alina Das | thenation.com | 2020-04-14
Our Crime-Based Deportation Machine…
thenation.com/article/society/immigration-prison-deportation/
\"Terrified to Go to Work\": Hundreds of Workers in Meat & Poultry Plants Test Positive for COVID-19
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-14
We look at the spike in coronavirus infections at meatpacking plants. In just one case, Smithfield Foods shut down a plant responsible for 5% of U.S. pork production after more than 350 workers at the facility tested positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, deaths of slaughterhouse workers have been reported in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Colorado. Many meat processing facilities employ large numbers of immigrants, including undocumented workers. We speak with Wenonah Hauter, executive director and founder of Food & Water Watch, and with Magaly Licolli, executive director of Venceremos, an advocacy group for poultry plant…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/14/us_meatpacking_facilities_coronavirus
Hundreds of Workers in Meat and Poultry Plants Test Positive for COVID-19
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-14
We look at the spike in coronavirus infections at meatpacking plants. In just one case, Smithfield Foods shut down a plant responsible for 5% of U.S. pork production after more than 350 workers at the facility tested positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, deaths of slaughterhouse workers have been reported in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Colorado. Many meat processing facilities employ large numbers of immigrants, including undocumented workers. We speak with Wenonah Hauter, executive director and founder…
truthout.org/video/hundreds-of-workers-in-meat-and-poultry-plants-test-positive-for-covid-19/
The Arab-Israeli Alliance Is Fueling Conflicts in the Middle East
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
There are 2 camps in the Middle East: those countries which work with \'Israel\', and those who do not. The countries which have established relationships with \'Israel\' are Turkey; United Arab Emirates (UAE); Saudi Arabia; Qatar; Bahrain; Oman; Jordan; Egypt. …
globalresearch.ca/arab-israeli-alliance-fueling-conflicts-middle-east/5709569
A Surprising Plea on Behalf of Julian Assange
repost | indybay.org | 2020-04-14
In a recent video, attorney Stella Morris surprises the world by revealing that she has a partnership and children with whistleblower Julian Assange.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/13/18832338.php
A Surprising Plea on Behalf of Julian Assange
repost | indybay.org | 2020-04-14
In a recent video, attorney Stella Morris surprises the world by revealing that she has a partnership and children with whistleblower Julian Assange.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/13/18832338.php
Bernie\'s Decision: Retreat Should Not Be Confused with Surrender
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-04-14
Class war continues without a letup…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/10/18832268.php
HaàØti au bord du précipice en raison des ravages du coronavirus et des dirigeants imposés par les États-Unis
Jeb Sprague | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-14
Alors que le gouvernement d\'HaàØti, soutenu par les États-Unis et largement méprisé, encourage officiellement la distanciation sociale pour restreindre la…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/14/haiti-coronavirus-etats-unis/
As Turkey Bombs Syria, Activists Urge Trader Joe\'s to Drop Turkish Goods
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-14
In solidarity with the people residing in North and East Syria, groups across the U.S. are asking the multibillion-dollar grocery chain Trader Joe\'s to de-shelve products from its Turkish suppliers. Rojava solidarity groups, organizing under a coalition hashtag of #TJsBoycottTurkey, launched a \"Trader Joe\'s Boycott Turkey\" petition. The coalition also scheduled a communications zap that encourages a coordinated flurry of emails and phone calls to corporate headquarters for Wednesday, April 15 and T…
truthout.org/articles/as-turkey-bombs-syria-activists-urge-trader-joes-to-drop-turkish-goods/
Tunisian political activists condemn US sanctions on Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-14
TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA)
Colombia: UN Worried About Attacks Against Ex-FARC Members
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
In Colombia, the persecution of former combatants of the ex-guerrilla group FARC-EP persists, even though they are returning to normal life, The Common Alternative Revolutionary Force political party said on Monday. | RELATED: | Killings of Ex-FARC Members Continue in Colombia With Impunity | The United Nations also discussed the recent violence affecting Colombia, as members of the Peace Mission attended a meeting that discussed the latest attacks against the ex-FARC members inside…
telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-farc-denounces-persecution-of-exguerrillas-20200414-0002.html
The Coming Revolt – and the peaceful solidarity for a Just World Society
Kanoh Nishizawa | indybay.org | 2020-04-14
As capitalism gets exposed for its savagery, there will be tumult, and revolt of the oppressed. In this new environment, we should express peaceful solidarity if we want a chance at a Just World Society.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/14/18832351.php
Peru: Unions Protest Against Government\'s Economic Measures
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
