Migrant workers storm a Railway Station in mumbai protesting over the extension of indias lockdown just left the jobless and hungry class. Get past yourself and preach about societys new yorks governor accuses donald trump of spoiling for a fight over claims the president has betrayed and how to lift knockdowns. And why u. S. Farmers a dumping rivers of milk all shop shelves are empty and millions of americans of all agree. To the huge cost of the coronavirus pandemic has been laid out in a dramatic prediction from the International Monetary fund it expects global output to shrink by 3 percent this year which sounds small but would be the worst year since the Great Depression of the 1930 s. This equates to a 9 trillion dollars cotton world production this year and next a loss greater than the combined g. D. P. Of germany and japan italys economy is expected to be one of the worst hit shrinking by 9 point one percent but the i. M. F. Thinks less developed economies will fare better lati
Around the world as manufacturing grinds to a halt in many sectors as businesses are forced to close the Economic Impact of the covert crisis is biting the i. M. F. Issues regular reports on the Global Financial situation 3 months ago they were predicting widespread growth for one of us has radically changed the landscape we are projecting Global Growth in 20224 to minus. 3 percent now this is a downgrade of 6. 3 Percentage Points from jan return to 20 a Major Division or a very short period of time this makes the great lock down the worst recession since the Great Depression and far worse than the Global Financial crises. One of the biggest drops will come a new unit paean euro zone which is expected to take a hit of 7. 5 percent the u. S. Where the president is pushing to reopen the economy is looking at a contraction of nearly 6 percent japan 5. 2 percent down the same as latin america in china where the pandemic began and has begun to reopen its economy its expected to record growt
Historic protest against global capitalism. We will speak to two of the leading critics of the wto Vandana Shiva and lori wallach who appeared together on democracy now 20 years ago in seattle. The wto constraints every country government about literally the level of food safety it can provide its public. The secrecy through which the wto was born and the fact that most parliaments had no idea what is the content of this treaty u until months after it d been ratified and signed. Amy plus, we look at the 20th anniversary of the birth of the indymedia move which grew out of the seattle wto protest. To find her own way to get our message out. We hope the information that has been presented you by the alalternative media is one that you will learn. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On capitol hill, the House Judiciary Committee will begin impeachment hearings next week into whether President Trump withh
Historic protest against global capitalism. We will speak to two of the leading critics of the wto Vandana Shiva and lori wallach who appeared together on democracy now 20 years ago in seattle. The wto constraints every country government about literally the level of food safety it can provide its public. The secrecy through which the wto was born and the fact that most parliaments had no idea what is the content of this treaty u until months after it d been ratified and signed. Amy plus, we look at the 20th anniversary of the birth of the indymedia move which grew out of the seattle wto protest. To find her own way to get our message out. We hope the information that has been presented you by the alalternative media is one that you will learn. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On capitol hill, the House Judiciary Committee will begin impeachment hearings next week into whether President Trump withh
Statement. Thank you, secretary shenker and assistant administrator harvey for testifying today. Nearly three years into the Trump Administration, the United States faces a multitude of challenges in the middle east. While the administration touts its maximum pressure policy, iran continues to destaiblize countries. Despite President Trumps bella koes rhetoric, tehran has bnl able to launch attacks. Undermining u. S. Deterrence and credibility. The Iranian Nuclear program is more advanced today. And the International Community is more guided in con froonting it. Iran continues to unjustly imprison americans and violate the human rights of its own people. Iran also continues to support bashar alla sawed and inside syria and in neighboring countries. This conflict in the humanitarian crisis will reshape the middle east for decades to come but our policy in syria remains ambiguous at best. President trump has now twice announced the rapid and complete withdrawal from troops from syria wit