April 17 COVID News

The following COVID-19 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.

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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

Care

Baroud, Ramzy. “A Palestinian Guide to Surviving a Quarantine: On Faith, Humor and ‘Dutch Candy.’” Politics For The People (blog), April 6, 2020. http://www.ramzybaroud.net/a-palestinian-guide-to-surviving-a-quarantine-on-faith-humor-and-dutch-candy/.

Addictovigilance Paris. “Hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil®) et substances psychoactives?: message à l’attention des usagers de drogues et aux patients sous traitements psychoactifs,” 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/.

systemli.org. “Solidarity Infrastructure for Solidarity Actions,” March 15, 2020. https://www.systemli.org/en/2020/03/15/solidarity-as-infrastructure.html.

sub.Media. “Trouble #24 – Organize: For Autonomy & Mutual Aid.” Accessed April 14, 2020. https://sub.media/video/trouble-24-organize-for-autonomy-mutual-aid/.

Resources – Information

“COVID-19 Behind Bars.” Accessed April 17, 2020. https://covid19behindbars.com/.

Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières. “ESSF Coverage of the Coronavirus Pandemic,” April 14, 2020. http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article52638.

Réseau Syndical International de Solidarité et de Luttes. “Information Coronavirus En Diverses Langues Pour Les Migrant.Es,” March 17, 2020. http://www.laboursolidarity.org/Information-Coronavirus-en?lang=fr.

systemli.org. “Solidarity Infrastructure for Solidarity Actions,” March 15, 2020. https://www.systemli.org/en/2020/03/15/solidarity-as-infrastructure.html.

National Commission on Correctional Healthcare. “Study of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities,” April 13, 2020. https://www.ncchc.org/study-of-covid-19-in-correctional-facilities.

COBP. “Surprise, on a Encore Des Droits?!!,” April 15, 2020. https://cobp.resist.ca/fr/node/19186.

Resources – Help

AIEP. “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. “Prisoner Emergency Support Fund.” gofundme.com. Accessed April 17, 2020. https://www.gofundme.com/f/prisoner-emergency-support-fund.

Analysis & Commentary

Anuhya, Bobba. “The Necropolitics of the Coronavirus: Who May Live, Who Must Die.” Wear Your Voice Mag, March 27, 2020. https://wearyourvoicemag.com/necropolitics-coronavirus-government/.

Condon, Patrick. “Let’s Debunk the Myth Living More Densely Breeds Disease.” The Tyee. The Tyee, April 14, 2020. https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/04/14/Poverty-Not-Density-Spreads-Disease/.

Hard Crackers. “Coronavirus and the Crisis Laid Bare,” March 23, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/coronavirus-crisis-laid-bare/.

Dell’Ariccia, Giovanni, Paolo Mauro, Antonio Spilimbergo, and Jeromin Zettelmeyer. “Economic Policies for the COVID-19 War.” IMF Blog (blog), April 1, 2020. https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/01/economic-policies-for-the-covid-19-war/.

Go, Awy. “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. “Easter in the Pandemic.” Halifax Examiner, April 12, 2020. https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/easter-in-the-pandemic/.

CrimethInc. “Survivre Au Virus?: Une Méthode Anarchiste?: Capitalisme En Crise – Hausse Du Totalitarisme – Stratégies de Résistance,” March 18, 2020. https://fr.crimethinc.com/2020/03/18/survivre-au-virus-une-methode-anarchiste-capitalisme-en-crise-hausse-du-totalitarisme-strategies-de-resistance.

NewEpoch Media. “The struggle against epidemics in revolutionary China,” April 8, 2020. https://www.newepoch.media/single-post/2020/04/08/The-struggle-against-epidemics-in-revolutionary-China.

Hard Crackers. “Tiger King: Quarantine Royalty,” April 6, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/tiger-king-quarantine-royalty/.

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). “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.

Ableism

Chamorro, Elena, and Soline Vennetier. “Deconstructions And Reconstructions Of Disability In Coronavirus Time.” Text. EHESS. Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, April 8, 2020. https://www.ehess.fr/fr/carnet/d%C3%A9constructions-et-reconstructions-handicap-en-temps-coronavirus.

