2020-04-27: Social Media Postees

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Capitalism Can\'t Be Repaired, Coronavirus Shows Its Huge Weaknesses
Richard D. Wolff | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Consider this absurdity: The U.S. government\'s policy in the face of the current capitalist crash is to \"return the economy to the pre-coronavirus normal.\" What? In that \"normal\" system, private capitalists maximized profits by not producing the tests, masks, ventilators, beds, etc., needed when coronavirus hit. Profit-driven capitalism proved extremely inefficient in its response to the virus…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/capitalism-cant-be-repaired-coronavirus-shows-its-huge-weaknesses/

Capitalism Can\'t Be Repaired, Coronavirus Shows Its Huge Weaknesses
Richard D. Wolff | zcomm.org | 2020-04-27
Might the interactions now among capitalism, coronavirus, and a new worker-coop-based socialism prove similar to those among feudalism, the Black Death and capitalism so long ago?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/capitalism-cant-be-repaired-coronavirus-shows-its-huge-weaknesses/

Application for delay in Assange extradition hearing as COVID-19 sweeps through UK prisons
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
The vindictive suspension of the COVID-19 prisoner release programme demonstrates the criminal disregard of the British ruling class for the lives of prisoners.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/assa-a27.html

The Ongoing Travesty of the Attempted Extradition of Julian Assange
Glenn Greenwald | zcomm.org | 2020-04-27
The indictment pertains solely to those widely celebrated 2010 disclosures that revealed rampant war crimes, systemic corruption and official deceit by numerous governments around the world…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-ongoing-travesty-of-the-attempted-extradition-of-julian-assange/

Video: The Criminal Indictments against Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
Colonel Ann Wright | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
Last year we met in Florence on the 7th of April, coinciding with the 70th anniversary of the founding of NATO. The theme of our conference last year was NATO EXIT. | On April 25, 2020, Commemorating the Liberation of Italy. …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-criminal-indictments-against-julian-assange-and-chelsea-manning/5710973

Julian Assange\'s extradition hearing postponed amid Covid-19 pandemic, earliest available date November
rt.com | 2020-04-27
WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange\'s US extradition hearing in London has been delayed, potentially till November, due to the coronavirus pandemic with his defense arguing it made the proceedings \"medically dangerous.\" | Assange\'s extradition case has been delayed again after his defense lawyers said the coronavirus outbreak made his trial \"impossible\" and \"medically dangerous.\" | A hearing, held by video link at Westminster Magistrates Court, heard that the case could be postponed until as late as November 2, the earliest date where three consecutive weeks are available. | Judge Vanessa Baraitser vacated the…
rt.com/news/486993-assange-extradition-hearing-postponed-covid19/

Dissident British ex-diplomat Craig Murray indicted for blog posts in Kafkaesque case
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-27
Craig Murray, a former UK diplomat turned anti-war activist, has been charged with contempt of court for writing blog posts….
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/27/craig-murray-indicted-blog-posts/

The Era of Mass Strikes Begins on May 1, the First Day of General Strike Campaign
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
On Friday, May 1, an ongoing General Strike campaign begins. This campaign could become the most powerful movement in the United States and reset the national agenda. It comes when the failures of the US political system have been magnified …
globalresearch.ca/mass-strikes-begin-may-1-first-day-general-strike-campaign/5710926

The Likely Democratic Party Candidate for the Senate Opposing McConnell is a Militarist Who is Not Much of an Alternative
Rick Baum | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Given the 2018 election results, one might expect a wave of more liberally-minded peace candidates. In one race for the senate, that is definitely not happening. I live in California. A couple of weeks ago, I received a fundraising letter from Amy McGrath who is running for the Kentucky seat in the U.S. Senate against…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/the-likely-democratic-party-candidate-for-the-senate-opposing-mcconnell-is-a-militarist-who-is-not-much-of-an-alternative/

Local-Level Fossil Fuel Fights Face Violent Retaliation From Industry
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
Fighting fossil fuel companies can be dangerous business. The people of County Mayo, Ireland, found that out when they rose up against Shell Oil in the early 2000s. The uprising lasted 15 years. Protesters were beaten and jailed. But they delayed the refinery\'s opening by 10 years, cost Shell billions of dollars and caused the company a public relations nightmare, as a new book by Fred Wilcox, Shamrocks and Oil Slicks, recou…
truthout.org/articles/local-level-fossil-fuel-fights-face-violent-retaliation-from-industry/

