RT (2020-03-05). NYPD officers caught in shocking VIDEO brutalizing unarmed black man for unspecified 'crime'. rt.com Shocking footage of a swarm of NYPD cops savagely beating an unarmed black man while arresting him for the 'crime' of asking why a plainclothes officer was detaining him has gone viral, epitomizing 'excessive force.' | The eyewitness video, viewed close to three million times since it was posted to Twitter late on Wednesday night, opens on a black man being held against a wall by an undercover cop. With his hands up and holding only a cellphone, he calmly asks what crime he's accused of committing (and if he's even being arrested), but his assailant refuses to answer his questions and calls for backup. Within…

RT (2020-03-05). Turkey-Russia ties at their highest in defense & trade, Erdogan tells Putin, as the two leaders meet to untie Idlib knot. rt.com Overshadowed by the standoff in Idlib, northwestern Syria, the relationships between Moscow and Ankara remain at "peak" levels, including in defense and trade, the Turkish leader said, vowing each state is ready to move forward. | "We are now experiencing the moment in our relations when they reached their peak. This, without doubt, applies to the defense industry, and trade relations, and so on," President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Vladimir Putin as they convened for a one-to-one meeting in Moscow. | We believe that the biggest task is to promote and develop our relations. I believe that we will succeed in th…

RT (2020-03-05). Turkish-Russian ties in defense & trade at highest level, Erdogan says as he meets Putin. rt.com Ties between Turkey and Russia have reached the highest level in defense and trade areas, and it is necessary to go further in this direction, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in Moscow on Thursday. | He made the statement at the start of the talks on Syria with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin. Putin said that a face-to-face meeting was necessary amid the escalation in Idlib. The developments in the Syrian province must be discussed, so that it does not ruin Russian-Turkish relations. | The Russian president reiterated his condolences over the death of Turkish troops in Syria, noting that th…

RT (2020-03-05). Ankara deploys 1,000 police at Greek border to stem pushback of migrants, minister says. rt.com Turkey is deploying 1,000 special police forces along its border with Greece on Thursday to halt the pushback of migrants towards its territory, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said. | The comments come amid a war of words between Ankara and Athens following Turkey's decision to no longer abide by a 2016 deal with the EU to halt illegal migration flows to Europe in return for billions of euros in aid. | Soylu told reporters in the northwestern border province of Edirne that Greek police wounded 164 migrants trying to cross the border, Reuters reports. "They tried to push 4,900 people back to Turkey… We are…

RT (2020-03-05). Greece plans to deport migrants who arrived illegally after March 1. rt.com Athens will transfer migrants who arrived on its territory illegally after March 1 to the northern city of Serres then plans to deport them back to their countries of origin, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said. | Thousands of migrants have made for Greece since Ankara said on February 28 that it would let migrants cross Turkey's borders into Europe, despite a commitment to hold them on its territory under a 2016 deal with the EU. | Mitarachi also said late on Wednesday migrants who entered the country prior to January 1, 2019 and are living on certain islands would be transferred to the mainland in…

RT (2020-03-05). Those behind killing of Russian Ambassador Karlov in Turkey must be found & punished — Moscow. rt.com Russia wants to ensure that both masterminds and perpetrators in the 2016 murder of its envoy Andrey Karlov are found and brought to justice, the Kremlin said, hours ahead of a one-on-one between the Turkish and Russian leaders. | "Indeed, we are following this case very closely, and we want to be sure that those who orchestrated and carried out the murder of the Russian ambassador to Turkey will be found and punished by law," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday. | He spoke amid media reports that Turkish prosecutors have floated the idea of lifting several convicts' charges. | While Tur…

RT (2020-03-05). Astana peace talks is the only effective mechanism to stop Syria violence — Tehran. rt.com The peace talks on Syria in the Astana format are currently the only effective instrument that has facilitated the efforts to curb violence in that country, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. | "We are convinced that today the only mechanism that considerably helped to… make a step towards stability has become the Astana process," IRNA cited Zarif as saying on Wednesday. He described the talks as a "successful process." | It is now time for Tehran to host a summit meeting of the nations that are guarantors of the Astana process, the minister said, referring to Iran, Russia and Turkey…

