2020-03-14: Social Media Postees

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Coronavirus COVID-19: "Made in China" or "Made in America"?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-14
Trump contends that the coronavirus was "Made in China". And that China threatens America. The president of the US wants Americans to believe that the coronavirus pandemic carries the "Made in China" label.
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-covid-19-made-in-china-or-made-in-america/5706272

Coronavirus COVID-19: "Made in China" or "Made in America"?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-14
Trump contends that the coronavirus was "Made in China". And that China threatens America. | The president of the US wants Americans to believe that the coronavirus pandemic carries the "Made in China" label. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo refers to …
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Covid-19 Updates: Chinese Delegation Approves Italy's Measures
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-14
Update: 9: 30 | MOROCCO: meetings with more than 50 people are prohibited. | The Interior Ministry announced that all public agglomerations with more than 50 people are prohibited to prevent the Covid-19 spread. | Air and sea traffic with Spain, France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal, China, and Algeria was also suspended. | So far, Morocco has 17 Covid-19 confirmed cases, including five Moroccans who entered the country from Spain. | As of March 16, face-to-face classes will be suspended at all educational levels. | Update: 8: 30 | SPAIN: The government restricts the movement of people.
telesurenglish.net/news/Covid-19-Updates-Chinese-Delegation-Approves-Italys-Measures-20200314-0001.html

Higher Education Is Woefully Unprepared to Help Poor Students Amid Coronavirus
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-14
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Venezuela Takes Action Against COVID-19 Amid the US Blockade
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-14
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro Thursday announced that the health system is "on permanent alert," although there are no Covid-19 cases in this South American country so far. He also reported that landing of flights from Europe, Colombia, and Panama will …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-takes-action-against-covid-19-amid-us-blockade/5706283

As COVID-19 Fears Mount, a Face Mask Shortage Imperils Research
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-14
For Kim West, dressing for work doesn't end at home. After arriving at her office at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, West will often layer a second outfit over her shirt and slacks: a full-body gown, topped with booties, sleeve protectors, two pairs of gloves, a hairnet, and an N95 respirator. Donning this extravagant getup

The Political Economy of Corruption in South Korea
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-14
The whole world is facing the deepening and widening corruption which challenges the very survival of the free democracy and the free market economy. | Korea has been suffering for last 70 years from the corruption culture. But owing to courageous …
globalresearch.ca/political-economy-corruption/5706259

Why Burning Fossil Fuels is to Today's Pandemics as Fleas were to the Black Death
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-03-14
There is an exact analogy between Trump's treatment of Covid-19 and his treatment of the climate emergency. In both cases, he and his surrogates attacked the science and took pride in giving the finger to reality…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-burning-fossil-fuels-is-to-todays-pandemics-as-fleas-were-to-the-black-death/

This Recession Calls for A Bigger, Greener Stimulus
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-14
Every crisis is also an opportunity, as the saying goes, and this is especially true of historic crises like the current coronavirus pandemic. Unfortunately, as Kate Aranoff writes in a new piece at the New Republic, the U.S. government looks determined to squander one of the greatest opportunities presented by the economic crisis shadowing the health crisis: The chance to pass a stimulus package that moves toward the emissions goals demanded by the science of climate change. | While the subject of carbon emissions may seem unrelated to the virus, the climate crisis is so severe that it can no longer be so easily…
truthdig.com/articles/this-recession-calls-for-a-bigger-greener-stimulus/

Santa Cruz County Schools to Continue to Provide Meals for Students
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2020-03-14
Schools in Santa Cruz and Watsonville will continue to provide meals for students impacted by school closures during the week of March 16-20.
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Striking university lecturers and students in Bournemouth, UK speak out
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
The WSWS spoke to striking university staff and students in Bournemouth, who were striking with co-workers around the UK at the end of their 14-day national strike.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/educ…

Universities and colleges close across the US as COVID-19 disrupts the lives of millions of students
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
A reported 520 campuses across 47 states shut down before Friday in an effort to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the United States.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/stud…