Incarceration Is Killing Us
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-27
Kelly Hayes talks with Alan Mills about COVID-19, prisons and making bold demands. | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. Copy may not be in its final form. | Kelly Hayes: Welcome to Movement Memos, a Truthout podcast about things you should know if you want to change the world. I\'m your host Kelly Hayes. | Tensions are high in the U.S. as lockdowns continue in some states, while others have begun to ease restrictions. Gun-toting right-wing protesters have staged astroturf protests, demanding the economy be reo…
truthout.org/audio/incarceration-is-killing-us/

Anti-Lockdown Rallies Are Providing an Opening for the Proud Boys and Other Far-Right Extremists
Cassie Miller | splcenter.org | 2020-04-27
Protests against state-imposed stay-at-home orders have exploded across the country and attracted a wide array of right-wing supporters, including the Proud Boys.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/27/anti-lockdown-rallies-are-providing-opening-proud-boys-and-other-far-right-extremists

The Restoration of Self-Rule in South Yemen Is the Next Step Towards Independence
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
South Yemen\'s Southern Transitional Council declared self-rule over the vast regions of the country that they claim as their own in response to the Saudi-backed Hadi government\'s repeated violations of last year\'s Riyadh Agreement that was aimed at de-escalating tensions …
globalresearch.ca/restoration-self-rule-south-yemen-next-step-towards-independence/5710922

Bernie Sanders and the Future of the Movement
James L Cowan | indybay.org | 2020-04-27
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indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/25/18832641.php

US House Speaker Pelosi endorses Biden for president
rt.com | 2020-04-27
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has endorsed Joe Biden for president. The endorsement of the Democratic Party presidential candidate follows that of US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Al Gore. | In a video statement released on Monday, Pelosi cited Biden\'s experience in government, including his role in passing the Affordable Care Act. She said Biden is well-positioned to lead the country amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. \"As we face coronavirus, Joe has been a voice of reason and resilience, with a clear path to lead u…
rt.com/newsline/486997-us-pelosi-endorses-biden/

Pompeo, Gantz and the End of the Two-State Solution
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Michael Richard Pompeo is becoming almost as hypnotic as Donald Trump. What he lacks in lunacy, he makes up for in wilful ignorance or just good old plain hypocrisy. You might blame Trump for mental incapacity when he hands over the Middle East to his dumbo son-in-law; Pompeo, however, knows what he\'s doing. So there…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/pompeo-gantz-and-the-end-of-the-two-state-solution/

China Slams Hostile US Actions, America\'s Failed System
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
In pursuit of its imperial aims, the US needs enemies. None exist so they\'re invented. | Iran is US public enemy No. 1 in the Middle East, China considered Washington\'s leading adversary globally

Trump Regime Pushing for Confrontation with Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
Since Iranians ended a generation of CIA-installed fascist dictatorship in 1979, the US has been at war on the Islamic Republic by other means. | The Trump regime escalated it way beyond where its predecessors went, risking confrontation by accident or …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-pushing-confrontation-iran/5710975

Unsolicited Advice on Terrorism to UVa Basketball Player Austin Katstra
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-27
Dear Mr. Katstra, First of all, thanks for your terrific work on the greatest team ever which I think we are all safe in assuming would have repeated last year\'s championship this year if the season hadn\'t been shut down. Maybe I\'m biased. The point is I\'m a fan and an alumnus who found very…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/27/unsolicited-advice-on-terrorism-to-uva-basketball-player-austin-katstra/

Unsolicited Advice on Terrorism to UVa Basketball Player Austin Katstra
David Swanson | zcomm.org | 2020-04-27
This is a time to recognize what\'s needed and what services are actually a service…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/unsolicited-advice-on-terrorism-to-uva-basketball-player-austin-katstra/

The Farce and Diabolical Agenda of A \"Universal Lockdown\"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
First comes the farce, an (almost) universal government lie around the globe about a deadly virus, WHO named COVID-19. The decision for a global lockdown

