2020-03-17: Social Media Postees

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ICE officials running unchecked facial recognition searches on Maryland drivers
wsws.org | 2020-03-17
Officials from Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been accessing Maryland state driver\'s license photos for years to catch undocumented immigrants given licenses by a special state program.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/17/icem-m17.html

Leaders of Turkey, Germany, France, UK discuss Syria & migration crisis in videoconference
rt.com | 2020-03-17
Turkish, German, British and French leaders discussed the Syria crisis and migrant issue as well as joint action against coronavirus in a videoconference, Turkish presidency said on Tuesday. | It issued a statement saying that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also discussed methods of humanitarian aid to Syria\'s northwestern Idlib province, Reuters reports. | A summit was planned after Ankara opened its borders to migrants trying to enter the bloc, but the leaders decided to switch to a video call.
rt.com/newsline/483339-turkey-germany-france-migration/

Leaders of Turkey, Germany, France, UK discuss Syria & migration crisis in videoconference
rt.com | 2020-03-17
Turkish, German, British, and French leaders discussed the Syria crisis and the migrant issue, as well as joint action against coronavirus in a videoconference, the Turkish presidency said on Tuesday. | It issued a statement saying that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also discussed methods of humanitarian aid to Syria\'s northwestern Idlib province, Reuters reports. | A summit was planned after Ankara opened its borders to migrants trying to enter the bloc, but the leaders decided to switch to a…
rt.com/newsline/483339-turkey-germany-france-migration/

California senior citizens are on lock-down due to coronavirus
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-03-17
One can only wonder how long it will be before California becomes like the film called Wild In The Streets, where everyone 30 and older were locked up in prison camps, or like the film called Logan\'s Run, where people 30 and older are hunted down and executed to make room for younger people!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/15/18831560.php

We\'re in a Recession, and It\'s Likely to Get Worse
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
Introduction | Margaret Flowers and I focus on the foundational flaws in the US economy that will make this recession worse than elites are saying. | We examine the weaknesses in the drivers of the economy and discuss how each was at …
globalresearch.ca/were-recession-get-worse/5706583

To Help Stem Coronavirus, Lift Sanctions on Iran
Medea Benjamin, Ariel Gold | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-17
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,…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/17/to-help-stem-coronavirus-lift-sanctions-on-iran/

Nine Years Ago: The US-NATO-Israel Sponsored Al Qaeda Insurgency in Syria. Who Was Behind the 2011 \"Protest Movement\"?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
It was not a protest movement, it was an armed insurgency integrated by US-Israeli & allied supported \"jihadist\" death squads. From Day One, the Islamist \"freedom fighters\" were supported, trained & equipped by NATO & Turkey\'s High Command.
globalresearch.ca/syria-who-is-behind-the-protest-movement-fabricating-a-pretext-for-a-us-nato-humanitarian-intervention/24591

Quarantine for the US-NATO Military Machine?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
It happened almost on the same day. Italy\'s lockdown. People confined to their homes across the European Union. Influx of 30,000 US troops in preparation of the \"Defend Europe 2020\" war games against Russia in the largest display of military …
globalresearch.ca/quarantine-for-the-us-nato-military-machine/5706664

US ramps up sanctions devastating Venezuela\'s health sector as coronavirus spreads
Leonardo Flores | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-17
Promising to \"smash\" Venezuela\'s government during a \"maximum pressure March,\" Trump has imposed crushing sanctions that force Venezuela to spend…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/17/us-sanctions-venezuelas-health-sector-coronavirus/

Remembering a Panther
Elena Carter | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-17
The last time I saw former Black Panther, incarcerated activist and poet, Wopashitwe Mondo Eyen we Langa, he asked me a question I didn\'t fully understand. \"Here\'s a riddle for you,\" he began, gap-toothed and grinning from his hospice bed.
counterpunch.org/2020/03/17/remembering-a-panther/

Covid-19: Teachers\' union accuses Government of creating \'chaos and confusion\'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-17
A lack of advice for schools amid the coronavirus pandemic is creating \"chaos and confusion\" and placing \"intolerable pressure\" on staff, a teachers\' union has warned.The NASUWT, which represents teachers and head teachers, said there was a \"rising sense of panic\" as it called for a definitive decision on how to protect staff and pupils.Prime minister Boris Johnson stopped short of announcing school closures as he unveiled unprecedented peacetime measures to try to control the spread of Covid-19 on Monday.Although he added that the measures will remain under review, the union criticised Johnson for failing to giv…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/03/17/covid-19-teachers-union-accuses-government-of-creating-chaos-and-confusion/

The Taliban Scores a Coup
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-17
It threatened to disappear under the viral haze of COVID-19, but February 29 saw representatives from the US and Taliban, loftily acknowledged as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, sign the \"Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan\". After two decades of conflict, the agreement sets in motion the process that should see American troops leave Afghanistan …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/the-taliban-scores-a-coup/

