2020-03-20: Social Media Postees

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Poverty in the Time of Corona: Victims of a Sickness That is Yet to Exist
Norbert Ross | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-20
In the days on COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, we sometimes forget that the virus is not a "natural disaster," nor does it affect all people equally. While we can all get sick (which is why there is so much attention on COVID-19), the virus is in no way an equal opportunity perpetrator, meaning that…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/20/poverty-in-the-time-of-corona-victims-of-a-sickness-that-is-yet-to-exist/

Poverty in the Time of Corona: Victims of a Sickness That is Yet to Exist
Norbert Ross | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-20
In the days on COVID-19, also known as coronavirus, we sometimes forget that the virus is not a "natural disaster," nor does it affect all people equally. While we can all get sick (which is why there is so much attention on COVID-19), the virus is in no way an equal opportunity perpetrator, meaning that…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/20/poverty-in-the-time-of-corona-victims-of-a-sickness-that-is-yet-to-exist/

Naomi Klein Makes the Case for Transformative Change Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-19
Author, activist and journalist Naomi Klein says the coronavirus crisis, like earlier ones, could be a catalyst to shower aid on the wealthiest interests in society, including those most responsible for our current vulnerabilities, while offering next to nothing to most workers and small businesses. In 2007, Klein wrote The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. Now she argues President Trump's plan is a pandemic shock doctrine. In a new video for The Intercept, where she is a senior…
truthout.org/video/naomi-klein-makes-the-case-for-transformative-change-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/

"Coronavirus Capitalism": Naomi Klein's Case for Transformative Change Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-19
Author, activist and journalist Naomi Klein says the coronavirus crisis, like earlier ones, could be a catalyst to shower aid on the wealthiest interests in society, including those most responsible for our current vulnerabilities, while offering next to nothing to most workers and small businesses. In 2007, Klein wrote "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism." Now she argues President Trump's plan is a pandemic shock doctrine. In a new video for The Intercept, where she is a senior correspondent, Klein argues it's vital for people to fight for the kind of transformative change that can not only curb…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/19/naomi_klein_coronavirus_capitalism

Joseph Stiglitz: Trump's "Trickle-Down" Economic Plans Are Not Enough to Meet Coronavirus Challenge
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-19
The coronavirus relief package signed by President Trump Wednesday provides unemployment benefits and free coronavirus testing to millions of Americans suddenly out of a job, but guarantees paid sick leave to less than 20% of American workers. Earlier this month, Trump signed into law an $8 billion coronavirus response package and has laid out the first details of a third, $1 trillion economic package and invoked the Korean War-era Defense Production Act to allow the government to direct industrial production. For more on those bailouts and who benefits, we speak with Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize-winning economis…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/19/us_economy_coronavirus_stimulus_joseph_stiglitz

Proposals for the 2020 US Elections
Charles Pierce | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-19
The broad left has been uniting behind the Democratic Party for the past four decades without having achieved much real progress for its base constituencies. In fact, there has been considerable regress: increased inequality of wealth and income, diminished collective bargaining, increased homeless numbers, rising student debt burdens, reduced abortion access, increasingly unaffordable costs of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/proposals-for-the-2020-us-elections/

Health inequality: The rich and famous get coronavirus tests first
Michael Biesecker, Michelle R. Smith | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-19
WASHINGTON (AP)–Celebrities, politicians, and professional athletes faced a backlash this week as many revealed that they had been tested for the coronavirus, even when they didn't have a fever or other tell-tale symptoms. That's fueling a perception that the wealthy and famous have been able to jump to the head of the line to get …
peoplesworld.org/article/health-inequality-the-rich-and-famous-get-coronavirus-tests-for-first/

New 'Hurricane-Sized Increase' in Unemployment Claims, Warn Economists, Is Just the Beginning
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-03-19
Progressives and economists are demanding major government action to stimulate economy. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/closed.jpg
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Dominic Raab Thanks Cuba for Coronavirus Assistance
Bruce Cumings | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-18
Dominic Raab, the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, thanked the Cuban Government today in parliament for their assistance with the stricken British cruise ship the MS Braemar which had passengers with possible coronavirus infections. | He …
globalresearch.ca/dominic-raab-thanks-cuba-coronavirus-assistance/5706722

Bernie Sanders: We Are Winning "Ideological" & "Generational" Debate, Now Need to Win "Electability"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-12
After a disappointing showing in Tuesday night's Democratic presidential primaries, Senator Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he will stay in the race. In his address from Burlington, Vermont, Sanders challenged his rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, to address key issues like economic inequality, healthcare access and the climate crisis. Sanders is set to debate Biden this Sunday in Arizona. "It is not just the ideological debate that our progressive movement is winning. We are winning the generational debate," Sanders said. "While Joe Biden continues to do very well with older Americans, especially those peopl…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/12/bernie_sanders

SPLC mourns loss of former board member Andrew Fredman
splcenter.org | 2020-03-03
The Southern Poverty Law Center is deeply saddened today by the loss of longtime donor and board member Andrew Fredman, 58, who recently died.
splcenter.org/news/2020/03/03/splc-mourns-loss-former-board-member-andrew-fredman