2020-03-11: Social Media Postees

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Erdogan slams Greece's 'Nazi' treatment of refugees, vows to keep borders open until EU fulfills migrant deal
rt.com | 2020-03-11
Athens' treatment of thousands of refugees who have massed on the Turkey-Greece border is comparable to atrocities carried out by Nazi Germany, Turkey's president has claimed amid the latest migrant row with the EU. | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Greece in an address on Wednesday, claiming that Ankara's Mediterranean neighbor has mistreated a flood of refugees that are trying to enter the EU through Turkey. | "There's no difference between those images from Greece's border and what the Nazis did," Erdogan said, apparently referring to photographs of clashes between migrants and Greek bo…
rt.com/news/482823-erdogan-nazis-greece-migrants-eu/

Greece denies report of secret 'detention center' for migrants near Turkish border
rt.com | 2020-03-11
The Greek government has dismissed a report in the New York Times newspaper that it was holding illegal migrants who cross the border from Turkey at a secret 'black site' where they are denied access to lawyers and cannot file asylum claims. | Tens of thousands of migrants have been trying to get into Greece, an EU member state, since Turkey said on February 28 it would no longer keep them on its territory as part of a 2016 deal with Brussels in return for EU aid for the refugees. | "There is no secret detention center in Greece," government spokesman Stelios Petsas told reporters on Wednesday, adding that if…
rt.com/newsline/482844-greece-secret-center-migrants/

Julian Assange's mother, doctors warn he is at heightened risk due to coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-03-11
In comments to the WSWS, Dr Stephen Frost warned that "the UK government is effectively playing Russian roulette with Julian Assange's life" and demanded that he be released from Belmarsh Prison immediately.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/11/asvi-m11.html

Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS
Medea Benjamin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
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 …
globalresearch.ca/saudi-brave-women-pull-back-curtain-crown-prince-mbs/5706082

Saudi Arabia's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS
Medea Benjamin | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-11
The case of Al-Hathloul and the other women's rights activists on trial in Saudi Arabia is a tremendous embarrassment for MBS, who has been putting an enormous effort into convincing his Western allies that he is a reformer and that the Kingdom is becoming more liberal.
mintpressnews.com/loujan-al-hathloul-trail-saudi-arabia-pull-back-curtain-mbs/265634/

US activists call for election monitors as elitist Joe Biden keeps advancing
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-03-11
Former vice president Joe Biden has just had another good night in the Democratic Party primary race. It looks increasingly likely that he will take the nomination to face Donald Trump in November rather than progressive challenger Bernie Sanders. But one group of activ…
thecanary.co/us/us-analysis/2020/03/11/us-activists-call-for-election-monitors-as-elitist-joe-biden-keeps-advancing/

Moscow calls on Afghan political forces not to obstruct reconciliation process
rt.com | 2020-03-11
Moscow has called on the opposing political forces of Afghanistan to focus on reaching national reconciliation, instead of taking steps that exacerbate disagreements, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. | Commenting on the two parallel presidential inauguration ceremonies that took place in Afghanistan, it urged all responsible political actors in the country "to adhere solely to common national interests." | The national reconciliation process "should lead to end of the civil war and to the rebuilding of a peaceful, united and independent state, free of terrorism and drug-related crime," the ministry s…
rt.com/newsline/482857-russia-afghan-reconciliation-ghani/

Threats against Prof. Sison are threats against the resumption of the peace talks
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-11
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negotiating Panel. | The reported threats against Prof. Jose Ma. 'Joma' Sison, who is the NDFP chief political consultant threaten any possible resumption of the peace talks. | That the Dutch police went to visit 'Joma' last week and warn him to take precautionary measures indicates that the Dutch authorities have become aware of and are taking seriously the threats against 'Joma'. They presumably know who are behind the threats. | Any threat against Professor Sison or any member of the NDFP…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/3/10/threats-against-prof-sison-are-threats-against-resumption-peace-talks

PSL Public Forum: A Women's Place is in the Struggle: Honoring IWD
Jon Britton | indybay.org | 2020-03-11
San Jose Peace & Justice Center, 48 S Seventh Street, San Jose, CA 95112…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/09/18831402.php

Afghans Imagine a Future of Lasting Peace
Mohammed Harun Arsalai, Mohsin Khan Momand | thenation.com | 2020-03-11
Mohammed Harun Arsalai, Mohsin Khan Momand Afghans Imagine a Future of Lasting Peace…
thenation.com/article/world/taliban-peace-kabul/

Millions of Women in Mexico Protest Gender-Based Violence
Jessica Corbett | zcomm.org | 2020-03-11
"In Mexico it's like we're in a state of war; we're in a humanitarian crisis because of the quantity of women that have disappeared or been killed."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/millions-of-women-in-mexico-protest-gender-based-violence/