RT (2020-03-05). 'Sweden is full!' Head of Swedish Democrats goes to the EU-Turkey border to halt migrants before they set out. rt.com The leader of the anti-immigration Swedish Democrats is determined to discourage migrants right from the off, telling them that they shouldn't be counting on Sweden's famed benefits, as the Nordic country is already "full." | Jimmie Akesson traveled to the Turkish border city of Edirne along with his top aide, having in their sights people set to cross into neighboring Greece. Over 12,000 migrants amassed there shortly after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made a power move in proclaiming they are free to continue their journey westward. | While at the border, Akesson and his entourage handed out leaflets disco…

RT (2020-03-05). What war crimes? Pompeo promises to 'protect' Americans from 'renegade' ICC probe into US military in Afghanistan. rt.com US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said Washington will take "all steps possible" to protect Americans from the International Criminal Court (ICC) approval of a probe into war crimes it allegedly committed in Afghanistan. | Speaking to the media in Washington, Pompeo called the ICC's decision "reckless." The US, he said, will take all measures necessary to protect US citizens "from this renegade, unlawful so-called court." | The ICC, which is not recognized by the US government, approved a probe into alleged war crimes by the US and others on Thursday, in a move that could, for the first time, create potent…

RT (2020-03-05). Could US face 'criminal liability' for torture program? ICC greenlights inquiry into Afghan war crimes. rt.com The International Criminal Court (ICC) has approved a probe into alleged war crimes committed in Afghanistan by the US and other parties, potentially exposing Washington to legal repercussions for its nearly 20-year occupation. | Hailed as a landmark ruling, the panel of judges at The Hague reversed a decision by the court's Pre-Trial Chamber denying the ICC prosecutor's request to open a formal inquiry into crimes committed in connection with the conflict in Afghanistan. The previous decision not to pursue an investigation was reportedly influenced by the belief that the United States would not cooperate with…

RT (2020-03-05). Indian gang rape & murder convicts will be executed on March 20 after multiple delays. rt.com The hanging of four death row convicts behind the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman in 2012 will take place on March 20, a Delhi court has ruled, following a series of delays. | In its ruling, the court said that the four men had exhausted all of their legal remedies — apparently signaling that the years-long ordeal to carry out the executions would finally be coming to a close. | The four convicts were set to hang at the start of March, but a last-minute court order deferred the execution indefinitely. The move represented the latest foot-dragging by authorities in a case that has lasted nearl…

RT (2020-03-05). Acute crisis in Syria's Idlib demanded our direct talks, Putin says as he meets Erdogan in Moscow. rt.com Dozens of Turkish troops died in a Syrian airstrike as no one knew they were there, Putin told Erdogan, stressing the crisis in the Syrian province is so dire that a personal conversation between the two leaders is needed. | Vladimir Putin expressed his condolences to Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the deaths of 34 Turkish troops in last week's airstrike in Idlib, as the two sat to the closely-watched one-in-one in Moscow. | "Unfortunately, as I already told you in a telephone conversation, no one, including the Syrian troops, knew about their location," the Russian President reiterated. | Attributed to the Syrian…

Staff (2020-03-05). Roundtable: Coronavirus Is Best Case for Medicare for All. democracynow.org On Wednesday, House lawmakers passed an $8.3 billion emergency spending package for combating coronavirus, as the death toll from coronavirus has reached 11 in the United States. California recorded its first coronavirus death yesterday. The virus has also spread to New York, where Governor Andrew Cuomo issued a directive requiring health insurers to waive cost sharing for coronavirus tests. We go to two ground zeroes of the COVID-19 outbreak — New York and Seattle — and host a roundtable on whether coronavirus presents a clear argument for healthcare for all. We are joined by Dr. Steffie Woolhandler,…

RT (2020-03-05). IDF troops banned from leaving Israel over coronavirus fears. rt.com No IDF soldiers will be able to leave Israel from noon on Friday in order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, IDF spokesman Brig.-Gen. Hidai Zilberman said on Thursday. The decision was made by IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi in accordance with the Health Ministry's guidelines and following an assessment with the military's General Staff. | Kochavi decided to take a strict approach to reduce the number of soldiers with the virus in order to maintain operational readiness. Zilberman warned that one has to be careful "with spreading rumors." Currently, between 500-600 soldiers are in quarantine, t…

Ramzy Baroud (2020-03-05). A Terrifying Scenario: Coronavirus in 'Quarantined' Gaza. counterpunch.org According to official Palestinian reports, the Coronavirus has already reached Palestine following a visit by a South Korean delegation in the period between February 8 and 15, which included a tour in the major Palestinian cities of Jerusalem, Nablus, Jericho, Hebron, and Bethlehem. The Palestinian Authority scrambled to contain the fallout of the news, which caused palpable panic among a population that has little faith in its leadership, to begin with.