Mexican National Guard deployed against Matamoros auto parts workers
wsws.org | 2020-03-14
The National Guard confronted 500 parts workers occupying the local labor court to demand the right to leave a pro-company union as a similar operation unfolded against teachers blocking a railway in Puebla.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/14/mata…

China sends medical experts to support Italy's fight against coronavirus
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-14
China has sent a team of medical experts and aid to support Italy in its 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 team and tons of supplies arrived in Rome the evening of March 12. Organized by the National …
peoplesworld.org/article/china-sends-medical-experts-to-support-italys-fight-against-coronavirus/

Coronavirus in Israel: Cash is Being Pumped, Measures Are Being Taken, But Will It Be Enough?
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-14
Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu is mulling over shutting down all of the country's educational institutions and considering limiting public transport in another attempt to curb the spread of the virus that has seen more than 140 people infected in the country and with estimates suggesting the number will reach a thousand in just a matter of days.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202003141078563531-coronavirus-in-israel-cash-is-being-pumped-measures-are-being-taken-but-will-it-be-enough/

It's a Fish-Eat-Fish World: Great White Sharks Seen Killing Humpback Whale for the First Time Ever
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-14
The great white shark is the world's biggest macropredatory fish. Large females can grow up to 6 metres in length. However, most are smaller, 4-5 metres in length. Although humans are not their preferred prey, the sharks are responsible for the largest number of fatal attacks on humans.
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Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-13
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Uruguay: Educators Protest Against President Lacalle's Bill
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-13
Uruguay's Secondary School Teachers Federation (Fenapes) Thursday began a 24-hour strike in Montevideo to protest against President Luis Lacalle Pou's bill, which seeks to centralize and privatize education in the country. | RELATED: | Uruguay: Lacalle Pou Announces Increase in Taxes | Education Minister Pablo da Silveira explained that the bill would reformulate the educative system's structure and its different bodies. | In an interview with local news media, he tried to minimize the protests' im…
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End of an era? Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft board
rt.com | 2020-03-13
Microsoft co-founder and tech icon Bill Gates has resigned from the company's board of directors, stating he will dedicate more of his energies to philanthropy, but will continue to advise CEO Satya Nadella. | The firm announced the move on Friday afternoon, noting that Gates would now spend more time on "his philanthropic priorities including global health, development, education," as well as climate change. | "It's been a tremendous honor and privilege to have worked with and learned from Bill over the years," company CEO Satya Nadella said in a statement. "Bill founded our company with a belief in the democ…
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US CDC Director Robert Redfield Admitted that Coronavirus Deaths Have Been Miscategorized as Flu
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-13
The US has been lying all along. | Robert Redfield, CDC director, testifying to Congress, today admitted that virus deaths have been miscategorised as the flu. | He also stated that the standard practice has been to first test people for …
globalresearch.ca/us-cdc-director-admitted-virus-deaths-miscategorized-flu/5706233

Coronavirus Scaremongering, US-China Economic Rivalry. The Geopolitics of an Unfolding Global Crisis
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-13
An underlying theme behind the Western political and media focus on the coronavirus, is to damage and undermine China's international standing, the country where this disease is commonly purported to have spread forth from. Prominent American politicians like Mike Pompeo…
globalresearch.ca/us-tightening-noose-china-result-coronavirus-campaign/5706254

Solar system mystery finally solved, thanks to salty space rock
rt.com | 2020-03-13
A space puzzle that has long left scientists scratching their heads has finally been solved thanks to the salty surface of a comet and to some diligent researchers. | Investigations have long shown that comets appear to have 10 times less nitrogen than they ought to, based on scientific understanding of how they form. This has confounded boffins and sparked a search for the missing element. | The secret was given up by a comet named 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko which was orbited by the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft. The probe captured a trove of pictures from the comet and an analysis found that some…
rt.com/news/483089-nitrogen-comet-mystery-solar-system/

