US reports nearly 1,800 coronavirus fatalities in 24 hours, as death rate slows after 2 days of back-to-back records
rt.com | 2020-04-10
Nearly 1,800 people died in the US after contracting the coronavirus on Thursday, a tally by John Hopkins University suggests. The overall US death toll stands at just over 16,500 as it continues to lead the world in cases. | The US, which according to various projections is nearing the peak of its outbreak, registered 1,783 deaths from the virus in a single day, according to data aggregated by the university. | While some models

US reports nearly 1,800 coronavirus fatalities in 24 hours, as death rate slows after 2 days of back-to-back records
rt.com | 2020-04-10
Nearly 1,800 people died in the US after contracting the coronavirus on Thursday, a tally by John Hopkins University suggests. The overall US death toll stands at just over 16,500 as it continues to lead the world in cases. | The US, which according to various projections is nearing the peak of its outbreak, registered 1,783 deaths from the virus in a single day, according to data aggregated by the university. | While some models

Be A Hero: COVID-19 w/ Ady Barka, Rep. A. Ocasio-Cortez, & Rahna Epting of MoveOn
Be A Hero Fund, MoveOn | indybay.org | 2020-04-09
Online via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/07/18832151.php

San Diego \"Honk for Justice\" Calls for the Release of people in ICE Detention
repost | indybay.org | 2020-04-09
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 | 2020-04-09
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

Colonialism & coronavirus: 800,000 Haitians may die of COVID-19
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-09
Gutted by US-allied, neoliberal governments which have controlled the country since 2004, Haiti\'s healthcare sector braces for a potential catastrophe….
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/09/colonialism-coronavirus-haitians-covid/

Iran releases \'political prisoners\' amid Covid-19 outbreak, while virus-stricken UK keeps Assange behind bars
rt.com | 2020-04-09
Tehran has released an Iranian national seen as a political prisoner in the UK as it fights the coronavirus. British activists and media rushed to say Iran\'s move was not enough

Australian MPs call for release of Julian Assange to home detention as Covid-19 \'rapidly spreads\' in UK prisons
rt.com | 2020-04-09
There are new calls from Australia to release Julian Assange from prison over Covid-19 fears. Two MPs, supported on Twitter by the whistleblower\'s mother, sent letters to UK authorities calling for his release to home detention. | Australian MPs Andrew Wilkie and George Christensen, co-chairs of the Bring Julian Assange Home Parliamentary Group, wrote to UK Commons Justice Committee Chair Bob Neill MP and Secretary of State for Justice Robert Buckland MP calling for \"urgent\" consideration of Assange\'s case in light of the fact that Covid-19 is \"rapidly spreading\" in British prisons. | COVID-19 is in the UK\'s p…
rt.com/uk/485387-assange-covid19-belmarsh-letters/

Beyond Words. Assange\'s COVID-19 Bail Related Application
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-09
Yesterday Mark Sommers QC, the extremely erudite and bookish second counsel for Julian Assange in his extradition hearing, trembled with anger in court. Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser had just made a ruling that the names of Julian Assange\'s partner and young …
globalresearch.ca/beyond-words-assange-covid-19-bail-related-application/5709180

The Pandemic Makes the Bernie 2020 Campaign More Vital Than Ever
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-04-09
Reasons to stay in the race are ample and solid…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/06/18832133.php

Naomi Klein: Sanders \"Broke the Spell\" of Neoliberalism as Trump Pushes Coronavirus Capitalism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-09
We talk to journalist and activist Naomi Klein about Bernie Sanders\'s historic presidential campaign as he suspends his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination, and about coronavirus capitalism

Sanders \"Broke the Spell\" of Neoliberalism as Trump Pushes COVID-19 Capitalism
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-09
We talk to journalist and activist Naomi Klein about Bernie Sanders\'s historic presidential campaign as he suspends his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination, and about coronavirus capitalism

