Ian Goodrum

LATEST ARTICLES BY Ian Goodrum

• Opinion

  

  TikTok – Trump’s anti-China tech war is a protection racket for U.S. capital

  August 7, 2020 By Ian Goodrum

  Microsoft or some other oligarch gets one of the world’s top social media sites for peanuts, and a Chinese competitor gets choked out of the U.S. entirely. It’s a protection racket on an international scale.

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• News

  

  Op-Ed: Trump’s closure of China’s Houston consulate a desperate, boneheaded move

  July 24, 2020 By Ian Goodrum

  With outright blaming China for the pandemic proving to be a dud, the U.S. government is ratcheting up tensions in other ways.

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• World

  

  Less talk, more action: Between Trump and Xi, the contrast is clear

  May 21, 2020 By Ian Goodrum

  Trump dishes out more blame for his own COVID-19 failures; Xi dishes out $2 billion to help the world fight the virus.

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• Opinion

  

  Lab lies: U.S. continues disinformation campaign about Wuhan virus lab

  May 11, 2020 By Ian Goodrum

  As COVID-19 maintains its devastating spread throughout the world, it has found an unlikely ally: the United States government.

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• Opinion

  

  Charges of coronavirus ‘cover-up’ in China distract from Trump administration’s failed response

  April 21, 2020 By Ian Goodrum

  There are three kinds of lies: Lies, damned lies, and statistics.

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• World

  

  Trump’s “blame China” campaign is an effort to dodge responsibility

  April 3, 2020 By Ian Goodrum

  First, China was doing too much to stop the coronavirus. Now, U.S. media and government officials are saying it didn’t do enough. Ian Goodrum asks them to make up their minds.

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• Opinion

  

  “Chinese virus?” Trump’s petty name game puts lives at risk

  March 20, 2020 By Ian Goodrum

  Viruses have no hidden agenda, no nationality. Pretending otherwise breaks up international solidarity at a time when it’s needed most.

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• Opinion

  

  Coronavirus epidemic responses reveal differences in capitalist and socialist values

  March 13, 2020 By Ian Goodrum

  The epidemic is laying bare the shortcomings of a system that prioritizes private profit over public health.

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