Santa Rita Jail Solidarity During the Coronavirus Pandemic
IWOC Oakland | indybay.org | 2020-03-23
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
Jewish Activists Demand Governor Newsom Release Detainees In Light of Covid-19 Outbreak
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-03-23
In a March 21 press release, Never Again Action Bay Area calls on Governor Newsom to take immediate steps to release migrants from unsanitary, overcrowded \"death camp\" detention centers…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/21/18831710.php
Immigrants at New Jersey ICE detention center launch hunger strike over COVID-19 threat
wsws.org | 2020-03-23
Detainees at the Newark, New Jersey jail used by ICE are protesting filthy conditions that increase their risk of infection by the coronavirus and are demanding to be released.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/23/hung-m23.html
Power in a Time of Coronavirus
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2020-03-23
To fight like hell for the living
What the Coronavirus Emergency Has to Do with Biden vs. Sanders
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-03-23
Tepid adjustments vs. truly transformational agendas…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/19/18831664.php
When is a Logging Road \"Not a Road\"?
Mike Garrity | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
war is peace freedom is slavery ignorance is strength How does the Forest Service justify bulldozing new roads where they are not supposed to be? Only by saying, \"this feature is not a road.\" These are the official slogans of the Party as inscribed at the Ministry of Truth in George Orwell\'s dystopian novel 1984. The…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/23/when-is-a-logging-road-not-a-road/
UN Chief Warns of Coming Recession for the Planet
Evelyn Leopold | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
The United Nations has shut down most of its meetings and all of its conferences, but the world body in New York stays open. There are peacekeeping missions to follow, conflicts around the world and the plight of the millions of refugees from wars that don\'t heal. But most of the work is done electronically…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/23/un-chief-warns-of-coming-recession-for-the-planet/
Death of the \"Usual\": Economic Evolution and the Emergence of the New
Graham Peebles | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-23
Humanity is faced with a series of self-made, interrelated crises, from the environmental catastrophe to poverty, inequality, the absence of peace and an unprecedented level of displaced persons, among other pressing issues. All have been brought about by the negative behaviour of mankind, by the pervasive modes of living, the corrosive values and ideologies that …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/death-of-the-usual-economic-evolution-and-the-emergence-of-the-new/
Reaching \'beyond the possible\' in Hawaii to meet sustainability goals
news.un.org | 2020-03-23
The people and government of the US state of Hawaii will reach \"beyond the possible\" to make the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) a reality; The SDGs are a set of targets agreed by countries around the world to reduce poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity for all, by 2030. Hawaii introduced its own initiative, Sustainable Hawaii, in 2016 in support of the SDGs.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/03/1059832
United Parcel Service forcing employees to work without protection amid COVID-19 pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-03-23
\"There has been no serious talk about this disease\" at UPS, a warehouse worker in Baltimore, Maryland, told the World Socialist Web Site.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/23/upsb-m23.html
Is Martial Law Coming to the US?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-23
Crises are opportunities for ruling authorities to institute policies not easily introduced during normal times. | Post-9/11 and at other extraordinary times, the public is willfully deceived to believe that by sacrificing personal freedoms, greater security is possible
For America\'s Urgent Health and Safety, Trump Needs to Resign!