———. “Déconstructions et reconstructions du handicap en temps de coronavirus.” Text. EHESS. Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, April 8, 2020. https://www.ehess.fr/fr/carnet/d%C3%A9constructions-et-reconstructions-handicap-en-temps-coronavirus.

Disability Justice Culture Club. “Justice Brunch! Hosted by DJCC.” Facebook, April 19, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/258929611941214.

Wyton, Moira. “Disabled People Fear Being Denied Care in Worst Case Pandemic Scenarios.” The Tyee. The Tyee, April 16, 2020. https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/16/Disabled-People-Pandemic-Scenario/.

Children

Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières. “Covid-19?: Deux Appels Sur La Protection Des Enfants et Mineur.Es Non Accompagné.Es Dans Le Contexte de La Crise Sanitaire,” April 6, 2020. http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article52926.

“FAQ COVID-19 Jeunesse | CDPDJ.” Accessed April 11, 2020. http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/fr/COVID-19/Pages/FAQ-LPJ.aspx.

Gravel, Elise. “Bande Dessinée à Imprimer: Le Coronavirus.” Accessed April 17, 2020. http://elisegravel.com/blog/bande-dessinee-a-imprimer-le-coronavirus/.

———. “Coronavirus: Free Printable Comic for Kids.” Accessed April 17, 2020. http://elisegravel.com/en/blog/coronavirus-free-printable-comic-for-kids/.

Le Soleil. “«On est assis sur une bombe»,” March 27, 2020. https://www.lesoleil.com/chroniques/mylene-moisan/on-est-assis-sur-une-bombe-e57d43e4244adc56947a964f62cf43e4.

Paynter, Martha. “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 The Virus

Kissler, Stephen M., Christine Tedijanto, Edward Goldstein, Yonatan H. Grad, and Marc Lipsitch. “Projecting the Transmission Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 through the Postpandemic Period.” Science, April 14, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb5793.

NBC New York. “Massive Spike in NYC ‘Cardiac Arrest’ Deaths Seen as Sign of COVID-19 Undercounting,” April 10, 2020. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/massive-spike-in-nyc-cardiac-arrest-deaths-seen-as-sign-of-covid-19-undercounting/2368678/.

Economy

Adrian, Tobias, and Fabio Natalucci. “COVID-19 Crisis Poses Threat to Financial Stability.” IMF Blog (blog), April 14, 2020. https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/14/covid-19-crisis-poses-threat-to-financial-stability/.

Clarke, Kevin. “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.

Corbishley, Nick. “‘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/.

Evelyn, Kenya. “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.

Gaspar, Vitor, W. Raphael Lam, and Mehdi Raissi. “Fiscal Policies to Contain the Damage from COVID-19.” IMF Blog (blog), April 15, 2020. https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/15/fiscal-policies-to-contain-the-damage-from-covid-19/.

Johnson, Jake. “‘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/.

Johnston, David Cay. “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/.

Sherman, Erik. “How the Federal Reserve Is Bailing Out Big Corporations and Wall Street Banks.” DCReport.Org (blog), April 13, 2020. https://www.dcreport.org/2020/04/13/how-the-federal-reserve-is-bailing-out-big-corporations-and-wall-street-banks/.

Smith, Yves. “The New Fault Lines in a Post-Globalized World.” Naked Capitalism (blog), April 16, 2020. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/04/the-new-fault-lines-in-a-post-globalized-world.html.

Strether, Lambert. “To Fight the COVID Pandemic, Policymakers Must Move Fast and Break Taboos.” Naked Capitalism (blog), April 13, 2020. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/04/to-fight-the-covid-pandemic-policymakers-must-move-fast-and-break-taboos.html.

Tankus, Nathan. “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.

———. “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.

———. “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.

———. “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.

———. “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.

Tooze, Adam. “Shockwave: The World Goes Bust.” London Review of Books, April 4, 2020. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n08/adam-tooze/shockwave.

