2020-03-12: Social Media Postees

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Duterte puts Philippines capital on lockdown 'to stop spread of coronavirus'
rt.com | 2020-03-12
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday announced strict immigration curbs and a halt on domestic land, sea and air travel to and from Metro Manila, in a "lockdown" of the capital to stop the spread of coronavirus. | The president approved a resolution allowing a raft of measures including bans on mass gatherings, a month of school closures and community quarantining, and threatened to jail local officials who defied government orders, Reuters reports. | Duterte, who underwent a test himself on Thursday due to possible exposure, said the measures would include banning foreigners traveling from countri…
rt.com/newsline/482951-duterte-philippines-manila-lockdown/

Greece: Covid-19 Case in Lesbos Spreads Fear Among Migrants
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-12
Greece's health authorities reported a first Covid-19 case on the Lesbos island where thousands of refugees are overcrowded in unsanitary conditions. | RELATED: | Turkey to Keep Its Border Open for Refugees to Go to the EU | The infected patient is a 40-year-old woman who had recently traveled to Israel and Egypt as a member of a pilgrimage group to the Holy Land. | Over the last week, more than 1,700 new ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚&Auml…
telesurenglish.net/news/Greece-Covid-19-Case-in-Lesbos-Spreads-Fear-Among-Migrants-20200312-0012.html

Turkish FM hits back at Greek counterpart as Ankara & Athens clash over Erdogan's 'Nazi' comments
rt.com | 2020-03-12
Turkey's foreign minister has doubled down on Ankara's claim that Greece is using Nazi-like tactics against migrants, tweeting a widely-cited NY Times article at his Greek counterpart. Athens insists the article is untrue. | Mevlut Cavusoglu appeared to be unmoved by Athens' condemnation of remarks made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who compared Greece's treatment of migrants to atrocities carried out by Nazi Germany. | The senior Turkish diplomat tweeted at Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in which he included a New York Times article alleging that Greece abuses migrants. "Have you seen this?
rt.com/news/482896-turkey-greece-nazi-migrant-fight/

Can the US learn from China's determined response to Coronavirus?
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-12
Red Lines host Anya Parampil provides a global Coronavirus update, explaining how China suppressed the pandemic with a determined and…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/12/us-learn-chinas-response-coronavirus/

Chelsea Manning Hospitalized After Reported Suicide Attempt
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
Manning was unlawfully imprisoned last March (again in May after briefly released) for invoking her constitutional right of silence

International Bar Association condemns British attacks on Assange's legal rights
wsws.org | 2020-03-12
Michael Kirby, the co-chair of the IBA's Human Rights Institute, branded Assange's treatment as "shocking and excessive" and likened it to the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/12/ibah-m12.html

Julian Assange must be supported
Ben Hillier | mronline.org | 2020-03-12
If the U.S. government succeeds in extraditing Julian Assange, it will be a major victory for U.S. imperialism–a promise that anyone getting in its way will ultimately pay the price. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/12/julian-assange-must-be-supported/

Chelsea Manning hospitalized after attempting suicide in federal detention
wsws.org | 2020-03-12
Manning, who has not been charged with a crime, has been subjected to imprisonment and punitive fines for the last year for refusing to testify against Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/12/chel-m12.html

Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS
Medea Benjamin and Ariel Gold | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-12
This week, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), Saudi Arabia's 34-year-old de facto ruler, was on a tear. He arrested members of his own royal family and initiated an oil price war with Russia that has sent the price of oil–and the world's stock markets–plummeting. Behind the headlines, however, another critical event will take place …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/saudis-brave-women-pull-back-the-curtain-on-crown-prince-mbs/

The Trump Administration Is a Culmination of the Right's Efforts to End "Roe"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-12
The religious right has long awaited a president like Donald Trump who could potentially give them control within his administration. In this excerpt The End of Roe v. Wade: Inside the Right's Plan to Destroy Legal Abortion, Robin Marty and Jessica Mason Pieklo describe how Trump's dedication to anti-abortion views has made an opening for overturning Roe. | The Supreme Court decision in Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt may have encouraged abortion rights activists eager to see restrictions f…
truthout.org/articles/the-trump-administration-is-a-culmination-of-the-rights-efforts-to-end-roe/