RT (2020-03-05). Coronavirus hurts Middle East economies beyond oil. rt.com The Middle East oil exporters are grappling with depressed demand in their key market, China, due to the coronavirus outbreak. | The economies of the Arab Gulf countries are feeling the double sting of a sizeable loss of oil demand in Asia and a plunge in oil prices as the markets fear a significant slowdown in global economic growth because of the outbreak. | If that wasn't bad enough for the biggest economies in the Gulf, business activity in the non-oil sector continues to deteriorate in OPEC's biggest producer Saudi Arabia and in OPEC's third-largest producer, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). | The start to…

RT (2020-03-05). California declares state of emergency after 1st coronavirus death… as US House passes $8.3bn emergency funding bill. rt.com California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency over the deadly coronavirus, soon after local officials confirmed the state's first death from the illness, which has infected more than 50 people in 12 counties. | With California's first death announced on Wednesday, and six new cases arising in the last 48 hours, the emergency declaration could see an influx of emergency funds set aside by Congress rush into the state — with the governor telling reporters on Tuesday there was "always… the opportunity to do a declaration of emergency" to secure "additional resources." | Congress has ag…

RT (2020-03-05). UK response to Covid-19 moves from mainly 'Contain' to mainly 'Delay' — Chief Medical Officer. rt.com As cases of the deadly coronavirus spike in the UK, the country has moved to its second phase, from "mainly contain" to "mainly delay," England's Chief Medical Officer has revealed. | Professor Chris Whitty, who is also Chief Medical Adviser to the UK government, told MPs on the House of Commons health committee on Thursday that it's now moving to the second stage as it grapples to stay on top of the emergency. | We have moved from a situation where we are mainly in Contain, with some Delay built in, to we are now mainly Delay. | The government's coronavirus plan envisages four stages — contain, delay, re…

RT (2020-03-05). Global financial crisis 2020 will catapult bitcoin to $100,000 and beyond — RT's Keiser Report. rt.com Wall Street banking giant JPMorgan has asked thousands of its employees to work from home amid the coronavirus outbreak, with the executives saying the bank is big enough to weather any storm. | According to Keiser Report, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon believes that "we are not yet at a crisis point," as he believes that everything could be solved by printing money. | This is part II of the global financial crisis, says Max Keiser. | He reminds that in 2008, a white paper for bitcoin was released, followed by the cryptocurrency launch a year later. Max adds that now bitcoin will experience part II of the global…

RT (2020-03-05). 'Epidemic can be contained': WHO chief urges concerted approach against COVID-19 coronavirus. rt.com The epidemic of COVID-19 coronavirus infection spreading around the world from China can be contained and controlled, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, urging a concerted response by all governments. | "We are calling on every country to act with speed, scale and clear-minded determination," the WHO's director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said at the UN health agency's Geneva headquarters. | Tedros voiced concern that "some countries have either not taken this seriously enough, or have decided there is nothing they can do," Reuters reports. "This is not the time to give…

RT (2020-03-05). 'Brits claiming our coronavirus!' Sky News angers Irish viewers for adding country's Covid-19 patients to UK count. rt.com Irish Twitter users were left irate after a Sky News chyron informed viewers that four new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Ireland brought the "total number in the UK to 91." | A clip of the chyron was posted by a user on Twitter, who aptly noted that new cases of the virus in Ireland do not in fact increase the "UK total" — since, as most are probably aware, the Republic of Ireland is not part of the UK. | @SkyNews… | 4 new #Coronavirus cases in RT (2020-03-05). HSBC evacuates London HQ after employee tests positive for coronavirus. rt.com HSBC has evacuated its UK headquarters in London after an employee of the bank tested positive for coronavirus. | The infected individual reportedly works in the bank's research department, and an entire floor of the Canary Wharf building that houses the company will have to be deep cleaned as a result of the incident. | The headquarters is in the center of London's financial center, which hosts many investment banks, including Citi, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Barclays. | Sources in the building told the Reuters news agency that HSBC had told its staff who came into contact with the infected man to work from…

