Trump announces plan to halt all immigration to US
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
Trump\'s \"pause\" on immigration is a desperate attempt by the crisis-riddled administration to distract from the criminality of the ruling class\'s own response to the coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/pers-a22.html

FROM THE FIELD: Migrants use digital \'fab labs\' to address Djibouti health protection shortages
news.un.org | 2020-04-22
With Djibouti\'s health system under enormous strain from the COVID-19 pandemic, young migrants in the country are using 3D-printers to make face shields, and ease the shortfall inside medical facilities.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1062312

Free julian assange Nation wide Webinar event Panel
ORION | indybay.org | 2020-04-22
zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Xh2EsZbrTtOq1FZifgfIlw…

William Shakespeare and the New World Order: \"Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here\"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
William Shakespeare\'s birthday: he taught us never to despair in our resolve to confront the Lie. \"to unmask falsehood and bring truth to light\". War criminals in high office are celebrated as messengers of peace: \"And thus I clothe my naked villany. And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.\" (Shakespeare, the words of King Richard III)…
globalresearch.ca/william-shakespeare-and-the-new-world-order-hell-is-empty-and-all-the-devils-are-here/30493

Who is Behind \"Fake News\"? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
The mainstream corporate media is desperate. They want to suppress independent and alternative online media, which they categorize as \"fake news\". Readers on social media are warned not to go onto certain sites. Our analysis confirms that the mainstream media are routinely involved in distorting the facts and turning realities upside down.
globalresearch.ca/who-is-behind-fake-news-mainstream-media-use-fake-videos-and-images/5557580

We Won\'t Stop COVID-19 with \"Chickenpox Parties\"
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
Thumbing their noses at both government directives and the coronavirus, right-wing protestors have been massing at state capitols in Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia, and Texas to demand the lifting of stay-at-home orders issued by Democratic governors. President Donald Trump has responded in a way that looks a whole lot like a call to insurrection. On April 17, Trump tweeted \"LIBERATE MICHIGAN,\" \"LIBERATE MINNESOTA,\" and \'LIBERATE VIRGINIA,\" apparently mistaking those states for Paris in 1944.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/22/we-wont-stop-covid-19-with-chickenpox-parties/

Demonstrators Demand Santa Cruz Provide Hotel Vouchers for the Homeless
Alex Darocy | indybay.org | 2020-04-22
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

United States: An \'all hands on deck\' moment–Sixty six old new leftists urge support for Joe Biden
Paul Le Blanc | mronline.org | 2020-04-22
SDS, along with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), had been in the vanguard of the new left in the 1960s, and some of these oldsters now want to challenge a position taken by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), currently the foremost organization on the left today. They tell us \"this is an all hands …
mronline.org/2020/04/22/united-states-an-all-hands-on-deck-moment-sixty-six-old-new-leftists-urge-support-for-joe-biden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=united-states-an-all-hands-on-deck-moment-sixty-six-old-new-leftists-urge-support-for-joe-biden

Don\'t Worry, Everything Will Get Back to \"Normal\"
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
When will things get back to normal? Everyone is asking. The economic lockdown prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a mass unemployment shock, forced countless businesses into bankruptcy and is driving many Americans crazy. But this shall pass. The good old days will be back. The coronavirus worried city officials. Tens of thousands of New Yorkers were sleeping…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/22/dont-worry-everything-will-get-back-to-normal/

Russia is About to Face its Biggest Test Yet in Syria
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
An American reader tired of corona journalism sent me a plea this week: \"There must be plenty of cruelty being unleashed by the gangsters-in-chief across the \'Mideast\' that simply isn\'t making it into the headlines,\" she wrote. \"Trump et al are either ignoring it or silently condoning it.\" I doubt if Donald Trump is ignoring…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/22/russia-is-about-to-face-its-biggest-test-yet-in-syria/

\'We did not get a cent\': Palestinian diplomat says US \'lying\' about promised $5mn aid package to hospitals facing Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-04-22
The Palestinian envoy to France said Washington lied about sending millions in aid to beleaguered hospitals in Gaza and the West Bank, insisting the funds were earmarked for favored NGOs unlikely to spend a dime on healthcare. | In a tweet last week, Washington\'s ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, claimed the US would provide $5 million to \"Palestinian hospitals and households to meet immediate, life-saving needs in combating Covid-19,\" while congratulating the US for being the \"world\'s top humanitarian donor.\" | I\'m very pleased the USA is providing $5M for Palestinian hospitals and households to meet imme…
rt.com/news/486516-us-lied-palestine-aid-ambassador/

Israel: Gantz agrees to national emergency government with Netanyahu
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
The new government\'s real purpose is to protect the wealth of Israel\'s corporate and financial elite and to suppress social unrest in Israel and Palestine.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/isra-a22.html