Russia passes bill allowing Putin to stay in power past 2024
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-11
The Russian parliament has approved a sweeping constitutional reform that will allow president Vladimir Putin to stay in power for another 12 years after his current term ends in 2024.The Kremlin-controlled lower house, the State Duma, endorsed a set of amendments to the constitution and a provision resetting the term count for Putin. A nationwide vote on the proposed amendments is set for 22 April.Kremlin critics condemned the move as a cynical manipulation and called for protests.The Russian Duma passed amendments to the constitution (AP/Pavel Golovkin)Putin, a 67-year-old former KGB officer, has ruled Russia f…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/03/11/russia-passes-bill-allowing-putin-to-stay-in-power-past-2024/

Chile: New Wave of Protests to Demand Piñera's Resignation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-11
Thousands of Chileans are taking to the streets again this Wednesday to demand the removal of President Sebastian Piñera, who is turning two years into his term.‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | RELATED: | Chile Denounces Government Repression During Feminist Strike | "The Piñera administration thought that by talking about a hypothetical new constitution it would succeed in placating t…
telesurenglish.net/news/new-wave-of-protests-in-chile-to-demand-pineras-resignation-20200311-0006.html

Team Trump Tried to Bully the ICC into Dropping War Crimes Probe but Failed
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
After the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) found a reasonable basis to believe that U.S. military and CIA leaders committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, Team Trump threatened to ban ICC judges and prosecutors …
globalresearch.ca/team-trump-tried-bully-icc-dropping-war-crimes-probe-failed/5706081

Greece's Migrant Crisis Has Further Exposed Turkish Fake News
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's attempt to intimidate the Syrian Army and force them to withdraw to the Sochi Agreement lines in Idlib utterly failed, resulting in the Turkish leader having to embarrassingly accept large swathes of liberated territory …
globalresearch.ca/greece-migrant-crisis-exposed-turkish-fake-news/5706050

US Army Cites Cybersecurity Concerns In Scrapping Planned Purchase of Israeli Military Tech
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-11
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, a former lobbyist for Raytheon, may soon step in to reverse the decision following pressure from Israel, given that Raytheon co-develops the system with Israeli firms.
mintpressnews.com/us-army-cites-cybersecurity-concerns-scrapping-purchase-israel-iron-dome/265644/

FRSO labor delegation joins Venezuelan march defending the Bolivarian government
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-11
Caracas, Venezuela – Over 600,000 people took to the streets in Caracas, March 10, marching to support President Maduro and the Bolivarian government. The small opposition called for a march on the Presidential Palace Miraflores and held small rallies in the wealthy neighborhoods. However, huge masses of people in central Caracas marched through several working-class neighborhoods to counter the opposition's call. The gigantic march went as far as the eye could see. There were banners, trucks and music. People were chanting, singing and dancing. | "I saw thousands of working people celebrating their revoluti…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/3/10/frso-labor-delegation-joins-venezuelan-march-defending-bolivarian-government

Abuse, Oppression and Murder
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-03-11
The PA Does Israel's Dirty Work in the West Bank…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/abuse-oppression-and-murder/

Biden Wins, Sanders Lags: Naomi Klein & Alicia Garza on Calls to Shut Down Primaries & Debates
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-11
Former Vice President Joe Biden scored decisive primary victories Tuesday night in the key state of Michigan, along with Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho. Sanders won North Dakota and holds a lead in Washington state, but votes are still being counted, and the races are still too close to call. While Biden is less than halfway to the delegates he would need to secure the Democratic nomination, Sanders faces a decision about whether to continue his increasingly uphill fight for the Democratic Party's 2020 presidential nomination. This comes as Biden and Sanders called off their planned campaign rallies in Cleveland…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/11/democratic_primaries_biden_sanders_michigan

Nurses on the Frontlines of Coronavirus Pandemic Demand More Protection & Medicare for All
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-11
The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has passed 1,000 Tuesday, with the rate of infections likely increasing. Despite this, the U.S. continues to lag on testing, and healthcare workers say they lack adequate protection and protocols to allow them to safely care for infected patients. They also say the country's hospitals are woefully unprepared to handle the crisis. Nurses in the hot zones of California and Washington had already reported having to beg for face masks and lacking guidance on how to address the virus. We are joined by Jean Ross, president of National Nurses United, the largest organ…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/11/nurses_frontline_healthcare_workers_coronavirus_protections

Abortion and the 2020 Elections
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-11
On March 4th the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in June Medical Services v. Russo (formerly June Medical Services v. Gee), a case challenging Louisiana's Act 620, a law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. It is an effort to restrict a women's right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. In 2016,…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/11/abortion-and-the-2020-elections/

Creative Coronavirus Responses Appear Across the World, but Not in Trump's America
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-11
The World Health Organization has officially declared the coronavirus a pandemic and countries across the globe are coming up with clever methods of halting its spread putting the Trump administration's lackluster response to shame.
mintpressnews.com/creative-coronavirus-responses-across-world-but-not-trump-america/265666/

