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Government is not the problem The financial sector is. March 29, 2020
The government is a good boogeyman. But understand what it means because it is the confusion that the plutocracy wants. The government is "we the people" which means if the government is the problem then we are the problem. That simply isn't true.
Endless Absurdities March 29, 2020
Hundreds of religious beliefs are so ridiculous they're laughable. Yet billions of people thinks we should respect the "great truths" of all faiths.
Did Trump refuse to act on the Covid-19 virus to curb illegal immigration? March 29, 2020
This article asks the question - Did Trump and his criminal cartel refuse to act on the Covid-19 virus in an attempt to discourage and curb illegal immigration?
Coronavirus and the 2020 U.S. Census March 29, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic brings new obstacles to the 2020 U.S. Census in a year when $675 billion in federal dollars has utmost importance. This is the first year the census can be filled out online, eliminating the need for home visits.
Bernie Sanders Discusses Medical Response with 2 Front line Physicians and President of National Nurses Union March 29, 2020
MDs from New York and Baltimore~ICU patients # have quadrupled; for nurses on the front line and the need to protect them: the CDC's response is like fighting a big fire with a squirt gun. Nurses don't have the proper gear, training, and necessary staff, not prepared for the trajectory of the surge~ NY MD~"I […]
USNS Comfort on her way to the rescue - Destination: NY March 29, 2020
USNS Comfort deployed from Norfolk, VA, to New York Harbor today to help deal with the impact of the Corona pandemic. Her mission is to treat patients who do not have the virus, freeing up land-based hospitals to focus on COVID-19.
Beyond Narcissism, Trump's Other Personality Flaws Are Putting Americans at Risk March 29, 2020
Throughout the coronavirus crisis, critics of Donald Trump have repeatedly referenced his profound and outrageous narcissism. It was partly this pathology that led Trump to downplay the threat and resist widespread testing for weeks. An honest acknowledgement and a rising number of positive tests would inconvenience his reelection prospects.
Technology of Death: The Not-so-Shocking Report on Israeli Weapons Exports March 28, 2020
The Middle East region, battered by wars and adjoining humanitarian crises that have left millions of people stateless, hungry and diseased, is in urgent need for peace, security, and reconstruction. Thanks to the US, Russian, French, Israeli and other weapons manufacturers, however, it is now the dumping ground for military hardware, an ominous sign for […]
This Is What an Opposition Party Is Supposed to Sound Like March 28, 2020
Republicans are using the coronavirus outbreak as an excuse to do the same thing they did during the financial meltdown of 2008: wage class war against working Americans. This time, Bernie Sanders is refusing to let them get away with it.
Putin says 'the rich must pay' for the corona-virus March 28, 2020
Vladimir Putin has decided how Russia is going to pay for the corona-virus.----He's going to tax the rich.----It's a remedy that most Americans would support if they were given the choice, but they weren't asked. Instead, Congress passed a $2 trillion stimulus package for which the American taxpayer will be held entirely responsible.

