Trump administration official admits coronavirus could kill millions in US
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
The World Health Organization has declared Europe the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, as more people have died outside China than within it.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/covi…
Big Pharma’s Role: Destruction of Basic Health Care Worldwide, U.S. Sanctions Lead to Global Rise in Coronavirus
Sara Flounders | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
As COVID-19 (coronavirus) spreads, it is a clear reminder that germs and viruses don’t respect national boundaries in an interconnected world. But the mainstream press has certainly not publicized how corporate capitalism and imperialism cross national boundaries to destroy people’s …
globalresearch.ca/bigpharma-role-u-s-san…
Why Iraqis Hate the U.S. Troops Who Occupy Their Country
Eric Zuesse | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-16
American ‘news’-media present a very distorted view of America’s international relations. For example, consider this: We discussed the executive order [banning Iraqis from coming to U.S.], and their displeasure in this executive order, why they feel like they’ve been betrayed by the United States, and … I asked a simple question: As an American if …
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Social distancing is the best tool we have to fight the coronavirus
Thomas Perls | zcomm.org | 2020-03-16
Source: The Conversation As the coronavirus spreads into more and more communities, public health officials are placing responsibility on individuals to help slow the pandemic. Social distancing is the way to do it. Geriatrician Thomas Perls explains how this crucial tool works. What is social distancing? Social distancing is a tool public health officials recommend Read…
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China Sends Medical Experts to Support Italy and Spain’s Fight Against Coronavirus
Steve Sweeney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
China has sent a team of medical experts and aid to support Italy and Spain in their fight against coronavirus after Rome blasted the European Union for ignoring its pleas for help. | A charter flight with a nine-member Chinese medical-aid …
globalresearch.ca/china-sends-medical-ex…
Getting Viral: Why COVID-19 is Such a Threat to the 60+ Plus Population and Why the Response May Make It Worse
Stuart A. Newman | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-16
After looking at the demographics, virology, public health dimensions, and earlier parallels (e.g., the 1918 flu epidemic), it seems to me that this whole episode with COVID-19 is being handled incorrectly. This is partly due to Donald Trump’s self-serving blunders, but not entirely.
counterpunch.org/2020/03/16/why-covid-19…
The Battle of Idlib Is Far From Over
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
The opening of the Saraqeb-Latakia road, known as the M4, is scheduled for this Sunday the 15th of March as established during the memorandum protocol signed in Moscow between the two presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan following the …
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“A Time to Rethink America”: Sanders Sets Tone at Coronavirus Debate
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-16
The final Democratic presidential debate of 2020 was a dispiriting affair for reasons that went far beyond the politics of it. The specter of COVID-19 lent a stark gloominess to the occasion, as did the seeming emptiness of the room itself: three CNN moderators, two men and the cameras. I never thought I’d miss a debate audience, but the energy was gone from that room, and the brightly lit set could not make up for it. | And then there’s this: “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended…
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Johnson government denounced for COVID-19 “herd immunity” policy
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
For all its belated and half-hearted denials, the government’s actions prove that it is intent on not lifting a finger to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/herd…
US Intel Agencies Played Unsettling Role in Classified Coronavirus Response Plan
Whitney Webb | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
As coronavirus panic grips the world, concern over government overreach is growing given the involvement of US intelligence agencies in classified meetings for planning the U.S.’ coronavirus response. | *** | As the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis comes to dominate headlines, little …
globalresearch.ca/us-intel-agencies-play…
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Michael Eric Dyson Debate Sanders vs. Biden
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-16
Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders faced off in their first one-on-one debate Sunday night in the midst of an unprecedented national crisis, with 3,600 reported COVID-19 cases, 61 deaths so far, 33 states closing schools and mass shutdowns in major cities. The rivals clashed on how to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, Medicare for All, the climate crisis, Joe Biden’s record and whether or not the U.S. needs a revolution. We play highlights from the debate and get respon…
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Profit Motives Are Fueling Mask Shortages at Hospitals
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-16
Masks, gloves and other equipment are crucial as health care workers face the COVID-19 outbreak. There is a strategic national stockpile that the U.S. government controls
COVID-19: Is the United States Committing Economic Suicide?
