April 11 COVID News

The following COVID-19 news articles and information resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and let me know.

i plan to continue to send out regular newsletters updating this list and containing links to new information and perspectives that i find useful; that said, the best way to view all of these resources in one place is on my COVID News Index.

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Struggle and Fightback

A Call to Action: Towards a General Strike to End the COVID-19 Crisis and Create a New World, Cooperation Jackson March 31, https://cooperationjackson.org/announcementsblog/towardsageneralstrike

Bonfert, Bernd. “Organizing under Lockdown: Online Activism, Local Solidarity.” ROAR Magazine, April 9, 2020. https://roarmag.org/essays/organizing-under-lockdown-online-activism-local-solidarity/.

M, Morgan. “How the Pandemic Kicked off a Strike Wave in Italy.” Organizing Work (blog), April 10, 2020. https://organizing.work/2020/04/how-the-pandemic-kicked-off-a-strike-wave-in-italy/.

Care

Cooperation Jackson. “Community Production Mask Challenges Updates,” April 10, 2020. https://cooperationjackson.org/announcementsblog/communityproductionmaskchallengeupdates.

Resources – Information

Covid Cops 902. “Covid Cops 902.” Accessed April 10, 2020. https://covidcops902.com.

Business & Human Rights Resource Centre. “COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak: Human Rights Defenders & Civic Freedoms.” Accessed April 11, 2020. https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/covid-19-coronavirus-outbreak/covid-19-coronavirus-outbreak-human-rights-defenders-civic-freedoms.

Privacy International. “Tracking the Global Response to COVID-19.” Accessed April 11, 2020. https://privacyinternational.org/examples/tracking-global-response-covid-19.

Resources – Help

Harm Reduction Coalition. “COVID-19 Resources for People Who Use Drugs and People Vulnerable to Structural Violence,” March 30, 2020. https://harmreduction.org/blog/covid-19-resources-for-people-who-use-drugs-and-people-vulnerable-to-structural-violence/.

Google Docs. “COVID-19 Tenant Organizing Guide.” Accessed April 9, 2020. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EKEbdNkdW0i55oZ2Rqu0qd6i-hLwR9gHCllu1t6-_W0/edit.

Analysis & Commentary

Enloe, Cynthia. “COVID-19: ‘Waging War’ Against a Virus Is NOT What We Need to Be Doing.” WILPF (blog). Accessed April 11, 2020. https://www.wilpf.org/covid-19-waging-war-against-a-virus-is-not-what-we-need-to-be-doing/.

Escobar, Pepe. “Who Profits From the Pandemic?” Strategic Culture. Accessed April 11, 2020. https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2020/04/09/who-profits-from-pandemic/.

Gandesha, Samir. “The Gift of COVID-19.” Lacan Salon. Accessed April 9, 2020. http://www.lacansalon.com/listening-to-covid-19/the-gift-of-covid-19.

Jackson, Emma, and Chanelle Gallant. “Five Ways to Take Anti-Racist Action During COVID-19.” The Tyee. The Tyee, April 10, 2020. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2020/04/10/Five-Ways-To-Take-Anti-Racist-Action-During-COVID-19/.

Linebaugh, Peter. “Peter Linebaugh on the Long History of Pandemics.” KPFA Against the Grain (blog), April 9, 2020. https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-april-8-2020/.

Lukin, Annabelle. “COVID-19 Crisis Doesn’t Have to Be a ‘War.’” Web_content. The Lighthouse, April 7, 2020. (Commonwealth of) Australia. https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/april-2020/covid-19-doesnt-have-to-be-a-war.

“NOII-Toronto Public Statement on COVID-19.” No one is illegal – toronto. Accessed April 11, 2020. https://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/1033.

Nolan, Hamilton. “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. “No Such Thing as Natural Disasters: Infrastructure and the First Nation Fight against COVID-19.” Yellowhead Institute (blog), April 9, 2020. https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/04/09/no-such-thing-as-natural-disasters-infrastructure-and-the-first-nation-fight-against-covid-19/.

Polychroniou, C. J. “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/.

Shah, Sonia, Luis Ortiz Hernandez, Benny Kuruvilla, Mazibuko Jara, and Umyra Ahmad. “Building an Internationalist Response to Coronavirus.” Transnational Institute (Youtube), April 1, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5qN35qeB1w&feature=youtu.be.

Wallace, Rob, Moayyad Bsharat, Arie Kurniawaty, Sai Sam Kham, and Paula Gioia. “Farming Pathogens – Globalised Agriculture and Infectious Diseases.” Zoom Video, April 15, 2020. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PH_vcIRGQaOpXdrOcURgTg.

