Daily Archives: April 9, 2020

2020-04-09: News Headlines

RT (2020-04-09). Iran releases 'political prisoners' amid Covid-19 outbreak, while virus-stricken UK keeps Assange behind bars. rt.com Tehran has released an Iranian national seen as a political prisoner in the UK as it fights the coronavirus. British activists and media rushed to say Iran's move was not enough — while being blind to a bigger problem at home.

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-09). Sanders Quits Race, Endorsement of Corporatist/Warmonger Biden to Follow. globalresearch.ca When revolutionary change is most needed, it's nowhere to be found in the US land of the free and home of the brave in name only — a fantasy democracy, never the real thing, so-called elections part of the charade….

Vincent Emanuele (2020-04-09). The New Normal: Cascading and Multilayered Crises. counterpunch.org As empires decline, so does the quality of their leaders. The U.S. might wish to run away from reality, but Uncle Sam can't run away from history. History has finally caught up with the U.S. Indeed, Donald Trump is the result of forty-plus years of hyper-individuality, 'greed is good' culture, superficial materialism, and a politics based not on substance or principles, but looks, marketability, and adherence to Neoliberal fundamentalist ideologies.

Peoples Dispatch (2020-04-09). Senior journalist goes missing in Bangladesh. peoplesdispatch.org Activists groups fear that Shafiqul Islam Kajol, a photojournalist who went missing a day after a police complaint was filed against him, has been subjected to enforced disappearance. He was accused of publishing false news by a member of parliament…

Staff (2020-04-06). California Activists March To End Life Without Parole. therealnews.com Joanne Scheer, founder of the Felony Murder Elimination Project, and Kelly Savage, recently released after 23 years of incarceration, speak about how racial, gender and age disparities relate to life without parole (LWOP).

Medea Benjamin (2020-04-04). Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS. zcomm.org The bogus trial against Loujain al-Hathloul should compel governments around the world to put more pressure on the Saudis and demand al-Hathloul's immediate and unconditional release…

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Sanders Quits Race, Endorsement of Corporatist/Warmonger Biden to Follow
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-09
When revolutionary change is most needed, it's nowhere to be found in the US land of the free and home of the brave in name only

The New Normal: Cascading and Multilayered Crises
Vincent Emanuele | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-09
As empires decline, so does the quality of their leaders. The U.S. might wish to run away from reality, but Uncle Sam can't run away from history. History has finally caught up with the U.S. Indeed, Donald Trump is the result of forty-plus years of hyper-individuality, 'greed is good' culture, superficial materialism, and a politics based not on substance or principles, but looks, marketability, and adherence to Neoliberal fundamentalist ideologies.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/09/the-new-norm…

Iran releases 'political prisoners' amid Covid-19 outbreak, while virus-stricken UK keeps Assange behind bars
rt.com | 2020-04-09
Tehran has released an Iranian national seen as a political prisoner in the UK as it fights the coronavirus. British activists and media rushed to say Iran's move was not enough

Senior journalist goes missing in Bangladesh
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-09
Activists groups fear that Shafiqul Islam Kajol, a photojournalist who went missing a day after a police complaint was filed against him, has been subjected to enforced disappearance. He was accused of publishing false news by a member of parliament…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/09/senior-jo…

Sanctions or solidarity
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2020-04-08
A pandemic by its very nature needs a global response. It can only be addressed with a high level of intense cooperation and social mobilization. Every form of scientific and technological cooperation is urgently needed. The U.S. is the center of an empire built on and dominated by capitalist expropriation . . . | Continue reading Sanctions or solidarity at Workers.org
workers.org/2020/04/47580/?utm_source=rs…

Life in Gaza: Dispatches From Palestine on COVID-19
Asmaa Tayeh | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-08
Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) is releasing a series of dispatches from Palestinians and Palestine solidarity activists reflecting on life in Gaza and the West Bank under the COVID-19 pandemic. As the world grapples with the outbreak, and as we organize …
globalresearch.ca/dispatches-palestine-covid-19/5709100

The Decade of Transformation: Remaking International Relations
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-07
The coronavirus pandemic is magnifying the cruelty of US foreign policy. The economic collapse is showing the failure of neoliberalism and how the empire-economy is not working for the people of the world, including the United States. The US is losing its global dominance as it demonstrates its own incompetence in response to the pandemic …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/the-decade-of…

California Activists March To End Life Without Parole
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-06
Joanne Scheer, founder of the Felony Murder Elimination Project, and Kelly Savage, recently released after 23 years of incarceration, speak about how racial, gender and age disparities relate to life without parole (LWOP).
therealnews.com/stories/california-activ…

Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-04-04
The bogus trial against Loujain al-Hathloul should compel governments around the world to put more pressure on the Saudis and demand al-Hathloul's immediate and unconditional release…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/saudis-brave-women-p…