April 6 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

• Join the Struggle at Amazon!, Cosmonaut April 3, https://cosmonaut.blog/2020/04/03/join-the-struggle-at-amazon/
• 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
• “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. “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/.
• “Direct Testimony from Hunger Striker at NWDC during COVID-19 Pandemic on Vimeo,” April 6, 2020. https://vimeo.com/404732903.
• La Resistencia Facebook Page. “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,” April 5, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/LaResistenciaNW/posts/2972868136107380.

 

 

Care

• Kleist, Anna. “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/.
• Malik, Sheraz Shafi, and Shahbaz Shafi Malik. “A Simple Method to Prevent Spectacle Lenses Misting up on Wearing a Face Mask.” Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England 93, no. 2 (March 2011): 168. https://doi.org/10.1308/003588411X12851639107313b.

 

Analysis & Commentary

• Clarke, John. “After the Pandemic.” Canadian Dimension, April 5, 2020. https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/after-the-pandemic.
• Klein, Naomi. “Naomi Klein?: comment l’élite mondiale va tenter d’exploiter la pandémie.” Zintv, March 15, 2020. https://zintv.org/naomi-klein-comment-lelite-mondiale-va-tenter-dexploiter-la-pandemie/.
• Kleist, Anna. “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/.
• Roy, Arundhati. “‘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.
• Sotiropoulos, George, and Gene Ray. “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/.
• Spang, Rebecca L. “The Revolution Is Only Getting Started.” The Atlantic, April 5, 2020. https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/609463/.
• Wallace, Rob, Alex Liebman, Luis Fernando Chaves, and Rodrick Wallace. “Covid-19 et les routes du capital.” Contretemps (blog), April 4, 2020. https://www.contretemps.eu/covid-19-routes-capital-wallace/.
• Wallace-Wells, David. “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.

 

Ableism

• Koran, Mario. “‘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.

 

Gender

• Caillou, Annabelle. “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.
• Kottasová, Ivana, and Valentina Di Donato. “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.
• Seeking donations for the Trans Resilience Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/trans-resiliency-fund

 

 

Racism (see also Health Disparities)

• Silva, Edison J. “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.
• Thomas, Aaron. “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/.
• Deutsche Welle. “Coronavirus: Europe’s Forgotten Roma at Risk | DW | 04.04.2020.”COM. Accessed April 6, 2020. https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-europes-forgotten-roma-at-risk/a-53019522.
• “Settler Violence against Palestinians Spikes with COVID-19 Pandemic, UN Says,” April 6, 2020. https://mondoweiss.net/2020/04/settler-violence-against-palestinians-spikes-with-covid-19-pandemic-un-says/.

 

Health Disparities

• Blow, Charles M. “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.
• Michaels, Samantha. “70 Percent of People Killed in Chicago by the Coronavirus Are Black.” Mother Jones (blog). Accessed April 6, 2020. https://www.motherjones.com/coronavirus-updates/2020/04/70-percent-of-people-killed-in-chicago-by-the-coronavirus-are-black/.
• Zamudio, María Inés, and Elliott Ramos. “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.

 

Far Right

• Péloquin, Tristan, and Émilie Bilodeau. “Pandémie de fausses nouvelles.” La Presse, April 5, 2020. https://www.lapresse.ca/covid-19/202004/04/01-5268052-pandemie-de-fausses-nouvelles.php.
• “Settler Violence against Palestinians Spikes with COVID-19 Pandemic, UN Says,” April 6, 2020. https://mondoweiss.net/2020/04/settler-violence-against-palestinians-spikes-with-covid-19-pandemic-un-says/.

 

 

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

• Robinson, Rex. “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

• Berman, Russell. “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.
• “Emergency Labor Response to the COVID-19 Crisis.” Accessed April 5, 2020. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1azmpMpcXD5E2qllvq0GLFIiTk9jAvXtW/view?usp=sharing&fbclid=IwAR1NowzWVQ8r7-ciLj1zf3qHioVGfiGiw3JSP9ksxDF-xOxcqDiD-p23ju4&usp=embed_facebook.
• Loofbourow, Lili. “Who Do We Expect to Sacrifice?” Slate Magazine, April 4, 2020. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/04/coronavirus-deaths-essential-workers.html.
• Ramírez, Mónica, and Meena Harris. “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/.

 

 

 

Scrambling for Supplies

• Connolly, Amanda. “Coronavirus: 500K Masks Held at Border Have Been Released, Source Says” Global News, April 6, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/news/6783216/justin-trudeau-us-blocking-medical-supplies-coronavirus-covid-19/.
• Smith, Kareem. “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/.

 

Housing

• Sher, Isaac. “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.

 

 

 

The Clampdown

• Moore, Gary. “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.
• Péloquin, Tristan. “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.
• Silva, Edison J. “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.
• Woodyatt, Amy. “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.
• Interactive map tracking charges & violations related to COVID-19, Policing the Pandemic: Tracking the policing of COVID-19 across Canada, https://www.policingthepandemic.ca/

 

 

