Prof. Vijay Prashad (2020-04-20). Colombia, the Oligarchs and Washington. globalresearch.ca Last year, on November 21, the Colombian people took to the streets in massive numbers to reject the policies of the government led by President Iván Duque. In particular, the people

teleSUR (2020-04-20). Chile: Teachers Reject Resuming School Year Over COVID-19. telesurenglish.net Chile's Professors College refused Sunday to resume the educational year in May. The union expressed its disagreement with the Chilean president's administrative decisions. | RELATED: | Sebastian Piñeira, Chile ¥s president, announced administrative measures to resume social and economic activities amid the pandemic. Piñera stated gradual retake on productive and public labors April 27. Chilean mandatary also announced professor…

WSWS (2020-04-20). New York City mayor announces $827 million in cuts to public education. wsws.org New York's Democratic mayor Bill de Blasio announced deep cuts to education last week, with predictions of more to come.

Michael Snyder (2020-04-20). What Will You Do if They Try to Extend Coronavirus Lockdowns into Next Year? globalresearch.ca We are seeing a massive backlash against the coronavirus lockdowns all over the United States, and it is likely that the protests against these lockdowns will only intensify in the days ahead. But some elected officials are doubling down and …

John P.A. Ioannidis (2020-04-20). Stanford's Antibodies Study Wraps Up, Shows Covid-19 Is 50x More Prevalent and 50x Less Deadly than Believed. globalresearch.ca The heavily anticipated ( Background | Addressing COVID-19 is a pressing health and social concern. To date, many epidemic projections and policies addressing COVID-19 have …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2020-04-20). Science Saturday: The new super power of hand-washing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Researchers are hard at work identifying ways to help patients with COVID-19, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But in the meantime, one common household object can be used to help prevent infection. Soap. Good old soap, the Clark Kent of clean, is really the superhero fatty acid salt, the Superman of clean. Soap …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2020-04-20). Are We Brewing a New Feudalism? The Economy is Being Destroyed. globalresearch.ca The answer to the question is "YES." The large bailed-out creditors will end up with the property of the non-bailed-out debtors who are being pushed deeper into debt with "bail-out loans" and fees and penalties for missed debt payments. Write-offs …

Tony Cartalucci (2020-04-20). The Massive Covid-19 Hoax. globalresearch.ca By all accounts and from the very beginning it was clear that Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) was at the very most a bad cold — little more dangerous than the annual flu — but being

Jennifer Stisa Granick (2020-04-20). Apple and Google Announced a Coronavirus Tracking System. How Worried Should We be? globalresearch.ca Apple and Google last week

Colin Todhunter (2020-04-20). Orwellian Lockstep and a Loaded Syringe. globalresearch.ca Some years ago, the then vice-president of Monsanto Robert T Fraley asked, "Why do people doubt science". He posed the question partly because he had difficulty in believing that some people had valid concerns about the use of genetically modified …

Stephen Lendman (2020-04-20). COVID-19: A Diabolical US Anti-China Plot? globalresearch.ca Is it coincidental that the first widely reported COVID-19 outbreak was in China. | It's unknown if the virus was natural or man-made, the latter very much possible, perhaps originating in a US bio-lab. | The US has a long disturbing history …

G.N. Nithya (2020-04-20). The Occupation and the Pandemic: The Coronavirus and the Conditions of Palestinian Workers. globalresearch.ca "Colonialism is not a thinking machine, | nor a body endowed with reasoning faculties. | It is violence in its natural state…" | — Frantz Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth (1963) | This past month Israeli soldiers dumped a Palestinian worker at a …

Mike Whitney (2020-04-20). Sweden Is Right. The Economy Should be Left Open. globalresearch.ca Sometimes, the best thing to do, is to do nothing at all. Take Sweden, for example, where the government decided not to shut down the economy, but to take a more thoughtful and balanced approach. Sweden has kept its primary …

Global Times (2020-04-20). Smearing China a Lame Trick to Aid Reelection for White House. globalresearch.ca US President Donald Trump tried to prove his effective leadership in the COVID-19 fight during the White House briefing on Saturday. He said that the US mortality rate was 11.24 per 100,000 people, lower than that of Spain, France and …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-04-20). Donald Trump's Governor Problem: Debates on Opening Up the Economy. globalresearch.ca Things are getting dizzy in the White House on what, exactly, is being done to "open the economy". Cranky advocates for the financial argument over the restrictions of public health have been attempting to claw back some ground. As Jonathan …