Labor Unions in Peru are protesting against a new economic measure from the government that seeks to cease work until the COVID-19 pandemic dissipates. | RELATED: | Peru: Indigenous People in Lockdown Without Electricity, Sewage | Peruvian President, Martin Vizcarra, announced on April 12 the implementation of the measure as his administration faces the COVID-19 impact. The \"perfect suspension\" states that those who are unable to work because of the virus can stop working for u…
telesurenglish.net/news/peru-unions-protest-against-government-economic-measure-20200414-0009.html
Preemptive Therapy vs Antiviral Prophylaxis and CMV in Seronegative Liver Transplant Recipients With Seropositive Donors
Singh N, Winston DJ, Razonable RR, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
This randomized trial compares preemptive therapy vs antiviral prophylaxis with valganciclovir in cytomegalovirus (CMV)-seronegative liver transplant recipients with seropositive donors for the prevention of CMV disease.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764457
Phase 2 Chikungunya Virus–Like Particle Vaccine: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Chen GL, Coates EE, Plummer SH, et al. | jamanetwork.com | 2020-04-14
This clinical trial tested whether the chikungunya virus–like particle vaccince was safe for participants living in chikungunya endemic areas.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2764456
Video: Syrian Army Pounding ISIS Cells in Homs Desert. Turkey Fortifies Positions Near Saraqib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
The military situation in northwestern Syria is steadily escalating. | On April 10 and April 11, the Turkish Army and its proxies shelled positions of Kurdish armed groups in northern Aleppo. The most intense shelling took place near the areas of …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-pounding-isis-cells-homs-desert-turkey-fortifies-positions-near-sarqib/5709550
How One of Big Pharma\'s Most Corrupt Companies Plans to Corner the COVID-19 Cure Market
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-14
One of the most politically-connected yet scandal ridden vaccine companies in the united states, with troubling ties to the 2001 anthrax attacks and opioid crisis, is set to profit handsomely from the current coronavirus crisis.
mintpressnews.com/how-emergent-solutions-plans-corner-covid-19-cure-market/266615/
Prague Shows No Respect to Russians Who Liberated It from Nazism
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
Marshal Ivan Konev, the famous Soviet general who was responsible for liberating most of Eastern Europe from Nazi Germany and its allies has been a figure of respect. He has been immortalized in a series of busts and statues …
globalresearch.ca/prague-shows-no-respect-russians-liberated-from-nazism/5709581
Ayatollah Trump Declares \"Total Authority\"
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-04-14
Top 5 Ways he is Becoming American Version of Iran\'s Supreme Leader…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/ayatollah-trump-declares-total-authority/
So Long, Bernie
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
People, on the political left, need something to believe in if they\'re to survive in a right-wing society. While many on the left criticize those of us who supported Bernie Sanders for president, there is a cohort who believes in taking part in the political system and campaigns long after any reasons remain for doing…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/so-long-bernie/
John Prine and Bernie Sanders: Honoring Two Men Just Brought Down by the Coronavirus Pandemic
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
Two hugely important people were taken down by COVID-19 this past week. Both have left a legacy, the importance of which cannot be ignored. John Prine The first struck down last week is one of the greatest modern songwriters of my lifetime, John Prine. One of my favorite musicians, Prine was a humble, funny and…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/john-prine-and-bernie-sanders-honoring-two-men-just-brought-down-by-the-coronavirus-pandemic/
John Prine and Bernie Sanders: Honoring Two Men Just Brought Down by the Coronavirus Pandemic
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
Two hugely important people were taken down by COVID-19 this past week. Both have left a legacy, the importance of which cannot be ignored. John Prine The first struck down last week is one of the greatest modern songwriters of my lifetime, John Prine. One of my favorite musicians, Prine was a humble, funny and…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/john-prine-and-bernie-sanders-honoring-two-men-just-brought-down-by-the-coronavirus-pandemic/
Essential or Expendable? Farmworkers Condemn Lack of Protection and Economic Help During Pandemic
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-14
As the coronavirus sweeps through the United States, the country\'s 2.5 million farmworkers are continuing to go to work every day, often facing crowded and unsanitary conditions without personal protective equipment, for poverty wages. We speak with Gerardo Reyes Chávez, a farmworker leader with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, who describes the conditions farmworkers in Florida are facing and how they are calling on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to protect farmworkers during the COVID-19 crisis, and with Mónica Ramírez, president and founder of Justice for Migrant Women and co-founder of the National Farmwork…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/14/us_farmworkers_coronavirus
Are Ventilators Killing More People Than They\'re Saving??