Confined in the Age of COVID-19

• “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.
• Hamilton, Keegan. “Prisoner Uses Smuggled Cellphone to Beg for Help With Coronavirus on Facebook Live – VICE.” Vice, April 5, 2020. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/z3b9qj/prisoner-uses-smuggled-cellphone-to-beg-for-help-with-coronavirus-on-facebook-live.
• Johnston, Janice. “Edmonton Institution Inmate Punished for Speaking to Media about COVID-19 | CBC News.” CBC, April 5, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-institution-inmate-punished-for-speaking-to-media-about-covid-19-1.5522166.
• Kilgore, James. “COVID-19 Is Turning Prisons Into ‘Kill-Boxes.’” Truthout, April 5, 2020. https://truthout.org/articles/covid-19-is-turning-prisons-into-kill-boxes-activists-say/.
• Larouche, Vincent. “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.
• Schapiro, Rich. “1st Federal Inmate to Die of Coronavirus Wrote Heartbreaking Letter to Judge.” NBC News. Accessed April 5, 2020. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/1st-federal-inmate-die-coronavirus-wrote-heartbreaking-letter-judge-n1176961.
• Thomson, Don. “Judges Deny California Inmate Release Request, Cite US Law.” Associated Press, April 4, 2020. https://www.abc10.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/judges-deny-california-inmate-release-request/507-41af5c31-2731-48b3-aa1c-ab000c415719.
• “Direct Testimony from Hunger Striker at NWDC during COVID-19 Pandemic on Vimeo,” April 6, 2020. https://vimeo.com/404732903.
• Democracy Now! “‘Leaving Us Here to Die’: Prisoners Plea for Release, Protection Amid Skyrocketing Infection Rates,” April 6, 2020. https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/6/covid_19_incarceration.

• La Resistencia Facebook Page. “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,” April 5, 2020. https://www.facebook.com/LaResistenciaNW/posts/2972868136107380.

 

 

Quebec

• Larouche, Vincent. “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.

 

 

Canada

• Hagberg, Lars. “Troops, Vehicles to Move through the Toronto Area to CFB Borden for Anti-Coronavirus Fight – The Globe and Mail.” The Globe & Mail, April 5, 2020. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-troops-vehicles-heading-to-cfb-borden-ont-to-prepare-for-anti-2/.
• Johnston, Janice. “Edmonton Institution Inmate Punished for Speaking to Media about COVID-19 | CBC News.” CBC, April 5, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-institution-inmate-punished-for-speaking-to-media-about-covid-19-1.5522166.
• Moore, Gary. “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.
• Interactive map tracking charges & violations related to COVID-19, Policing the Pandemic: Tracking the policing of COVID-19 across Canada, https://www.policingthepandemic.ca/

 

Indigenous North America

• Margolies, Rebecca. “The U.S. Is Using COVID-19 As An Opportunity to Steal Indigenous Land.” Left Voice (blog), April 5, 2020. http://www.leftvoice.org/the-u-s-is-using-covid-19-as-an-opportunity-to-steal-indigenous-land.
• Morales, Laurel. “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.

International

• BBC News. “Coronavirus: ‘Gaza Has No Resources to Fight This Virus,’” April 6, 2020. https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-52161089/coronavirus-gaza-has-no-resources-to-fight-this-virus.
• “Israeli Forces Detain Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem,” April 5, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Forces-Detain-Palestinian-Governor-of-Jerusalem-20200405-0010.html.
• Jadhav, Rajendra, Naveen Thukral, and Nigel Hunt. “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.
• Muhumuza, Rodney. “‘Complete Collapse of Economies’ Ahead as Africa Faces Virus.” AP, April 5, 2020. https://apnews.com/c79a173993d39ffe5773449ebaf9b9f8.
• Orihuela, Rodrigo. “Spanish Government Aims to Roll Out Basic Income ‘Soon.’” Com, April 5, 2020. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-05/spanish-government-aims-to-roll-out-basic-income-soon.
• “Food in the Time of the Coronavirus: Why We Should Be Very, Very Afraid (Africa).” Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (blog), April 1, 2020. https://www.plaas.org.za/food-in-the-time-of-the-coronavirus-why-we-should-be-very-very-afraid/.
• “SA Lockdown: Informal Settlement Residents Running out of Food,” April 3, 2020. https://www.enca.com/news/sa-lockdown-informal-settlement-residents-running-out-food.
• Deutsche Welle. “Coronavirus: Europe’s Forgotten Roma at Risk | DW | 04.04.2020.”COM. Accessed April 6, 2020. https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-europes-forgotten-roma-at-risk/a-53019522.
• “First Person Killed in the Philippines for Violating Quarantine,” April 5, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/First-Person-Killed-in-the-Philippines-for-Violating-Quarantine-20200405-0007.html.
• Telesur. “Greece: Migrant Camp Quarantined After COVID-19 Case Confirmed,” April 5, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Greece-Migrant-Camp-Quarantined-After-COVID-19-Case-Confirmed–20200405-0006.html.

• Telesur. “Israeli Forces Detain Palestinian Governor of Jerusalem,” April 5, 2020. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Forces-Detain-Palestinian-Governor-of-Jerusalem-20200405-0010.html.

• Mondoweiss. “Settler Violence against Palestinians Spikes with COVID-19 Pandemic, UN Says,” April 6, 2020. https://mondoweiss.net/2020/04/settler-violence-against-palestinians-spikes-with-covid-19-pandemic-un-says/.

 

 

 

 

U.S.

• NBC News. “Companies Used Trump’s Tax Cut for Record Stock Buybacks, Not Wages.” Accessed April 6, 2020. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/what-did-corporate-america-do-tax-break-buy-record-amounts-n886621.
• Lederman, josh. “Falling through the Cracks: Many Americans Won’t Get Coronavirus Checks.” NBC News, April 6, 2020. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/falling-through-cracks-many-americans-won-t-get-coronavirus-checks-n1177266.
• Thomson, Don. “Judges Deny California Inmate Release Request, Cite US Law.” Associated Press, April 4, 2020. https://www.abc10.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/judges-deny-california-inmate-release-request/507-41af5c31-2731-48b3-aa1c-ab000c415719.
• Democracy Now! “Gov. Cuomo Slashes Medicaid as New York Struggles to Get Handle on COVID-19 Cases,” April 6, 2020. https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/6/headlines/gov_cuomo_slashes_medicaid_as_new_york_struggles_to_get_handle_on_covid_19_cases.