From the U.S. Peace Council on April 9. 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 against more than thirty nations. The economic war against those nations had already resulted in unimaginable suffering of . . .
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Seattle Seattle already had over 11,000 people affected by a dangerous hepatitis epidemic when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived. In the week of March 15-21, a total of 37,296 unemployment claims were filed in Seattle and King County, following the biggest stock market crash since the Great Depression. Many thousands of . . .
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Kaiser Permanente health care workers, patients and supporters march in a Labor Day protest, Sept. 2, 2019, in Los Angeles. April 14 — How many people have actually died of the COVID-19 virus and related conditions? Already more people have died of the coronavirus in the United States — 22,000 . . .
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Health care workers protest April 13 after more than 200, including registered nurses and caregivers, were laid off by Palomar Health in Poway, Calif. Health care workers are suddenly facing the largest layoffs and pay cuts in three decades. These workers are being justifiably lauded as the frontline of defense . . .
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George Ibrahim Abdallah Workers World received this petition from the Pole for the Rebirth of Communism in France (PRCF) calling for the release the longest held political prisoner in France, who is threatened with contracting COVID-19. For organizations wanting to sign the petition, click tinyurl.com/t5l47m6/. While the government has just . . .
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Cuban doctors arrive in the Lombardy region of Italy March 23 to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. What country can always be counted on to show international solidarity and provide concrete aid in a crisis? The people of the world know that it is socialist Cuba. It has shown the world . . .
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