Chelsea Manning Is Free From Jail, Faces Exorbitant Fines
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-14
On March 12, prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia ended the grand jury of Julian Assange and Wikileaks in which Chelsea Manning refused to testify. As a result, US District Court Judge Anthony Trenga ordered the immediate release of Chelsea Manning. | Manning has been incarcerated since May 2019. Judge Trenga had tried to coerce Manning into testifying by imposing a fine for every day she resisted even though she said repeatedly that she would not violate her principles, which include opposition to the se…
truthdig.com/articles/chelsea-manning-is-free-from-jail-faces-exorbitant-fines/
Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-03-14
How can the world's leaders pretend that it is acceptable to meet in a country that imprisons and tortures peaceful women activists and bombs civilians in Yemen? It isn't…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/saudis-brave-women-pull-back-the-curtain-on-crown-prince-mbs/
Coronavirus COVID-19: "Made in China" or "Made in America"?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-14
Trump contends that the coronavirus was "Made in China". And that China threatens America. The president of the US wants Americans to believe that the coronavirus pandemic carries the "Made in China" label.
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-covid-19-made-in-china-or-made-in-america/5706272
Coronavirus COVID-19: "Made in China" or "Made in America"?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-14
Trump contends that the coronavirus was "Made in China". And that China threatens America. | The president of the US wants Americans to believe that the coronavirus pandemic carries the "Made in China" label. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refers to …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-covid-19-made-in-china-or-made-in-america/5706272
Coronavirus COVID-19: "Made in China" or "Made in America"?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-14
Trump contends that the coronavirus was "Made in China". And that China threatens America. | The president of the US wants Americans to believe that the coronavirus pandemic carries the "Made in China" label. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refers to …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-covid-19-made-in-china-or-made-in-america/5706272
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Delegates Process May Shift Because of COVID-14
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-14
The next stage in the 2020 process is county-level conventions where hundreds of activists, organizers and officials are expected to attend starting this month.
truthdig.com/articles/democrats-next-big-2020-worry-nominating-delegates-amid-virus/
Community Care in Light of COVID-19
San José Peace and Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
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
The U.S.-Taliban Deal Won't Bring Real Peace, But It Could Reduce the Bloodshed
Phyllis Bennis | zcomm.org | 2020-03-14
Withdrawing even some of the U.S. troops, planes, drones and bombers from Afghanistan will reduce the killing…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-u-s-taliban-deal-wont-bring-real-peace-but-it-could-reduce-the-bloodshed/
Yellow Vests DEFY Covid-19, lockdown & TEAR GAS to protest Macron government (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-03-14
Yellow Vest demonstrators aren't letting a ban on mass gatherings or fears of coronavirus stop them from expressing their opposition to the French government, and are staging their weekly protests in Paris. | France's Interior Minister Christophe Castaner on Friday banned all gatherings of more than 100 people but hundreds of demonstrators are continuing the weekly Yellow Vest vigil and are protesting at Paris landmarks. | Thousands of French security forces personnel hit the streets of the capital in a bid to clamp down on the movement, which has now been running for 70 consecutive weeks. | Eyewitness footage…
rt.com/news/483129-yellow-vest-protest-coronavirus-video/
Yellow Vests DEFY Covid-19, lockdown & TEAR GAS to protest Macron government (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-03-14
Yellow Vest demonstrators aren't letting a ban on mass gatherings or fears of coronavirus stop them from expressing their opposition to the French government, and are staging their weekly protests in Paris. | France's Interior Minister Christophe Castaner on Friday banned all gatherings of more than 100 people but hundreds of demonstrators are continuing the weekly Yellow Vest vigil and are protesting at Paris landmarks. | Thousands of French security forces personnel hit the streets of the capital in a bid to clamp down on the movement, which has now been running for 70 consecutive weeks. | Eyewitness foot…
rt.com/news/483129-yellow-vest-protest-coronavirus-video/
Team Warren for Bernie Sanders
Team Warren To Sanders | zcomm.org | 2020-03-14
We, the undersigned former employees and fellows of Warren for President, are ready to get back in the fight for a just and progressive future…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/team-warren-for-bernie-sanders/
Venezuela Takes Action Against COVID-19 Amid the US Blockade
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-14
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro Thursday announced that the health system is "on permanent alert," although there are no Covid-19 cases in this South American country so far. He also reported that landing of flights from Europe, Colombia, and Panama will …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-takes-action-against-covid-19-amid-us-blockade/5706283
Gracias Chelsea & Julian for publishing Bush's War Crimes
Orion the Elder | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
Fruitvale & Mac Arthur Oakland 94602…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/13/18831486.php
