2020-03-20: Social Media Postees

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Santa Rita Jail Solidarity During the Coronavirus Pandemic
IWOC Oakland | indybay.org | 2020-03-20
As businesses, schools, and institutions close to reduce the transmission of COVID-19, many people are wondering how to support people in jails, prisons, and immigration detention centers.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/19/18831666.php

U.S. sanctions on Iran are making its coronavirus crisis worse
Michael Arria | zcomm.org | 2020-03-20
Ilhan Omar is calling for them to be suspended…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/u-s-sanctions-on-iran-are-making-its-coronavirus-crisis-worse/

South Africa to Build 40-Km Fence at Border to Halt Migration
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-20
The South African government will erect a 40-km barrier on the border with Zimbabwe to prevent migrants from entering the country without documentation. | RELATED: | S.African Court Acquits Pres. Ramaphosa of Corruption Charges | "The fence will also stop the spread of the new coronavirus in the country," Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille said, even though no Covid-19 cases have been detected in Zimbabwe. | The fence will be erected at Beitbridge, a border town in Mata…
telesurenglish.net/news/south-africa-to-build-40km-fence-at-border-to-stop-migration-20200320-0009.html

Immigrants in US detention facilities plead for help as coronavirus pandemic spreads
wsws.org | 2020-03-20
The lack of medical care and the extremely close quarters in America's detention camps create excellent conditions for the coronavirus to spread rapidly if even a single person catches the disease.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/20/coro-m20.html

What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-03-20
What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again.
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-trump-immigrants-refugees/

Immigrants in US detention facilities plea for help as coronavirus pandemic spreads
wsws.org | 2020-03-20
The lack of medical care and the extremely close quarters in America's detention camps create excellent conditions for the coronavirus to spread rapidly if even a single person catches the disease.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/20/coro-m20.html

US government threatens families of Int'l Criminal Court staff if they try Americans for war crimes
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-20
The International Criminal Court approved an investigation into US war crimes in Afghanistan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded by…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/20/us-threatens-families-international-criminal-court/

US House Rams Through Nicaragua Regime-change Bill with Zero Opposition
Ben Norton | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Not one member of the House of Representatives spoke up against a bipartisan bill sponsored by hardliners that ramps up US economic warfare and regime-change measures against Nicaragua's elected government. | *** | As the Donald Trump administration's year-long coup attempt against …
globalresearch.ca/us-house-rams-through-nicaragua-regime-change-bill-zero-opposition/5706824

12 Ways the U.S. Invasion of Iraq Lives on in Infamy
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-03-20
The U.S. invasion was a crime of aggression under international law, and was actively opposed by people and countries all over the world…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/12-ways-the-u-s-invasion-of-iraq-lives-on-in-infamy/

Spinning Fear and Panic Across America. Analysis of COVID-19 Data
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
The US media is relentlessly spinning fear, panic and despair, with the endorsement of "authoritative" American scientists. "The new coronavirus could kill millions across the United States", according to Dr. Kathleen Neuzil a specialist in vaccines at the University of …
globalresearch.ca/spinning-fear-and-panic-across-america-analysis-of-covid-19-data/5706785

What the Coronavirus Emergency Has to Do with Biden vs. Sanders
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-03-20
Tepid adjustments vs. truly transformational agendas…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/19/18831664.php

The mutilated world is moved by the nurses and doctors
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-03-20
SARS-Co-2 or COVID-19 moves swiftly across the planet, leaving no region untouched. It is a powerful virus, with a long enough incubation period to hide the symptoms and therefore to gather more and more people in its deadly arms. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/20/the-mutilated-world-is-moved-by-the-nurses-and-doctors/

Expert: US sanctions on Iran, Venezuela during pandemic could be genocidal
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-20
Intensified US sanctions on Iran, Venezuela during the COVID-19 pandemic could amount to genocide, a former UN expert warns. Iran…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/20/expert-us-sanctions-on-iran-venezuela-during-pandemic-could-be-genocidal/

Pompeo and Netanyahu paved a path to war with Iran, and they're pushing Trump again
Gareth Porter | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-20
Though it narrowly averted war with Iran this January, the Trump administration is still pushing for all-out military conflict. The…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/20/pompeo-netanyahu-war-iran-trump/

