2020-03-21: Social Media Postees

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Assange\'s Extradition: An Escalation of the US War on Terror
Nozomi Hayase | commondreams.org | 2020-03-22
Julian Assange supporters demonstrate outside of the Westminster Magistrates Court on November 18, 2019 in London. (Photo: Hollie Adams/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/free_assange_0_0.jpg …
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For America\'s Urgent Health and Safety, Trump Needs to Resign!
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-03-22
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus response while flanked by Vice President Mike Pence during a briefing with health insurers at the White House on March 10, 2020. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/emergency-declaration-covid.jpg …
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5 Key Demands: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Face of the Coronavirus
Michael Galant | commondreams.org | 2020-03-22
The coronavirus outbreak must be defeated in a way that moves us forward. (Image: CDC) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/coronavirus-1.png …
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Jewish Activists Demand Governor Newsom Release Detainees In Light of Covid-19 Outbreak
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-03-21
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

Santa Rita Jail Solidarity During the Coronavirus Pandemic
IWOC Oakland | indybay.org | 2020-03-21
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

Lawmakers Demand ICE Stop Arresting Immigrants to Prevent Spreading Coronavirus
Ryan Devereaux | zcomm.org | 2020-03-21
More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to freeze its enforcement-to-detention pipeline…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/lawmakers-demand-ice-stop-arresting-immigrants-to-prevent-spreading-coronavirus/

Coronavirus transforms Greek refugee camps into death camps
wsws.org | 2020-03-21
The intolerable hygienic conditions in the internment camps prevent even the most basic protective measures from being adopted.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/21/refu-m21.html

Coronavirus crisis causes surge in dangerous channel crossings by desperate refugees
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-21
Fears around the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic have caused a surge in refugees trying to cross the English channel to the UK. The refugees risk their lives making these journeys in dangerous inflatable boats.Border patrols have blocked more than a 100 refugees from entering the UK this week. There are fears that 3,000 refugees living in desperate conditions in northern France are at high risk of contracting coronavirus.Desperation: Care4Calais founder Clare Moseley said it was only a matter of time before the virus swept through refugee camps.Bella Sankey, director of charity Detention Action, told the P…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/03/21/coronavirus-crisis-causes-surge-in-dangerous-channel-crossings-by-desperate-refugees/

What the Coronavirus Emergency Has to Do with Biden vs. Sanders
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-03-21
Tepid adjustments vs. truly transformational agendas…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/19/18831664.php

Beyond the Death Penalty, Activists Are Fighting to End Death by Incarceration
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-21
With 2.3 million people behind bars, the United States is the world\'s largest jailer. Yet after decades of holding this dubious honor, many Americans have begun to question what Fordham law professor John Plaff calls \"this massive experiment in punitive social control.\" Decarceration is being discussed in states across the…
truthout.org/articles/beyond-the-death-penalty-activists-are-fighting-to-end-death-by-incarceration/

Coronavirus and climate change: How eco-activists can use this terrible moment to help save the planet
Reynard Loki | nationofchange.org | 2020-03-21
One major lesson from the pandemic is that we can save the planet from climate change.
nationofchange.org/2020/03/21/coronavirus-and-climate-change-how-eco-activists-can-use-this-terrible-moment-to-help-save-the-planet/

[Editorial] Peace and health in Afghanistan
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-03-21
After years of war and political instability, Afghanistan is at a potentially historic crossroads. On Feb 29, 2020, a peace deal was agreed between the Taliban and the USA. The anticipated resumption of talks between the Afghan Government and the Taliban could signal a new phase, but what this means for the Afghan people is unclear. Weak health systems and disrupted access to health care have left many in poor health for decades, but since the fall of the Taliban some extraordinary gains in health have occurred.
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Twice-daily health checks and no spectators allowed: World Chess Candidates grabs online audience as sports hit by coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-03-21
With stringent coronavirus tests before and after each game, the World Chess Candidates has become an unlikely sensation as action-starved sports fans go online to watch the battle of minds in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg. | Eight potential challengers are duking it out for the right to challenge the world champion, Magnus Carlsen, and for a €500,000 (US$538,000) prize fund

