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Second Decarcerate DC Car Caravan demands release of jail, halfway house, St E's prisoners

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 04/16/2020 - 23:11

On Emancipation Day, the 16th of April, the second Decarcerate DC car caravan protest took to the streets. This time they started at Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital and drove to the DC Jail. Again demands were the release of all prisoners in St E's, the DC jail, and all halfway houses to avoid a coronavirus death sentence.

Video of car caravan originally published by SURJ-DC 21 sec

Police/Legal/Prisons

Still from SURJ-DC video of the car caravan near the start

The Shortwave Report 04/17/20 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 04/16/2020 - 20:10

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/swr200417.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- First a ser

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Foreign Policy/Imperialism
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World Uprisings

IMF Spring Meetings driven online by virus on 20th anniversary of A16

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 04/16/2020 - 12:52

Twenty years ago on the day this was written, the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings were beseiged and shut down by betweenb 20,000 and 30,000 direct action protesters. Now the Spring Meetings have been driven to online venues by a different kind of siege: the coronavirus. Reports that the IMF and World Bank agreed to cancel all debts "owed" to them unfortunately turned out to be an online prank.

Video-A16 20 years later,now virus beseiges IMF 2 min 4 sec

Environment/Food/Health
Globalization/Anti-globalization

G20 Suspends Debt Payments for Poor Countries As the Coronavirus Spreads

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 04/15/2020 - 19:26

Washington DC - The G20 announced a suspension of debt payments and interest for the world's 76 poorest countries in order to bolster health services to confront the coronavirus.

Elections/Legislation/Government

Major Religious Institutions Urge President, IMF and G20 to Cancel Debts and Use Reserves to Protect Poor

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/14/2020 - 17:42

Many of the largest religious institutions are calling for financial crisis protections, debt relief and additional resources to protect the world's poor in what the IMF calls the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression.

Labor/Economics/Business

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