Michael Zitterman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Houston, we have a problem. That problem is Covid-19 (named for Coronavirus disease 2019), first identified in Wuhan City, China. | Our government is taking actions which appear to be excessive and misguided, based on the concept of “cost versus benefits”….
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Coronavirus Pushes Hospitals to Share Information on Stocks of Protective Gear
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-16
Masks, gloves and other equipment are crucial as health care workers face the COVID-19 outbreak. There is a strategic national stockpile that the U.S. government controls
Foreign Office advises against travel to more than 30 countries
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-16
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has affected thousands of people across the globe as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported cases in 144 countries, territories or areas.As a result of Covid-19, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has issued travel advice warning people against visiting certain countries or areas due to restrictions or the risk of quarantine.FCO travel advice can range from advising against all travel to a whole country to recommending travellers seek advice before travelling to a particular area, based on how safe it is to visit.The guidance as of Monday morning advises against a…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/20…
US Army Might Have Brought Epidemic to China: China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman’s Tweet
People’s Daily | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday that the US military may have brought the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to Wuhan. | . | . | “CDC was caught on the spot. When did patient zero begin in …
globalresearch.ca/us-army-might-have-bro…
Thousands of volunteers join effort to help vulnerable people during UK coronavirus crisis
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-03-16
Thousands of Britons have joined local Facebook groups offering food and support for elderly and vulnerable people during the coronavirus outbreak.The groups, named Covid-19 Mutual Aid, have been set up in most London boroughs, cities including Manchester, Newcastle and Birmingham, as well as smaller towns throughout the UK.Some groups have received several thousand members in recent days as more and more people self-isolate to prevent the spread of the virus.In one group, users shared a printable postcard which could be dropped in to neighbours’ letterboxes, with offers to pick up shopping, post mail or even jus…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/03/16/thousan…
Venezuela Initiates Social Quarantine to Contain COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-16
A social quarantine began in Venezuela on Monday in seven states to contain the spread of the new coronavirus in the country, Bolivarian Republic’s authorities said. | RELATED: | BioCubaFarma Guarantees Production of Drugs for COVID-19 | “From 5 a.m. local time, school and work activities were suspended in the states of La Guaira, Miranda, Cojedes, Zulia, Apure, and Táchira, as well as in the Capital District, where Caracas is located,” Vice President Delcy Rodríguez reported. | Foo…
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Coronavirus could lead to collapse of German healthcare system as early as May
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
The number of people infected in Germany has tripled since Wednesday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/germ…
Biden and Sanders push credentials to lead US against coronavirus
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-16
Former vice president Joe Biden and senator Bernie Sanders used Sunday’s Democratic debate to cast themselves as best-positioned person to lead the United States through a global pandemic.In the latest debate in the race to decide the Democrats’ nominee to run for president, the pair were united in their criticism of president Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus but diverged on how they would confront the spiralling public health and economic crisis.Biden pledged to deploy the US military to help with recovery efforts and warned a federal financial bail-out may be necessary to stabilise the economy.The two…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2020/03/16/bi…
This coronavirus is unlike anything in our lifetime, and we have to stop comparing it to the flu
Charles Ornstein | nationofchange.org | 2020-03-16
Every single one, from former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to Harvard professor Ashish Jha, has said we’re not doing enough, that this is far more serious than it is being taken.
nationofchange.org/2020/03/16/this-coron…
The Coronavirus and the New World Order. “War is in the Air”
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
“Time is out of joint…”
Coronavirus Takes Center Stage in Sanders, Biden Debate
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-16
Presidential candidates Senator Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden took to the stage Sunday night for the first one-to-one debate of the 2020 Democratic race. | RELATED: | Sanders Addresses Health Crisis in US as Coronavirus Cases Soar | The much-anticipated encounter came as four states will head to the polls Tuesday to chose their nominee. Florida, Illinois, Ohio, and Arizona will collectively award 577 pledged delegates. | Taking place without a live audien…
telesurenglish.net/news/Sanders-Biden-De…
Coronavirus: Africans Accuse Europeans of ‘Coronising’ the Continent
Amandla Thomas-Johnson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
The large number of Europeans being diagnosed with coronavirus in Africa has sparked debate and ridicule, with one Senegalese newspaper questioning whether France was out to “coronise” its former colony after two French nationals received a positive diagnosis. | With around …
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Does Trump still think the coronavirus is a hoax?
