COVID News Index
Fightback & Struggle (see also Uprising)
Menitoff, Rachel. 2020. “Coronavirus Latest: Protesters Interrupt Baltimore Mayor Jack Young During COVID-19 Press Conference – CBS Baltimore.” CBS Baltimore. April 21, 2020. https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/04/21/coronavirus-latest-protesters-interrupt-baltimore-mayor-jack-young-during-covid-19-press-conference/.
Li, Waynee. 2020. “Vancouver Police End Occupation of School by Homeless Advocates Citing COVID-19 Fears.” The Star. April 19, 2020. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/04/19/vancouver-police-end-occupation-of-school-by-homeless-advocates-citing-covid-19-fears.html.
M, Morgan. 2020. “How the Pandemic Kicked off a Strike Wave in Italy.” Organizing Work. April 10, 2020. https://organizing.work/2020/04/how-the-pandemic-kicked-off-a-strike-wave-in-italy/.
Bonfert, Bernd. 2020. “Organizing under Lockdown: Online Activism, Local Solidarity.” ROAR Magazine. April 9, 2020. https://roarmag.org/essays/organizing-under-lockdown-online-activism-local-solidarity/.
“Over 60 Immigrant Women Launch Hunger Strike at Northwest Detention Center Women Demand Immediate Release to Mitigate Severe Risk of COVID-19 Exposure at Crowded Immigration Prison.” 2020. La Resistencia Facebook Page. April 5, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/LaResistenciaNW/posts/2972868136107380.
DMV. 2020. “URGENT: COVID-19 Hunger Strike at Virginia ICE Jail! Take Action NOW.” April 5, 2020. https://mailchi.mp/e81ba9848956/maryland-call-now-support-the-dignity-not-detention-act-1521628?e=a1fbaf4381&fbclid=IwAR094WiuWoSZtRC3AqQNAPmDpgISkZnuwtzIPR-cWUwTpRK-QJk4i1HWWro.
Friedler, Delilah. 2020. “Activists Are Still Taking to the Streets—in Cars.” Mother Jones. April 3, 2020. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/04/activists-are-still-taking-to-the-streets-in-cars/?fbclid=IwAR0tQHGD5o6XxjNlAK32ifLZdDipE3fKyIArixsv5hhIekvinG_G7YwydMQ.
Events
Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Use. 2020. “Indigenous Knowledge & Abolition.” Facebook. April 30, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/345679286397980.
“Supporting Those Left Inside: Meeting Needs Behind Prison Walls.” 2020. Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy. April 23, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/2584817615070252.
Roy, Arundhati. 2020. “The Pandemic Is a Portal: A Conversation with Arundhati Roy.” Eventbrite. April 23, 2020. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/102343167168.
“Taking Health Back from Corporations: Pandemics, Big Pharma and Privatized Health.” 2020. Transnational Institute. April 22, 2020. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ayc93CtdSkq1RkgO8Om-9g.
Hagopian, Jesse, Wayne Au, and Noliwe Rooks. 2020. “Remaking Schools in the Time of Coronavirus.” Eventbrite. April 22, 2020. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/102588025546?aff=efbneb.
The Transnational Institute. 2020. “جائحة كورونا وضرورة النضال من أجل السيادة على ثروات وغذاء شعوبنا.” Zoom Video. April 21, 2020. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y03gG6r3Sm2sTHtcT7BmXw.
Disability Justice Culture Club. 2020. “Justice Brunch! Hosted by DJCC.” Facebook. April 19, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/258929611941214.
Women of Diverse Origins / Femmes de Diverses Origines. 2020. “TeachInCommunaute Des Luttes et Covid19.” April 18, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/1056386131428991/?notif_t=plan_user_invited¬if_id=1586985016903929.
Gilmore, Ruth Wilson, and Naomi Murakawa. 2020. “Covid-19, Decarceration, and Abolition.” Eventbrite. April 16, 2020. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/101585777796?aff=efbneb.
“Call for Submissions: Perspectives on Anarchist Theory / Special Issue: ‘Pandemics from the Bottom Up.’” 2020. Institute for Anarchist Studies. April 7, 2020. https://anarchiststudies.org/call-for-submissions-perspectives-on-anarchist-theory-special-issue-pandemics-from-the-bottom-up/.
“How to Beat Coronavirus Capitalism (Part 2).” n.d. Eventbrite. Accessed April 9, 2020. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/101641592740.
Information Resources
“Surprise, on a Encore Des Droits !!” 2020. COBP. April 15, 2020. https://cobp.resist.ca/fr/node/19186.
“ESSF Coverage of the Coronavirus Pandemic.” 2020. Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières. April 14, 2020. http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article52638.
“Study of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities.” 2020. National Commission on Correctional Healthcare. April 13, 2020. https://www.ncchc.org/study-of-covid-19-in-correctional-facilities.
“Information Coronavirus En Diverses Langues Pour Les Migrant.Es.” 2020. Réseau Syndical International de Solidarité et de Luttes. March 17, 2020. http://www.laboursolidarity.org/Information-Coronavirus-en?lang=fr.
“Solidarity Infrastructure for Solidarity Actions.” 2020. Systemli.Org. March 15, 2020. https://www.systemli.org/en/2020/03/15/solidarity-as-infrastructure.html.
“WHSC - COVID-19 Resources.” n.d. Workers Health & Safety Centre. Accessed April 24, 2020. https://www.whsc.on.ca/Resources/Publications/COVID-19-Resources.
“COVID-19 Behind Bars.” n.d. Accessed April 17, 2020. https://covid19behindbars.com/.
“COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak: Human Rights Defenders & Civic Freedoms.” n.d. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Accessed April 11, 2020. https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/covid-19-coronavirus-outbreak/covid-19-coronavirus-outbreak-human-rights-defenders-civic-freedoms.
“Tracking the Global Response to COVID-19.” n.d. Privacy International. Accessed April 11, 2020. https://privacyinternational.org/examples/tracking-global-response-covid-19.
“Covid Cops 902.” n.d. Covid Cops 902. Accessed April 11, 2020. https://covidcops902.com.
Help Resources
“COVID-19 Resources for People Who Use Drugs and People Vulnerable to Structural Violence.” 2020. Harm Reduction Coalition. March 30, 2020. https://harmreduction.org/blog/covid-19-resources-for-people-who-use-drugs-and-people-vulnerable-to-structural-violence/.
AIEP. n.d. “Se battre contre le coronavirus en plusieurs langues et vivre le confinement avec ses enfants et ses adolescents.” Transculturel.eu. Accessed April 17, 2020. https://www.transculturel.eu/Se-battre-contre-le-coronavirus-en-plusieurs-langues-et-vivre-le-confinement-avec-ses-enfants-et-ses-adolescents_a1097.html.
Prison Aboilition Organizing Group. n.d. “Prisoner Emergency Support Fund.” Gofundme.Com. Accessed April 17, 2020. https://www.gofundme.com/f/prisoner-emergency-support-fund.
“Prisoner Emergency Support Fund.” n.d. Google Docs. Accessed April 17, 2020. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPeDN9YVoPvfVWV-hJT0Wc2goLRPA8jJpcJkMVZ2op4QlXRg/viewform?usp=embed_facebook.
“COVID-19 Tenant Organizing Guide.” n.d. Google Docs. Accessed April 10, 2020. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EKEbdNkdW0i55oZ2Rqu0qd6i-hLwR9gHCllu1t6-_W0/edit.
“Foire Aux Questions - Emploi et Logement.” n.d. Google Docs. Accessed April 7, 2020. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EB0nTKNJJXesh8txqPJTt0s2clYySTAZfR8l3PWzYvI/edit?fbclid=IwAR3yIZN412wpDTKuTNI1lSF_ZxYyicjuLi_XnT5lwu_FBhUybaqmaba0huU&usp=embed_facebook.
“Aide Financière Pour Les Travailleuses.Eurs Du Sexe Au Temps Du COVID-19.” n.d. Google Docs. Accessed April 7, 2020. https://drive.google.com/file/d/19lOk1QGGCapaVPuTLJSe2DLHg2p8fRQn/view?fbclid=IwAR1QyaAkmcup06JmQkITFr0l1eNzajucbHUJ3j9UkH9aJ1FvFGM-5Hn1mIg&usp=embed_facebook.
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Ableism
Whittington-Walsh, Fiona. 2020. “COVID-19 and the Crisis in Memory and Compassion.” Rabble.Ca. April 22, 2020. https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/views-expressed/2020/04/covid-19-and-crisis-memory-and-compassion.
Page, Julia. 2020. “With ‘no End in Sight’ to COVID-19 Lockdown in Long-Term Care Homes, 43-Year-Old Wants Out.” CBC News. April 21, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-chslds-young-adults-living-with-disabilities-autonomous-1.5538583.
Disability Justice Culture Club. 2020. “Justice Brunch! Hosted by DJCC.” Facebook. April 19, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/258929611941214.
Wyton, Moira. 2020. “Disabled People Fear Being Denied Care in Worst Case Pandemic Scenarios.” The Tyee. April 16, 2020. https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/16/Disabled-People-Pandemic-Scenario/.
Hakim, Danny. 2020. “‘It’s Hit Our Front Door’: Homes for the Disabled See a Surge of Covid-19.” The New York Times. April 8, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/nyregion/coronavirus-disabilities-group-homes.html.
Chamorro, Elena, and Soline Vennetier. 2020. “Deconstructions And Reconstructions Of Disability In Coronavirus Time.” Text. EHESS. April 8, 2020. https://www.ehess.fr/fr/carnet/d%C3%A9constructions-et-reconstructions-handicap-en-temps-coronavirus.
Chamorro, Elena, and Soline Vennetier. 2020. “Déconstructions et reconstructions du handicap en temps de coronavirus.” Text. EHESS. April 8, 2020. https://www.ehess.fr/fr/carnet/d%C3%A9constructions-et-reconstructions-handicap-en-temps-coronavirus.
Coleman, Diane. 2020. “As the Threat of Triage Grows, Disability Rights Advocacy Is Needed More Than Ever.” Not Dead Yet. April 6, 2020. http://notdeadyet.org/2020/04/as-the-threat-of-triage-grows-disability-rights-advocacy-is-needed-more-than-ever.html.
Koran, Mario. 2020. “‘This Is Crisis Teaching’: Students with Disabilities Slip through Cracks as Coronavirus Shuts Schools.” The Guardian, April 5, 2020, sec. World news. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/05/this-is-crisis-teaching-students-with-disabilites-slip-through-cracks-as-coronavirus-shuts-schools.
Analysis (see also Uprising)
Prashad, Vijay. 2020. “Either Socialism Will Defeat the Louse or the Louse Will Defeat Socialism.” MR Online. April 24, 2020. https://mronline.org/2020/04/24/either-socialism-will-defeat-the-louse-or-the-louse-will-defeat-socialism/.
Sealy-Harrington, Joshua. 2020. “What COVID-19 Tells Us about Racial Capitalism.” Daraja Press. April 24, 2020. https://darajapress.com/2020/04/24/what-covid-19-tells-us-about-racial-capitalism.
Keith, Njera. 2020. “The Ballot Won’t Beat It: Race, Democracy, and Coronavirus in America.” Hood Communist. April 23, 2020. http://hoodcommunist.org/2020/04/23/the-ballot-wont-beat-it-race-democracy-and-coronavirus-in-america/.
Gazi. 2020. “Keep Colonialism Closed and Lets Reopen The Revolution!” Hood Communist. April 23, 2020. http://hoodcommunist.org/2020/04/23/keep-colonialism-closed-and-lets-reopen-the-revolution/.
Rameu, Max. 2020. “A Critical Analysis of the Response to COVID-19.” Hood Communist. April 23, 2020. http://hoodcommunist.org/2020/04/23/a-critical-analysis-of-the-response-to-covid-19/.
“Pandemic Urbanism: Praxis in the Time of Covid-19.” 2020. Google Docs. April 22, 2020. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EK9MSBySLHLk9aqADj2k3i5Z7RD-fKpLdAVplKBFw8w/edit.
Shoki, William. 2020. “Out of Sight.” Africa Is A Country. April 21, 2020. https://africasacountry.com/2020/04/out-of-sight.
“To Change the World, Support Peasant Agriculture!” 2020. Via Campesina English. April 20, 2020. https://viacampesina.org/en/to-change-the-world-support-peasant-agriculture-reminds-ecvc-through-17april-actions/.
McNeil, Donald G. Jr. 2020. “The Coronavirus in America: The Year Ahead.” The New York Times. April 18, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/health/coronavirus-america-future.html.
Roy, Arundhati. 2020. “Pandemic Is a Portal: Arundhati Roy on COVID-19 in India, Imagining Another World & Fighting for It.” Democracy Now! April 16, 2020. https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/16/arundhati_roy_coronavirus_india.
Macfarlane, Laurie. 2020. “A Spectre Is Haunting the West – the Spectre of Authoritarian Capitalism.” OpenDemocracy. April 16, 2020. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/a-spectre-is-haunting-the-west-the-spectre-of-authoritarian-capitalism/.
Wallace, Rob, Moayyad Bsharat, Arie Kurniawaty, Sai Sam Kham, and Paula Gioia. 2020. “Farming Pathogens - Globalised Agriculture and Infectious Diseases.” The Transnational Institute. April 15, 2020. https://www.tni.org/en/article/video-recording-recipe-for-disaster-webinar-on-food-systems-inequality-and-covid-19.
Condon, Patrick. 2020. “Let’s Debunk the Myth Living More Densely Breeds Disease.” The Tyee. April 14, 2020. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/04/14/Poverty-Not-Density-Spreads-Disease/.
Altenberg, Jason. 2020. “‘Since Covid Began, We’ve Seen the Highest Number of Overdoses since 2017’: What Happens When the Opioid Epidemic Meets a Global Pandemic?” Toronto Life. April 14, 2020. https://torontolife.com/city/since-covid-began-weve-seen-the-highest-number-of-overdoses-since-2017-what-happens-when-the-opioid-epidemic-meets-a-global-pandemic/.
Tooze, Adam. 2020. “How Coronavirus Almost Brought down the Global Financial System.” The Guardian, April 14, 2020, sec. Business. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/14/how-coronavirus-almost-brought-down-the-global-financial-system.
Go, Awy. 2020. “The Hidden and Not-so-Hidden Casualty of COVID-19.” Colour of Poverty Colour of Change. April 13, 2020. https://colourofpoverty.ca/2020/04/13/the-hidden-and-not-so-hidden-casualty-of-covid-19/.
Jones, El. 2020. “Easter in the Pandemic.” Halifax Examiner. April 12, 2020. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/easter-in-the-pandemic/.
PCFMLM. 2020. “L’irruption de la crise de Covid-19 comme test d’économie politique ».” Materialisme Dialectique. April 12, 2020. https://materialisme-dialectique.com/lirruption-de-la-crise-de-covid-19-comme-test-deconomie-politique/.
Workers Solidarity Movement (Ireland), Acción Socialista Libertaria (Argentina), Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation (U.S.), Union Communiste Libertaire (France), Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (South Africa), and Solidaridad (Chile). 2020. “Livestream: International Panel Discussion on Covid-19.” Black Rose / Rosa Negra - Anarchist Federation (Youtube). April 11, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQpCp9MBFj8&feature=share.
Wasserman, Harvey. 2020. “Terrified Atomic Workers Warn That the COVID-19 Pandemic May Threaten Nuclear Reactor Disaster.” Common Dreams. April 10, 2020. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/04/10/terrified-atomic-workers-warn-covid-19-pandemic-may-threaten-nuclear-reactor.
Polychroniou, C. J. 2020. “Chomsky and Pollin: To Heal From COVID-19, We Must Imagine a Different World.” Truthout. April 10, 2020. https://truthout.org/articles/chomsky-and-pollin-to-heal-from-covid-19-we-must-imagine-a-different-world/.
Jackson, Emma, and Chanelle Gallant. 2020. “Five Ways to Take Anti-Racist Action During COVID-19.” The Tyee. April 10, 2020. https://doi.org/https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2020/04/10/Five-Ways-To-Take-Anti-Racist-Action-During-COVID-19/.
Nolan, Hamilton. 2020. “The Plan Is to Save Capital and Let the People Die.” Common Dreams. April 9, 2020. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/04/09/plan-save-capital-and-let-people-die.
Pasternak, Shiri, and Robert Houle. 2020. “No Such Thing as Natural Disasters: Infrastructure and the First Nation Fight against COVID-19.” Yellowhead Institute. April 9, 2020. https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/04/09/no-such-thing-as-natural-disasters-infrastructure-and-the-first-nation-fight-against-covid-19/.
Linebaugh, Peter. 2020. “Peter Linebaugh on the Long History of Pandemics.” KPFA Against the Grain. April 9, 2020. https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-april-8-2020/.
Moody, Kim. 2020. “How ‘Just-in-Time’ Capitalism Spread COVID-19.” Spectre Journal. April 8, 2020. https://spectrejournal.com/how-just-in-time-capitalism-spread-covid-19/.
“The struggle against epidemics in revolutionary China.” 2020. NewEpoch Media. April 8, 2020. https://www.newepoch.media/single-post/2020/04/08/The-struggle-against-epidemics-in-revolutionary-China.
“Covid-19: Food Systems Policy Proposals from the Food Movement.” 2020. Food Secure Canada. April 8, 2020. https://foodsecurecanada.org/covid-policy-spreadsheet.
Lukin, Annabelle. 2020. “COVID-19 Crisis Doesn’t Have to Be a ‘War.’” Web_content. The Lighthouse. April 7, 2020. https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/april-2020/covid-19-doesnt-have-to-be-a-war.
Tarnfoff, Ben. 2020. “These Are Conditions in Which Revolution Becomes Thinkable | Ben Tarnoff.” Commune. April 7, 2020. https://communemag.com/these-are-conditions-in-which-revolution-becomes-thinkable/.
“Tiger King: Quarantine Royalty.” 2020. Hard Crackers. April 6, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/tiger-king-quarantine-royalty/.
Clarke, John. 2020. “After the Pandemic.” Canadian Dimension. April 5, 2020. https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/after-the-pandemic?fbclid=IwAR0rkRnADbR8BkwJf6iXKcL-74nVqRCuytwyRzAdSu1DrRm9uKqEMmGWShk.
Spang, Rebecca L. 2020. “The Revolution Is Only Getting Started.” The Atlantic. April 5, 2020. https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/609463/?fbclid=IwAR0f71kE6ACCHjjTs6Tbzn-tKdeD6K9Cm8Mg4Bl9uTFuon16E35tWI2p8ys.
Wallace-Wells, David. 2020. “There Is No Plan for the End of the Coronavirus Crisis.” Intelligencer. April 5, 2020. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/there-is-no-plan-for-the-end-of-the-coronavirus-crisis.html.
Kleist, Anna. 2020. “Five Quick Thoughts on the Limits of Covid-19 Mutual Aid Groups & How They Might Be Overcome.” Freedom News. April 5, 2020. https://freedomnews.org.uk/five-quick-thoughts-on-the-limits-of-covid-19-mutual-aid-groups-how-they-might-be-overcome/.
Wallace, Rob, Alex Liebman, Luis Fernando Chaves, and Rodrick Wallace. 2020. “Covid-19 et les routes du capital.” Contretemps. April 4, 2020. https://www.contretemps.eu/covid-19-routes-capital-wallace/.
Sotiropoulos, George, and Gene Ray. 2020. “Pandemic Dystopias: Biopolitical Emergency and Social Resistance.” Void Network. April 4, 2020. https://voidnetwork.gr/2020/04/04/pandemic-dystopias-biopolitical-emergency-and-social-resistance/.
Roy, Arundhati. 2020. “‘The Pandemic Is a Portal.’” Financial Times. April 3, 2020. https://amp.ft.com/content/10d8f5e8-74eb-11ea-95fe-fcd274e920ca?__twitter_impression=true&fbclid=IwAR1OSoQAJUmINoUTmuKQLSqf-GpeCJHfhiVCZokT1FS_KL6FV5CNbzVAKHA.
Dell’Ariccia, Giovanni, Paolo Mauro, Antonio Spilimbergo, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer. 2020. “Economic Policies for the COVID-19 War.” IMF Blog. April 1, 2020. https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/01/economic-policies-for-the-covid-19-war/.
Shah, Sonia, Luis Ortiz Hernandez, Benny Kuruvilla, Mazibuko Jara, and Umyra Ahmad. 2020. “Building an Internationalist Response to Coronavirus.” Transnational Institute (Youtube). April 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5qN35qeB1w&feature=youtu.be.
Murphy, R. Taggart. 2020. “East and West.” New Left Review. April 2020. https://newleftreview.org/issues/II122/articles/r-taggart-murphy-east-and-west-76ba12e6-a597-495b-83c6-6e56479ebc5c.
NLR Editors. 2020. “A Planetary Pandemic.” New Left Review. April 2020. https://newleftreview.org/issues/II122/articles/a-planetary-pandemic.
Davis, Mike. 2020. “The Monster Enters.” New Left Review. April 2020. https://newleftreview.org/issues/II122/articles/mike-davis-in-a-plague-year.
D’Eramo, Marco. 2020. “The Philosopher’s Epidemic.” New Left Review. April 2020. https://newleftreview.org/issues/II122/articles/marco-d-eramo-the-philosopher-s-epidemic.
Naidoo, Kiasha. 2020. “How COVID-19 Reveals the Paradoxes of Neoliberal Logic.” Africa Is A Country. April 2020. https://africasacountry.com/2020/04/how-covid-19-reveals-the-paradoxes-of-neoliberal-logic?fbclid=IwAR36mXoZjRMwapW0JKH8DbYWiS2Bnq7hZLYoPqhHIht2J0FlrvsBfT0szOY.
Shaikh, Anwar. 2020. “‘The Fundamental Questions About Capitalism Seem to Be Coming Back.’” Jacobin. April 2020. https://jacobinmag.com/2020/04/anwar-shaikh-interview-capitalism-competition-conflict-crises.
Hameed, Yavar. 2020. “Defining a Space for Resistance: Countering the Disempowering Effects of Social Distancing.” Canadian Dimension. March 30, 2020. https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/defining-a-space-for-resistance-countering-the-disempowering-effects-of-social-distancing.
Anuhya, Bobba. 2020. “The Necropolitics of the Coronavirus: Who May Live, Who Must Die.” Wear Your Voice Mag. March 27, 2020. https://wearyourvoicemag.com/necropolitics-coronavirus-government/.
How to Beat Coronavirus Capitalism. 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lxwLHRKaB0.
PCR-RCP. 2020. “COVID-19, the Canadian State, and Global Capitalism.” Revolutionary Communist Party. March 25, 2020. http://www.pcrrcp.ca/en/6124.
Care, DIY, and How-To, and the politics thereof
Kistler, C., and PCR-RCP. 2020. “The COVID-19 Pandemic: In Canada, Revolutionaries Are Building Networks of Solidarity.” Redspark. April 12, 2020. https://www.redspark.nu/en/imperialist-states/the-covid-19-pandemic-in-canada-revolutionaries-are-building-networks-of-solidarity/.
“Community Production Mask Challenges Updates.” 2020. Cooperation Jackson. April 10, 2020. https://cooperationjackson.org/announcementsblog/communityproductionmaskchallengeupdates.
Baroud, Ramzy. 2020. “A Palestinian Guide to Surviving a Quarantine: On Faith, Humor and ‘Dutch Candy.’” Politics For The People. April 6, 2020. http://www.ramzybaroud.net/a-palestinian-guide-to-surviving-a-quarantine-on-faith-humor-and-dutch-candy/.
Kleist, Anna. 2020. “Five Quick Thoughts on the Limits of Covid-19 Mutual Aid Groups & How They Might Be Overcome.” Freedom News. April 5, 2020. https://freedomnews.org.uk/five-quick-thoughts-on-the-limits-of-covid-19-mutual-aid-groups-how-they-might-be-overcome/.
“Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil®) et substances psychoactives : message à l’attention des usagers de drogues et aux patients sous traitements psychoactifs.” 2020. Addictovigilance Paris. March 26, 2020. http://addictovigilance.aphp.fr/2020/03/26/hydroxychloroquine-plaquenil-substances-psychoactives-message-a-lattention-des-usagers-de-drogues-aux-patients-sous-traitements-psychoactifs/.
