Far too many people are cursed with short memories of even the most impactful events in human history. The objective of 2020: The YEAR the Earth Stood Still is to prevent the monumental happenings during those 366 days from fading into the ash heap of antiquity. Focusing attention on the sources of this continuing saga is intended to keep alive the painful recollections of national and global government authoritarianism, the grief and suffering perpetrated by sinister egoists, and the ruination of so many innocent lives.