Puerto Rico, Protest, Prison: Johanna Fernández and Jose Saldaña Talk About The Young Lords
Susie Day | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Johanna Fernández, child of immigrants from the Dominican Republic and professor at New York\'s Baruch College, has just published The Young Lords: A Radical History, a book about the 1960s Puerto Rican activist group. The Young Lords began as a Chicago street gang; then, inspired by the Black Panther Party, morphed into a militant rights…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/puerto-rico-protest-prison-johanna-fernandez-and-jose-saldana-talk-about-the-young-lords/

Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Funds State Dept/USAID Operations that Once Helped Trigger Polio Outbreak in Syria
Max Blumenthal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
While the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill was authored in the spirit of beating back a pandemic, buried deep within its text is a stipend for the US State Department operations dedicated to carrying out foreign interventions that have contributed …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-stimulus-bill-funds-state-dept-usaid-operations-helped-trigger-polio-outbreak-syria/5710449

Will America\'s Corruption End on a Ventilator or in a Mushroom Cloud?
Nicolas J S Davies, Medea Benjamin | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Little by little, Americans are understanding just how badly our government has let us down by its belated and disastrous response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and how thousands more people are dying as a result. But there are two other crises we face that our government is totally unprepared for and incapable of dealing with:…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/will-americas-corruption-end-on-a-ventilator-or-in-a-mushroom-cloud/

Libertarian Activist Organizes \"Re-Open\" Santa Cruz March, Calls Pandemic a Hoax
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2020-04-23
Libertarian activist Sean Cutler is organizing a march to Santa Cruz City Hall on April 24 in support of re-opening the \"local economy\". An event listing posted to social media by Cutler promises \"speeches\" at City Hall, however it is unclear if the event is real or a stunt, as only one person is listed as attending. The event post for the march demands \"an end to the tyrannical quarantine\" and encourages participants to \"bring flags, banners, posters, and the loving spirit of freedom\". On March 16, Cutler posted on social media that the COVID-19 pandemic was, \"overblown, childish, and insane\". The pandemic is \"s…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/22/18832568.php

Merchants of death: Multibillion-dollar bailout for arms industry amid rising COVID-19 toll
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
Workers in arms plants, classified as \"essential infrastructure,\" have protested and struck against the coronavirus threat that confronts the entire working class amidst the drive for a return to work.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/pers-a23.html

Demonstrators Demand Santa Cruz Provide Hotel Vouchers for the Homeless
Alex Darocy | indybay.org | 2020-04-23
Community members in Santa Cruz organized a \"physical distancing\" protest today to demand the City and County of Santa Cruz provide hotel vouchers for the homeless during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The demonstration was organized following California Governor Gavin Newsom\'s statements made during a press conference on April 18 that cities and municipalities that are blocking the State\'s effort to provide hotels for the homeless will be \"judged\" by history.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/20/18832521.php

Amazon Workers Hold Nationwide Strikes As COVID-19 Sweeps Warehouses
Chris Smalls | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
Fired Amazon employee Chris Smalls says workers will protest until they feel protected, while Amazon-owned Whole Foods is ranking stores where employees are most likely to unionize…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/amazon-workers-hold-nationwide-strikes-as-covid-19-sweeps-warehouses/

Talking Points for the \"End the Shutdown\" Protesters
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Just some helpful, encouraging ideas for the heroes who rally in defense of the dying system, enjoying the rebellious rush of imbibing one another\'s mucosal droplets in shouted sessions in classic settings. Some thoughts to discuss with friends and supporters, especially with the devout religious people leading the movement: *Pontius Pilate washed his hands after…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/talking-points-for-the-end-the-shutdown-protesters/

India\'s Selective Embrace of Economic Nationalism Has Anti-Chinese Motivations
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
India\'s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) took a page from Trump\'s playbook by selectively embracing economic nationalism after it revised its foreign investment policy to mandate that companies from neighboring states receive government approval prior to …
globalresearch.ca/india-selective-embrace-economic-nationalism-anti-chinese-motivations/5710571

150 years after the birth of V.I. Lenin: Long Live Leninism!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-23
On April 22, 1870 the great Russian revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was born in a small city of Simbirsk near the Volga River. Lenin stood at the forefront of Russia\'s revolutionary movement, at the helm of the world\'s first socialist country, and simultaneously brought into being the modern international communist movement. Lenin\'s thinking and the movement he helped create shook the world, and with our collective efforts, will shape the future. | Lenin\'s practical and theoretical contributions are legion. He was a profoundly practical person, who made major contributions to Marxist theory. In fact, Lenin to…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/4/22/150-years-after-birth-vi-lenin-long-live-leninism