Mitchell Zimmerman | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-16
My granddaughter’s school has planned a trip to Thailand. Two things worry me. First, that she or her classmates might be exposed to or catch the coronavirus. Second, that if they did, President Trump would try his best to keep them from returning to the United States. In my view, if any of them became …
peoplesworld.org/article/does-trump-stil…
Can Coronavirus Force Policy Types to Think Clearly About Intellectual Property?
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-16
It will be hard to decide the most Trumpian moment in his dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, but my nomination is Trump’s meeting with executives from several pharmaceutical companies, where he discussed developing a vaccine. According to Trump, he asked them to “speed it up,” and they said that they would. The idea that Trump’s…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/16/can-coronavi…
Sanctions cripple Iran’s coronavirus response; country pleads for U.S. to lift them
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-16
Iran’s ability to fight the coronavirus is being “severely hampered” by crippling U.S. sanctions, according to the government there. President Hassan Rouhani pleaded with world leaders to press President Donald Trump to lift trade restrictions to save lives. Rouhani said he had written letters in desperation asking the international community not to comply with the …
peoplesworld.org/article/sanctions-cripp…
St. Paul teachers union uses coronavirus outbreak to justify sell out of three-day strike
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
The St. Paul Federation of Educators announced a tentative agreement early Friday morning, sending teachers back to potentially infected schools.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/minn…
Coronavirus spreads to Turkey, risking a rapid outbreak
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
On Sunday, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Turkey rose from six to 18, while at least 3,000 people are reportedly under quarantine.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/turk…
Why government payment for coronavirus testing is essential
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2020-03-16
The cost of healthcare doesn’t just protect the patient, but potentially it protects all of us from the spread of disease. Paying that cost should be a matter of social importance.
nationofchange.org/2020/03/16/why-govern…
New York City finally closes public schools during coronavirus pandemic
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
Public schools in the largest school district in the United States remained opened until this week, despite objections from parents, students and educators.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/nycs…
Can a Pandemic Shake the Faith of Trump’s Followers? Don’t Count on It
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-16
It feels as though the United States entered a new phase in the coronavirus crisis over the weekend. Although President Trump continued to tout his bungling response to the pandemic as a heroic success, the virus just keeps coming. Based on what we hear from all the experts, this is really just the beginning. | Local and state governments, along with the private sector, have stepped up with their own mitigation plans, canceling events and closing schools and nonessential services. Over the past few da…
truthout.org/articles/can-a-pandemic-sha…
Trump Administration Seeks Exclusive Rights to Potential Coronavirus Vaccine
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-16
German lawmakers and government officials voiced outrage at reporting Sunday that the Trump administration is seeking to secure exclusive rights to a potential coronavirus vaccine being developed by the German firm CureVac as the pandemic spreads and takes lives across the globe. | The German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, citing…
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Senior Iranian Cleric Reported Dead After Coronavirus Infection
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-16
Ayatollah Seyed Hashem Bathaee, a member of the Iranian Assembly of Experts, died on Monday after contracting the novel coronavirus, Tasnim news agency reported. | RELATED: | Iran’s Coronavirus Death Toll Rises to 194 Amid New Cases | The cleric, 78, died at a hospital in central Qom city where the first cases of novel coronavirus in Iran were detected on Feb. 19. | At least 25 Iranian officials have so far been infected with the virus. | The Assembly of Experts is a high-ranking leg…
telesurenglish.net/news/Senior-Iranian-C…
Can Coronavirus Force Policy Types to Think Clearly About Intellectual Property?