Pyongyang fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan - South Korea military March 29, 2020
North Korea has reportedly conducted a new missile test, launching two projectiles off its eastern coast that fell into the Sea of Japan, the South Korean military reports. The launch marks the fourth such test in a month. Read Full Article at RT.com
Residents of New York, New Jersey & Connecticut urged to avoid all ‘non-essential’ travel for 14 days - advisory March 29, 2020
Citing “extensive community transmission” of the coronavirus in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, a newly-issued domestic travel advisory has called on the residents to stay put in their homes at least for the next two weeks. Read Full Article at RT.com
'Not necessary': Trump says he will not impose quarantine on New York, New Jersey & Connecticut March 29, 2020
US President Donald Trump has apparently abandoned the idea to impose federal quarantine on the three US states, hardest-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, including New York, saying a “strong” travel warning to be issued instead. Read Full Article at RT.com
US coronavirus death toll leaps to over 2,000 as number of fatalities DOUBLES in 2 days March 28, 2020
Over 2,000 people succumbed to the deadly Covid-19 disease in the US, as the country has grown into the global epicenter of the pandemic with over 120,000 confirmed cases, according to the data by Johns Hopkins University. Read Full Article at RT.com
Global Covid-19 death toll surpasses 30,000, with two thirds in Europe – AFP March 28, 2020
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He betrayed Maduro to be busted by America? Venezuela’s ex-spy chief ‘to turn himself in’ to US to face ‘narco-terrorism’ charges March 28, 2020
The former head of Venezuela’s military intelligence, Hugo Carvajal, has reportedly offered to turn himself in to American authorities. Despite denouncing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Carvajal was too indicted by the US. Read Full Article at RT.com
First baby dies in the US after coronavirus diagnosis March 28, 2020
An infant younger than one year old has died in Chicago, after testing positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus. The child is possibly the first infant in the US to die of the deadly disease. Read Full Article at RT.com
From layoffs to COVID DANCE-OFFs, richest US universities drag their heels on virus response March 28, 2020
When art school students at one of America’s top universities asked their dean for tuition refunds, she turned them down in a most peculiar way: through interpretive dance. The elite, it seems, are different from you and me. Read Full Article at RT.com
Run for the hills! Pentagon sends teams into MOUNTAIN BUNKERS as pandemic preparations go into full swing March 28, 2020
The US’ Northern Command has sent teams of essential staff deep underground to wait out the Covid-19 pandemic. On the surface, more than a million grunts won’t be quite as cocooned. Read Full Article at RT.com
World boxing champ Billy Joe Saunders apologizes after video shows him 'teaching men how to hit women during lockdown' March 28, 2020
British world boxing champion Billy Joe Saunders has apologized after footage emerged appearing to show him teaching men how to hit their female partners if tensions flare in lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic. Read Full Article at RT.com

How to Beat Coronavirus Capitalism March 27, 2020
The post How to Beat Coronavirus Capitalism appeared first on CounterPunch.org.
Bailouts for the Rich, the Virus for the Rest of Us March 27, 2020
For the second time in a generation, the President and Congress are creating an economy under the guise of ‘saving the economy.’ Through bailouts for the executives of corporations and institutions whose coffers have been emptied for their own personal enrichment, a corporate kleptocracy is having its class power secured. And through token payments and […]
Life and Death in the Epicenter March 27, 2020
When it comes to warding off COVID-19, I’ve been ahead of the curve. Last October, after a bout with acute bronchitis that lasted most of the month, I resolved never to go through such an ordeal again. I started using hand sanitizer and avoided touching my face. Like my glaucoma, it is a geriatric illness. […]
“I Will Not Kill My Mother for Your Stock Portfolio” March 27, 2020
despite his repeated reference to the battle against COVID-19 as a “war” against a “vicious invisible enemy,” Trump has so far refused to follow the pleas of public health experts, mayors, and governors for him to invoke the Defense Production Act. The legislation empowers the White House to order corporations to convert production over to […]
Roaming Charges: The Scum Also Rises March 27, 2020
Here's what a real leader sounds like in the tumult of a catastrophe, Irish health minister Simon Harris: "We must of course have equality of treatment, patients with this virus will be treated for free, and they’ll be treated as part of a single, national hospital service." More The post Roaming Charges: The Scum Also Rises […]
Stimulus Bill Allows Federal Reserve to Conduct Meetings in Secret; Gives Fed $454 Billion Slush Fund for Wall Street Bailouts March 27, 2020