Western media sends Russian career politician TO SPACE in rush to write about Putin & constitutional reform
rt.com | 2020-03-14
The head of Russian Parliament's upper chamber had hidden a glorious space-faring past until the Daily Mail blew the lid off her secret. Or it might just be a fantasy tale propelled by a rush for clicks instead of a Soyuz rocket. | …
rt.com/russia/483133-daily-mail-cosmonaut-senator-confusion/
Why Burning Fossil Fuels is to Today's Pandemics as Fleas were to the Black Death
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-03-14
There is an exact analogy between Trump's treatment of Covid-19 and his treatment of the climate emergency. In both cases, he and his surrogates attacked the science and took pride in giving the finger to reality…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-burning-fossil-fuels-is-to-todays-pandemics-as-fleas-were-to-the-black-death/
Coronavirus, Epidemics and Capitalism: The Bugs Are in the System
Radical Women | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
Radical Women supports and recommends this thoughtful analysis of the novel coronavirus by our sister organization, the Freedom Socialist Party. The statement raises excellent demands to protect workers, women, the poor, and people of color being scapegoated for the crisis.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/12/18831477.php
2020 California Ag Day
Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
250 years ago when Monterey, CA became the capital of Alta California, Agriculture remains our "California Grown" treasure. 2020 California Ag is cancelled at our State Capitol, yet everyday the 333 billion dollar annual California Working Landscape provides the economic engine within the "greatest garden in the world." The "hidden figures" of Black Agriculture will soon come alive at Negro Bar State Park.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/12/18831481.php
2020 California Ag Day
Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
250 years ago when Monterey, CA became the capital of Alta California, Agriculture remains our "California Grown" treasure. 2020 California Ag is cancelled at our State Capitol, yet everyday the 333 billion dollar annual California Working Landscape provides the economic engine within the "greatest garden in the world." The "hidden figures" of Black Agriculture will soon come alive at Negro Bar State Park.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/12/18831481.php
To Help Stem Coronavirus, Lift Sanctions on Iran
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-14
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is far from the first proof of how intertwined we are as a global community. The climate crisis and the refugee crisis have long been glaring examples that the wars or CO2 emissions on one continent risk the lives and well-being of people on another continent. What coronavirus is providing, however, is a unique opportunity to look specifically at how the intentional damage caused to one country's healthcare system can make it harder for the entire world to address a pandemic. | The cor…
truthout.org/articles/to-help-stem-coronavirus-lift-sanctions-on-iran/
Would Joe Biden, Like Hillary Clinton, Lose to Donald Trump Over the Iraq War?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-14
Joe Biden's support for the Iraq War and the key role he played as head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in getting the war authorization through the Democratic-controlled Senate not only has made him unpopular within the party's progressive wing, but has also raised serious questions regarding his electability. Biden's decision to limit hearings prior to the Authorization for the Use of…
truthout.org/articles/would-joe-biden-like-hillary-clinton-lose-to-donald-trump-over-the-iraq-war/
Coronavirus will deepen social and health problems in Sri Lanka
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
The jobs and livelihoods of workers and the poor, who have been battered by the decades-long communalist war and government austerity measures, will be hard hit.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/slco-m14.html
Defeated by Covid-19? NATO's biggest war drill 'Defender 2020' is at risk of being sneezed off
rt.com | 2020-03-14
NATO had been preparing to stage its biggest military exercise in decades when it encountered a foe it was not apparently ready to face
This Recession Calls for A Bigger, Greener Stimulus
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-14
Every crisis is also an opportunity, as the saying goes, and this is especially true of historic crises like the current coronavirus pandemic. Unfortunately, as Kate Aranoff writes in a new piece at the New Republic, the U.S. government looks determined to squander one of the greatest opportunities presented by the economic crisis shadowing the health crisis: The chance to pass a stimulus package that moves toward the emissions goals demanded by the science of climate change. | While the subject of carbon emissions may seem unrelated to the virus, the climate crisis is so severe that it can no longer be so easily…
truthdig.com/articles/this-recession-calls-for-a-bigger-greener-stimulus/
Global auto industry in downward spiral as coronavirus spreads worldwide
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
Even prior to the outbreak, automakers had announced hundreds of thousands of layoffs and many plant closures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/cvau-m14.html
Trudeau exploits coronavirus crisis to strengthen Canada-US imperialist alliance
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
The Liberal government and opposition parties finalized adoption of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a trade deal aimed at laying the basis for trade war and military conflict with China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/trud-m14.html
Iraqi military confirms attack on Taji base, says it shouldn't be pretext for foreign ops on its soil
rt.com | 2020-03-14
