Venezuela denounces US charges against Maduro as another coup d’état attempt Peoples Dispatch
Venezuelan Top Mercenary Admits Arsenal Seized in Colombia was for a Coup Plot in Venezuela Orinoco Tribune
As the world tackles the COVID-19 Pandemic, the US raises the pressure on Venezuela Peoples Dispatch
Covid-19 coronavirus
Kerala is a Beacon to the World for Taking on the Coronavirus Vijay Prashad
Asian Americans report over 650 racist acts over last week, new data says NBC News
“The deliberate use of terms like ‘Chinese virus’ has definitely fanned the flames of racism toward Asian Americans in this country,” one nonprofit leader said.
Is ‘social distancing’ the wrong term? Expert prefers ‘physical distancing,’ and the WHO agrees. Washington Post
Worker at NYC hospital where nurses wear trash bags as protection dies from coronavirus NY Post
How the World’s Richest Country Ran Out of a 75-Cent Face Mask Farhad Manjoo
Class war
Dock Workers Threaten to Shut Down Ports After Risking Coronavirus Exposure Vice
Memphis Teamsters Wildcat Strike at Kroger’s Massive Southern Warehouse PayDay Report
Walkouts Spread as Workers Seek Coronavirus Protections Labor Notes
‘Some may even die, I don’t know’: Former Wells Fargo CEO wants people to go back to work and ‘see what happens’ Business Insider
A Word About the Horrid Spike in Unemployment Claims and Why it’s Even More Horrid Than it Appears
NY State Court says gig workers can file for unemployment
Landlord Worth $1 Billion Exploits Coronavirus Panic To Jack Up Rent 25 Percent Gothamist
A U.S. postal worker wildcat strike shut down mail delivery in 1970 Washington Post
Capitalist crisis
Bonanza for Rich Real Estate Investors, Tucked Into Stimulus Package NYTimes
The Postal Service was in trouble before COVID-19. Now it’s fighting for its life. Seattle Times
Mass Job Cuts Across U.S. Threaten to Leave Millions Without Health Insurance Bloomberg
The Trump ‘Stimulus’ package tells us all we need to know about contemporary American politics. The airlines get $50 billion; BOEING gets up to $17 billion; NYC gets $3.8 billion. Small businesses get access to $300 billion at 3.75% interest; most would never be able to pay it back. Big businesses and financial houses get $500 billion in low interest loans – PLUS $1.5 – 3 Trillion at Zero interest via a Federal Reserve autonomous lending facility (already open), which also is buying enormous amounts of debased debt paper at face value. …
The package also includes a two year suspension of employer contributions to Social Security and Medicare that will shrink the trust funds and, thereby, generate further pressure to reduce benefits. Democratic Congressional leaders pronounce this a triumph because it extends and increases unemployment benefits. Triumph ? – why not. The bread crumbs from the High Table are organic and gluten-free.
As Joe Biden admitted several months ago to a business audience, ‘I want to assure you that if I am elected, nothing fundamental will change.” Thanks for the tip. They never doubted you, Joe
Clintons send pizza to NY hospital staff treating coronavirus The Hill
The Lampedusa group in Hamburg needs support – NOW!
Moldova: Left Party calls for broad amnesty for prisoners
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