Cancellation Wave Continues, China Leasing Firm Scraps Boeing 737 MAX Order
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
As thousands of Boeing employees head back to work in the Puget Sound region over the last week, the Washington-based aircraft manufacturer has noticed a string of recent cancellations of the grounded 737 MAX jet. | Last Tuesday (April 14), Boeing …
globalresearch.ca/china-leasing-firm-scraps-boeing-737-max-order/5710447

Thousands view online meeting of UK SEP outlining a socialist perspective on the pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
Around 500 viewers took part in the event with participants from Britain joined by others from Australia, Sri Lanka, Germany, France, Canada and the US–underscoring the international interest in the meeting.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/onuk-a22.html

\"Mask Diplomacy\" Might Not be Enough to Save Turkey from Financial Crisis
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-22
Turkey seems to be getting inspiration from China by engaging in \"mask diplomacy\" and is helping many coronavirus affected countries. Even though Turkey is being devastated by the pandemic with over 100,000 cases and 2,200 succumbing to the infection, it …
globalresearch.ca/mask-diplomacy-not-enough-save-turkey-financial-crisis/5710438

BJP capitalizes on Coronavirus fears to take India\'s fascist creep to the next level
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-04-22
India is accelerating down the track of religious strife, and the government itself is driving the vehicle.
mronline.org/2020/04/22/bjp-capitalizes-on-coronavirus-fears-to-take-indias-fascist-creep-to-the-next-level/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bjp-capitalizes-on-coronavirus-fears-to-take-indias-fascist-creep-to-the-next-level

Trump\'s Inaction on the COVID-19 Crisis Seems More Deliberate Each Day
William rivers Pitt | zcomm.org | 2020-04-22
Millions of Americans are making actual, often painful sacrifices every day to help bring the COVID-19 pandemic to heel, and Trump doesn\'t seem to give a single damn…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trumps-inaction-on-the-covid-19-crisis-seems-more-deliberate-each-day/

Death toll rises at veterans hospital in Massachusetts
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
Roughly 1-in-4 COVID-19 fatalities in the entire Veterans Affairs care system have taken place at a single facility in Massachusetts.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/mass-a22.html

Science Saturday: Antibody testing, in pictures
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
Convalescent plasma therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 virus infection is based on the function of antibodies, tiny proteins created by the immune system, that combat invaders to the body in a variety of ways. Some are capable of neutralizing a virus, while others work by mobilizing a range of other immune cells that fight …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/science-saturday-antibody-testing-in-pictures/

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Combating allergies, asthma during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have significant pollen allergies and asthma. In the spring, I usually have sneezing, coughing and an occasional sore throat that coincides with the trees blooming. With COVID-19 concerns, I am wondering if I am at any increased risk for the virus or need to be concerned that I should be tested? …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-combating-allergies-asthma-during-covid-19/

The politics of Covid-19
Benjamin Morgan | zcomm.org | 2020-04-22
When it comes to support for homeless people, the government\'s response to Covid-19 has been heavy on rhetoric but thin on substance. Local authorities alone cannot sustain the poorest through this crisis…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-politics-of-covid-19/

Number of Covid-19 cases exceeds 10,000 in Poland, which plans to re-open hotels in May
rt.com | 2020-04-22
The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Poland rose to 10,034 on Wednesday. The death toll among the country\'s population of 38 million had reached 404, the health ministry tweeted. | On Monday, the government started to relax some of the restrictions that have been imposed during the outbreak. Hotels may be allowed to re-open in May as part of a second phase, Reuters quoted government spokesman Piotr Muller as saying on Wednesday. | \"The opening of hotels should be decided in May, including hotels at the seaside,\" Muller told state broadcaster TVP Info.
rt.com/newsline/486531-poland-open-hotels-cases/

Iran records 1,194 new cases, 94 deaths on Wednesday
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-22
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA)

Britain continues to cascade down press freedom index
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-22
By TruePublica: The 2020 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), shows that the coming decade will be decisive for the future of journalism, with the Covid-19 pandemic highlighting and amplifying the many crises that threaten the right to freely reported, independent, diverse and reliable information. This 2020 edition of the Index, which …
truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/britain-continues-to-cascade-down-press-freedom-index/

Imperial COVID-19 vaccine team secures £22.5 million support
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-22
The UK government will provide £22.5 million to fast-track Imperial\'s development of a coronavirus vaccine.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197017/imperial-covid-19-vaccine-team-secures-225

Erdogan opposes lockdown as Turkey\'s COVID-19 pandemic overtakes China
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
Overtaking China and Iran in terms of the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, at 90,000, Turkey has emerged as the country in Asia with the most cases.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/turk-a22.html

