2020-04-05: Social Media Postees

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Spanish PM says EU survival is at stake in war against coronavirus as Spain becomes Europe's most infected nation
rt.com | 2020-04-05
As Spain becomes Europe's most infected country, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has sent a forceful message to Brussels, warning that the European Union will fail if it gets its handling of the Covid-19 crisis wrong. | In a piece published in the Guardian on Sunday, the Spanish leader said that the outlook of his "fervently" pro-European government is being tested by the bloc's handling of the pandemic to date. | Sanchez called for solidarity between membe…
rt.com/news/485006-spain-prime-minister-warning-eu-coronavirus/

Covid-19 hotspot Italy rolls out plan for 'living with the virus' once peak has passed
rt.com | 2020-04-05
Rome is set to cautiously relax some of its lockdown restrictions when the pandemic slows down or stops its spread, while at the same time boosting health services to keep coronavirus at bay. | Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza has outlined a five-step plan to allow his Covid-stricken country to outlast the fatal disease, which has claimed 15,362 lives to date. "There are difficult months ahead. Our task is to create the conditions to live with the virus," he was quoted as saying by La Repubblica newspaper. | Italy, the worst-affected country in Europe in terms of Covid-19 deaths, will exit the nationwi…
rt.com/news/485024-italy-ease-coronavirus-lockdown/

Spain's Sanchez Calls for New 'Marshall Plan' in Europe
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-05
Spanish President Pedro Sánchez, told the nations of the European Union (EU) that they will fail as a community if forceful measures are not taken to face the coronavirus pandemic. | RELATED: | Spain: Bio-Engineers Find Drug That Blocks Effects of COVID-19 | In an article published on Sunday in more than a dozen European newspapers, in different languages, Sánchez appealed for solidarity between EU countries to get ahead in the face of the health emergency that is hitting the co…
telesurenglish.net/news/Spains-Sanchez-Calls-for-New-Marshall-Plan-in-Europe-20200405-0004.html

Spain registers fewer than 700 new coronavirus-related deaths as daily fatalities show signs of slowing
rt.com | 2020-04-05
Spain's death toll from Covid-19 has risen by 674 in the last 24 hours, the country's Health Ministry reported, marking fewer deaths than in previous days. The number of newly-confirmed cases has also fallen by around 1,000. | The daily number of registered cases is also showing signs of decline. Cases rose to 130,759 from 124,736 on Sunday

UK PM Admitted to Hospital Over COVID-19 Symptoms
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-05
The United Kingdom's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been admitted Sunday to the hospital for further tests and as a "precautionary step," 10 days after testing positive for COVID-19, the British government announced. | RELATED: | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is Covid-19 Positive | "On the advice of his doctor, the prime minister has tonight been admitted to hospital for tests," a Downing Street spokeswoman said, adding that "this is a precautionary step, as the prime minis…
telesurenglish.net/news/UK-PM-Admitted-to-Hospital-Over-COVID-19-Symptoms-20200405-0005.html

Coronavirus in Albania and the Presence of Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) in Tirana
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-05
Following the outbreak of coronavirus in Italy, more than 120,000 Albanians residing in Italy returned to their country. Albania, with a population under 3,000,000, has, as of this writing, 243 cases of coronavirus. That is 84 cases per 1,000,000 people. …
globalresearch.ca/mek-coronavirus/5708684

Market speculations, not real demand, sank Russian oil to 20-year lows
rt.com | 2020-04-05
The swings in the oil market are mainly caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the lack of a deal between the OPEC and major exporters of crude. However, some analysts believe that there are more factors behind the market rout. | The price for Russian Urals oil blend fell to $10.54 per barrel (CIF Rotterdam) on April 2, the weakest level since March 1999. Despite having managed to rebound since then, the rally could be short-term and just a reaction to a possible big oil deal, independent economic analyst Narek Avakyan told RT, explaining that demand is still going to fall amid the pandemic and worldwide boost…
rt.com/business/484971-oil-falls-market-speculation/