Yong Rhee, Chang. “COVID-19 Pandemic and the Asia-Pacific Region: Lowest Growth Since the 1960s.” IMF Blog (blog), April 15, 2020. https://blogs.imf.org/2020/04/15/covid-19-pandemic-and-the-asia-pacific-region-lowest-growth-since-the-1960s/.

Elders

Bensadoun, Emerald. “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/.

Blais, Stéphane. “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. “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.

Fortin, Jean-Louis. “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.

Gerbet, Thomas. “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.

Green, Robert. “Privatization, the Pre-Existing Condition Killing Seniors in Long-Term Care.” Ricochet, April 14, 2020. https://ricochet.media/en/3043.

Kovac, Angela, and Adam Mackenzie. “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.

Pedersen, Katie, Melissa Mancini, and David Common. “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.

Picard, André. “‘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/.

Environment

Thornett, Alan. “Covid-19: The Ecological Dimension.” Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières, April 6, 2020. http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article52925.

Far Right, Conspiracies, weird things people believe

Ajmiri, Tanzeem. “Coronavirus and Conspiracy.” HARD CRACKERS (blog), March 25, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/coronavirus-conspiracy-theories/.

Anti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective. “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.

Gallagher, Ryan. “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.

Knox, Roger. “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/.

Lamoureux, Mack. “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.

Smith, Allan. “‘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.

Smith, Yves. “Lockdown Rebelliousness: Denying That Coronavirus Is in Charge.” Naked Capitalism (blog), April 16, 2020. https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2020/04/lockdown-rebelliousness-denying-that-coronavirus-is-in-charge.html.

Sommer, Will. “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.

Tiplady, Bishop. “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/.

Winter, Tom, and David K. Li. “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.

Gender

Munro, Nicole. “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.

Racism (see also Health Disparities)

Cornwell, Alexander. “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.

Disability Justice Culture Club. “Justice Brunch! Hosted by DJCC.” Facebook, April 19, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/258929611941214.

harvestingfreedom. “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 (blog), 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/.

Hutchinson, Bill. “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.

Hyslop, Katie. “BC’s International Students Are Trapped in Pandemic Limbo.” The Tyee. The Tyee, April 14, 2020. https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/14/BC-International-Students-In-Limbo-During-Pandemic/.

France 24. “‘If You’re Black You Can’t Go out’: Africans in China Face Racism in Covid-19 Crackdown,” 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.

Jones, El. “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/.

Nadeau, Pascale. “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.

Health Disparities

Kendi, Ibram X. “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/.

Martin, Jeffery. “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.

Yancy, Clyde W. “COVID-19 and African Americans.” JAMA, April 15, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.6548.

Elders

Green, Robert. “Privatization, the Pre-Existing Condition Killing Seniors in Long-Term Care.” Ricochet, April 14, 2020. https://ricochet.media/en/3043.

Far Right

Ajmiri, Tanzeem. “Coronavirus and Conspiracy.” HARD CRACKERS (blog), March 25, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/coronavirus-conspiracy-theories/.

Knox, Roger. “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/.

Economy

———. “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.

———. “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.

———. “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.

———. “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.

Tooze, Adam. “Shockwave: The World Goes Bust.” London Review of Books, April 4, 2020. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n08/adam-tooze/shockwave.

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

Bisson, Bruno. “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.

teleSUR English. “Brazil: Health Workers Protest Against Bolsonaro,” April 13, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/brazil-health-workers-against-bolsonaros-management-20200413-0009.html.

Hall, Joseph. “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.

teleSUR English. “Peru: Unions Protest Against Government’s Economic Measures,” April 14, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/peru-unions-protest-against-government-economic-measure-20200414-0009.html.

Révolution Permanente. “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.

Skinner, Robert. “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.

Venugopal, Arun. “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.

Work In-Depth

Hard Crackers. “‘An Incredible Catch-22’: An Emergency Nurse Discusses the COVID-19 Crisis,” April 4, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/incredible-catch-22-emergency-nurse-discusses-covid-19-crisis/.