What to do when anxiety affects your sleep
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
While anxiety around COVID-19 may be affecting your sleep, getting a good night\'s sleep is key to protecting your health. In these days where there is high anxiety around COVID-19, getting your sleep isn\'t easy. But a good night\'s sleep is a key factor in maintaining your health and protecting your immune system. \"Sleep is …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/what-to-do-when-anxiety-affects-your-sleep/

Mexican Workers Strike For Paid Home Leave
Kent Paterson | zcomm.org | 2020-04-22
The COVID-19 coronavirus-related work stoppages mark the third big wildcat strike wave in the northern Mexican maquiladora industry during the last four-and-a half years…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/mexican-workers-strike-for-paid-home-leave/

Trump to sign suspension of legal immigration to US
yenisafak.com | 2020-04-22
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will sign the executive order halting all legal permanent immigration to the U.S. for at least 60.\"I will be signing my Executive Order prohibiting immigration into our Country today,\" Trump said on Twitter. \"In the meantime, even without this order, our Southern Border, aided substantially by the 170 miles of new Border Wall 27,000 Mexican soldiers, is very tight

Indian IT Firms at Risk of Losing Around 3% of Revenue After Trump Halts Immigration to US – Analyst
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-22
New Delhi (Sputnik): With the COVID-19 pandemic hitting the US hard, President Donald Trump has decided to suspend immigration to the country for the next two months, which may lead to difficulties for Indian IT specialists.
sputniknews.com/india/202004221079052871-indian-it-firms-at-risk-of-losing-around-3-of-revenue-after-trump-halts-immigration-to-us—analyst/

Taking care of your skin with increased hand-washing
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
One of the best defenses against the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is hand-washing. But frequent rubbing and scrubbing can take its toll, depleting the skin of its natural moisture and oils. So what should you do if your hands are becoming raw, dry and irritated with constant washing? WHEN WASHING YOUR …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/taking-care-of-your-skin-with-increased-hand-washing/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: How contact tracing can fight the spread of COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
Contact tracing is a used to slow community spread of infectious diseases like COVID-19. Contact tracing is the process of finding and reaching out to the people who have been in contact with an infected person. Then close contacts of a person who might have COVID-19 can be isolated or quarantined to lessen further spread …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-how-contact-tracing-can-fight-the-spread-of-covid-19/

Mitigating risk of hand injuries during COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in another type of patient coming to the emergency departments. Dr. Sanjeev Kakar, a Mayo Clinic orthopedic surgeon, says as a result of stay-at-home guidelines that have kept many adults and children home, there\'s been an increase of patients with injuries from household accidents, including more kitchen knife cuts and lacerations, table …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mitigating-risk-of-hand-injuries-during-covid-19/

UK coronavirus policy could put 7.3 million over-60s at increased risk
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-22
The UK\'s policy for shielding older adults from COVID-19 overlooks 7.3 million adults aged 60-69, placing them at increased risk and death.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197013/uk-coronavirus-policy-could-73-million

Covid-19 Sweeping Through Farmworker and Meatpacker Ranks
Danica Jorden | zcomm.org | 2020-04-22
\"We work shoulder to shoulder. We\'re very close to each other…. I\'ve had a fever and flu symptoms, but I take Tylenol and keep working.\"
zcomm.org/znetarticle/covid-19-sweeping-through-farmworker-and-meatpacker-ranks/

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Different types of COVID-19 tests
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: There has been a lot of information about different tests for COVID-19, including a test that determines whether you have it and an antibody test. I\'m not sure I know what test I should request or if I should get tested? Can you explain the different tests? ANSWER: Since COVID-19 is such …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-the-different-types-of-covid-19-tests/

First Covid-19 deaths in US occurred WEEKS EARLIER than previously thought
rt.com | 2020-04-22
People in the US were dying of the novel coronavirus weeks before authorities officially reported the first death linked to the disease, new data published in Santa Clara County, California reveals. | Autopsies performed on two people who died at home on February 6 and February 17 show that their tissues were infected with Covid-19, Santa Clara health authorities said in a statement, adding that another previously unreported death associated with the coronavirus had occurred on March 6. | The fi…
rt.com/usa/486522-first-us-covid-death-earlier/

University Jihad studies on COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-22
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA)

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Managing stress and anxiety during COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced changes to daily life, and disrupted normal routines at work, at school, and at home. Physical isolation can negatively affect mental health, and constant news coverage can bring fear and anxiety about the disease. How can you best cope in these uncertain times? On the Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast, Dr. …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-managing-stress-and-anxiety-during-covid-19-pandemic/