Covid-19 cases in Moscow near 4,000 as mayor says capital is country's 'HIGHEST RISK' region
rt.com | 2020-04-05
Moscow's mayor has warned that the growing number of coronavirus infections in the city means tough self-isolation measures are still needed. The capital reported more than 500 new cases on Sunday from a national total of 658. | It means the overall number of confirmed infections in the capital is now 3,893, up by 536, and more than two-thirds of Russia's nationwide tally of 5,389, according to official figures. Authorities have recorded 45 deaths. | Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Sunday that Moscow is considered to be at the "highest risk" because of the number of people that have have traveled through the cit…
rt.com/russia/485002-russia-moscow-coronavirus-infections-sobyanin/

Trump brandishes tariff stick at 'illegal OPEC cartel' & vows to do 'whatever it takes' (but no US oil cuts!)
rt.com | 2020-04-05
Calling on Russia and Saudi Arabia to urgently resolve the global oil output crisis, President Donald Trump said he will do whatever it takes

One NATO country is using the coronavirus as a weapon of war
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-04-05
Across the world, countries are struggling to deal with coronavirus (Covid-19). But one NATO country, Turkey, is using the pandemic as a weapon of war and a tool of repression. | Both domestically and in its war in the North East of Syria (aka Rojava), the Turkish state is seizing the opportunity of coronavirus to continue its war against majority Kurdish communities. | Cutting off water supplies during a pandemic: | On 3 April, Kurdistan 24 reported that: Shelling by Turkish-backed armed groups on Thursday caused severe…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/04/05/one-nato-country-is-using-the-coronavirus-as-a-weapon-of-war/

Russian doctors, nurses protest against horrifying conditions in hospitals
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
Nurses and doctors have walked off their jobs, pleading for medical and personal protective equipment, and renovations of dilapidated hospital buildings.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/russ-a04.html

Russian doctors, nurses protest against horrifying conditions in hospitals
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
Nurses and doctors have walked off their jobs, pleading for medical and personal protective equipment, and renovations of dilapidated hospital buildings.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/russ-a04.html

Ireland woefully unprepared for COVID-19 onslaught
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
The European Centre for Disease Control warns that the intensive care system in Irish hospitals will not be able to cope with rising numbers of coronavirus patients in critical condition.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/irel-a04.html

Unemployment surges in Europe amid COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
The catastrophe now unfolding in Europe is rooted not in the biological properties of the coronavirus, but in the political bankruptcy of European capitalism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/euro-a04.html

Government failings mean the UK is set to overtake Italy and Spain for coronavirus deaths
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2020-04-04
The latest data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDPC) indicates that the UK will likely overtake Italy and Spain for coronavirius (Covid-19) deaths. This follows significant delays by the UK government to organise ventilators, personal protective equipment (PPE), and wide-scale testing. | More deaths than Italy and Spain: | A Financial Times graph published on 3 April 2020, based on data from the ECDPC, indicates that in regard to coronavirus deaths, the UK is now on a steeper trajectory than Italy was at t…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/04/04/government-failings-mean-the-uk-is-set-to-overtake-italy-and-spain-for-coronavirus-deaths/

Coronavirus crisis: Hunger and malnutrition spread in Germany
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
Research indicates some 13 million people in Germany are living in poverty or confront hunger, malnutrition and social misery due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/hung-a04.html

'We need masks, we don't want others getting them': Trump defends America First hoarding & 'piracy'
rt.com | 2020-04-04
Dismissing accusations of 'modern piracy' for banning exports and seizing shipments of vital protective masks from its allies in Germany and France, US President Donald Trump claimed the situation was somehow the exact 'opposite.' | Asked about the controversy over the White House pressuring safety gear manufacturer 3M to step up imports of protective masks from its Chinese factories to the US

'We need masks, we don't want others getting them': Trump defends America First hoarding & 'piracy'
rt.com | 2020-04-04
Dismissing accusations of 'modern piracy' for banning exports and seizing shipments of vital protective masks from its allies in Germany and France, US President Donald Trump claimed the situation was somehow the exact 'opposite.' | Asked about the controversy over the White House pressuring safety gear manufacturer 3M to step up imports of protective masks from its Chinese factories to the US

Deadly knife attack in south of France investigated by anti-terrorism prosecutor
rt.com | 2020-04-04
The man accused of killing two people and injuring five in the southeastern French town of Romans-sur-Isere had the aim of "seriously disturbing public order by intimidation or terror," the anti-terrorism prosecutor's office said. | The suspect is a Sudanese man in his 30s, who lamented living in a country of "unbelievers," according to handwritten documents found in his home. The alleged perpetrator went on a stabbing spree on Saturday morning when the town's residents who are in lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak were out shopping for groceries. | First, he went to a tobacco shop where he attacked the…
rt.com/news/484996-france-knife-attack-terrorism/

