Category Archives: human rights
That Confederate Narrative
Let’s take some time out of all the doom and gloom around the Covid-19 crisis and do some history…… I grew up in the South and I had heard the …
That Confederate Narrative
U.S. funds that would have gone to WHO could be given to aid groups: Trump officials – Reuters
The United States could redirect to other aid groups some $400 million it would have paid the World Health Organization this year, senior Trump administration officials said on Wednesday after President Donald Trump halted funding for the U.N. agency over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic.
— Read on www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-who/u-s-funds-that-would-have-gone-to-who-could-be-given-to-aid-groups-trump-officials-idUSKCN21X2Z3
Insanity – WHO is needed for global effort that protects us !
Trump suspends U.S. funding for World Health Organization – Los Angeles Times
Trump says he has directed a halt to U.S. payments to the World Health Organization pending a review of its warnings about the coronavirus, blaming the organization for not preventing the pandemic.
— Read on www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-04-14/trump-halts-u-s-funding-to-the-world-health-organization
Traitor! Puts US at risk over his ego 🤬
Amazon fires two employees who condemned treatment of warehouse workers | Technology | The Guardian (“Work together for all our safety!”)
User experience designers Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa say they lost their jobs after circulating a petition about Covid-19 risks
Source: Amazon fires two employees who condemned treatment of warehouse workers | Technology | The Guardian
Inside Wisconsin’s Election Mess: Thousands of Missing or Nullified Ballots – The New York Times
As Wisconsin scrambled to expand voting by mail for its election on Tuesday, many absentee voters said their ballots went undelivered.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/politics/wisconsin-election-absentee-coronavirus.html
‘It’s all gone’: Cyclone Harold cuts a deadly path through Vanuatu | World news | The Guardian
The northern islands of the Pacific nation were hit by a category-5 cyclone on Monday, flattening buildings, cutting power and stripping trees
— Read on www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/10/its-all-gone-cyclone-harold-cuts-a-deadly-path-through-vanuatu
Germany First (III) – GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY.com
(Own report) – At the euro finance minister’s video conference the German government blocked the introduction of “coronabonds,” in spite of massive pressure from other EU nations and recently even from within Germany. Whereas mainly Italy, Spain and France had insisted that this measure be taken, voices are now being raised from within the German establishment warning that the German government should stop blocking its implementation. The reason, as leading Green Party politicians are explaining, is that should Italy and Spain suffer economic collapse, Germany’s export industry would be seriously damaged by the loss of these important markets, and – should German assistance be refused – both countries could turn to China. This must be prevented. The “coronabonds” will cost Germany, however, specialists estimated years ago that the costs would be in the lower double-digit billions, while Germany is simultaneously reaping triple-digit billions in profits – annually.
— Read on www.german-foreign-policy.com/en/news/detail/8243/
Poultry Worker’s Death Highlights Spread of Coronavirus in Meat Plants – The New York Times
Some employees are coming in sick, and one woman died after being ordered back to work. “Our work conditions are out of control,” a longtime Tyson employee said.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/04/09/us/coronavirus-chicken-meat-processing-plants-immigrants.html
Tyson better get it’s act together – test workers as they come to work help them if they become ill. Or guess what happens to their reputation and certification…
RSF calls on Trump to end attacks on journalists, encourages news outlets to assess coverage of COVID-19 briefings | RSF
After abandoning the daily press briefing for more than a year, the White House decided to conduct daily COVID-19 task force briefings once the pandemic swept through the United States. President Trump has, however, exploited these briefings for political gain and attacked at least eight journalists from NBC, ABC, FOX, CNN, PBS and CBS since the briefings started airing daily
— Read on rsf.org/en/news/rsf-calls-trump-end-attacks-journalists-encourages-news-outlets-assess-coverage-covid-19-briefings
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