“Solidarity Infrastructure for Solidarity Actions.” 2020. Systemli.Org. March 15, 2020. https://www.systemli.org/en/2020/03/15/solidarity-as-infrastructure.html.
Malik, Sheraz Shafi, and Shahbaz Shafi Malik. 2011. “A Simple Method to Prevent Spectacle Lenses Misting up on Wearing a Face Mask.” Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England 93 (2): 168. https://doi.org/10.1308/003588411X12851639107313b.
“Trouble #24 – Organize: For Autonomy & Mutual Aid.” n.d. Sub.Media. Accessed April 15, 2020. https://sub.media/video/trouble-24-organize-for-autonomy-mutual-aid/.
Children and Youth
editor, Denis Campbell Health policy. 2020. “NHS Warns of Rise in Children with New Illness That May Be Linked to Coronavirus.” The Guardian, April 27, 2020, sec. Society. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/27/nhs-warns-of-rise-in-children-with-new-illness-that-may-be-linked-to-coronavirus.
Paynter, Martha. 2020. “For Those Incarcerated with Their Babies, COVID-19 Puts Two Generations in Peril.” The Coast Halifax. April 11, 2020. https://www.thecoast.ca/COVID19Needtoknow/archives/2020/04/11/for-those-incarcerated-with-their-babies-covid-puts-two-generations-in-peril.
“Covid-19 : Deux Appels Sur La Protection Des Enfants et Mineur.Es Non Accompagné.Es Dans Le Contexte de La Crise Sanitaire.” 2020. Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières. April 6, 2020. http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article52926.
“«On est assis sur une bombe».” 2020. Le Soleil. March 27, 2020. https://www.lesoleil.com/chroniques/mylene-moisan/on-est-assis-sur-une-bombe-e57d43e4244adc56947a964f62cf43e4.
Press, Australian Associated. 2015. “Child Immunisation Rates More Affected by Poverty and Bad Health than Ideology.” The Guardian, August 6, 2015, sec. Society. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/aug/06/child-immunisation-rates-more-affected-by-poverty-and-bad-health-than-ideology.
AIEP. n.d. “Se battre contre le coronavirus en plusieurs langues et vivre le confinement avec ses enfants et ses adolescents.” Transculturel.eu. Accessed April 17, 2020. https://www.transculturel.eu/Se-battre-contre-le-coronavirus-en-plusieurs-langues-et-vivre-le-confinement-avec-ses-enfants-et-ses-adolescents_a1097.html.
“FAQ COVID-19 Jeunesse | CDPDJ.” n.d. Accessed April 11, 2020. http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/fr/COVID-19/Pages/FAQ-LPJ.aspx.
Gravel, Elise. n.d. “Coronavirus: Free Printable Comic for Kids.” Accessed April 17, 2020. http://elisegravel.com/en/blog/coronavirus-free-printable-comic-for-kids/.
Gravel, Elise. n.d. “Bande Dessinée à Imprimer: Le Coronavirus.” Accessed April 17, 2020. http://elisegravel.com/blog/bande-dessinee-a-imprimer-le-coronavirus/.
Clampdown (see also Confined and Surveillance)
Carabin, François. 2020. “La Crise Sanitaire Encourage Le Profilage Racial, Dénonce Une Avocate.” Metro. April 23, 2020. https://journalmetro.com/actualites/montreal/2439898/la-crise-sanitaire-encourage-le-profilage-racial-denonce-une-avocate/.
“Violence and Looting Point to Food Crisis in S.Africa Lockdown.” 2020. Agence France-Presse. April 18, 2020. https://this.kiji.is/624208867263808609.
Walia, Harsha. 2020. “Our Civil Liberties Matter during Crises.” Vancouver Sun. April 18, 2020. https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/harsha-walia-our-civil-liberties-matter-during-crises.
Muller, Sean. 2020. “South Africa’s One-Sided Lockdown: Coercing the Poor, Coddling the Rich?” Africa Is A Country. April 17, 2020. https://africasacountry.com/2020/04/south-africas-one-sided-lockdown-coercing-the-poor-coddling-the-rich.
Macfarlane, Laurie. 2020. “A Spectre Is Haunting the West – the Spectre of Authoritarian Capitalism.” OpenDemocracy. April 16, 2020. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/a-spectre-is-haunting-the-west-the-spectre-of-authoritarian-capitalism/.
Smith, Yves. 2020. “Lockdown Rebelliousness: Denying That Coronavirus Is in Charge.” Naked Capitalism. April 16, 2020. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/04/lockdown-rebelliousness-denying-that-coronavirus-is-in-charge.html.
Valiante, Giuseppe. 2020. “Harsh Fines and Policing Don’t Protect People from COVID-19, Criminologists Say.” Global News. April 15, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6825280/coronavirus-harsh-policing-fines/.
Valiante, Giuseppe. 2020. “Le Rôle Nouveau Des Policiers Inquiète Des Experts.” La Presse. April 15, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/15/01-5269506-le-role-nouveau-des-policiers-inquiete-des-experts.php?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=algofb.
Martens, Kathleen. 2020. “Manitoba Chief Imposes Fines, Tries to Fire Councillor Who Called out His Pandemic Party.” APTN News. April 15, 2020. https://aptnnews.ca/2020/04/15/manitoba-chief-imposes-fines-tries-to-fire-councillor-who-called-out-his-pandemic-party/.
“Surprise, on a Encore Des Droits !!” 2020. COBP. April 15, 2020. https://cobp.resist.ca/fr/node/19186.
International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group. 2020. “Call for Human Rights Oversight of Government Responses to COVID-19.” International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group. April 15, 2020. https://iclmg.ca/human-rights-covid-19/.
Giguère, Ugo. 2020. “COVID-19: des contraventions jugées discriminatoires.” La Presse. April 15, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/15/01-5269513-covid-19-des-contraventions-jugees-discriminatoires.php.
harvestingfreedom. 2020. “J4MW Raises Concerns over Increased Policing Powers: Migrant Activists Concerned That Racialized Workers to Be Targeted by New Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act.” Harvesting Freedom. April 15, 2020. https://harvestingfreedom.org/2020/04/15/j4mw-raises-concerns-over-increased-policing-powers-migrant-activists-concerned-that-racialized-workers-to-be-targeted-by-new-emergency-management-and-civil-protection-act/.
“Colombia: Police Abuse Becomes Common During COVID-19 Outbreak | News | TeleSUR English.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 13, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-police-abuse-during-exceptional-situation-by-covid19-20200413-0007.html.
Arévalo, Amaral, and Clare Wenham. 2020. “Covid-19 in El Salvador: Safeguarding Public Health or Restricting Human Rights?” LSE Latin America and Caribbean. April 13, 2020. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/latamcaribbean/2020/04/13/covid-19-in-el-salvador-safeguarding-public-health-or-restricting-human-rights/.
Hutchinson, Bill. 2020. “Police Chief Orders Probe in Handcuffing of Black Miami Doctor on Front Lines of Coronavirus Fight.” ABC News. April 12, 2020. https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-chief-orders-probe-handcuffing-black-miami-doctor/story?id=70111116.
Mackenzie, Angela, and Adam Kovac. 2020. “Multiple Homeless Montrealers given Tickets for Physical Distancing Infractions.” CTV News. April 12, 2020. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/multiple-homeless-montrealers-given-tickets-for-physical-distancing-infractions-1.4893128?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvmontreal%3Apost&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook.
Giguère, Ugo. 2020. “Des Contraventions Données Aux Jeunes Sans-Abris.” La Presse. April 11, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/11/01-5268959-des-contraventions-donnees-aux-jeunes-sans-abris.php.
Nossiter, Adam. 2020. “‘Like a Prison’: Paris Suburbs Simmer Under Coronavirus Lockdown.” The New York Times. April 10, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/world/europe/coronavirus-paris-suburbs.html.
Bell, Stewart, and Andrew Russell. 2020. “Coronavirus: Police to Verify Canadians Complying with Quarantine Order, RCMP Says.” Global News. April 10, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6804626/coronavirus-police-verifying-quarantine-order/.
Ratcliffe, Rebecca. 2020. “Fears as Cambodia Grants PM Vast Powers under Covid-19 Pretext.” The Guardian, April 10, 2020, sec. World news. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/10/fears-as-cambodia-grants-hun-sen-vast-power-under-covid-19-pretext.
Ritchie, Andrea J., and Robyn Maynard. 2020. “Black Communities Need Support, Not a Coronavirus Police State.” Vice. April 9, 2020. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/z3bdmx/black-people-coronavirus-police-state.
Freeman, Netfa. 2020. “Expect Police-Military Repression Amid the Crisis of COVID-19 and Its Aftermath.” Black Agenda Report. April 8, 2020. http://www.blackagendareport.com/expect-police-military-repression-amid-crisis-covid-19-and-its-aftermath.
Ibrahim, Khalid. 2020. “Impact of COVID-19 Containment Measures on Human Rights and Civil Liberties in the MENA Region.” Global Voices. April 8, 2020. https://globalvoices.org/2020/04/08/impact-of-covid-19-containment-measures-on-human-rights-and-civil-liberties-in-the-middle-east/.
Damato, David S. 2020. “Civil Liberties under Attack during COVID-19.” Text. TheHill. April 8, 2020. https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/491731-civil-liberties-under-attack-during-covid-19.
Nguyen, Michael, and Félix Séguin. 2020. “Boisbriand : Manifestation de Mécontentement Par Les Juifs Orthodoxes Confinés.” Journal de Montréal. April 7, 2020. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/07/boisbriand--manifestation-de-mecontentement-par-les-juifs-orthodoxes-confines?fbclid=IwAR1O1n78ytwtcIApjV0R-Y_f69BhqPQCH17i9LAaRzUbHLuGK39HW7adrLA.
Seyhan, Eda. 2020. “Coronavirus: Beware the Power Grab.” African Arguments. April 7, 2020. https://africanarguments.org/2020/04/07/coronavirus-beware-the-power-grab/.
Hayes, Molly. 2020. “City of Ottawa Accused of Going Too Far with Ticketing Blitz to Enforce Physical Distancing Rules.” The Globe and Mail. April 6, 2020. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-city-of-ottawa-accused-of-going-too-far-with-ticketing-blitz-to/.
Moore, Gary. 2020. “2,000 Troops on Standby, Ready to Respond in Atlantic Canada | CBC News.” CBC. April 6, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/reservists-standby-atlantic-canada-1.5522731.
Dickson, Janice. 2020. “Four Asylum Seekers Turned Away at Canada-U.S. Border.” The Globe and Mail. April 3, 2020. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-six-asylum-seekers-turned-away-at-canada-us-border/.
“Americas: Human Rights in the Age of COVID-19: Blog #1.” 2020. Amnesty International. April 3, 2020. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/04/americas-human-rights-in-the-age-of-covid19-entry-1/.
Woodyatt, Amy. 2020. “Google to Release Your Location Data to Help Fight Coronavirus Pandemic.” CNN. April 3, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/03/tech/coronavirus-google-data-sharing-intl-scli/index.html.
Roth, Kenneth. 2020. “How Authoritarians Are Exploiting the COVID-19 Crisis to Grab Power.” Human Rights Watch. April 3, 2020. https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/03/how-authoritarians-are-exploiting-covid-19-crisis-grab-power.
Péloquin, Tristan. 2020. “Récalcitrants: au moins une personne infectée retrouvée par géolocalisation.” La Presse. April 3, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/03/01-5267844-recalcitrants-au-moins-une-personne-infectee-retrouvee-par-geolocalisation.php.
Musahar, N. R. 2020. “India’s Starvation Measures.” New Left Review. April 2020. https://newleftreview.org/issues/II122/articles/india-s-starvation-measures.
Hameed, Yavar. 2020. “Defining a Space for Resistance: Countering the Disempowering Effects of Social Distancing.” Canadian Dimension. March 30, 2020. https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/defining-a-space-for-resistance-countering-the-disempowering-effects-of-social-distancing.
Silva, Edison J. 2020. “Ottawa School Trustee Donna Blackburn Bullies Local Basketball Player Forces Hoops Take-down - BasketballBuzz.” Basketballbuzz. March 28, 2020. https://basketballbuzz.ca/hs/ottawa-school-trustee-donna-blackburn-bullies-local-basketball-player-forces-hoops-take-down?fbclid=IwAR1k7QQPDLSbU5t61d18UWKeiI2Z4Os9ne34lXMOeqMsLkY-Dg6dgIlYWhE.
Clarke, Laurie. 2020. “How the Fight against Coronavirus Paves the Way for Technological Authoritarianism.” The New Statesman. March 23, 2020. https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/privacy/2020/03/coronavirus-surveillance-technological-authoritarianism-lockdown.
“Stand Up For Our Communities! Stop Expanding Police Powers!” n.d. Google Docs. Accessed April 24, 2020. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsvfFCfqwAyGj4H7HNRIrtaHxe2klEJ9vV4DlgXD9s92vJoQ/viewform?usp=embed_facebook.
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Confined in a Pandemic: Prisons and Detention Centers
Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Use. 2020. “Indigenous Knowledge & Abolition.” Facebook. April 30, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/345679286397980.
Rye, Lyn. 2020. “The Courts Won’t Free Migrant Children Because of COVID-19. We Must.” Truthout. April 24, 2020. https://truthout.org/articles/the-courts-wont-free-migrant-children-because-of-covid-19-we-must/.
Ling, Justin. 2020. “Tear Gas Launcher Deployed as Coronavirus Tensions Spiral in Canadian Prisons.” Vice. April 24, 2020. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/3a8343/tear-gas-launcher-deployed-as-coronavirus-tensions-spiral-in-canadian-prisons?utm_campaign=sharebutton.
“Supporting Those Left Inside: Meeting Needs Behind Prison Walls.” 2020. Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy. April 23, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/2584817615070252.
Ready for Revolution. 2020. “The Vulnerability of Prisoners amidst a Global Health Crisis.” Hood Communist. April 23, 2020. http://hoodcommunist.org/2020/04/23/the-vulnerability-of-prisoners-amidst-a-global-health-crisis/.
“Colombia: 40 New COVID-19 Cases in the Villavicencio Prison.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 22, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-40-New-COVID-19-Cases-in-the-Villavicencio-Prison-20200422-0013.html.
Ling, Justin. 2020. “Inside the Canadian Prison Hardest Hit by the Coronavirus Pandemic.” Vice. April 21, 2020. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/4agjyq/inside-the-canadian-prison-hardest-hit-by-the-coronavirus-pandemic.
The Globe and Mail. 2020. “A Pandemic in Prisons Forces a Rethink of Why so Many Are behind Bars.” The Globe and Mail. April 21, 2020. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-a-pandemic-in-prisons-forces-a-rethink-of-why-so-many-are-behind-bars/.
Lacy, Akela, Alice Speri, Jordan Smith, and Sam Biddle. 2020. “Prisons Launch ‘Absurd’ Attempt to Detect Coronavirus in Inmate Phone Calls.” The Intercept. April 21, 2020. https://theintercept.com/2020/04/21/prisons-inmates-coronavirus-monitoring-surveillance-verus/.
Chappell, Bill. 2020. “73% Of Inmates At An Ohio Prison Test Positive For Coronavirus.” NPR.Org. April 20, 2020. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/20/838943211/73-of-inmates-at-an-ohio-prison-test-positive-for-coronavirus.
Yazer, Jon. 2020. “Coronavirus: Outbreak in Federal Women’s Prison Validates Worst Fears of Advocates.” NOW Magazine. April 20, 2020. https://nowtoronto.com/api/content/bd64648c-830a-11ea-803a-1244d5f7c7c6/.
“More than 1,800 Inmates at Marion Prison Test Positive for Coronavirus.” 2020. NBC4 WCMH-TV. April 19, 2020. https://www.nbc4i.com/community/health/coronavirus/more-than-1800-inmates-at-marion-prison-test-positive-for-coronavirus/.
“Ramsey Orta Has Fallen Sick After Officers Threaten To Give Him Covid-19.” 2020. WeCopwatch. April 19, 2020. https://wecopwatch.org/ramsey-orta-has-fallen-sick-after-officers-threaten-to-give-him-covid-19/.
Jackson, Angie. 2020. “Michigan Man Who Died of COVID-19 in Prison Was Weeks from Parole.” Detroit Free Press. April 18, 2020. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/18/michigan-prisons-coronavirus-infections-deaths-william-garrison/5156073002/.
Boynton, Sean. 2020. “Issues Continue to Plague Coronavirus-Ravaged B.C. Prison, Officers’ Union Says.” Global News. April 18, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6837283/coronavirus-mission-institution-issues-officers/.
Gilmore, Ruth Wilson. 2020. “Ruth Wilson Gilmore on Covid-19, Decarceration, and Abolition.” Haymarketbooks.Org. April 17, 2020. https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/128-ruth-wilson-gilmore-on-covid-19-decarceration-and-abolition.
Canadian Press. 2020. “Coronavirus: Quebec Federal Inmates File Application for Class-Action Lawsuit.” Global News. April 17, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6847470/quebec-coronavirus-federal-inmates-lawsuit/.
Johnston, Janice. 2020. “Edmonton Institution Inmate Alleges Abuse behind Bars during Pandemic.” CBC News. April 16, 2020. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/edmonton-institution-inmate-alleges-abuse-behind-bars-during-pandemic/ar-BB12IPbR.
Kane, Dan. 2020. “Butner NC Inmate Says Why He Fled during Coronavirus Outbreak.” Raleigh News & Observer. April 16, 2020. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article242056656.html.
Wilson, Xerxes. 2020. “Officials: Prisoners Won’t Get Masks or Release during COVID-19 Fight.” Delaware New Journal. April 16, 2020. https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2020/04/16/delaware-officials-prisoners-wont-get-masks-release-during-coronavirus-fight/2988586001/.
“Mission Inmate Dies from Apparent Complications of COVID-19.” 2020. Mission City Record. April 16, 2020. https://www.missioncityrecord.com/news/54-mission-inmates-six-staff-test-positive-for-covid-19/.
Wilson, Xerxes. 2020. “Officials: Prisoners Won’t Get Masks or Release during COVID-19 Fight.” Delaware Online. April 16, 2020. https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2020/04/16/delaware-officials-prisoners-wont-get-masks-release-during-coronavirus-fight/2988586001/.
Gilmore, Ruth Wilson, and Naomi Murakawa. 2020. “Covid-19, Decarceration, and Abolition.” Eventbrite. April 16, 2020. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/101585777796?aff=efbneb.
“Statement: Release Low-Risk Inmates to Slow Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons.” 2020. Canadian Human Rights Commission. April 15, 2020. https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/eng/content/statement-release-low-risk-inmates-slow-spread-covid-19-prisons.
Johnston, Janice. 2020. “Punishment Reversed for Edmonton Institution Inmate Who Spoke to Media.” CBC News. April 15, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/punishment-reversed-for-edmonton-institution-inmate-who-spoke-to-media-1.5533459?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar.
“Ramsey Orta’s Life Is Being Threatened by C.O’s at Midstate Correctional Facility!” 2020. WeCopwatch. April 15, 2020. https://wecopwatch.org/ramsey-ortas-life-is-being-threatened-by-c-os-at-midstate-correctional-facility/.
Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee. 2020. “Protect and Free Prisoners During COVID-19.” Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee. April 15, 2020. https://incarceratedworkers.org/campaigns/protect-and-free-prisoners-during-covid-19.
Knowles, Shelby. 2020. “What Happens When More Than 300,000 Prisoners Are Locked Down?” The Marshall Project. April 15, 2020. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/04/15/what-happens-when-more-than-300-000-prisoners-are-locked-down.
EyesonCDCR, and Talib Williams. 2020. “Two Prisoners Report How California Prisons’ Contempt Threatens Their Lives.” San Francisco Bay View. April 15, 2020. https://sfbayview.com/2020/04/breaking-covid-19-news-two-prisoners-report-how-california-prisons-contempt-for-prisoners-threatens-their-lives/.
The Hamilton Spectator. 2020. “Demonstration in Solidarity with Inmates at Barton Street Jail,” April 13, 2020, sec. Hamilton Region. https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/demonstration-in-solidarity-with-inmates-at-barton-street-jail.html.
“Study of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities.” 2020. National Commission on Correctional Healthcare. April 13, 2020. https://www.ncchc.org/study-of-covid-19-in-correctional-facilities.
“200+ Prisoners Released in Philadelphia After Weeks of Protest Calling for Decarceration.” 2020. Democracy Now! April 13, 2020. https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/13/headlines/200_prisoners_released_in_philadelphia_after_weeks_of_protest_calling_for_decarceration.
Abu-Jamal, Mumia. 2020. “Locked up and Locked Down--a Commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal.” Workers World. April 13, 2020. https://www.workers.org/2020/04/47639/.
LeBlanc, CJ. 2020. “Angola Prisoners Say: ‘This Is a War – and We’re in It.’” Hard Crackers. April 13, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/angola-prisoners-say-war/.
Devereaux, Ryan. 2020. “Coronavirus Pandemic Unleashes Terror in ICE Detention.” The Intercept. April 12, 2020. https://theintercept.com/2020/04/12/coronavirus-ice-detention-jail-alabama/.
Boynton, Sean. 2020. “10 More Inmates at Mission Institution Test Positive for COVID-19 for Total of 35.” Global News. April 12, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6809852/mission-institution-coronavirus-outbreak-10-inmates/.
Gómez, Marcelino Ruiz. 2020. “Letter from Indigenous Tzotzil Prisoner in Struggle Marcelino Ruiz Gómez.” It’s Going Down. April 12, 2020. https://itsgoingdown.org/marcelino-ruiz-gomez-defense-mother-earth/.
Livio, Susan K. 2020. “240 Infected, 5 Dead from the Coronavirus at State-Run Psychiatric Hospitals.” NJ.Com. April 11, 2020. https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/04/more-than-200-infected-5-dead-from-the-coronavirus-at-state-run-psychiatric-hospitals.html.
Boynton, Sean. 2020. “More than 100 Federal Inmates, Corrections Officers Test Positive for COVID-19.” Global News. April 11, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6806734/coronavirus-canada-prison-cases/.
Paynter, Martha. 2020. “For Those Incarcerated with Their Babies, COVID-19 Puts Two Generations in Peril.” The Coast Halifax. April 11, 2020. https://www.thecoast.ca/COVID19Needtoknow/archives/2020/04/11/for-those-incarcerated-with-their-babies-covid-puts-two-generations-in-peril.
See, Aie Balagtas, and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. 2020. “Philippine Jails Are a COVID-19 Time Bomb.” Rappler. April 11, 2020. http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/257640-philippine-jails-covid-time-bomb.
“Protestors Gather in Cars to Keep Inmates Safe from COVID-19.” 2020. KRQE News 13. April 10, 2020. https://www.krqe.com/health/coronavirus-new-mexico/protestors-gather-in-cars-to-keep-inmates-safe-from-covid-19/.
Torres, Adry. 2020. “Inmates Record Riot inside a Dominican Republic Jail Where Four Prisoners Died of COVID-19.” Daily Mail. April 10, 2020. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8208345/Inmates-record-riot-inside-Dominican-Republic-jail-four-prisoners-died-COVID-19.html.
“Chicago Prisoners Post Signs in Jail Windows: ‘Help, No Supply’ and ‘We’re Dying.’” 2020. Democracy Now! April 10, 2020. https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/10/headlines/chicago_prisoners_post_signs_in_jail_windows_help_no_supply_and_were_dying.
Kindy, Kimberly. 2020. “Inside the Deadliest Federal Prison, the Seeping Coronavirus Creates Fear and Danger.” Washington Post. April 10, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/inside-the-deadliest-federal-prison-the-seeping-coronavirus-creates-fear-and-danger/2020/04/09/deeceb6e-75b4-11ea-a9bd-9f8b593300d0_story.html.
Metcalfe, J. 2020. “PLS Urges Minister Blair to Depopulate Prisoners with Low Public Safety Risk.” West Coast Prison Justice Society. April 10, 2020. https://prisonjustice.org/pls-urges-minister-blair-to-depopulate-prisoners-with-low-public-safety-risk/.
