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Defending people during coronavirus crisis: Nat’l webinar
N A T I O N A L W E B I N A R : Defending People During Coronavirus Crisis Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/142736710469446/ R E G I S T E R H E R […]
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Trump spurs racist attacks on Asian Americans
Never forget Vincent Chin “It’s not fair.” Those were the last words of Vincent Chin outside a McDonald’s in Highland Park, Mich., a suburb of Detroit. The 27-year-old was beaten to death by two white […]
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Por qué el sistema de ganancias está entrando en crisis
Wall Street ha estado en una montaña rusa sin precedentes, con grandes oscilaciones en ambas direcciones todos los días durante más de una semana, una volatilidad no vista desde noviembre de 1929. El mercado bursátil […]
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How ‘stimulus’ plans threaten Social Security
Millions of people are suffering under the Covid-19 epidemic — not only those who’ve fallen ill, but also those whose jobs and livelihoods are at risk. President Donald Trump has used the crisis as cover […]
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Hospital closings = death
Will hospitals be able to cope with all the expected patients during the Covid-19 pandemic? New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo doesn’t think so. He told NBC’s Today Show on March 19 that “the health care […]
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Cuba Saves
The cruise ship MS Braemar, with five confirmed cases of Covid-19 and a thousand people on board, docked shortly before dawn this Wednesday in the Port of Mariel, 40 kilometers from Havana. The airport evacuation […]
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Four Palestinian prisoners in isolation for potential coronavirus exposure from Israeli interrogator
Four Palestinian prisoners in Megiddo prison are reportedly in isolation for potential infection with coronavirus (COVID-19) after exposure to an Israeli interrogator who has been confirmed to have COVID-19. While the four prisoners’ diagnosis is […]
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What is a recession?
President Trump said on March 16 that a recession is likely, maybe the only factually correct statement he made that day. But what is a recession? Wikipedia says a recession is a business cycle contraction […]
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Immediate steps are required to avert mass casualties in prisons and jails
March 14 statement from the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression. The Illinois Department of Corrections has declared that all civilian visits to Illinois prison will be suspended indefinitely starting Saturday, March 14, due […]
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Trump bails out oil industry as coronavirus crisis intensifies
“Trump has once again put the interests of oil and gas executives ahead of the interests of people and communities.” Climate action groups and progressive critics expressed disappointment and outrage on Friday afternoon after President […]