Turkish workers strike as bosses keep them at work despite COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
As of Friday night, Turkey had passed 20,000 cases and 400 deaths in the global coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/turk-a04.html

Turkish workers strike as bosses keep them at work despite COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
As of Friday night, Turkey had passed 20,000 cases and 400 deaths in the global coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/turk-a04.html

As infections and deaths soar, Georgia governor issues "stay-at-home" directive
wsws.org | 2020-04-04
Governor Brian Kemp claimed that "he did not know until the last 24 hours" that persons infected with the coronavirus but showing no symptoms could infect others.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/04/geor-a04.html

'We Will Not Sit Back and Let Transit Workers Be Treated Like Cannon Fodder'
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2020-04-04
'We Will Not Sit Back and Let Transit Workers Be Treated Like Cannon Fodder'…
thenation.com/article/activism/public-transportation-worker-covid/

'Pure Retaliation, Retribution, and Reprisal': Trump Fires Inspector General Who Sounded Alarm About Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-04
Democratic lawmakers and government watchdogs on Saturday condemned President Donald Trump's abrupt dismissal of Michael Atkinson, the intelligence community inspector general who informed Congress last year of the whistleblower complaint which kicked off Trump's eventual impeachment proceedings. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1173692047_1.jpg
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France To "Temporarily" Nationalize Companies Hit by COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-03
The French government is considering nationalizing, for a limited period of time, those companies suffering from the financial market turmoil due to the coronavirus epidemic, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday. | RELATED: | France: Tenth Day of National Protests Against Pension Reform | "It is simply a matter of having the state protect companies, for a limited period, by taking a stake or possibly by making a temporary nationalization," Le Maire told France 24 and RF…
telesurenglish.net/news/France-To-Temporarily-Nationalize-Companies-Hit-by-COVID-19-20200403-0014.html

Tunisia Leads the Way: New Report Exposes Israel's False Democracy
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-03
Tunisia is the Middle East's greatest success story, according to the findings of the V-Dem Annual Democracy Report 2019. One of the world's most regarded annual reports on democracy and good governance, the V-Dem Report is produced by the V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy) Institute at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. While Tunisians can be…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/03/tunisia-leads-the-way-new-report-exposes-israels-false-democracy/

EU Demands Serbia to Help Kosovo During Coronavirus Crisis
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-03
The Working Group for the Chapter 35 of the Serbian National Convention on the European Union (EU) has called for the authorities in Serbia and Kosovo to create a cooperation to reduce the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. | "We witness | …
globalresearch.ca/eu-demands-serbia-help-kosovo-coronavirus-restricts-assistance-bosnian-serbs/5708490

Can "Coronavirus Diplomacy" Bring the European Union (EU) Closer to Eurasia?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-03
The European Union (EU) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), an association of post-Soviet states, effectively serve a similar function to each other as an economic bloc. Unlike the 27-member EU, the EEU has only 5-members as many post-Soviet states …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-diplomacy-bring-eu-closer-eurasia/5708605

Russia's Counter-COVID Aid to America, Advances the Case for a New Detente?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-03
Russia's urgent dispatch of counter-COVID aid to America was both symbolic and substantial in the sense that it improved the country's reputation among average Americans which in turn advances Trump's years-long case for a "New Detente" between these two Great …
globalresearch.ca/russia-counter-covid-aid-america-advances-new-detente/5708544

The Tories are probably hoping we're too distracted to notice the investigation into EU election spending
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-04-03
The Conservative Party is probably hoping that we're all too distracted by the coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic to notice the party is under investigation over their campaign spending during the European Parliament elections.The Electoral Commission said five parties are being examined after submitting spending reports which were missing information that would give voters a "complete picture of their campaign spending".It added that parties are required by law to provide complete lists of all campaign payments and supporting invoices or receipts for payments of more than £200.It confirmed two investigations…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/04/03/the-tories-are-probably-hoping-were-too-distracted-to-notice-the-investigation-into-eu-election-spending/