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
\"Researchers in Wuhan…reported that, of 37 critically ill Covid-19 patients who were put on mechanical ventilators, 30 died within a month. In a U.S. study of patients in Seattle, only one of the seven patients older than 70 who were …
globalresearch.ca/are-ventilators-killing-more-people-than-saving/5709562
Iran\'s $1.6bn blocked assets not yet released: Luxembourg court
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-14
TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA)
Sanders Formally Capitulates to Corporatist-Warmonger Biden
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
There never was any doubt. In 2016, Sanders capitulated to unfit to serve Hillary. | History repeated on Monday as expected. Biden\'s agenda since the 1970s matches Hillary\'s with a gender difference. | It\'s much the same as Trump\'s with a party …
globalresearch.ca/sanders-formally-capitulates-corporatist-warmonger-biden/5709633
Get Ready for an Unacceptable \"New Normal\": Censorship, Extrajudicial Arrests, Is Martial Law the Next Shoe to Drop?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
At times like now, ideas lying around dormant on the shelf become reality. | Economic and other crisis conditions are times when most people can be convinced to accept unacceptable policies they\'d likely reject otherwise. | During and after 2008-09 economic crisis …
globalresearch.ca/get-ready-unacceptable-new-normal/5709583
President Maduro announced 6 new confirmed coronavirus cases for a 181 total–Venezuela moving to massive screenings
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-04-14
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros , reported this Sunday that 6 new positive cases for Covid -19 were recorded in the country, for a total of 181 infected patients and zero [new] fatalities.
mronline.org/2020/04/14/president-maduro-announced-6-new-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-for-a-181-total-venezuela-moving-to-massive-screenings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=president-maduro-announced-6-new-confirmed-coronavirus-cases-for-a-181-total-venezuela-moving-to-massive-screenings
Venezuela Has the Lowest Contagion Rate in Latin America
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
According to data compiled through April 11, Venezuela had carried out 181,335 COVID-19 tests, which allowed this South American country to detect patients in time and become the Latin American nation with the lowest infection rate. | RELATED: | Venezuela Donates COVID-19 Tests to Caribbean Countries | \" President Nicolas Maduro\'s measures place Venezuela as the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Has-the-Lowest-Contagion-Rate-in-Latin-America-20200414-0012.html
A Pandemic May be Reported Like a War, But They\'re Very Different
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
I was walking in the early evening down an empty street in Canterbury, wondering how residents were coping with fear and isolation stemming from the coronavirus outbreak. People living there must have been in their houses judging by the cars parked outside, but there were few lights in the windows suggesting that they were in their kitchens out the back.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/a-pandemic-may-be-reported-like-a-war-but-theyre-very-different/
Spanish workers furious as unions support \"back to work\" in COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
Working class anger is rising against the Socialist Party-Podemos government, which forced millions of non-essential workers back to work yesterday…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/spai-a14.html
Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Help Curb War and Militarism?
Lawrence Wittner | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
Decades ago, when I began teaching international history, I used to ask students if they thought it was possible for nations to end their fighting of wars against one another. Their responses varied. But the more pessimistic conclusions were sometimes tempered by the contention that, if the world\'s nations faced a common foe, such as…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/will-the-coronavirus-pandemic-help-curb-war-and-militarism/
Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Help Curb War and Militarism?