Chapin, Angelina. 2020. “Governors Are Too Cowardly To Solve The Coronavirus Outbreak In Prisons.” HuffPost Canada. April 10, 2020. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/governors-coronavirus-prisons_n_5e8f8ed9c5b6b371812dd9db.
“Communique from Family Member of Marcelino Ruiz Gómez, Indigenous Prisoner in Struggle.” 2020. It’s Going Down. April 9, 2020. https://itsgoingdown.org/marcelino-ruiz-gomez-indigenous-prisoner-in-struggle-covid-19/.
Wagner, Peter. 2020. “Large Scale Releases and Public Safety.” Prison Policy Initiative. April 9, 2020. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/04/09/large-scale-releases/.
Lekhtman, Alexander. 2020. “NY Gov. Cuomo Signs Away Bail Reforms Despite COVID-19 Decarceration Calls.” Filter. April 9, 2020. https://filtermag.org/ny-governor-cuomo-bail-reforms/.
COVID-19 the Virus
Karedes, Drew. 2020. “CDC Reviewing ‘Stunning’ Universal Testing Results from Boston Homeless Shelter.” Boston 25 News. April 15, 2020. https://www.boston25news.com/news/cdc-reviewing-stunning-universal-testing-results-boston-homeless-shelter/Z253TFBO6RG4HCUAARBO4YWO64/.
Kissler, Stephen M., Christine Tedijanto, Edward Goldstein, Yonatan H. Grad, and Marc Lipsitch. 2020. “Projecting the Transmission Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the Postpandemic Period.” Science, April. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb5793.
“Massive Spike in NYC ‘Cardiac Arrest’ Deaths Seen as Sign of COVID-19 Undercounting.” 2020. NBC New York. April 10, 2020. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/massive-spike-in-nyc-cardiac-arrest-deaths-seen-as-sign-of-covid-19-undercounting/2368678/.
Wehner, Mike. 2020. “Coronavirus Spreads through the Air Outside with Shocking Ease, Study Says.” BGR. April 9, 2020. https://bgr.com/2020/04/09/coronavirus-outdoors-exercise-social-distancing/.
Warnica, Richard. 2020. “Anything Can Be COVID-19: As Pandemic Grinds on, Doctors Find Early Definitions of Disease Were Too Narrow.” Ottawa Citizen. April 8, 2020. https://ottawacitizen.com/news/anything-can-be-covid-19-as-pandemic-grinds-on-doctors-find-early-definitions-of-disease-were-too-narrow/wcm/cee2351a-504c-4922-a2b6-7a22a86cead0/.
Brown, Lee. 2020. “51 Recovered Coronavirus Patients Test Positive Again in South Korea.” NY Post. April 7, 2020. https://nypost.com/2020/04/07/51-recovered-coronavirus-patients-test-positive-again-in-south-korea/.
Chen, Caroline. 2020. “What We Need to Understand About Asymptomatic Carriers If We’re Going to Beat Coronavirus.” Text/html. ProPublica. April 2, 2020. https://www.propublica.org/article/what-we-need-to-understand-about-asymptomatic-carriers-if-were-going-to-beat-coronavirus.
Economy (see also Work – News and Work – In Depth and Premature Reopening)
Harvey, Fiona. 2020. “Coronavirus Pandemic ‘Will Cause Famine of Biblical Proportions.’” The Guardian. April 21, 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/21/coronavirus-pandemic-will-cause-famine-of-biblical-proportions?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1587508755.
Nikiforuk, Andrew. 2020. “For Oil and Its Dependents, It’s Code Blue.” The Tyee. April 18, 2020. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/04/18/Code-Blue-for-Oil/.
Smith, Yves. 2020. “The New Fault Lines in a Post-Globalized World.” Naked Capitalism. April 16, 2020. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/04/the-new-fault-lines-in-a-post-globalized-world.html.
Johnston, David Cay. 2020. “Now We Know the Horrible Truth about Trump’s so-Called ‘Stimulus.’” Raw Story. April 15, 2020. https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/now-we-know-the-horrible-truth-about-trumps-so-called-stimulus/.
Gaspar, Vitor, W. Raphael Lam, and Mehdi Raissi. 2020. “Fiscal Policies to Contain the Damage from COVID-19.” IMF Blog. April 15, 2020. https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/15/fiscal-policies-to-contain-the-damage-from-covid-19/.
Yong Rhee, Chang. 2020. “COVID-19 Pandemic and the Asia-Pacific Region: Lowest Growth Since the 1960s.” IMF Blog. April 15, 2020. https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/15/covid-19-pandemic-and-the-asia-pacific-region-lowest-growth-since-the-1960s/.
Evelyn, Kenya. 2020. “Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Grows Fortune by $24bn amid Coronavirus Pandemic.” The Guardian, April 15, 2020, sec. Technology. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/apr/15/amazon-jeff-bezos-gains-24bn-coronavirus-pandemic.
Adrian, Tobias, and Fabio Natalucci. 2020. “COVID-19 Crisis Poses Threat to Financial Stability.” IMF Blog. April 14, 2020. https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/14/covid-19-crisis-poses-threat-to-financial-stability/.
Corbishley, Nick. 2020. “‘Something Has Gone Wrong’: UK Government, Banks Screw Up Coronavirus Loans, Small Firms Near Collapse. Better Results in Other Countries.” Wolf Street. April 14, 2020. https://wolfstreet.com/2020/04/14/something-has-gone-wrong-uk-government-banks-screw-up-coronavirus-loans-small-firms-on-near-collapse-mixed-results-in-other-countries/.
Tooze, Adam. 2020. “How Coronavirus Almost Brought down the Global Financial System.” The Guardian, April 14, 2020, sec. Business. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/14/how-coronavirus-almost-brought-down-the-global-financial-system.
Sherman, Erik. 2020. “How the Federal Reserve Is Bailing Out Big Corporations and Wall Street Banks.” DCReport.Org. April 13, 2020. https://www.dcreport.org/2020/04/13/how-the-federal-reserve-is-bailing-out-big-corporations-and-wall-street-banks/.
Strether, Lambert. 2020. “To Fight the COVID Pandemic, Policymakers Must Move Fast and Break Taboos.” Naked Capitalism. April 13, 2020. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/04/to-fight-the-covid-pandemic-policymakers-must-move-fast-and-break-taboos.html.
Clarke, Kevin. 2020. “In Easter Message, Pope Francis Proposes Universal Basic Income.” America Magazine. April 12, 2020. https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2020/04/12/easter-message-pope-francis-proposes-universal-basic-income.
Tankus, Nathan. 2020. “The Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus Crisis Actions, Explained (Part 5).” Notes on the Crises. April 11, 2020. https://nathantankus.substack.com/p/the-federal-reserves-coronavirus-f6a.
Johnson, Jake. 2020. “‘Who Cares? Let ’Em Get Wiped out’: Stunning CNBC Anchor, Venture Capitalist Says Let Hedge Funds Fail and Save Main Street.” Raw Story. April 10, 2020. https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/who-cares-let-em-get-wiped-out-stunning-cnbc-anchor-venture-capitalist-says-let-hedge-funds-fail-and-save-main-street/.
Tankus, Nathan. 2020. “The Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus Crisis Actions, Explained (Part 4).” Notes on the Crises. April 9, 2020. https://nathantankus.substack.com/p/the-federal-reserves-coronavirus-39a.
Neate, Rupert, and Jasper Jolly. 2020. “Hedge Funds ‘raking in Billions’ during Coronavirus Crisis.” The Guardian, April 9, 2020, sec. Business. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/09/hedge-funds-raking-in-billions-during-coronavirus-crisis.
Hanieh, Adam. 2020. “When Oil Markets Go Viral.” Versobooks.Com. April 8, 2020. https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4651-when-oil-markets-go-viral.
Ghosh, Jayati, Quinn Slobodian, Walden Bello, and Lebohang Pheko. 2020. “The Coming Global Recession: Building an Internationalist Response.” Transnational Institute (Youtube). April 8, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiP5qJhHsjw&feature=youtu.be.
“Coronavirus: Four out of Five People’s Jobs Hit by Pandemic.” 2020. BBC News. April 7, 2020. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52199888.
“ILO: COVID-19 Causes Devastating Losses in Working Hours and Employment.” 2020. Press release. ILO. April 7, 2020. http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_740893/lang--en/index.htm.
“Lives or Livelihoods?” 2020. Michael Roberts Blog. April 6, 2020. https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2020/04/06/lives-or-livelihoods/.
Orihuela, Rodrigo. 2020. “Spanish Government Aims to Roll Out Basic Income ‘Soon.’” Bloomberg.Com, April 5, 2020. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-05/spanish-government-aims-to-roll-out-basic-income-soon.
Tooze, Adam. 2020. “Shockwave: The World Goes Bust.” London Review of Books. April 4, 2020. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n08/adam-tooze/shockwave.
Jadhav, Rajendra, Naveen Thukral, and Nigel Hunt. 2020. “Coronavirus Upends Global Food Supply Chains in Latest Economic Shock.” Reuters, April 3, 2020. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-food-supplies-insi-idUSKBN21L2V7.
Tankus, Nathan. 2020. “The Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus Crisis Actions, Explained (Part 3).” Notes on the Crises. March 30, 2020. https://nathantankus.substack.com/p/the-federal-reserves-coronavirus-054.
Frank, Robert. 2020. “Private-Jet Companies Could Get Billions in Aid from Coronavirus Bailout.” CNBC. March 29, 2020. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/29/private-jet-companies-could-get-billions-in-aid-from-coronavirus-bailout.html.
Tankus, Nathan. 2020. “The Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus Crisis Actions, Explained (Part 2).” Notes on the Crises. March 26, 2020. https://nathantankus.substack.com/p/the-federal-reserves-coronavirus-276.
Tankus, Nathan. 2020. “The Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus Crisis Actions, Explained (Part 1).” Notes on the Crises. March 25, 2020. https://nathantankus.substack.com/p/the-federal-reserves-coronavirus.
Berman, Russell. 2020. “COVID-19’s Devastating Effects on Jobs and Businesses.” The Atlantic. March 21, 2020. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/covid-19s-devastating-effects-jobs-and-businesses/608461/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share&fbclid=IwAR1SGGZyW3sufwYFT91-8mHAR55LvQIfMUN8IX6MaFLMLe7-hOAJcYPCYa4.
Henaway, Mostafa. n.d. “Mostafa Henaway on Confronting Corporate and Bank Bailout in Time of COVID-19 and Supporting a Public Response to This Pandemic.” Free City Radio. Accessed April 10, 2020. https://freecityradio.org/post/614975450494779392/mostafa-henaway-on-confronting-corporate-and-bank.
“Companies Used Trump’s Tax Cut for Record Stock Buybacks, Not Wages.” n.d. NBC News. Accessed April 6, 2020. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/what-did-corporate-america-do-tax-break-buy-record-amounts-n886621.
Elders
Richer, Jules. 2020. “Aînés Affamés et Déshydratés: «ils Ont Crevé de Faim».” Journal de Montréal. April 23, 2020. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/23/aines-affames-et-deshydrates.
MacLellan, Ainslie. 2020. “Mask, Gown and Glove Shortages Persist at Quebec Long-Term Care Home Hit Hard by COVID-19.” CBC News. April 23, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/nurses-lack-protective-gear-chsld-quebec-1.5541940.
Whittington-Walsh, Fiona. 2020. “COVID-19 and the Crisis in Memory and Compassion.” Rabble.Ca. April 22, 2020. https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/views-expressed/2020/04/covid-19-and-crisis-memory-and-compassion.
McKenna, Kate. 2020. “Orderlies Worked without PPE, COVID-19 Patients Wandered Herron’s Halls for Days after Health Agency Took Over.” CBC News. April 17, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/chsld-herron-ciusss-ouest-de-l-%C3%AEle-de-montr%C3%A9al-slow-to-act-1.5536996.
Livesay, Chris. 2020. “Italian Police Probe Nursing Home with 190 Reported COVID-19 Deaths.” CBS News. April 17, 2020. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-in-italy-nursing-home-190-reportedly-dead-covid19-police-investigation-today-2020-04-17/.
MacFarlane, John, and Verity Stevenson. 2020. “COVID-19 in Quebec: In Mea Culpa, Legault Says He Should Have Raised Wages of Long-Term Care Workers Long Ago.” CBC. April 17, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/covid-19-quebec-april-17-1.5535556.
McKenna, Kate. 2020. “At Quebec Nursing Home, Orderlies Worked without PPE, COVID-19 Patients Wandered Halls | CBC News.” CBC. April 17, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/chsld-herron-ciusss-ouest-de-l-%C3%AEle-de-montr%C3%A9al-slow-to-act-1.5536996.
Pouliot, Gaetan, Daniel Tremblay, and Marie-Maude Denis. 2020. “Court Documents Reveal Owner of CHSLD Herron’s Lengthy Criminal Past.” CBC. April 16, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/samir-chowieri-katasa-group-chsld-herron-criminal-past-1.5533934.
Pedersen, Katie, Melissa Mancini, and David Common. 2020. “Ontario Scaled Back Comprehensive, Annual Inspections of Nursing Homes to Only a Handful Last Year.” CBC News. April 15, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/seniors-homes-inspections-1.5532585.
Green, Robert. 2020. “Privatization, the Pre-Existing Condition Killing Seniors in Long-Term Care.” Ricochet. April 14, 2020. https://ricochet.media/en/3043.
Bensadoun, Emerald. 2020. “Nearly Half of Canada’s COVID-19 Deaths Linked to Long-Term Care Facilities: Tam - National | Globalnews.Ca.” Global News. April 13, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6811726/coronavirus-long-term-care-deaths-canada/.
Picard, André. 2020. “‘Human Rights Don’t Have a Best-before Date’: COVID-19 Lays Bare Rampant Ageism.” The Globe and Mail. April 13, 2020. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-human-rights-dont-have-a-best-before-date-covid-19-lays-bare/.
Gerbet, Thomas. 2020. “Un bilan bien plus lourd qu’annoncé à l’Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal.” Radio-Canada. April 13, 2020. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1693690/hecatombe-institut-geriatrie-montreal-deces-covid-chsld.
Kovac, Angela, and Adam Mackenzie. 2020. “Staff at Verdun Seniors’ Residence Were Locked in to Prevent Them from Leaving.” CTV News. April 13, 2020. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/staff-at-verdun-seniors-residence-were-locked-in-to-prevent-them-from-leaving-1.4894875.
Fortin, Jean-Louis. 2020. “CHSLD Herron: La Propriétaire Blâme Le CIUSSS Pour La Catastrophe.” Journal de Montréal. April 12, 2020. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/12/chsld-herron-la-proprietaire-blame-le-ciusss-pour-la-catastrophe.
Blais, Stéphane. 2020. “Résidence Herron: La FTQ Blâme Le Désengagement de l’État.” La Presse. April 12, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/12/01-5269037-residence-herron-la-ftq-blame-le-desengagement-de-letat.php.
Boshra, Basem. 2020. “Years of Government Austerity to Blame for 31 Deaths at Seniors’ Residence, Quebec’s Largest Union Says.” CTV News. April 12, 2020. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/years-of-government-austerity-to-blame-for-31-deaths-at-seniors-residence-quebec-s-largest-union-says-1.4892807.
Feith, Jesse. 2020. “COVID-19: Premier Legault Confirms 31 Dead at Dorval Care Residence.” Montreal Gazette. April 11, 2020. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/covid-19-premier-legault-confirms-31-dead-at-dorval-care-residence/.
Rowe, Daniel J. 2020. “Police Investigation Underway after 31 Seniors Die at Residence in Montreal’s West Island.” CTV News. April 11, 2020. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/police-investigation-underway-after-31-seniors-die-at-residence-in-montreal-s-west-island-1.4892250.
Khimm, Suzy, Laura Strickler, Andrew Blankstein, and Peter Georgiev. 2020. “Thousands Have Died in Nursing Homes around the U.S. But the Federal Gov’t Isn’t Tracking Them.” NBC News. April 10, 2020. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/more-2-200-coronavirus-deaths-nursing-homes-federal-government-isn-n1181026.
“Les droits des personnes âgées exigent le respect de leur autonomie.” 2020. Ligue des droits et libertés. April 10, 2020. https://liguedesdroits.ca/droits-personnes-agees/.
Phillips, Kristine. 2020. “Coronavirus: Prisons Weigh Who to Set Free as Risks Rise for Elderly.” USA Today. April 8, 2020. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2020/04/08/coronavirus-prisons-weigh-release-risks-rise-elderly/5097928002/.
Phillipson, Chris. 2020. “Covid-19 and the Crisis in Residential and Nursing Home Care.” Ageing Issues. April 8, 2020. https://ageingissues.wordpress.com/2020/04/08/covid-19-and-the-crisis-in-residential-and-nursing-home-care/.
Johnson, Lisa. 2016. “For-Profit Nursing Homes Provide ‘inferior’ Care, New Report Claims.” CBC News. April 19, 2016. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/for-profit-nursing-homes-plos-medicine-1.3541402.
Far Right
Shaw, Donald. 2020. “Group Promoting COVID-19 ‘Liberate’ Protests Tied to Hydroxychloroquine Push.” Truthout. April 24, 2020. https://truthout.org/articles/group-promoting-covid-19-liberate-protests-tied-to-hydroxychloroquine-push/.
Kampeas, Ron. 2020. “Trump Administration Health Spokesman Tweets about Soros and Rothschild Family ‘Control.’” Jewish Telegraphic Agency. April 23, 2020. https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/trump-administration-health-spokesman-tweets-about-soros-and-rothschild-family-control.
Huffpost. 2020. “The Extremists And Grifters Behind Many Of The Anti-Lockdown Protests.” HuffPost. April 22, 2020. https://va.news-republic.com/a/6818573519106867717?app_id=1239&c=fb&gid=6818573519106867717&impr_id=6818599926374729989&language=en®ion=wd&user_id=6593853322267262982.
Harriot, Michael. 2020. “‘Open the Economy’ Protesters Only Care About White Lives.” The Root. April 22, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/open-the-economy-is-the-new-white-lives-matter-1842987034?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=_facebook.
Costache, Ioanida. 2020. “‘Until we are able to gas them like the Nazis, the Roma will infect the nation:’ Roma and the ethnicization of COVID-19 in Romania.” DoR. April 22, 2020. https://www.dor.ro/roma-and-the-ethnicization-of-covid-19-in-romania/.
Wilson, Jason. 2020. “The Rightwing Groups behind Wave of Protests against Covid-19 Restrictions.” The Guardian, April 17, 2020, sec. World news. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/17/far-right-coronavirus-protests-restrictions.
Kilgore, Ed. 2020. “The Lockdown Backlash May Be the New Tea Party Movement.” Intelligencer. April 16, 2020. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/the-lockdown-backlash-may-be-the-new-tea-party-movement.html?utm_source=fb.
Smith, Yves. 2020. “Lockdown Rebelliousness: Denying That Coronavirus Is in Charge.” Naked Capitalism. April 16, 2020. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/04/lockdown-rebelliousness-denying-that-coronavirus-is-in-charge.html.
Sommer, Will. 2020. “Trumpists Believe Bill Gates Is Using Coronavirus to Implant Brain Chips.” The Daily Beast, April 16, 2020, sec. politics. https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumpists-believe-bill-gates-is-using-coronavirus-to-implant-brain-chips.
Winter, Tom, and David K. Li. 2020. “Massachusetts Man Charged with Trying to Blow up Jewish Nursing Home.” NBC News. April 15, 2020. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/massachusetts-man-charged-allegedly-trying-blow-jewish-nursing-home-n1184876.
Smith, Allan. 2020. “‘Lock Her up!’: Anti-Whitmer Coronavirus Lockdown Protestors Swarm Michigan Capitol.” NBC News. April 15, 2020. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/lock-her-anti-whitmer-coronavirus-lockdown-protestors-swarm-michigan-capitol-n1184426.
Lamoureux, Mack. 2020. “Great, the Anti-Vaxxer Coronavirus Protests Are Here.” Vice. April 13, 2020. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/884p7z/the-anti-vaxxer-coronavirus-protests-are-here?utm_campaign=sharebutton.
Tiplady, Bishop. 2020. “Outrage as ‘Anti-Lockdown Conspiracy Theorists Ignore Coronavirus Fears to Stage Public Protest in Vancouver.’” The Sun. April 13, 2020. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11385702/outrage-as-anti-lockdown-conspiracy-theorists-protest-vancouver/.
Anti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective. 2020. “Far-Right Conspiracy Theories Rampant During Pandemic.” Anti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective. April 12, 2020. https://anti-racistcanada.blogspot.com/2020/04/far-right-conspiracy-theories-rampant.html.
Knox, Roger. 2020. “Anti-COVID-19 Group Rallies in Vernon.” Kelowna Capital News. April 12, 2020. https://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/anti-covid-19-group-rallies-in-vernon/.
Knox, Roger. 2020. “Anti-COVID-19 Group Rallies in Vernon.” Kelowna Capital News. April 12, 2020. https://www.kelownacapnews.com/news/anti-covid-19-group-rallies-in-vernon/.
Hagstrom, Anders. 2020. “Victims Of Communism Memorial Foundation Adds Global Coronavirus Deaths To Its Tally Of Historical Victims Of Communism.” The Daily Caller. April 10, 2020. https://amp.dailycaller.com/2020/04/10/communism-china-coronavirus-deaths.
Wilson, Kalpana. 2020. “Locking down Rights, Ramping up Hate: Fascism and Covid-19 in India.” Counterfire. April 9, 2020. https://www.counterfire.org/articles/opinion/21082-locking-down-rights-ramping-up-hate-fascism-and-covid-19-in-india.
Brown, Sherronda J. 2020. “Humans Are Not the Virus - Smash Eco-Fascism.” Hood Communist. April 9, 2020. https://hoodcommunist.org/2020/04/09/humans-are-not-the-virus-dont-be-an-eco-fascist/.
Gallagher, Ryan. 2020. “5G Virus Conspiracy Theory Fueled by Coordinated Effort.” Bloomberg.Com, April 9, 2020. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-09/covid-19-link-to-5g-technology-fueled-by-coordinated-effort.
Banerjee, Neela, and David Hasemyer. 2020. “Decades of Science Denial Related to Climate Change Has Led to Denial of the Coronavirus Pandemic.” InsideClimate News. April 8, 2020. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08042020/science-denial-coronavirus-covid-climate-change.
O’Brien, Luke. 2020. “Far-Right Extremists Helped Create The World’s Most Powerful Facial Recognition Technology.” HuffPost Canada. April 7, 2020. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-alt-right_n_5e7d028bc5b6cb08a92a5c48.
“Settler Violence against Palestinians Spikes with COVID-19 Pandemic, UN Says.” 2020. Mondoweiss. April 6, 2020. https://mondoweiss.net/2020/04/settler-violence-against-palestinians-spikes-with-covid-19-pandemic-un-says/.
Temperton, James. 2020. “How the 5G Coronavirus Conspiracy Theory Tore through the Internet.” Wired UK, April 6, 2020. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/5g-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory.
Péloquin, Tristan, and Émilie Bilodeau. 2020. “Pandémie de fausses nouvelles.” La Presse. April 5, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/04/01-5268052-pandemie-de-fausses-nouvelles.php.
Hope, Mat, and Zak Derler. 2020. “The Coronavirus Crisis: The Dangerous Crossover Between Climate and COVID Denial.” Byline Times. April 1, 2020. https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/01/the-coronavirus-crisis-the-dangerous-crossover-between-climate-and-covid-denial/.
Ajmiri, Tanzeem. 2020. “Coronavirus and Conspiracy.” HARD CRACKERS. March 25, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/coronavirus-conspiracy-theories/.
DeCook, Julia. 2020. “Coronavirus and the Radical Right: Conspiracy, Disinformation, and Xenophobia.” OpenDemocracy. March 13, 2020. https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/countering-radical-right/coronavirus-and-radical-right-conspiracy-disinformation-and-xenophobia.
Gender
Masbourian, Patrick. 2020. “Les femmes racisées « exploitées » pour leur travail auprès des personnes âgées, selon un chef syndical.” Radio-Canada. April 21, 2020. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/tout-un-matin/segments/chronique/166242/femmes-racisees-exploitation-chsld-cisss-centre-sud.
