Denying Interim Bail To Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha Is Alarming
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Denying Interim Bail To Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha Is Alarming

Press Release Statement by MRSD on Supreme Court’s rejection of pre-arrest bail plea of Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha in the Bhima Koregaon violence case.   Mumbai Rises to Save Democracy (MRSD) is deeply disappointed with the Supreme Court’s rejection of the plea by Anand Teltumbde and Gautam Navlakha seeking anticipatory bail in the cases…

After Bloody Day, Coronavirus Meltdown Continues
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After Bloody Day, Coronavirus Meltdown Continues

Yves Smith   There are so many wheels coming off that analysts and the business press is on coronavirus crisis overload. And unlike 2008, the Fed can’t save anyone from the Grim Reaper. Due to being time constrained, we’ll give only a broad brush treatment. As bad as things look, the press is oddly underplaying…

The COVID-19 Debt Deluge
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The COVID-19 Debt Deluge

Jayati Ghosh   Pandemics like COVID-19, alarming and destructive as they are, can serve a useful purpose if they remind everyone of the critical importance of public health. When a contagious disease strikes, even a society’s most protected elites must worry about the health of neglected populations. Those who have advocated privatisation and cost-cutting measures…

America Doesn’t Have a Public Health System
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America Doesn’t Have a Public Health System

Robert Reich   Dr. Anthony S Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and just about the only official in the Trump administration trusted to tell the truth about the coronavirus, said last Thursday: “The system does not, is not really geared to what we need right now … It is…

Italy and UK Rely on Help from Cuba, China, Venezuela to Fight Coronavirus – as US Steps Up Brutal Sanctions
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Italy and UK Rely on Help from Cuba, China, Venezuela to Fight Coronavirus – as US Steps Up Brutal Sanctions

Ben Norton   The sanctions that the United States has imposed on dozens of countries around the world, in an attempt to overthrow their independent governments, have only made the global coronavirus pandemic worse. But at the same time, some of these nations targeted by US economic warfare have taken the lead in the effort…

“Capitalism is a Disease Hotspot”
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“Capitalism is a Disease Hotspot”

An Interview about the Coronavirus Pandemic   Yaak Pabst interviews Rob Wallace   How dangerous is the new coronavirus?   It depends on where you are in the timing of your local outbreak of Covid-19: early, peak level, late? How good is your region’s public health response? What are your demographics? How old are you?…

An Inquiry in to the Anti-Muslim Violence in Northeast Delhi by a Team of Doctors that Visited the Affected Area.
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An Inquiry in to the Anti-Muslim Violence in Northeast Delhi by a Team of Doctors that Visited the Affected Area.

Progressive Medicos and Scientists Forum An Inquiry in to the Anti-Muslim Violence in Northeast Delhi by a Team of Doctors that Visited the Affected Area. Members of the medical team1: Dr Vikas Bajpai – Assistant Professor, Centre for Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (Ph: 9717820427). Dr Harjit Bhatti – Former…