Jessica Corbett (2020-04-20). As Flint Water Crisis Enters Sixth Year, 'Astounding' Report Exposes Lies of Ex-Gov. Rick Snyder and Other Officials. globalresearch.ca VICE on Thursday published an " The report, based …

Kap Seol (2020-04-20). Trump Admin Furloughed 4,000 Korean Workers in the Midst of a Pandemic to Punish South Korea. globalresearch.ca The U.S. Forces in Korea (USFK) has furloughed about half of its 8,500 local hires, not for fear of the COVID 19 pandemic, but in a ploy to extract more subsidies from the South Korean government, using workers as pawns….

teleSUR (2020-04-20). Trump Was Real Time Informed During COVID-19 Outbreak in China. telesurenglish.net U.S. health experts briefed President Donald Trump in real time about the emergence of COVID-19 in China while working full-time at World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva in late 2019. | RELATED: | A dozen U.S. researchers, doctors and experts were at WHO headquarters when the new coronavirus outbreak began in China. | They kept the Trump administration informed of its discovery and spread, U.S. and internation…

Elijah J. Magnier (2020-04-20). Will America Launch a War on Iraq? globalresearch.ca The US administration views Iraq as an arena for confrontation with Iran, with the aim of subjugating the country to its hegemony and dominance. The US imposes harsh sanctions on Iran and is trying to close the Iraqi market to …

Ellen Brown (2020-04-20). A Universal Basic Income Is Essential and Will Work. globalresearch.ca According to an April 6 article on CNBC.com, Spain is slated to become the first country in Europe to introduce a universal basic income (UBI) on a long-term basis. Spain's Minister for Economic Affairs has announced plans to roll out …

RT (2020-04-20). Milky Way could be slingshotting entire STARS beyond the edge of the galaxy. rt.com Using incredibly sophisticated computer models, astronomers now believe that the Milky Way is launching stars out from its core to the fringes of the galaxy with mind-boggling levels of force. | The research, carried out at the University of California, Irvine, found that clusters of supernovas near the heart of the Milky Way galaxy were exploding with such force that they fired jets of gas towards outer space, beyond the classical disk of our home galaxy. | This so-called 'supernova feedback' could account for roughly 40 percent of these outer-halo stars, while the total number of stars produced by the supern…

Thomas L. Knapp (2020-04-20). 'China Lied, People Died?' Look Who's Talking! globalresearch.ca "The costs of the pandemic keep piling up," And why, pray tell, should China's government be punished? …

Saheb Sadeghi (2020-04-20). 'Armageddon': When Coronavirus Struck a Tehran Hospital. globalresearch.ca It was like scenes from an Armageddon-like movie made in Hollywood instead of a real-world Tehran hospital, Hesam Khezri said, describing the state of "Looking down from the …

The Canary (2020-04-20). Reports suggest many have had coronavirus with no symptoms. thecanary.co New research suggests that far more people have had the coronavirus without any symptoms, fuelling hope that it will turn out to be much less lethal than originally feared.Based on known cases, health officials have said the virus usually causes mild or moderate flu-like illness.Now evidence is growing that a substantial number of people may have no symptoms at all.Scientists in Iceland screened 6% of its population to see how many had previously undetected infections and found that about 0.7% tested positive.So did 13% of a group at higher risk because of recent travel or exposure to someone sick.Aboard the airc…

yenisafak (2020-04-20). Australian experts find novel method to study COVID-19. yenisafak.com Scientists in Australia are using a new method to study the thousands of genetic sequences of the coronavirus.A statement by Australia's national science agency — Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) — on Monday said that its researches unveiled a "new approach" to analyze the genetic codes, or the blueprint, of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19."The findings will help researchers better understand how strains of the virus evolve and help identify new clusters of the virus," the statement said.CSIRO's Chief Executive Dr Larry Marshall said knowing the genetic co…

sputniknews (2020-04-20). India's Ventilator Requirement Will Triple Within Next Week, Government Lab Researchers Say. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): As the number of cases in India has crossed the 17,000-case mark, several suggestions have been made that the country would require more ventilators, as the COVID-19 situation is developing.