Sanders \"Broke the Spell\" of Neoliberalism as Trump Pushes COVID-19 Capitalism
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-09
We talk to journalist and activist Naomi Klein about Bernie Sanders\'s historic presidential campaign as he suspends his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination, and about coronavirus capitalism

Correcting the Sentinel\'s Latest Errors
Robert Norse & Keith McHenry | indybay.org | 2020-04-09
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 | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-09
When future students of North-South relations look back to the history of the last 35 years or so, among the key figures they will most likely mark as one of the most decisive in shaping the course of events is one who did not owe his power to a position in government or business. Martin…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/09/martin-khor-the-making-of-a-global-activist/

Senior journalist goes missing in Bangladesh
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-09
Activists groups fear that Shafiqul Islam Kajol, a photojournalist who went missing a day after a police complaint was filed against him, has been subjected to enforced disappearance. He was accused of publishing false news by a member of parliament…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/09/senior-journalist-goes-missing-in-bangladesh/

Western democracy not giving peace to humanity
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-09
TEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA)

COVID-19: New Battle in Capitalism\'s War on the Black Working Class
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-09
\"No Retreat, No Compromise: Defeat the War Against the African/Black Working Class,\" announced the campaign of the Black Alliance for Peace before coronavirus, before the collapse of the global economy, before the lockdowns and calls for militarization of our communities, …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-new-battle-in-capitalisms-war-on-the-black-working-class/5709152

Saudi-led coalition begins Yemen ceasefire
rt.com | 2020-04-09
A nationwide ceasefire in response to the global coronavirus outbreak went into effect in Yemen on Thursday. | A Saudi-led coalition fighting against Yemen\'s Houthi movement announced overnight it would halt military operations from 0900 GMT for two weeks in support of United Nations efforts to end the conflict that has killed more than 100,000 people, Reuters said. | The Houthi leadership has yet to announce whether the movement, which controls the capital Sanaa and most major urban centers in Yemen, would follow suit in what would be the first major breakthrough in peace efforts since late 2018. | The coalit…
rt.com/newsline/485362-saudi-coalition-yemen-ceasefire/

Trinidad & Tobago Rejects Possible US Intervention on Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
Besides stressing that his country\'s stance on Venezuela has not changed, Trinidad and Tobago\'s Prime Minister Keith Rowley stated that the Caribbean must remain a peace zone and rejected a possible U.S.-led military intervention in the South American country. | RELATED: | Intellectuals, Artists Issue Letter in Defense of Venezuela | \"Our position remains the same. Trin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trinidad–Tobago-Rejects-Possible-US-Intervention-on-Venezuela-20200409-0001.html

Britain\'s Labour Party leader Starmer calls for coronavirus lockdown exit strategy
rt.com | 2020-04-09
Keir Starmer, leader of Britain\'s opposition Labour Party, requested on Thursday that the government publish its exit strategy for the coronavirus lockdown, seen as the most stringent measures in the country\'s peacetime history. | \"I\'m calling on the government to publish its exit strategy,\" Reuters quoted Starmer as saying. \"I\'m not calling for precise timings, but the strategy. This is incredibly difficult on people and we need to know that plans are in place, and what they are.\" | Stephen Powis, medical director of the National Health Service, said on Wednesday that the number of coronavirus infections and…
rt.com/newsline/485359-britain-labour-lockdown-exit/

Noisy \"OUTNOW! Tuesday\" in SF Bay Area
TRUMP | indybay.org | 2020-04-09
With the tag line \"Trump is an American virus, it\'s time to break the silence,\" members of Refuse Fascism, Vigil for Democracy, and the Raging Grannies Action League protested while maintaining social distancing rules on Tuesday, April 7. They demand that the US government provide aid and protection for humanity globally, not just for Americans, based on international co-operation, not competition in this time of pandemic.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/08/18832161.php