Bolsonaro\'s Hospital Must Disclose Covid-19 Positives List
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-21
Brazil\'s Federal judge Raquel Soares Chiarelli ordered the Armed Forces Hospital (HFA) to present the list of people who turned out to be Covid-19 positives, among whom President Jair Bolsonaro could be. This order responds to the hospital\'s refusal to release data to the Federal District Health Department. | RELATED: | Protests Against the \"Bolsonaro Virus\" Spread in Brazil | \"Proper identification of Covid-19 cases is essential for defining public policies to contend with the pandem…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaros-Hospital-Must-Disclose-Covid-19-Positives-List-20200321-0003.html

We Can\'t Let COVID-19 Drive Us Into Authoritarianism
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-21
Note: This excerpt was adapted from Internationalism or Extinction by Noam Chomsky, edited by Charles Derber, Suren Moodliar and Paul Shannon. | As the COVID-19 pandemic turns the global political and economic order on its head, two vastly different futures appear possible. At one end of the spectrum, societies facing the toll of the virus may collapse into authoritarianism. But at the other end of the spectrum, we have the possibility of learning the lessons of this disaster

The Coronavirus and Vulnerable Gaza
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-03-21
California releasing inmates for fear of Coronavirus, but Israelis Keep Vulnerable Gaza as Largest Open Air Prison…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-coronavirus-and-vulnerable-gaza/

Bernie 2020: What Went Wrong?
Anis Shivani | commondreams.org | 2020-03-21
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) arrives at the Capitol for a vote on a coronavirus bill amendment on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/sanders_camp.jpg …
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U.S. Teamsters get warm welcome at Venezuela\'s Canaima laptop plant
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-21
Caracas, Venezuela – A Freedom Road Socialist Organization labor delegation toured the Canaima laptops and tablets factory in Caracas, Venezuela on March 12. The Canaima plant is located within walking distance of the bridge where U.S. puppet Juan Guaido launched a failed coup d\'état April 30, 2019. Upon arrival, leading representatives of the Canaima assembly plant greeted the American Teamsters with genuine smiles and warm handshakes. | A Venezuelan educator and Canaima spokesperson, Oscar Martinez, explained the assembly plant\'s purpose, \"Our goal is to produce a laptop or tablet for every school-aged child i…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/3/21/us-teamsters-get-warm-welcome-venezuela-s-canaima-laptop-plant

Fighting COVID-19 in Cuba, China and the United States
W. T. Whitney, Jr. | mronline.org | 2020-03-21
The pandemic has effectively provided a laboratory-like demonstration that people do better when states can plan ahead, apply national resources unequivocally to the public good, put science in the service of the people, and practice international solidarity. These are characteristics of socialist societies. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/20/fighting-covid-19-in-cuba-china-and-the-united-states/

Russia delivers over 100,000 Covid-19 test kits to 13 states, including Iran, North Korea
rt.com | 2020-03-21
The testing tools for coronavirus were delivered to 13 countries, including Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states Iran and North Korea, Russia\'s public health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Saturday. | The equipment manufactured in Russia can conduct over 100,000 tests for Covid-19, and has already been used to track down the first cases of the disease in Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. Moscow is due to ship the equipment to Serbia, as well as to Egypt and Venezuela. | Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said earlier this week that Russia has no shortage of testing kits. A government…
rt.com/russia/483701-russia-ships-coronavirus-testing/

Liberal NPCs hate Russia, Conservative NPCs hate China
Caitlin A. Johnstone | mronline.org | 2020-03-21
The frenzied, shrieking hysteria I\'m witnessing right now among Trump\'s base regarding China looks and moves in the exact same way the mental zombification of Russia hysteria looked and moved when it began tearing through rank-and-file Democrats in late 2016 and early 2017. The seething, screaming vitriol I get from the MAGA crowd on social […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/21/liberal-npcs-hate-russia-conservative-npcs-hate-china/

