The League for Increased Transparency and Ethics (WASHLITE) in Washington, has filed a lawsuit against Fox News for spreading false news. They are seeking to have the network barred from “interfering with reasonable and necessary measures to contain the virus by publishing further false and deceptive content.” Continue reading Fox is being sued for misinformation→
Following statement is an from The Palestine Project, based in Haifa and Ramallah in the Israeli occupied Palestinian territories. The statement was released on 4 April 2020. It is about the plight of Palestinian prisoners exposed toCoronavirus infection, and the addressing the failure of the Israeli authorities to do anything about it. On 3 April 10 prisoners began an open ended hunger strike against ongoing solitary confinement of 2 detainees, as well as the failure to protect them against the Cronavirus.
Another veteran of the fight against fascism has just died. Rafael Gómez Nieto passed away at the age of 99, after being infected by the Corona virus. As young man, he fought against Franco’s Falangist forced in Spain and then took part is setting up the Resistance when Germany occupied France. His story reproduced here was written by Sam Jones in Madrid and Kim Willsher in Charny-Orée-de-Puisaye and published in The Guardian (1 April 2020)
Taxi drivers show their appreciation as the contingent of 52 Cuban doctors make their way way though the airport in Madrid. Cuban doctor are now also helping to fight the Corona virus in Italy, France, Andora in Europe, and throughout South America, the Caribbean, and Africa. They are highly trained and have experience in fighting serious epidemics.
This article by Patrick Greenfield and Kalyeena Makortoff (The Guardian 18 March 2020), provides a timely warning. Two of them Citi and JP Morgan Chase happen to be the principal owners of the Commonwealth, Westpac, NAB and have a big stake in the ANZ. They control the banking system is Australia. They are ultimately responsible for all that happened and led to the Royal Commission last year and more. They also operate on a global scale. Collectively, a small group of banks dominate the global financial system. This article concerns their role in funnelling trillions into the fossil fuel industry, making them major factor in the climate crisis. It’s important to know what they’re doing.
The International monetary Fund (IMF) has just refused Venezuela a loan to purchase some raw materials, needed to produce medicine to tackle Covid-19, and the spokespeople for the IMF have the gall to suggest, the organisation does not take sides in the political and trade dispute involving Venezuela. Continue reading IMF blocks help for Venezuela’s Covid-19 fight→
Official site of the May Day Committee (Malbourne)