Solidarity Not Charity: Mutual Aid & How to Organize in the Age of Coronavirus
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-20
As lockdowns and layoffs sweep the U.S., mutual aid groups are forming to protect and provide for the vulnerable, including the elderly, incarcerated, undocumented and unhoused. We look at the incredible community networks across the country that are coming together to protect their neighbors during the coronavirus pandemic

Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue: Documentary about war crimes and historical revisionism in Japan
wsws.org | 2020-03-20
Miki Dezaki interviews revisionists from far-right circles in Japan, politicians and historians who have studied "comfort women," as well as activists working for the recognition of the victimised women.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/20/shus-m20.html

It's Been Open Season on Voting Rights Since SCOTUS Gutted Voting Rights Act
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-20
Election protection is increasingly seen as a critical issue in the US. Since the gutting of the Voting Rights Act by the Supreme Court, there have been problems with voter purging, voter ID laws, what some call modern-day 'poll taxes', precinct closures, and difficulties with voting machines. Congress has noted serious attempts to hack into voting systems in the US based in partisan politics. Women Rising Radio joins two election protection activists to talk about threats to the U.S. electoral p…
truthout.org/audio/its-been-open-season-on-voting-rights-since-scotus-gutted-voting-rights-act/

COVID-19 Will Devastate Gaza Unless the Blockade Is Lifted Now
Jewish Voice for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
It's difficult enough to be in the U.S. during the COVID-19 outbreak. And when I think about the conditions in Gaza, I'm absolutely terrified for the Palestinians trapped there. | As of today, Israeli officials have only allowed 200 testing kits …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-will-devastate-gaza-unless-blockade-lifted-now/5706878

From Cluster Bombs to Toxic Waste: Saudi Arabia is Creating the Next Fallujah in Yemen
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-20
From dumping toxic waste into the sea to littering Yemen's farms with tons of unexploded cluster bombs, Saudi Arabia is creating a legacy so toxic in Yemen that experts believe it could take a century to undo.
mintpressnews.com/cluster-bombs-toxic-waste-saudi-arabia-deadly-legacy-yemen/265897/

Stop Tightening the Thumb Screws against Iran. A Humanitarian Message
Kathy Kelly | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
U.S. sanctions against Iran, cruelly strengthened in March of 2018, continue a collective punishment of extremely vulnerable people. Presently, the U.S. "maximum pressure" policy severely undermines Iranian efforts to cope with the ravages of COVID-19, causing hardship and tragedy while …
globalresearch.ca/stop-tightening-thumb-screws-humanitarian-message/5706832

The Federal Reserve Dictatorship Runs Amok Against Savers
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-20
If you are a saver in a money market account or in a bank, you've already noticed your dwindling interest income as interest rates have been at their lowest in modern American history. Well, brace yourself. Your saving account has just become little more than a lock box, thanks to the supreme dictatorship of the…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/20/the-federal-reserve-dictatorship-runs-amok-against-savers/

What is 'social democracy'?
Marx Memorial Library | mronline.org | 2020-03-20
GOOD question! Look up the term in a dictionary and you'll find a definition something along the lines of "an ideology that advocates or supports political, social and economic interventions to promote social justice within the framework of a representative democracy and capitalist economy." | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/20/what-is-social-democracy/

Survive and Revolt
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-20
"I Don't Take Responsibility at All" Millions of U.S. -Americans are no doubt aghast over the Supremely Dangerous Asshole (SDA) Donald Trump's statement about the coronavirus crisis in the country: "Yeah, no, I don't take responsibility at all…" None. Zero. Nada. No accountability. At all. Remember Harry Truman's little much beloved line,…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/20/survive-and-revolt/

The US government's 'divide and conquer' tactics in the Caribbean
Jeb Sprague | thecanary.co | 2020-03-20
Recent multilateral meetings in Kingston and Mar-a-Lago signal US attempts at intensifying divisions in the Caribbean. 'Shithole countries' (as president Donald Trump allegedly labeled Haiti and many other low-income countries) can be important allies for undermining those states targeted for regime change. In particular, Trump's former national security advisor John Bolton has spoken openly about US and regional businesspeople benefiting finan…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/03/20/the-us-governments-divide-and-conquer-tactics-in-the-caribbean/