Lawrence Wittner | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
Decades ago, when I began teaching international history, I used to ask students if they thought it was possible for nations to end their fighting of wars against one another. Their responses varied. But the more pessimistic conclusions were sometimes tempered by the contention that, if the world\'s nations faced a common foe, such as…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/will-the-coronavirus-pandemic-help-curb-war-and-militarism/
On COVID-19 And Internationalism Or Extinction
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2020-04-14
Interview on the coronavirus pandemic in the context of neoliberal capitalism\'s failures, climate change, potential nuclear disaster, and Donald Trump\'s authoritarianism…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/on-covid-19-and-internationalism-or-extinction/
Geostrategic Factors: Will China Wins \"World War C\"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
The New Cold War between the US and China abruptly took a new form following the global outbreak of COVID-19, but Beijing still has a solid chance of coming out on top in this struggle for global leadership if it …
globalresearch.ca/geostrategic-factors-determine-whether-china-wins-world-war-c/5709591
Turkey\'s COVID-19 prison amnesty excludes political prisoners, journalists
wsws.org | 2020-04-14
Turkey has one of the world\'s fastest-spreading coronavirus epidemics, with over 52,000 cases and 1,100 deaths since the first case was diagnosed on March 10.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/14/turk-a14.html
Iran-Turkey monthly trade via railway at 54k tons
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-14
TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA)
COVID-19 in Brazil: Favela Residents and Indigenous Communities Among Those Most at Risk
Alexander Main | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
As of noon on April 8th the total number of Covid-19 positive cases reported by Brazil\'s health ministry exceeded 14,000 and the number of deaths exceeded 700. This is, by far, the highest number of reported cases in Latin America (though Ecuador has a greater number of reported cases and deaths on a per capita…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/covid-19-in-brazil-favela-residents-and-indigenous-communities-among-those-most-at-risk/
French court orders Amazon to limit warehouse activities to \'essentials\' until worker protection assured
rt.com | 2020-04-14
Amazon\'s French warehouses have been restricted to shipping essential goods only until a safety assessment can be conducted, after unions demanded the megacorporation adopt better employee protection measures. | The judicial court of Nanterre has ordered Amazon to limit its warehouse activities to \"reception, preparation and shipment of food products, hygienic products, and medical products\" within 24 hours, union counsel Judith Krivine told reporters on Tuesday. The company must submit to a professional risk assessment in conjunction with employee representatives before it can resume normal operations. | Also…
rt.com/news/485795-amazon-france-suspends-nonessential-unions/
Deforestation on the Rise in the Brazilian Amazon
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-14
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has increased by 30 percent between January and March 2020, which has activated the alerts of that Latin American country\'s real-time deforestation detection system (Deter). | RELATED: | While the Amazon Burns, Cuba Increases its Forested Area | Deter registered alerts for 796.08 km ≤ in the Amazon, more than 50 percent of the 525.63 km ≤ registered in the same period in 2019. | Only in March, 326.51 square kilometres of the Brazilian Amazon…
telesurenglish.net/news/deforestation-on-the-rise-in-the-brazilian-amazon-20200414-0010.html
The Cuban Missile Crisis and US Terrorist Campaigns Against Cuba
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
Perhaps the most serious revelation to have emerged from the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, is President John F. Kennedy\'s willingness to knowingly increase the possibility of nuclear war by up to 50%. | US General David Burchinal, …
globalresearch.ca/cuban-missile-crisis-us-terrorist-campaigns-against-cuba/5709570
Why is Canada Refusing Cuban Doctors?
Macdonald Stainsby | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-14
We all have this feeling right now. Fear, sometimes verging on terror, and the main strategy to stay human is to never panic. Still, there is a lot of reason to be greatly afraid. Covid-19 has passed into every country, and most people on earth are on some variant of lockdown. The psychology of it is immense. There is an invisible enemy, somewhere out there, and it is threatening immediately our families and loved ones, and it has removed all outdoor life, socialization, schooling, etc.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/14/why-is-canada-refusing-cuban-doctors/
WWE deemed \'essential business\' in Florida, will continue to operate live shows despite coronavirus lockdown
rt.com | 2020-04-14
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has been designated as an \'essential business\' in Florida and will continue to operate live events alongside other indispensable services, per a local government official in the state. | WWE has long preached a \'show must go on\' mentality. Terrorist attacks, natural disasters and even the death of one of their performers during a show couldn\'t get Vince McMahon\'s traveling road show taken off the air, even temporarily, so what chance a global pandemic? | In contrast to practically every other sport in the United States, the WWE has been granted dispensation by Orange County…
rt.com/sport/485752-wwe-florida-essential-business/
Anti-Iran sanctions amid COVID-19 battle sign of US \'state terrorism\'
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-14
TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA)
Survivor tells of friendship with British soldier after Bergen-Belsen liberation
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-14
A Holocaust survivor has paid tribute to the \"remarkable\" British soldier who came to liberate the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp 75 years ago.Mady Gerrard, 90, has a picture of Lieutenant John Randall
How Wars, Sanctions, and Militarism Made the Coronavirus Crisis Worse
Khury Petersen-Smith | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-14
Governments around the world are offering a tragic lesson in how denial, incompetence, and inequity have exacerbated the unfolding coronavirus pandemic. That is just as true in the United States, where President Trump\'s lies, denials, and half measures