2020-03-14: Social Media Postees

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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…
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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. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refers to …
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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

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…
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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…
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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

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. | …
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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…
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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/

Gracias Chelsea & Julian for publishing Bush\'s War Crimes
Orion the Elder | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
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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

Covid-19 Updates: Pentagon restricts access to building over virus
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-14
Update 17: 35 | Georgia 2nd state to postpone pres. primaries over virus | Georgia\'s March 24 presidential primaries will be postponed until May because of fears over the new coronavirus, state election officials announced Saturday, a day after Louisiana also pushed back its primaries. | In-person early voting, which began statewide March 2, will be halted and the election will be moved to May 19, when Georgia\'s other 2020 primary elections are being held, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement Saturday. | Update 17: 30 | Florida\'s famed South Beach closed to stop virus | Florida\'s fam…
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Coronavirus pandemic could cost millions of jobs in travel industry
rt.com | 2020-03-14
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) said this week that up to 50 million tourism jobs could be lost because of the Covid-19 pandemic as it \"presents a significant threat to the industry.\" | According to WTTC figures, the travel sector could shrink by up to 25 percent this year. | On a positive note, the council\'s Chief Executive Gloria Guevara said that \"Travel and tourism has the strength to overcome this challenge and will emerge stronger.\" | The tourism industry has been massively affected by the spread of the novel coronavirus, as many countries have introduced travel restrictions to contain its sp…
rt.com/business/483045-travel-industry-losses-coronavirus/

Guatemala bars travel from US & Canada as Washington reluctant to halt deportations despite coronavirus concerns
rt.com | 2020-03-14
Guatemala has expanded a travel ban on those arriving from countries hit hardest by Covid-19 to include the United States and Canada, the country\'s president said, amid worries that deportations from the US are driving the crisis. | After stepping up measures to contain the outbreak earlier this week

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

\'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/

Pakistan agrees to discuss regional Covid-19 strategy after Modi calls for cooperation, ending 4-year hiatus with South Asian bloc
rt.com | 2020-03-14
Islamabad has signaled willingness to partake in a joint response to the coronavirus with a bloc of South Asian nations, after Indian PM Narendra Modi broke years of stalemate with the regional body and called for coordination. | Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aisha Farooqui said on Friday that the country\'s Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Health Zafar Mirza would participate in a joint teleconference with leaders from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to formulate a combined action plan to contain the outbreak. | \"The threat of #COVID-19 requires coordinat…
rt.com/news/483113-pakistan-agrees-coordination-coronavirus/

After days of resistance, Trump awaits results after taking coronavirus test
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-14
After days of resistance, Donald Trump says that he has been tested for the coronavirus as the White House stepped up precautions after his direct and indirect exposures to Covid-19. | Trump also told reporters at a White House briefing that he had his temperature taken before stepping into the room, and it was \"totally normal\". | The president had held out on testing for days, despite his interactions with at least three people who have since tested positive. | President Trump had said Friday that he would probably take the test at some point, but the White House doctor said as recently as 13 March, that no test…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2020/03/14/after-days-of-resistance-trump-awaits-results-after-taking-coronavirus-test/

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

WH confirms Trump \'SHARED TABLE\' with Brazilian envoy, 3nd official to test positive for coronavirus after US visit
rt.com | 2020-03-14
US President Donald Trump shared a table with a Brazilian official that has since tested positive for Covid-19, the White House confirmed, after two others present for the same visit were found to carry the illness. | Trump came into contact with the official during a meeting with a Brazilian delegation at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last weekend, Trump\'s physician Sean Conley said in a statement published by the White House late on Friday night. | \"This evening we learned of another dinner guest, this one sharing the table with the president and White House delegation, who was symptom-free until this mor…
rt.com/news/483115-trump-third-brazilian-official/

World Health Organization pleads for $675 million to fight coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
While the World Health Organization begs for resources to fight the global contagion, the Trump administration has provided $1.5 trillion to prop up the markets.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/covi-m14.html

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

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

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

More than 250 deaths in Italy in one day as coronavirus continues to spread
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
Italy is the focal point of the outbreak in Europe, which Europe is now reporting more new cases each day than China did, even at the height of its outbreak.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/itac-m14.html