White House Removes Public Health Experts from Coronavirus Discussions
Michael Halpern | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-13
The White House held dozens of meetings about coronavirus response that excluded government experts because the discussions were unnecessarily classified over the objections of HHS Secretary Alex Azar, reports Reuters. Experts were not just barred from speaking openly about …
globalresearch.ca/white-house-removes-public-health-experts-coronavirus-discussions/5706281

Markets Screaming Global Recession
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-13
The longest bull market in US history began on March 9, 2009. | It ended on March 11, 2020 when the Dow average closed down 20% from its 29,551.42 February 12, 2020 all-time closing high. | The same goes for the S …
globalresearch.ca/markets-screaming-global-recession/5706276

Johnson slammed by WHO and scientists for 'wrong and dangerous' coronavirus strategy
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-13
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called into question the UK's approach to developing "herd immunity" against the coronavirus aka Covid-19.On Friday 13 March, the UK's chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance said the government's strategy is aimed at creating a "herd immunity" to the disease. WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris criticised this approach on BBC Radio 4's Today programme: We don't know enough about the science of this virus, it hasn't been in our population for long enough for us to know what it does in immunological terms. | Every virus functions differently in your body and stimulates a diffe…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/03/13/johnson-slammed-by-who-and-scientists-for-wrong-and-dangerous-coronavirus-strategy/

Climate Victims Violent? Klare's Paean to the American Military
Judith Deutsch | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-13
Michael Klare's new book, All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change, is an uncritical paean to the American military. He credits the Pentagon with taking climate science seriously. But he does not question, bring contradictory evidence, or analyze the military's self-appointed role as global manager of climate-related human disorder. Klare's work is…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/13/climate-victims-violent-klares-paean-to-the-american-military/

We Need Multilingual Student Journalism
Rebecca Duke Wiesenberg | thenation.com | 2020-03-13
We Need Multilingual Student Journalism…
thenation.com/article/culture/we-need-multilingual-student-journalism/

Government Spends Equivalent of Entire US Student Debt to Rally Stock Market for 15 Minutes
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-03-13
The money spent was equal to the total amount of US student debt, more than twice as much as the Wall Street bailout of 2008 and nearly 30 times the net worth of former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, the richest man to ever run for president.
mintpressnews.com/amid-covid-19-crisis-govt-spends-equivalent-entire-us-student-debt-rally-stock-market/265726/

Chilean government violently attacks demonstrators on 30th anniversary of Pinochet's fall
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-13
Chilean authorities responded violently to mass protests Wednesday. The protests came amid renewed calls for the resignation of right-wing President Sebastián Piñera as the country marked 30 years since the fall of the Pinochet regime. Police used tear gas against the crowds, which consisted of large numbers of students who hold Piñera responsible for human …
peoplesworld.org/article/chilean-government-violently-attacks-demonstrators-on-30th-anniversary-of-pinochets-fall/

What Is Covid-19 Trying to Teach Us?
H. Bruce Franklin | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-13
Some people see the world as an infinite number of prize fights, each with one winner and one loser. For them life is an unending series of these zero-sum games. Unfortunately, one of these people is the President of the United States. One example of something that is not a zero-sum game is a global…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/13/what-is-covid-19-trying-to-teach-us/

Selected Articles: Latest Coronavirus Epidemic Coverage from Global Research in Your Inbox
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-13
COVID-19: Further Evidence that the Virus Originated in the US | By Larry Romanoff, March 11, 2020 | The Taiwanese physician noted that in August of 2019 the US had a flurry of lung pneumonias or similar, which the Americans blamed …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-latest-coronavirus-epidemic-coverage-global-research-your-inbox/5706262

'Coronavirus Isn't Stopping Us!': Youth Activists Adapt to Global Pandemic With Digital #ClimateStrikeOnline
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-03-13
"In the face of a crisis we act according to science and fact." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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As US Faces Nationwide Social Distancing, Coronavirus Threat Renews Demand for Universal Broadband Access
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-03-13
"Schools are closing and classes are migrating online. But not every student has internet at home." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/03/13/us-faces-nationwide-social-distancing-coronavirus-threat-renews-demand-universal?cd-origin=rss