Community Care in Light of COVID-19
San José Peace and Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-03-12
The San José Peace and Justice Center would like to emphasize the importance of community care during this distressing time.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/12/18831464.php

PSL Public Forum: A Women's Place is in the Struggle: Honoring IWD
Jon Britton | indybay.org | 2020-03-12
San Jose Peace & Justice Center, 48 S Seventh Street, San Jose, CA 95112…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/09/18831402.php

Nurses protest weakening of coronavirus (Covid-19) guidance by CDC
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-03-12
The impeached President Donald J. Trump just held a national press conference and declared that he is suspending all travel from Europe to the United States starting tomorrow for the next 30 days, but the restrictions will not apply to the United Kingdom for some reason. The Trump administration sees the coronavirus as a PR disaster for his administration, instead of a health crisis and has been trying to downplay the seriousness of the spreading pandemic. The impeached President Trump has also just falsely claimed that the US is better prepared to fight against the coronavirus than any other nation on the planet…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/11/18831446.php

Chile: Church Criticizes Piñera's Indifference to Social Demand
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-12
Chile's Episcopal Conference (CECh) Thursday criticized the indifference of President Sebastian Piñera's administration to respond to the demands generated by citizens against inequality and the economic model. | RELATED: | Chile: Police Attack Protesters Demanding Piñera's Resignation | "We perceive that the main social cries expressed since Oct. 18 ha…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Church-Criticizes-Pineras-Indifference-to-Social-Demand-20200312-0009.html

Amid protests and crises, Lebanon defaults on Eurobond
wsws.org | 2020-03-12
The default comes amid a spiralling economic crisis, protests, increasing poverty and other signs of social disintegration, along with the first coronavirus deaths.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/12/leba-m12.html

Team Trump Tried to Bully the ICC IntoDropping War Crimes Probe But Failed
Marjorie Cohn | zcomm.org | 2020-03-12
Team Trump threatened to ban ICC judges and prosecutors from the U.S. and warned it would impose economic sanctions on the Court if it launched an investigation…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/team-trump-tried-to-bully-the-icc-intodropping-war-crimes-probe-but-failed/

Russia-Saudi revenge against shale oil threatens to crush entire US financial system, Professor Wolff tells Boom Bust
rt.com | 2020-03-12
Global stock markets hit bear territory this week, with oil prices experiencing their biggest plunge since the 1991 Gulf War. | Boom Bust is joined by Professor Richard Wolff of the Economic Update to discuss the ongoing oil crisis. He explains that the US, which wanted "energy independence," decided 10-20 years ago to go into the fracking business simply because it was profitable. | "Fracking is very expensive… but everything was premised on the notion that the price of oil would stay very high," Wolff says. "The Saudis and the Russians were hurt by the emergence of the American fracking industry; they've h…
rt.com/business/482947-russia-saudi-revenge-shale/

Brazil: Military Club Summons Members for Acts Against Congress
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-12
Rio de Janeiro's Military Club summoned its members to attend rallies against the National Congress and the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to be held on March 15, as Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro proposed on Feb. 26. | RELATED: | Brazil TV Series About Marielle Franco Sparks Racism Row | The military club summons to support Bolsonaro because it considers that the form…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Military-Club-Summons-Members-for-Acts-Against-Congress-20200312-0005.html

Video: Great Idlib "Rebranding" and Al Qaeda "Turkish Victories" over Russian Air Defense
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
Terrorist groups operating in Idlib are preparing for a new rebranding under Turkish patronage. According to Syrian sources, Hayat Tarir al-Sham (formerly the official Syrian branch of al-Qaeda), the Turkistan Islamic Party (an al-Qaeda-linked group), the National Front for Liberation …
globalresearch.ca/video-great-idlib-rebranding-turkish-victories-russian-air-defense/5706145