Sanctions: Unilateral Coercive Measures for Regime Change in Venezuela
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
In discussing the issue of "sanctions" there are two main points that need to be made. One is the use of the correct terminology when referring to the government actions that the US, Canada and the EU take in order …
globalresearch.ca/sanctions-unilateral-coercive-measures-regime-change-venezuela/5706847

Coronavirus, Vaccines and the Gates Foundation
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Arguably, no one has been more active in promoting and funding research on vaccines aimed at dealing with coronavirus than Bill Gates and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. From sponsoring a simulation of a coronavirus global pandemic, just weeks …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-gates-foundation/5706842

The Fed Reopens Its Landfill for Distressed Assets
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
The Fed is reopening its most controversial and despised crisis-era bailout facility, the Primary Dealer Credit Facility. The Wall Street Journal describes the PDCF as "an overnight loan facility for primary dealers (that) provides round-the-clock backup source of funding to …
globalresearch.ca/fed-reopens-landfill-distressed-assets/5706865

The Kushner Family Could Be Getting Very Rich Thanks to the Coronavirus
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-20
The Kushner family's ties to for-profit healthcare companies underscore the myriad of conflicts of interests that billionaire businessmen have, making them particularly unsuited to holding public office.
mintpressnews.com/kushner-family-getting-very-rich-thanks-to-coronavirus/265914/

Video: ISIS Threat Revives in Eastern Syria. Idlib Militants Kill Each Other Over Security Zone Deal Contradictions
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
ISIS cells are once again active in eastern Syria. Late on March 17, the Syrian Army and the National Defense Forces repelled an ISIS attack in the area between the town of al-Sukhna and the T3 station. The attack involved …
globalresearch.ca/video-isis-threat-revives-eastern-syria-idlib-militants-kill-each-other-over-security-zone-deal-contradictions/5706834

Iran's IMF Request Shows Just How Desperate Tehran has Become
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
The combination of crippling American sanctions, the compliance with the aforesaid by the US' "comprehensive global strategic partner" India (formerly one of Tehran's top energy partners) out of fear of so-called "secondary sanctions", the uncontrollable outbreak of COVID-19 in the …
globalresearch.ca/iran-imf-request-shows-desperate/5706926

The capitalist pandemic, Coronavirus and the economic crisis
Éric Toussaint | mronline.org | 2020-03-20
The coronavirus pandemic is a serious public health problem and the human suffering caused by the spread of this virus will be enormous. If it massively affects countries of the Global South with very fragile public health systems that have been undermined by 40 years of neo-liberal policies, the death toll will be very high. […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/20/the-capitalist-pandemic-coronavirus-and-the-economic-crisis/

How to Crush a Bankers' Dictatorship: A Lesson from 1933
Matthew J. L. Ehret | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-20
Amidst the current hysteria of the covid-19 pandemic, talk of general chaos and economic collapse have taken the forefront of peoples' minds. Increasingly over recent months, western media has been hit with warnings of "financial Armageddon" and the need for a "global hegemonic synthetic currency" to replace the collapsing US dollar under a new system …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/how-to-crush-a-bankers-dictatorship-a-lesson-from-1933/

15 Among Brazilian Delegation that Met with Trump Now Have Coronavirus
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
It's been eleven days since the Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his delegation met with Trump and many White House staffers at Mar-a-Lago on March 7. First it was Nestor Forster, Brazil's Chargé d'Affaires in Washington, and Nelsinho Trad, …
globalresearch.ca/15-among-brazilian-delegation-met-trump-now-have-coronavirus/5706912

The New York Times' Insidious Ongoing Disinformation Campaign on Russia and Elections
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
For the past three years the new narrative of Russian interference in U.S. elections has bound corporate news media more tightly than ever to the interests of the national security state. And no outlet has pushed that narrative more aggressively …
globalresearch.ca/new-york-times-ongoing-disinformation-campaign-russia-elections/5706855

Trump Should Have the Guts to Call His Middle East Troop Redeployments What They Are: a Retreat
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-20
Few can forget the words of Tony Blair's government aide hours after the World Trade Center was destroyed on 9/11. "It is now a very good day to get out anything we want to bury," wrote Jo Moore. Donald Trump obviously thought the same thing. As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps over America, he has ordered…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/20/trump-should-have-the-guts-to-call-his-middle-east-troop-redeployments-what-they-are-a-retreat/