“Domestic Violence Increases 431% in Brazil Amid Lockdown.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 20, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Domestic-Violence-Drastically-Increase-in-Brazil-Amid-Lockdown---20200420-0019.html.
Yazer, Jon. 2020. “Coronavirus: Outbreak in Federal Women’s Prison Validates Worst Fears of Advocates.” NOW Magazine. April 20, 2020. https://nowtoronto.com/api/content/bd64648c-830a-11ea-803a-1244d5f7c7c6/.
Canadian Press. 2020. “As Millions of Workers Apply for Help, Mothers-to-Be Say They Can’t Get CERB.” CityNews Montreal. April 17, 2020. https://montreal.citynews.ca/2020/04/17/as-millions-of-workers-apply-for-help-mothers-to-be-say-they-cant-get-cerb/.
Munro, Nicole. 2020. “Organizations Seek Funding to House Domestic Violence Victims in HRM Hotels during Pandemic.” SaltWire. April 16, 2020. https://www.saltwire.com/news/canada/organizations-seek-funding-to-house-domestic-violence-victims-in-hrm-hotels-during-pandemic-438414/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_South_Shore_Breaker.
Grierson, Jamie. 2020. “Domestic Abuse Killings ‘more than Double’ amid Covid-19 Lockdown.” The Guardian, April 15, 2020, sec. Society. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/apr/15/domestic-abuse-killings-more-than-double-amid-covid-19-lockdown.
Paynter, Martha. 2020. “For Those Incarcerated with Their Babies, COVID-19 Puts Two Generations in Peril.” The Coast Halifax. April 11, 2020. https://www.thecoast.ca/COVID19Needtoknow/archives/2020/04/11/for-those-incarcerated-with-their-babies-covid-puts-two-generations-in-peril.
“Coronavirus: Sex for Rent Reports Increase in Hawaii since COVID-19 Pandemic.” 2020. CNN. April 10, 2020. https://www.9news.com.au/world/coronavirus-sex-for-rent-reports-increase-in-hawaii-since-covid19-pandemic/b5954e87-5f1b-47b8-9406-ea3826142323.
Agence QMI. 2020. “COVID-19: Des Détenues de l’Établissement de Joliette s’inquiètent.” Journal de Montréal. April 9, 2020. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/09/covid-19-des-detenues-de-letablissement-de-joliette-sinquietent.
“Covid-19 En El Salvador: A Critical Feminist View (Translated).” 2020. Facebook. April 7, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/cispes.solidarity.page/posts/3137802892906029.
Caillou, Annabelle. 2020. “Vent de résistance pour soutenir les femmes enceintes.” Le Devoir. April 6, 2020. https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/576505/vent-de-resistance-pour-aider-les-femmes-enceintes.
“Statement for a Feminist Foreign Policy to Confront the Coronavirus Pandemic.” 2020. Women Cross DMZ. April 5, 2020. https://www.womencrossdmz.org/statement-for-a-feminist-foreign-policy-to-confront-the-coronavirus-pandemic/.
“Covid-19 En El Salvador: Miradas Críticas y Feministas.” 2020. Facebook. April 3, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/notes/resistencia-medio-alternativo/covid-19-en-el-salvador-miradas-cr%C3%ADticas-y-feministas/154082849407032.
Kottasová, Ivana, and Valentina Di Donato. 2020. “Women Are Using Code Words at Pharmacies to Escape Domestic Violence - CNN.” CNN. April 2, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/europe/domestic-violence-coronavirus-lockdown-intl/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2lbVi3UZAFfwyiCWvfBzs4RaVM5-Co0BFF7KCLZkPvAAGLU7q5PMNfDjs.
“Feminist Resources on the Pandemic.” n.d. Center for Feminist Foreign Policy. Accessed April 7, 2020. https://centreforfeministforeignpolicy.org/feminist-resources-on-the-pandemic.
Health Disparities
Yancy, Clyde W. 2020. “COVID-19 and African Americans.” JAMA, April. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.6548.
Kendi, Ibram X. 2020. “Black People Are Not to Blame for Dying of COVID-19.” The Atlantic. April 14, 2020. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/race-and-blame/609946/.
Pilkington, Ed, and Ankita Rao. 2020. “A Tale of Two New Yorks: Pandemic Lays Bare a City’s Shocking Inequities.” The Guardian. April 10, 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/10/new-york-coronavirus-inequality-divide-two-cities.
Martin, Jeffery. 2020. “All Coronavirus Deaths in St. Louis, Missouri Have Been African Americans.” Newsweek. April 9, 2020. https://www.newsweek.com/all-coronavirus-deaths-st-louis-missouri-have-been-african-americans-1497199?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1586468532.
Dunmore, Royce. 2020. “Black People’s COVID-19 Anxieties About Covering Faces Proven Right With Racial Profiling Reports.” NewsOne. April 9, 2020. https://newsone.com/3925614/black-people-coronavirus-face-mask-anxieties/.
Mueller, Benjamin. 2020. “Eight U.K. Doctors Died From Coronavirus. All Were Immigrants.” The New York Times. April 8, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/world/europe/coronavirus-doctors-immigrants.html.
Ossei-Owusu, Shaun. 2020. “Coronavirus and the Politics of Disposability.” Boston Review. April 8, 2020. http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality-race-politics/shaun-ossei-owusu-coronavirus-and-politics-disposability.
Henseley, Erica. 2020. “Black Mississippians at Greater Risk: 72% of Deaths, 56% of State’s COVID-19 Cases.” Mississippi Today. April 8, 2020. https://mississippitoday.org/2020/04/08/black-mississippians-at-greater-risk-72-of-deaths-56-of-states-covid-19-cases/.
Brown, Lawrence. 2020. “The Coronapacalypse: Why COVID-19 Targets Redlined Black Neighborhoods in Hypersegregated Cities.” Medium. April 7, 2020. https://medium.com/@BmoreDoc/the-coronapacalypse-why-covid-19-targets-redlined-black-neighborhoods-in-hypersegregated-cities-cdea3edfea.
Poston, Ben, Tony Barboza, and Angel Jennings. 2020. “L.A. African Americans Have Higher Coronavirus Death Rate.” Los Angeles Times. April 7, 2020. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-07/l-a-releases-first-racial-breakdown-of-coronavirus-fatalities-african-americans-have-higher-death-rate.
Alfonso, Fernando III. 2020. “Why Some People of Color Say They Won’t Wear Homemade Masks.” CNN. April 7, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/us/face-masks-ethnicity-coronavirus-cdc-trnd/index.html.
Zamudio, María Inés, and Elliott Ramos. 2020. “In Chicago, 70% of COVID-19 Deaths Are Black.” WBEZ. April 5, 2020. https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/in-chicago-70-of-covid19-deaths-are-black/dd3f295f-445e-4e38-b37f-a1503782b507.
Reed, Adolph Jr. 2020. “Disparity Ideology, Coronavirus, and the Danger of the Return of Racial Medicine.” Common Dreams. April 4, 2020. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/04/04/disparity-ideology-coronavirus-and-danger-return-racial-medicine.
Blow, Charles M. 2020. “Opinion | The Racial Time Bomb in the Covid-19 Crisis.” The New York Times, April 1, 2020, sec. Opinion. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/opinion/coronavirus-black-people.html.
“Being a Person of Color Isn’t a Risk Factor for Coronavirus. Living in a Racist Country Is.” n.d. The Boston Globe. Accessed April 11, 2020. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/10/opinion/being-person-color-isnt-risk-factor-coronavirus-living-racist-country-is/.
Michaels, Samantha. n.d. “70 Percent of People Killed in Chicago by the Coronavirus Are Black.” Mother Jones. Accessed April 6, 2020. https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/04/70-percent-of-people-killed-in-chicago-by-the-coronavirus-are-black/?fbclid=IwAR0XIP7v_h4OrYVDaaY_T2lPWlRIkzRFhaEOzJIJS1y6rsZCfknQUI9Ddao.
Housing
“Pandemic Urbanism: Praxis in the Time of Covid-19.” 2020. Google Docs. April 22, 2020. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EK9MSBySLHLk9aqADj2k3i5Z7RD-fKpLdAVplKBFw8w/edit.
Menitoff, Rachel. 2020. “Coronavirus Latest: Protesters Interrupt Baltimore Mayor Jack Young During COVID-19 Press Conference – CBS Baltimore.” CBS Baltimore. April 21, 2020. https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/04/21/coronavirus-latest-protesters-interrupt-baltimore-mayor-jack-young-during-covid-19-press-conference/.
Moore, Oliver. 2020. “Refugee Shelter in Toronto Sees Jump in COVID-19 Cases from 11 to 74, Many with No Symptoms.” The Globe and Mail. April 20, 2020. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-refugee-shelter-in-toronto-sees-jump-in-covid-19-cases-from-11-to-7/.
Li, Waynee. 2020. “Vancouver Police End Occupation of School by Homeless Advocates Citing COVID-19 Fears.” The Star. April 19, 2020. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/04/19/vancouver-police-end-occupation-of-school-by-homeless-advocates-citing-covid-19-fears.html.
Kines, Lindsay. 2020. “Helps Wants B.C. to Seize Hotel Rooms, Put Homeless People in Them.” Times Colonist. April 16, 2020. https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/helps-wants-b-c-to-seize-hotel-rooms-put-homeless-people-in-them-1.24118738.
Karedes, Drew. 2020. “CDC Reviewing ‘Stunning’ Universal Testing Results from Boston Homeless Shelter.” Boston 25 News. April 15, 2020. https://www.boston25news.com/news/cdc-reviewing-stunning-universal-testing-results-boston-homeless-shelter/Z253TFBO6RG4HCUAARBO4YWO64/.
Gray, Jeff. 2020. “Toronto Says 30 Homeless People Diagnosed with COVID-19.” The Globe and Mail. April 14, 2020. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-toronto-says-30-homeless-people-diagnosed-with-covid-19/?cmpid=rss&click=dlvr.it.
Mackenzie, Angela, and Adam Kovac. 2020. “Multiple Homeless Montrealers given Tickets for Physical Distancing Infractions.” CTV News. April 12, 2020. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/multiple-homeless-montrealers-given-tickets-for-physical-distancing-infractions-1.4893128?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvmontreal%3Apost&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook.
Anuta, Joe. 2020. “Coronavirus Wreaks Havoc on New York City’s Public Housing.” Politico. April 10, 2020. https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/04/10/coronavirus-wreaks-havoc-on-new-york-citys-public-housing-1274821.
“Coronavirus: Sex for Rent Reports Increase in Hawaii since COVID-19 Pandemic.” 2020. CNN. April 10, 2020. https://www.9news.com.au/world/coronavirus-sex-for-rent-reports-increase-in-hawaii-since-covid19-pandemic/b5954e87-5f1b-47b8-9406-ea3826142323.
Cheung, Christopher. 2020. “Homeless, ‘I’m Living in a Dystopian Sci-Fi.’” The Tyee. April 10, 2020. https://doi.org/https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/10/Homeless-Living-In-A-Dystopian-Sci-Fi/.
Brown, Lawrence. 2020. “The Coronapacalypse: COVID-19 And Racial Segregation.” Hood Communist. April 9, 2020. http://hoodcommunist.org/2020/04/09/2757/.
Westoll, Nick. 2020. “Coronavirus: Advocates for Toronto’s Homeless Plead for Major Increase in Accommodations, Testing.” Global News. April 8, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6795917/coronavirus-toronto-homeless-shelters-covid-19/.
“‘Throw Their Stuff on the Lawn’: BC Landlords Plot Against Unemployed Renters in Private Facebook Groups.” 2020. PressProgress. April 8, 2020. https://pressprogress.ca/throw-their-stuff-on-the-lawn-bc-landlords-plot-against-unemployed-renters-in-private-facebook-groups/.
Parker, Will. 2020. “No Rent Was Paid in April by Nearly a Third of American Renters.” MarketWatch. April 8, 2020. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/no-rent-was-paid-in-april-by-nearly-a-third-of-american-renters-2020-04-08.
Warburton, Moira, and Denise Paglinawan. 2020. “Rent Strikes Loom Across Canada as Coronavirus Kills Daily-Wage Jobs | Investing News | US News.” US News. April 6, 2020. https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2020-04-06/rent-strikes-loom-across-canada-as-coronavirus-kills-daily-wage-jobs?fbclid=IwAR1S-mPcAlB1E9ns7-1-rSqHUkbYV36umiPU7ZNUXAsDi4C7_PbA2OHE7To.
Monsebraaten, Laurie. 2020. “Evicted during the Pandemic, a Toronto Nurse Pleads for Fairness | The Star.” Toronto Star. April 5, 2020. https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/gta/2020/04/05/evicted-during-the-pandemic-a-toronto-nurse-pleads-for-fairness.html?fbclid=IwAR1-dQGaHr2B27YIt5wDyED7PtEIcnGyfkYuLvyM3Bj8c8d93dya7gzUXX8.
Sher, Isaac. 2020. “Landlord Emails Tenants in One Message, Accidentally Helps Rent Strike.” Business Insider. April 2, 2020. https://www.businessinsider.com/landlord-emails-all-tenants-in-message-helps-them-organize-strike-2020-4?fbclid=IwAR2VlUUJPkrPpDqBgGWEwOKdv7EPosqyc1eos7g6CNw2flkakY_ENxO80D0.
“COVID-19 Tenant Organizing Guide.” n.d. Google Docs. Accessed April 10, 2020. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EKEbdNkdW0i55oZ2Rqu0qd6i-hLwR9gHCllu1t6-_W0/edit.
International (see malso: Scramble for Supplies)
“To Change the World, Support Peasant Agriculture!” 2020. Via Campesina English. April 20, 2020. https://viacampesina.org/en/to-change-the-world-support-peasant-agriculture-reminds-ecvc-through-17april-actions/.
Thomas, Kendrick. 2020. “The U.S. Is Using COVID-19 for Imperialist Propaganda.” Hood Communist. April 16, 2020. http://hoodcommunist.org/2020/04/16/no-shame-4-ways-the-u-s-is-using-covid-19-to-push-imperialist-propaganda/.
Smith, Yves. 2020. “The New Fault Lines in a Post-Globalized World.” Naked Capitalism. April 16, 2020. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/04/the-new-fault-lines-in-a-post-globalized-world.html.
Wallace, Rob, Moayyad Bsharat, Arie Kurniawaty, Sai Sam Kham, and Paula Gioia. 2020. “Farming Pathogens - Globalised Agriculture and Infectious Diseases.” The Transnational Institute. April 15, 2020. https://www.tni.org/en/article/video-recording-recipe-for-disaster-webinar-on-food-systems-inequality-and-covid-19.
Tooze, Adam. 2020. “How Coronavirus Almost Brought down the Global Financial System.” The Guardian, April 14, 2020, sec. Business. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/apr/14/how-coronavirus-almost-brought-down-the-global-financial-system.
“Coronavirus: Solidarity Update 13 April.” 2020. Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières. April 13, 2020. http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article52923.
Workers Solidarity Movement (Ireland), Acción Socialista Libertaria (Argentina), Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation (U.S.), Union Communiste Libertaire (France), Zabalaza Anarchist Communist Front (South Africa), and Solidaridad (Chile). 2020. “Livestream: International Panel Discussion on Covid-19.” Black Rose / Rosa Negra - Anarchist Federation (Youtube). April 11, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQpCp9MBFj8&feature=share.
Riley, Lee W., Eva Raphael, and Robert Snyder. 2020. “The Coronavirus Threat for the Billion People Living in Slums.” The New York Times. April 8, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/opinion/coronavirus-slums.html.
“Coronavirus: Four out of Five People’s Jobs Hit by Pandemic.” 2020. BBC News. April 7, 2020. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52199888.
Tooze, Adam. 2020. “Shockwave: The World Goes Bust.” London Review of Books. April 4, 2020. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n08/adam-tooze/shockwave.
PLAAS. 2020. “Food in the Time of the Coronavirus: Why We Should Be Very, Very Afraid (Africa).” Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies. April 1, 2020. https://www.plaas.org.za/food-in-the-time-of-the-coronavirus-why-we-should-be-very-very-afraid/.
Murphy, R. Taggart. 2020. “East and West.” New Left Review. April 2020. https://newleftreview.org/issues/II122/articles/r-taggart-murphy-east-and-west-76ba12e6-a597-495b-83c6-6e56479ebc5c.
Sieff, Kevin, closeKevin SieffLatin America CorrespondentEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollowSusannah George, closeSusannah GeorgeForeign correspondent covering Afghanistan, and PakistanEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollowKareem Fahim closeKareem FahimIstanbul bureau chief covering the Middle EastEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollow. n.d. “Now Joining the Fight against Coronavirus: The World’s Armed Rebels, Drug Cartels and Gangs.” Washington Post. Accessed April 17, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/coronavirus-taliban-ms-13-drug-cartels-gangs/2020/04/13/83aa07ac-79c2-11ea-a311-adb1344719a9_story.html.
“COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak: Human Rights Defenders & Civic Freedoms.” n.d. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. Accessed April 11, 2020. https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/covid-19-coronavirus-outbreak/covid-19-coronavirus-outbreak-human-rights-defenders-civic-freedoms.
Africa
“South African Troops to Enforce Quarantine in Largest Mobilization Since Apartheid Era.” 2020. Democracy Now! April 23, 2020. https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/23/headlines/south_african_troops_to_enforce_quarantine_in_largest_mobilization_since_apartheid_era.
Shoki, William. 2020. “Out of Sight.” Africa Is A Country. April 21, 2020. https://africasacountry.com/2020/04/out-of-sight.
Broadway, Sam. 2020. “Uganda’s People Power in the Age of COVID-19.” Africa Is A Country. April 20, 2020. https://africasacountry.com/2020/04/people-power-in-the-age-of-covid-19.
“Violence and Looting Point to Food Crisis in S.Africa Lockdown.” 2020. Agence France-Presse. April 18, 2020. https://this.kiji.is/624208867263808609.
Muller, Sean. 2020. “South Africa’s One-Sided Lockdown: Coercing the Poor, Coddling the Rich?” Africa Is A Country. April 17, 2020. https://africasacountry.com/2020/04/south-africas-one-sided-lockdown-coercing-the-poor-coddling-the-rich.
“Nigeria: Police Brutality Is More Lethal Than COVID-19.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 17, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/nigeria-police-brutality-is-more-lethal-than-covid19-20200417-0001.html.
Crush, Jonathan. 2020. “Will COVID-19 Keep out of Africa?” Africa Is A Country. April 16, 2020. https://africasacountry.com/2020/04/will-covid-19-keep-out-of-africa.
“Liberians Say They Fear Hunger More Than COVID-19 as Police Violently Enforce Lockdown.” 2020. Democracy Now! April 13, 2020. https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/13/headlines/liberians_say_they_fear_hunger_more_than_covid_19_as_police_violently_enforce_lockdown.
“Libya: Haftar’s Forces Target Tripoli Hospital Again.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 12, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Libya-Haftars-Forces-Target-Tripoli-Hospital-Again-20200412-0008.html.
“COVID-19: India to Extend World’s Largest Pandemic Lockdown for Two Weeks.” 2020. Gulf News. April 11, 2020. https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/covid-19-india-to-extend-worlds-largest-pandemic-lockdown-for-two-weeks-1.1586606538775.
Huang, Pien. 2020. “10,000 Cases And 500 Deaths In Africa. Health Officials Say It’s Just The Beginning.” NPR.Org. April 8, 2020. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/08/830209940/10-000-cases-and-500-deaths-in-africa-health-officials-say-its-just-the-beginnin.
Seyhan, Eda. 2020. “Coronavirus: Beware the Power Grab.” African Arguments. April 7, 2020. https://africanarguments.org/2020/04/07/coronavirus-beware-the-power-grab/.
Muhumuza, Rodney. 2020. “‘Complete Collapse of Economies’ Ahead as Africa Faces Virus.” AP. April 5, 2020. https://apnews.com/c79a173993d39ffe5773449ebaf9b9f8?fbclid=IwAR1GuALyIZudwA4kqau8BBbao889YmEzteZA856ITRueYwyIJ89faDKJ4fM.
“SA Lockdown: Informal Settlement Residents Running out of Food.” 2020. ENCA. April 3, 2020. https://www.enca.com/news/sa-lockdown-informal-settlement-residents-running-out-food.
Chigudu, Simukai. 2020. “From Cholera to Corona: The Politics of Plagues in Africa.” Africa Is A Country. April 2020. https://africasacountry.com/2020/03/from-cholera-to-corona-the-politics-of-plagues-in-africa.
Mwaba, Anna K. 2020. “Addressing a Pandemic on a Continental Level.” Africa Is A Country. April 2020. https://africasacountry.com/2020/04/addressing-a-pandemic-on-a-continental-level.
Abalo, Joyce, and Sarah O’Sullivan. 2020. “Ugandans Brace for the Worst.” Africa Is A Country. April 2020. https://africasacountry.com/2020/04/ugandans-brace-for-the-worst-after-museveni-announces-14-day-lockdown.
Asia
Roy, Arundhati. 2020. “Pandemic Is a Portal: Arundhati Roy on COVID-19 in India, Imagining Another World & Fighting for It.” Democracy Now! April 16, 2020. https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/16/arundhati_roy_coronavirus_india.
Yong Rhee, Chang. 2020. “COVID-19 Pandemic and the Asia-Pacific Region: Lowest Growth Since the 1960s.” IMF Blog. April 15, 2020. https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/15/covid-19-pandemic-and-the-asia-pacific-region-lowest-growth-since-the-1960s/.
Tauchi, Takahiro, and Shimpei Torii. 2020. “East Japan High Schoolers Strike to Protest School Reopening amid Virus Pandemic.” The Mainichi. April 11, 2020. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200411/p2a/00m/0na/009000c.
Apr 7, Mohua Chatterjee | TNN | Updated:, 2020, and 05:10 Ist. 2020. “Days after Killing 17 Troopers, Maoists Offer Covid Ceasefire.” The Times of India. April 11, 2020. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/maoists-call-for-truce-in-the-time-of-corona/articleshow/75016152.cms.
See, Aie Balagtas, and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. 2020. “Philippine Jails Are a COVID-19 Time Bomb.” Rappler. April 11, 2020. http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/257640-philippine-jails-covid-time-bomb.
“‘If You’re Black You Can’t Go out’: Africans in China Face Racism in Covid-19 Crackdown.” 2020. France 24. April 11, 2020. https://www.france24.com/en/20200411-if-you-re-black-you-can-t-go-out-africans-in-china-face-racism-in-covid-19-crackdown.
Ratcliffe, Rebecca. 2020. “Fears as Cambodia Grants PM Vast Powers under Covid-19 Pretext.” The Guardian, April 10, 2020, sec. World news. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/10/fears-as-cambodia-grants-hun-sen-vast-power-under-covid-19-pretext.
Malik, Amir. 2020. “Modi Proposes, Trump Disposes.” TeleSUR English. April 9, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/Modi-Proposes-Trump-Disposes-20200409-0023.html.
Wilson, Kalpana. 2020. “Locking down Rights, Ramping up Hate: Fascism and Covid-19 in India.” Counterfire. April 9, 2020. https://www.counterfire.org/articles/opinion/21082-locking-down-rights-ramping-up-hate-fascism-and-covid-19-in-india.
“First Person Killed in the Philippines for Violating Quarantine.” 2020. Telesur. April 5, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/First-Person-Killed-in-the-Philippines-for-Violating-Quarantine-20200405-0007.html.
Kuddus, Rohana. 2020. “Lemongrass and Prayer.” New Left Review. April 2020. https://newleftreview.org/issues/II122/articles/rohana-kuddus-lemongrass-and-prayer.
Musahar, N. R. 2020. “India’s Starvation Measures.” New Left Review. April 2020. https://newleftreview.org/issues/II122/articles/india-s-starvation-measures.
Xiaoming, Ai. 2020. “Wuhan Diary.” New Left Review. April 2020. https://newleftreview.org/issues/II122/articles/xiaoming-ai-wuhan-diary.