Global Research News (2020-04-20). Selected Articles: A Universal Basic Income Is Essential and Will Work. globalresearch.ca A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | | | If, like us, this is a …

en.mehrnews (2020-04-20). Six contracts inked for producing COVID-19 vaccine: VP. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) — Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said on Sun. that six contracts were concluded with knowledge-based companies in the field of producing coronavirus vaccine in the country.

sputniknews (2020-04-20). A Giant Asteroid is Hurling Towards Earth at Seventeen Kilometres-Per-Second. sputniknews.com NASA's Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS), located in California, is tasked with tracking all space rocks which are considered to be flying relatively "close" to our planet in an astronomical sense. The largest of them can have an impact on our planet's environment, even from a far distance.

sputniknews (2020-04-20). Super-Earth and Orbital Resonance: Extraordinary Star System Found in the Depths of Space. sputniknews.com While the state of orbital resonance between the planets doesn't appear to be exactly perfect, it is close enough to make the system stand out.

WSWS (2020-04-20). International students in Australia speak out: "Governments have done nothing to help us" wsws.org "Governments are providing billions and even trillions of dollars to the banks and corporations. Why nothing for us?"

WSWS (2020-04-20). Australian governments refuse to assist international students amid pandemic. wsws.org Thousands of international students are on the precipice of homelessness and abject poverty after state and federal governments refused to provide them with any assistance.

Guillaume Long (2020-04-20). How Ecuador Descended Into Corona Chaos. counterpunch.org In the last few days and weeks, media outlets around the world have been publishing shocking stories and images of the COVID-19 crisis in Ecuador. Scenes of corpses abandoned in the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador's second-largest city, have shaken audiences in Latin America and beyond. Statistics, even the highly untrustworthy official ones, have confirmed the dire picture of a fast accelerating crisis.

teleSUR (2020-04-19). COVID-19 Lockdowns Harmfully Impacting Millions of Children: UN. telesurenglish.net Millions of children worldwide are being vulnerable to countless threats due to the lockdowns arising from the global coronavirus pandemic, a new United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) report has revealed Thursday. | RELATED: | The document called "The Impact of COVID-19 on children" details the different areas in which children could possibly be harmed, including lack of access to healthcare, domestic life, education, and risks as a resu…

teleSUR (2020-04-19). Iran Will Allow Low-Risk Businesses to Resume Work. telesurenglish.net Iran's capital Tehran was allowed to resume low-risk businesses on Saturday, a week after kindred deregulations were adopted in other parts of the country amid the COVID-19 epidemic. | RELATED: | The move came as per the smart distancing plan, whereby Iran loosened quarantine regulations and allowed the re-opening of businesses with lower risk indices. | According to Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education, high-r…

RT (2020-04-19). Herd immunity? 1 in 3 test positive for Covid-19 ANTIBODIES in pilot Massachusetts street study. rt.com Nearly a third of 200 randomly tested residents of Chelsea, Massachusetts were found to have Covid-19-related antibodies in yet another indication that the virus could be far more widespread and much less lethal than believed. | All of the participants "generally appeared healthy," but around half of them admitted that they had suffered at least one coronavirus symptom in the past month, according to the Massachusetts General Hospital researchers. Those who had previously tested positive for Covid-19 in the regular nasal swab were deliberately excluded from the study. | A total of 64 out of 200 blood samples t…

teleSUR (2020-04-19). China Denies the Coronavirus Came from One of Its Labs. telesurenglish.net Authorities at a maximum-security laboratory in Wuhan, the city where the coronavirus outbreak emerged last December, rejected claims that they could be the source of the COVID-19 surge, following recent accusations by the President of the United States, Donald Trump. | RELATED: | "In no way has this virus left us," said researcher Yuan Zhiming, director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, capital of central Chi…

Pascal Sacré (2020-04-19). Politics and Corruption at the World Health Organization (WHO). globalresearch.ca This article, translated from French, was written prior to Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic outbreak | *** | The WHO [OMS in French] is the World Health Organisation. 'WHO' in English — and that's much more appropriate. WHO: who is it really? | Would the …

Michael Snyder (2020-04-19). Why Did Hundreds Of CEOs Resign Just Before The World Started Going Absolutely Crazy? globalresearch.ca In the months prior to the most ferocious stock market crash in history and the eruption of the biggest public health crisis of our generation, we witnessed the biggest exodus of corporate CEOs that we have ever seen. And as …