The Corporate Media Celebrates After Handing Joe Biden Another Win
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-11
Biden has deliberately refrained from public or media appearances due to his propensity for making egregious errors, but that hasn't stopped the media from paving the way for a Biden vs Trump contest.
mintpressnews.com/media-bias-hands-joe-biden-another-win/265654/

Dirty System Triumph on Mini-Super Tuesday
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Tuesday results in six states for Dems largely replicated Biden's pre-scripted week ago Super Tuesday triumph over Sanders. | As the saying goes, there never was any doubt. The race to be Dem standard bearer in November against Trump appears all …
globalresearch.ca/dirty-system-triumph-mini-super-tuesday/5706090

Biden Rejects Medicare for All
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
On major policy issues, Biden's agenda resembles Trump's with a party label difference

Video: Saudi-initiated All-out Oil War Could Lead to Collapse of Kingdom Itself
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Saudi Arabia launched an all-out oil war offering unprecedented discounts and flooding the market in an attempt to capture a larger share and defeat other oil producers. This "scorched earth" approach caused the biggest oil price fall since the war …
globalresearch.ca/video-saudi-initiated-all-out-oil-war-could-lead-collapse-kingdom-itself/5706066

Another Bad Night for Sanders Leaves His Campaign With Limited Options
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-11
The March 10 primaries were not a complete wipeout for Bernie Sanders and his presidential campaign. He secured a win in North Dakota and clings to a slim lead in Washington State. For the Vermont senator, the good news ends there. | Joe Biden won four of the six states in play on Tuesday with Washington State still outstanding, along with the lion's share of delegates. The anticipated aria from the Democr…
truthout.org/articles/another-bad-night-for-sanders-leaves-his-campaign-with-limited-options/

Biden projected to prevail in Idaho after winning Michigan in a major blow for Sanders
rt.com | 2020-03-11
Democratic Party front-runner Joe Biden seems to have edged out socialist Bernie Sanders in the primary in Idaho, while the two are tied in Washington. Many votes are coming in via mail due to fears of coronavirus. | A total of 109 delegates

Trump vs. Sanders–Comparisons for Voters
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-11
It isn't un-American for voters to do some homework before voting. Here's a "concise guide" for the voter with limited time who might want more information. The corporate Democratic Partiers keep questioning the electability of candidates they do not like, namely Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Really? These leading progressives are absurdly presumed to be…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/11/trump-vs-sanders-comparisons-for-voters/

Why Bernie shouldn't quit yet
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-11
Super Tuesday II was another round of victories for Joe Biden. Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, and Idaho were added to his column on March 10; as of this writing, only North Dakota went for Bernie Sanders, and Washington state is still counting. After two tough weeks at the polls and with endorsements from elected officials rolling …
peoplesworld.org/article/why-bernie-shouldnt-quit-yet/

Tanker rates soar as Saudi Arabia & UAE get ready to open oil taps
rt.com | 2020-03-11
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have unveiled plans to ramp up both crude supplies and production capacity as soon as the oil deal with Russia expires. The move has sank oil prices and sent freight rates higher. | After Russia did not agree to new production cuts with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the oil cartel's leader Saudi Arabia set the course for flooding the already oversupplied oil market. On Wednesday, state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco revealed that it would boost production capacity for the first time in more than a decade to 13 million barrels per day (bpd)…
rt.com/business/482848-saudi-arabia-uae-oil-output/

Turkey's Migrant Weapon Against Greece
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-11
It comes as no surprise that Greeks and Turks don't like each other. They have been enemies for more than a thousand years. The Turks are Mongols who appeared for the first time in Asia Minor in the eleventh century when Asia Minor or Anatolia was the home of the Greeks. The Anatolian cataclysm of…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/11/turkeys-migrant-weapon-against-greece/

Germany's Left Party joins hands with far-right Alternative for Germany
wsws.org | 2020-03-11
Just two days after he was elected minister president of Thuringia, the Left Party's Bodo Ramelow ensured that the AfD obtained one of the vice president positions in the state parliament.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/11/thur-m11.html

Nurses on Front Lines of Coronavirus Pandemic Demand Medicare for All
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-11
The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has passed 1,000 Tuesday, with the rate of infections likely increasing. Despite this, the U.S. continues to lag on testing, and healthcare workers say they lack adequate protection and protocols to allow them to safely care for infected patients. They also say the country's hospitals are woefully unprepared to handle the crisis. Nurses in the hot zones of California and Washington had already reported having to beg for face masks and lacking guidanc…
truthout.org/video/nurses-on-front-lines-of-coronavirus-pandemic-demand-medicare-for-all/