“Taliban, MS-13, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham Join Coronavirus Fight.” n.d. The Washington Post. Accessed April 17, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/.
Europe
Uddin, Rayhan. 2020. “UK Forcing Foreign Health Workers and Their Families to Pay Increased Levy to Use NHS.” Middle East Eye. April 23, 2020. http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-nhs-immigrant-health-workers-pay-increased-surcharge.
Singha, Lotika, and Sarbjit Johal. 2020. “Under the Surface: Covid-19 and the Tiered British Domestic Work Industry.” Discover Society. April 23, 2020. https://discoversociety.org/2020/04/23/under-the-surface-covid-19-and-the-tiered-british-domestic-work-industry/.
Davies, Harry. 2020. “Revealed: Private Firm Running UK PPE Stockpile Was Sold in Middle of Pandemic | World News.” The Guardian. April 22, 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/22/revealed-private-firm-running-uk-ppe-stockpile-was-sold-in-middle-of-pandemic?CMP=share_btn_fb.
Costache, Ioanida. 2020. “‘Until we are able to gas them like the Nazis, the Roma will infect the nation:’ Roma and the ethnicization of COVID-19 in Romania.” DoR. April 22, 2020. https://www.dor.ro/roma-and-the-ethnicization-of-covid-19-in-romania/.
Livesay, Chris. 2020. “Italian Police Probe Nursing Home with 190 Reported COVID-19 Deaths.” CBS News. April 17, 2020. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-in-italy-nursing-home-190-reportedly-dead-covid19-police-investigation-today-2020-04-17/.
Bejan, Raluca. 2020. “COVID-19 and Disposable Migrant Workers.” Verfassungsblog. April 16, 2020. https://verfassungsblog.de/covid-19-and-disposable-migrant-workers/.
In Defense of Communism. 2020. “Sweden’s ‘Welfare State’ in Times of Covid-19: The Communist Party (SKP) Reveals the Truth.” April 14, 2020. http://www.idcommunism.com/2020/04/swedens-welfare-state-in-times-of-covid-19-the-communist-party-skp-reveals-the-truth.html.
Corbishley, Nick. 2020. “‘Something Has Gone Wrong’: UK Government, Banks Screw Up Coronavirus Loans, Small Firms Near Collapse. Better Results in Other Countries.” Wolf Street. April 14, 2020. https://wolfstreet.com/2020/04/14/something-has-gone-wrong-uk-government-banks-screw-up-coronavirus-loans-small-firms-on-near-collapse-mixed-results-in-other-countries/.
Bechev, Dimitar. 2020. “Turkey Joins Soft Power Race during COVID-19 Crisis.” Ahval. April 10, 2020. https://ahvalnews.com/turkey-coronavirus/turkey-joins-soft-power-race-during-covid-19-crisis.
Nossiter, Adam. 2020. “‘Like a Prison’: Paris Suburbs Simmer Under Coronavirus Lockdown.” The New York Times. April 10, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/world/europe/coronavirus-paris-suburbs.html.
M, Morgan. 2020. “How the Pandemic Kicked off a Strike Wave in Italy.” Organizing Work. April 10, 2020. https://organizing.work/2020/04/how-the-pandemic-kicked-off-a-strike-wave-in-italy/.
Tondo, Lorenzo. 2020. “Mafia Distributes Food to Italy’s Struggling Residents.” The Guardian, April 10, 2020, sec. World news. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/10/mafia-distributes-food-to-italys-struggling-residents.
“Turkey Not Following WHO Protocol in COVID-19 Death Reports - Leading Medical Association.” 2020. Ahval. April 9, 2020. https://ahvalnews.com/coronavirus/turkey-not-following-who-protocol-covid-19-death-reports-leading-medical-association.
Ahmed, Nafeez. 2020. “Leaked Home Office Call Reveals Government Wants Economy to ‘Continue Running’ as ‘We Will All Get’ COVID-19 Anyway.” Byline Times. April 9, 2020. https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/09/leaked-home-office-call-reveals-uk-government-wants-economy-to-continue-running-as-we-will-all-get-covid-19-anyway/.
Mueller, Benjamin. 2020. “Eight U.K. Doctors Died From Coronavirus. All Were Immigrants.” The New York Times. April 8, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/world/europe/coronavirus-doctors-immigrants.html.
Rankin, Jennifer. 2020. “Covid-19, Finance and the EU : Fear and Mistrust as Eurozone Ministers Debate Reconstruction.” Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières. April 6, 2020. http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article52922.
“Covid-19 : Deux Appels Sur La Protection Des Enfants et Mineur.Es Non Accompagné.Es Dans Le Contexte de La Crise Sanitaire.” 2020. Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières. April 6, 2020. http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article52926.
“Greece: Migrant Camp Quarantined After COVID-19 Case Confirmed.” 2020. Telesur. April 5, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Greece-Migrant-Camp-Quarantined-After-COVID-19-Case-Confirmed--20200405-0006.html.
Orihuela, Rodrigo. 2020. “Spanish Government Aims to Roll Out Basic Income ‘Soon.’” Bloomberg.Com, April 5, 2020. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-05/spanish-government-aims-to-roll-out-basic-income-soon.
Jukes, Peter. 2020. “The Coronavirus Crisis: Herd Immunity Has Infected UK Policy – But Who Was Patient Zero for This Toxic Transatlantic Idea?” Byline Times. April 3, 2020. https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/03/the-coronavirus-crisis-herd-immunity-has-infected-uk-policy-but-who-was-patient-zero-for-this-toxic-transatlantic-idea/.
Ahmed, Nafeez. 2020. “Disaster Capitalism: Conservative Party Donor Cashes in on UK Government-Made PPE Shortages Amidst COVID-19 Crisis.” Byline Times. April 2, 2020. https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/02/disaster-capitalism-conservative-party-donor-cashes-in-on-uk-government-made-ppe-shortages-amidst-covid19-crisis/.
Rae, Gavin. n.d. “Facing the COVID-19 Crisis in Poland.” Public Reading Rooms. Accessed April 12, 2020. https://prruk.org/facing-the-covid-19-crisis-in-poland/.
Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. n.d. “Coronavirus: Europe’s Forgotten Roma at Risk | DW | 04.04.2020.” DW.COM. Accessed April 6, 2020. https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-europes-forgotten-roma-at-risk/a-53019522.
North America & Caribbean
“Protests Follow Deaths at US Factories in Mexican Border Town.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 16, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Protests-Follow-Deaths-at-US-Factories-in-Mexican-Border-Town-20200416-0015.html.
Werner, Alejandro. 2020. “Economic Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Time of COVID-19.” IMF Blog. April 16, 2020. https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/16/economic-policy-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-in-the-time-of-covid-19/.
Macdonald, Isabel. 2020. “‘Irresponsible and Dangerous’: U.S. Deports Haitians Despite Coronavirus Risks.” The Intercept. April 12, 2020. https://theintercept.com/2020/04/12/haiti-coronavirus-united-states-deportation/.
Parampil, Anya. 2020. “Colonialism & Coronavirus: 800,000 Haitians May Die of COVID-19.” The Grayzone. April 9, 2020. https://thegrayzone.com/2020/04/09/colonialism-coronavirus-haitians-covid/.
“Americas: Human Rights in the Age of COVID-19: Blog #1.” 2020. Amnesty International. April 3, 2020. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/04/americas-human-rights-in-the-age-of-covid19-entry-1/.
Hammond, Charlotte. n.d. “‘The Question Was Whether to Die of Hunger or Coronavirus’: Garment Factories Reopen in Haiti despite Fears.” Haiti Support Group. Accessed April 24, 2020. https://haitisupportgroup.org/garment-factories-reopen-haiti-covid19/.
Canada
Ling, Justin. 2020. “Tear Gas Launcher Deployed as Coronavirus Tensions Spiral in Canadian Prisons.” Vice. April 24, 2020. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/3a8343/tear-gas-launcher-deployed-as-coronavirus-tensions-spiral-in-canadian-prisons?utm_campaign=sharebutton.
Walsh, Marieke. 2020. “Trudeau Slams ‘Racism’ of Conservative MP’s Call for Tam to Be Fired.” The Globe and Mail. April 23, 2020. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-scheer-refuses-to-comment-on-conservative-mps-call-for-top-doctor-to/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=Referrer%3A+Social+Network+%2F+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links.
“Supporting Those Left Inside: Meeting Needs Behind Prison Walls.” 2020. Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy. April 23, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/2584817615070252.
Duncan, Josh. 2020. “Assault of 92-Year-Old Man with Dementia Was a COVID-Related Racially-Motivated Attack: VPD.” Kamloops Now. April 22, 2020. https://www.kamloopsbcnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/Assault_of_92_year_old_man_with_dementia_was_a_COVID_related_racially_motivated_attack_VPD/.
Ling, Justin. 2020. “Inside the Canadian Prison Hardest Hit by the Coronavirus Pandemic.” Vice. April 21, 2020. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/4agjyq/inside-the-canadian-prison-hardest-hit-by-the-coronavirus-pandemic.
The Globe and Mail. 2020. “A Pandemic in Prisons Forces a Rethink of Why so Many Are behind Bars.” The Globe and Mail. April 21, 2020. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/article-a-pandemic-in-prisons-forces-a-rethink-of-why-so-many-are-behind-bars/.
Moore, Oliver. 2020. “Refugee Shelter in Toronto Sees Jump in COVID-19 Cases from 11 to 74, Many with No Symptoms.” The Globe and Mail. April 20, 2020. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-refugee-shelter-in-toronto-sees-jump-in-covid-19-cases-from-11-to-7/.
Sharp, Alastair. 2020. “Bike Couriers in Toronto Risking Illness to Deliver ‘Junk Food to Rich People.’” National Observer. April 20, 2020. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/04/20/features/bike-couriers-toronto-risking-illness-deliver-junk-food-rich-people.
Yazer, Jon. 2020. “Coronavirus: Outbreak in Federal Women’s Prison Validates Worst Fears of Advocates.” NOW Magazine. April 20, 2020. https://nowtoronto.com/api/content/bd64648c-830a-11ea-803a-1244d5f7c7c6/.
Dryden, Joel, and 2020 1:43 PM MT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago. 2020. “What Led to Alberta’s Biggest Outbreak? Cargill Meat Plant’s Hundreds of COVID-19 Cases.” CBC News. April 19, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cargill-alberta-covid-19-deena-hinshaw-1.5537377.
Li, Waynee. 2020. “Vancouver Police End Occupation of School by Homeless Advocates Citing COVID-19 Fears.” The Star. April 19, 2020. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2020/04/19/vancouver-police-end-occupation-of-school-by-homeless-advocates-citing-covid-19-fears.html.
Boynton, Sean. 2020. “Issues Continue to Plague Coronavirus-Ravaged B.C. Prison, Officers’ Union Says.” Global News. April 18, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6837283/coronavirus-mission-institution-issues-officers/.
Justicia for Migrant Workers (J4MW). 2020. “Open Letter to Workplace Safety Insurance Board Regarding COVID19, Workers Compensation and Migrant Farm Workers (Ontario).” Harvesting Freedom. April 17, 2020. https://harvestingfreedom.org/2020/04/17/open-letter-to-workplace-safety-insurance-board-regarding-covid19-workers-compensation-and-migrant-farm-workers-ontario/.
Canadian Press. 2020. “Coronavirus: Quebec Federal Inmates File Application for Class-Action Lawsuit.” Global News. April 17, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6847470/quebec-coronavirus-federal-inmates-lawsuit/.
Canadian Press. 2020. “As Millions of Workers Apply for Help, Mothers-to-Be Say They Can’t Get CERB.” CityNews Montreal. April 17, 2020. https://montreal.citynews.ca/2020/04/17/as-millions-of-workers-apply-for-help-mothers-to-be-say-they-cant-get-cerb/.
Kines, Lindsay. 2020. “Helps Wants B.C. to Seize Hotel Rooms, Put Homeless People in Them.” Times Colonist. April 16, 2020. https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/helps-wants-b-c-to-seize-hotel-rooms-put-homeless-people-in-them-1.24118738.
Johnston, Janice. 2020. “Edmonton Institution Inmate Alleges Abuse behind Bars during Pandemic.” CBC News. April 16, 2020. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/edmonton-institution-inmate-alleges-abuse-behind-bars-during-pandemic/ar-BB12IPbR.
Wells, Nick. 2020. “Les sans-papiers veulent avoir accès aux prestations gouvernementales.” L’actualité. April 16, 2020. https://lactualite.com/actualites/les-sans-papiers-veulent-avoir-acces-aux-prestations-gouvernementales/.
Wells, Nick. 2020. “Advocacy Group Says Undocumented Migrants Need Access to Government Benefits.” CTV News. April 16, 2020. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/advocacy-group-says-undocumented-migrants-need-access-to-government-benefits-1.4899759.
Munro, Nicole. 2020. “Organizations Seek Funding to House Domestic Violence Victims in HRM Hotels during Pandemic.” SaltWire. April 16, 2020. https://www.saltwire.com/news/canada/organizations-seek-funding-to-house-domestic-violence-victims-in-hrm-hotels-during-pandemic-438414/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_South_Shore_Breaker.
“Mission Inmate Dies from Apparent Complications of COVID-19.” 2020. Mission City Record. April 16, 2020. https://www.missioncityrecord.com/news/54-mission-inmates-six-staff-test-positive-for-covid-19/.
“Statement: Release Low-Risk Inmates to Slow Spread of COVID-19 in Prisons.” 2020. Canadian Human Rights Commission. April 15, 2020. https://www.chrc-ccdp.gc.ca/eng/content/statement-release-low-risk-inmates-slow-spread-covid-19-prisons.
Johnston, Janice. 2020. “Punishment Reversed for Edmonton Institution Inmate Who Spoke to Media.” CBC News. April 15, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/punishment-reversed-for-edmonton-institution-inmate-who-spoke-to-media-1.5533459?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar.
Jones, El. 2020. “Letter from Black Community to Premier and Chief Medical Officer Has Been Vandalized with Racist Comments.” Halifax Examiner. April 15, 2020. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/letter-from-black-community-to-premier-and-chief-medical-officer-has-been-vandalized-with-racist-comments/.
“Surprise, on a Encore Des Droits !!” 2020. COBP. April 15, 2020. https://cobp.resist.ca/fr/node/19186.
Pedersen, Katie, Melissa Mancini, and David Common. 2020. “Ontario Scaled Back Comprehensive, Annual Inspections of Nursing Homes to Only a Handful Last Year.” CBC News. April 15, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/seniors-homes-inspections-1.5532585.
International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group. 2020. “Joint Statement: Digital Surveillance Technologies and COVID-19 in Canada.” International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group. April 15, 2020. https://iclmg.ca/digital-surveillance-covid-19/.
harvestingfreedom. 2020. “J4MW Raises Concerns over Increased Policing Powers: Migrant Activists Concerned That Racialized Workers to Be Targeted by New Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act.” Harvesting Freedom. April 15, 2020. https://harvestingfreedom.org/2020/04/15/j4mw-raises-concerns-over-increased-policing-powers-migrant-activists-concerned-that-racialized-workers-to-be-targeted-by-new-emergency-management-and-civil-protection-act/.
Richardson, Lindsay. 2020. “Inuit Getting Caught up in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes in Montreal, Advocates Say.” APTN News. April 14, 2020. https://aptnnews.ca/2020/04/14/inuit-getting-caught-up-in-anti-asian-hate-crimes-in-montreal-advocates-say/.
Gray, Jeff. 2020. “Toronto Says 30 Homeless People Diagnosed with COVID-19.” The Globe and Mail. April 14, 2020. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-toronto-says-30-homeless-people-diagnosed-with-covid-19/?cmpid=rss&click=dlvr.it.
Hyslop, Katie. 2020. “BC’s International Students Are Trapped in Pandemic Limbo.” The Tyee. April 14, 2020. https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/14/BC-International-Students-In-Limbo-During-Pandemic/.
The Hamilton Spectator. 2020. “Demonstration in Solidarity with Inmates at Barton Street Jail,” April 13, 2020, sec. Hamilton Region. https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2020/04/13/demonstration-in-solidarity-with-inmates-at-barton-street-jail.html.
Keung, Nicholas. 2020. “Black, Latin American and South Asian Canadians Face Biggest Financial Problems Caused by COVID-19, Survey Suggests.” The Star. April 13, 2020. https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/canada/2020/04/13/black-latin-american-and-south-asian-canadians-face-biggest-financial-problems-caused-by-covid-19-survey-suggests.html?__twitter_impression=true.
Mojtehedzadeh, Sara. 2020. “Migrant Farm Workers from Jamaica Are Being Forced to Sign COVID-19 Waivers.” The Star. April 13, 2020. https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/04/13/migrant-farm-workers-fear-exposure-to-covid-19.html.
Bensadoun, Emerald. 2020. “Nearly Half of Canada’s COVID-19 Deaths Linked to Long-Term Care Facilities: Tam - National | Globalnews.Ca.” Global News. April 13, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6811726/coronavirus-long-term-care-deaths-canada/.
Tiplady, Bishop. 2020. “Outrage as ‘Anti-Lockdown Conspiracy Theorists Ignore Coronavirus Fears to Stage Public Protest in Vancouver.’” The Sun. April 13, 2020. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11385702/outrage-as-anti-lockdown-conspiracy-theorists-protest-vancouver/.
Go, Awy. 2020. “The Hidden and Not-so-Hidden Casualty of COVID-19.” Colour of Poverty Colour of Change. April 13, 2020. https://colourofpoverty.ca/2020/04/13/the-hidden-and-not-so-hidden-casualty-of-covid-19/.
DePoe, David. 2020. “Alberta Government Turns Hard to the Right.” Socialist Project. April 13, 2020. https://socialistproject.ca/2020/04/alberta-government-turns-hard-to-the-right/.
Anti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective. 2020. “Far-Right Conspiracy Theories Rampant During Pandemic.” Anti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective. April 12, 2020. https://anti-racistcanada.blogspot.com/2020/04/far-right-conspiracy-theories-rampant.html.
Boynton, Sean. 2020. “10 More Inmates at Mission Institution Test Positive for COVID-19 for Total of 35.” Global News. April 12, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6809852/mission-institution-coronavirus-outbreak-10-inmates/.
Kistler, C., and PCR-RCP. 2020. “The COVID-19 Pandemic: In Canada, Revolutionaries Are Building Networks of Solidarity.” Redspark. April 12, 2020. https://www.redspark.nu/en/imperialist-states/the-covid-19-pandemic-in-canada-revolutionaries-are-building-networks-of-solidarity/.
Hall, Joseph. 2020. “Staff Walk out at Markham Home for Mentally, Physically Challenged Adults after COVID-19 Outbreak.” The Star. April 10, 2020. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/04/10/donations-of-protective-gear-pour-in-after-coronavirus-outbreak-at-markham-home-for-people-with-disabilities.html.
Bell, Stewart, and Andrew Russell. 2020. “Coronavirus: Police to Verify Canadians Complying with Quarantine Order, RCMP Says.” Global News. April 10, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6804626/coronavirus-police-verifying-quarantine-order/.
Devet. 2020. “Miranda Cain on COVID-19 and the Prestons: ‘The Little We Do Have, We Have Done It Ourselves.’” Nova Scotia Advocate. April 10, 2020. https://nsadvocate.org/2020/04/10/miranda-cain-on-covid-19-and-the-prestons-the-little-we-do-have-we-have-done-it-ourselves/.
Metcalfe, J. 2020. “PLS Urges Minister Blair to Depopulate Prisoners with Low Public Safety Risk.” West Coast Prison Justice Society. April 10, 2020. https://prisonjustice.org/pls-urges-minister-blair-to-depopulate-prisoners-with-low-public-safety-risk/.
Tunney, Catharine, and Chris Hall. 2020. “As Supply Concerns Grow, Ottawa Lays the Groundwork for Never-Used Emergencies Act.” CBC News. April 9, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/emergencies-act-province-letter-1.5526496.
“COVID-19 Emergency Aid Report.” 2020. Black to the Future. April 8, 2020. https://blacktothefutureto.com/covid-19-report/.
Westoll, Nick. 2020. “Coronavirus: Advocates for Toronto’s Homeless Plead for Major Increase in Accommodations, Testing.” Global News. April 8, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6795917/coronavirus-toronto-homeless-shelters-covid-19/.
McIntosh, Emma, and Politics | April 8th 2020. 2020. “Ontario Suspends Environmental Oversight Rules, Citing COVID-19.” National Observer. April 8, 2020. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/04/08/news/ontario-suspends-environmental-oversight-rules-citing-covid-19.
Theodore, Terri. 2020. “COVID-19: Doctors Say Governments Should Release as Many Inmates as Possible.” CTV News. April 7, 2020. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/covid-19-doctors-say-governments-should-release-as-many-inmates-as-possible-1.4887159.
Quebec
Carabin, François. 2020. “La Crise Sanitaire Encourage Le Profilage Racial, Dénonce Une Avocate.” Metro. April 23, 2020. https://journalmetro.com/actualites/montreal/2439898/la-crise-sanitaire-encourage-le-profilage-racial-denonce-une-avocate/.
Richer, Jules. 2020. “Aînés Affamés et Déshydratés: «ils Ont Crevé de Faim».” Journal de Montréal. April 23, 2020. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/23/aines-affames-et-deshydrates.
MacLellan, Ainslie. 2020. “Mask, Gown and Glove Shortages Persist at Quebec Long-Term Care Home Hit Hard by COVID-19.” CBC News. April 23, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/nurses-lack-protective-gear-chsld-quebec-1.5541940.
Gervais, Lisa-Marie. 2020. “Québec Repousse l’offre de Médecins Étrangers.” Le Devoir. April 22, 2020. https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/577474/quebec-repousse-l-offre-de-medecins-etrangers.
“Cancer, Dialysis Patients Infected as COVID-19 Sweeps through Montreal’s Sacré-Coeur Hospital.” 2020. CBC News. April 21, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/sacr%C3%A9-c%C5%93ur-de-montr%C3%A9al-hospital-montreal-covid-19-1.5540492.
Masbourian, Patrick. 2020. “Les femmes racisées « exploitées » pour leur travail auprès des personnes âgées, selon un chef syndical.” Radio-Canada. April 21, 2020. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/tout-un-matin/segments/chronique/166242/femmes-racisees-exploitation-chsld-cisss-centre-sud.
Page, Julia. 2020. “With ‘no End in Sight’ to COVID-19 Lockdown in Long-Term Care Homes, 43-Year-Old Wants Out.” CBC News. April 21, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-chslds-young-adults-living-with-disabilities-autonomous-1.5538583.
Langlois, Sophie. 2020. “La Dre Joanne Liu écartée par Québec car on la craignait « incontrôlable ».” Radio-Canada. April 19, 2020. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1695332/coronavirus-reponse-quebec-liu-experts-msf.
McKenna, Kate. 2020. “Orderlies Worked without PPE, COVID-19 Patients Wandered Herron’s Halls for Days after Health Agency Took Over.” CBC News. April 17, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/chsld-herron-ciusss-ouest-de-l-%C3%AEle-de-montr%C3%A9al-slow-to-act-1.5536996.
McKenna, Kate. 2020. “At Quebec Nursing Home, Orderlies Worked without PPE, COVID-19 Patients Wandered Halls | CBC News.” CBC. April 17, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/chsld-herron-ciusss-ouest-de-l-%C3%AEle-de-montr%C3%A9al-slow-to-act-1.5536996.
Hanes, Allison. 2020. “Quebec Is Now Paying the Price for Undervaluing Caregivers.” Montreal Gazette. April 16, 2020. https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/allison-hanes-quebec-is-now-paying-the-price-for-undervaluing-caregivers/.
Bisson, Bruno. 2020. “STM: Débrayages Spontanés Après La Suspension d’un Leader Syndical.” La Presse. April 16, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/16/01-5269673-stm-debrayages-spontanes-apres-la-suspension-dun-leader-syndical.php.
Pouliot, Gaetan, Daniel Tremblay, and Marie-Maude Denis. 2020. “Court Documents Reveal Owner of CHSLD Herron’s Lengthy Criminal Past.” CBC. April 16, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/samir-chowieri-katasa-group-chsld-herron-criminal-past-1.5533934.