Police in Pakistan beat and arrest health care workers protesting over Coronavirus safety concerns, lack of PPE
wsws.org | 2020-04-09
Police brutally attacked several hundred medical staff after they marched to the house of the Balochistan Chief Minister in Quetta to protest the lack of personal protective equipment or PPE.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/09/quet-a09.html

Police in Pakistan beat and arrest health care workers protesting over Coronavirus safety concerns, lack of PPE
wsws.org | 2020-04-09
Police brutally attacked several hundred medical staff after they marched to the house of the Balochistan Chief Minister in Quetta to protest the lack of personal protective equipment or PPE.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/09/quet-a09.html

Alberta doctors protest UCP government\'s funding cuts amid coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-09
More than 800 doctors signed an angry open letter to the hard-right United Conservative Party government protesting cuts to doctors\' fees that will result in reduced services at hundreds of rural clinics across the province.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/09/albe-a09.html

Alberta doctors protest UCP government\'s funding cuts amid coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-09
More than 800 doctors signed an angry open letter to the hard-right United Conservative Party government protesting cuts to doctors\' fees that will result in reduced services at hundreds of rural clinics across the province.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/09/albe-a09.html

Finnish govt extends coronavirus-related restrictions to May 13
rt.com | 2020-04-09
Finland on Thursday extended most of its restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus by one month to May 13, the government said. | It extended its ban on public meetings of more than 10 people, and the closure of public services such as libraries and schools for most students. The government had previously decided to close all restaurants until the end of May. | On Tuesday, the country\'s public health authority said it would start tracking the spread of the new coronavirus in the population with randomized antibody tests. The results will be used to help the government decide what meas…
rt.com/newsline/485369-finland-extends-restrictions-tests/

Venezuela Pres Maduro\'s Message to American people
repost | indybay.org | 2020-04-09
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

U.S. activates new phase of violence against Venezuela
| workers.org | 2020-04-09
The U.S accuses Venezuelan President Maduro of \"narcoterrorism\" but the people defend him. The Platform of Venezuelan Social Movements Against the Blockade issued the following statement on March 26. To the People of the World and Friends of the Bolivarian Revolution In the midst of the most recent attacks of . . . | Continue reading U.S. activates new phase of violence against Venezuela at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/47585/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=u-s-activates-new-phase-of-violence-against-venezuela

OPEC to Decide Historic Oil Production Cut Due to COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) just started an emergency meeting this Thursday to agree on a historic cut in fuel production after COVID-19 crushed global demand. | RELATED: | Maduro Announces Measures to Defend Venezuela\'s Oil Industry | The meeting agreed upon by OPEC and non-OPEC partners, known as OPEC+, takes place at 4 P.M. Vienna time, Austria, and will be conducted via video conference. | The G-20 presidency said the meeting will foster dialogue…
telesurenglish.net/news/opec-to-decide-historic-oil-production-cut-due-to-covid19-20200409-0005.html

Bachelet Fears Repressive Extension of Measures by COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-09
Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner, expressed Thursday her concern about some governments maintaining restrictive measures after COVID-19 global crisis as repressive policies. | RELATED: | Arab League Welcomes Yemen Ceasefire | \"I am deeply concerned about the adoption by some countries of unlimited emergency powers, not subject to review,\" she said, adding that in some cases \"the epidemic is being used to justify repressive changes to conventional legislation, which will remain in place long aft…
telesurenglish.net/news/bachelet-fears-repressive-extension-of-measures-by-covid-19-20200409-0010.html

Sanders Quits Race, Endorsement of Corporatist/Warmonger Biden to Follow
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-09
When revolutionary change is most needed, it\'s nowhere to be found in the US land of the free and home of the brave in name only

Trump Regime COVID-19 Blame Game
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-09
The US needs enemies to pursue its imperial agenda. None exist so they\'re invented. | Most often they\'re sovereign independent nations the US doesn\'t control, making them a prime targets for regime change