Brennan, Luis. “‘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/.

harvestingfreedom. “Farmers given Blank Cheque by Feds: No Steps Taken to Protect Farm Workers Rights in Today’s Announcement.” Harvesting Freedom (blog), 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/.

———. “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 (blog), 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/.

Jackson, Janine. “‘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/.

Johnstone, Boyda. “Teaching in the Time of COVID.” Hard Crackers, April 9, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/teaching-time-covid/.

Kovac, Adam. “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.

Leo. “‘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/.

Mojtehedzadeh, Sara. “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.

Morgan, Mike. “On Organizing the Grunts: COVID-19, the Sailors and Some Other World History.” Hard Crackers (blog), April 12, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/organizing-grunts-covid-19-sailors-world-history/.

Mulvany, Lydia, Deena Shanker, and Isis Almeida. “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.

O’Carroll, Lisa. “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.

Polansek, Tom. “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.

Strether, Lambert. “Somebody Needs to Tell Chuck Schumer That the Entire Working Class Is ‘Heroic,’ Not Just ‘Essential Workers.’” Naked Capitalism (blog), 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.

The Transnational Institute. “????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?? ??? ??????? ??? ????? ????? ??????.” Zoom Video, April 21, 2020. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y03gG6r3Sm2sTHtcT7BmXw.

Hard Crackers. “‘We Need to Change the Way We Live’: An ICU Nurse Speaks Out,” April 8, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/need-change-way-live-icu-nurse-speaks/.

Will. “‘Amazon Is Knowingly Putting Their Customers at Risk’: A Florida Amazon Worker Speaks Out.” Hard Crackers (blog), March 22, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/amazon-knowingly-putting-customers-risk-florida-amazon-worker-speaks/.

Scrambling for Supplies

Tait, Carrie. “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/.

Housing

Anuta, Joe. “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.

Gray, Jeff. “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. “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.

The Clampdown

Arévalo, Amaral, and Clare Wenham. “Covid-19 in El Salvador: Safeguarding Public Health or Restricting Human Rights?” LSE Latin America and Caribbean (blog), April 13, 2020. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/latamcaribbean/2020/04/13/covid-19-in-el-salvador-safeguarding-public-health-or-restricting-human-rights/.

Clarke, Laurie. “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.

teleSUR English. “Colombia: Police Abuse Becomes Common During COVID-19 Outbreak | News | TeleSUR English,” April 13, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-police-abuse-during-exceptional-situation-by-covid19-20200413-0007.html.

Giguère, Ugo. “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.

———. “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.

Martens, Kathleen. “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/.

COBP. “Surprise, on a Encore Des Droits?!!,” April 15, 2020. https://cobp.resist.ca/fr/node/19186.

Valiante, Giuseppe. “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.

Confined in the Age of COVID-19

Democracy Now! “200+ Prisoners Released in Philadelphia After Weeks of Protest Calling for Decarceration,” 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. “COVID-19: Weapons of Mass Incompetence.” Prison Radio, April 6, 2020. https://www.prisonradio.org/media/audio/mumia/covid-19-weapons-mass-incompetence-200-mumia-abu-jamal.

———. “Locked up and Locked Down–a Commentary by Mumia Abu-Jamal.” Workers World (blog), April 13, 2020. https://www.workers.org/2020/04/47639/.

Boynton, Sean. “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/.

———. “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/.

Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Use. “Indigenous Knowledge & Abolition.” Facebook, April 30, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/345679286397980.

Chapin, Angelina. “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.

It’s Going Down. “Communique from Family Member of Marcelino Ruiz Gómez, Indigenous Prisoner in Struggle,” April 9, 2020. https://itsgoingdown.org/marcelino-ruiz-gomez-indigenous-prisoner-in-struggle-covid-19/.

“COVID-19 Behind Bars.” Accessed April 17, 2020. https://covid19behindbars.com/.

Devereaux, Ryan. “Coronavirus Pandemic Unleashes Terror in ICE Detention.” The Intercept, April 12, 2020. https://theintercept.com/2020/04/12/coronavirus-ice-detention-jail-alabama/.

