April 2020

Noisy Car Caravan demands DC release all prisoners to avoid coronavirus

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 04/08/2020 - 20:04

On the 8th of April, a noisy car caravan took to the streets of DC, demanding that all prisoners in the DC Jail and in Central Cell Block be released immediately so they don't contract the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus.

Video of the noise protest motorcade 1 min 10 sec

Environment/Food/Health
Police/Legal/Prisons

"Hogan's Zeroes" make 15,000 stay at home compliance police checks in MD

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 04/07/2020 - 21:45

On the 7th of April, MD Governor Hogan's spokesman Mike Ricci brazenly tweeted that cops in MD have made 15,000 "compliance checks" related to Gov Hogan's stay at home order, made 14 arrests,and issued 665 warnings. Over 50 of the warnings went to MD residents at their homes. This is heavy-duty "health Fascism" well beyond events in other states, and related more to power than to actual virus concerns.

Police/Legal/Prisons

The Shortwave Report 04/03/20 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/02/2020 - 20:51

Dear Radio Friend,     This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, and Sputnik Radio.http://www.outfarpress.com/swr200403.mp3   (If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {33MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&)        From GERMANY- We will begin wi

Anti-War/Peace
Elections/Legislation/Government
Environment/Food/Health
Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Media
Military/Weapons
World Uprisings

Escape From Maryland: An activist's story

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 04/01/2020 - 14:46

I write this as one of many thousands of US residents driven from their homes by full-on, hard authoritarian government response to the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, the 30th of March, Maryland Governor Hogan imposed one of the most severe stay at home orders in the entire US, brazenly threatening residents with prison if they left home for any but a few reasons. With hours until it went into effect, I hurredly packed up the things I care about the most and escaped from MD with hours to spare.

Environment/Food/Health
Police/Legal/Prisons

IMF Gold Reserves Can Provide Coronavirus Relief Says Development Group

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/01/2020 - 11:06

Washington, DC - As the International Monetary Fund, G20 and world leaders consider urgent actions to confront the economic impacts of the coronavirus, a development group says IMF money is available to prevent crisis and support healthcare."We believe the Fund should take additional, deeper actions to expand debt relief, aid to the poorest countries in the world as well as offer greater relief to the so-called Middle Income Countries," wrote Jubilee USA Executive Director Eric LeCompte in a letter to the head of the IMF, Kristalina Georgieva.

Globalization/Anti-globalization
Labor/Economics/Business

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