COVID-19, We Are Now Living the \"Lock Step Scenario\"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
The 25th of April is an important date in Italy\'s history. It commemorates the 75th anniversary of Liberation, which is also the Anniversary of the Resistance. | On April 25, 2020, Commemorating the Liberation of Italy. We express our solidarity with …
globalresearch.ca/rid-ourselves-war-virus/5710882

\"Never Rarely Sometimes Always\": New Film Follows Teenager\'s Perilous Journey to Access Abortion
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-27
As multiple states have moved to further restrict access to abortions during the pandemic, a powerful new dramatic film follows a 17-year-old girl as she travels from her small town in Pennsylvania to New York City to get an abortion without having to notify her parents. \"Never Rarely Sometimes Always\" director and writer Eliza Hittman joins us to discuss the making of the film, which is being distributed online while cinemas remain closed in most states due to the pandemic.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/27/eliza_hittman_never_rarely_sometimes_always

COVID-19: UN expert urges US to free detained migrants
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-27
The US must urgently use available alternatives for the detention of migrants held in overcrowded and unsanitary administrative centers in order to counter the risk of a novel coronavirus outbreak, a UN human rights expert said Monday.\"It is very difficult to keep the necessary physical distance in overcrowded detention facilities,\" said the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe Gonzalez Morales.\"Significantly reducing the number of detained migrants by releasing them into alternative settings can easily solve this,\" he said in a statement.Gonzalez Morales said that UN human rights expert…
yenisafak.com/en/news/covid-19-un-expert-urges-us-to-free-detained-migrants-3518019

Judge\'s Decision to Postpone Julian Assange\'s Extradition Case is \'Very Wise\', His Father Says
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-27
Julian Assange\'s lawyers renewed their application to adjourn the second part of his extradition proceedings on the basis that it would be impossible to have a fair hearing without the lawyers and the defendant being physically present in court as due to their inability to consult with their client during the COVID-19 lockdown.
sputniknews.com/interviews/202004271079108866-judges-decision-to-postpone-julian-assanges-extradition-case-is-very-wise-his-father-says/

A people\'s call for healthcare not warfare
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-27
Imperialism & war Independent and Peaceful Australia NetworkIssue 1263 Australia Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) COVID-19…
greenleft.org.au/content/peoples-call-healthcare-not-warfare

Scientific American: As Trump Touts Dangerous Cures, Here\'s What We Know About COVID-19 Drug Tests
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-27
President Trump dangerously suggested injecting disinfectants could help patients sick with the coronavirus, then said he was being \"sarcastic.\" But his remarks led to a spike in calls to helplines about taking disinfectants. We look at \"What We Know About the Most Touted Drugs Tested for COVID-19\" with Tanya Lewis, associate editor for health and medicine at Scientific American.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/27/tanya_lewis_covid_19_drugs

\"Unconscionable\": Planned Parenthood Pres. Condemns States Using Pandemic to Limit Abortion Access
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-27
As much of the U.S. remains on lockdown, abortion rights are under attack nationwide. We get an update on the fight for abortion access with Alexis McGill Johnson, acting president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. \"Our bodies have literally been deemed essential,\" she says, \"and yet the control of our bodies and the right to control our own bodies has not.\"
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/27/coronavirus_us_abortion_access_texas_alabama

America\'s Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $282 Billion in Three Weeks of Pandemic
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-27
America\'s billionaires have accrued more wealth in the past three weeks alone than they made in total prior to 1980. | MPN– A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies found that, while tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, America\'s ultra-wealthy elite have seen their net worth surge by $282 billion in…

America’s Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $282 Billion in Three Weeks of Pandemic

As Food Banks Struggle to Cope with Demand, Desperate Farmers Dump Unsellable Produce
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
Even as food banks nationwide are inundated with hungry Americans, many of the country\'s farmers are dumping or destroying their harvests. Amidst a pandemic that has seen tens of millions of workers laid off, the nation\'s food banks have …
globalresearch.ca/food-banks-struggle-cope-demand-desperate-farmers-dump-unsellable-produce/5710935

A Soft Power Ploy? Cuba Continues to Aid the Poorest and Least Influential Nations
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-27
As the coronavirus pandemic grows worse in many countries, Cuba has answered an urgent South African request for aid, sending 217 medical personnel to the country.
mintpressnews.com/medical-internationalism-cuba-sends-217-doctors-aid-south-africa-coronavirus/267036/