Valiante, Giuseppe. 2020. “Le Rôle Nouveau Des Policiers Inquiète Des Experts.” La Presse. April 15, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/15/01-5269506-le-role-nouveau-des-policiers-inquiete-des-experts.php?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=algofb.
Giguère, Ugo. 2020. “COVID-19: des contraventions jugées discriminatoires.” La Presse. April 15, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/15/01-5269513-covid-19-des-contraventions-jugees-discriminatoires.php.
“Quebec Allows Mechanics, Landscapers, Garden Centres and Home Builders to Return to Work | CBC News.” 2020. CBC News. April 14, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-covid-19-essential-service-1.5531181.
Gerbet, Thomas. 2020. “Un bilan bien plus lourd qu’annoncé à l’Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal.” Radio-Canada. April 13, 2020. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1693690/hecatombe-institut-geriatrie-montreal-deces-covid-chsld.
Kovac, Angela, and Adam Mackenzie. 2020. “Staff at Verdun Seniors’ Residence Were Locked in to Prevent Them from Leaving.” CTV News. April 13, 2020. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/staff-at-verdun-seniors-residence-were-locked-in-to-prevent-them-from-leaving-1.4894875.
Fortin, Jean-Louis. 2020. “CHSLD Herron: La Propriétaire Blâme Le CIUSSS Pour La Catastrophe.” Journal de Montréal. April 12, 2020. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/12/chsld-herron-la-proprietaire-blame-le-ciusss-pour-la-catastrophe.
Blais, Stéphane. 2020. “Résidence Herron: La FTQ Blâme Le Désengagement de l’État.” La Presse. April 12, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/12/01-5269037-residence-herron-la-ftq-blame-le-desengagement-de-letat.php.
Mackenzie, Angela, and Adam Kovac. 2020. “Multiple Homeless Montrealers given Tickets for Physical Distancing Infractions.” CTV News. April 12, 2020. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/multiple-homeless-montrealers-given-tickets-for-physical-distancing-infractions-1.4893128?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvmontreal%3Apost&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook.
Boshra, Basem. 2020. “Years of Government Austerity to Blame for 31 Deaths at Seniors’ Residence, Quebec’s Largest Union Says.” CTV News. April 12, 2020. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/years-of-government-austerity-to-blame-for-31-deaths-at-seniors-residence-quebec-s-largest-union-says-1.4892807.
Giguère, Ugo. 2020. “Des Contraventions Données Aux Jeunes Sans-Abris.” La Presse. April 11, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/11/01-5268959-des-contraventions-donnees-aux-jeunes-sans-abris.php.
Feith, Jesse. 2020. “COVID-19: Premier Legault Confirms 31 Dead at Dorval Care Residence.” Montreal Gazette. April 11, 2020. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/covid-19-premier-legault-confirms-31-dead-at-dorval-care-residence/.
Rowe, Daniel J. 2020. “Police Investigation Underway after 31 Seniors Die at Residence in Montreal’s West Island.” CTV News. April 11, 2020. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/police-investigation-underway-after-31-seniors-die-at-residence-in-montreal-s-west-island-1.4892250.
Kovac, Adam. 2020. “COVID-19: Ministerial Order Allows Province to Loan School Board Staff to Health Network.” CTV News. April 11, 2020. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-ministerial-order-allows-province-to-loan-school-board-staff-to-health-network-1.4892654.
Skinner, Robert. 2020. “Les premiers travailleurs agricoles étrangers arrivent à Montréal.” La Presse. April 11, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/202004/11/01-5268954-les-premiers-travailleurs-agricoles-etrangers-arrivent-a-montreal.php.
“Teachers’ Unions, Parents Accuse Legault of Using Kids as Guinea Pigs over School Reopening Idea.” 2020. CTV News. April 10, 2020. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/teachers-unions-parents-accuse-legault-of-using-kids-as-guinea-pigs-over-school-reopening-idea-1.4892041?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvmontreal%3Apost&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook.
Fortier, Marco. 2020. “«T’es Un Chinois, Retourne Dans Ton Pays!».” Le Devoir. April 10, 2020. https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/576829/t-es-un-chinois-retourne-dans-ton-pays.
Agence QMI. 2020. “COVID-19: Des Détenues de l’Établissement de Joliette s’inquiètent.” Journal de Montréal. April 9, 2020. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/09/covid-19-des-detenues-de-letablissement-de-joliette-sinquietent.
Duval, Alexandre. 2020. “Québec Accusé de Profiter de La COVID-19 Pour Revenir à l’austérité | Radio-Canada.Ca.” Radio-Canada. April 9, 2020. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1692658/gel-embauche-fonction-publique-quebec-legault-coronavirus-syndicats-denoncent-coupes.
Duchaine, Gabriel, Ariane Lacoursière, and Philippe Teisceira-Lessard. 2020. “Incités à travailler malgré des symptômes.” La Presse. April 8, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/08/01-5268492-incites-a-travailler-malgre-des-symptomes.php.
Nguyen, Michael, and Félix Séguin. 2020. “Boisbriand : Manifestation de Mécontentement Par Les Juifs Orthodoxes Confinés.” Journal de Montréal. April 7, 2020. https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/04/07/boisbriand--manifestation-de-mecontentement-par-les-juifs-orthodoxes-confines?fbclid=IwAR1O1n78ytwtcIApjV0R-Y_f69BhqPQCH17i9LAaRzUbHLuGK39HW7adrLA.
Tremblay, Michel-Félix. 2020. “Les étudiants du campus des Îles-de-la-Madeleine en grève symbolique.” Radio-Canada.ca. April 5, 2020. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1691222/cegep-college-campus-iles-greve-manifestation.
Larouche, Vincent. 2020. “Plusieurs Cas de COVID-19 Au Pénitencier Pour Femmes de Joliette.” La Presse. April 4, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/04/01-5268007-plusieurs-cas-de-covid-19-au-penitencier-pour-femmes-de-joliette.php?fbclid=IwAR1PE5JOIMP1ASXgPwzbTuxlv417OwsLf1qjvvIAJ-ss7K-HtjZo_0-JzXE.
“«On est assis sur une bombe».” 2020. Le Soleil. March 27, 2020. https://www.lesoleil.com/chroniques/mylene-moisan/on-est-assis-sur-une-bombe-e57d43e4244adc56947a964f62cf43e4.
“FAQ COVID-19 Jeunesse | CDPDJ.” n.d. Accessed April 11, 2020. http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/fr/COVID-19/Pages/FAQ-LPJ.aspx.
“Foire Aux Questions - Emploi et Logement.” n.d. Google Docs. Accessed April 7, 2020. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EB0nTKNJJXesh8txqPJTt0s2clYySTAZfR8l3PWzYvI/edit?fbclid=IwAR3yIZN412wpDTKuTNI1lSF_ZxYyicjuLi_XnT5lwu_FBhUybaqmaba0huU&usp=embed_facebook.
“Aide Financière Pour Les Travailleuses.Eurs Du Sexe Au Temps Du COVID-19.” n.d. Google Docs. Accessed April 7, 2020. https://drive.google.com/file/d/19lOk1QGGCapaVPuTLJSe2DLHg2p8fRQn/view?fbclid=IwAR1QyaAkmcup06JmQkITFr0l1eNzajucbHUJ3j9UkH9aJ1FvFGM-5Hn1mIg&usp=embed_facebook.
USA
Rye, Lyn. 2020. “The Courts Won’t Free Migrant Children Because of COVID-19. We Must.” Truthout. April 24, 2020. https://truthout.org/articles/the-courts-wont-free-migrant-children-because-of-covid-19-we-must/.
Shaw, Donald. 2020. “Group Promoting COVID-19 ‘Liberate’ Protests Tied to Hydroxychloroquine Push.” Truthout. April 24, 2020. https://truthout.org/articles/group-promoting-covid-19-liberate-protests-tied-to-hydroxychloroquine-push/.
Walker, Chris. 2020. “Trump’s New HHS Spokesman Tweeted About Chinese People Sucking ‘Blood Out of Rabid Bats.’” Truthout. April 24, 2020. https://truthout.org/articles/hhs-spokesman-tweeted-about-chinese-people-sucking-blood-out-of-rabid-bats/.
Kampeas, Ron. 2020. “Trump Administration Health Spokesman Tweets about Soros and Rothschild Family ‘Control.’” Jewish Telegraphic Agency. April 23, 2020. https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/trump-administration-health-spokesman-tweets-about-soros-and-rothschild-family-control.
Keith, Njera. 2020. “The Ballot Won’t Beat It: Race, Democracy, and Coronavirus in America.” Hood Communist. April 23, 2020. http://hoodcommunist.org/2020/04/23/the-ballot-wont-beat-it-race-democracy-and-coronavirus-in-america/.
Bryant, Jeff. 2020. “How Betsy DeVos and the Charter School Movement Are Exploiting the Pandemic to Advance Their Agendas.” Alternet.Org. April 22, 2020. https://www.alternet.org/2020/04/how-betsy-devos-and-the-charter-school-movement-are-exploiting-the-pandemic-to-advance-their-agendas/.
Marfice, Christina. 2020. “U.S. Citizens Married To Immigrants Are Blocked From Getting Stimulus Checks.” Yahoo News. April 22, 2020. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/u-citizens-married-immigrants-blocked-145343198.html.
Huffpost. 2020. “The Extremists And Grifters Behind Many Of The Anti-Lockdown Protests.” HuffPost. April 22, 2020. https://va.news-republic.com/a/6818573519106867717?app_id=1239&c=fb&gid=6818573519106867717&impr_id=6818599926374729989&language=en®ion=wd&user_id=6593853322267262982.
Harriot, Michael. 2020. “‘Open the Economy’ Protesters Only Care About White Lives.” The Root. April 22, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/open-the-economy-is-the-new-white-lives-matter-1842987034?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=_facebook.
Collins, Christopher, and Sophie Novack. 2020. “COVID-19 Cases Now Tied to Meat Plants in Rural Texas Counties Wracked with Coronavirus.” The Texas Observer. April 22, 2020. https://www.texasobserver.org/east-texas-coronavirus-chicken/.
Dillahunt, Ajamu. 2020. “What Covid Tells Us about Racism and Labour Practices in USA.” Daraja Press. April 22, 2020. https://darajapress.com/2020/04/21/racism-usa-covid19.
“‘Listen... And Take Action’: In Front of White House, Nurses Read Names of Colleagues Who Have Died From Covid-19.” 2020. Common Dreams. April 21, 2020. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/04/21/listen-and-take-action-front-white-house-nurses-read-names-colleagues-who-have-died.
Morris, Frank. 2020. “Missouri Sues China, Communist Party Over The Coronavirus Pandemic.” NPR.Org. April 21, 2020. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/21/840550059/missouri-sues-china-communist-party-over-the-coronavirus-pandemic?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com.
Miller, Stetson. 2020. “‘It’s A Blessing’: Baltimore’s Arabbers Distribute Food To Residents In Need Amid Coronavirus Pandemic – CBS Baltimore.” CBS Baltimore. April 21, 2020. https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/04/21/coronavirus-help-baltimore-arabbers-latest/.
Lacy, Akela, Alice Speri, Jordan Smith, and Sam Biddle. 2020. “Prisons Launch ‘Absurd’ Attempt to Detect Coronavirus in Inmate Phone Calls.” The Intercept. April 21, 2020. https://theintercept.com/2020/04/21/prisons-inmates-coronavirus-monitoring-surveillance-verus/.
Chappell, Bill. 2020. “73% Of Inmates At An Ohio Prison Test Positive For Coronavirus.” NPR.Org. April 20, 2020. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/20/838943211/73-of-inmates-at-an-ohio-prison-test-positive-for-coronavirus.
“Nurses to Protest at White House to Demand OSHA Standard and Mass Production of Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers.” 2020. National Nurses United. April 20, 2020. https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses-protest-white-house-demand-osha-standard-and-mass-production-protective-equipment.
“More than 1,800 Inmates at Marion Prison Test Positive for Coronavirus.” 2020. NBC4 WCMH-TV. April 19, 2020. https://www.nbc4i.com/community/health/coronavirus/more-than-1800-inmates-at-marion-prison-test-positive-for-coronavirus/.
Santa Cruz, Nicole. 2020. “Coronavirus: L.A. Gang Intervention Workers Are Lifelines for Communities.” Los Angeles Times. April 19, 2020. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-19/coronavirus-gang-intervention-workers.
“Ramsey Orta Has Fallen Sick After Officers Threaten To Give Him Covid-19.” 2020. WeCopwatch. April 19, 2020. https://wecopwatch.org/ramsey-orta-has-fallen-sick-after-officers-threaten-to-give-him-covid-19/.
Pereira, Sydney. 2020. “NYC Human Rights Commission Forms COVID-19 Team After Anti-Asian Discrimination Skyrockets.” Gothamist. April 19, 2020. https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-human-rights-commission-forms-covid-19-team-after-anti-asian-discrimination-skyrockets.
McNeil, Donald G. Jr. 2020. “The Coronavirus in America: The Year Ahead.” The New York Times. April 18, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/health/coronavirus-america-future.html.
Jackson, Angie. 2020. “Michigan Man Who Died of COVID-19 in Prison Was Weeks from Parole.” Detroit Free Press. April 18, 2020. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/18/michigan-prisons-coronavirus-infections-deaths-william-garrison/5156073002/.
Wilson, Jason. 2020. “The Rightwing Groups behind Wave of Protests against Covid-19 Restrictions.” The Guardian, April 17, 2020, sec. World news. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/17/far-right-coronavirus-protests-restrictions.
Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta. 2020. “The Effect of the Coronavirus on America’s Black Communities.” The New Yorker. April 16, 2020. https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-black-plague.
Kilgore, Ed. 2020. “The Lockdown Backlash May Be the New Tea Party Movement.” Intelligencer. April 16, 2020. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/the-lockdown-backlash-may-be-the-new-tea-party-movement.html?utm_source=fb.
Hicks, Nolan. 2020. “Most NYC Coronavirus Testing Done in Wealthiest Zip Codes: Analysis.” NY Post. April 16, 2020. https://nypost.com/2020/04/16/most-nyc-coronavirus-testing-done-in-wealthiest-zip-codes-analysis/.
Thomas, Kendrick. 2020. “The U.S. Is Using COVID-19 for Imperialist Propaganda.” Hood Communist. April 16, 2020. http://hoodcommunist.org/2020/04/16/no-shame-4-ways-the-u-s-is-using-covid-19-to-push-imperialist-propaganda/.
Smith, Yves. 2020. “Lockdown Rebelliousness: Denying That Coronavirus Is in Charge.” Naked Capitalism. April 16, 2020. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/04/lockdown-rebelliousness-denying-that-coronavirus-is-in-charge.html.
Finnegan, Connor. 2020. “75% of Migrants Deported to Guatemala on Single Flight Tested Positive for Coronavirus: Health Minister.” ABC News. April 15, 2020. https://abcnews.go.com/International/75-migrants-deported-guatemala-single-flight-tested-positive/story?id=70156471.
Johnston, David Cay. 2020. “Now We Know the Horrible Truth about Trump’s so-Called ‘Stimulus.’” Raw Story. April 15, 2020. https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/now-we-know-the-horrible-truth-about-trumps-so-called-stimulus/.
Eligon, John. 2020. “These Detroit Workers Have to Ride the Bus During the Coronavirus Pandemic.” The New York Times. April 15, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/us/coronavirus-bus-detroit.html.
“Ramsey Orta’s Life Is Being Threatened by C.O’s at Midstate Correctional Facility!” 2020. WeCopwatch. April 15, 2020. https://wecopwatch.org/ramsey-ortas-life-is-being-threatened-by-c-os-at-midstate-correctional-facility/.
Goodman, J. David, and William K. Rashbaum. 2020. “N.Y.C. Death Toll Soars Past 10,000 in Revised Virus Count.” The New York Times, April 14, 2020, sec. New York. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/nyregion/new-york-coronavirus-deaths.html.
Higgins, Eoin. 2020. “‘Heartbreaking Statistic’: Thanks to Pandemic, Last Month Was First March Since 2002 Without a US School Shooting.” Common Dreams. April 13, 2020. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/04/13/heartbreaking-statistic-thanks-pandemic-last-month-was-first-march-2002-without-us.
Niemuth, Niles. 2020. “Reality of American Capitalism Exposed: Millions Line up for Food Aid as Pandemic Spreads.” World Socialist Web Site. April 13, 2020. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/13/pers-a13.html.
Hutchinson, Bill. 2020. “Police Chief Orders Probe in Handcuffing of Black Miami Doctor on Front Lines of Coronavirus Fight.” ABC News. April 12, 2020. https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-chief-orders-probe-handcuffing-black-miami-doctor/story?id=70111116.
Macdonald, Isabel. 2020. “‘Irresponsible and Dangerous’: U.S. Deports Haitians Despite Coronavirus Risks.” The Intercept. April 12, 2020. https://theintercept.com/2020/04/12/haiti-coronavirus-united-states-deportation/.
Polansek, Tom. 2020. “Smithfield Shutting U.S. Pork Plant Indefinitely, Warns of Meat Shortages during Pandemic.” Reuters, April 12, 2020. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meatpacking-idUSKCN21U0O7.
Yaffe-Bellany, David, and Michael Corkery. 2020. “Dumped Milk, Smashed Eggs, Plowed Vegetables: Food Waste of the Pandemic.” The New York Times. April 11, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/business/coronavirus-destroying-food.html?action=click&module=Top+Stories&pgtype=Homepage.
Anuta, Joe. 2020. “Coronavirus Wreaks Havoc on New York City’s Public Housing.” Politico. April 10, 2020. https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/04/10/coronavirus-wreaks-havoc-on-new-york-citys-public-housing-1274821.
Khimm, Suzy, Laura Strickler, Andrew Blankstein, and Peter Georgiev. 2020. “Thousands Have Died in Nursing Homes around the U.S. But the Federal Gov’t Isn’t Tracking Them.” NBC News. April 10, 2020. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/more-2-200-coronavirus-deaths-nursing-homes-federal-government-isn-n1181026.
Keeley, Matt. 2020. “Texas to Ease Coronavirus Lockdown Under Executive Order to ‘Restore Livelihoods,’ Governor Says.” Newsweek. April 10, 2020. https://www.newsweek.com/texas-ease-coronavirus-lockdown-under-executive-order-restore-livelihoods-governor-says-1497371.
Pilkington, Ed, and Ankita Rao. 2020. “A Tale of Two New Yorks: Pandemic Lays Bare a City’s Shocking Inequities.” The Guardian. April 10, 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/10/new-york-coronavirus-inequality-divide-two-cities.
“Yael Tarshish on Lacking Medical Supplies, Care for Medical Workers and Experiences on #COVID19 Frontlines.” 2020. Free City Radio. April 9, 2020. https://freecityradio.org/post/614957374689705984/yael-tarshish-on-lacking-medical-supplies-care.
Brown, Lawrence. 2020. “The Coronapacalypse: COVID-19 And Racial Segregation.” Hood Communist. April 9, 2020. http://hoodcommunist.org/2020/04/09/2757/.
Lemon, Jason. 2020. “Over 7 Million Americans to Lose Health Insurance During Coronavirus Pandemic, 1.5 Million Have Already Lost Coverage, New Study Predicts.” Newsweek. April 8, 2020. https://www.newsweek.com/over-7-million-americans-lose-health-insurance-during-coronavirus-pandemic-15-million-have-1496925.
Ho, Vivian. 2020. “Wasted Time: How San Francisco Failed Its Homeless Population amid Coronavirus | World News | The Guardian.” The Guardian. April 8, 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/08/san-francisco-coronavirus-homeless-shelter.
Parker, Will. 2020. “No Rent Was Paid in April by Nearly a Third of American Renters.” MarketWatch. April 8, 2020. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/no-rent-was-paid-in-april-by-nearly-a-third-of-american-renters-2020-04-08.
Quigkley, Bill. 2020. “Seven Disturbing Facts About COVID-19 in Louisiana.” CounterPunch.Org. April 8, 2020. https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/04/08/seven-disturbing-facts-about-covid-19-in-louisiana/.
Indigenous (Americas)
Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Use. 2020. “Indigenous Knowledge & Abolition.” Facebook. April 30, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/345679286397980.
Norrell, BS. 2020. “Navajo Nation Coronavirus Cases Increase to 1,042, with 41 Deaths, as Weekend Curfew Extended.” Censored News. April 17, 2020. https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2020/04/navajo-nation-coronavirus-cases_17.html.
Martens, Kathleen. 2020. “Manitoba Chief Imposes Fines, Tries to Fire Councillor Who Called out His Pandemic Party.” APTN News. April 15, 2020. https://aptnnews.ca/2020/04/15/manitoba-chief-imposes-fines-tries-to-fire-councillor-who-called-out-his-pandemic-party/.
“Brazil: Indigenous Peoples Go to Court Against Missionaries.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 15, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Indigenous-Peoples-Go-to-Court-Against-Missionaries-20200415-0007.html.
International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group. 2020. “Call for Human Rights Oversight of Government Responses to COVID-19.” International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group. April 15, 2020. https://iclmg.ca/human-rights-covid-19/.
Richardson, Lindsay. 2020. “Inuit Getting Caught up in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes in Montreal, Advocates Say.” APTN News. April 14, 2020. https://aptnnews.ca/2020/04/14/inuit-getting-caught-up-in-anti-asian-hate-crimes-in-montreal-advocates-say/.
“Bolivia Indigenous Denounce Añez for Discrimination.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 14, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-indigenous-organizations-denounce-anez-for-discrimination-20200414-0003.html.
Wyton, Moira. 2020. “When a Pandemic Threatens to Erase a Community’s Memory.” The Tyee. April 13, 2020. https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/13/When-A-Pandemic-Threatens-To-Erase-A-Communitys-Memory/.
Gómez, Marcelino Ruiz. 2020. “Letter from Indigenous Tzotzil Prisoner in Struggle Marcelino Ruiz Gómez.” It’s Going Down. April 12, 2020. https://itsgoingdown.org/marcelino-ruiz-gomez-defense-mother-earth/.
Childress, Marjorie. 2020. “Native Americans Make up 31% of New Mexico COVID-19 Cases.” New Mexico In Depth. April 12, 2020. http://nmindepth.com/2020/04/12/native-americans-make-up-31-of-new-mexico-covid-19-cases/.
“Communique from Family Member of Marcelino Ruiz Gómez, Indigenous Prisoner in Struggle.” 2020. It’s Going Down. April 9, 2020. https://itsgoingdown.org/marcelino-ruiz-gomez-indigenous-prisoner-in-struggle-covid-19/.
“Coronavirus Reaches Amazon’s Isolated Yanomami Tribe.” 2020. Al Jazeera. April 9, 2020. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/coronavirus-reaches-amazon-isolated-yanomami-tribe-200409060118202.html.
Romero, Simon. 2020. “Checkpoints, Curfews, Airlifts: Virus Rips Through Navajo Nation.” The New York Times. April 9, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/coronavirus-navajo-nation.html.
Pasternak, Shiri, and Robert Houle. 2020. “No Such Thing as Natural Disasters: Infrastructure and the First Nation Fight against COVID-19.” Yellowhead Institute. April 9, 2020. https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/04/09/no-such-thing-as-natural-disasters-infrastructure-and-the-first-nation-fight-against-covid-19/.
Taekema, Dan. 2020. “‘Our Community Is Grieving’: Six Nations Mourns First Death from COVID-19 | CBC News.” CBC. April 8, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/six-nations-covid-death-1.5527230.
Little, Simon. 2020. “82 First Nations on Lockdown as B.C. Records First COVID-19 Cases in Indigenous Communities.” Global News. April 8, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6796367/bc-first-nations-lockdown-covid-19-indigenous-communities/.
Acee, Agoyo. 2020. “‘At This Rate, the Entire Tribe Will Be Extinct’: Zuni Pueblo Sees COVID-19 Cases Double as First Death Is Confirmed.” Indianz. April 8, 2020. https://www.indianz.com/News/2020/04/08/at-this-rate-the-entire-tribe-will-be-ex.asp.