Mexican Workers Strike For Paid Home Leave
Kent Paterson | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-22
Wildcat strikes involving hundreds if not thousands of workers erupted in the mainly foreign owned factories (maquiladoras) of northern Mexico in recent days. Alarmed by sick co-workers, including some of whom had reportedly succumbed to the health effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus, workers demanded that, in accordance with a federal decree ordering the closure of…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/22/mexican-workers-strike-for-paid-home-leave/

Mayo Clinic Q and A: Myths and facts about COVID-19
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have read many conflicting things about COVID-19, including how it spreads from person to person and how I might be able to reduce my risk of getting sick. Can you help me understand whether some things I\'ve heard are myth or fact because I do not want to spread the virus …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-q-and-a-myths-and-facts-about-covid-19/

When patients with COVID-19 need intensive care support
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2020-04-22
Many people who contract COVID-19 will have mild symptoms, but for others those symptoms may be severe and lead to hospitalization. Some of the most common complications from severe COVID-19 include respiratory problems like pneumonia, hypoxemic respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Dr. Daniel Brown, director of critical care medicine at Mayo Clinic, says these patients with severe illness …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/when-patients-with-covid-19-need-intensive-care-support/

Brazil implements basic income policy following massive civil society campaign
Pedro Telles | zcomm.org | 2020-04-22
Tens of millions of Brazilians have begun receiving basic income payments aimed at addressing the economic impact of Covid-19, following Congress\' approval of a bill prompted by a country-wide grassroots campaign that began just three weeks ago…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/brazil-implements-basic-income-policy-following-massive-civil-society-campaign/

Science minister visits Natl. Institute of Genetic Eng., Biotechnology on COVID-19
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-04-22
TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA)

Will America\'s Corruption End on a Ventilator or in a Mushroom Cloud?
MBNJSD | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-22
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: …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/will-americas-corruption-end-on-a-ventilator-or-in-a-mushroom-cloud/

Podcast: COVID-19 vaccine development, patient data and isolation diaries
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-22
In this edition: We hear from researchers working on a COVID-19 vaccine and with patient samples, and how students are coping in isolation.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197016/podcast-covid-19-vaccine-development-patient-data

As COVID-19 deaths pass 17,000, UK corporations scramble for bailout funds
wsws.org | 2020-04-22
In what it described as a \"conservative estimate\", the Financial Times concluded that its analysis of official data reveals \"The coronavirus pandemic has already caused as many as 41,000 deaths in the UK\".
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/22/furl-a22.html

May Day: Honoring Frontline Workers in the Pandemic
Sharat G. Lin | indybay.org | 2020-04-22
The COVID-19 pandemic makes abundantly clear that some of the lowest-paid workers are, in fact, the most essential frontline workers. Let\'s honor them on May Day – International Workers\' Day!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/18/18832475.php

Thousands of UK healthcare workers given inaccurate Covid-19 tests, minister admits
rt.com | 2020-04-22
UK healthcare workers were given flawed Covid-19 tests, a government minister has admitted, meaning frontline staff may have returned to work carrying the deadly virus. | Junior health minister Helen Whately told Sky News on Wednesday that NHS staff have been informed that their coronavirus tests were \"not up to scratch\" and results may not be accurate. They have now been offered a new test. | At least 100 frontline health workers have died from Covid-19, according to the most recent figures. Defending the serious error, Whately claimed it was all part of a \"normal process when you are using a test for an illn…
rt.com/uk/486532-healthcare-inaccurate-coronavirus-tests/

New York During COVID-19
Joseph Grosso | zcomm.org | 2020-04-22
Living in New York City the past month has become a grim game of simply hoping that rock bottom has at least been hit…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/new-york-during-covid-19/

Imperial COVID-19 vaccine team secures £22.5 million support
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-22
The UK government will provide £22.5 million to fast-track Imperial\'s development of a coronavirus vaccine.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197017/imperial-covid-19-vaccine-team-secures-225

UK coronavirus policy could put 7.3 million over-60s at increased risk
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-04-22
The UK\'s policy for shielding older adults from COVID-19 overlooks 7.3 million adults aged 60-69, placing them at increased risk and death.
imperial.ac.uk/news/197013/uk-coronavirus-policy-could-73-million

Death Trap Jail: Pepper-Sprayed, Otay Mesa Detainees Demand Release as COVID-19 Spreads Inside
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-21
We look at the mounting number of COVID-19 cases inside immigration jails across the country and one of the largest outbreaks at the Otay Mesa Detention Center near San Diego, run by private prison company CoreCivic. Prisoners were told to sign contracts, written only in English, in exchange for receiving face masks. When some refused to sign, guards pepper-sprayed them. This comes as activists say hundreds imprisoned in detention centers in California are on hunger strike. We get an update from Ruth Mendez, community activist and volunteer with Otay Mesa Detention Resistance.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/21/otay_mesa_immigrant_detention_center_coronavirus