Dean Baker | zcomm.org | 2020-03-16
Those folks who support longer and stronger patent and related protections are anti-globalizers, trying to lock down technology. They are welcome to hold that position, but they are liars if they call themselves “globalizers.”
zcomm.org/znetarticle/can-coronavirus-fo…
Autoworkers denounce official coronavirus response, call for plant shutdowns
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
Autoworkers have flooded the WSWS Autoworker Newsletter with messages in recent days, calling for the shut down of factories and measures to stop the further spread of the coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/auto…
Coronavirus outbreak: The German government was warned of the dangers of a looming pandemic and did nothing
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
A risk analysis by the Robert Koch Institute eight years ago had already warned that inadequacies in Germany’s health system could mean death for millions when confronted with a novel virus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/coro…
Trump Bombs Shiite Militia in Shiite-Ruled Iraq
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
US fighter jets bombed bases of the Kata’ib Hizbullah (“Brigades of the Party of God”) militia in Iraq on Thursday in retaliation for a deadly attack on US troops that left two dead and killed a British soldier as well….
globalresearch.ca/trump-stumbles-war-cor…
UK government uses coronavirus pandemic to ready military in “public order” role
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
Whatever role the military might have in providing logistical support to the health care services, its involvement in law enforcement is a grave warning to the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/mili…
How Cuba is Leading the World in the Fight Against Coronavirus
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-16
As Cuba sends doctors around the world to help fight coronavirus, a Cuban antiviral drug, Interferon Alpha 2b, is helping countries like China stem the tide of the outbreak.
mintpressnews.com/cuba-leading-world-fig…
Cruise ship industry announces worldwide shutdown in response to coronavirus pandemic, leaving ship workers in the lurch
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
While directives for employees have been changing rapidly, it’s evident that the cruise ship giants will attempt to impose their losses on the backs of their workforce.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/crus…
Coronavirus Exposes Hong Kong’s Fake “Pro-Democracy” Mobs
Andrés Figueroa Cornejo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
While the large street mobs plaguing Hong Kong’s streets have more or less subsided, the foreign-funded movement and its supporters continue seeking every opportunity to perpetuate their agenda. | This agenda, despite the Western media claiming it is centred on advancing …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-exposes-ho…
The Forever War in Iraq
Daniel Larison | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
The New York Times reports that U.S. “retaliatory” strikes in Iraq ended up killing regular Iraqi soldiers and policemen and one civilian: | Iraqi military officials strongly condemned the United States military on Friday for airstrikes launched overnight that they said | …
globalresearch.ca/forever-war-iraq/57064…
Court Finally Releases Chelsea Manning After Suicide Attempt
Jonathan Turley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
I have previously objected to how the Justice Department uses grand juries to punish certain individuals who refuse to cooperate with federal investigations. This concern was heightened during my representation of Dr. Sami Al-Arian who signed a plea bargain with …
globalresearch.ca/court-finally-releases…
Chelsea Manning Is Free from Jail, Faces Exorbitant Fines
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Today, March 12, prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia ended the grand jury of Julian Assange and Wikileaks in which Chelsea Manning refused to testify. As a result, US District Court Judge Anthony Trenga ordered the immediate release of …
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The Release of Chelsea Manning
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Chelsea Manning’s release last Thursday by order of Virginia District Court judge Anthony Trenga had an air of oddness to it. “The court finds Ms. Manning’s appearance before the Grand Jury is no longer needed, in light of which …
globalresearch.ca/release-chelsea-mannin…
Fund drive to pay Chelsea Manning’s court fines raises $267,000 in two days
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
Within two days of Manning’s release from jail, a GoFundMe campaign organized by her supporters raised more than enough to pay the punitive fines imposed on her for refusing to testify against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/mann…
US Action in Addressing COVID-19. “Attributing Virus Deaths to the Flu”
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
The US is following the same pattern with COVID-19 as with prior virus outbreaks. Downplay and understate initially, cover up the truth, flood the media with misinformation, then slowly release the true facts as necessary to maintain the narrative. | “Health | …
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Julian in the Dock. “A Secret Trial”
Israel Shamir | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Julian Assange’s extradition hearing has had very little media coverage. Even The Guardian and The New York Times barely mentioned it, though these newspapers made a fortune publishing Assange-provided cables. Unless you had been looking for it, you wouldn’t …
globalresearch.ca/julian-dock/5706492
I Reject Using My Unjust Conviction Against Julian Assange