RT (2020-03-05). OPEC agrees biggest oil production cut since 2008 financial crisis, but only if Russia joins. rt.com The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), led by Saudi Arabia, has decided to cut production by up to 1.5 million barrels per day. The decision is believed to be conditional on approval from Russia. | The OPEC and its allies, including Russia, are also expected to keep existing cuts of 2.1 million bpd, which expire this month, in place until the end of 2020. | "We now convene at a time when the outbreak of Covid-19 has had a pr…

RT (2020-03-05). Russia cancels SPIEF 2020 economic conference over coronavirus concerns. rt.com One of the biggest business events in Russia, the St Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF), won't be convening this year due to the coronavirus outbreak, organizers have announced. | The decision was made in order to "protect the health of Russian citizens, guests and participants," Andrey Belousov, chairman of the SPIEF organizing committee, explained. | SPIEF 2020 was scheduled to take place between June 3 and 6. | For over a decade, the St Petersburg Economic Forum has been the prime business event in Russia, and has traditionally been attended by the president. It assembled around more than 10,000 guests from…

RT (2020-03-05). First person in UK dies from coronavirus as number of cases doubles in 48 hours. rt.com Health authorities in the United Kingdom have revealed that the country has recorded its first death from the coronavirus as the number of cases in the country jumped to 116. | The victim was an elderly patient who had underlying health conditions. "The patient has previously been in and out of hospital for non-coronavirus reasons, but on this occasion was admitted and last night tested positive for coronavirus," Royal Berkshire NHS Trust said in a statement. | "The family has been informed and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time," it added. | A total of 116 people have now tested positive for vi…

RT (2020-03-05). Iran closes schools & universities until March 20, reports 107 deaths, 3,513 infections from Covid-19. rt.com All schools and universities in Iran will be closed until the end of the country's calendar year on March 20, Health Minister Saeed Namaki announced on state TV on Thursday. | So far, 3,513 people have been infected with coronavirus in the country, according to the ministry's spokesman Kianush Jahanpur. "In the last 24 hours the lab samples that have been confirmed include 591 infections from Covid-19," he reported. | "Unfortunately 15 people died in the past day which brings the total of our dear countrymen who have passed away from Covid-19 to 107," Reuters quoted him as saying.

RT (2020-03-05). Netanyahu advises Israelis to use India's ancient 'Namaste' greeting to fend off germs amid coronavirus epidemic. rt.com Benjamin Netanyahu has called on his countrymen to abandon traditional handshakes in order to stop the spread of coronavirus. Instead he recommended a no-contact gesture like India's 'Namaste' greeting or the Hebrew shalom. | Netanyahu said that he has already adopted the no-handshake policy, and suggested that his fellow Israelis do the same. | "You can try to implement the Indian system of Namaste or say another word like shalom, but find a way, any way of not shaking hands," the Israeli prime minister said during a press conference. He then demonstrated how Indians greet each other by folding their hands.

RT (2020-03-05). Airlines to lose up to $113 BILLION in revenue this year due to fall in passenger traffic. rt.com Airlines will lose $63 billion to $113 billion in revenue for passenger traffic globally in 2020, depending on how the coronavirus spreads, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced. | While air passenger demand in January rose 2.4 percent year-on-year, it was the slowest growth rate since April 2010, according to IATA data. | IATA has attributed the weak demand to the Covid-19 outbreak, saying it expects a further weakening in February and March as the virus spreads outside China. |

RT (2020-03-05). –°oronavirus may be a product of US 'biological attack' aimed at Iran & China, IRGC chief claims. rt.com The US —Åould be the prime culprit behind Covid-2019 outbreak that hit China and then Iran, head of its elite Revolutionary Guards claimed, threatening that the virus will eventually be turned against those who unleashed it. | "It is possible that this virus is a product of a biological attack by America which initially spread to China and then to Iran and the rest of the world," Hossein Salami said on Thursday. | He vowed that Iran would "fight" the virus and cautioned that the illness "will return" to the United States, if Washington was indeed responsible for the outbreak. | Though such conspira…

RT (2020-03-05). Girls should study how to be mothers rather than go to school — controversial Russian Priest. rt.com Hot on the heels of calling live-in-girlfriends "free prostitutes," Russia's least politically correct clergyman, Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov, is in no mood to stop making controversial comments. | The notorious cleric has once again come under fire — this time for questioning the need to send girls to school. | "It is more important to teach a seven-year-old girl how to look after a child, and not to read and write, which she already knows how to do," he said, speaking to Christian radio station Radonezh. "What is there to do in this school? Learn jealousy, name-calling, bad words, rudeness to teachers? W…