EyesonCDCR, and Talib Williams. “Two Prisoners Report How California Prisons’ Contempt Threatens Their Lives.” San Francisco Bay View (blog), April 15, 2020. https://sfbayview.com/2020/04/breaking-covid-19-news-two-prisoners-report-how-california-prisons-contempt-for-prisoners-threatens-their-lives/.

Gomez, Alan, Maria Clark, and Rebecca Plevin. “COVID-19 Hits ICE Detention, Migrants Say They Can’t Clean, Stay Safe.” USA Today, April 8, 2020. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/04/07/covid-19-hits-ice-detention-migrants-say-they-cant-clean-stay-safe/2953170001/.

Gómez, Marcelino Ruiz. “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/.

Kane, Dan. “Butner NC Inmate Says Why He Fled during Coronavirus Outbreak.” Raleigh News & Observer, April 16, 2020. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article242056656.html.

Knowles, Shelby. “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.

It’s Going Down. “Lambs to the Slaughter: An Ontario Prisoner on COVID-19 Behind Bars,” April 8, 2020. https://itsgoingdown.org/lambs-to-the-slaughter-an-ontario-prisoner-on-covid-19-behind-bars/.

LeBlanc, CJ. “Angola Prisoners Say: ‘This Is a War – and We’re in It.’” Hard Crackers (blog), April 13, 2020. https://hardcrackers.com/angola-prisoners-say-war/.

Livio, Susan K. “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.

Mission City Record. “Mission Inmate Dies from Apparent Complications of COVID-19,” April 16, 2020. https://www.missioncityrecord.com/news/54-mission-inmates-six-staff-test-positive-for-covid-19/.

Peera, Safa. “With COVID-19 Looming, King County Jail Inmates Feel Exposed and Unsafe.” Crosscut, April 6, 2020. https://crosscut.com/2020/04/covid-19-looming-king-county-jail-inmates-feel-exposed-and-unsafe.

Prison Aboilition Organizing Group. “Prisoner Emergency Support Fund.” gofundme.com. Accessed April 17, 2020. https://www.gofundme.com/f/prisoner-emergency-support-fund.

KRQE News 13. “Protestors Gather in Cars to Keep Inmates Safe from COVID-19,” April 10, 2020. https://www.krqe.com/health/coronavirus-new-mexico/protestors-gather-in-cars-to-keep-inmates-safe-from-covid-19/.

National Commission on Correctional Healthcare. “Study of COVID-19 in Correctional Facilities,” April 13, 2020. https://www.ncchc.org/study-of-covid-19-in-correctional-facilities.

Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy. “Supporting Those Left Inside: Meeting Needs Behind Prison Walls,” April 23, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/2584817615070252.

Vice. “This Is What It’s Like to Be in Prison During Coronavirus,” April 2, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tynlUWVcUQU&feature=youtu.be.

Torres, Adry. “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.

Wilson, Xerxes. “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/.

———. “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/.

Surveillance

The Conversation. “Australian Police Are Using the Clearview AI Facial Recognition System with No Accountability,” March 3, 2020. https://theconversation.com/australian-police-are-using-the-clearview-ai-facial-recognition-system-with-no-accountability-132667.

Gurman, Mark. “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.

Macleod, Alan. “Google’s Dystopian Crisis Tracking Could Be Straight out of George Orwell’s 1984.” MintPress News (blog), April 8, 2020. https://www.mintpressnews.com/google-coronavirus-tracking-privacy/266453/.

International

Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières. “Coronavirus: Solidarity Update 13 April,” April 13, 2020. http://www.europe-solidaire.org/spip.php?article52923.

Sieff, Kevin, closeKevin SieffLatin America CorrespondentEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollowSusannah George, closeSusannah GeorgeForeign correspondent covering Afghanistan, and PakistanEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollowKareem Fahim closeKareem FahimIstanbul bureau chief covering the Middle EastEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollow. “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.

Tooze, Adam. “Shockwave: The World Goes Bust.” London Review of Books, April 4, 2020. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n08/adam-tooze/shockwave.

