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-creates-panic-cancel-everything-culture/5706484

"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….
globalresearch.ca/people-live-here-like-animals-moria-refugee-camp-on-greek-island-of-lesbos/5706418

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-experts-support-italy-spain-fight-against-coronavirus/5706449

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/5706416

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 …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-africans-accuse-europeans-coronising-continent/5706495

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-sanctions-lead-global-rise-coronavirus/5706397

Egypt Coordinating Support for Syrian Kurds to Fight Turkey
Jason Ditz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Since the US pulled its support from the Kurdish SDF in Syria, there hasn't been much talk of them getting foreign aid, while Turkish forces continue to square up against them in the Syrian northeast. | Reports now are that Egypt …
globalresearch.ca/egypt-coordinating-support-syrian-kurds-fight-turkey/5706426

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 | …
globalresearch.ca/taiwanese-nationalists-seek-closer-relations-china/5706253

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 …
globalresearch.ca/battle-idlib-far-from-over/5706407

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 …
globalresearch.ca/helms-burton-law-internationalization-weapon-blockade-cuba/5706486

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-hong-kong-fake-pro-democracy-mobs/5706247

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 …
globalresearch.ca/story-bt-cotton-india/5706325

Video: Iranian-backed Forces in Iraq Raise Stakes. Rocket Attack Kills Several US Coalition Troops in Iraq
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
A volley of rockets struck the Camp Taji military base in Iraq on the evening of March 11, killing three US-led coalition service members, two of them Americans and one British, and injuring 12 others. The targeted military base is …
globalresearch.ca/video-iranian-backed-forces-raise-stakes-rocket-attack-kills-several-us-coalition-troops-iraq/5706238

"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….
globalresearch.ca/people-live-here-like-animals-moria-refugee-camp-on-greek-island-of-lesbos/5706418

Burning the Temples. The Collapsing Culture of the American Empire
Robert Abele | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
It's more than interesting–it's significant–how various civilizations throughout history have had absolute faith their own primary mode of understanding the world, until catastrophic events caused people to violently destroy the symbols that held their world together, and left it all …
globalresearch.ca/burning-temples/5706420

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/5706416

Dubious Postponement of Netanyahu's Trial
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Hopefully delay isn't an escape hatch for Netanyahu to avoid long overdue justice. | Notably, charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust he faces don't remotely rise to the level of his crimes of war, against humanity, and slow motion …
globalresearch.ca/dubious-postponement-netanyahu-trial/5706481

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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-practice-invasion-europe/5706400

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-manning/5706447

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 …
globalresearch.ca/battle-idlib-far-from-over/5706407

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 …
globalresearch.ca/listen-kennan-end-war-afghanistan/5706496

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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-practice-invasion-europe/5706400

Egypt Coordinating Support for Syrian Kurds to Fight Turkey
Jason Ditz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Since the US pulled its support from the Kurdish SDF in Syria, there hasn't been much talk of them getting foreign aid, while Turkish forces continue to square up against them in the Syrian northeast. | Reports now are that Egypt …
globalresearch.ca/egypt-coordinating-support-syrian-kurds-fight-turkey/5706426

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-brought-epidemic-china-says-chinese-fm-spokesman/5706404

Dubious Postponement of Netanyahu's Trial
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-16
Hopefully delay isn't an escape hatch for Netanyahu to avoid long overdue justice. | Notably, charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust he faces don't remotely rise to the level of his crimes of war, against humanity, and slow motion …
globalresearch.ca/dubious-postponement-netanyahu-trial/5706481

A case study of corporate media disinformation
Stansfield Smith | mronline.org | 2020-03-16
Corporate America's disinformation relies on politicians, media and NGOs to implant their messaging. An essential part of combatting that messaging requires us to question our own views, as none of us are entirely immune to disinformation techniques, which have in effect become an advanced science. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/16/a-case-study-of-corporate-media-disinformation/

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-held-a-revolution-and-no-one-came/

A case study of corporate media disinformation
Stansfield Smith | mronline.org | 2020-03-16
Corporate America's disinformation relies on politicians, media and NGOs to implant their messaging. An essential part of combatting that messaging requires us to question our own views, as none of us are entirely immune to disinformation techniques, which have in effect become an advanced science. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/16/a-case-study-of-corporate-media-disinformation/

Coronavirus Pandemic: Science Sidelined in Trump Rose Garden Fiasco
Derrick Z. Jackson | commondreams.org | 2020-03-16
The heads of Walmart, Walgreens, Target, and CVS, with a combined 2019 net income of $20 billion, stepped forward to proclaim that they would each do their part in this emergency. (Photo: The White House) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2020/03/16/coronavirus-pandemic-science-sidelined-trump-rose-garden-fiasco?cd-origin=rss

Student organized investigation finds that Pomona College in California has denied 70 percent of housing requests
wsws.org | 2020-03-16
"I'm being evicted from Pomona college. I've been homeless since I was 16. I come from an extremely abusive home without access to heat, hot water or food" one student, who spoke to the WSWS under the condition of anonymity, explained.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/pomo…

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…

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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/16/iyss…

Santa Cruz County Schools to Continue to Provide Meals for Students
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2020-03-16
Schools in Santa Cruz and Watsonville will continue to provide meals for students impacted by school closures during the week of March 16-20.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/13/18831517.php

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

Campuses Across the Country Are Closing–These Are the Students Impacted
StudentNation | thenation.com | 2020-03-16
Campuses Across the Country Are Closing–These Are the Students Impacted…
thenation.com/article/society/campuses-across-the-country-are-closing-these-are-the-students-impacted/