Jeffrey Sterling | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-16
In 2015 I was wrongfully convicted of, and imprisoned for, violating the U.S. Espionage Act. Now, while there is no question that I stand in solidarity with WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange in a British court as he fights extradition, little did I know that my presence is also there as fodder to support extradition. If…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/16/i-reject-usi…
Uncharted Troubled Economic Waters. Global Recession, Fear-mongering and the COVID-19 “Trigger Mechanism”
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
There’s much more to fear about crashing markets on 401(k) retirement plans, protracted economic recession, perhaps a looming depression, than a global COVID-19 pandemic that doesn’t exist. | Public health reality distorted by fear-mongering is radically changing how most people are …
globalresearch.ca/uncharted-troubled-eco…
The Bush Administration’s Secret Biowarfare Agenda
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
First published in July 2008 | When it comes to observing US and international laws, treaties and norms, the Bush administration is a serial offender. Since 2001, it’s: |
The Algerian Revolution: the Struggle for Decolonization Continues
Hamza Hamouchene | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-16
Algeria is going through a revolutionary phase. The mass-scale uprising that started in February 2019 has been sustained for more than a year now and is showing an incredible resilience and soumoud (steadfastness in Arabic). Hundreds of thousands are still in the streets, joining huge weekly protests every Tuesday and Friday (and recently some Saturdays…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/16/120415/
As Coronvirus Grips the US, Americans Get a Taste of Life Under Sanctions
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-16
Crippling shortages, travel restrictions and overwhelmed medical services will give Americans a taste of what it is like for the millions of people living under US sanctions worldwide.
mintpressnews.com/coronvirus-americans-t…
What If They Held a Revolution and No One Came?
David Schultz | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-16
Bernie Sanders wanted a revolution but it appears that no one read the memo announcing it. The hallmark of the Sanders’ presidential campaign was to defy conventional wisdom held by mainstream political science and political operatives. This wisdom depicts American public opinion and voters as plotted along a bell curve from political left to right,…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/16/what-if-they…
Is the DNC Once Again Orchestrating the Defeat of a Socialist Candidate?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-16
In 1944, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) ensured that socialist Henry Wallace would not succeed Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) as president. Is history repeating itself in 2020? | Democratic socialist Bernie Sanders received the most votes in the first three primary elections. After centrist Joe Biden scored his first primary win, the DNC consolidated the Democratic Party establishment around him. Candidates Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar immediately dropped out of the race and endorsed Bid…
truthout.org/articles/is-the-dnc-once-ag…
A Policeman, A Pastor and A Palestinian: The ‘Chilestinians’ as a Model for Palestinian Unity
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-16
The Palestinian diaspora in Chile, the Chilestinians, have had unique success in learning how to accept their political differences and unify over thier common cause.
mintpressnews.com/palestinian-diaspora-c…
Why Burning Fossil Fuels is to Today’s Pandemics as Fleas were to the Black Death
Juan Cole | truthdig.com | 2020-03-16
There is an exact analogy between Trump’s treatment of Covid-19 and his treatment of the climate emergency.
truthdig.com/articles/why-burning-fossil…
America Attacks the World, The World Levitates Towards Russia, China
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Frankly and in summary: recently The United States of America has crossed several lines, committing atrocities, in many parts of the world. In the past, no country could get away with this; such situations would inevitably lead to war. | Presently, …
globalresearch.ca/west-attacks-world-lev…
Taiwan Nationalists Seek Closer Relations with China. Bad News for America
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
In the the Kuomingtang (KMT), the Nationalist Party of Taiwan, election held on Saturday, Jiang Khai (commonly known in the West as Johnny Chiang) was selected as a new head of the political party. According to Taiwanese media, Jiang Kai | …
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9 Things You Should Know About the 2020 Stock Market Crash
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
1– Investors are cashing in and heading for the exits | According to Bloomberg News: “Investors made their biggest dash for cash in history” in the last week. “They channeled $137 billion into cash-like assets and a record $14 billion into …
globalresearch.ca/9-things-you-should-kn…
Powerful Earthquake Felt in Northern Ecuador
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-16
An earthquake of 5.13 on the Ritcher Scale was recorded on Sunday night in Ecuador. The event, which left no material damage or victims, had its epicenter in the northern province of Esmeraldas. | RELATED: | Ecuador: EU, UN Launch Anti-Gender Violence Initiative | As the Ecuadorian Geophysics Institute reported, the earthquake was perceptible at 22: 53 local time, with a depth of 9.26 kilometers and 28.52 kilometers from San Lorenzo, close to the coastal community of Velez and Colombia &…
telesurenglish.net/news/ecuador-earthqua…
