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WU Physician & Scientist Discusses Increased Pandemic Risk From Global Warming
Dr. Ken Remy, research scientist and doctor at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, received international attention for his COVID – 19 video. In late November as the number of patients dying from Covid- 19 was on a sharp rise in St. Louis...
Video: Chile’s blinded protesters seek justice after Covid lockdown
10 December 2019 (Santiago) – On the international day of human rights, protesters in Chile held a march commemorating the then 350+ eyes lost to the violence of the Carabineros during the days of the Chile uprising. When the march arrived at the Plaza de la Dignidad,...
The Guardian: Chile police using Covid-19 quarantine as pretext to crush protest, activists say
Photo: Langelle Photography Demonstrations over hunger by people thrown out of work by the pandemic have been met with violent repression The Guardian 26 Aug 2020 Charis McGowan in Santiago and Naomi Larsson Violeta Delgado was at a protest over food shortages under...
August Update From Global Justice Ecology Project
Water cannons chase crowd. A caustic liquid was mixed with the water to irritate the skin and lungs. Water cannons were strategically used to target street medics and the Red Cross. Photo: Langelle Global Justice Ecology Project August Update GJEP's ¡Buen Vivir!...
¡Buen Vivir! Gallery to Close, but Live Virtual Opening of “Chile: Peoples’ Uprising” Scheduled
Santiago de Chile: Water cannons chase crowd. A caustic liquid was mixed with the water to irritate the skin and lungs. Water cannons were strategically used to target street medics and the Red Cross. Photo: Langelle/GJEP For Immediate Release ...
15 June 2020 Weekly Digest of COVID-19 News and Analysis
HOSPITAL’S COVID-19 POLICY SEPARATED NATIVE AMERICAN MOTHERS FROM THEIR NEWBORNS (14 JUNE 2020) Truthout: Albuquerque, New Mexico — A prominent women’s hospital here has separated some Native American women from their newly born babies, the result of a practice...
From Chile to Minneapolis: Police Use of ‘Less than Lethal’ Weapons Criticized /y Español: Desde Chile a Minneapolis
Image: Santiago Chile- On International Human Rights Day, Dec 10, 2019 people in Chile protested the 400+ eyes lost to the Carabineros de Chile (National Police) during the days of uprising in Chile. Photo: Langelle/GJEP Imagen: Santiago de Chile- Día internacional de...
8 June 2020 Weekly Digest of COVID-19 News and Analysis
WE OFTEN ACCUSE THE RIGHT OF DISTORTING SCIENCE. BUT THE LEFT CHANGED THE CORONAVIRUS NARRATIVE OVERNIGHT (8 JUNE 2020) The Guardian: Racism is a health crisis. But poverty is too – yet progressives blithely accepted the costs of throwing millions of people like...
1 June 2020 Weekly Digest of COVID-19 News and Analysis
FEARS GROW OF US CORONAVIRUS SURGE FROM GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS (31 MAY 2020) The Guardian: Governors, mayors and public health officials across the US are raising fears of a surge in coronavirus cases arising from escalating protests over the death of George Floyd. THE...
26 May 2020 Daily Digest of COVID-19 News and Analysis
TRUMP’S EPA WANTS TO WEAKEN SCIENCE-BASED RULES FOR TOXIC AIR POLLUTANTS (24 MAY 2020) Truthout: Ethylene oxide is a particularly dangerous chemical that’s both extremely flammable and potentially highly toxic to humans. Just a brief exposure to enough ethylene oxide...