Death at the Greek Border: Syrian Refugees Should Not Be Used as Political Pawns
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-20
In a surprising move, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, announced on February 29 that he will be re-opening his country's border to Europe, thus allowing tens of thousands of mostly Syrian refugees into Greece and other European countries. Expectedly, over 100,000 people rushed to the Ipsala border point in the Edirne province separating Turkey from…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/20/death-at-the-greek-border-syrian-refugees-should-not-be-used-as-political-pawns/

Death at the Greek Border
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-03-20
Syrian Refugees Should Not Be Used as Political Pawns…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/death-at-the-greek-border/

Australia Willing to be the U.S. Policeman in the Pacific
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
The U.S. is ramping up pressure on Australia to support hostilities against China in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. Last week in Sydney, the U.S. Ambassador to Australia, Arthur Culvahouse, said that "We'll be pushing Australia to expand …
globalresearch.ca/australia-willing-u-s-policeman-pacific/5706800

FRSO condemns the murder of Communist Party of the Philippines leader Julius Giron
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-20
Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) condemns the brutal government murder of the prominent Filipino communist Julius Giron, his wife Lourdes Tan Torres and their aide. We extend our condolences to his family, friends and our comrades of the Communist Party of the Philippines. | We are given to understand Julius Giron made a lifetime of huge contributions to revolutionary struggle of the people of the Philippines to end all oppression and exploitation. This cruel and cowardly killing, carried out by police thugs at 3 a.m., stands as an indictment of the Duterte regime and its imperialist masters. This crimi…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/3/19/frso-condemns-murder-communist-party-philippines-leader-julius-giron

CIA veterans endorse Biden for president–and so does Tulsi Gabbard
wsws.org | 2020-03-20
The nominally antiwar congresswoman joined more than 80 former spies and intelligence agents in offering her "full support" to Biden.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/20/bide-m20.html

Doctor: As Coronavirus Cases Spike Worldwide, We Need Global Cooperation to Halt Spread
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-20
As the worldwide death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has topped 10,000, with over 250,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, we speak with Stanford University's global health expert Dr. Michele Barry, an infectious disease doctor. Italy has surpassed China in coronavirus deaths, and cases are rising in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America, as the governor of California has ordered all 40 million residents to shelter in place.
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/20/coronavirus_dr_michele_barry

A Tale of Two Foreign Policies: The Train-Wreck Abroad Is Bipartisan
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Now that the Democratic Party has apparently succeeded in getting rid of the only two voices among its presidential candidates that actually deviated from the establishment consensus, it appears that Joe Biden will be running against Donald Trump in November. …
globalresearch.ca/two-foreign-policies-train-wreck-abroad-bipartisan/5706816

Here Is What Legendary Journalist John Pilger Said About Coronavirus Outbreak
The Week | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Over the course of nearly three-and-a-half months, the novel coronavirus outbreak has infected over 127,000 and left over 4,700 dead. While this has sparked global panic and a WHO-declaration of a pandemic, then death toll is still a far cry …
globalresearch.ca/john-pilger-said-about-coronavirus-outbreak/5706923

China Retaliates Against Hostile Trump Regime Actions
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Last month, the Trump regime designated five state-run Chinese media in the US as "foreign missions (sic)." | The hostile action requires them to register their locations, properties and staff, including US citizens if among them. | Affected media include Xinhua, China …
globalresearch.ca/china-retaliates-against-hostile-trump-regime-actions/5706804

US Economic Relief Measure Enacted, Much More Needed
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
Temporary, longer-term, or permanent closure of business enterprises and mass cancellations of public events in cities and towns across the US is unprecedented

Global Depression Arrives, Only Its Depth and Duration Unknown
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-20
What's ongoing worldwide suggests that a redefinition of global depression is in order. | According to classical economics, it's a protracted economic downturn that lasts several years or longer, domestic or global GDP declining at least 10%. | While ongoing, consumer sentiment …
globalresearch.ca/global-depression-arrives-depth-duration-unknown/5706888

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