Poland, Czech Republic close borders, shut down public life due to coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
Three decades after the restoration of capitalism and endless austerity, the health care system in Poland and the Czech Republic, as across all of Europe, is in a devastating condition.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/pola-m14.html

Walkout at Fiat Chrysler Windsor Assembly over coronavirus danger
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
Some 6,000 workers stopped production Thursday at FCA Windsor as autoworkers across North America take up the demand to halt production in the face of the global pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/shap-m14.html

Higher Education Is Woefully Unprepared to Help Poor Students Amid Coronavirus
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-14
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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…
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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/

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

WH confirms Trump \'SHARED TABLE\' with Brazilian envoy, 3rd official to test positive for coronavirus after US visit
rt.com | 2020-03-14
US President Donald Trump shared a table with a Brazilian official that has since tested positive for Covid-19, the White House confirmed, after two others present for the same visit were found to carry the illness. | Trump came into contact with the official during a meeting with a Brazilian delegation at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida last weekend, Trump\'s physician Sean Conley said in a statement published by the White House late on Friday night. | \"This evening we learned of another dinner guest, this one sharing the table with the president and White House delegation, who was symptom-free until this mor…
rt.com/news/483115-trump-third-brazilian-official/

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

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

Racist Attacks and Border Militarization Intensify as Coronavirus Spreads
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-14
Three weeks ago

Delayed and unplanned school closures in the US have increased coronavirus transmission
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
With no national direction or testing, local school districts have implemented haphazard closures for weeks during which the coronavirus has been spreading exponentially across the globe.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/scho-m14.html

Spain declares state of emergency as unions agree to mass layoffs
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
The decision comes as there are 4,209 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 1,000 more than the day before, and 120 deaths from the disease across Spain.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/spai-m14.html

Coronavirus hits Israel, threatens catastrophe for West Bank and Gaza
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
Israel\'s caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is exploiting the coronavirus outbreak to shore up his political position.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/gaza-m14.html

Spanish PM\'s wife tests positive for Covid-19 after Madrid imposes national lockdown to tackle the disease
rt.com | 2020-03-14
Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez\'s wife, Begona Gomez, has tested positive for the deadly coronavirus, the government has confirmed. It comes after the Iberian country entered into lockdown, with ban on all non-essential movement. | Both Gomez and her husband, the Prime Minister, are feeling well, Sanchez\'s office reported Sunday night. | The new comes shortly after Sanchez unveiled what he described as \"drastic\" and \"extraordinary\" measures as part of the state of emergency to fend off the spread of the disease that has so far claimed at least 193 lives across the country, and infected over 6,250. | The restrictive m…
rt.com/news/483158-spain-pm-wife-coronavirus/

\'We\'ll probably pull the plug\': Florida officials set to defy Vince McMahon and cancel WWE WrestleMania
rt.com | 2020-03-14
Vince McMahon\'s galaxy of burly superstars appear to be no match for the spread of the deadly coronavirus, as the 2020 host state Florida looks set to cancel the annual WrestleMania event – despite McMahon insisting otherwise. | WrestleMania 36, which is set to take place in Tampa, Florida on April 5th, looks certain to be latest sporting domino to fall in the wake of the spread of COVID-19. The annual showcase event the centerpiece of the WWE\'s annual calendar, with storylines often set into motion a year or more before the event. | Or, so is the case in a regular year. The onset of the deadly pandemic has le…
rt.com/sport/483141-wwe-wrestlemania-coronavirus-status/

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/

Wildcat strikes erupt across Italy to demand idling of plants during coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
The working class, not the financial markets and their corrupt political and trade union representatives, must decide what plants run and under what conditions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/ital-m14.html

A new report should cast doubt on the DUP\'s ability to tackle the coronavirus pandemic
Peadar O\'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-03-14
Following the publication of the Renewable Heat Incentive ( RHI) scheme\'s report on 13 March, first minister for Northern Ireland Arlene Foster has apologised for her \"failings in the implementation\" of this scheme. She also said…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/03/14/a-new-report-should-cast-doubt-on-the-dups-ability-to-tackle-the-coronavirus-pandemic/

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