Chelsea Manning Hospitalized After Reported Suicide Attempt
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
Manning was unlawfully imprisoned last March (again in May after briefly released) for invoking her constitutional right of silence

Claudia Jones School inaugural event in D.C. features Bill Fletcher, Jr
Jamal Rich, Debra Johnson | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-12
WASHINGTON–A group of 120 labor, social justice, international solidarity, and local campaign activists gathered at the Nicaraguan Embassy on Feb. 29 for the inaugural event of the newly founded Claudia Jones School for Political Education. Featuring long-time labor and Black liberation activist Bill Fletcher, Jr., the event was co-sponsored by Trabajadores Unidos de Washington D.C. …
peoplesworld.org/article/claudia-jones-school-inaugural-event-in-d-c-features-bill-fletcher-jr/

Federal Court Hears Arguments on Funding for Trump's Border Wall
Helen Christophi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
A conservative judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals signaled on Tuesday, March 10, that he will probably vote to let President Donald Trump use $3.6 billion in diverted military money to expand the border wall, even as construction …
globalresearch.ca/federal-court-hears-arguments-funding-trump-border-wall/5706173

"Blue No Matter Who!"
Keith Harmon Snow | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
There is something profoundly offensive about this declaration and, worse, there is something profoundly insufferable about the sentiments and beliefs behind it. | First of all, it is a matter of extreme white privilege to be able to "Vote Blue No …
globalresearch.ca/blue-no-matter-who/5706192

Global COVID-19 Pandemic, This Is a Test: How Will the Constitution Fare During a Nationwide Lockdown?
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
This is a test. | This is not a test of our commitment to basic hygiene or disaster preparedness or our ability to come together as a nation in times of crisis, although we're not doing so well on any of …
globalresearch.ca/how-constitution-fare-during-nationwide-lockdown/5706172

Gaza: Murdering Children for Sport
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
Ayman Mohyeldin was an Egyptian reporter for al-Jazeera English who had covered dozens of major events in the Middle East for many American and other networks. His reputation was enormous, and his reporting on the Israeli assault on Gaza was …
globalresearch.ca/murdering-children-sport/5706188

Top Saudi Intelligence Official 'Chased' to Canada by Crown Prince MBS
Dania Akkad | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
The Canadian government gave refuge to a powerful former Saudi intelligence official deemed a threat to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's rule, three sources familiar with the matter have told Middle East Eye. | Saad al-Jabri, once a trusted …
globalresearch.ca/top-saudi-intelligence-official-chased-canada-mbs/5706165

US Marines Arrive on Yemen's Socotra Island to Back UAE Troops: Reports
Tasnim News Agency | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
Sanaa Post reported that the American soldiers were received by the occupying UAE forces at their headquarters on the island. | There is speculation that the US intends to establish its own military base amid reports that America had sent military …
globalresearch.ca/us-marines-arrive-yemen-socotra-back-uae-troops-reports/5706170

The Case of Professor Tariq Ramadan: Calling on France's Minister of Justice to Cease "Masquerade of Justice"
International Movement for a Just World | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
Madame Nicole Belloubet, Minister of Justice: | As international scholars, politicians and journalists, we are writing to you, the French Minister of Justice, to demand an immediate halt to the indictment of Tariq Ramadan case. | This process has gone on …
globalresearch.ca/calling-french-minister-justice-immediately-cease-masquerade-justice-professor-tariq-ramadan-case/5706157

The US Federal Reserve's Baffling Response to the Coronavirus Explained
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
When the World Health Organization announced on February 24th that it was time to prepare for a global pandemic, the stock market plummeted. Over the following week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by more than 3,500 points or …
globalresearch.ca/fed-response-coronavirus-explained/5706140

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