Angry Workers of the World. “Global Struggles against the Covid-19 Regime,” April 15, 2020. https://angryworkersworld.wordpress.com/2020/04/15/global-struggles-against-the-covid-19-regime-early-april/.

Africa

Democracy Now! “Liberians Say They Fear Hunger More Than COVID-19 as Police Violently Enforce Lockdown,” 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.

teleSUR English. “Libya: Haftar’s Forces Target Tripoli Hospital Again,” April 12, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Libya-Haftars-Forces-Target-Tripoli-Hospital-Again-20200412-0008.html.

Europe

Bechev, Dimitar. “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.

In Defense of Communism. “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.

Rae, Gavin. “Facing the COVID-19 Crisis in Poland.” Public Reading Rooms (blog). Accessed April 11, 2020. https://prruk.org/facing-the-covid-19-crisis-in-poland/.

Rankin, Jennifer. “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.

Ahval. “Turkey Not Following WHO Protocol in COVID-19 Death Reports – Leading Medical Association,” April 9, 2020. https://ahvalnews.com/coronavirus/turkey-not-following-who-protocol-covid-19-death-reports-leading-medical-association.

Middle East and North Africa

Hasson, Nir. “Israel Shuts Palestinian Coronavirus Testing Clinic in East Jerusalem.” Haaretz, April 15, 2020. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israeli-police-raid-palestinian-coronavirus-testing-clinic-in-east-jerusalem-1.8767788.

Réseau Syndical International de Solidarité et de Luttes. “La Palestine Au Temps Du Covid-19,” April 9, 2020. http://www.laboursolidarity.org/La-Palestine-au-temps-du-Covid-19?lang=fr.

Lakoff, Aaron. “Dispatch #6 From Palestine on COVID-19, Curfews & Mutual Aid.” Independent Jewish Voices Canada (blog), April 14, 2020. https://www.ijvcanada.org/dispatch-6-from-palestine-on-covid-19-curfews-mutual-aid/.

Red Internacional de Solidariedad y de Luchas. “Palestina En Tiempos Del COVID-19,” April 9, 2020. http://www.laboursolidarity.org/PALESTINA-Palestina-en-tiempos-del?lang=es.

International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggles. “Palestine in the Time of Covid-19,” April 9, 2020. http://www.laboursolidarity.org/Palestine-in-the-Time-of-Covid-19?lang=en.

The Transnational Institute. “????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?? ??? ??????? ??? ????? ????? ??????.” Zoom Video, April 21, 2020. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y03gG6r3Sm2sTHtcT7BmXw.

North America and Caribbean

Macdonald, Isabel. “‘Irresponsible and Dangerous’: U.S. Deports Haitians Despite Coronavirus Risks.” The Intercept (blog), April 12, 2020. https://theintercept.com/2020/04/12/haiti-coronavirus-united-states-deportation/.

Werner, Alejandro. “Economic Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean in the Time of COVID-19.” IMF Blog (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/.

Quebec

“FAQ COVID-19 Jeunesse | CDPDJ.” Accessed April 11, 2020. http://www.cdpdj.qc.ca/fr/COVID-19/Pages/FAQ-LPJ.aspx.

Le Soleil. “«On est assis sur une bombe»,” March 27, 2020. https://www.lesoleil.com/chroniques/mylene-moisan/on-est-assis-sur-une-bombe-e57d43e4244adc56947a964f62cf43e4.

CBC News. “Quebec Allows Mechanics, Landscapers, Garden Centres and Home Builders to Return to Work | CBC News,” April 14, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-covid-19-essential-service-1.5531181.

CTV News. “Teachers’ Unions, Parents Accuse Legault of Using Kids as Guinea Pigs over School Reopening Idea,” 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.

Canada

Black to the future. “COVID-19 Emergency Aid Report,” April 8, 2020. https://blacktothefutureto.com/covid-19-report/.

DePoe, David. “Alberta Government Turns Hard to the Right.” Socialist Project, April 13, 2020. https://socialistproject.ca/2020/04/alberta-government-turns-hard-to-the-right/.