Russian economy can survive for a long time with oil at $20 per barrel
rt.com | 2020-03-21
Despite efforts by Russia to gradually cut its reliance on oil, a lengthy energy market turmoil could be challenging for the country\'s economy and could even result in a major economic crisis. | Oil has continued its dramatic fall this week, dropping to more than an 18-year low on Wednesday amid global recession worries and low demand. Both US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and international benchmark Brent slightly rebounded on Thursday, trading at $22.55 and $27.65 respectively. | The key issue now is not how low can crude prices plunge, but for how long this situation persists, Aleksandr Bakhtin, investment…
rt.com/business/483500-russia-economic-crisis-oil/

Turkey\'s coronavirus measures: billions for business, crumbs for workers
wsws.org | 2020-03-21
Before this program was announced, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Turkey was 97; it has now risen to 670.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/21/turk-m21.html

The Coronavirus Is Not the Plague: The Plague Is US
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-21
Two categories of propaganda must be distinguished. The first strives to create a permanent disposition in its objects and constantly needs to be reinforced. Its goal is to make the masses \'available,\' by working spells upon them and exercising a kind of fascination. The second category involves the creation of a sort of temporary impulsiveness …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/the-coronavirus-is-not-the-plague-the-plague-is-us/

KPFA\'s Peasant War & the Bylaws
Daniel Borgstrà∂m | indybay.org | 2020-03-21
An allegory about the Bylaws Referendum. In a wider sense it\'s also about the struggle for democracy in progressive movements and organizations which often tend to be taken over by an elite minority.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/18/18831639.php

Thousands of French citizens ignore quarantine as cops issue nearly 39,000 citations for violating lockdown
rt.com | 2020-03-21
French law enforcers have slapped fines on tens of thousands of uncooperative citizens, less than a week after the government introduced restrictions on non-essential travel and business in an effort to combat Covid-19. | The Ministry of Interior disclosed on Saturday that police across the country had carried out 867,695 inspections to ensure that people using transport or participating in other restricted activities had good reason to do so. As a result, cops reported some 38,994 instances of non-compliance resulting in fines between Tuesday and Friday. French authorities have also warned that they will beco…
rt.com/news/483722-france-fines-police-coronavirus-lockdown/

Children at greater risk of abuse online as schools close, charity warns
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-21
Content warning: this article discusses child grooming and child sexual abuse | Experts are preparing for a spike in public reports of child sexual abuse online as UK schools close during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. | The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is concerned children might be at greater risk of being groomed or coerced into making explicit content. Given that many will undoubtedly spend more time online while schools are closed, this puts them at greater risk. | \"Ruthless predators\": | IWF\'s chief executive Susie Hargreaves said increasingly the children themselves are taking photos and v…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/03/21/children-at-greater-risk-of-abuse-online-as-schools-close-charity-warns/

New York Gov. Cuomo\'s Panel Proposes Medicaid Cuts Amid Coronavirus Crisis
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-21
A panel appointed by New York governor Andrew Cuomo unveiled on Thursday its plan to reduce the state\'s Medicaid spending by some $400 million over the next year. The plan will now go to the state legislature for consideration. Remarkably, the proposal is being put forward in the middle of a healthcare crisis that threatens the very lives of the many vulnerable New Yorkers who depend upon such services as Medicaid. | The proposed $400 million cut is part of a bigger program to slash the medicaid b…
truthout.org/articles/new-york-gov-cuomo-panel-proposes-medicaid-cuts-amid-coronavirus-crisis/

Our Responses to COVID-19 Must Center Disability Justice
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-21
Because of COVID-19, many places are putting in place accessibility measures and resources that they have not had before. For instance, many companies have now begun to allow employees to work from home, even if it was not permitted before COVID-19 measures were implemented. As a disabled person, I am both heartened and angry to see the things that I have been asking for a long time finally be implemented. However, many employers\' emergency measures are proving both slapdash and targeted toward abled people. Thi…
truthout.org/articles/our-responses-to-covid-19-must-center-disability-justice/

Medical expert warns India could be next coronavirus hotspot
wsws.org | 2020-03-21
The Indian ruling elite\'s response to the unfolding disaster has been criminally negligent, with only 14,175 tests conducted in a country of 1.3 billion people.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/21/indi-m21.html