Bangladesh government downplays COVID-19 threat as job losses mount
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
While the Awami League government is seeking to aid industry owners, workers are bearing the brunt of the health crisis.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/bang…
Alone against the Virus
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-03-16
Decades of neoliberal austerity will make it harder to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, more than ever, we must rebuild our social safety net and forge a New Deal for public health. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/16/alone-against-th…
Australian universities exploit COVID-19 crisis to cut jobs and courses
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
The University of Tasmania last week announced the elimination of about three-quarters of its course offerings by next year.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/unis…
Update: British Cruise Ship With COVID-19 Cases to Dock in Cuba
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-16
Cuba will allow a British cruise ship stranded in the Caribbean to dock with at least five cases of Covid-19 on board, after multiple countries in the region denied its assistance. | RELATED: | BioCubaFarma Guarantees Production of Drugs for COVID-19 | In the last few hours, the British ship MS Braemar has been desperately searching for a place to dock, after at least five passengers tested positive for Covid-19. | “No country has authorized the docking. Only Cuba would do such a th…
telesurenglish.net/news/cuba-to-allow-cr…
COVID-19 Pandemic Creates Panic and “Cancel-everything” Culture
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Panic is counterproductive, it oftentimes results in short-sighted selfish decisions that could potentially cause harm. Panic causes people to buy and hoard all of the toilet paper, leaving nothing for others. Panic births chaos, chaos creates stress, stress interferes with …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-pandemic-crea…
COVID-19: Panic Will End but Tyranny Will Not
Gary D. Barnett | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
“Our contemporaries are constantly excited by two conflicting passions; they want to be led, and they wish to remain free: as they cannot destroy either one or the other of these contrary propensities, they strive to satisfy them both at …
globalresearch.ca/panic-will-end-tyranny…
Bolivia: Over 147,000 Voters Disqualified From Next Election
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-16
The Bolivian Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) disqualifiedmore tan 147 000 citizens from the voter registration on March 15. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Evo Morales Expresses Concern About Covid-19 | TSE’s president Salvador Romero, designated by de facto president Jeanine àÅñez, stated that of those limited to the vote will be 147,064 national residents. | The department of Santa Cruz has the highest number of disqualified electors, 41,813, followed by La Paz with 29,852 and Cochabamba w…
telesurenglish.net/news/bolivia-more-tha…
Our Government Has Failed Us in This Crisis. How Do We Protect Our Communities?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-16
Kelly Hayes discusses mutual aid during the COVID-19 crisis and talks with Pilar Weiss about how bail funds empty cages. | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. | Copy may not be in its final form. | Kelly Hayes: Welcome to Movement Memos, a Truthout podcast about things you should know if you want to change the world. I’m your host, Kelly Hayes. | We talked a bit about COVID-19 last week and for some of us, it’s hard to talk about anything else. I’ve been follow…
truthout.org/audio/our-government-has-fa…
COVID-19 and the CIA’s Biological Warfare on Cuba
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Maybe it was a plan that went horribly wrong, something they could no longer control. Was the Corona virus or COVID-19 spread intentionally? What if this virus was used against China as a weapon of choice to destabilize China’s economy …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-wuhan-virus-c…
More than Just a Virus
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
If we have learned anything since 1963, it is to question everything that Big Government, Big Media and Big Money tell us as there is always more than the ‘official’ story. With too many unknowns still to be answered, there …
globalresearch.ca/more-than-just-virus/5…
Viruses, Real and Virtual
T.P. Wilkinson | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-16
It takes only a cursory scanning of what counts as journalistic product in the significant mass media to see that whereas it may be impossible to keep public hospitals sterile, what passes for news and public debate is beyond normal standards of sterility–it is clearly a vacuum. We can largely discount the alternative media–including where …
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China’s Report on Human Rights Violations in the US
Xinhua | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
China on Friday issued a report on the human rights violations in the United States. | Titled “The Record of Human Rights Violations in the United States in 2019,” the report said the facts detailed in the document show that “in …
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If Someone Says You’ve Hurt Them, Believe Them
Jill Richardson | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-16
Six years ago, I messed up. In 2014 I started grad school. I went to the first school event for new students and told another student an anecdote about my study abroad in China in 2000. I told the story exactly as I always had
Court Trial in The Hague: Is Malaysia’s Position on MH17 Tragedy Shifting?