Amy Merrill (2020-04-19). Lessons From COVID-19 to Address the Climate Crisis. commondreams.org Students and environmental activists participate in a climate strike in Los Angeles, California on May 24, 2019. (Photo: Ronen Tivony / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

The Canary (2020-04-19). More evidence that official figures don't reflect the true scale of care home deaths from coronavirus. thecanary.co A study of deaths linked to Covid-19 in care homes predicts that thousands more people have died than official figures show. | The National Care Forum (NCF), which represents not-for-profit care providers, has estimated that more than 4,000 people may have died after contracting Covid-19 across all residential and nursing homes before April 13. | This is significantly higher than the official weekly figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which recorded 217 care home deaths connected to the virus up until April 3. | The NCF collected data from 47 care homes which support more than 30,000 peo…

Fight Back (2020-04-18). Texas students fight for Dreamer Center. fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX — The Progressive Student Union commenced a call-in campaign April 13 to get the administration at the University of Texas at Arlington to formally establish a Dreamer Center on their campus. Dreamer Centers exist already on several campuses, including University of Utah, Mountain View College, as well as UTA's sister school the UT San Antonio. The latter has existed since 2018 due to student concerns that the undocumented students did not have adequate resources or protections due to the constant attacks on immigrants by the Trump administration. | This campaign was commenced as the universit…

Dean Baker (2020-04-18). Bret Stephens' Employers May Keep Big Pharma Haters Out of the New York Times, but We Are Everywhere Else. cepr.net The sub-headline of Bret Stephens' latest column tells readers "there should be no big-pharma haters in pandemics." The point is that researchers at Gilead Sciences, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies, are working tirelessly on the testing of remdesivir, which at the moment is the most promising treatment for the coronavirus. Stephens' column focuses on …

Muhammed Shabeer (2020-04-18). Students across Europe fight COVID-19 and the neoliberal state. peoplesdispatch.org As of April 16, more than 2 million people have contracted coronavirus and around 144,104 people have died. Countries across Europe have been devastated by the pandemic and all sectors of society have been impacted. However, the working class and migrant communities across Europe are those facing the brunt of the crisis. They have been pushed to the brink by sheer negligence and insensitivity of the governments amid this public health crisis. | Students and youth in these countries are particularly in distress due to the shutting down of schools, colleges, and universities as part of the lockdown. The majority of…

The Canary (2020-04-18). 7,500 feared to have died with coronavirus in care homes. thecanary.co As many as 7,500 people are feared to have died after contracting coronavirus (COVID-19) in care homes, according to a leading industry body.Care England, which represents independent care firms, said it had collected data which suggested fatalities are far higher than those released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). ONS recorded 217 care home deaths from the virus until 3 April.Care England's chief executive Martin Green told the Telegraph: If we look at some of the death rates since 1 April and compare them with previous years' rates, we estimate a figure of about 7,500 people may have died as a resul…

Beau Peters (2020-04-18). The Important Role of the Gig Economy Worker in Times of Crisis. dissidentvoice.org In 2017, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 55 million Americans were gig economy workers, making up 34% of the working population. At that time, it was expected for the number to rise to 43%, but due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the gig economy is changing. Currently, about 95% of Americans are on …

Eleanor Eagan (2020-04-17). March 2020 Update on the State of Independent Federal Agencies. cepr.net The federal government's independent federal agencies receive too little attention relative to their importance to our collective safety and prosperity. The Revolving Door Project has worked through multiple channels to shed light on these overlooked agencies and the threats that they face. We hope public education will generate pressure to safeguard the independence of these agencies and …

imperial.ac.uk (2020-04-17). Coronavirus vaccine team secures funding to move towards human trials. imperial.ac.uk Imperial researchers working on a vaccine for COVID-19 have been awarded government funding to take the work forward towards human trials.

imperial.ac.uk (2020-04-17). Further government funding secured for Imperial coronavirus research. imperial.ac.uk Three Imperial research projects have received £2.4 million of national funding to help fight the coronavirus pandemic.

graham (2020-04-17). 5G — What's true, what's not and what you really need to know. truepublica.org.uk Last year, TruePublica published statistical and scientific evidence that the 5G was not as safe as we are being told. We also published a report stating that simply saying that more health research is needed on 5G —the latest generation of cell phone technology— was going to be hazardous to your reputation. And so it …