Recession \'INEVITABLE\' in Germany, Bundesbank chief warns as country mulls lockdown amid coronavirus pandemic
rt.com | 2020-03-21
The coronavirus pandemic will trigger a serious downturn in the German economy, European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member and Deutsche Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann has said. | Recession in Germany is \"now inevitable,\" Weidmann told Die Welt newspaper in an interview published on Saturday. | When asked how bad the economic downturn will be, Weidemann said that all efforts first must be focused on stopping the spread on the coronavirus with steps such as social distancing. He also noted that \"drastic measures\" like curfew restrictions may be considered by the government. | The global economy took a…
rt.com/business/483696-germany-recession-coronavirus-pandemic/

\'We are not deserters!\' French construction union chief hits back at labor minister after accusation of \'defeatism\' on Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-03-21
The chief of France\'s largest construction association has voiced his disdain after a top labor official said businesses are too quick to shut down work amid the Covid-19 pandemic that is becoming more deadly by the day. | Jacques Chanut, the president of the French Federation of Construction (FFB), the country\'s biggest building industry union, slammed Labor Minister Muriel Penicaud for her \"contempt\" towards construction companies struggling amid the coronavirus pandemic. | In an op-ed for Le Figaro titled \"No, Madame Penicaud, the construction workers are not deserting!\" Chanut urged the government to \"take…
rt.com/news/483723-france-construction-defeatism-covid19/

Charities warn Boris Johnson to protect those being made homeless \'as a direct result of coronavirus\'
Peadar O\'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-03-21
As one hotel \"sacked and evicted its staff\" as a result of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, it\'s somewhat timely that homelessness charities would send a warning to Boris Johnson. The charities have written to the prime minister to tell him the pandemic could \'overwhelm\' their services. | The Manchester Evening News reported that over \"30 ho…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/03/21/charities-warn-boris-johnson-to-protect-those-being-made-homeless-as-a-direct-result-of-coronavirus/

Birthday to forget: Brazil icon Ronaldinho turns 40 while languishing in Paraguayan jail… and could be there for 6 more months
rt.com | 2020-03-21
Former Brazil and Barcelona icon Ronaldinho turned 40 on Saturday, but it will likely be a birthday the World Cup winner wants to forget as he remains in a Paraguayan prison. | Ronaldinho and his brother are still behind bars in a maximum security facility on the outskirts of Asuncion after being arrested just over a fortnight ago for entering the country with fake passports. | The ex-Barca star was warned could face at least 6 more months in jail while the case is resolved, after he had an appeal to be m…
rt.com/sport/483733-ronaldinho-40th-birthday-prison/

Iran & France conduct prisoner swap in \'act of mutual cooperation\'
rt.com | 2020-03-21
Iran and France carried out a prisoner swap on Friday, Tehran has confirmed. The Islamic Republic released a French academic, Roland Marchal, who was turned over to the French Embassy in Tehran. | Hours earlier, an Iranian engineer, Jalal Rohollahnejad, who was detained by France last year under a US extradition warrant, was freed by French authorities. | Iran had previously accused Paris of holding the Iranian national without due process. France made similar allegations regarding Tehran\'s detention of Marchal, with the issue straining bilateral relations. | A spokesman for the Iranian judiciary hailed the ex…
rt.com/newsline/483702-iran-france-prisoner-swap-cooperation/

COVID-USA: Targeting Italy and South Korea
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-21
A high-level Italian virologist, Giuseppe Remuzzi, has published papers in the Lancet and other articles in which he states facts not hitherto known. (1) |
The doctor stated that Italian physicians now recall having seen: | \"a very strange and very severe | …
globalresearch.ca/covid-usa-targeting-italy-and-south-korea/5707042

DPRK wages mass campaign to combat pandemic
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-21
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North Korea says Trump wrote Kim, offered coronavirus cooperation
rt.com | 2020-03-21
rt.com/news/483740-trump-kim-coronavirus-cooperation/

New Federal Sick Leave Law Fails to Protect Many Workers From COVID-19 Threat
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-21
On March 18, President Donald Trump signed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act into law. | The legislation is an emergency intervention to provide paid leave and other support to millions of workers sidelined by school closures, quarantines and caregiving. | An obvious question you\'re probably wondering is, \"How will it affect me?\" | The bad news is that the law does not provide blanket coverage for all worker…
truthout.org/articles/new-federal-sick-leave-law-fails-to-protect-many-workers-from-covid-19-threat/