American dream suspended: Trump says he\'s signing order to halt immigration into US \'in light of attack\' from coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-04-21
US President Donald Trump said he will sign an executive order suspending all immigration into the United States, citing the need to protect American jobs amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. | \"In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!\" Trump said in a tweet on Monday night. | In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to tempo…
rt.com/usa/486391-immigration-trump-suspension-us/

Millions in US Won\'t Get Stimulus Aid for Marrying Migrants
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
Millions of United States (U.S.) citizens are being excluded from the US$2 trillion coronavirus relief package because they are married to a migrant, local media including the Dallas Morning News and the Los Angeles Times have reported. | RELATED: | Trump to Suspend Immigration to the U.S. Due to COVID-19 | The large group of those who won\'t get help is made of citizens who file taxes jointly with a spouse using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), an identification…
telesurenglish.net/news/Millions-in-Us-Wont-Get-Stimulus-Aid-for-Marrying-Migrants-20200421-0015.html

Thailand announces second automatic 3-month visa extension for foreigners
rt.com | 2020-04-21
The Thai government approved a second automatic visa extension for foreigners for three more months on Tuesday. The move could prevent long queues at immigration centers and stem the spread of the coronavirus. | Foreigners whose visas had expired since March 26 will be permitted to stay until July 30 without having to apply for an extension, said Narumon Pinyosinwat, spokeswoman for Thailand\'s cabinet. | A similar extension was granted until April 30. Thailand has since late March banned entry to foreigners, except diplomats and work-permit holders, to combat the Covid-19 outbreak. | Earlier on Tuesday, the So…
rt.com/newsline/486433-thailand-visa-extension-foreigners/

Trump to Suspend Immigration to the U.S. Due to COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
The U.S. President Donald Trump Monday night announced that he will sign a decree to temporarily suspend the entry of immigrants to his country while his administration faces the health and economic effects triggered by the COVID-19. | RELATED: | Trump Orders Deportation of Migrant Children Due to Coronavirus | \"In light of the attack from the invisi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-to-Suspend-Immigration-to-the-U.S.-Due-to-COVID-19-20200421-0005.html

Trump Tweets Plan to Suspend All Immigration to US
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-21
President Donald Trump declared in a tweet late Monday night that he intends to sign an executive order \"temporarily\" banning all immigration to the U.S. amid the Covid-19 outbreak, an announcement rights groups condemned as a shameful attempt to scapegoat immigrants that will do nothing to safeguard either Americans\' health or jobs. | \"In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT Ameri…
truthout.org/articles/trump-tweets-plan-to-suspend-all-immigration-to-us/

Trump announces 60-day immigration ban to shield American workers from competition
rt.com | 2020-04-21
US President Donald Trump has ordered a two-month pause in issuing most work visas, so that more than 22 million Americans made unemployed by coronavirus lockdowns will not face as much competition. | The 60-day moratorium will apply only to immigrants seeking permanent residence permits, also known as \"green cards,\" Trump said on Tuesday at the daily White House press conference about the US coronavirus response. | \"By pausing immigration we\'ll help put unemployed Americans first in line for jobs as America reopens,\" the president said. \"It would be wrong and unjust for Americans laid off by the virus to be r…
rt.com/usa/486512-trump-immigration-ban-coronavirus/

Global Climate Fight Continues Despite Isolation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
Fridays For Future (FFF) members announced demonstrations and other activities next Friday, April 24. The ecological international movement will perform protests through social media to remain active and respect COVID-19 preventive measures. | RELATED: | Trump to Suspend Immigration to the U.S. Due to COVID-19 | FFF representatives explained that international attention is on COVID development and all preventive strategies. However, as movement leaders pointed out, the environmental…
telesurenglish.net/news/global-climate-fight-continues-from-isolation-20200421-0009.html

NYC Immigrant Communities Fight Hunger, Exploitation & Invisibility Through Mutual Aid
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-21
We look at how the coronavirus pandemic is impacting undocumented people here in New York City, where the coronavirus has hit immigrant communities the hardest, even as the numbers of daily deaths statewide has declined in recent days. As reports of widespread poverty and hunger continue in the immigrant communities, people are also organizing and helping each other through mutual aid despite extraordinarily difficult circumstances. We are joined by Juan Carlos Ruiz, Lutheran pastor at Good Shepherd Church in Brooklyn and co-founder of the national New Sanctuary Movement and the New Sanctuary Coalition here in Ne…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/21/migrants_in_queens