Official Figures: COVID-19 Yet to Impact Europe's Overall Mortality
OffGuardian | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-03
The official figures for 24 countries across Europe show, not only that overall mortality is not increasing, but

Spain: Bio-Engineers Find Drug That Blocks Effects of COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-03
Researchers at the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), together with international collaborators from Canada, Sweden and Germany, have identified a drug capable of blocking the effects of the novel coronavirus which leads to the COVID-19 disease, the institute said on Friday. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro to Heal Brazil From COVID-19 With Religious Rituals | "We have been able to develop cell cultures that resemble the kidney, what we call micro-kidneys, in order to inves…
telesurenglish.net/news/Spain-Bio-Engineers-Find-Drug-That-Blocks-Effects-of-COVID-19-20200403-0009.html

New grim record: US becomes 1st country to report 1,000+ Covid-19 deaths in single day as global infections top 1 million
rt.com | 2020-04-03
The United States has reached yet another dark milestone in the coronavirus pandemic, counting over 1,000 fatalities in the span of 24 hours and shattering the global record for daily deaths as worldwide cases soar past 1 million. | Surpassing both its own one-day record

The Difference Between America's Coronavirus Response and Norway's
James Carden | thenation.com | 2020-04-03
The Difference Between America's Coronavirus Response and Norway's…
thenation.com/article/society/covid-norway-interview/

The Bigger Picture is Hiding Behind a Virus
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-03
Things often look the way they do because someone claiming authority tells us they look that way. If that sounds too cynical, pause for a moment and reflect on what seemed most important to you just a year ago, or even a few weeks ago. Then, you may have been thinking that Russian interference in…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/03/the-bigger-picture-is-hiding-behind-a-virus/

Puebla's Group Condemns US Military Move To Venezuelan Coast
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-03
The Puebla Group denounced on Friday the deployment of military forces at the Venezuelan maritime borders by the United States under the pretext of the war on drugs. | RELATED: | The US Transition Plan for Venezuela Is a Mockery, Russia Says | The group of leftist leaders rejected the use of force and threat against Venezuela, saying the U.S. move vi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Pueblas-Group-Condemns-US-Military-Move-To-Venezuelan-Coast-20200403-0013.html

The United States to Lose 7 Percent of Its Domestic Product
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-03
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) forecasts that the United States might experience a 12 percent unemployment rate and a 7 percent loss of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by the end of this year's second quarter. | RELATED: | The US Transition Plan for Venezuela Is a Mockery, Russia Says | …
telesurenglish.net/news/The-United-States-to-Lose-7-Percent-of-Its-Domestic-Product-20200403-0003.html

Austria's 'Unsozial' Capitalists in a Time of Crisis
Kevin Potter | mronline.org | 2020-04-03
In a move seemingly reserved only for cartoonish villains, one of Austria's best-known millionaires, Attila Doƒüudan, CEO of DO &CO–one of the largest culinary companies in Austria, and who employs over 11,000 people worldwide–has used the COVID-19 crisis to orchestrate a widespread layoff campaign against all restaurant employees within Austria.
mronline.org/2020/04/03/austrias-unsozial-capitalists-in-a-time-of-crisis/

Austria's 'Unsozial' Capitalists in a Time of Crisis
Kevin Potter | mronline.org | 2020-04-03
In a move seemingly reserved only for cartoonish villains, one of Austria's best-known millionaires, Attila Doƒüudan, CEO of DO &CO–one of the largest culinary companies in Austria, and who employs over 11,000 people worldwide–has used the COVID-19 crisis to orchestrate a widespread layoff campaign against all restaurant employees within Austria.
mronline.org/2020/04/03/austrias-unsozial-capitalists-in-a-time-of-crisis/

Erdogan's Idlib Misadventure: Reality Checks and Hard Lessons for Turkey
Agha Hussain | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-03
Turkey has found itself as a historic diplomatic crossroads following its military blunder in Syria. Now, wounded and humiliated, it faces a choice between neighborly detente or escalating its NATO-backed aggression in Syria.
mintpressnews.com/erdogans-idlib-misadventure-reality-checks-hard-lessons-turkey/266275/

