Amy Goodman interviews Noam Chomsky

“[Climate change] is a far more serious threat than the coronavirus, [which] is bad and serious, but we’ll recover somehow. We’re not going to recover from the melting of the polar ice sheets. . . .  Just recently, there was a very interesting leak, a memo from JPMorgan Chase, America’s biggest bank, which warned that, in their words, ‘the survival of humanity’ is at risk if we continue on our present course, which included the funding of fossil fuel industries by the bank itself.”

Amy Goodman interviews Noam Chomsky

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• Noam Chomskyworld-renowned political dissident, linguist and author. He is a laureate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he taught for more than 50 years..

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How did the United States — the richest country in the world — become the worldwide epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, with one person dying of COVID-19 every 47 seconds? We spend the hour with Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author, discussing this unprecedented moment in history, and its political implications, as Senator Bernie Sanders announces he is suspending his campaign for the presidency. Chomsky also describes how frontline medical workers and progressive organizing are giving him hope.

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AMY GOODMAN: We’re broadcasting from New York City, the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. itself is now the worldwide epicenter, with one person dying of COVID-19 every 47 seconds. Nearly 16,700 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the United States, with the number of confirmed cases approaching half a million — more than Italy, Spain and France combined. Of course, the true rate of infections is far, far higher due to a critical lack of testing. This comes as the Labor Department said Thursday over 6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment benefits over the past week, as the pace and scale of U.S. job losses is set to rival the Great Depression.

Well, for more on the political implications of this unprecedented moment, we turn today to Noam Chomsky for the hour, the world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author, laureate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona, Tucson, professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he taught for more than 50 years. His recent books include Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy, Who Rules the World? and Requiem for the American Dream: The 10 Principles of Concentration of Wealth & Power…. continues below..

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A chaotic struggle is ongoing between local State confinement, backed on one side by the small middle class and state and salaried workers, against those in favour of allowing the pandemic virus to kill the poor, backed by President Bolsonaro in his luxury walled area, by the tiny ruling land and property owners, and the mass of poor informal or day workers holding -Work or Starve- demos.

from Enough 14 – shared with thanks.. Originally published by Passa Palavra. Translated by Fever Struggle. illustrations added.

Brazil in times of the #coronavirus: Caught between isolation and rush, workers under dispute during the #pandemic

Brazil. Since last week, President Jair Bolsonaro has stirred spirits in the country by proposing to end the measures taken to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. Against the quarantine decreed by city and state governments, which shut down all sectors of society not deemed to be “essential activities”, the President has proposed the adoption of “vertical isolation”, restricted to groups at risk, urging others to return immediately to work.

Brazil 4/12/2020

20,964 cases

1,141 deaths

The death rate in Brasil soared to 1,141 by 12th April 2020.. It is still unknown whether the Covid virus will explode in tropical and sub tropical regions as it has in the northern hemisphere. If this is true Brazilians could face a terrifying nightmare, caused largely by the insane policies of the far right rulers under Bolsonaro.

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“Our life must go on. Jobs must be maintained. The livelihood of our families must be preserved. We must return to normality”, he stated. His voice echoed quickly – the following day two governors announced the reopening of stores, while the majority of them rebuked the president’s attitude and reinforced restrictive measures. All over the country, Bolsonaro’s supporters called for rallies and gathered thousands of protesters with their cars and motorcycles.

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Shocked by the massive success of the Spanish feminist movements in holding two successful General Work and Social Strikes on Womens Day 2017 and 2018, the far right controlled police and legal system continues a wave of repression against women.

The feminist movement in the Catalan speaking areas faces huge fines and prison sentences

Various feminist groups from across the Catalan speaking area of trhe Spanish State face exorbitant economic fines, some of which amount to 26,000 euros; and possible sentences of up to five years in prison. Most of the sanctions have stem from the two historic feminist days of 2018 and 2019

Valencian feminists organized a performative action to denounce the police crackdown on March 8

from La Directa by German Caballero and Tere Albero. translation by TheFreeorg. April 7, 2020

Action before the UV’s administration, on March 8, 2018

Numerous feminist groups are reporting repression by the Security Forces and legal bodies of Spain, under Organic Law 4/2015, , popularly known as the Gag Law . Collective groups accumulate economic sanctions that amount to large sums of money.

\For example, fines against strikers in the Feminist Assembly of Valencia now amount to 11,000 euros, penalties against feminists in the Horta district of Barcelona have increased to 20,000 euros, and feminist militants in Sant Cugat (Vallès Occidental) are fined 26,000 euros to, as well as up to five years in prison.

In Valencia, the Feminist Assembly will finally go to trial on September 22, 2020.Three of the fines have already been resolved by administrative means . For the newsletters organized by the feminists during the March 8, 2018 strike, they received 12 fines; in addition to the ongoing harassment of the Spanish National Police, which produced moments of great tension at the doors of the rectorate of the University of Valencia minutes before the convocation of a unitary rally.

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from … DC Direct Action News

A Convoy of vehicles is one way to BREAK THE BAN on demonstrations

On the 8th of March, a noisy car caravan took to the streets of DC, demanding that all prisoners in the DC Jail and in Central Cell Block be released immediately so they don’t contract the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus.

This is a life-and-death matter! There are 126 people currently quarantined in the DC Jail after contact with a “staffer” who tested positive for the coronavirus. .

There are now 28 confirmed positive cases in the jail, which could easily detonate into infection of nearly every prisoner if they are not quickly released from close confinement with each other. The DC Jail has been described as a coronavirus death trap given these statistics.

Kamal Dorchy, an inmate at the D.C. Jail, suffers from leukopenia, or a lowered white blood cell count. And as the count of coronavirus cases climbs past three dozen at the jail facilities, he fears the worst.“Every day a new person gets sick, and if I get sick, I fear that I will die due to my fragile health,” he wrote in a declaration to the D.C. District Court. “I am preparing for my death.”

Most of the 1,600 prisoners in the jail are awaiting trial and legally presumed innocent, yet facing a death sentence due to the virus. A few are serving sentences for minor offenses, none of which would provike any court even in the US to issue a sentence of death.

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Author: Ron TaborTitle: In Defense of AnarchismSubtitle: A Reply to Chris DayDate: July 28, 1996 (original); September 11, 2018 (revised)Notes: This is a reply to The Historical Failure of Anarchism written by Chris Day.Source: Retrieved on 2020-04-07 from blackrosefed.org Preface from Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation Twenty years after its demise in 1998 the Love…

Ron Tabor – In Defense of Anarchism — The Anarchist Library.