Nile Bowie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
A long-awaited court trial of four suspects implicated in the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 began today (March 9) at The Hague in the Netherlands. | Three Russian nationals and one Ukrainian have been indicted for the murder …
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Listen to George Kennan and End the War in Afghanistan
Daniel Larison | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Van Jackson comments on the comparisons being made between the wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan, especially in this article by George Herring. Jackson notes that ending U.S. involvement in these unwinnable wars has a long-term benefit (quote starts at around …
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Somalia’s Dysfunctional Clan-Federalism
Dr. Bischara A. Egal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards.”
‘Arm’s-length’ Military Institution Promotes Belligerent Worldview
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Not satisfied with Canada’s largest public relations machine, the Canadian Forces also employ various “arm’s-length” institutions to push their influence over the discussion of military and international affairs. | For example, the Conference of Defence Associations (CDA) Institute recently published a …
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“People Live Here Like Animals”: Moria Refugee camp on Greek island of Lesbos
Jean Ziegler | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
They live in huts, without sanitation and without perspective: the EU wants it like that, says the globalization critic Jean Ziegler on the refugee camp Moria. | *** | The Swiss Jean Ziegler is one of the most famous globalization critics….
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Trump New Rules for Assessing Pesticide Risks Ignore Many Harms to Endangered Species
The Environmental Protection Agency today issued revised methods for assessing pesticide risks that will allow widespread harm to most of the nation’s most endangered plants and animals, including American burying beetles, Rio Grande silvery minnows and Hawaiian hoary bats. | The …
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US to Practice Invasion of Europe
Kate Hudson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Defender Europe 20, NATO’s biggest wargames for over 25 years, is getting under way this month. 20,000 US troops are participating in the US’s largest deployment to Europe in over quarter of a century. With 18 states involved totaling 37,000 …
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Helms-Burton Law, Internationalization Weapon to Blockade Cuba
Elizabeth Borrego Rodriguez | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
The Helms-Burton Act, the main tool for the internationalization of the blockade against Cuba, arrived today 24 years after it was signed by the then President of the United States, William Clinton. | Officially named as the Cuban Freedom and …
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Global Research: Keeping You up to Date on Important World Topics
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Dear Readers, | We have seen a massive surge in traffic to the website over the last few days and we will, as always, keep you updated as things develop. As we all take stock of the rapidly changing situation unfolding …
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Our Vanishing World: Oceans
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
As the human onslaught against life on Earth accelerates, no part of the biosphere is left pristine. The simple act of consuming more than we actually need drives the world’s governments and corporations to endlessly destroy more and more of …
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Dependency, Distress and No Durable Agronomic Benefits: The Story of Bt Cotton in India
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
In the early 2000s, genetically modified (GM) Bt insecticidal cotton was being heavily promoted in India on the basis that it would cut pesticide use dramatically, boost yields and contribute to the financial well-being of farmers. Private sector Bt cotton …
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Trump as Political Hit Man
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-16
Donald Trump filed his paperwork to run for reelection only hours after his inauguration in January 2017, setting a presidential record, the first of his many dubious achievements. For a man who relished the adulation and bombast of campaigning, it should have surprised no one that he charged out of the starting gate so quickly…
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The Statue of Liberty’s Torch
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-16
The Statue of Liberty’s Torch The Statue of Liberty wears a crown And is armed with a torch To burn things down Jails and prisons Gas and logging Enterprises’ offices
Dependency, Distress and No Durable Agronomic Benefits: The Story of Bt Cotton in India
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-16
In the early 2000s, genetically modified (GM) Bt insecticidal cotton was being heavily promoted in India on the basis that it would cut pesticide use dramatically, boost yields and contribute to the financial well-being of farmers. Private sector Bt cotton hybrids now cover over 90% of the area under cotton. Supporters of Bt cotton have wasted…
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Tom Turnipseed: Race Treason and the Promise of Left Populism