Wasserman, Harvey. “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.

Ableism

Hakim, Danny. “‘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.

Gender

Center for Feminist Foreign Policy. “Feminist Resources on the Pandemic.” Accessed April 6, 2020. https://centreforfeministforeignpolicy.org/feminist-resources-on-the-pandemic.

Agence QMI. “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.

“Coronavirus: Sex for Rent Reports Increase in Hawaii since COVID-19 Pandemic.” 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.

Racism (see also Health Disparities)

Devet. “Miranda Cain on COVID-19 and the Prestons: ‘The Little We Do Have, We Have Done It Ourselves.’” Nova Scotia Advocate (blog), 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. “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/.

Fortier, Marco. “«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.

Peng, Sheng. “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.

Ritchie, Andrea J., and Robyn Maynard. “Black Communities Need Support, Not a Coronavirus Police State.” Vice (blog), April 9, 2020. https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/z3bdmx/black-people-coronavirus-police-state.

Tsekouras, Phil. “‘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.

Health Disparities

The Boston Globe. “Being a Person of Color Isn’t a Risk Factor for Coronavirus. Living in a Racist Country Is.” Accessed April 10, 2020. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/10/opinion/being-person-color-isnt-risk-factor-coronavirus-living-racist-country-is/.

Henseley, Erica. “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/.

Pilkington, Ed, and Ankita Rao. “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.

Elders

Feith, Jesse. “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/.

Khimm, Suzy, Laura Strickler, Andrew Blankstein, and Peter Georgiev. “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.

Ligue des droits et libertés. “Les droits des personnes âgées exigent le respect de leur autonomie,” April 10, 2020. https://liguedesdroits.ca/droits-personnes-agees/.

Phillips, Kristine. “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. “Covid-19 and the Crisis in Residential and Nursing Home Care.” Ageing Issues (blog), April 8, 2020. https://ageingissues.wordpress.com/2020/04/08/covid-19-and-the-crisis-in-residential-and-nursing-home-care/.

Rowe, Daniel J. “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.

Far Right

Banerjee, Neela, and David Hasemyer. “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.

Brown, Sherronda J. “Humans Are Not the Virus – Smash Eco-Fascism.” Hood Communist (blog), April 9, 2020. https://hoodcommunist.org/2020/04/09/humans-are-not-the-virus-dont-be-an-eco-fascist/.

Hagstrom, Anders. “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.

Hope, Mat, and Zak Derler. “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/.

Wilson, Kalpana. “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.

Economy

Ghosh, Jayati, Quinn Slobodian, Walden Bello, and Lebohang Pheko. “The Coming Global Recession: Building an Internationalist Response.” Transnational Institute (Youtube), April 8, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiP5qJhHsjw&feature=youtu.be.

Henaway, Mostafa. “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 9, 2020. https://freecityradio.org/post/614975450494779392/mostafa-henaway-on-confronting-corporate-and-bank.

Neate, Rupert, and Jasper Jolly. “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.

Work News (see also COVID-19: News from the world’s trade unions, LabourStart, https://www.labourstart.org/covid-19.php)

Ordoñez, Franco. “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.

Work In-Depth

Brecher, Jeremy. “‘I Talk to Workers Every Day — They’re Afraid They’re Going to Die’ | Labor Network for Sustainability.” Labor Network for Sustainability. Accessed April 9, 2020. https://www.labor4sustainability.org/strike/i-talk-to-workers-every-day-theyre-afraid-theyre-going-to-die/.

Laker, Barbara. “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.

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). “Working in Social Care during the Covid-19 Pandemic,” April 5, 2020. https://iww.org.uk/news/working-in-social-care-during-covid-19-pandemic/.

Scrambling for Supplies

Ahmed, Nafeez. “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/.

Malik, Amir. “Modi Proposes, Trump Disposes.” teleSUR English, April 9, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/opinion/Modi-Proposes-Trump-Disposes-20200409-0023.html.

Housing

Cheung, Christopher. “Homeless, ‘I’m Living in a Dystopian Sci-Fi.’” The Tyee. The Tyee, April 10, 2020. https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/10/Homeless-Living-In-A-Dystopian-Sci-Fi/.

Google Docs. “COVID-19 Tenant Organizing Guide.” Accessed April 9, 2020. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EKEbdNkdW0i55oZ2Rqu0qd6i-hLwR9gHCllu1t6-_W0/edit.

PressProgress. “‘Throw Their Stuff on the Lawn’: BC Landlords Plot Against Unemployed Renters in Private Facebook Groups,” April 8, 2020. https://pressprogress.ca/throw-their-stuff-on-the-lawn-bc-landlords-plot-against-unemployed-renters-in-private-facebook-groups/.