Incarceration is Now a Potential Death Sentence
Jesse Jackson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
This week, the New York Times featured the story of how the coronavirus savaged the Federal Correctional Complex in Oakdale, Louisiana. On March 28, Patrick Jones, 49, serving a 27-year sentence for possession of crack cocaine with the intent to distribute, became the first federal inmate to die of the virus. Barely three weeks later,…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/incarceration-is-now-a-potential-death-sentence/

After Bernie: It\'s Time to Start Talking About a Democratic Socialist Party
Mimi Harris, Philip Locker and Evan Seitchik | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
We all felt a deep sadness as Bernie Sanders announced the end of his campaign, along with gratitude for all his work fighting for socialist policies. The COVID-19 pandemic brutally underlines just how necessary Bernie\'s policies are. It\'s painful to even contemplate the presidential race being between the Wall Street Democrat Joe Biden and the…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/after-bernie-its-time-to-start-talking-about-a-democratic-socialist-party/

Video: Government Forces Clash with Kurdish Militias Amid Israeli Strikes on Central Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
On April 21, clashes broke out in the city of Qamishly between the Kurdish Asayish, a security force of the Syrian Democratic Forces, and the pro-government National Defense Forces. | Local sources claim that NDF units tried to capture several Asayish …
globalresearch.ca/video-government-forces-clash-kurdish-militias-israeli-strikes-central-syria/5710532

Monitoring the Public After Coronavirus
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
It is too early to say when or even whether the siege initiated by the coronavirus will end, but many Americans and Europeans are speculating over what kind of countries will emerge on the other side. National Security Agency (NSA) …
globalresearch.ca/monitoring-public-after-coronavirus/5710551

Iran\'s Military Satellite Launch, Pentagon Response, Trump Regime Threats
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
On Wednesday, Iran\'s IRGC launched a military satellite into orbit 265 miles in space above planet earth. | IRGC commander General Hossein Salami said the \"successful launch of the satellite promoted new dimensions of the defense power of the Islamic Republic …
globalresearch.ca/iran-military-satellite-launch-pentagon-response-trump-regime-threats/5710559

Iran Harassing the US? Trump Threatens War?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
The Iranian and US geopolitical agendas are world\'s apart. | Iran hasn\'t attacked another country in centuries, threatens none now. Claims otherwise turn truth on its head. | The US, in contrast, is at war on humanity at home and abroad

Trump Administration Orders Chevron to Shutter Venezuela Operations
Lucas Koerner | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
The United States Treasury Department gave California-based oil giant Chevron until December 1 to wind down its operations in Venezuela. | The Treasury\'s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a temporary license Tuesday authorizing Chevron transactions and activities \"necessary for …
globalresearch.ca/trump-administration-orders-chevron-shutter-venezuela-operations/5710567

Trump failed on Coronavirus, now wants to \"shoot down\" tiny Iranian Skiffs
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
I doubt that Trump\'s tweet will last longer than his memory of calling the coronavirus a hoax has. He\'s just seeing if he can get a rise from his base by … acting like a scoundrel.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trump-failed-on-coronavirus-now-wants-to-shoot-down-tiny-iranian-skiffs/

Our Revolution or Our Capitulation?
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Seeing Bernie Sanders sitting on camera side by side with Joe Biden, demanding nothing, made me want to… Bernie Sanders gave up without hardly a whimper! No wonder that many of his supporters are fuming and stating that they will not vote for Biden in November. See…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/our-revolution-or-our-capitulation/

Forgotten War Crimes: NATO\'s 1999 Attack on Serbia\'s State TV Headquarters \"Wiped from the Record\"
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
This article was originally published in 2018 following its 19th anniversary. Slight modification is made below for its 21st anniversary. | Twenty-one years ago, on 23 April 1999, a NATO missile attack on Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) headquarters killed …
globalresearch.ca/forgotten-war-crimes-nato-1999-attack-serbia-state-tv-headquarters/5625469

The bipartisan \"small business\" swindle: Billions for the banks and corporations, pennies for workers and shopkeepers
wsws.org | 2020-04-23
Scores of multi-million- and billion-dollar corporations are receiving free handouts from the government under the \"small business\" relief fund grotesquely misnamed the \"Paycheck Protection Program.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/23/bail-a23.html