As Biden Racks up Delegates the Crisis Among Black Folks and Democrat Party Deepens
Ajamu Baraka | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-12
Biden wins key state of Michigan and the Democrat Party establishment can barely contain its joy. I am happy also but for a different reason. No matter what happens with this twisted Democrat Party nomination drama, I welcome this period as a period of absolute political clarity. Why? Because for the internal debate and struggles …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/as-biden-racks-up-delegates-the-crisis-among-black-folks-and-democrat-party-deepens/

Don't Trust Anyone Over 30 (40?), Says This 70 Year Old
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-12
The Sanders movement, the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America), the BLM (Black Lives Matter) and BAR (Black Agenda Report) types,…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/12/dont-trust-anyone-over-30-40-says-this-70-year-old/

Italy's "Darkest Hour": Life Grinds to a Halt Amid COVID-19 Lockdown, as Death Toll Spikes
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-12
We get an update from Italy, where 60 million people are under an unprecedented nationwide lockdown and the death toll has increased to at least 827, rising by 31% in just 24 hours. Authorities ordered all shops closed except food markets and pharmacies. Italy's economy has all but ground to a halt, with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte describing the outbreak as the country's "darkest hour." Italian journalist Antonella Serrecchia joins us from Milan, where she is a reporter for the online magazine The Vision.
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/12/italy_coronavirus_lockdown

Trump Calls COVID-19 "Foreign Virus" as Lack of Universal Healthcare Makes the Pandemic Worse
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-12
After downplaying the threat of coronavirus for days, President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office, calling COVID-19 a "foreign virus" and announcing an unprecedented travel ban from most of Europe to the U.S. He also said he will expand sick leave. This comes as Senate Republicans blocked paid sick leave legislation. Robert Pollin, distinguished university professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, says the lack of universal healthcare in the U.S. is exacerbating the coronavirus crisis due to "the ab…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/12/coronavirus_medicare_for_all

Bernie Sanders: We Are Winning "Ideological" & "Generational" Debate, Now Need to Win "Electability"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-12
After a disappointing showing in Tuesday night's Democratic presidential primaries, Senator Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he will stay in the race. In his address from Burlington, Vermont, Sanders challenged his rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, to address key issues like economic inequality, healthcare access and the climate crisis. Sanders is set to debate Biden this Sunday in Arizona. "It is not just the ideological debate that our progressive movement is winning. We are winning the generational debate," Sanders said. "While Joe Biden continues to do very well with older Americans, especially those peopl…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/12/bernie_sanders

Lack of Paid Sick Leave Makes It Difficult for Many Workers to Comply with CDC Advice to Stay Home
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-12
As the number of coronavirus cases in the United States passes 1,300 cases with 38 deaths, more than 30 million workers lack access to paid sick leave. President Trump addressed the nation Wednesday night, saying he will expand sick leave as part of emergency response to the virus. But the same day, Republican senators blocked an attempt by Senate Democrats to quickly pass legislation requiring employers to grant paid sick leave. Meanwhile, Democrats in the House of Representatives will debate a package of bills Thursday to give workers 14 days of paid sick leave and up to three months of paid family and medical…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/12/coronavirus_paid_sick_leave

Feeling the Burn
José Tirado | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-12
There really wasn't that much doubt about this. Bernie Sanders' 2020 run sure looked good at the beginning and was catching some serious fire early on. Many people actually dared to believe that this time, he could actually win. But just before "Super Tuesday" it became crystal clear that the establishment Dems were having none…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/12/feeling-the-burn/

Resisting US Blockade, Cuba Embraces Change, Builds Socialism
W. T. Whitney | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-12
Any U.S. politician who says nice things about Cuba can expect abuse. That's been so since the victory of the Cuban Revolution in 1959. Recently presidential candidate Bernie Sanders tried to ward off attacks as he praised Cuba's 1961 literacy campaign. He labeled Cuba's leadership as "authoritarian," but it didn't work. Senators Rubio and Menendez and other politicians, Democratic and Republican alike, lashed out. Democratic leaders in Florida joined in. Cuba matters there at voting time.
counterpunch.org/2020/03/12/resisting-us-blockade-cuba-embraces-change-builds-socialism/