Anti-Immigrant Movement Has History of Politicizing Disease
Eddie Bejarano | splcenter.org | 2020-04-21
COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, is the latest disease the nativist movement has politicized to demonize immigrants.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/04/21/anti-immigrant-movement-has-history-politicizing-disease

COVID-19 lockdown leaves Gulf states\' migrant workers penniless in unsanitary conditions
wsws.org | 2020-04-21
Unable to return home because of travel restrictions or their countries\' refusal to accept them, migrants are left to fester in lockdown, confined to overcrowded, unsanitary dormitories without access to either health care or help.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/21/gulf-a21.html

Mass COVID-19 infection among migrant workers in Singapore
wsws.org | 2020-04-21
The number of COVID-19 infections is exploding in the Singapore workers\' camps.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/21/sing-m21.html

Free julian assange Nation wide Webinar event Panel
ORION | indybay.org | 2020-04-21
zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Xh2EsZbrTtOq1FZifgfIlw…

Video: COVID-19: Closing Down the Economy Is Not the Solution
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
Millions of people have lost their jobs, and their lifelong savings. In developing countries, poverty and despair prevail. | While the lockdown is presented to public opinion as the sole means to resolving a global public health crisis, its devastating economic …
globalresearch.ca/video-covid-19-closing-down-the-economy-is-not-the-solution/5710221

The Gates Foundation\'s Vaccination Activism
Eric Wagner | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
In the corona crisis, billionaire Bill Gates makes a high-profile appearance as a vaccination activist. The essence: a vaccine is the solution, it is only a matter of implementation. According to Gates, the G20 should now \"address the logistics of …
globalresearch.ca/gates-foundation-vaccination-activism/5710314

US: Nurses Protest Over Lack of Resources
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
The U.S. Nurses Union protested Tuesday in front of the White House. The health workers demonstrated in honor of the coworkers they lost due to the pandemic. They also demanded better biosafety resources. | RELATED: | \'Coronavirus Did Not Come out of a Laboratory\', WHO Holds | According to Bonnie Castillo, Executive Director of the National Nurses Union (NNU), nurses are asking for better Personal Protection Equipment. Nurses will read aloud the names of those who lost their lives bec…
telesurenglish.net/news/us-nurses-protest-over-lack-of-resources-20200421-0006.html

Fake Facebook pages used to push protests at state capitals
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-21
A wealthy family of extreme right wingers, armed with plenty of money and social media skills, is behind the hundreds of Facebook groups, including the five largest of those groups, opposing stay-at-home orders designed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The Facebook groups, which have hundreds of thousands of members, are being used to …
peoplesworld.org/article/fake-facebook-pages-used-to-push-protests-at-state-capitals/

The Right to Get Our Hair Cut
Tom Tomorrow | thenation.com | 2020-04-21
The Right to Get Our Hair Cut…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-liberty-protests/

Peruvian Official Demands Attention of Indigenous Communities
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
The Peruvian Ombudsman\'s Office in the Uyacali province recommended the government implement regional measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in indigenous communities. | RELATED: | Peru: Unions Protest Against Government\'s Economic Measures | Uyacali\'s public service head, Hugo Pari, requested attention and health guarantees for native communities, especially the shipibo-konibo group. This petition upsurges after two indigenous tested positive for COVID-19 in Coronel Portillo pro…
telesurenglish.net/news/peru-ombudsmans-office-demands-indigenous-communities–attention-20200421-0012.html

Protests and looting break out in Colombia over failure to distribute aid amid COVID-19 quarantine
wsws.org | 2020-04-21
The right-wing Duque government has called for reopening \"productive life without social life\" to meet the needs of Colombian and foreign capital.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/21/colo-a21.html

What If the Lockdown Was All a Big Mistake?
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
From California to New Jersey, Americans are protesting in the streets. They are demanding an end to house arrest orders given by government officials over a virus outbreak that even according to the latest US government numbers will claim fewer …
globalresearch.ca/what-lockdown-was-all-big-mistake/5710311

Demonstrators Demand Santa Cruz Provide Hotel Vouchers for the Homeless
Alex Darocy | indybay.org | 2020-04-21
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

Kentucky Sees Highest Single-Day Increase in COVID-19 Cases Days After Protests
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-21
Protests against stay-in-place measures have occurred in a number of states across the nation, in spite of the fact that some health experts are saying such demonstrations could themselves lead to an increase in the spread of COVID-19. | While it\'s not possible to directly link the protests with a spike in infections, at least one state where such events ha…
truthout.org/articles/kentucky-sees-highest-single-day-increase-in-covid-19-cases-days-after-protests/

Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2020-04-21
Medical workers from the October 1 hospital in Mexico City set up a blockade to protest the lack of protective equipment and other supplies needed to confront COVID-19.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/21/wrkr-a21.html

Demonstrators Demand Santa Cruz Provide Hotel Vouchers for the Homeless
Alex Darocy | indybay.org | 2020-04-21
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

Trump\'s Patriotic Color Revolution Call, against \"Unreasonable Quarantine Demands\"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
Trump caught his political opponents flatfooted when he endorsed the patriotic protests against several Democrat Governors\' unreasonable quarantine demands, channeling the nascent Color Revolution spirit nationwide to show the rest of his compatriots that he truly has the people\'s support …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-patriotic-color-revolution-call-against-unreasonable-quarantine-demands/5710164

Trump Temporarily Suspends All Immigration Into The United States
Zero Hedge | iranian.com | 2020-04-21
In a stunning turn of events, late on Monday, President Trump tweeted that \"In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!\" twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1252418369170501639 Trump did not …
iranian.com/2020/04/20/trump-temporarily-suspends-all-immigration-into-the-united-states/

Selected Articles: COVID-19: Closing Down the Economy Is Not the Solution
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
Video: COVID-19: Closing Down the Economy Is Not the Solution | By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, April 21, 2020 | While the lockdown is presented to public opinion as the sole means to resolving a global public health crisis, its devastating economic …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-covid-19-closing-down-economy-not-solution/5710337

Protest in Beirut Against Lebanese Gov\'t Measures Amid COVID-19 Pandemic – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-21
Lebanon\'s parliament is holding a three-day legislative session at a Beirut theatre in order to observe social distancing measures imposed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202004211079041084-protest-in-beirut-against-lebanese-govt-measures-amid-covid-19-pandemic/

Juan González: \"Make No Mistake: This Country Is Edging Closer to Neo-Fascist Authoritarianism\"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-21
We get an update from Democracy Now! co-host Juan González about his mother and wife, who were infected with COVID-19, and discuss how right-wing Trump supporters are brandishing automatic weapons at protests to demand an end to coronavirus shutdowns and are being egged on by the president. \"We should make no mistake, that this country is edging closer and closer to neo-fascist authoritarianism,\" says González, expressing concern these actions will become normalized in the lead-up to a bitter national election in November.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/21/juan_gonzalez_coronavirus_update

Trump Supporters Are Brandishing Automatic Weapons at Anti-Shutdown Protests
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-21
We get an update from Democracy Now! co-host Juan González about his mother and wife, who were infected with COVID-19, and discuss how right-wing Trump supporters are brandishing automatic weapons at protests to demand an end to coronavirus shutdowns and are being egged on by the president. \"We should make no mistake, that this country is edging closer and closer to neo-fascist authoritarianism,\" says González, expressing concern these actions will become normalized in the lead-up to a bitter na…
truthout.org/video/trump-supporters-are-brandishing-automatic-weapons-at-anti-shutdown-protests/

Car caravan protesters demand release of immigrant detainees in Arizona
Sarah Roberts | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-21
TUCSON, Ariz.

How the National Security State Is Using Coronavirus to Push AI-Driven Mass Surveillance
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-21
Last year a government commission called for the US to adopt an AI-driven mass surveillance system far beyond that used in any other country. Now, many of the \"obstacles\" cited as preventing its implementation are being removed under the guise of combating coronavirus.
mintpressnews.com/national-security-state-using-coronavirus-push-artificial-intelligence-driven-mass-surveillance/266820/

As US Shale Oil Plunges, Trump Admin Takes Aim at Venezuela
Whitney Webb | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
President Trump recently praised a deal reached largely by Saudi Arabia and Russia, two of the top oil producers in the world who together dominate the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), saying that the agreed upon production cuts …
globalresearch.ca/us-shale-oil-plunges-trump-admin-takes-aim-venezuela/5710257

SARS-CoV-2 Mortality Data Is Distorted. Review of Scientific Research in Germany, U.S., Italy, Spain
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
SouthFront offers a scientific-based survey providing an in-depth look at the real death toll statistics and the spread of SARS-COV-2. | 1. The research issued by the Bonn University Hospital | The research issued by the Bonn University Hospital and made by …
globalresearch.ca/sars-cov-2-mortality-distorted/5710253

Why the OPEC+ Deal is a Many-Splendored Thing
M. K. Bhadrakumar | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-21
A perfect deal is where all protagonists get something out of it. All oil-producing countries stand to gain if the oil price rebounds. In bare bones, the OPEC+ group led by Saudi Arabia and Russia finalized, in a nail-biting photo finish on April 12, an agreement to steeply cut oil production by a combined 9.7…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/21/why-the-opec-deal-is-a-many-splendored-thing/