Africa Responds to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
There are 55 member-states within the African Union (AU) where 1.2 billion people reside. | Governments throughout the continent have taken initiatives to reduce the threat of COVID-19 cases which have been confirmed in a majority of countries. | The Republic of …
globalresearch.ca/africa-responds-covid-19-pandemic/5710580

Indian refineries slash Middle East oil imports as storage fills up
rt.com | 2020-04-23
Due to plummeting fuel demand and overflowing storage capacity, at least three oil refiners in India have asked for lower crude oil imports for May from the Middle East, including from the world\'s top exporter Saudi Arabia. | Two oil refiners will be cutting their crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia by between 66 percent and 80 percent for May, as India

Detroit, COVID-19 and the Worsening Capitalist Crisis
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
Detroit still remains at the center of the COVID-19 pandemic as infection rates continue at unacceptable levels amid the rapidly declining economic situation. | Although the rate of people entering hospitals suffering from the virus and the number of deaths are …
globalresearch.ca/detroit-covid-19-worsening-capitalist-crisis/5710543

Coronavirus… What If?
Kimberly Brady | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
What if…? What if the number of Coronavirus cases is not accurate and is actually exaggerated by many times? What if the estimates are based on a flawed computer model? What if the developer of the model has so admitted? …
globalresearch.ca/letter-to-the-editor-what-if/5710574

German court opens first Syria torture trial
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-23
Two suspected members of President Bashar al-Assad\'s security services had charges of torture and sexual assault read out against them on Thursday in a German court, in what lawyers say is the first trial for war crimes by Syrian government agents.Anwar R., a former intelligence officer who applied for asylum in Germany six years ago after leaving Syria, is charged with 58 murders in a Damascus prison where prosecutors say at least 4,000 opposition activists were tortured in 2011 and 2012.Grey haired, with a bald patch and wearing a moustache, glasses and a dark sweater, he sat calmly behind a glass cubicle erect…
yenisafak.com/en/world/german-court-opens-first-syria-torture-trial-3517747

Immigration Freeze: COVID-19 Provides \'Window of Opportunity\' for Key Trump Policy – Prof
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
On Wednesday evening US President Trump announced that he had signed an executive order putting a hold on the entry of immigrants to the country for at least 60 days.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202004231079067872-immigration-freeze-covid-19-provides-window-of-opportunity-for-key-trump-policy—prof/

Nobody Will Survive if Pandemic Spreads in Iraq\'s IDP Camps – Official
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
Iraq\'s internally displaced persons might have survived Daesh*, but they have zero chances of completely fighting off the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to spread throughout the war-torn country, warns an official who has been working with IDPs since 2016. Certain obstacles make matters worse, but IDPs are determined to keep the virus at bay.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202004231079066858-nobody-will-survive-if-pandemic-spreads-in-iraqs-idp-camps/

Ex-Concentration Camp Prisoners Ask Investigation Committee to Deal With Actions of Finnish Invaders
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
Former prisoners of Finnish concentration camps in Karelia have asked Alexander Bastrykin, the head of the Investigation Committee, to look into the actions of the occupation authorities during the Great Patriotic War.
sputniknews.com/russia/202004231079067297-ex-concentration-camp-prisoners-ask-investigation-committee-to-deal-with-actions-of-finnish/

Iran Summons Swiss Ambassador Representing US to Lodge Protest Against Trump\'s Threats
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-23
The US president said he had \"instructed\" the country\'s Navy to shoot and sink Iranian gunboats if they start harassing American war vessels in the Persian Gulf. Head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Hossein Salami later cautioned Washington against such step warning that Tehran will shoot back.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202004231079066568-iran-summons-swiss-ambassador-representing-us-to-lodge-protest-against-trumps-threats/

The Fire Fauci Brigade
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
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 …
globalresearch.ca/fire-fauci-brigade/5709696

Psychological Remarks on \"Authority Obedience\". Say No!
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
What is happening in front of all our eyes at the moment is a huge scary dizziness. \"Corona\" is a geopolitical operation by the \"global elite\" and their \"depopulation agenda\" is real. Isolation imprisonment makes people sick and kills …
globalresearch.ca/psychological-remarks-authority-obedience/5710555

India and Pakistan Increase Mutual Violence Amidst Pandemic
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
In the midst of the global pandemic, India and Pakistan are increasing mutual violence, without due attention being paid to the situation by the international media. Several violations of the ceasefire between the two countries have been taking place in …
globalresearch.ca/india-pakistan-increase-mutual-violence-amidst-pandemic/5710435