A military base in Iraq housing US troops has been targeted in a rocket attack that severely injured Iraqi soldiers, the nation's military confirmed. It also warned that the strike does not warrant a retaliation by foreign powers. | As many as 33 Katyusha rockets have been launched at the Taji base north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The strike left several Iraqi air defense soldiers "critically injured," according to the military statement. It is unclear if any US personnel have been affected. | The military urged all foreign forces to implement the national parliament's resolution, passed after the US killi…
rt.com/news/483132-iraqi-military-confirms-attack/
Advocates Warn US Prison Conditions Risks Intense Coronavirus Outbreak
Julia Conley | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
Prisoners' rights advocates are warning that the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. may soon have dire implications for the 2.2 million people living in the American penal system, as prison officials across the country shared little about their plans to keep inmates safe and many of the precautions Americans are being advised to take are unavailable in detention facilities.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/12/18831468.php
Collapse of quarantine building in China exposes public anger over Beijing's COVID-19 measures
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
Beijing is attempt to ward off the social discontent in China as well as the aggressive denunciations coming out of Washington.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/hote-m14.html
Santa Cruz Committee Unanimously Forwards 1st Predictive Policing Ban in US
Oakland Privacy | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
On March 11, the Public Safety committee of the Santa Cruz City Council unanimously recommended passage of a surveillance transparency ordinance for the City of Santa Cruz.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/14/18831524.php
'Nationalize factories & industries!' De Blasio kicks panic up to 11 calling coronavirus 'war-like situation'
rt.com | 2020-03-14
New York City Mayor and failed presidential candidate Bill de Blasio jumped on MSNBC to compare the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic to war and claim "nationalization" would fix the US' "Mar-a-Lago attitude" toward the disease. | "Here's the reality, this is a war-like situation," De Blasio told MSNBC's Joy Reid on Saturday morning when criticizing the federal government's response to the coronavirus. The mayor claims he has been "pleading for weeks" for coronavirus test kits to be more available to citizens. | "We're in a war-time scenario with a Mar-a-Lago attitude being used by the federal government," he cont…
rt.com/usa/483147-de-blasio-coronavirus-death-nationalization/
Leading health experts warn that U.S. is past coronavirus containment
Dr. Jordan Schlain | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-14
Editor's note: The University of California at San Francisco Hospital is considered a leading health institution in the U.S. with specialization in treatment and handling of infectious disease. Like many other institutions of this type, it has put together one or more panels of experts to study the current crisis and to make proposals to …
peoplesworld.org/article/leading-health-experts-warn-that-u-s-is-past-coronavirus-containment/
Cold War Chinatown
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/13/18831502.php
Australian medical official warns coronavirus could infect 1.5 million in NSW
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
Doctors have warned that as the pandemic spreads, they may be unable to treat critically-ill patients due to hospital bed shortages.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/aust-m14.html
Cold War Chinatown
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
NPML, 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/13/18831502.php
Police in Indian city put on 'high alert' after 5 coronavirus suspects FLEE hospital, sparking chase
rt.com | 2020-03-14
Police in the Indian city of Nagpur have been hunting down patients who fled the isolation ward of a local hospital where they were interned after showing flu-like symptoms. Three out of five runaways have been tracked down. | The patients, two women and three men, were placed in a special isolation ward in Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Hospital (Mayo) in the western Maharashtra state late on Friday after they complained of symptoms similar to those reported by people stricken with the deadly Covid-19 virus. All of them came to the medical facility of their own volition, the Times of India repor…
rt.com/news/483114-india-coronavirus-patients-fled/
Advocates Warn US Prison Conditions Risks Intense Coronavirus Outbreak
Julia Conley | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
Prisoners' rights advocates are warning that the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. may soon have dire implications for the 2.2 million people living in the American penal system, as prison officials across the country shared little about their plans to keep inmates safe and many of the precautions Americans are being advised to take are unavailable in detention facilities.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/12/18831468.php
Would Joe Biden, Like Hillary Clinton, Lose to Donald Trump Over the Iraq War?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-14
Joe Biden's support for the Iraq War and the key role he played as head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in getting the war authorization through the Democratic-controlled Senate not only has made him unpopular within the party's progressive wing, but has also raised serious questions regarding his electability. Biden's decision to limit hearings prior to the Authorization for the Use of…
truthout.org/articles/would-joe-biden-like-hillary-clinton-lose-to-donald-trump-over-the-iraq-war/
The Political Economy of Corruption in South Korea
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-14
