In only a matter of days, the economic collapse brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has completely changed everything about our lives. In many ways, the growing crisis has laid bare the already existing contradictions which threatened to pull this society into open class conflict; from low paying jobs, increasing austerity, brutal police, the quickening of ecological collapse, an out of control housing crisis, and a […]
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The minister of defence and support of the Iranian Armed Forces, Brigadier Amir Hatami, announced in a statement that major defence gear will be unveiled this year, noting that the Iranian naval force will receive a DANA destroyer and a minesweeper ship, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). Hatami affirmed: “We have reached full accuracy in the field of surface-to-surface missiles and will work […]
Iran has now been officially struggling with COVID-19 for over a month. Even before SARS-CoV-2 (known as coronavirus) made its grand entrance into Iran, the country was embattled by a series of crises. In the first week of 2020, the assassination of Qassem Soleimani shook the nation. Besides that, the “accidental” shooting of the Ukrainian airplane by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spawned a government cover-up, […]
As the real state of affairs in China, now months into its coronavirus outbreak, remains unknown, the country is trying to at least give the impression that things are fine and that it is genuinely interested in helping out the rest of the world. China has claimed to have made donations of ventilators and testing kits to countries like Iran and Italy over the last week, seemingly trying […]
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the senate’s $2 trillion stimulus bill would be “terrible” for his state at a coronavirus press conference on Wednesday. “The Senate is also considering a $2 trillion bill which is, quote-on-quote, relief for businesses, individuals and governments. It would really be terrible for the state of New York,” Cuomo told reporters in Albany. “The $2 trillion bill, what does it mean for […]
Last week, Sen. Cory Gardner walked up to a group of Capitol Hill reporters to share information with them about bills he was sponsoring to counter the coronavirus outbreak. According to people who witnessed the encounter, in order to separate the sheets of paper, the Colorado Republican licked his finger and thumbed the pages before handing them off to reporters to pass around. Several hours later, […]
As people around the world are taking social distancing measures to keep their communities safe Coastal Gas Link and the RCMP continue to bring in workers from all over Canada during a pandemic putting both workers and entire northern communities with limited medical staff at grave risk. At the same time the the oil and gas industry are mobilizing to get government bailouts as the crash […]
Blaze TV’s Glenn Beck unabashedly urged older Americans, like himself, to do their patriotic duty and go back to work in order to save the U.S. economy, even though the elderly represent a much higher risk category of dying from the coronavirus. On Tuesday’s The Glenn Beck Program, the eponymous host clearly appeared willing to sacrifice untold number of the Baby Boom generation to keep the country’s businesses […]
As Bob Luddy writes in The Spectator, “America has no choice [but to reopen for business soon] if it is to avoid total disaster…” China and Russia are open for business and working at close to capacity, as America shutters most all business and industry in states such as Pennsylvania, New York, California, New Jersey, and Connecticut. In many cases only select manufacturing companies are allowed […]
Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that the coronavirus task force, in coordination with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, would issue guidance this week about how people exposed to the virus could return to work by wearing a mask. His statement comes as the number of coronavirus cases continues to surge in the U.S. On Sunday, the number of people infected with COVID-19 surpassed 30,000. […]
It is possible that when compared to rare metals, bitcoin mining is not as wasteful in terms of environmental impact, but it remains clear that there could be better and more efficient uses of cryptocurrency mining power than solving arbitrary cryptographic problems. This belief can be seen in a number of innovative projects announced in recent weeks that seek to use bitcoin’s mining power to do everything […]
Boeing thought it could be tricky – again – and after it repurchased tens of billions in stock in the past 7 years… … by issuing record corporate debt … … and making its shareholders extremely rich by sending its price to all time highs, at least until the recent collapse, the company came begging, demanding a $60 billion taxpayer bailout largely to offset the consequences […]