Chile: Government May Approve Salary Increase to Quell Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-17
The Chilean Joint Commission on Monday approved a bill that will allow for an increase in the liquid monthly remuneration of workers, thanks to the creation of a subsidy. | RELATED: | Chile: Piñera Celebrates \'Democracy\' As Police Mistreat People | The decision seeks to ensure a Minimum Guaranteed Income for the working class, which will allow for a salary increase starting at 300 thousand Chilean \"pesos\" (approximately $350 U.S.D.). | The Minister of Social Development and Fam…
telesurenglish.net/news/chile-government-may-approve-salary-increase-to-quell-protests-20200317-0008.html

The Coronavirus Hoax. \"Governments Love Crises\"
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
Governments love crises because when the people are fearful they are more willing to give up freedoms for promises that the government will take care of them. After 9/11, for example, Americans accepted the near-total destruction of their civil liberties …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-hoax/5706636

How the OAS Revived the Cold War in the Americas
Laura Carlsen | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-17
The OAS has never been a neutral forum. Since its founding in 1948, the United States government has always wielded power far beyond its vote. Each member state\'s contribution is based on the relative size of its national economy and the US contributed 60% ($51 million) of the $81million 2019 OAS operating budget. As a result, the U.S. has historically had disproportionate power over the organization.
counterpunch.org/2020/03/17/how-the-oas-revived-the-cold-war-in-the-americas/

The Saudi Royal Family Appear Unaware of the Dangers of Settling Scores Among Themselves
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-17
Purges, interrogation, claims of torture, accusations of treason, suspicion of murder, an insane war in Yemen and ruinous plans for a \"reformed\" kingdom, all supported by the US and the west and an often fawning media. So what\'s new? Poor Mohammed bin Salman is surely getting a bum rap. Far from being a frightening and uncontrollable new…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/17/the-saudi-royal-family-appear-unaware-of-the-dangers-of-settling-scores-among-themselves/

The Saudi royal family should beware fighting among themselves
Robert Fisk | zcomm.org | 2020-03-17
The kingdom was never the pool of tranquillity that its rulers have claimed

Is Washington\'s Attack Against Chinese Media a Bad Joke?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
The U.S. is insulting the Chinese media. It is affecting both countries. My colleagues in Beijing believe, correctly, that Washington should have tried to increase communication, not to bring it to a halt. | Twist what is happening; reverse facts. That …
globalresearch.ca/washington-attack-against-chinese-media-bad-joke/5706572

Is the DNC Once Again Orchestrating the Defeat of a Socialist Candidate?
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
In 1944, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) ensured that socialist Henry Wallace would not succeed Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) as president. Is history repeating itself in 2020? | Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders received the most votes in the first three primary …
globalresearch.ca/dnc-orchestrating-defeat-socialist-candidate/5706590

US autoworkers demand industry shutdown to fight coronavirus
wsws.org | 2020-03-17
Autoworkers continued to flood the World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter with comments denouncing the decision by the companies and the UAW to maintain full production in the midst of a deadly pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/17/uaw-m17.html

UK doctors speak out on coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-03-17
Reporters for the World Socialist Web Site spoke to two medical doctors on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting Britain\'s National Health Service and their concerns for the future.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/17/doct-m17.html

\'A Policeman, A Pastor and A Palestinian\': The \'Chilestinians\' as a Model for Palestinian Unity
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-17
I was only introduced to the term \'Chilestinians\' last February at a conference in Istanbul, during a presentation by the Director of the Palestinian Federation of Chile, Anuar Majluf. When Majluf referred to the well-rooted Palestinian community in Chile, who number between 450,000 and half a million, using that unfamiliar and peculiar phrase, I smiled.
counterpunch.org/2020/03/17/a-policeman-a-pastor-and-a-palestinian-the-chilestinians-as-a-model-for-palestinian-unity/

We Have Met the Enemy, But It May Turn Out to Be Not a Virus But Us
Dave Lindorff | zcomm.org | 2020-03-17
If people think things have gotten bad quickly in Italy, where the whole country is currently on lockdown in an attempt to try and slow the coronavirus pandemic\'s spread, wait until the disease really gets going her in the US, where it arrived later. We ain\'t seen nothing yet…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/we-have-met-the-enemy-but-it-may-turn-out-to-be-not-a-virus-but-us/

We Have Met the Enemy: It May Turn Out to be Us and Not a Virus
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-17
Maple Glen, PA. I\'m writing this article from my home in Montgomery County, PA, a large suburban, exurban and rural county of 900,000 people which is kind of wrapped around three sides of the city of Philadelphia. At the moment, we are in \"lock down,\" after PA Gov. Tom Wolf announced that MontCo is the…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/17/we-have-met-the-enemy-it-may-turn-out-to-be-us-and-not-a-virus/