The whole world is facing the deepening and widening corruption which challenges the very survival of the free democracy and the free market economy. | Korea has been suffering for last 70 years from the corruption culture. But owing to courageous …
globalresearch.ca/political-economy-corruption/5706259
Russia's number of confirmed coronavirus cases reaches 59
rt.com | 2020-03-14
Some 14 new coronavirus patients were identified in Russia on Saturday with the total number of infected reaching 59. Moscow leads with the number of new cases, with 9 infected with Covid-19 detected in the capital. So far, the coronavirus has not claimed any lives in Russia. | Over 145,000 coronavirus patients have been registered worldwide, and more than 5,400 of them died. While the majority of cases have originated in the pandemic's ground zero
Iraq condemns US-UK strikes that killed soldiers, police and civilian
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
The top US commander in the Middle East made it clear that Thursday night's airstrikes were part of a broader military escalation in the region.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/iraq-m14.html
Racist Attacks and Border Militarization Intensify as Coronavirus Spreads
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-14
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How Singapore has taken control of the virus and avoided panic
Manfred Rist, Singapore | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
The city-state has ledarned a lot from the sars crisis and is not letting the coronavirus get it down. Not all recipes are transferable to other countries, but some are. And unusual measures are being taken to ensure the cohesion of society. This article published on 3/9/2020 in the Neue Zurich Zeitung newspaper is translated from the German.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/14/18831520.php
Experts advise on precautions we should take to stop spreading coronavirus
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-14
Since the coronavirus outbreak, health officials and experts have advised washing hands regularly for 20 seconds at a time.– Why is hand-washing so important? Germs, including viruses like Covid-19, exist on surfaces in our everyday living spaces says Wendy Graham, professor in the department of infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).Graham said hands are one of the most common means by which germs are transferred from surface to surface. For example via door handles and taps, and potentially then to other parts of the body like the mouth.– How long…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/03/14/experts-advise-on-precautions-we-should-take-to-stop-spreading-coronavirus/
Spain to enter nationwide LOCKDOWN as coronavirus crisis prompts 'drastic' measures
rt.com | 2020-03-14
Spain is imposing a nationwide lockdown in a bid to tackle the coronavirus, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has confirmed. It prevents citizens from leaving their homes except to buy food and medicine and for work or emergencies. | The government announced the new measures at a news conference on Saturday and they are set to come into effect on Monday morning. | The measures, which Sanchez called "extraordinary" and "drastic" will last for 15 days as part of the state of emergency and may be extended further with a decision from the Spanish Congress of Deputies. Sanchez acknowledged that the lockdown will have a…
rt.com/news/483136-spain-coronavirus-lockdown-government/
Several UK planes turn MID-FLIGHT as Spain declares state of emergency
rt.com | 2020-03-14
British low cost airline Jet2 announced it has cancelled flight to coronavirus-stricken mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands. | At least five Jet2 aircraft have turned mid-flight and returned to the UK on Saturday, according to air tracking service FlightRadar24. The company said it was "contacting our customers," who expected to return home "to advise them of their options." TUI took a similar decision, cancelling all flights to Spain over the weekend. | Both airlines cited the measures announced by the Spanish government on Friday to curb the spread of the infection. Prime Minister Ped…
rt.com/news/483128-uk-jets-return-spain/
During Coronavirus Crisis, What If You Can't Stay Home?
Street Sheet | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
Recommendations to support the health of people experiencing homelessness during the Coronavirus State of Emergency | Last updated Monday, March 9th @2: 50pm…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/12/18831470.php
The response of the ruling elite to the coronavirus pandemic: Malign neglect
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
Governments around the world are making a deliberate decision to minimize their response to the pandemic, threatening the lives of millions of people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/pers-m14.html
Online Event: Combatting Coronavirus in our Community–What Works, Why Now (live stream)
The Commonweath Club | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
Via live stream online…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/14/18831522.php
Dear Radio 4, we're facing more pressing issues than surviving 14-days of isolation and no sport
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-03-14
Listening to Radio 4's Today programme on 14 March, you could be forgiven for thinking that the biggest problem we're facing with coronavirus (Covid-19) is how we're all going to cope with isolation and lack of sporting fixtures. The programme asked: | How to we cope in isolation? How do we thrive in circumstances most of us would not regard as normal? | In fact, a whole segment was devoted to the experiences of a woman who experienced isolation working in Antarctica. And although the programme did also cover other aspects of the global pandemic, the overal…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/03/14/dear-radio-4-were-facing-more-pressing-issues-than-surviving-14-days-of-isolation-and-no-sport/