(2020-03-10). Big banks call for Wall Street deregulation to "fight Coronavirus" mronline.org 
As Naomi Klein laid out in her bestseller "Shock Doctrine," the wealthy elite use the confusion caused by economic and other disasters to quickly force through pro-free-market legislation. |
(2020-03-10). Bitcoin the SAVIOR? RT's Keiser Report on how to survive the financial crisis. rt.com 
Lebanese banks have been imposing restrictive informal capital controls as the country has spiraled into its worst economic crisis in decades. Currency withdrawals are limited to between $50 and just a few hundred dollars a month. | Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss what people around the world can do to transfer their wealth out of the collapsing banking system. | In Lebanon we have a test case of what is better, gold or bitcoin, Max says. | He explains: "People are selling gold to buy bitcoin. That proves that bitcoin is a greater and more portable store of value than gold. And that's going to be the stor…
(2020-03-10). Coronavirus Exposes the Cracks in Globalization. truthdig.com The coronavirus will eventually pass, but the same cannot be said for the Panglossian phenomenon known as "globalization." Stripped of the romantic notion of a global village, the ugly process we've experienced over the past 40 years has been a case of governmental institutions being eclipsed by multinational corporations, acting to maximize profit in support of shareholders. To billions of us, it has resembled a looting process, of our social wealth, and political meaning. Governments that wanted to stay on top would have to learn to master soft power to learn to be relevant in a globalized world, mostly acting…
(2020-03-10). From Santa Cruz to San Francisco, UC Workers Strike to End Poverty Wages. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St (near Ellis), San Francisco | (near Civic Center BART, Muni Lines 19, 31, 38, 47 49) | Wheelchair accessible…
(2020-03-10). (Trump's) Coronavirus Denial Won't Make It Go Away. indybay.org Organizers Discussion: This is not a NIMBY (Not-In-My-Backyard) moment, for Oakland or the Globe. SF has announced $5 million in emergency public health spending. It's a start. But it doesn't even begin to address the inequality of government response in the U.S., let alone the international community. "Covid-19 is not the same for everyone – and has the power to expose and deepen cracks in our social compact," says Nicholas Agar in New Zealand, www.newsroom.co.nz/2020/03/10/1075058/covid-19-what-we-can-learn-about-ourselves.
(2020-03-10). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Thousands participated against austerity, inequality and repression in Chile while Teamster delivery drivers manned pickets in Monroe, Michigan…
(2020-03-10). 'Worrying Obsession': Netizens Weigh in on Piers Morgan's 'Cheshire Cat' Rant at Meghan Markle. sputniknews.com Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made their final appearance as senior members of the Royal Family on 9 March at the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey, as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are set to officially step down as working royals on 31 March following their decision to quit, move abroad and become financially independent.
(2020-03-09). Facts, lies, and the uninsured: Making sense of Medicare for All. peoplesworld.org 
The White House and a rabid pack of right-wing media have set out on a fear-mongering campaign aimed at Medicare for All. Filed by presidential candidate and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on April 10, 2019, the "Medicare for All Act" (S.1129) would establish a universal single-payer health program for all U.S. residents. The bill has …
(2020-03-09). Closing NYC Schools Amid Coronavirus Outbreak a 'Last Resort,' Says Official, Due to 114,000 Homeless Students With Nowhere to Go. commondreams.org "I don't think we're prepared for the ripple effects this could have for the most vulnerable in our society." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/education_poverty_0.jpg …
(2020-03-09). Coronavirus Is a Reason to Worry About the Economy—the Stock Market Plunge Is Not. fair.org 
New York Times ( Many people have become very concerned about the economy because of the stock market's plunge in the last two weeks. While the spread of the coronavirus gives us very good reason to worry about the state of the economy, the plunge in the stock market does not. In fact, those folks who are very concerned about wealth inequality can celebrate, because the wealth of the top 1% has just dropped by around 10%, while the wealth of the bottom 50% has barely been touched. (I tend to focus on income inequali…
(2020-03-08). Globalization and Women's Rights: Economic Restructuring, Women's Experiences and Responses to "Neoliberal Shocks" globalresearch.ca There is a critical nexus between colonial development and economic re-structuring processes in the Third world whereby globalization is an ideological weapon that extends imperial control over ex-colonies through persistent poverty and underdevelopment. | Globalization is also an external war that …
(2020-03-07). Unemployment Among Gaza Women Hits Record High of 90%. imemc.org In new remarks by the Gaza-based head of the Popular Committee for Breaking the Israel-imposed Blockade of Gaza, Dr. Jamal Alkhodary said that Palestinian women in Gaza have been badly affected by the Israeli blockade, in terms of labor. The statement, released Saturday by Alkhudary to local media outlets, suggested …
(2020-03-07). COVID-19 fears trump job gains, U.S. stocks fall again. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Friday, March 6, the Labor Department reported that 273,000 new jobs were created in January, driving the unemployment down to 3.5%. But despite this strong job report, U.S. stocks fell again; the broadest S&P 500 was down 50 points or about 1.75%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is made up of 30 large companies, fell less than 1% as investors may have felt larger companies are safer havens. But the real flight was to bonds, with the ten-year U.S. Treasury Bond interest rate falling to another record low of 0.75%. | Bad news on the COVID-19 front continued to pour in from both the U.S. a…
(2020-03-06). "Supreme Inequality": Author Adam Cohen on the Supreme Court's 50-Year Battle Against Justice. democracynow.org 
The makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court has come under intense criticism in recent years after two Trump-nominated justices joined the bench. Senate Republicans confirmed Neil Gorsuch in 2017 after having refused to consider President Barack Obama's nominee in his final year in office, and they confirmed Brett Kavanaugh a year later despite multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the judge. During the 2020 Democratic presidential contest, several candidates floated the idea of "packing the court" — appointing more than nine justices — in order to counter the court's rightward drift. But while t…
(2020-03-05). Women and girls still vulnerable to HIV due to gender inequality: UNAIDS. news.un.org Gender discrimination and violence, as well as "huge" gaps in education, are among the factors why women and girls remain vulnerable to HIV, according to the UN agency working to end the AIDS epidemic.
(2020-03-03). SPLC mourns loss of former board member Andrew Fredman. splcenter.org The Southern Poverty Law Center is deeply saddened today by the loss of longtime donor and board member Andrew Fredman, 58, who recently died.