RT (2020-03-05). 'We're beating the competition & outperforming everyone' — Putin praises Russia's nuclear technology prowess. rt.com They say there are two Russias, the one in many Western minds — think "a gas station masquerading as a country" — and the real deal, where 146 million people live, which is often at the cutting edge of technology. | When it comes to nuclear power, Russia is undoubtedly one of the world's leaders and, according to President Vladimir Putin, such investment is paying off. Speaking to the TASS news agency, he said that Russia is trouncing the competition in the field. | "In the high-tech sector and the nuclear industry, we have been making great strides," Putin said. "We're beating the competition, we'

RT (2020-03-05). Arctic military force & coastal security system created as Putin approves state policy for key region. rt.com Russia will enhance military forces deployed in the Arctic to ensure its sovereignty and maintain peace and stability in the region, according to the plan of Arctic development until 2035, signed by President Putin. | The document, entitled Fundamentals of the Russian state policy in the Arctic, confirmed that Russia has already created a conventional forces grouping and a coastal security system there. | Their main task during the 15 upcoming years will be to prevent the use of military power against Russia. To deter any aggression, the capabilities of the Arctic forces will be further enhanced. | Air, water…

RT (2020-03-05). Hitler, Gogol, or just a shoe? Russians theorize about hidden meaning behind Puma sneaker. rt.com A sports shoe released by popular brand Puma has riled Russian social media, with internet sleuths putting forward theories that the sneaker is an ode to Hitler — or perhaps even world-famous writer Gogol. | The 'Storm Adrenaline' sneakers likely raised suspicion due to their name, with history-conscious consumers drawing parallels to Adolf Hitler's infamous storm troopers. The comparison seems far-fetched, but the conspiracy theory quickly gained traction thanks to two pieces of supporting evidence: Puma founder Rudolf Dassler was a member of the Nazi Party and was allegedly an ardent National Socialist…

M. G. Piety (2020-03-05). The Myth of Sanders' "Socialism" counterpunch.org Fox News has an all-out frontal assault on Bernie Sanders' purported "socialism." It is a sad statement on the level of ignorance in this country that anyone could take seriously the charge that Sanders is a socialist. What Sanders is advocating is something approaching the social-welfare systems of other economically developed countries and that's a far cry from the socialism Fox News is using as a boogeyman to frighten conservatives. The "socialism" Fox is decrying is the old-fashioned Stalinist-Maoist kind where all important industries are nationalized, most of the private property of the wealthy is seized by…

Kenneth Surin (2020-03-05). The Trump-Modi Lovefest: a Hideous Pseudo-Event. counterpunch.org Donald Trump is back in the US from his trip to India. His visit overlapped with some of the time I spent in Delhi, and watching the saturation media-coverage of the visit was in turns painful (because of the grotesquerie on display) and an absolute hoot (again, because of the grotesquerie on display). There was

Chuck Churchill (2020-03-05). The Long History of Elite Rule: What Will It Take To End It? counterpunch.org Elites have ruled over people and commanded the surplus produced by their labor for many millennia. It is this long history we have to contend with in today's crisis of capitalism that has produced endless wars and environmental catastrophes as corporate billionaire rulers continue to promote business as usual while preparing to fight each other

RT (2020-03-05). Elizabeth Warren suspends 2020 campaign after Super Tuesday failure — reports. rt.com Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has dropped out of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, according to several reports. The candidate failed to win even her home state on a disappointing Super Tuesday. | Warren's inability to win a single state in the 14-primary Super Tuesday contest is likely to have triggered her decision to drop out, which NBC News, AP and others have reported is imminent as of Thursday morning. She has collected a total of 65 delegates so far, but her failure to place within the top two in Massachusetts — or win any other state — cast a long shadow over the rest of the…

Staff (2020-03-05). Warren Ends 2020 Presidential Bid After Super Tuesday Rout. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren, who electrified progressives with her "plan for everything" and strong message of economic populism, dropped out of the Democratic presidential race on Thursday. Her exit came days after the onetime front-runner For much of the past year, her campaign had all the markers of success, robust poll numbers, impressive fundraising and a sprawling political infrastructure that featured staffers on the ground across the country. But once voting began in Feb…