The Agribusiness Model Is Failing
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
Over the past decades the organization of the entire world food supply from farm to consumers has been reorganized into a globalized distribution known as agribusiness. With most of the world in lockdown over the fears of spread of the …
globalresearch.ca/agribusiness-model-failing/5710289

Coronavirus and the crisis of African American human rights
Ajamu Baraka | mronline.org | 2020-04-21
With the overwhelming evidence that the capitalist system is fundamentally antithetical to the realization of human rights, including what should be an elementary right–access to healthcare–the presidency of Donald J. Trump has been a godsend for the capitalist rulers.
mronline.org/2020/04/21/coronavirus-and-the-crisis-of-african-american-human-rights/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coronavirus-and-the-crisis-of-african-american-human-rights

A Government Against the People
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
The 24/7 intensified media coverage of the coronavirus story has meant that other news has either been ignored or relegated to the back pages, never to be seen again. The Middle East has been on a boil but coverage of …
globalresearch.ca/government-against-people/5710342

The Gulf Kingdoms Are Finally Waking Up to Hindu Extremists\' Inherent Islamophobia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
Three back-to-back developments over the past week prove that the Gulf Kingdoms are finally waking up to Hindu extremists\' inherent Islamophobia, the threat of which Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been warning about for a while now, suggesting that …
globalresearch.ca/gulf-kingdoms-waking-hindu-extremist-inherent-islamophobia/5710287

As the US Grapples with Coronavirus, Congress Leaps into Action… On a New Military Draft
David Swanson | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-21
What is the dumbest thing Congress could do at this moment? How about pushing a bill to force young women to register for a military draft. Meet HR 6415.
mintpressnews.com/as-us-grapples-coronavirus-congress-leaps-into-action-military-draft/266831/

When Solidarity Mattered: the Seattle General Strike
Paul Buhle | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-21
Radical Seattle: the General Strike of 1919. By Cal Winslow, New York: Monthly Review Press, 2020. 242pp, $19.00 pbk This is a special book, bearing an almost sacred topic for all those interested in the history of the American labor and the Left. The vibrant, pre-1920 Socialist Party, waxing strong and confident until struck down…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/21/when-solidarity-mattered-the-seattle-general-strike/

Cowardly Congress Chooses to be AWOL: Shouldn\'t Our Elected Representatives be on the Job Providing Essential Services?
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-21
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic a careening, confused President is fibbing, flailing, breaking laws, and mishandling money. As the domino effect of this crisis mounts, the public is asking: \"Where is the Congress?\" Our Senators and Representatives have been home since March 20 and won\'t be back until May 4th, not on the…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/21/cowardly-congress-chooses-to-be-awol-shouldnt-our-elected-representatives-be-on-the-job-providing-essential-services/

Latvia Wanted to Bridge EU with Russia but Is Now in Economic Trouble
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
The transit industry was one of the most important in Latvia and was established during the Soviet era. In the first years of Latvia\'s independence in the 1990\'s, it was destroyed. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has significantly lowered Latvia\'s …
globalresearch.ca/latvia-wanted-bridge-eu-russia-now-economic-trouble/5710339

Trump Blames China for His Own Failings
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
The US is a nation in longterm decline, a process ongoing for decades, notably post-9/11. | Its focus on militarism, war-making, corporate welfare, and police state harshness comes at the expense of economic and human development. | Other nations are rising, notably …
globalresearch.ca/trump-blames-china-his-own-failings/5710331

Netanyahu/Gantz Unity Deal… Safeguarding Israel\'s \"Democracy\". Annexation of West Bank Ongoing
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
A weeks earlier agreement between them collapsed, a new unity deal struck. | Netanyahu prevailed. Gantz\'s surrender to his demands split his Blue and White (B &W) party. | It may have ended his chance to become prime minister, his political career …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-gantz-unity/5710325

Unprecedented: \"Oil Prices Can Go Negative\"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-21
Last month, analyst Paul Sankey warned that \"(o)il prices can go negative\" in today\'s environment. On March 18, he wrote: | \"The physical reality of the market is that oil is pumped out of the ground and has to be consumed …
globalresearch.ca/unprecedented-oil-prices-can-go-negative/5710332

We Face Another Colossal Failure of Capitalism: Chomsky
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-21
The Spanish news agency EFE Tuesday published an interview with Noam Chomsky who holds that the pandemic shows the failure of neoliberalism, which within the United States is aggravated by President Donald Trump administration. | RELATED: | Democrats Abandoned the Working Class Decades Ago: Chomsky | \"The first lesson is that we are facin…
telesurenglish.net/news/We-Face-Another-Colossal-Failure-of-Capitalism-Chomsky-20200421-0010.html