Curtis, Chelsea. 2020. “Police: Man Arrested for Urging Killing of Navajo People He Thought Infected with COVID-19.” AZ Central. April 7, 2020. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2020/04/07/police-man-arrested-urging-killing-navajo-people-he-thought-infected-covid-19/2964960001/.
“COVID-19 in Community: How Are First Nations Responding?” 2020. Yellowhead Institute. April 7, 2020. https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/04/07/corona-in-community-the-first-nation-response/.
“‘Heartbreaking’, ‘Horrific’, ‘Negligence’: ‘We Are in the Thick of It Now’ — Eabametoong Nation Chief.” 2020. Windspeaker.Com. April 6, 2020. https://windspeaker.com/news/opinion/heartbreaking-horrific-negligence-we-are-thick-it-now-eabametoong-nation-chief.
Margolies, Rebecca. 2020. “The U.S. Is Using COVID-19 As An Opportunity to Steal Indigenous Land.” Left Voice. April 5, 2020. http://www.leftvoice.org/the-u-s-is-using-covid-19-as-an-opportunity-to-steal-indigenous-land.
Scruggs, Gregory. 2020. “Native Americans Fear ‘attack’ on Tribal Land amid Coronavirus.” Thomson Reuters Foundation News. April 3, 2020. https://news.trust.org/item/20200403162348-n5bwk/.
Morales, Laurel. 2020. “Lacking Water And Electricity, Navajo COVID-19 Cases Surge.” Fronteras. April 2, 2020. https://fronterasdesk.org/content/1514251/lacking-water-and-electricity-navajo-covid-19-cases-surge.
Wright, Teresa. 2020. “Feds Poised to Call in Army to Help Indigenous Communities Fight COVID-19.” National Observer. April 2, 2020. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/04/02/news/feds-poised-call-army-help-indigenous-communities-fight-covid-19.
Penney, Jessica, and Patricia Johnson-Castle. 2020. “COVID-19 and Inuit Nunangat: Research, Responsibility & Infrastructure Inequality.” Yellowhead Institute. March 31, 2020. https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/03/31/covid-19-and-inuit-nunangat-research-responsibility-infrastructure-inequality/.
Idle No More, and Indigenous Climate Action. 2020. “Highlights from A Covid-19 Fireside Chat with Indigenous Health Professionals.” Yellowhead Institute. March 21, 2020. https://yellowheadinstitute.org/resources/highlights-from-a-covid-19-fireside-chat-with-indigenous-health-professionals/.
Oceania
Davies, Anne, and Paul Karp. 2020. “‘A Downward Spiral’: Coronavirus Spins Australian Universities into Economic Crisis.” The Guardian, April 14, 2020, sec. Australia news. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/apr/14/a-downward-spiral-coronavirus-spins-australian-universities-into-economic-crisis.
“Australian Police Are Using the Clearview AI Facial Recognition System with No Accountability.” 2020. The Conversation. March 3, 2020. https://theconversation.com/australian-police-are-using-the-clearview-ai-facial-recognition-system-with-no-accountability-132667.
South & Central America
Morning Star. 2020. “Brazilian Communists Sneak in Ventilators to Avoid Confiscation by Bolsonaro or U.S.” People’s World. April 23, 2020. https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/brazilian-communists-sneak-in-ventilators-to-avoid-confiscation-by-bolsonaro-or-u-s/.
“Hunger Protests Grow in Colombia Amid Coronavirus Lockdown.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 22, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Hunger-Protests-Grow-in-Colombia-Amid-Coronavirus-Lockdown-20200422-0026.html.
“Delivery Workers Call for a 24-Hours Strike in Seven Countries.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 22, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Delivery-Workers-Call-for-a-24-Hours-Strike-in-Seven-Countries-20200422-0004.html.
“Colombia: Protests Breakout Due to Lack of Food Aid.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 22, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-protests-over-lack-of-food-aid-amidst-quarantine-20200422-0012.html.
“Colombia: 40 New COVID-19 Cases in the Villavicencio Prison.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 22, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-40-New-COVID-19-Cases-in-the-Villavicencio-Prison-20200422-0013.html.
“Bolivia: Social Leaders Denounce Gov’t for Rights Violations.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 22, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-social-leaders-denounce-government-for-hr-violations-20200422-0003.html.
“Chile: Social Leaders Demand Real Emergency Aid For COVID-19.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 21, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/chile-social-leaders-demand-real-emergency-aid-for-covid19-20200421-0004.html.
“Domestic Violence Increases 431% in Brazil Amid Lockdown.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 20, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Domestic-Violence-Drastically-Increase-in-Brazil-Amid-Lockdown---20200420-0019.html.
“Guatemala: Discrimination Against Domestic Workers Rises.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 20, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Guatemala-Discrimination-Against-Domestic-Workers-Rises-20200420-0005.html.
“El Salvador: Bukele Imposes Total Closure of Municipality.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 20, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/el-salvador-bukele-imposes-total-closure-in-municipality-20200420-0008.html.
“Chile: Teachers Reject Resuming School Year Over COVID-19.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 20, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/chile-teachers-rejects--school-year-restart-amid--the-pandemic-20200420-0002.html.
“Evo Morales: Police Put Cochabamba Population’s Health at Risk.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 18, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Evo-Morales-Police-Put-Cochabamba-Populations-Health-at-Risk-20200418-0005.html.
“Guatemala: Social Organizations Dennounces Massive Layoffs.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 17, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/guatemala-social-organizations-dennounces-massive-layoffs-20200417-0009.html.
“Colombia: Duque’s Administration Disrespect Health Workers.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 17, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-government-mocks-its-doctors-health-specialists-said-20200417-0003.html.
“‘Let Young People Live’ to Become Brazil’s Healthcare Logic.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 17, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Let-Young-People-Live-to-Become-Brazils-Healthcare-Logic-20200417-0002.html.
Werner, Alejandro. 2020. “Economic Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Time of COVID-19.” IMF Blog. April 16, 2020. https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/16/economic-policy-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-in-the-time-of-covid-19/.
“Colombia: Red Rags on Windows to Protest Amid Quarantine.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 16, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Red-Rags-on-Windows-to-Protest-Amid-Quarantine-20200416-0005.html.
Finnegan, Connor. 2020. “75% of Migrants Deported to Guatemala on Single Flight Tested Positive for Coronavirus: Health Minister.” ABC News. April 15, 2020. https://abcnews.go.com/International/75-migrants-deported-guatemala-single-flight-tested-positive/story?id=70156471.
“Brazil: Indigenous Peoples Go to Court Against Missionaries.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 15, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Indigenous-Peoples-Go-to-Court-Against-Missionaries-20200415-0007.html.
“Peru: Unions Protest Against Government’s Economic Measures.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 14, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/peru-unions-protest-against-government-economic-measure-20200414-0009.html.
“Bolivia Indigenous Denounce Añez for Discrimination.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 14, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-indigenous-organizations-denounce-anez-for-discrimination-20200414-0003.html.
Macleod, Alan. 2020. “Bodies in the Streets: IMF Imposed Measures Have Left Ecuador Unable to Cope with Coronavirus.” Mint Press News. April 13, 2020. https://www.mintpressnews.com/ecuador-unable-to-cope-with-coronavirus-imf-measures/266570/.
“Colombia: Police Abuse Becomes Common During COVID-19 Outbreak | News | TeleSUR English.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 13, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-police-abuse-during-exceptional-situation-by-covid19-20200413-0007.html.
“Brazil: Health Workers Protest Against Bolsonaro.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 13, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/brazil-health-workers-against-bolsonaros-management-20200413-0009.html.
Arévalo, Amaral, and Clare Wenham. 2020. “Covid-19 in El Salvador: Safeguarding Public Health or Restricting Human Rights?” LSE Latin America and Caribbean. April 13, 2020. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/latamcaribbean/2020/04/13/covid-19-in-el-salvador-safeguarding-public-health-or-restricting-human-rights/.
Sheridan, Mary Beth, and Ismael Lopez Ocampo. 2020. “Nicaragua’s President Has Vanished; His Wife, the VP, Says the Coronavirus Isn’t a Problem.” The Seattle Times. April 12, 2020. https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nicaraguas-president-has-vanished-his-wife-the-vp-says-the-coronavirus-isnt-a-problem/.
“Coronavirus Reaches Amazon’s Isolated Yanomami Tribe.” 2020. Al Jazeera. April 9, 2020. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/coronavirus-reaches-amazon-isolated-yanomami-tribe-200409060118202.html.
“Covid-19 En El Salvador: A Critical Feminist View (Translated).” 2020. Facebook. April 7, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/cispes.solidarity.page/posts/3137802892906029.
“Americas: Human Rights in the Age of COVID-19: Blog #1.” 2020. Amnesty International. April 3, 2020. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/04/americas-human-rights-in-the-age-of-covid19-entry-1/.
“Call of the Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendants and Peoples’ Organizations of Latin America.” 2020. Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt. April 3, 2020. http://cadtm.org/Call-of-the-indigenous-peoples-afro-descendants-and-peoples-organizations-of.
“Covid-19 En El Salvador: Miradas Críticas y Feministas.” 2020. Facebook. April 3, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/notes/resistencia-medio-alternativo/covid-19-en-el-salvador-miradas-cr%C3%ADticas-y-feministas/154082849407032.
Conti, Mario Sergio. 2020. “Pandemonium in Brazil.” New Left Review. April 2020. https://newleftreview.org/issues/II122/articles/mario-sergio-conti-pandemonium-in-brazil.
coordinator4. 2020. “Solidarity with the Honduran People in Pandemic Times: COVID-19, Another Weapon in the Hands of the Dictatorship.” Honduras Solidarity Network (HSN). March 30, 2020. https://www.hondurassolidarity.org/2020/04/02/solidarity-with-the-honduran-people-in-pandemic-times-covid-19-another-weapon-in-the-hands-of-the-dictatorship/.
“Brazil’s Bolsonaro Fires Health Minister Mandetta over Coronavirus Response.” n.d. The Washington Post. Accessed April 17, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/.
Premature Reopening
Shaw, Donald. 2020. “Group Promoting COVID-19 ‘Liberate’ Protests Tied to Hydroxychloroquine Push.” Truthout. April 24, 2020. https://truthout.org/articles/group-promoting-covid-19-liberate-protests-tied-to-hydroxychloroquine-push/.
Goodman, Amy, and Nermeen Shaikh. 2020. “Infectious Disease Expert Warns Against Reopening States Too Soon.” Truthout. April 23, 2020. https://truthout.org/video/infectious-disease-expert-warns-against-reopening-states-too-soon/.
Huffpost. 2020. “The Extremists And Grifters Behind Many Of The Anti-Lockdown Protests.” HuffPost. April 22, 2020. https://va.news-republic.com/a/6818573519106867717?app_id=1239&c=fb&gid=6818573519106867717&impr_id=6818599926374729989&language=en®ion=wd&user_id=6593853322267262982.
Harriot, Michael. 2020. “‘Open the Economy’ Protesters Only Care About White Lives.” The Root. April 22, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/open-the-economy-is-the-new-white-lives-matter-1842987034?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=_facebook.
Wilson, Jason. 2020. “The Rightwing Groups behind Wave of Protests against Covid-19 Restrictions.” The Guardian, April 17, 2020, sec. World news. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/17/far-right-coronavirus-protests-restrictions.
Kilgore, Ed. 2020. “The Lockdown Backlash May Be the New Tea Party Movement.” Intelligencer. April 16, 2020. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/the-lockdown-backlash-may-be-the-new-tea-party-movement.html?utm_source=fb.
Smith, Yves. 2020. “Lockdown Rebelliousness: Denying That Coronavirus Is in Charge.” Naked Capitalism. April 16, 2020. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/04/lockdown-rebelliousness-denying-that-coronavirus-is-in-charge.html.
“Quebec Allows Mechanics, Landscapers, Garden Centres and Home Builders to Return to Work | CBC News.” 2020. CBC News. April 14, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-covid-19-essential-service-1.5531181.
Kissler, Stephen M., Christine Tedijanto, Edward Goldstein, Yonatan H. Grad, and Marc Lipsitch. 2020. “Projecting the Transmission Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the Postpandemic Period.” Science, April. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb5793.
Tauchi, Takahiro, and Shimpei Torii. 2020. “East Japan High Schoolers Strike to Protest School Reopening amid Virus Pandemic.” The Mainichi. April 11, 2020. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200411/p2a/00m/0na/009000c.
“Teachers’ Unions, Parents Accuse Legault of Using Kids as Guinea Pigs over School Reopening Idea.” 2020. CTV News. April 10, 2020. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/teachers-unions-parents-accuse-legault-of-using-kids-as-guinea-pigs-over-school-reopening-idea-1.4892041?cid=sm%3Atrueanthem%3Actvmontreal%3Apost&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook.
Racism and “racial”/national marginalization and exclusion (see also: Health Disparities)
Walker, Chris. 2020. “Trump’s New HHS Spokesman Tweeted About Chinese People Sucking ‘Blood Out of Rabid Bats.’” Truthout. April 24, 2020. https://truthout.org/articles/hhs-spokesman-tweeted-about-chinese-people-sucking-blood-out-of-rabid-bats/.
Sealy-Harrington, Joshua. 2020. “What COVID-19 Tells Us about Racial Capitalism.” Daraja Press. April 24, 2020. https://darajapress.com/2020/04/24/what-covid-19-tells-us-about-racial-capitalism.
Uddin, Rayhan. 2020. “UK Forcing Foreign Health Workers and Their Families to Pay Increased Levy to Use NHS.” Middle East Eye. April 23, 2020. http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-nhs-immigrant-health-workers-pay-increased-surcharge.
Kampeas, Ron. 2020. “Trump Administration Health Spokesman Tweets about Soros and Rothschild Family ‘Control.’” Jewish Telegraphic Agency. April 23, 2020. https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/trump-administration-health-spokesman-tweets-about-soros-and-rothschild-family-control.
Walsh, Marieke. 2020. “Trudeau Slams ‘Racism’ of Conservative MP’s Call for Tam to Be Fired.” The Globe and Mail. April 23, 2020. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-scheer-refuses-to-comment-on-conservative-mps-call-for-top-doctor-to/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=Referrer%3A+Social+Network+%2F+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links.
Carabin, François. 2020. “La Crise Sanitaire Encourage Le Profilage Racial, Dénonce Une Avocate.” Metro. April 23, 2020. https://journalmetro.com/actualites/montreal/2439898/la-crise-sanitaire-encourage-le-profilage-racial-denonce-une-avocate/.
Keith, Njera. 2020. “The Ballot Won’t Beat It: Race, Democracy, and Coronavirus in America.” Hood Communist. April 23, 2020. http://hoodcommunist.org/2020/04/23/the-ballot-wont-beat-it-race-democracy-and-coronavirus-in-america/.
Singha, Lotika, and Sarbjit Johal. 2020. “Under the Surface: Covid-19 and the Tiered British Domestic Work Industry.” Discover Society. April 23, 2020. https://discoversociety.org/2020/04/23/under-the-surface-covid-19-and-the-tiered-british-domestic-work-industry/.
Gervais, Lisa-Marie. 2020. “Québec Repousse l’offre de Médecins Étrangers.” Le Devoir. April 22, 2020. https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/577474/quebec-repousse-l-offre-de-medecins-etrangers.
Marfice, Christina. 2020. “U.S. Citizens Married To Immigrants Are Blocked From Getting Stimulus Checks.” Yahoo News. April 22, 2020. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/u-citizens-married-immigrants-blocked-145343198.html.
Harriot, Michael. 2020. “‘Open the Economy’ Protesters Only Care About White Lives.” The Root. April 22, 2020. https://www.theroot.com/open-the-economy-is-the-new-white-lives-matter-1842987034?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=_facebook.
Duncan, Josh. 2020. “Assault of 92-Year-Old Man with Dementia Was a COVID-Related Racially-Motivated Attack: VPD.” Kamloops Now. April 22, 2020. https://www.kamloopsbcnow.com/watercooler/news/news/Provincial/Assault_of_92_year_old_man_with_dementia_was_a_COVID_related_racially_motivated_attack_VPD/.
Dillahunt, Ajamu. 2020. “What Covid Tells Us about Racism and Labour Practices in USA.” Daraja Press. April 22, 2020. https://darajapress.com/2020/04/21/racism-usa-covid19.
Masbourian, Patrick. 2020. “Les femmes racisées « exploitées » pour leur travail auprès des personnes âgées, selon un chef syndical.” Radio-Canada. April 21, 2020. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/tout-un-matin/segments/chronique/166242/femmes-racisees-exploitation-chsld-cisss-centre-sud.
Disability Justice Culture Club. 2020. “Justice Brunch! Hosted by DJCC.” Facebook. April 19, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/258929611941214.
Pereira, Sydney. 2020. “NYC Human Rights Commission Forms COVID-19 Team After Anti-Asian Discrimination Skyrockets.” Gothamist. April 19, 2020. https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-human-rights-commission-forms-covid-19-team-after-anti-asian-discrimination-skyrockets.
Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta. 2020. “The Effect of the Coronavirus on America’s Black Communities.” The New Yorker. April 16, 2020. https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-black-plague.
Jones, El. 2020. “Letter from Black Community to Premier and Chief Medical Officer Has Been Vandalized with Racist Comments.” Halifax Examiner. April 15, 2020. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/letter-from-black-community-to-premier-and-chief-medical-officer-has-been-vandalized-with-racist-comments/.
harvestingfreedom. 2020. “J4MW Raises Concerns over Increased Policing Powers: Migrant Activists Concerned That Racialized Workers to Be Targeted by New Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act.” Harvesting Freedom. April 15, 2020. https://harvestingfreedom.org/2020/04/15/j4mw-raises-concerns-over-increased-policing-powers-migrant-activists-concerned-that-racialized-workers-to-be-targeted-by-new-emergency-management-and-civil-protection-act/.
Richardson, Lindsay. 2020. “Inuit Getting Caught up in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes in Montreal, Advocates Say.” APTN News. April 14, 2020. https://aptnnews.ca/2020/04/14/inuit-getting-caught-up-in-anti-asian-hate-crimes-in-montreal-advocates-say/.
Hyslop, Katie. 2020. “BC’s International Students Are Trapped in Pandemic Limbo.” The Tyee. April 14, 2020. https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/14/BC-International-Students-In-Limbo-During-Pandemic/.
Cornwell, Alexander. 2020. “Gulf’s Migrant Workers Left Stranded and Struggling by Coronavirus Outbreak.” Reuters, April 14, 2020. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-gulf-workers-idUSKCN21W1O8.
Keung, Nicholas. 2020. “Black, Latin American and South Asian Canadians Face Biggest Financial Problems Caused by COVID-19, Survey Suggests.” The Star. April 13, 2020. https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/canada/2020/04/13/black-latin-american-and-south-asian-canadians-face-biggest-financial-problems-caused-by-covid-19-survey-suggests.html?__twitter_impression=true.
Hutchinson, Bill. 2020. “Police Chief Orders Probe in Handcuffing of Black Miami Doctor on Front Lines of Coronavirus Fight.” ABC News. April 12, 2020. https://abcnews.go.com/US/police-chief-orders-probe-handcuffing-black-miami-doctor/story?id=70111116.
Nadeau, Pascale. 2020. “Les Dérives Racistes Et La Crise Du Coronavirus.” Radio-Canada. April 11, 2020. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/le-telejournal-avec-pascale-nadeau/site/segments/reportage/165125/minorites-ethniques-insultes-agressions.
Peng, Sheng. 2020. “Smashed Windows and Racist Graffiti: Vandals Target Asian Americans amid Coronavirus.” NBC News. April 11, 2020. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/smashed-windows-racist-graffiti-vandals-target-asian-americans-amid-coronavirus-n1180556.
“‘If You’re Black You Can’t Go out’: Africans in China Face Racism in Covid-19 Crackdown.” 2020. France 24. April 11, 2020. https://www.france24.com/en/20200411-if-you-re-black-you-can-t-go-out-africans-in-china-face-racism-in-covid-19-crackdown.
Fortier, Marco. 2020. “«T’es Un Chinois, Retourne Dans Ton Pays!».” Le Devoir. April 10, 2020. https://www.ledevoir.com/societe/576829/t-es-un-chinois-retourne-dans-ton-pays.
Devet. 2020. “Miranda Cain on COVID-19 and the Prestons: ‘The Little We Do Have, We Have Done It Ourselves.’” Nova Scotia Advocate. April 10, 2020. https://nsadvocate.org/2020/04/10/miranda-cain-on-covid-19-and-the-prestons-the-little-we-do-have-we-have-done-it-ourselves/.
Dunmore, Royce. 2020. “Black People’s COVID-19 Anxieties About Covering Faces Proven Right With Racial Profiling Reports.” NewsOne. April 9, 2020. https://newsone.com/3925614/black-people-coronavirus-face-mask-anxieties/.
Tsekouras, Phil. 2020. “‘It Happened Because I’m Asian’: Toronto ER Nurse Says She Was Spit on, Verbally Assaulted.” CTV News. April 9, 2020. https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/mobile/it-happened-because-i-m-asian-toronto-er-nurse-says-she-was-spit-on-verbally-assaulted-1.4890363.
Brown, Lawrence. 2020. “The Coronapacalypse: COVID-19 And Racial Segregation.” Hood Communist. April 9, 2020. http://hoodcommunist.org/2020/04/09/2757/.
Ritchie, Andrea J., and Robyn Maynard. 2020. “Black Communities Need Support, Not a Coronavirus Police State.” Vice. April 9, 2020. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/z3bdmx/black-people-coronavirus-police-state.
Ke, Bryan. 2020. “Asian Woman Suffers Burns After Being Doused With ‘Unknown Substance’ Outside Her NYC Home.” Nextshark. April 7, 2020. https://nextshark.com/new-york-asian-woman-doused-brooklyn/?fbclid=IwAR3hAGoOuhr6GJyjoJ35sQhLJsz3tQu_Twz-EsIQ1tVPM-vyv6IVwojKYEs.
Jones, El. 2020. “Daily COVID-19 Update: Coronavirus Hits the Black Community, with a Predictable Racist Response.” Halifax Examiner. April 7, 2020. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house/daily-covid-19-update-covid-19-hits-the-black-community-with-a-predictable-racist-response/.
Curtis, Chelsea. 2020. “Police: Man Arrested for Urging Killing of Navajo People He Thought Infected with COVID-19.” AZ Central. April 7, 2020. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/phoenix-breaking/2020/04/07/police-man-arrested-urging-killing-navajo-people-he-thought-infected-covid-19/2964960001/.
Alfonso, Fernando III. 2020. “Why Some People of Color Say They Won’t Wear Homemade Masks.” CNN. April 7, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/us/face-masks-ethnicity-coronavirus-cdc-trnd/index.html.
“Covid-19 : Deux Appels Sur La Protection Des Enfants et Mineur.Es Non Accompagné.Es Dans Le Contexte de La Crise Sanitaire.” 2020. Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières. April 6, 2020. http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article52926.
Thomas, Aaron. 2020. “Why I Don’t Feel Safe Wearing a Face Mask.” The Boston Globe. April 5, 2020. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/05/opinion/why-i-dont-feel-safe-wearing-face-mask/.
Silva, Edison J. 2020. “Ottawa School Trustee Donna Blackburn Bullies Local Basketball Player Forces Hoops Take-down - BasketballBuzz.” Basketballbuzz. March 28, 2020. https://basketballbuzz.ca/hs/ottawa-school-trustee-donna-blackburn-bullies-local-basketball-player-forces-hoops-take-down?fbclid=IwAR1k7QQPDLSbU5t61d18UWKeiI2Z4Os9ne34lXMOeqMsLkY-Dg6dgIlYWhE.
Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. n.d. “Coronavirus: Europe’s Forgotten Roma at Risk | DW | 04.04.2020.” DW.COM. Accessed April 6, 2020. https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-europes-forgotten-roma-at-risk/a-53019522.
Scramble for Supplies
Morning Star. 2020. “Brazilian Communists Sneak in Ventilators to Avoid Confiscation by Bolsonaro or U.S.” People’s World. April 23, 2020. https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/brazilian-communists-sneak-in-ventilators-to-avoid-confiscation-by-bolsonaro-or-u-s/.