The U.S. Senate voted 96-0 late yesterday on a massive bailout of Wall Street banks versus a short-term survival plan for American workers thrown out of their jobs – and potentially their homes. The text of the final bill was breathtaking in the breadth of new powers it bestowed on the Federal Reserve, including the […]
Could the Death of the National Security State be a Silver Lining of COVID-19? March 27, 2020
Could something good come from the catastrophe of COVID-19? Might the epic insecurity of a plague teach us something about national security? Political scientist Micah Zenko calls the current pandemic “the worst intelligence failure in U.S. history.” Former CIA analyst Melvin Goodman sees “the urgent need to redefine national security.” Ilan Goldenberg, a former defense […]
The End of the Parasite Paradigm March 27, 2020
Politicians like Lindsey Graham have been worried that some individuals might get a few cents extra during this crisis if the relief bills are too “generous”. The concern does not extend to corporations that bloat and have essentially no stipulations put upon them from the trough of taxpayer largess. This is the clearest indication that […]
A Message For America from Brazil’s First Indigenous Congresswoman March 27, 2020
Last year, we all watched in horror as the Amazon rainforest burned at an unprecedented rate. We cannot afford to lose it, especially amid a climate emergency. It’s vast greenery releases oxygen and stores carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas that causes of global warming. The death of the Amazon would mean the end of life […]
Misinformation and the Coronavirus: On the Dangers of Depoliticization and Social Media March 27, 2020
Bill Gates created the coronavirus. China secretly developed it in a lab as a biological weapon. A cure exists and the government controls it, but won’t release it to the public. The virus is no more dangerous than the seasonal flu. Coronavirus is a “fake news” hoax manufactured by the news. You can use hand […]

Doughnut workers organize in Portland, Ore, March 28, 2020
March 21 — Workers at a popular eatery, Voodoo Doughnut, in Portland, Ore., announced the formation of the Voodoo Doughnut Workers Union (VWU) on March 20. Their written statement asserted this was “to improve working conditions and demand concessions including, but not limited to, higher wages, security and severance packages . . . Continue reading […]
Here’s a plan March 28, 2020
Planning. It’s something we do every day. On a personal level, we plan our meals, our work, our housekeeping, our leisure time. Sometimes our plans are interrupted by welcome surprises, sometimes they are thwarted by unforeseen circumstances. Then we make new plans. As human activity has grown more complex with . . . Continue reading […]
Venezuela needs solidarity now more than ever March 28, 2020
Ibarra, Ecuador Worldwide demands for an immediate end to the criminal sanctions and economic blockades that impact Cuba, Iran, Venezuela and Syria have gone unheeded, just as the so-called international community also continues to ignore Gaza during the COVID-19 crisis. In fact, the U.S. is currently blockading ships carrying food . . . Continue reading […]
Bosses get lion’s share of stimulus package March 28, 2020
March 27 — The so-called stimulus bill, providing $2 trillion as a response to the capitalist economic crash triggered by the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, passed the House of Representatives today and went to the president for his signature. The final bill, compared to the one proposed earlier in the week . . . Continue reading […]
Spa workers take direct action in Austin, Texas – WW commentary March 28, 2020
Austin, Texas The writer is a worker at a health spa in Austin. March 16 — The spread of coronavirus COVID-19 throughout the U.S. has opened wide the many contradictions inherent in the capitalist system — most importantly, the contradiction between workers and the capital that binds them. Here in . . . Continue reading […]
Greater Boston Marxists Association builds frameworks of solidarity, community care March 28, 2020
Special to Workers World The following interview was conducted for Workers World by Monica Moorehead, a managing editor of WW, with Leighsandra and Queen-Cheyenne, co-presidents of the Greater Boston Marxists Association that originated in the Marxist Student Association at Suffolk University in Boston. Leighsandra, Queen-Cheyenne, Feb. 22. Photo: Stevan Kirschbaum . . . Continue reading […]
After teachers protest, New York City closes schools March 28, 2020
New York On March 22, Education Week Magazine announced that 118,000 schools with 53.7 million students had been closed to protect students and staff and their families from contracting the coronavirus COVID-19. As of March 24, the only states that have not closed all their schools are Idaho, Iowa, Maine . . . Continue reading […]
Shale oil, energy debt and false promises March 28, 2020
Even before the first case of the coronavirus COVID-19 was confirmed in the United States, fault lines were appearing in financial markets here. Corporate debt reached 75 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product. It had more than tripled to a record $16 trillion — three times the 2008 global . . . Continue reading […]
As coronavirus spreads disability activists fight for their rights March 27, 2020