"There Aren't Enough Tests": As Pandemic Intensifies, Global South Prepares for the Worst
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-02
After devastating China, Europe and the United States, the coronavirus pandemic is now intensifying across the Global South. The United Nations warns the pandemic is poised to destroy fragile economies in poor nations, decimating food security, education and human rights. We speak with Yanis Ben Amor, assistant professor of global health and microbiological sciences at Columbia University and executive director of the Center for Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/2/yanis_ben_amor_developing_countries_coronavirus

"There Aren't Enough Tests": As Pandemic Intensifies, Global South Prepares for the Worst
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-02
After devastating China, Europe and the United States, the coronavirus pandemic is now intensifying across the Global South. The United Nations warns the pandemic is poised to destroy fragile economies in poor nations, decimating food security, education and human rights. We speak with Yanis Ben Amor, assistant professor of global health and microbiological sciences at Columbia University and executive director of the Center for Sustainable Development at the Earth Institute.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/2/yanis_ben_amor_developing_countries_coronavirus

Red states 'slower to respond' to Covid-19 as they listened to Trump, Axios founder claims…except blue states have been worst hit
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Axios co-founder Jim VanderHei politicized the coronavirus crisis by claiming red states have been "slower" responding because they've been "listening to President Trump," but he ignores why blue states have been hit harder. | Speaking to MSNBC's Morning Joe and name-dropping Georgia and Florida as states that waited longer than others to implement stay-at-home orders, VanderHei said "information inequality" is to blame for states not acting as one in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. | "It's because they were listening to President Trump up until the last five or six days. They were watching Fo…
rt.com/usa/484826-msnbc-red-states-coronavirus/

Red states 'slower to respond' to Covid-19 as they listened to Trump, Axios founder claims…except blue states have been worst hit
rt.com | 2020-04-02
Axios co-founder Jim VanderHei politicized the coronavirus crisis by claiming red states have been "slower" responding because they've been "listening to President Trump," but he ignores why blue states have been hit harder. | Speaking to MSNBC's Morning Joe and name-dropping Georgia and Florida as states that waited longer than others to implement stay-at-home orders, VanderHei said "information inequality" is to blame for states not acting as one in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. | "It's because they were listening to President Trump up until the last five or six days. They were watching Fo…
rt.com/usa/484826-msnbc-red-states-coronavirus/

'People Should Not Be Forced to Put Their Lives on the Line to Vote'
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2020-04-02
'People Should Not Be Forced to Put Their Lives on the Line to Vote'…
thenation.com/article/politics/wisconsin-democratic-primary/

'People Should Not Be Forced to Put Their Lives on the Line to Vote'
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2020-04-02
'People Should Not Be Forced to Put Their Lives on the Line to Vote'…
thenation.com/article/politics/wisconsin-democratic-primary/

Southcom boosts US military presence in Latin America, citing China, Russia 'threats'
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-31
Southern Command is ramping up the US military presence in Latin America to counter China, Russia, and Venezuela, after signing…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/30/southcom-latin-america-china-russia-threats-brazil/

The Italian war-like measures to fight coronavirus spreading: Re-open closed hospitals now
Alessandro Miani, Ernesto Burgio, Prisco Piscitelli, Renato Lauro, Annamaria Colao | thelancet.com | 2020-03-27
As recently highlighted by The Lancet, the Covid-19 outbreak started in Northern Italy has shocked Europe, while it has been questioned if China benefits from an authoritarian advantage in disease response [1,2]. In Italy, after the shutdown of the educational system (schools and Universities will remain closed at least for one month) and the collapse of the touristic sector (90% of travels and reservations cancelled), the Government officially locked down residents of all the region of Milan (Lombardia) and other 11 provinces.
thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30064-X/fulltext?rss=yes

Headlines for March 27, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-27
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 Children Test Positive for COVID-19, Jailed Asylum Seekers Stage Hunger Strike, Demanding Release During Pandemic, Activists Demand Release of Aging Prisoners as Coronavirus Spreads, Hospitals in Spain and Italy on th…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/27/headlines

Headlines for March 27, 2020
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-27
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 Children Test Positive for COVID-19, Jailed Asylum Seekers Stage Hunger Strike, Demanding Release During Pandemic, Activists Demand Release of Aging Prisoners as Coronavirus Spreads, Hospitals in Spain and Italy on th…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/27/headlines