MacLellan, Ainslie. 2020. “Mask, Gown and Glove Shortages Persist at Quebec Long-Term Care Home Hit Hard by COVID-19.” CBC News. April 23, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/nurses-lack-protective-gear-chsld-quebec-1.5541940.
Davies, Harry. 2020. “Revealed: Private Firm Running UK PPE Stockpile Was Sold in Middle of Pandemic | World News.” The Guardian. April 22, 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/22/revealed-private-firm-running-uk-ppe-stockpile-was-sold-in-middle-of-pandemic?CMP=share_btn_fb.
“Nurses to Protest at White House to Demand OSHA Standard and Mass Production of Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers.” 2020. National Nurses United. April 20, 2020. https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses-protest-white-house-demand-osha-standard-and-mass-production-protective-equipment.
Tait, Carrie. 2020. “Alberta Physicians Order PPE on Open Market as Province Donates to B.C., Ontario, Quebec.” The Globe and Mail. April 13, 2020. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta/article-alberta-physicians-order-ppe-on-open-market-as-province-donates-to-bc/.
Malik, Amir. 2020. “Modi Proposes, Trump Disposes.” TeleSUR English. April 9, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/Modi-Proposes-Trump-Disposes-20200409-0023.html.
Bradley, Jane. 2020. “In Scramble for Coronavirus Supplies, Rich Countries Push Poor Aside.” The New York Times. April 9, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/world/coronavirus-equipment-rich-poor.html.
Mughrabi, Nidal al-. 2020. “Gaza Runs out of Coronavirus Tests, Palestinian Health Officials Say.” Reuters. April 8, 2020. https://news.yahoo.com/gaza-runs-coronavirus-tests-palestinian-171108417.html.
Connolly, Amanda. 2020. “Coronavirus: 500K Masks Held at Border Have Been Released, Source Says | Globalnews.Ca.” Global News. April 6, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6783216/justin-trudeau-us-blocking-medical-supplies-coronavirus-covid-19/?fbclid=IwAR0q-Maeb3nzXvXOCkOZFz3B9ZrYYxBJ4FBuSxljNIiblUdJDuaoPpfh24Y.
Smith, Kareem. 2020. “Ventilators Destined for Barbados Seized by U.S. - Barbados Today.” Barbados Today. April 5, 2020. https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/04/05/ventilators-destined-for-barbados-seized-by-u-s/?fbclid=IwAR0N8ClVTYhD1p_9Gtj8CfX6yH07MjOHXaDKTUhBEsw-2D4kD7ff-asfF3g.
Ahmed, Nafeez. 2020. “Disaster Capitalism: Conservative Party Donor Cashes in on UK Government-Made PPE Shortages Amidst COVID-19 Crisis.” Byline Times. April 2, 2020. https://bylinetimes.com/2020/04/02/disaster-capitalism-conservative-party-donor-cashes-in-on-uk-government-made-ppe-shortages-amidst-covid19-crisis/.
Surveillance
“Whole Foods Uses Map Tool to Track Workers’ Potential Unions.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 20, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Whole-Foods-Uses-Map-Tool-to-Track-Workers-Potential-Unions-20200420-0017.html.
International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group. 2020. “Joint Statement: Digital Surveillance Technologies and COVID-19 in Canada.” International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group. April 15, 2020. https://iclmg.ca/digital-surveillance-covid-19/.
Gurman, Mark. 2020. “Apple, Google Covid-19 Contact Tracing to Require Verification.” Yahoo News. April 13, 2020. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-google-covid-19-contact-221757927.html.
Biddle, Sam, and Lee Fang. 2020. “Location-Tracking Firm Helping Trump Get Reelected Now Wants to Cash In on Coronavirus.” The Intercept. April 9, 2020. https://theintercept.com/2020/04/09/coronavirus-trump-smartphone-tracking/.
Macleod, Alan. 2020. “Google’s Dystopian Crisis Tracking Could Be Straight out of George Orwell’s 1984.” MintPress News. April 8, 2020. https://www.mintpressnews.com/google-coronavirus-tracking-privacy/266453/.
O’Brien, Luke. 2020. “Far-Right Extremists Helped Create The World’s Most Powerful Facial Recognition Technology.” HuffPost Canada. April 7, 2020. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-alt-right_n_5e7d028bc5b6cb08a92a5c48.
Lee, Philip. 2020. “Digital Privacy and the Need to Know.” Rabble.Ca. April 7, 2020. https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/taking-sides/2020/04/digital-privacy-and-need-know.
Gelman, Eric. 2020. “Counterterrorism Tools Deployed Against Virus Spur Privacy Fears.” Bloomberg. April 6, 2020. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/counterterrorism-tools-deployed-against-virus-spur-privacy-fears.
Gray, Stacey. 2020. “A Closer Look at Location Data: Privacy and Pandemics.” Future of Privacy Forum. March 25, 2020. https://fpf.org/2020/03/25/a-closer-look-at-location-data-privacy-and-pandemics/.
“Australian Police Are Using the Clearview AI Facial Recognition System with No Accountability.” 2020. The Conversation. March 3, 2020. https://theconversation.com/australian-police-are-using-the-clearview-ai-facial-recognition-system-with-no-accountability-132667.
“Tracking the Global Response to COVID-19.” n.d. Privacy International. Accessed April 11, 2020. https://privacyinternational.org/examples/tracking-global-response-covid-19.
Uprising
“Global Struggles against the Covid-19 Regime.” 2020. Angry Workers of the World. April 15, 2020. https://angryworkersworld.wordpress.com/2020/04/15/global-struggles-against-the-covid-19-regime-early-april/.
Tarnfoff, Ben. 2020. “These Are Conditions in Which Revolution Becomes Thinkable | Ben Tarnoff.” Commune. April 7, 2020. https://communemag.com/these-are-conditions-in-which-revolution-becomes-thinkable/.
Work – News
MacLellan, Ainslie. 2020. “Mask, Gown and Glove Shortages Persist at Quebec Long-Term Care Home Hit Hard by COVID-19.” CBC News. April 23, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/nurses-lack-protective-gear-chsld-quebec-1.5541940.
“‘Listen... And Take Action’: In Front of White House, Nurses Read Names of Colleagues Who Have Died From Covid-19.” 2020. Common Dreams. April 21, 2020. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/04/21/listen-and-take-action-front-white-house-nurses-read-names-colleagues-who-have-died.
Conley, Julia. 2020. “‘Enough Is Enough’: In Largest Strike Yet, Amazon Workers Call In Sick Over Unsafe Working Conditions.” Common Dreams. April 21, 2020. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/04/21/enough-enough-largest-strike-yet-amazon-workers-call-sick-over-unsafe-working?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.
“Nurses to Protest at White House to Demand OSHA Standard and Mass Production of Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers.” 2020. National Nurses United. April 20, 2020. https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/press/nurses-protest-white-house-demand-osha-standard-and-mass-production-protective-equipment.
Bisson, Bruno. 2020. “STM: Débrayages Spontanés Après La Suspension d’un Leader Syndical.” La Presse. April 16, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/16/01-5269673-stm-debrayages-spontanes-apres-la-suspension-dun-leader-syndical.php.
Venugopal, Arun. 2020. “Dispatch From A Coronavirus Morgue Truck Worker: ‘They Write A Check For Your First Day, In Case You Don’t Come Back.’” Gothamist. April 16, 2020. https://gothamist.com/news/dispatch-morgue-truck-worker-coronavirus-covid-nyc.
“Peru: Unions Protest Against Government’s Economic Measures.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 14, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/peru-unions-protest-against-government-economic-measure-20200414-0009.html.
Révolution Permanente. 2020. “Workers in France Take Over McDonald’s to Distribute Food.” Left Voice. April 13, 2020. https://www.leftvoice.org/workers-in-france-take-over-mcdonalds-to-distribute-food.
“Brazil: Health Workers Protest Against Bolsonaro.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 13, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/brazil-health-workers-against-bolsonaros-management-20200413-0009.html.
Kovac, Angela, and Adam Mackenzie. 2020. “Staff at Verdun Seniors’ Residence Were Locked in to Prevent Them from Leaving.” CTV News. April 13, 2020. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/staff-at-verdun-seniors-residence-were-locked-in-to-prevent-them-from-leaving-1.4894875.
Skinner, Robert. 2020. “Les premiers travailleurs agricoles étrangers arrivent à Montréal.” La Presse. April 11, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/202004/11/01-5268954-les-premiers-travailleurs-agricoles-etrangers-arrivent-a-montreal.php.
Hall, Joseph. 2020. “Staff Walk out at Markham Home for Mentally, Physically Challenged Adults after COVID-19 Outbreak.” The Star. April 10, 2020. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/04/10/donations-of-protective-gear-pour-in-after-coronavirus-outbreak-at-markham-home-for-people-with-disabilities.html.
Ordoñez, Franco. 2020. “White House Seeks To Lower Farmworker Pay To Help Agriculture Industry.” NPR.Org. April 10, 2020. https://www.npr.org/2020/04/10/832076074/white-house-seeks-to-lower-farmworker-pay-to-help-agriculture-industry.
Hanna, Jason. 2020. “A Grocery Clerk with Cerebral Palsy Died of Coronavirus. She Had Kept Working to Help Seniors.” CNN. April 9, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/08/us/coronavirus-leilani-jordan-grocery-worker/index.html.
Duchaine, Gabriel, Ariane Lacoursière, and Philippe Teisceira-Lessard. 2020. “Incités à travailler malgré des symptômes.” La Presse. April 8, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/08/01-5268492-incites-a-travailler-malgre-des-symptomes.php.
Murphy, Paul P., Ryan Young, and Jake Carpenter. 2020. “Detroit Hospital Nurses Refuse to Work without More Help, Ordered to Leave.” CNN. April 7, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/us/detroit-nurses-sinai-grace-coronavirus/index.html.
Akhtar, Allana. 2020. “HCA Healthcare Suspends Nurse Who Spoke out about Coronavirus.” Business Insider. April 7, 2020. https://www.businessinsider.com/hca-healthcare-suspends-nurse-who-spoke-out-about-coronavirus-2020-4?fbclid=IwAR3q09ekO_OWIfPoGwfP0StCny_vo2ws1Hna3aba6u-FjYB-1gg9BAeitLI.
Elk, Mike. 2020. “COVID-19 Strike Wave Interactive Map.” Payday Report. April 7, 2020. https://paydayreport.com/covid-19-strike-wave-interactive-map/.
Tomesco, Frédéric. 2020. “Coronavirus: Dollarama Workers Decry Working Conditions.” Montreal Gazette. April 6, 2020. https://montrealgazette.com/business/local-business/coronavirus-dollarama-workers-decry-working-conditions.
Maass, Allan. 2020. “Chicago Amazon Workers Picket with Supporters—and Their Cars.” Labor Notes. April 6, 2020. https://labornotes.org/2020/04/chicago-amazon-workers-picket-supporters%E2%80%94and-their-cars.
Monsebraaten, Laurie. 2020. “Evicted during the Pandemic, a Toronto Nurse Pleads for Fairness | The Star.” Toronto Star. April 5, 2020. https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/gta/2020/04/05/evicted-during-the-pandemic-a-toronto-nurse-pleads-for-fairness.html?fbclid=IwAR1-dQGaHr2B27YIt5wDyED7PtEIcnGyfkYuLvyM3Bj8c8d93dya7gzUXX8.
Canadian Press. 2020. “Walmart Canada to Hire 10,000 Workers and Introduce Other Measures amid COVID-19.” CTV News. March 20, 2020. https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/walmart-canada-to-hire-10-000-workers-and-introduce-other-measures-amid-covid-19-1.4861474.
Robinson, Rex. n.d. “Romeoville Manufacturing Plant’s Workers Plan Walkout Related to COVID-19.” The Times Weekly. Accessed April 6, 2020. http://thetimesweekly.com/news/2020/apr/06/romeoville-plants-manufacturer-workers-plan-walkou/.
Work – In-Depth
Bryant, Jeff. 2020. “How Betsy DeVos and the Charter School Movement Are Exploiting the Pandemic to Advance Their Agendas.” Alternet.Org. April 22, 2020. https://www.alternet.org/2020/04/how-betsy-devos-and-the-charter-school-movement-are-exploiting-the-pandemic-to-advance-their-agendas/.
“Delivery Workers Call for a 24-Hours Strike in Seven Countries.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 22, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Delivery-Workers-Call-for-a-24-Hours-Strike-in-Seven-Countries-20200422-0004.html.
Collins, Christopher, and Sophie Novack. 2020. “COVID-19 Cases Now Tied to Meat Plants in Rural Texas Counties Wracked with Coronavirus.” The Texas Observer. April 22, 2020. https://www.texasobserver.org/east-texas-coronavirus-chicken/.
Ramsaroop, Chris, and Kevin Edmonds. 2020. “Critical, but Expendable – Migrant Agricultural Workers in the Time of Covid-19.” Stabroek News. April 21, 2020. https://www.stabroeknews.com/2020/04/21/features/in-the-diaspora/critical-but-expendable-migrant-agricultural-workers-in-the-time-of-covid-19/print/.
Masbourian, Patrick. 2020. “Les femmes racisées « exploitées » pour leur travail auprès des personnes âgées, selon un chef syndical.” Radio-Canada. April 21, 2020. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/tout-un-matin/segments/chronique/166242/femmes-racisees-exploitation-chsld-cisss-centre-sud.
The Transnational Institute. 2020. “جائحة كورونا وضرورة النضال من أجل السيادة على ثروات وغذاء شعوبنا.” Zoom Video. April 21, 2020. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y03gG6r3Sm2sTHtcT7BmXw.
“Whole Foods Uses Map Tool to Track Workers’ Potential Unions.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 20, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Whole-Foods-Uses-Map-Tool-to-Track-Workers-Potential-Unions-20200420-0017.html.
“Guatemala: Discrimination Against Domestic Workers Rises.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 20, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Guatemala-Discrimination-Against-Domestic-Workers-Rises-20200420-0005.html.
Sharp, Alastair. 2020. “Bike Couriers in Toronto Risking Illness to Deliver ‘Junk Food to Rich People.’” National Observer. April 20, 2020. https://www.nationalobserver.com/2020/04/20/features/bike-couriers-toronto-risking-illness-deliver-junk-food-rich-people.
Dryden, Joel, and 2020 1:43 PM MT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago. 2020. “What Led to Alberta’s Biggest Outbreak? Cargill Meat Plant’s Hundreds of COVID-19 Cases.” CBC News. April 19, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/cargill-alberta-covid-19-deena-hinshaw-1.5537377.
Justicia for Migrant Workers (J4MW). 2020. “Open Letter to Workplace Safety Insurance Board Regarding COVID19, Workers Compensation and Migrant Farm Workers (Ontario).” Harvesting Freedom. April 17, 2020. https://harvestingfreedom.org/2020/04/17/open-letter-to-workplace-safety-insurance-board-regarding-covid19-workers-compensation-and-migrant-farm-workers-ontario/.
MacFarlane, John, and Verity Stevenson. 2020. “COVID-19 in Quebec: In Mea Culpa, Legault Says He Should Have Raised Wages of Long-Term Care Workers Long Ago.” CBC. April 17, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/covid-19-quebec-april-17-1.5535556.
Bejan, Raluca. 2020. “COVID-19 and Disposable Migrant Workers.” Verfassungsblog. April 16, 2020. https://verfassungsblog.de/covid-19-and-disposable-migrant-workers/.
“Protests Follow Deaths at US Factories in Mexican Border Town.” 2020. TeleSUR English. April 16, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Protests-Follow-Deaths-at-US-Factories-in-Mexican-Border-Town-20200416-0015.html.
Hanes, Allison. 2020. “Quebec Is Now Paying the Price for Undervaluing Caregivers.” Montreal Gazette. April 16, 2020. https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/allison-hanes-quebec-is-now-paying-the-price-for-undervaluing-caregivers/.
Jackson, Janine. 2020. “‘This Many Strikes Says That Something Fundamentally Is Changing in the Country’ | FAIR.” FAIR. April 16, 2020. https://fair.org/home/this-many-strikes-says-that-something-fundamentally-is-changing-in-the-country/.
O’Carroll, Lisa. 2020. “Romanian Fruit Pickers Flown to UK amid Crisis in Farming Sector.” The Guardian. April 15, 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/15/romanian-fruit-pickers-flown-uk-crisis-farming-sector-coronavirus.
harvestingfreedom. 2020. “J4MW Raises Concerns over Increased Policing Powers: Migrant Activists Concerned That Racialized Workers to Be Targeted by New Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act.” Harvesting Freedom. April 15, 2020. https://harvestingfreedom.org/2020/04/15/j4mw-raises-concerns-over-increased-policing-powers-migrant-activists-concerned-that-racialized-workers-to-be-targeted-by-new-emergency-management-and-civil-protection-act/.
Mojtehedzadeh, Sara. 2020. “Migrant Farm Workers from Jamaica Are Being Forced to Sign COVID-19 Waivers.” The Star. April 13, 2020. https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/04/13/migrant-farm-workers-fear-exposure-to-covid-19.html.
harvestingfreedom. 2020. “Farmers given Blank Cheque by Feds: No Steps Taken to Protect Farm Workers Rights in Today’s Announcement.” Harvesting Freedom. April 13, 2020. https://harvestingfreedom.org/2020/04/13/farmers-given-blank-cheque-by-feds-no-steps-taken-to-protect-farm-workers-rights-in-todays-announcement/.
Strether, Lambert. 2020. “Somebody Needs to Tell Chuck Schumer That the Entire Working Class Is ‘Heroic,’ Not Just ‘Essential Workers.’” Naked Capitalism. April 13, 2020. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/04/somebody-needs-to-tell-chuck-schumer-that-the-entire-working-class-is-heroic-not-just-essential-workers.html.
Morgan, Mike. 2020. “On Organizing the Grunts: COVID-19, the Sailors and Some Other World History.” Hard Crackers. April 12, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/organizing-grunts-covid-19-sailors-world-history/.
Polansek, Tom. 2020. “Smithfield Shutting U.S. Pork Plant Indefinitely, Warns of Meat Shortages during Pandemic.” Reuters, April 12, 2020. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-meatpacking-idUSKCN21U0O7.
Kovac, Adam. 2020. “COVID-19: Ministerial Order Allows Province to Loan School Board Staff to Health Network.” CTV News. April 11, 2020. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/covid-19-ministerial-order-allows-province-to-loan-school-board-staff-to-health-network-1.4892654.
Tracy, Marc. 2020. “News Media Outlets Have Been Ravaged by the Pandemic.” The New York Times. April 10, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/10/business/media/news-media-coronavirus-jobs.html#click=https://t.co/06g44sM8Qu.
Laker, Barbara. 2020. “Coronavirus Economy Hits Philadelphia Undocumented Domestic Workers Hard.” The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 9, 2020. https://www.inquirer.com/economy/coronavirus-undocumented-domestic-workers-philadelphia-20200409.html.
Johnstone, Boyda. 2020. “Teaching in the Time of COVID.” Hard Crackers. April 9, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/teaching-time-covid/.
Ossei-Owusu, Shaun. 2020. “Coronavirus and the Politics of Disposability.” Boston Review. April 8, 2020. http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality-race-politics/shaun-ossei-owusu-coronavirus-and-politics-disposability.
“‘We Need to Change the Way We Live’: An ICU Nurse Speaks Out.” 2020. Hard Crackers. April 8, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/need-change-way-live-icu-nurse-speaks/.
“Ripe for Reform: Abuse of Agricultural Workers in the H-2A Visa Program.” 2020. Centro de Los Derechos Del Migrante, Inc. April 8, 2020. https://cdmigrante.org/new-report-ripe-for-reform-abuse-of-agricultural-workers-in-the-h-2a-visa-program/.
“Working in Social Care during the Covid-19 Pandemic.” 2020. Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). April 5, 2020. https://iww.org.uk/news/working-in-social-care-during-covid-19-pandemic/.
Shaffer, Blake, and Trevor Tombe. 2020. “Opinion: Alberta’s Government Is Using Coronavirus as a Shield for Laying off Education Workers.” The Globe and Mail. April 5, 2020. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-albertas-government-is-using-coronavirus-as-a-shield-for-laying-off/?fbclid=IwAR0tc7I4aib1uGRwJKxn10y-1xSmUv7yAsrMdMzXvqIutOoeGEQ9hwBjN-Q.
Loofbourow, Lili. 2020. “Who Do We Expect to Sacrifice?” Slate Magazine. April 4, 2020. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/coronavirus-deaths-essential-workers.html.
“‘An Incredible Catch-22’: An Emergency Nurse Discusses the COVID-19 Crisis.” 2020. Hard Crackers. April 4, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/incredible-catch-22-emergency-nurse-discusses-covid-19-crisis/.
Ramírez, Mónica, and Meena Harris. 2020. “Coronavirus Essential Workers: Farmworkers Are Left Unprotected during Pandemic | Fortune.” Fortune. April 3, 2020. https://fortune.com/2020/04/03/farmworkers-coronavirus-essential-workers-covid-19-agriculture/?fbclid=IwAR1w3Uak8nFTP1Fy1Q5WeorIqrHKMWuX2WwHzSKN-9_tgoJY5S36PHORZTg.
Jones, Sarah. 2020. “The Coronavirus May Be a Tipping Point for Labor.” The Intelligencer. April 1, 2020. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/the-coronavirus-may-be-a-tipping-point-for-labor.html.
Mulvany, Lydia, Deena Shanker, and Isis Almeida. 2020. “The Workers Who Supply the World’s Food Are Starting to Get Sick.” Bloomberg.Com, March 27, 2020. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-27/food-workers-getting-sick-is-the-latest-threat-to-world-supply.
Brennan, Luis. 2020. “‘You’re Not Gonna Use This as a Way to Fuck Us Over’: A Discussion with Luis Brennan from Burgerville Workers Union.” Hard Crackers. March 26, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/youre-not-gonna-use-way-fuck-us-discussion-luis-brennan-burgerville-workers-union/.
Cole, Matthew. 2020. “Why Silicon Valley Loves Coronavirus.” Tribune Mag. March 25, 2020. https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/03/why-silicon-valley-loves-coronavirus.
Will. 2020. “‘Amazon Is Knowingly Putting Their Customers at Risk’: A Florida Amazon Worker Speaks Out.” Hard Crackers. March 22, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/amazon-knowingly-putting-customers-risk-florida-amazon-worker-speaks/.
Leo. 2020. “‘Right Now Everything Is a Mess!’: Conversations with an MTA Train Conductor.” Hard Crackers. March 21, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/right-now-everything-mess-conversations-mta-train-conductor/.
Berman, Russell. 2020. “COVID-19’s Devastating Effects on Jobs and Businesses.” The Atlantic. March 21, 2020. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/03/covid-19s-devastating-effects-jobs-and-businesses/608461/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share&fbclid=IwAR1SGGZyW3sufwYFT91-8mHAR55LvQIfMUN8IX6MaFLMLe7-hOAJcYPCYa4.
“WHSC - COVID-19 Resources.” n.d. Workers Health & Safety Centre. Accessed April 24, 2020. https://www.whsc.on.ca/Resources/Publications/COVID-19-Resources.
Good Morning America. n.d. “Grocery Workers Push to Close Stores to Customers amid Coronavirus Pandemic.” ABC News. Accessed April 22, 2020. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/video/grocery-workers-push-close-stores-customers-amid-coronavirus-70260537.
Brecher, Jeremy. n.d. “‘I Talk to Workers Every Day — They’re Afraid They’re Going to Die’ | Labor Network for Sustainability.” Labor Network for Sustainability. Accessed April 10, 2020. https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/i-talk-to-workers-every-day-theyre-afraid-theyre-going-to-die/.
“Emergency Labor Response to the COVID-19 Crisis.” n.d. Accessed April 6, 2020. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1azmpMpcXD5E2qllvq0GLFIiTk9jAvXtW/view?usp=sharing&fbclid=IwAR1NowzWVQ8r7-ciLj1zf3qHioVGfiGiw3JSP9ksxDF-xOxcqDiD-p23ju4&usp=embed_facebook.