The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is "Agenda ID2020"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
WHO has most likely received orders from "above", from those people who also manage Trump and the "leaders" (sic) of the EU, European Union. The final decision to go ahead NOW with COVID-19 pandemic, was taken in January 2020 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos – behind very much closed doors.
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-causes-effects-real-danger-agenda-id2020/5706153

Wash Your Hands of Germs and Xenophobia
APALARC | indybay.org | 2020-03-12
National Organization of Pacific Islander and Asian American Working People's Guidance on How to Protect AAPI workers in light of COVID-19. Press release of March 5, 2020.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/12/18831465.php

China past peak of coronavirus outbreak, health authorities say
rt.com | 2020-03-12
Some promising news is coming from China, where the National Health Commission has reported that the turning point of the Covid-19 outbreak has already passed. | China has passed the pinnacle of the coronavirus epidemic and the number of new cases is now in decline, National Health Commission (NHC) spokesperson Mi Feng told journalists on Thursday. He said that the epidemic remains in check. | Read more | | China getting back to business as worst of coronavirus outbreak in country appears to be over | As of Wednesday night, the NHC recorded…
rt.com/news/482906-china-reached-coronavirus-peak/

Agribusiness would risk millions of deaths
Rob Wallace | zcomm.org | 2020-03-12
Interview about the dangers of Covid-19, the responsibility of agribusiness and sustainable solutions to combat infectious diseases…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/agribusiness-would-risk-millions-of-deaths/

March Madness Will Go On Without the Crowds
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-12
The buzzer-beaters, upsets and all the other shining moments of this year's NCAA basketball tournaments will be played in mostly empty arenas. | Trying to avoid spreading the deadly coronavirus that has become a global pandemic, the NCAA has decided that the men's and women's tournament games will be off-limits to the general public. | NCAA President Mark Emmert said Wednesday that he made the decision to conduct both tournaments, which begin next week, with only essential staff and limited family in attendance. The decision comes after the NCAA's COVID-19 advisory panel of medical experts recommended against pla…
truthdig.com/articles/march-madness-will-go-on-without-the-crowds/

Coronavirus will fade away by June if countries take urgent action, China Covid-19 adviser predicts
rt.com | 2020-03-12
The deadly outbreak may be over by the start of summer, provided that all countries mobilize themselves against the pandemic, said Chinese government adviser in charge of tackling the coronavirus. | Zhong Nanshan, Chinese coronavirus adviser and the epidemiologist who discovered Severe Acute respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003, made the prediction while speaking to journalists on Thursday. He noted, however, that the breakthrough is heavily dependent on how World Health Organization's (WHO) members are dealing with the crisis. | Some countries still don't take the situation very seriously and fail to aggressiv…
rt.com/news/482918-coronavirus-end-june-china/

Good news: Russia develops 15-minute Covid-19 test, Bad news: won't be available until fall
rt.com | 2020-03-12
Rapid control of coronavirus depends on discovering a cheap and practical testing method, and Russian scientists may have found a solution; an especially useful tool, when efforts are focused on detection, delay, and containment. | While the medical community continues its work on a Covid-19 vaccine, researchers have developed a way to trace the infection that can provide an express result in just 15 minutes. What's more, the device could be available to the public as early as autumn, according to news agency TASS. | The new test uses an isothermal polymerase chain reaction and needs a smear from the nose or t…
rt.com/russia/482936-russia-quick-coronavirus-test/

'How can we trust these people?' Anger as UK minister supposed to self-isolate is seen coughing in parliament
rt.com | 2020-03-12
Footage of a UK health minister coughing and wiping his nose in the House of Commons has provoked anger online after it emerged he'd been placed into self-isolation after dining with MP Nadine Dorries

Covid-19 "Is a Significant Economic Threat"
UNCTAD | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
The spread of the coronavirus is first and foremost a public health emergency, but it is also, a significant economic threat. The so-called "Covid-19" shock will cause a recession in some countries and depress global annual growth this year to …
globalresearch.ca/united-nations-conference-trade-development/5705958

