U.S. war drive
Pentagon Order to Plan for Escalation in Iraq Meets Warning From Top Commander NYTimes
Some top officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Robert C. O’Brien, the national security adviser, have been pushing for aggressive new action against Iran and its proxy forces — and see an opportunity to try to destroy Iranian-backed militia groups in Iraq as leaders in Iran are distracted by the pandemic crisis in their country.
Two U.S. aircraft carrier groups in the Arabian Sea to threaten Iran
Trump’s Narcoterrorism Indictment of Maduro Backfires Internationalist 360º
U.S. Targets 20 Iranian Companies In Fresh Round Of Sanctions OilPrice
States Quietly Pass Laws Criminalizing Fossil Fuel Protests Amid Coronavirus Chaos HuffPost
Publishers of the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times issued a co-signed open letter on 24 March. However, regrettably, it was sent to the wrong recipient. It should have been addressed to the US government.
Dreams of Extermination in Puerto Rico: U.S. Biological Warfare and the Legacy of Dr. Cornelius Rhoads Internationalist 360º
Covid-19 coronavirus
Not wearing masks to protect against coronavirus is a ‘big mistake,’ top Chinese scientist says Science
The Lost Month: How a Failure to Test Blinded the U.S. to Covid-19 NYTimes
Cuomo Puts Private Equity Vulture in Charge of Coronavirus Economic Recovery Truthout
800,000 Doctors Demand Trump End Dangerous Campaign Against Social Distancing Truthout
ER doctor who criticized lack of protective gear says he was fired Guardian
California once had mobile hospitals and a ventilator stockpile. But it dismantled them LATimes
Johns Hopkins COVID-19 map faulted for erasing Palestinians Electronic Intifada
Twitter Blocks Accounts of Venezuelan Vice-President Who Deals With Combating COVID-19 Orinoco Tribune
Class war
Instacart shoppers threaten to strike Monday for better pay, coronavirus protections Chicago Sun-Times
‘I have no money’: debt collection continues despite pandemic Guardian
ATU Shop Steward, Who Warned of COVID-19 Dangers, Dies From it PayDay Report
Construction workers get screwed by coronavirus relief bill Salon
Another housing crisis is coming – and bailouts and eviction freezes won’t be enough to prevent many from losing their homes The Conversation
Mount Sinai hospital leaders holed up in Florida vacation homes during coronavirus crisis NYPost
On Strike Now for Three Years, Spectrum Workers Are Demanding Public Ownership Truthout
Capitalist crisis
Jeff Bezos sold $3.4bn of Amazon stock just before Covid-19 collapse Guardian
Trump undercuts oversight for coronavirus bailouts with controversial signing statement Salon
Trump says he has the power to block provision of stimulus that informs Congress where the corporate bailouts go
Donald Trump And The Fed Are Destroying The U.S. Dollar Forbes
Oil Drops Fifth Straight Week on Heightened Supply-Demand Shock Bloomberg
Is the U.S. Also to Blame in the Oil Price War? Foreign Policy
Congress is accusing Saudi Arabia and Russia of waging “economic warfare” on the United States. But companies in the United States, the biggest oil producer in the world, aren’t slowing down yet.
The Global Oil Market Is Broken, Drowning in Crude Nobody Needs Bloomberg
47,000 U.S. Stores Closed in About a Week Over Coronavirus Bloomberg
The stimulus bill includes a tax break for the 1% CNN
Bonanza for Rich Real Estate Investors, Tucked Into Stimulus Package NYTimes
Is factory farming to blame for coronavirus? Guardian
Joe Biden’s Sexual Assault Accuser Wants To Be Able To Speak Out Without Fear Of ‘Powerful Men’ Newsweek
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