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
Leaning on sober-minded experts in infectious diseases at his daily news conferences, Trump is frantically trying to look good. But the old delusionary Trump keeps resurfacing. On Monday, he rated his coronavirus performance at a perfect ten. On Tuesday, he lied to the public about his knowing it was a pandemic…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/23/for-americas-urgent-health-and-safety-trump-needs-to-resign/
Pompeo and Netanyahu Paved a Path to War with Iran, and They\'re Pushing Trump Again
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-23
Though it narrowly averted war with Iran this January, the Trump administration is still pushing for all-out military conflict. The architects of the drive to war, Mike Pompeo and Benjamin Netanyahu, have relied on a series of cynical provocations to …
globalresearch.ca/pompeo-netanyahu-war-iran-pushing-trump-again/5707142
IMF Rejects Venezuela COVID-19 Emergency Fund Appeal
Ricardo Vaz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-23
The International Monetary Fund has rejected a Venezuelan appeal for an emergency US $5 billion loan to face the coronavirus health crisis. | Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza revealed on Tuesday afternoon that President Nicolas Maduro had sent a letter to IMF …
globalresearch.ca/imf-rejects-venezuela-emergency-fund-appeal/5707156
The IMF Abandons Venezuelans to the Threat of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
No government that had to bow to the power of a financial institution like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) knows the harsh consequences to which it will have to submit. That includes the Venezuelan government. And yet last March 15 president Nicolas Maduro filed a formal request to the IMF for a financing facility of…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/23/the-imf-abandons-venezuelans-to-the-threat-of-the-covid-19-pandemic/
\"Four Corners\" program exposes Australian war crimes in Afghanistan
wsws.org | 2020-03-23
The actions revealed in the program, including the execution of unarmed civilians, have doubtless been known by successive governments, Labor and Coalition alike.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/23/afgh-m23.html
U.S. and Iraq: The Hidden History
Richard Becker | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-23
\"You have given Iraq the opportunity to stand on its own,\" President Barack Obama told hundreds of cheering U.S. troops in Baghdad on April 7, 2009, his first visit to the country after being elected. He added that now, \"Iraqis …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-iraq-hidden-history/5707126
The Pathogenic Profits System: Beyond Begging, Praying, and Capital
Paul Street | zcomm.org | 2020-03-23
If it were a rational, decent, educated, and democratic society, the United States would be spending massive sums on epidemic/pandemic readiness instead of on a Pentagon System that transfers massive wealth to the owners of high-tech \"defense\" corporations…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-pathogenic-profits-system-beyond-begging-praying-and-capital/
The Pathogenic Profits System: Beyond Begging, Praying, and Capital
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
We live in an age of Orwellian untruth where falsehood is the norm. One key falsehood worth unmasking is the claim that the current COVID-19 stock market decline, soon to usher in a full-on recession, is a \"black swan\"
Hong Kong to ban all tourist arrivals, may suspend alcohol sales
rt.com | 2020-03-23
Hong Kong is banning all tourist arrivals to the global financial center amid a spike in imported cases of the coronavirus. The move comes as Hong Kong joins cities worldwide in the battle to contain the spread of the disease. | The government also said it was studying whether to suspend the sale of alcohol in licensed bars and restaurants in the city. It has 318 confirmed cases of coronavirus and four deaths, Reuters reported. | Hong Kong last week toughened curbs on travelers, ordering 14 days of quarantine for arrivals and advising against all non-essential travel. University entrance exams will be postpone…
rt.com/newsline/483806-hong-kong-ban-tourists/
Coronavirus: Latest updates from across the world
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-23
Covid-19 has infected hundreds of thousands of people across the globe.Here are the latest updates:
The Coronavirus Exposes the Foolishness of the US Sanctions Policy
Annelle Sheline | thenation.com | 2020-03-23
The Coronavirus Exposes the Foolishness of the US Sanctions Policy…
thenation.com/article/world/coronavirus-iran-sanctions/
COVID-19: Trump Companies Fall, Hundreds Lose Jobs
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-23
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economy already seems to be affecting the companies and businesses of U.S. President Donald Trump and, along with with it, the employment of hundreds of people. | *** | President Trump\'s company
Pandemic: The Invention of a Disease Called Fear
Julian Rose | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
The word \'pandemic\' bears a similarity to the word \'panic\' and indeed \'pandemonium\'. In fact \'pandemic\' evokes an almost instant flush of fear in those easily manipulated by mass media, before any details have even touched the surface or context in which the word is being used. Those who plan the major moves on the…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/23/pandemic-the-invention-of-a-disease-called-fear/
Cuba Sends 53 Doctors and Nurses to Fight Covid-19 in Italy
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-23
Cuban health authorities announced on Thursday that the country will send 53 health professionals to Lombardy, Italy, to help contain the new coronavirus pandemic. | The 53 doctors and nurses have experience in caring for these types of diseases. In 2014, …
globalresearch.ca/cuba-sends-53-doctors-nurses-fight-covid-19-italy/5707149
The Political Uses of Pandemic
Ben Debney | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
Crisis has long had political uses for ruling groups. As I wrote in a piece for CounterPunch in 2015, elites and their intellectual courtiers often manufacture crises themselves, though what sociologist Stanley Cohen called \'the amplification of deviance\' (or blowing things utterly out of proportion). Where not directly complicit themselves in the process of engineering…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/23/the-political-uses-of-pandemic/
Union plans legal action over lack of pay help for gig economy and self-employed
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-23
Legal action is being planned against the government over claims that it has failed to protect the wages and jobs of millions of workers, including those in the gig economy, during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. | The Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) said the current £94.25-a-week Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) arrangement discriminates against women, gig economy and minority ethnic workers for whom these payments are not enough to survive or in some cases not available at all. | The union said it will argue that the 80% wage subsidies offered by the government to businesses to keep people…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/03/23/union-plans-legal-action-over-lack-of-pay-help-for-gig-economy-and-self-employed/
Creative Empathy in a Pandemic
Robert Koehler | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
One thing about a pandemic: It\'s inclusive. We cannot survive it, move beyond it, by protecting merely some people. We have to protect everyone. Of all the disruption, paradox and chaos that have been unleashed by the coronavirus, this is the most stunning: It has something to teach us that we could never learn on…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/23/creative-empathy-in-a-pandemic/
\'The world is not in such a condition\': Japanese PM Abe suggests for first time that Tokyo Olympics could be postponed
rt.com | 2020-03-23
Japan\'s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says that this summer\'s Tokyo Olympics may need to be postponed as numerous countries have expressed reservations about participating in the games due to the coronavirus pandemic. | After both Canada and Australia announced that they will not send athletes to any Olympics Games hosted this summer, along with reports that various individual athletes are expressing concern, Abe told a Japanese parliamentary meeting that the event will likely need to be rescheduled and said that he will hold talks with International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach regarding the matt…
rt.com/sport/483818-tokyo-olympics-abe-coronavirus/
Does the Coronavirus Pandemic Serve a Global Agenda?