Global markets crash as US bans European flights over CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
rt.com | 2020-03-12
Covid-19 has wreaked havoc on the world's financial markets after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a pandemic, and the US banned all European flights. | European stocks opened sharply lower on Thursday with the London FTSE down over five percent. Jet engine maker Rolls-Royce led the losses, as the company's shares were down 13 percent, and airline stocks were also hit hard. | German shares were also down, with the DAX dropping five percent to hit its lowest level since 2016. Meanwhile, the French CAC 40 lost over seven percent. Stocks in Italy, the worst-affected country by coronavirus…
rt.com/business/482905-global-markets-crash-coronavirus/

Coronavirus COVID-19 in South Korea: Cult Sect, Corruption and Politics
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
In South Korea, on January 20, a woman of 35 years old from China was found to be infected and the corona-virus spread rapidly. But, owing to the rapid and efficient measures taken by the government of Moon Jae-in, …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-covid-19-korea-cult-sect-corruption-politics/5706143

Trump Calls COVID-19 "Foreign Virus" as US Fails to Curtail Its Spread
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-12
After downplaying the threat of coronavirus for days, President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office, calling COVID-19 a "foreign virus" and announcing an unprecedented travel ban from most of Europe to the U.S. He also said he will expand sick leave. This comes as Senate Republicans blocked paid sick leave legislation. Robert Pollin, distinguished university professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts…
truthout.org/video/trump-calls-covid-19-foreign-virus-as-us-fails-to-curtail-its-spread/

Global COVID-19 Pandemic, This Is a Test: How Will the Constitution Fare During a Nationwide Lockdown?
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
This is a test. | This is not a test of our commitment to basic hygiene or disaster preparedness or our ability to come together as a nation in times of crisis, although we're not doing so well on any of …
globalresearch.ca/how-constitution-fare-during-nationwide-lockdown/5706172

'Tsunami has arrived': Coronavirus likened to natural disaster and even METEORITE HIT in Spain
rt.com | 2020-03-12
Spanish hotels are battling to survive, with occupancy rates falling drastically and having received "no new bookings" due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a top official at Spain's hotels federation. | CEHAT Secretary General Ramon Estalella told Reuters on Thursday that the impact of coronavirus on his industry was so bad that the crisis had reached existential levels for Spanish hotels and tourist accommodation. | A tsunami has arrived. A meteorite has fallen on us and we have to see how we survive. | Estalella called on the Spanish government to take bold measures to avoid highly damaging bankruptcie…
rt.com/uk/482955-spain-hotels-bookings-coronavirus/

Cuba Confirms Three Positive Cases of Coronavirus
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-12
The Cuban Ministry of Public Health confirmed Wednesday night that three Italian tourists who arrived on the Caribbean island last Monday tested positive for the new coronavirus. | RELATED: | Death Toll From COVID-19 Outside China Surpasses 1,000: WHO | Four Italian tourists from Lombardy were identified by the country's health authorities on Tuesday, the day after their arrival, with respiratory symptoms. After conducting the pertinent tests, three of them tested positive for Covi…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-confirms-three-positive-cases-of-coronavirus-20200312-0003.html

The monster is finally at the door
Mike Davis | zcomm.org | 2020-03-12
COVID-19 is finally the monster at the door. Researchers are working night and day to characterize the outbreak but they are faced with three huge challenges…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-monster-is-finally-at-the-door/

'Immoral and irresponsible': Beijing blasts US over allegation China had covered up spread of Covid-19 in Wuhan
rt.com | 2020-03-12
US officials should focus on its own response to the pandemic rather than denigrating China's efforts, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday, rejecting US accusations of a cover-up of the outbreak in Wuhan in December. | "This irresponsible and immoral behavior will not help to alleviate the situation with Covid-19 in the United States," the diplomat emphasized. | His comments responded to US National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, who'd claimed on Wednesday that China had "cost the world community two months" and that it had exacerbated the global outbreak, allegedly by covering up the epidemic in…
rt.com/news/482959-china-blasts-us-covid19/

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