Libya: Haftar\'s Army Suspends Fight for Tripoli Due to Covid-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-21
Marshal Khalifa Haftar\'s Libyan National Army (LNA) Saturday suspended fighting in Tripoli for humanitarian purposes in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, as local media reported. | RELATED: | Libya General Haftar Ready to Sign Ceasefire: French Presidency | A few hours earlier, however, the fight for this city, which the Government of National Accord stills controls, was quite intense. | In Tripoli\'s Ain Zara suburb, the LNA forces attempted to infiltrate areas defended by the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Libya-Haftars-Army-Suspends-Fight-for-Tripoli-Due-to-Covid-19-20200321-0004.html

[Comment] UN General Assembly tuberculosis targets: are we on track?
Suvanand Sahu, Lucica Ditiu, Lovett Lawson, Francine Ntoumi, Denise Arakaki, Alimuddin Zumla | thelancet.com | 2020-03-21
The 2018 UN General Assembly (UNGA) Political Declaration on Tuberculosis was a turning point in global efforts to end the tuberculosis epidemic.1,2 Ambitious targets were set for scale-up and roll-out of diagnostic, treatment, and prevention services, political commitments, principles of equity and human rights, and financing, implementation, and research. Targets included diagnosing and treating an additional 40 million people with tuberculosis by 2022 and generating US$13 billion per year for tuberculosis care and prevention and $2 billion per year for research and development.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30565-1/fulltext?rss=yes

Italy coronavirus death toll hits 4,825 as 793 die in ONE DAY in biggest daily increase
rt.com | 2020-03-21
The death toll from the Covid-19 illness in Italy has nearly reached 5,000, as health authorities reported on Saturday that another 793 people have fallen victim to the coronavirus. | Saturday\'s staggering increase of nearly 20 percent is by far the largest daily rise since the outbreak began a month ago. | Officials announced that 4,825 people have died from the disease in the Mediterranean nation, which surpassed China to become the worst-hit country in the world on Thursday. | The total number of cases across Italy rose to 53,578, an increase of over 5,000 from a previous tally of 47,021. | The worst-affect…
rt.com/news/483736-italy-coronavirus-death-toll/

[Editorial] COVID-19: protecting health-care workers
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2020-03-21
Worldwide, as millions of people stay at home to minimise transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, health-care workers prepare to do the exact opposite. They will go to clinics and hospitals, putting themselves at high risk from COVID-2019. Figures from China\'s National Health Commission show that more than 3300 health-care workers have been infected as of early March and, according to local media, by the end of February at least 22 had died. In Italy, 20% of responding health-care workers were infected, and some have died.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30644-9/fulltext?rss=yes

\'US wasted precious time China has bought!\' Beijing shreds Washington over \'racist\' coronavirus rhetoric
rt.com | 2020-03-21
Washington has passed off blame to Beijing for its own failures in addressing the Covid-19 outbreak, China\'s Foreign Ministry said, hitting back at the \'Chinese virus\' rhetoric with the ironic term \'Trumpandemic.\' | \"Some people in the United States attempt to stigmatize China\'s fight against the epidemic and shirk its responsibility to China,\" Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang told reporters on Friday, referring to the finger-pointing adopted by President Trump and other top officials (after weeks of US media outlets calling it the \'Chinese\' and \'Wuhan\' virus). | This practice ignores the huge sacrifi…
rt.com/news/483691-china-us-coronavirus-trumpandemic/

Businesses reopening, people allowed to spend more time outside as China reports NO local Covid-19 cases for third day
rt.com | 2020-03-21
China has marked its third consecutive day of no new local cases of coronavirus, as officials ease lockdown measures. The number of deaths in China from the disease has also slowed dramatically. | The positive development has coincided with the government\'s decision to relax strict quarantine policies put in place across the country. Even in Wuhan, the epicenter of the disease, officials said residents could spend more time outside. Local businesses were also allowed to re-open in communities and neighborhoods where there were no existing cases of the virus. | The rate of infection has been brought to a near s…
rt.com/news/483707-china-coronavirus-no-local-infections/

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