Senta Depuydt | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-23
For those who follow the global immunization agenda and its implementation on different continents, the announcement of a new pandemic didn\'t come as a surprise. \"Pandemic preparedness\" has been well-funded and a buzz word for a long time before becoming …
globalresearch.ca/does-coronavirus-pandemic-serve-global-agenda/5707133
How to Wage War, FDR-Style, on the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
The United States, President Donald Trump is now proclaiming, stands at \"war.\" We are facing, in the novel coronavirus, \"an invisible enemy\" that could claim the lives of more Americans than every shooting war America has ever fought. But that sort of terrible toll, public health people have been working so hard to remind us,…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/23/how-to-wage-war-fdr-style-on-the-covid-19-pandemic/
Coronavirus: Israel\'s Mossad Acquires 100,000 \'Unusable\' Test Kits
Lubna Masarwa | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-23
Israel\'s external intelligence agency, the Mossad, joined the country\'s battle against the global coronavirus pandemic and has acquired 100,000 test kits for the disease from two countries with which it does not share diplomatic ties, Israeli media reported, adding …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-israel-mossad-acquires-100000-unusable-test-kits/5707157
Russian cases of coronavirus surge as economic crisis hits
wsws.org | 2020-03-23
The Russian oligarchy is promoting nationalism and xenophobia and pushing for greater surveillance and dictatorial measures, as social tensions are set to escalate over the socioeconomic impact of the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/23/russ-m23.html
The Cost of This Pandemic Must Not Bankrupt the People
Manuel Bertoldi | zcomm.org | 2020-03-23
It is easier to imagine socialism in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, than it is to continue to live under the heartless regime of capitalism…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-cost-of-this-pandemic-must-not-bankrupt-the-people/
Retail and service industry workers demand safety measures, store closures and full compensation during coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-03-23
Retail and service workers, particularly in grocery stores and coffee shops, are at high risk of contracting COVID-19 as they interact with hundreds of customers on a daily basis.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/23/reta-m23.html
South Africa\'s ANC government suppressed report showing thousands could die from COVID-19
wsws.org | 2020-03-23
The Ramaphosa government\'s response to the pandemic has been exactly what the study warned against–slow and virtually nonexistent.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/23/safr-m23.html
Spotlight: U.S. Politicians\' Use of the Term \"Chinese Virus\" Widely Condemned
Xinhua | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-23
The recent re-labeling of the novel coronavirus with xenophobic undertones by some U.S. politicians to stigmatize China has drawn widespread criticism. | As the international community works together to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, a few American politicians are shifting blame to …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-politicians-use-chinese-virus-widely-condemned/5707146
Derelict Leadership on Health Security
Mel Gurtov | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
If one event shows both Trump\'s flawed character and his ineptitude, it would have to be his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. It is all about him, claiming superior knowledge of the medical issues while constantly downplaying the extent and seriousness of the virus, ignoring early warning signs, and withholding vital information from the scientific…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/23/derelict-leadership-on-health-security/
WATCH Russian Army deliver medical aid at airbase near Rome as Moscow rallies to help coronavirus-ravaged Italy
rt.com | 2020-03-23
Russian personnel swiftly airlifted trucks full of medical equipment to Italy, the nation with the highest death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic. | A video by Russia\'s Defense Ministry shows containers with equipment being offloaded onto Kamaz military semi-trucks after an Il-76 transport plane landed in Italy\'s Pratica di Mare airbase, 30km (18.6 miles) from Rome. Personnel in white hazmat suits helped to prepare the cargo hatch before the vehicles could roll onto the tarmac. | Russian aircraft carrying Covid-19 aid have been arriving to Italy since Sunday evening. Moscow is helping Rome by providing medic…
rt.com/news/483800-russian-aid-italy-covid19/
A Fiasco in the Making? As the Coronavirus Pandemic Takes Hold, We Are Making Decisions Without Reliable Data