US Beefs Up Gunship Presence In Persian Gulf Ready To Back Trump\'s Iran \'Red Line\'
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-04-27
American forces in the Persian Gulf have greatly bolstered their ability to respond to Iran at a moment President Trump has renewed trading threats and barbs with the Islamic Republic, ordering the US Navy \"to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.\" This includes the Pentagon …
iranian.com/2020/04/26/us-beefs-up-gunship-presence-in-gulf-ready-to-back-trumps-iran-red-line/

Saudi-led coalition urges Yemen\'s separatist group to rescind self-rule declaration
rt.com | 2020-04-27
The Saudi-led coalition currently engaged in Yemen urged on Monday for a leading separatist group that has declared self-rule in the south to rescind its move. The decision of the separatist Southern Transitional Council threatens to renew conflict between the STC and the Saudi-backed government

US billionaires increase wealth by $280 billion since March, as millions unable to get unemployment benefits
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
The wealth of the ultra-rich has surged since the March stock market slump, as the Trump administration\'s response to the pandemic further concentrates the wealth of society.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/rich-a27.html

Germany: Daimler and VW boost production and demand billions in taxpayers\' money
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
Although around 2,500 people in Germany are being infected with the coronavirus every day, Daimler and Volkswagen both restarted car production this week.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/daim-a27.html

Estimated £515 monthly loss to UK households due to COVID-19 the tip of the iceberg
wsws.org | 2020-04-27
Households will suffer an overall £43 billion loss–equating to a 17 percent reduction in monthly household disposable income.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/27/inco-a27.html

Satellite launch proved sanctions to be ineffective: IRGC spox
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

US anti-Iranian sanctions in violation of human rights: Rouhani
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-27
TEHRAN, Apr. 27 (MNA)

How the Fight Against Covid-19 Has Brought Us a Step Closer to an Orwellian Nightmare
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
For many years, we in the alternative media have been warning that when a new crises emerges, a future of social engineering and control would bring us closer to George Orwell\'s predictions right to our doorstep. Since the start of …
globalresearch.ca/how-fight-against-covid-19-brought-step-closer-orwellian-nightmare/5710916

Syrians Remember the Armenian Genocide as Turkey Threatens Again
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
April 24, 2020, marks the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, which was the first genocide of the 20th century. The starting date is held to be April 24, 1915, in a premeditated and systematic campaign to exterminate …
globalresearch.ca/syrians-armenian-genocide-turkey-threatens-again/5710879

Saudi Arabia: What Happens When the Oil Stops
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
Saudi Arabia\'s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) can no longer plead youth or inexperience. | That time has passed. | What you see is what you get. The misrule, blunders and war associated with him as crown prince will only continue …
globalresearch.ca/saudi-arabia-what-happens-when-oil-stops/5710941

WHO to Receive $30 Million from China to Fight COVID-19
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
The World Health Organization (WHO) will receive a $30 million grant from the government of China to use these resources for the containment of COVID-19. | The announcement of the donation was made Thursday by the Chinese Foreign Ministry\'s spokesperson Hua …
globalresearch.ca/who-receive-30-million-china-fight-covid-19/5710946

The Unbearable Lightness of China
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
As a living embodiment of how East and West shall meet, Mahbubani is immeasurably more capable to talk about Chinese-linked intricacies than shallow, self-described Western \"experts\" on Asia and China. | Especially now when demonization-heavy hybrid war 2.0 against China is …
globalresearch.ca/unbearable-lightness-china/5710984

A Swiss Doctor on Covid-19
Swiss Propaganda Research | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
A Swiss medical doctor provided the following information on the current situation in order to enable our readers to make a realistic risk assessment. (Below you will find regular, but not daily, updates on medical and political developments.) | ***…
globalresearch.ca/swiss-doctor-covid-19/5707642

What Does Post-COVID19 China Look Like? Mutual US-China Mistrust is the \"New Normal\"
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-27
Beijing is not back to normal but there is an air of normality. The Beijing Subway has 23 lines but only one runs on a north-south axis. This is Line 5, the busiest. In February and March its carriages were …
globalresearch.ca/what-does-post-covid19-china-look-like/5710921

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