Staff (2020-03-05). The New Poll Tax? Long Lines, Closed Polling Stations Hurt Black, Latinx & Student Voters in TX, CA. democracynow.org Long wait times plagued polling places in Texas throughout Super Tuesday, especially in districts with high numbers of black and Latinx voters and college students. Many voters reported waiting in line for more than three hours to cast a ballot. At least 750 Texas polling sites have been shuttered since 2013, when the Supreme Court slashed federal oversight of Texas and other Southern states under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. There were long lines, too, in Los Angeles, where many polling places reported problems with a brand-new $300 million voting system. The Sanders campaign sued to keep polling places open a…

Eds. (2020-03-05). Canadian media lies about Venezuela. mronline.org Canada's public media the CBC long-ago entered the ranks of yellow journalism when it comes to its reporting on Venezuela. However, two recent reports, in particular, one on CBC radio's "The Current" and the other a CBC News article by reporter Evan Dyer, weigh heavy on the sensationalism and light on facts. Filled with unsubstantiated […] |

teleSUR (2020-03-05). Turkey Deploys 1,000 Well-Armed Police to Halt Migrants' Return. telesurenglish.net Turkey's Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu Thursday announced that his country will send a thousand special forces police to the border with Greece to prevent migrants from trying to return to Turkish territory. | RELATED: ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã | "Greece has tried to return 4,900 people to Turkey… A thousand special f…

Mnar Muhawesh (2020-03-05). Podcast: Kevin Gosztola Discusses the Latest Developments in the Case Against Julian Assange. mintpressnews.com In this episode of MintCast, independent journalist and editor of ShadowProof Kevin Gosztola discusses the intricacies of the Assange hearings where the former editor of Wikileaks stands accused of 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act, an archaic law that has been used to target whistleblowers.

Labor Video Project (2020-03-05). Rally For Assange, Manning & Greenwald In SF & Occupation. indybay.org As part of an international day of action to support Wikileaks founder and journalist Julian Assange a rally was held in San Francisco on January 24, 2020. The rally speakers also supported Chelsea Manning, Glenn Greenwald and San Francisco journalist Brian Carmody.

WSWS (2020-03-05). Sri Lankan SEP hold rally in defence of Assange and Manning. wsws.org About 60 workers, young people and housewives joined the picket, which was held outside Fort Railway station in Colombo.

WSWS (2020-03-05). Australian parliamentary parties endorse British show trial of Julian Assange. wsws.org As Assange faced a legal travesty, government ministers declared their faith in British "due process," while the Labor Party maintained its silence.

WSWS (2020-03-05). Sri Lanka: Prominent journalist and cartoonist calls for Julian Assange's freedom. wsws.org Well-known Daily Mirror journalist and cartoonist Gihan de Chickera stated: "Assange, and journalists everywhere, must be free to continue their work unhindered."

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-03-05). The Pentagon's "Ides of March 2020": Best Month to Go to War? globalresearch.ca or the Romans, the month of March (Martius) marked "the time to start new military campaigns." As in the heyday of the Roman Empire, the Pentagon has a mandate to plan and implement a precise "timeline" of military operations.

Norman Solomon (2020-03-05). Elizabeth Warren Must Decide Which Side She's On. truthdig.com The night before Super Tuesday, Elizabeth Warren spoke to several thousand people in a quadrangle at East Los Angeles College. Much of her talk recounted the heroic actions of oppressed Latina workers who led the Justice for Janitors organization. Standing in the crowd, I was impressed with Warren's eloquence as she praised solidarity and labor unions as essential for improving the lives of working people. | Now, days later, with corporate Democrat Joe Biden enjoying sudden momentum and mega-billionaire Mike Bloomberg joining forces with him, an urgent question hovers over Warren. It's a time-honored union inquir…

Norman Solomon (2020-03-05). At the Epicenter of Super Tuesday, the Sanders Coalition Is Set to Shake the Political W. indybay.org People power threatening big money power…

Norman Solomon (2020-03-05). Elizabeth Warren: Which Side Are You On? zcomm.org In the midst of these pivotal election battles, Warren should provide a vehement endorsement of Sanders and swiftly begin to campaign for him. Choosing, instead, to stand on the sidelines would be a tragic betrayal of progressive principles…