John P.A. Ioannidis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-23
The current coronavirus disease, Covid-19, has been called a once-in-a-century pandemic. But it may also be a once-in-a-century evidence fiasco. | At a time when everyone needs better information, from disease modelers and governments to people quarantined or just …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-pandemic-takes-hold-we-are-making-decisions-without-reliable-data/5707168
How to Wage War, FDR-Style, on Our Pandemic
Sam Pizzigati | commondreams.org | 2020-03-23
President Donald Trump looks on next to Anthony Fauci, director of the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during a meeting at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland on March 3, 2020. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/donald_trump_29_0.jpg …
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While Dumping Their Stocks, US Senators Misled the Public on Coronavirus Crisis
Jacob Crosse | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-23
The actions of prominent US lawmakers, Democrats as well as Republicans, in seeking to secure their personal wealth while concealing from the public the catastrophic implications of the coronavirus pandemic and the measures needed to combat it, sum up the …
globalresearch.ca/dumping-stock-us-senators-misled-public-coronavirus-crisis/5707141
Australian teachers and school workers speak out on dangerous working conditions amid pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-03-23
One teacher said: \"We should not be expected to work in these unsafe conditions and students should not be expected to go to school either.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/23/inte-m23.html
Legality of shelter-in-place orders is questionable
lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-03-23
Coronavirus pandemic fears result in California Lock-down!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/21/18831712.php
US in lockdown: The biggest threat to the oil industry ever?
rt.com | 2020-03-23
The impact of border closures, travel restrictions, restaurant closures and more is already wreaking havoc on the US oil industry, and it is likely to get much worse. | The SARS CoV2 virus that is behind the COVID-19 pandemic has finally ravaged the United States, and cities and states are reacting to its brutality by shutting stuff down. As the United States continues to increase measures to isolate the sick and slow the spread, the oil industry is bracing for harder times ahead. Just how bad could it get, and what would a full quarantine mean for US oil? | The effects of US border closures, travel restrictio…
rt.com/business/483814-us-lockdown-biggest-threat-oil/
Bail Out the States Not the Banks
Shamus Cooke | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
Trump jumped into bailout mode in response to the depth of the economic crisis triggered by the pandemic. A mountain of money has already been promised to the banks, while many other soon-to-be bankrupt corporations will get unimaginable sums with few strings attached, such as the airlines, Boeing, cruise ships, etc., many of whom, like…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/23/bail-out-the-states-not-the-banks/
Chinese worker writes on the coronavirus pandemic: \"Disaffection is growing among the masses\"
wsws.org | 2020-03-23
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/23/chin-m23.html
WorkWeek On SF Housing With Dean Preston, ILWU Port Safety & UCSF AFSCME Cancer Cluster
WorkWeek | indybay.org | 2020-03-23
WorkWeek interviews SF Supervisor Dean Preston about the housing crisis and the fight against evictions. Next WorkWeek hears about UAW auto worker wildcats over the failure to protect the health and safety of auto workers. We interview UAW 551 Chicago Ford worker Scott Houldierson. | Next WorkWeek hears about the conditions of Bay Area Longshore workers who are members of ILWU Local 10 with Trent Willis, president of the Local. | Last, WorkWeek interviews Stella Miranda, the wife of a UCSF AFSCME 3299 worker whose worksite was on radioactive contaminated land at the Hunters Point shipyard. | She talks about what…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/19/18831678.php
Solidarity or Disaster
Maria Paez Victor | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
The coronavirus has exposed many things
Memes and Viruses: Could COVID19 be a Communist Plot?
John Grant | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-23
Something pretty amazing is happening thanks to the COVID19 virus. Doctors, nurses and other health workers are being respected in ways they haven\'t been until now. Last week, MSNBC\'s Lawrence O\'Donnell expressed the current narrative in a way I\'ve never encountered before. He was speaking of nurses, but it would apply to other health workers…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/23/memes-and-viruses-could-covid19-be-a-communist-plot/