US Indifference to Public Health: The Shame of the Nation
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
Both right wings of the US one-party state serve privileged interests exclusively at the expense of public health and welfare. | It\'s been this way throughout the nation\'s history, notably since the neoliberal 90s, especially post-9/11 when Republicans and undemocratic Dems …
globalresearch.ca/us-indifference-public-health/5706599

Sanders Endorses Biden? It\'s Coming
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
You heard it here first. No, Sanders hasn\'t formally endorsed Biden yet, but make no mistake. It\'s coming

Together, Biden and Sanders COVID-19 plans provide immediate and systemic response
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-17
WASHINGTON–If you want the global view of how the U.S. health care non-system is ill-equipped to help people cope with the coronavirus pandemic, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., has a solution for you. It\'s in his speech on March 12. If you want point-by-point, detail-by-detail proposals on what the federal government can and …
peoplesworld.org/article/together-biden-and-sanders-covid-19-plans-provide-immediate-and-systemic-response/

Trump Minimizing and Sugarcoating Coronavirus Perils
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-17
Donald Trump can\'t fake his way through the coronavirus. It\'s spreading and doesn\'t respond to his delusions. Donald is flailing, failing, fibbing, stumbling, and scapegoating. With the stock market collapsing and the economy shaking, Donald fears defeat in November. Trump is a daily clear and present danger and he is the worst person to handle…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/17/trump-minimizing-and-sugarcoating-coronavirus-perils/

Trump Minimizing and Sugarcoating Coronavirus Perils
Ralph Nader | zcomm.org | 2020-03-17
Donald Trump can\'t fake his way through the coronavirus. It\'s spreading and doesn\'t respond to his delusions. Donald is flailing, failing, fibbing, stumbling, and scapegoating…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trump-minimizing-and-sugarcoating-coronavirus-perils/

Video: New Syrian Army Offensive in Idlib Becoming Inevitable as Militants Sabotage Joint Turkish-Russian Patrols
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
On March 15, Russian and Turkish forces conducted a first joint patrol in Greater Idlib in the framework of the new de-escalation agreement reached in Moscow. The planned route of the patrol goes along the M4 highway, where a buffer …
globalresearch.ca/video-new-syrian-army-offensive-idlib-becoming-inevitable-militants-sabotage-joint-turkish-russian-patrols/5706575

Brazil: Bolsonaro to Be Denounced for Risking the Population
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-17
The Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) lawmaker Marcelo Freixo will denounce Brazil\'s President Jair Bolsonaro before the World Health Organization (WHO) for putting the population at risk by promoting the concentration of people in a political act against of the National Congress and the Federal Supreme Court held in Brasilia on March 15. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro Claims His Second COVID-19 Test Was Negative | At an event called by those who long for the return to a military regime, Bolso…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Bolsonaro-to-Be-Denounced-for-Risking-the-Population-20200317-0004.html

The UK and Spain make coronavirus plans to use private healthcare, with one glaring difference
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-03-17
Both the UK and Spain have made plans to use private healthcare facilities to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic. But there\'s a glaring difference between the policies. One that speaks volumes about the Conservative government. | Public good vs private profit: | The Spanish government announced that it was going to requisition private healthcare facilities and healthcare equipment suppliers and manufacturers. The government gave companies 48 h…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2020/03/17/the-uk-and-spain-make-coronavirus-plans-to-use-private-healthcare-with-one-glaring-difference/

Bolsonaro\'s Son Confirmed Father\'s Positive Coronavirus Test, Then Lied About It
Glenn Greenwald | zcomm.org | 2020-03-17
The question of Bolsonaro\'s health remains shrouded in mystery. And that mystery is now fueled by his son inadvertently starting a war with a news outlet they trained their followers to worship: Fox News…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/bolsonaros-son-confirmed-fathers-positive-coronavirus-test-then-lied-about-it/

U.S. Intel Agencies played unsettling role in classified and \"9/11-like\" Coronavirus response plan
Whitney Webb | mronline.org | 2020-03-17
As the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis comes to dominate headlines, little media attention has been given to the federal government\'s decision to classify top-level meetings on domestic coronavirus response and lean heavily \"behind the scenes\" on U.S. intelligence and the Pentagon in planning for an allegedly imminent explosion of cases. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/17/u-s-intel-agencies-played-unsettling-role-in-classified-and-9-11-like-coronavirus-response-plan/

Iran\'s supreme leader issues fatwa banning \'unnecessary travel\' as coronavirus death toll mounts
rt.com | 2020-03-17
The supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has made a religious ruling that prohibits \"unnecessary travel\" in the country in a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19. Iran\'s death toll from the outbreak is nearing 1,000. | The fatwa urges citizens to respect the orders of the health authorities and to refrain from traveling across the country without a valid reason. The supreme leader has final say on all state affairs and the decree published on Tuesday is a rare move on his part. | Iranian authorities called upon the citizenry to avoid traveling, closing major Shia Muslim holy sites on Monday in a bid t…
rt.com/news/483337-iran-coronavirus-travel-ban/