When Oil Markets Go Viral
Adam Hanieh | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-23
The ecological dimensions of COVID-19 have become increasingly prominent in much recent discussion, with several important contributions exploring the pandemic in relation to capitalist agribusiness, widespread loss of biodiversity, and the destruction of natural ecosystems. There is, however, a further …
globalresearch.ca/when-oil-markets-go-viral/5710473

Have You Hugged Your Copper Today?
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
Have You Hugged Your Copper Today? Smithsonian mag the other day gleed and glissed over copper, the age old assassin, djinn killer of germs, free radicals that beat Corona\'s membranes out, like some obscure french revolution, hooded guillotine, copperheads, a fresh roll of coins, Viva! A penny saved is a saving penny! E pluribus unum,…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/have-you-hugged-your-copper-today/

Working dead? Seoul says \'no unusual signs\' from North Korea & Kim carrying on duties despite reports of \'grave illness\'
rt.com | 2020-04-23
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un apparently keeps up a busy schedule, penning letters to foreign leaders

A Progressive Victory over the Coronavirus
John Feffer | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
South Korea, having beaten back the coronavirus, is now poised to show the world how to move forward to save lives, democracy, and the planet…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-progressive-victory-over-the-coronavirus/

Pandemics, Climate Crisis and the Turbulent Future
Ted Glick | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
We must learn from the history of past efforts at systemic change which have floundered because they were male-dominated, monochromatic instead of consciously multi-racial, led too often by white men who too often got wrapped up in ego and power…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/pandemics-climate-crisis-and-the-turbulent-future/

The car industry and the climate crisis
Stephan Kroll and Christian Hofmann | indybay.org | 2020-04-23
The car companies should now be converted into providers of mobility needs based on socio-ecological sustainability. Reduction of working hours – short full time of an average of 30 hours/4 days per week for all – is part of the neceesary radical change to save human lives amid plutocratic neoliberalism.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/22/18832551.php

Earth Day: How to Get Ships Off Fossil Fuels (webinar)
Pacific Environment & Climate Works Found. | indybay.org | 2020-04-23
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/19/18832492.php

Media fail to identify xenophobia as Biden says Trump \'rolled over for Chinese\'
Julie Hollar | mronline.org | 2020-04-23
Rather than respond by focusing blame for the crisis squarely where it belongs–on Trump\'s incompetent, reckless and self-centered management–and working to beat back the dangerously rising anti-Asian sentiment in this country, Biden and some of his supporting super PACs are choosing to adopt rather than challenge the anti-China premise of the attacks.
mronline.org/2020/04/23/media-fail-to-identify-xenophobia-as-biden-says-trump-rolled-over-for-chinese/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=media-fail-to-identify-xenophobia-as-biden-says-trump-rolled-over-for-chinese

US forces provoking Iranian sailors in PG: Zarif
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

Iran\'s launch of \'Noor-1\' military satellite \'valuable, blessed\': Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

Launching \"Noor-1\" satellite, a golden page in Iran\'s space technology: Vaezi
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

IRGC to further disappoint, frustrate enemies: Ayatollah Jannati
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

Iran is serious about defending national security: Salami
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-23
TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA)

\'Can\'t offer help with one hand & smother with the other\': Russia slams West & its allies after anti-sanction draft fails at UNGA
rt.com | 2020-04-23
Moscow has blasted the decision by a group of countries, including the US, to block a draft resolution calling for an end to unilateral sanctions on developing countries gripped by the coronavirus pandemic. | The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) rejected two draft resolutions on Wednesday, aimed at supporting the battle against the Covid-19. Both of the Russia-sponsored and the Riadh-championed drafts received at least one \"nay\" after they were circulated among the body\'s members on Wednesday. A single objection is enough for a draft to be defeated in line with the special voting protocol in effect at th…
rt.com/news/486610-sanctions-resoltion-un-coronavirus-russia/

Bigger Than Bernie
Robert L. Borosage | thenation.com | 2020-04-23
Bigger Than Bernie…
thenation.com/article/politics/bernie-sanders-future-movement/

I Want My Death to Make You Angry
Emily Pierskalla | zcomm.org | 2020-04-23
Don\'t say \"heaven has gained an angel.\" Tell them negligence and greed has murdered a person for choosing a career dedicated to compassion and service…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/i-want-my-death-to-make-you-angry/

Debts and Deficits With Coronavirus
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-23
For all the suffering caused by the pandemic, one important positive effect is that it may lead to clearer thinking about government debt and deficits. To Congress\'s credit, it has focused on dealing with the problem of sustaining the country through a period in which much of the economy is shut down, rather than worrying…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/23/debts-and-deficits-with-coronavirus/