Westoll, Nick. “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/.

The Clampdown

Amnesty International. “Americas: Human Rights in the Age of COVID-19: Blog #1,” April 3, 2020. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/04/americas-human-rights-in-the-age-of-covid19-entry-1/.

Bell, Stewart, and Andrew Russell. “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/.

Covid Cops 902. “Covid Cops 902.” Accessed April 10, 2020. https://covidcops902.com.

Dickson, Janice. “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/.

Freeman, Netfa. “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. “Impact of COVID-19 Containment Measures on Human Rights and Civil Liberties in the MENA Region.” Global Voices (blog), 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/.

Nossiter, Adam. “‘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.

Ratcliffe, Rebecca. “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.

Roth, Kenneth. “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.

Seyhan, Eda. “Coronavirus: Beware the Power Grab.” African Arguments (blog), April 7, 2020. https://africanarguments.org/2020/04/07/coronavirus-beware-the-power-grab/.

Confined in the Age of COVID-19

Democracy Now! “Chicago Prisoners Post Signs in Jail Windows: ‘Help, No Supply’ and ‘We’re Dying,’” April 10, 2020. https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/10/headlines/chicago_prisoners_post_signs_in_jail_windows_help_no_supply_and_were_dying.

Ligue des droits et libertés. “Des détenus récemment libérés témoignent – Conférence de presse COVID-19 dans lieux de détention,” April 9, 2020. https://liguedesdroits.ca/comm-temoignage-detenus/.

Hyslop, Katie. “People in Group Homes: What Is Government Doing to Keep Them Safe?” The Tyee. The Tyee, March 19, 2020. https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/03/19/Few-Specific-COVID-19-Youth-In-Care-Measures-Group-Homes/.

Johnson, Kevin. “Coronavirus Rips through Prisons, Striking Inmates and Workers.” USA Today, April 9, 2020. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/09/coronavirus-hits-workers-inmates-jails-prisons-threatened/2968807001/.

Kindy, Kimberly. “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.

Koch, Makenzie. “Prisoners Start Riot, Destroying Property at Lansing Correctional Facility.” FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV, April 9, 2020. https://fox4kc.com/news/prisoners-start-riot-destroying-property-at-lansing-correctional-facility/.

Lekhtman, Alexander. “NY Gov. Cuomo Signs Away Bail Reforms Despite COVID-19 Decarceration Calls.” Filter, April 9, 2020. https://filtermag.org/ny-governor-cuomo-bail-reforms/.

Mark, Michelle. “The Bureau of Prisons Just Bought $60,000 Worth of Hydroxychloroquine, the Unproved Coronavirus Treatment Touted by Trump.” Business Insider, April 7, 2020. https://news.yahoo.com/bureau-prisons-just-bought-60-161315844.html.

TVA Nouvelles. “Quatre Cas Confirmés Dans Un Centre Jeunesse de Laval,” April 8, 2020. https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2020/04/08/quatre-cas-confirmes-dans-un-centre-jeunesse-de-laval.

See, Aie Balagtas, and Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. “Philippine Jails Are a COVID-19 Time Bomb.” Rappler, April 11, 2020. http://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/investigative/257640-philippine-jails-covid-time-bomb.

Stefanovich, Olivia. “Bail Considerations, Releases Need to Adapt to COVID-19 Threat, Lawyers Say.” CBC News, April 9, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/stefanovich-covid19-bail-considerations-early-release-1.5526262.

Wagner, Peter. “Large Scale Releases and Public Safety.” Prison Policy Initiative, April 9, 2020. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/blog/2020/04/09/large-scale-releases/.

Worthington, Andy. “The Coronavirus And Guantánamo’s Extraordinarily Vulnerable Prison Population.” Eurasia Review (blog), April 4, 2020. https://www.eurasiareview.com/04042020-the-coronavirus-and-guantanamos-extraordinarily-vulnerable-prison-population-oped/.

Quebec

Duval, Alexandre. “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.

Fortier, Marco. “«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.

Canada

Covid Cops 902. “Covid Cops 902.” Accessed April 10, 2020. https://covidcops902.com.

Yellowhead Institute. “COVID-19 in Community: How Are First Nations Responding?,” April 7, 2020. https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/04/07/corona-in-community-the-first-nation-response/.

Gollom, Mark. “Many Provinces, Territories Enforcing Border Checkpoints and Travel Restrictions.” CBC, April 6, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/coronavirus-checkpoints-travel-restrictions-border-province-1.5522467.