Iran has now temporarily sent home 85,000 inmates over coronavirus fears
rt.com | 2020-03-17
Iran\'s effort to free up overcrowded prisons from non-critical inmates has seen 85,000 people going home for leave. The measure is meant to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus in the penitentiary system. | \"Some 50% of those released are security-related prisoners… Also in the jails we have taken precautionary measures to confront the outbreak,\" judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said, as cited by Reuters. | The number of people granted furlough has increased by 15,000 compared to last week. The Middle Eastern country reported 14,991 confirmed cases of the Covid-19 infection as of Monday, with the deat…
rt.com/news/483294-iran-prisoners-leave-coronavirus/

US threatens military escalation as Iraq confronts COVID-19 and oil price shock
wsws.org | 2020-03-17
Speaking with all the arrogance of a colonial occupier, Secretary of State Pompeo made it clear that Washington has no intention of withdrawing its troops as Iraq has demanded.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/17/iraq-m17.html

As Ohio Postpones Its Primary, COVID-19 Pandemic Wreaks Election Havoc
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-17
After covering presidential elections, primaries and politics for the last 20 years, I\'ve gotten used to days when the story changes before I can finish typing a sentence. The days after this year\'s South Carolina primary are a perfect example. Super Tuesday preview done, think I\'ll make a sandwich, wait, Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg just dropped out and endorsed Joe Biden, oh well, NO SANDWICH FOR ME. | It\'s the nature of the beast: The only constant is change. If you\'re not ready to turn on a…
truthout.org/articles/as-ohio-postpones-its-primary-covid-19-pandemic-wreaks-election-havoc/

Coronavirus for All
Seiji Yamada | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-17
Our government will compensate the petroleum, airline, cruise ship, hotel, and sports and entertainment industries for their losses. Socialism for corporations is the first order of the day. But if we want to get through the coronavirus with grandma and grandpa alive, we must have Medicare for All. Or would you rather have Coronavirus for All?
counterpunch.org/2020/03/17/coronavirus-for-all/

Armed Terrorists Storm Syrian Arab Red Crescent Offices in Idlib, Attack Volunteers, Loot Humanitarian Aid
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
In coordinated attacks on Saturday 14 March, armed terrorists stormed the SARC office in Idlib and its sub-branch in Ariha. In both facilities, the savages beat up Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers, looted humanitarian aid, and vandalized that which they …
globalresearch.ca/armed-terrorists-storm-sarc-offices-idlib-attack-volunteers-loot-humanitarian-aid/5706564

Pandemic: The Invention of a Disease Called Fear. People are being \"Herded\". Disrupting the World Economy
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/pandemic-invention-disease-called-fear/5706596

Cuban Drug Could Save Thousands of Lives in Coronavirus Pandemic
Steve Sweeney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
Cuban medicine could treat thousands of coronavirus patients as production of a \"flagship\" drug known to combat the disease is set to increase significantly, pharmaceutical bosses said at a press conference on Friday. | President of the BioCubaFarma group Eduardo Martinez…
globalresearch.ca/cuban-drug-could-save-thousands-lives-coronavirus-pandemic/5706643

The Stop5GL Foundation Takes Netherlands Government to Court over 5G Rollout, Citing Health Concerns
telecompaper | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
The Stop5GNL Foundation has filed a suit summary proceedings against the Dutch government, to stop it from rolling out 5G. The foundation believes the deployment is unlawful because it does not protect citizens against the consequences of radiation exposure from …
globalresearch.ca/dutch-foundation-takes-government-court-5g-rollout-citing-health-concerns/5706502

US Kills Iraqis for Demanding End of Illegal Occupation
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
The US has recently carried out deadly attacks across Iraq

5G: \"The End of All Things\". The Health Impacts of Electromagnetic Radiation
Dr. Gary Null | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
We have become thoroughly accustomed and habituated to endless advertising by drug makers to buy into the promises of pharmaceutical drugs or to consent to the nutritional value of junk food. Yet the drug and food industries are completely indifferent …
globalresearch.ca/5g-end-all-things/5706587

\"Defender-Europe 20\" War Games, COVID-19 and NATO\'s Disjointed Flight Forward. Computer Simulations of Nuclear War
Brian Gray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
Presently NATO is in the initial stages of military operations called Defender-Europe 20. The 40,000 soldier strong war game exercise includes roughly 20,000 American troops and accompanying weaponry. This witnesses the largest deployment of US personnel in Europe since 1983 …
globalresearch.ca/war-games-covid-19-nato-dis-jointed-flight-forward/5706634

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