Month: April 2020

https://bit.ly/3a21r9l Open Letter to the Government of the United States and the United Nations Mr. Donald J. Trump President of the United States Mr. António Guterres Secretary General of the United Nations The global spread of COVID-19 has exposed the illegal and immoral practice of imposing unilateral coercive measures (economic sanctions) by the United States government […]

https://bit.ly/2XuDhBM Erik Hazard and Leila Mzali | 04.09.2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how an economic system dependent on low-wage labor creates as many issues as it purports to solve. When profit determines every outcome of social and economic life, working people lose. This reality is on full display in our food system. The novel coronavirus and […]

https://fighting-words.net/2020/04/05/united-states-continues-imperialist-policies-despite-covid-19-pandemic/https://fighting-words.net/2020/04/05/united-states-continues-imperialist-policies-despite-covid-19-pandemic/ By Abayomi Azikiwe Countries throughout the globe are focusing on the eradication of the COVID-19 pandemic which has infected nearly a million people and killed over 45,000. During the early phase of the detection of the virus in the People’s Republic of China, the United States administration of President Donald Trump dismissed the threat […]

https://fighting-words.net/2020/04/10/detroit-on-the-front-line-in-battle-to-end-covid-19-pandemic/ By Abayomi Azikiwe More than 2,000 people working in the healthcare industry have reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 in the Detroit metropolitan area sending further tremors through the already heavily-shaken region which has been identified as a major “hotspot” in the pandemic. A spokesperson for Beaumont Hospital system said on April 6 that 1,500 […]

https://bit.ly/3a3m5pi As footage of Wisconsin’s crowded polling stations flooded the internet Tuesday, public health officials and civil rights advocates condemned the state’s Supreme Court and Republican legislative leaders for allowing in-person voting during the coronavirus pandemic and thwarting Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ last-minute efforts to address voter safety concerns. “It’s not going to be a safe election. People are […]