Idle No More, and Indigenous Climate Action. “Highlights from A Covid-19 Fireside Chat with Indigenous Health Professionals.” Yellowhead Institute (blog), March 21, 2020. https://yellowheadinstitute.org/resources/highlights-from-a-covid-19-fireside-chat-with-indigenous-health-professionals/.

Lamirande, Todd. “Canadian Military Ready to Mobilize 24,000 Troops for COVID-19 Support Says Minister.” APTN News, March 30, 2020. https://aptnnews.ca/2020/03/30/canadian-military-ready-to-mobilize-24000-troops-for-covid-19-support-says-minister/.

Mandhane, Renu. “Canada Must Put Human Rights at the Centre of Its COVID-19 Response.” The Toronto Star, April 2, 2020. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/04/02/canada-must-put-human-rights-at-the-centre-of-its-covid-19-response.html.

McIntosh, Emma, and Politics | April 8th 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.

“NOII-Toronto Public Statement on COVID-19.” No one is illegal – toronto. Accessed April 11, 2020. https://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/node/1033.

Penney, Jessica, and Patricia Johnson-Castle. “COVID-19 and Inuit Nunangat: Research, Responsibility & Infrastructure Inequality.” Yellowhead Institute (blog), March 31, 2020. https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/03/31/covid-19-and-inuit-nunangat-research-responsibility-infrastructure-inequality/.

INTREPID. “Repository of Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Orders.” Accessed April 11, 2020. https://www.intrepidpodcast.com/blog/2020/3/19/repository-of-canadian-covid-19-emergency-orders.

Tunney, Catharine, and Chris Hall. “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.

Indigenous North America

Al Jazeera. “Coronavirus Reaches Amazon’s Isolated Yanomami Tribe,” April 9, 2020. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/coronavirus-reaches-amazon-isolated-yanomami-tribe-200409060118202.html.

Yellowhead Institute. “COVID-19 in Community: How Are First Nations Responding?,” April 7, 2020. https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2020/04/07/corona-in-community-the-first-nation-response/.

Little, Simon. “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/.

Romero, Simon. “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.

Scruggs, Gregory. “Native Americans Fear ‘attack’ on Tribal Land amid Coronavirus.” Thomson Reuters Foundation News, April 3, 2020. https://news.trust.org/item/20200403162348-n5bwk/.

Taekema, Dan. “‘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.

Wright, Teresa. “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.

International

Africa

Gulf News. “COVID-19: India to Extend World’s Largest Pandemic Lockdown for Two Weeks,” 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. “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. “Coronavirus: Beware the Power Grab.” African Arguments (blog), April 7, 2020. https://africanarguments.org/2020/04/07/coronavirus-beware-the-power-grab/.

Europe

———. “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/.

Jukes, Peter. “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/.

M, Morgan. “How the Pandemic Kicked off a Strike Wave in Italy.” Organizing Work (blog), April 10, 2020. https://organizing.work/2020/04/how-the-pandemic-kicked-off-a-strike-wave-in-italy/.

Tondo, Lorenzo. “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.

Middle East and North Africa

Brennan, David. “Up to 150 Members of the Saudi Royal Family Infected With Coronavirus: Report.” Newsweek, April 9, 2020. https://www.newsweek.com/150-members-saudi-arabia-royal-family-infected-coronavirus-report-1497032.

Lauria, Joe. “COVID-19: Devastated Saudi Royal Family Seeks to End Yemen War.” Consortiumnews, April 8, 2020. https://consortiumnews.com/2020/04/08/covid-19-devastated-saudi-royal-family-seeks-to-end-yemen-war/?fbclid=IwAR22vBH3OR31RGiWJ4_p1dQM3F2dgv6YKmE8E3LoD1dH0YWZB0yXbp1ODmo.

Access Now. “Tunisia’s Parliament on COVID-19: An Initiative to Fight Disinformation or an Opportunity to Violate Fundamental Rights?,” April 1, 2020. https://www.accessnow.org/tunisias-parliament-on-covid-19-an-initiative-to-fight-disinformation-or-an-opportunity-to-violate-fundamental-rights/.

South and Central America

U.S.

Keeley, Matt. “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.

Quigkley, Bill. “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/.

Free City Radio. “Yael Tarshish on Lacking Medical Supplies, Care for Medical Workers and Experiences on #COVID19 Frontlines.,” April 9, 2020. https://freecityradio.org/post/614957374689705984/yael-tarshish-on-lacking-medical-supplies-care.

Events

Roy, Arundhati. “The Pandemic Is a Portal: A Conversation with Arundhati Roy.” Eventbrite, April 23, 2020. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/102343167168.

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