Coronavirus Will Spread Faster Because We Lack Universal Health Care
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-11
A critical factor accelerating the spread of coronavirus in the United States is our lack of universal health care. | As we debate the costs of providing medical treatment for all, and as the virus tears through the fabric of our society, it's become clear that many of the factors accelerating the spread of illness and death associated with this new plague are associated with the for-profit nature of our health care system. | Because we have a patchwork medical system whose primary motivating engine…
truthout.org/articles/coronavirus-will-spread-faster-because-we-lack-universal-health-care/

The 2020 Election Is Fragmenting the "Alt-Right"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-11
The "alt-right" celebrated when audio was released of former Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg openly justifying his stop-and-frisk policing policy in starkly racial terms. In the audio, former New York City Mayor Bloomberg says clearly that he flooded Black and Brown neighborhoods with police because "that's where the crime is," playing on white nationalist talking points connecting race and crime. | White supremacist leader Richard Spencer reshared the audio on Twitter and asked why Bloomberg wasn't ru…
truthout.org/articles/the-2020-election-is-fragmenting-the-alt-right/

Naomi Klein and Alicia Garza Discuss Calls to Shut Down Primaries and Debates
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-11
Former Vice President Joe Biden scored decisive primary victories Tuesday night in the key state of Michigan, along with Missouri, Mississippi and Idaho. Sanders won North Dakota and holds a lead in Washington state, but votes are still being counted, and the races are still too close to call. While Biden is less than halfway to the delegates he would need to secure the Democratic nomination, Sanders faces a decision about whether to continue his increasingly uphill fight for the Democratic…
truthout.org/video/naomi-klein-and-alicia-garza-discuss-calls-to-shut-down-primaries-and-debates/

How Turkey Lost a Battle of Wills, and Force, to Russia
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
When the history of the Syrian conflict is written, the fighting that took place between the Syrian Army and its allies on the one side, and the Turkish military and Turkish-backed Syrian rebels on the other, from early February through …
globalresearch.ca/how-turkey-lost-battle-wills-force-russia/5706103

US-Israel Predictably Behind Turkish Aggression in Syria
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Turkey's ongoing fighting in northern Syria's Idlib governorate was

What happened to catch it, kill it? Dominic Raab goes VIRAL for UK parliament coughing antics
rt.com | 2020-03-11
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab may want to avoid checking his Twitter mentions and enter self-isolation, as he has begun trending online for repeatedly coughing into his hand during the budget debate in the British Parliament. | With this sitting in the House of Commons coming hot on the heels of the news that Health Minister Nadine Dorries has contracted the coronavirus, the timing couldn't have been worse. | The speech also saw the British government pledge a package of £30 billion ($39 billion) to protect the economy from the impact of Covid-19, so all eyes were on Westminster and, more specificall…
rt.com/uk/482855-dominic-raab-cough-coronavirus-parliament/

Budget 2020: chancellor pledging to invest 'historic amounts' in infrastructure
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-11
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has promised to invest "historic amounts" on infrastructure and innovation in the Budget he will deliver against a backdrop of coronavirus instability.The Treasury said hundreds of billions of pounds will be pledged on Wednesday to invest in infrastructure including roads, railways, broadband and housing.It was understood this figure could be more than £600bn over the five-year parliament. | However, the government has faced criticism for delaying its key National Infrastructure Strategy to tackle the climate crisis and boost transport connectivity.Meanwhile, analysts were keeping a w…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/03/11/budget-2020-chancellor-pledging-to-invest-historic-amounts-in-infrastructure/

How Black Swans Are Shaping Planet Panic
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Is the planet under the spell of a pair of black swans

Did COVID-19 Originate In China? "We must move beyond the temptation to give nationality to diseases."
Xinhua | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Italian experts have praised China's anti-virus efforts while dismissing a U.S. Fox News television host's calling for a "formal apology" from China for the coronavirus outbreak. | Last Monday, U.S. Fox News host Jesse Watters demanded China apologize for the virus …
globalresearch.ca/italian-experts-praise-china-anti-virus-efforts-dismiss-u-s-news-hosts-call-apology-china/5705926

How the UK Press Is Misinforming the Public About Britain's Role in the World
Mark Curtis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Britain's national press consistently portrays Britain as a supporter of noble objectives such as human rights and democracy. The extraordinary extent to which the public is being misinformed about the UK's foreign and military policies is revealed in new statistical …
globalresearch.ca/how-uk-press-misinforming-public-about-britain-role-world/5706101

MAS Presents New Legal Resort to Enable Evo Morales' Candidacy
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) presented a new legal recourse to qualify ex-president Evo Morales as a candidate for the first senatorship in Cochabamba, informed political secretary Froilan Fulguera on Tuesday. | In statements to Radio Fides, Fulguera said that the …
globalresearch.ca/mas-presents-new-legal-resort-enable-evo-morales-candidacy/5706097

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