Hard Times for U.S. Forces in Northeast Syria. Army Prepares for Idlib Escalation
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-09
The Syrian Army and local self-defense forces have carried out an operation against ISIS cells hiding in the desert area on the administrative border of Raqqah and Deir Ezzor provinces. According to pro-government sources, Syrian forces eliminated up to 10 …
globalresearch.ca/hard-times-for-u-s-forces-in-northeast-syria-army-prepares-for-idlib-escalation/5709162

Coronavirus: Europe Can Go \"the Italian Way\"?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-09
As coronavirus began spreading across China and devastating the once prosperous city of Wuhan, Western countries should have immediately begun preparing to deal with what would later be announced as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). | The results …
globalresearch.ca/europe-can-go-the-italian-way/5709164

NATO Still Seeks Expansion in Ukraine and Georgia Despite Coronavirus Pandemic
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-09
While NATO countries are mostly being devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, a statement by the Alliance\'s Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg about deepening partnerships with Ukraine and Georgia demonstrates that pressure on Russia will continue unabated and remains a priority. Despite …
globalresearch.ca/nato-still-seeks-expansion-in-ukraine-and-georgia-despite-coronavirus-pandemic/5709177

Suspending the Campaign, Not the Movement: Sanders Pulls Out of 2020 Race But Will Stay on Ballot
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-09
Senator Bernie Sanders has suspended his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, making former Vice President Joe Biden the presumptive nominee to face Donald Trump in November. Sanders says he will stay on the ballot in remaining primary races and continue to assemble delegates. We play highlights from Sanders\'s speech to supporters in a live stream on Wednesday. \"Together, we have transformed American consciousness as to what kind of nation we can become, and have taken this country a major step forward in the never-ending struggle for economic justice, social justice, racial justice and envir…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/9/bernie_sanders_drops_out_of_race

\"Exposing U.S. Racism in a Stark New Way\": COVID-19 Kills Disproportionate Number of Black Americans
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-09
We speak with family physician and epidemiologist Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones about how the coronavirus is taking a devastating toll on black Americans, who are disproportionately dying from the virus across the country as a result of entrenched racial inequality. Black Americans are more likely to have chronic health problems and less likely to have insurance. They also make up significant numbers of frontline workers that are still going to work amid the pandemic. Jones is the former president of the American Public Health Association. Her recent piece for Newsweek magazine is headlined \"Coronavirus Disease Discri…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/9/camara_phyllis_jones_coronavirus_race_disparities

Noam Chomsky: Bernie Sanders Campaign Didn\'t Fail. It Energized Millions & Shifted U.S. Politics
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-09
In a new interview, world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky reflects on the significance of the Bernie Sanders campaign, calling it \"an extraordinary success\" that \"completely shifted the arena of debate and discussion\" in the United States.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/9/noam_chomsky_bernie_sanders_campaign

The Sanders Campaign Is Suspended, But His Impact Lives On
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-09
Robert Kennedy was murdered three years before I was born, so my practical experience with transformative progressive presidential candidates is slim. There was Jesse Jackson, Dennis Kucinich and a whole lot of rain. In point of fact, my personal timeline arcs in a long descent into neoconservative/neoliberal hell, dotted along the way with landmark disasters like Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and now Donald Trump, the inverted apex of this slide into ignominy. | And then Bernie Sanders popped up, and popped off, an…
truthout.org/articles/sanders-impact-lives-on/

Noam Chomsky: The Sanders Campaign Energized Millions, and Shifted US Politics
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-09
In a new interview, world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky reflects on the significance of the Bernie Sanders campaign, calling it \"an extraordiernary success\" that \"completely shifted the arena of debate and discussion\" in the United States. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMAN: Before we go to break, on Wednesday, just before Bernie Sanders announced, but it did look like he was about to pull out of the presidential race, I asked political dissident, linguist and…
truthout.org/video/noam-chomsky-the-sanders-campaign-energized-millions-and-shifted-u-s-politics/