A senior Finnish health official has dismissed a World Health Organization (WHO) advisory to test as many people as possible for coronavirus, arguing that such a measure would be completely illogical when combating a pandemic. Finland’s head of health security, Mika Salminen, took aim at the notion that stopping the spread of Covid-19 requires testing on a mass-scale. “We don’t understand the WHO’s instructions for testing. […]
Well, it looks like Elon Musk has once again “gotten away with it”. Yesterday, we updated the world on the situation in Alameda County, where despite an order to lockdown all non-essential businesses, Elon Musk has kept his Fremont facility open. The Alameda County Sheriff even took to Twitter to warn that Tesla was “not an essential business” and would be expected to follow the same […]
The arrival of helicopter money in the form of two $1,000 checks to most Americans is the government’s acknowledgment that the economy crashed, and upwards of 30 million people could be unemployed due to the Covid-19 outbreak shutting down cities and towns across America. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll has shown that 1 in 5 households have already experienced a layoff or reduction in work hours thanks to social distancing […]
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Saudi Arabia on Wednesday suspended work in most of the private sector for 15 days and directed businesses to implement work-from-home policies to stop the spread of the coronavirus that has infected 171 people in the kingdom, reports Reuters. The human resource ministry directed businesses in the largest Arab economy to close their main offices, reduce staff levels at secondary locations, and take measures to limit […]
Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday the suspension of employees’ attendance at all government workplaces for a period of 16 days starting yesterday as a precautionary measures against the spread of the coronavirus, the Saudi News Agency reported. The Saudi government’s decision does not include those working in the health, security and educational sectors. The kingdom also ordered the closure of markets, shopping malls, beauty salons and […]
Thousands of people in the United States have tested positive for COVID-19, and the death toll around the world has surpassed 6,000. Italy is under lockdown, and in New York City, the government is demanding businesses like bars, restaurants and movie theaters be closed in an effort to stem the spread of the virus. After draconian measures were implemented in China to halt the rapid infection […]
Sunday evening The Hill reports that a second Congressional aide has tested positive for Covid-19. “A staff member in Rep. David Schweikert’s (R-Ariz.) D.C. office has tested positive for COVID-19, the congressman said Sunday,” according to the report. The individual is resting “comfortably at home and following guidance from local health officials,” Schweikert said in a statement. The Capitol visitor’s center stands empty. Image source: Reuters. This follows […]
When Daniel tags along with his parents to work — they are janitors in a big office building — he’s surprised to find a fantasy world full of kings, queens, a throne room and dragons. Author Helena Ku Rhee drew on her own childhood as she wrote The Paper Kingdom. Her parents were night janitors for a law office in Los Angeles. They couldn’t afford a […]
The news comes as many companies are choosing to have their employees work from home in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus amid President Donald Trump’s announcement of a national emergency in the country due to the outbreak of the disease. The US Department of Defence (DoD) and its contractors are facing trouble implementing precautionary measures to prevent their employees from contracting the coronavirus, […]
Truthdig Employees Stop Work To Protest Labor Conditions By Amelia Pang, Popular Resistance. March 11, 2020 Truthdig Employees Stop Work To Protest Labor Conditions2020-03-112020-03-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/strikersforscheer_3-e1583950310744.jpg200px200px Above photo: By Mr. Fish. California – Senior editors and contributors at Truthdig, including Executive Editor Kasia Anderson, Managing Editor, Jacob Sugarman, Foreign Editor Natasha Hakimi Zapata and Book Editor Eunice Wong, along with columnists Chris Hedges, Lee Camp and Paul Street […]
Kadena CEO Will Martino had already been considering abandoning his blockchain development company’s Brooklyn HQ before coronavirus came to New York City. The fast-spreading virus, however, recently convinced him the office had to go. On Feb. 21, he told his team to begin working from home. The New York Metropolitan area’s surging coronavirus count is forcing more of the region’s cryptocurrency and blockchain companies to prepare […]
When seeking advice about dealing with a potential pandemic, the generally agreed best practice is to look to medical professionals and official announcements from the government. However, in times of great worry, many also look to the church, and now one of Russia’s citizen groups with strong religious beliefs – the Cossacks – has issued its own instructions. The Cossack Council of Atamans of Russia has […]