New York “The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has reminded us that from one moment to the next anyone can become a person with a disability,” Nadina LaSpina told this reporter. LaSpina is a wheelchair user, a prominent disability rights activist and author of “Such a Pretty Girl: A Story of Struggle, . . . Continue reading […]
Palestine battles the pandemic March 27, 2020
There have been relatively few confirmed cases of the coronavirus COVID-19 among the Palestinian population compared with the Israelis infected. This is in part owing to an early lockdown by the Palestinian Authority, as well as the population’s general experience in supporting each other through the far greater virulence of . . . Continue reading […]

When Home Isn't Safe: Shelter-in-Place Is Putting Domestic Violence Survivors in a "Dire Situation" March 27, 2020
As schools shut, public spaces close, and all but essential workers are ordered to stay indoors under shelter-in-place orders across the U.S. and globe, domestic violence services are scrambling to help vulnerable people navigate home lives that they say are increasingly unsafe during the pandemic. What happens when you're trapped at home with your abuser? […]
"Total System Failure": Congress Pushes $2 Trillion Pandemic Bill. Will Dems Allow "Corporate Coup"? March 27, 2020
We continue our look at the massive $2 trillion coronavirus relief package — the largest stimulus bill in U.S. history — with author Matt Stoller, who argues the country will be unrecognizable after this pandemic if big corporations walk away with trillions of dollars and no strings attached. Stoller is research director at the American […]
U.S. Is #1 in Pandemic: Rep. Omar Blasts Trump for "Wrong Kind of American Exceptionalism" March 27, 2020
As much of the United States is under lockdown, the House votes today on a $2 trillion emergency relief package to address the economic crisis caused by the pandemic. It will generate payments to most Americans and includes protections for workers, but it is also a massive bailout for a number of industries and corporations, […]
Headlines for March 27, 2020 March 27, 2020
U.S. Leads World in Reported COVID-19 Cases as Hospitalizations Surge, Trump Doubts New York City's Need for 30,000 Life-Saving Ventilators, Politico: President Trump Failed to Follow Pandemic Playbook, Squandering Precious Time, Detroit and Chicago Join New Orleans as U.S. Coronavirus Hot Spots, House to Vote on Record-Shattering $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package, Three Unaccompanied Migrant […]
"Chaotic Situation": India Begins Lockdown of 1.3 Billion Residents as Coronavirus Pandemic Spreads March 26, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads around the world, we look at India, which is now under the largest lockdown in human history, with 1.3 billion people ordered to shelter in place. As the country's economy and daily life come to an abrupt halt, hundreds of millions of Indians who live hand to mouth have been […]
Bernie Sanders Fights for Laid-off Worker Protections in $2 Trillion Stimulus with Corporate Bailout March 26, 2020
The Senate unanimously approved a historic $2.2 trillion emergency relief package late Wednesday night to battle the unprecedented economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic.   The House will consider the bill Friday before it goes to President Trump's desk to be signed into law.   The bill would massively expand unemployment benefits, providing laid-off workers up to […]
"In a Week We Will Be Italy": NYC ER Doctor Says the U.S. Pandemic Will Only Get Worse March 26, 2020
As New York hospitals see a surge in coronavirus cases, medical workers report growing shortages of protective gear, and a nurse who tested positive after treating patients with the highly contagious disease has died. "It's pretty dire inside New York City hospitals right now," says New York City emergency room doctor Craig Spencer. "We have […]
Headlines for March 26, 2020 March 26, 2020
Senate Approves Historic $2.2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package, Republican Sen. John Thune Misses Vote on Coronavirus Bailout Due to Illness, New York City Hospitals Set Up Makeshift Morgues as COVID-19 Deaths Multiply, U.S. Coronavirus Deaths Top 1,000 as Louisiana Cases Soar, Pittsburgh Sanitation Workers Hold Wildcat Strike, Demanding Safety Gear, COVID-19 Claims Playwright Terrence McNally, […]
Calls Grow for Sen. Burr to Resign After He Sold $1.7 Million in Stocks & Downplayed COVID-19 Risks March 25, 2020
Calls are growing for Republican Senator Richard Burr to resign after he reportedly sold up to $1.7 million worth of stocks after receiving privileged briefings about the coronavirus's threat to the global economy. ProPublica reports Burr, the chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, unloaded his holdings on February 13 in 33 separate transactions. At the […]
"People Go Before Money. This Is About Saving Lives," Says San Juan Mayor on Pandemic in Puerto Rico March 25, 2020
Puerto Rico announced a record $787 million financial package to fight the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic Monday, as the island's death toll hits two with 39 cases reported. The pandemic follows a series of devastating earthquakes in Puerto Rico earlier this year and comes as the island continues to deal with fallout from […]

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