Bernie Sanders Suspends His Campaign: What Happened and What Now?
Sam Husseini | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-09
Once again, disenfranchised American voters are left without a candidate that represents their values, but instead of staying home or voting against those values, there is another option, writes Sam Husseini.
mintpressnews.com/bernie-sanders-suspends-campaign-what-happened-what-now/266470/

Sanders Suspends: What Happened? What Now?
Sam Husseini | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-09
Kyle Kulinski of Secular Talk commented just as Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign:…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/09/sanders-suspends-what-happened-what-now/

Why We Need a New Progressive Party and How We Can Create It
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-09
There is no room for progressives in the Democratic Party. No matter how many votes he or she gets, no progressive will be permitted to be the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. Progressives who try to work inside of, contribute to and support the Democratic Party have no real chance of moving its candidates…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/09/why-we-need-a-new-progressive-party-and-how-we-can-create-it/

Why We Need a New Progressive Party and How We Can Create It
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-09
There is no room for progressives in the Democratic Party. No matter how many votes he or she gets, no progressive will be permitted to be the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. Progressives who try to work inside of, contribute to and support the Democratic Party have no real chance of moving its candidates…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/09/why-we-need-a-new-progressive-party-and-how-we-can-create-it/

What we all need to learn now that Bernie Sanders\'s presidential bid is over
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-04-09
Bernie Sanders has withdrawn from the Democratic Party primary. This has prompted a fierce debate about what went wrong. While he clearly faced unfair disadvantages from the start, progressives must also accept that he made some unnecessary mistakes. And if we\'re going to win victories in the future, we must learn from them. | Unfair fr…
thecanary.co/us/us-analysis/2020/04/09/what-we-all-need-to-learn-now-that-bernie-sanderss-presidential-bid-is-over/

Coronavirus Devastates Italy: Is It the Result of Globalism and Free Trade?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-09
The devastating impact of the coronavirus on Italy has sparked considerable speculation as to why the country appears to have suffered so disproportionately from the disease. Some initial theories suggested that the deaths might be due to lower standards and …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-devastates-italy-is-it-the-result-of-globalism-and-free-trade/5709222

The \'heartbreaking\' story of an NHS doctor\'s death puts the Conservative government to shame
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-04-09
A doctor who warned Boris Johnson that NHS staff needed vital personal protective equipment (PPE) has died. Abdul Mabud Chowdhury, who wrote to the PM on 18 March, had been diagnosed with coronavirus (Covid-19) and spent 15 days in hospital. | Coventry MP Zarah Sultana described his death as \"heartbreaking\". It\'s certainly not, however, the only agonising development to happen in the NHS recently. And the Conservative government should be ashamed of itself. | Dr Cho…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/04/09/the-heartbreaking-story-of-an-nhs-doctors-death-puts-the-conservative-government-to-shame/

Freedom Road Socialist Organization condemns attacks on Asian Americans
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-04-09
FRSO Joint Nationalities Commission chair Masao Suzuki condemned the thousands of attacks on Asian Americans in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. \"Thousands of incidents of harassment, physical attacks and even attempted murder have been aimed at Asian Americans,\" said Suzuki. \"This is unacceptable and another way the United States has turned the pandemic into a human made disaster.\" | The JNC chair laid the blame at the feet of the Trump administration, saying ,\"Trump\'s attempts to label the COVID-19 as a \'Chinese virus\' has tried to cover over his administration\'s cuts to pandemic prevention programs and refus…
fightbacknews.org/2020/4/8/freedom-road-socialist-organization-condemns-attacks-asian-americans

COVID-19: Capitalist Crisis & Socialist Solutions
Bob P | indybay.org | 2020-04-09
Online Forum: Join via internet or phone. | Register here: | zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYof-mhqjwsjeCVfc5xIsy7Yuf-wngN4g…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/09/18832202.php