Joseph E. Lowndes | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-16
“I was worse than George Wallace,” Tom Turnipseed, once told me. “I really was a racist, while he only pretended to be one.” Turnipseed, who was Wallace’s 1968 National Campaign Director before dedicating his life to antiracist, anti-corporate and ecological struggles, died last week at the age of 83. His is a fascinating story of…
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Spiritual: How McCoy Tyner Lives On
Charles Komanoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-16
It isn’t quite true that McCoy Tyner, who died earlier this month, was the last survivor of the John Coltrane Quartet. Reggie Workman, who for a while held the string bass chair that Jimmy Garrison would claim until Trane’s death, is alive and well, 82 years young, living, teaching and gigging in and…
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Tom Turnipseed: Race Treason and the Promise of Left Populism
Joseph E. Lowndes | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-16
“I’ve always been a populist,” Tom Turnipseed, once told me. “I just had the wrong idea of who I should be fighting for.” The political career of Turnipseed, who died last week at the age of 83, is an extraordinary one. He was the national director of Alabama Governor and segregationist George Wallace’s 1968 national…
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My Life in the Plague
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-16
I spend most of my days and nights in a relatively small room, about 20 feet by 20 feet with about 8 feet headroom. I refer to it as my “cell” and like to say I have entered “the monastic phase” of my life. I sleep in my cell and write and read in my…
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In Conflict of Interest, Interior Secretary Met With Halliburton Lobbyists
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-16
This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge. | When Ryan Zinke was forced to resign from the Interior Department in December 2018, it was a conflict-of-interest scandal involving the chairman of oilfield services giant Halliburton t…
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The Long Arm of the American Nazi Party Reaches the 2020 Illinois Primary
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-16
Republicans voting on Tuesday in Illinois’s 3rd congressional district primary will get to decide if they want Art Jones, a lifelong white supremacist, to be their candidate. The state’s GOP is actively campaigning against him. They are still embarrassed that Jones was their 2018 candidate, after the party had forgotten to field a primary opponent to ensure that he wasn’t their candidate in the general election in a strongly Democratic district. And later that year, despite ample publicity of hi…
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German student newspaper “Unauf” defends far-right violence against students
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
Following the refusal of Humboldt University management to condemn the physical attack by right-wing extremist professor Jà∂rg Baberowski on a left-wing student, the “independent student newspaper at Humboldt University” has followed suit.
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The Unaccountable Nation
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-16
Exceptionalism, triumphalism, chauvinism. These characteristics define most empires, including, like it or not, these United States. The sequence matters. A people and national government that fancies itself exceptional
This week in history: March 16-22
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
25 years ago: Sarin gas attack in Tokyo subwayOn March 20, 1995, a sarin gas attack by a terrorist group on the Tokyo subway system killed 13 people, injured over 50, and caused temporary vision loss for over 1,000 others. The gas, 500 times more toxic than cyanide, was released at five different points on three major subway lines in a coordinated action.
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Young Pregnant Woman Dies After Falling From US Border Wall
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-16
A 19-year-old pregnant Guatemalan woman died last Wednesday, a few days after she fell from the border wall that divides Mexico and the United States, local sources reported recently. | RELATED: | US Court Blocks Lawsuit Over Mexican Child Killed at Border | Miriam Estefany Girón Luna, seven months pregnant, was trying to cross the border between the two countries when she fell from the six-meter high border wall. | When she was located, the Border Patrol transferred her to the ”
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Patient ESCAPES from Moscow coronavirus hospital, chief doctor slams ‘ignorant behavior’
rt.com | 2020-03-16
It appears some Russians really don’t like the idea of being quarantined over Covid-19. After a well-publicized hospital breakout in Saint Petersburg last month, a Moscow patient decided to play copycat. | Apparently unconcerned about infecting others around the capital, a woman suspected of having coronavirus escaped from a medical facility, according to Denis Protsenko, the head physician at Moscow’s Kommunarka Hospital. | “I have to deal with the ignorant behavior of hospitalized patients who do not understand the situation and the danger of spreading Covid-19 in the city,” he said. “I ask my colleagues to…
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