Prison Aboilition Organizing Group. “Prisoner Emergency Support Fund.” gofundme.com. Accessed April 17, 2020. https://www.gofundme.com/f/prisoner-emergency-support-fund.

Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy. “Supporting Those Left Inside: Meeting Needs Behind Prison Walls,” April 23, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/2584817615070252.

COBP. “Surprise, on a Encore Des Droits?!!,” April 15, 2020. https://cobp.resist.ca/fr/node/19186.

Wells, Nick. “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.

———. “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/.

Indigenous Americas

teleSUR English. “Bolivia Indigenous Denounce Añez for Discrimination,” April 14, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-indigenous-organizations-denounce-anez-for-discrimination-20200414-0003.html.

teleSUR English. “Brazil: Indigenous Peoples Go to Court Against Missionaries,” April 15, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Indigenous-Peoples-Go-to-Court-Against-Missionaries-20200415-0007.html.

Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Use. “Indigenous Knowledge & Abolition.” Facebook, April 30, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/345679286397980.

Childress, Marjorie. “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/.

Wyton, Moira. “When a Pandemic Threatens to Erase a Community’s Memory.” The Tyee. The Tyee, April 13, 2020. https://thetyee.ca/News/2020/04/13/When-A-Pandemic-Threatens-To-Erase-A-Communitys-Memory/.

U.S.

Eligon, John. “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.

Goodman, J. David, and William K. Rashbaum. “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. “‘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. “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.

Yaffe-Bellany, David, and Michael Corkery. “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.

Oceania

Davies, Anne, and Paul Karp. “‘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.

South and Central America

teleSUR English. “Brazil: Health Workers Protest Against Bolsonaro,” April 13, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/brazil-health-workers-against-bolsonaros-management-20200413-0009.html.

The Washington Post. “Brazil’s Bolsonaro Fires Health Minister Mandetta over Coronavirus Response.” Accessed April 17, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/.

teleSUR English. “Colombia: Red Rags on Windows to Protest Amid Quarantine,” April 16, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Red-Rags-on-Windows-to-Protest-Amid-Quarantine-20200416-0005.html.

coordinator4. “Solidarity with the Honduran People in Pandemic Times: COVID-19, Another Weapon in the Hands of the Dictatorship.” Honduras Solidarity Network (HSN) (blog), 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/.

Macleod, Alan. “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/.

Sheridan, Mary Beth, and Ismael Lopez Ocampo. “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/.

Events

Institute for Anarchist Studies. “Call for Submissions: Perspectives on Anarchist Theory / Special Issue: ‘Pandemics from the Bottom Up,’” April 7, 2020. https://anarchiststudies.org/call-for-submissions-perspectives-on-anarchist-theory-special-issue-pandemics-from-the-bottom-up/.

Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Use. “Indigenous Knowledge & Abolition.” Facebook, April 30, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/345679286397980.

Disability Justice Culture Club. “Justice Brunch! Hosted by DJCC.” Facebook, April 19, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/258929611941214.

Hagopian, Jesse, Wayne Au, and Noliwe Rooks. “Remaking Schools in the Time of Coronavirus.” Eventbrite, April 22, 2020. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/102588025546?aff=efbneb.

Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy. “Supporting Those Left Inside: Meeting Needs Behind Prison Walls,” April 23, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/2584817615070252.

Transnational Institute. “Taking Health Back from Corporations: Pandemics, Big Pharma and Privatized Health,” April 22, 2020. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Ayc93CtdSkq1RkgO8Om-9g.

The Transnational Institute. “????? ?????? ?????? ?????? ?? ??? ??????? ??? ????? ????? ??????.” Zoom Video, April 21, 2020. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_y03gG6r3Sm2sTHtcT7BmXw.

Women of Diverse Origins / Femmes de Diverses Origines. “TeachInCommunaute Des Luttes et Covid19,” April 18, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/events/1056386131428991/?notif_t=plan_user_invited&notif_id=1586985016903929.

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