Nine Years Ago: The US-NATO-Israel Sponsored Al Qaeda Insurgency in Syria. Who Was Behind the 2011 "Protest Movement"?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
It was not a protest movement, it was an armed insurgency integrated by US-Israeli & allied supported "jihadist" death squads. From Day One, the Islamist "freedom fighters" were supported, trained & equipped by NATO & Turkey's High Command.
globalresearch.ca/syria-who-is-behind-the-protest-movement-fabricating-a-pretext-for-a-us-nato-humanitarian-intervention/24591
We're in a Recession, and It's Likely to Get Worse
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
Introduction | Margaret Flowers and I focus on the foundational flaws in the US economy that will make this recession worse than elites are saying. | We examine the weaknesses in the drivers of the economy and discuss how each was at …
globalresearch.ca/were-recession-get-worse/5706583
Quarantine for the US-NATO Military Machine?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
It happened almost on the same day. Italy's lockdown. People confined to their homes across the European Union. Influx of 30,000 US troops in preparation of the "Defend Europe 2020" war games against Russia in the largest display of military …
globalresearch.ca/quarantine-for-the-us-nato-military-machine/5706664
Covid-19: Education Secretary announces suspension of Ofsted inspections
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-17
Ofsted inspections are being halted to "remove unnecessary burdens" on schools during the coronavirus pandemic, the education secretary has announced. | Gavin Williamson said he had instructed chief inspector Amanda Spielman to postpone all routine checks on schools, further education, early years and children's social care providers. | Tuesday's decision follows pressure from a number of teachers' unions, including the National Education Union, which said it was "unacceptable" for inspections to be going ahead. | We are committed to supporting schools to stay open at this difficult time. As part of our measures…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/03/17/covid-19-education-secretary-announces-suspension-of-ofsted-inspections/
The Coronavirus Hoax. "Governments Love Crises"
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
Governments love crises because when the people are fearful they are more willing to give up freedoms for promises that the government will take care of them. After 9/11, for example, Americans accepted the near-total destruction of their civil liberties …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-hoax/5706636
"Defender-Europe 20" War Games, COVID-19 and NATO's Disjointed Flight Forward. Computer Simulations of Nuclear War
Brian Gray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
Presently NATO is in the initial stages of military operations called Defender-Europe 20. The 40,000 soldier strong war game exercise includes roughly 20,000 American troops and accompanying weaponry. This witnesses the largest deployment of US personnel in Europe since 1983 …
globalresearch.ca/war-games-covid-19-nato-dis-jointed-flight-forward/5706634
5G: "The End of All Things". The Health Impacts of Electromagnetic Radiation
Dr. Gary Null | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
We have become thoroughly accustomed and habituated to endless advertising by drug makers to buy into the promises of pharmaceutical drugs or to consent to the nutritional value of junk food. Yet the drug and food industries are completely indifferent …
globalresearch.ca/5g-end-all-things/5706587
Cuban Drug Could Save Thousands of Lives in Coronavirus Pandemic
Steve Sweeney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
Cuban medicine could treat thousands of coronavirus patients as production of a "flagship" drug known to combat the disease is set to increase significantly, pharmaceutical bosses said at a press conference on Friday. | President of the BioCubaFarma group Eduardo Martinez…
globalresearch.ca/cuban-drug-could-save-thousands-lives-coronavirus-pandemic/5706643
Sanders Endorses Biden? It's Coming
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
You heard it here first. No, Sanders hasn't formally endorsed Biden yet, but make no mistake. It's coming
Is Washington's Attack Against Chinese Media a Bad Joke?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
The U.S. is insulting the Chinese media. It is affecting both countries. My colleagues in Beijing believe, correctly, that Washington should have tried to increase communication, not to bring it to a halt. | Twist what is happening; reverse facts. That …
globalresearch.ca/washington-attack-against-chinese-media-bad-joke/5706572
Sanders Endorses Biden? It's Coming
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
You heard it here first. No, Sanders hasn't formally endorsed Biden yet, but make no mistake. It's coming
Pandemic: The Invention of a Disease Called Fear. People are being "Herded". Disrupting the World Economy
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
The word 'pandemic' bears a similarity to the word 'panic' and indeed 'pandemonium'. In fact 'pandemic' evokes an almost instant flush of fear in those easily manipulated by mass media, before any details have even touched the surface or context …
globalresearch.ca/pandemic-invention-disease-called-fear/5706596
Pandemic: The Invention of a Disease Called Fear. People are being "Herded". Disrupting the World Economy
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
The word 'pandemic' bears a similarity to the word 'panic' and indeed 'pandemonium'. In fact 'pandemic' evokes an almost instant flush of fear in those easily manipulated by mass media, before any details have even touched the surface or context …
globalresearch.ca/pandemic-invention-disease-called-fear/5706596
Is the DNC Once Again Orchestrating the Defeat of a Socialist Candidate?
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/dnc-orchestrating-defeat-socialist-candidate/5706590
Video: New Syrian Army Offensive in Idlib Becoming Inevitable as Militants Sabotage Joint Turkish-Russian Patrols
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
On March 15, Russian and Turkish forces conducted a first joint patrol in Greater Idlib in the framework of the new de-escalation agreement reached in Moscow. The planned route of the patrol goes along the M4 highway, where a buffer …
globalresearch.ca/video-new-syrian-army-offensive-idlib-becoming-inevitable-militants-sabotage-joint-turkish-russian-patrols/5706575
US Indifference to Public Health: The Shame of the Nation
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
Both right wings of the US one-party state serve privileged interests exclusively at the expense of public health and welfare. | It's been this way throughout the nation's history, notably since the neoliberal 90s, especially post-9/11 when Republicans and undemocratic Dems …
globalresearch.ca/us-indifference-public-health/5706599
Armed Terrorists Storm Syrian Arab Red Crescent Offices in Idlib, Attack Volunteers, Loot Humanitarian Aid
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
In coordinated attacks on Saturday 14 March, armed terrorists stormed the SARC office in Idlib and its sub-branch in Ariha. In both facilities, the savages beat up Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteers, looted humanitarian aid, and vandalized that which they …
globalresearch.ca/armed-terrorists-storm-sarc-offices-idlib-attack-volunteers-loot-humanitarian-aid/5706564
US Kills Iraqis for Demanding End of Illegal Occupation
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
The US has recently carried out deadly attacks across Iraq
Global Economy Heads for Major Recession as Central Banks Increase Emergency Measures to Prevent Collapse of the Financial System
Dr. Leon Tressell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
"Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad." | You can taste the fear as global central banks panic and introduce emergency measures to prevent a systemic collapse of the global financial system. On Sunday the U.S. Federal …
globalresearch.ca/global-economy-heads-major-recession-central-banks-increase-emergency-measures-prevent-collapse-financial-system/5706585
The Stop5GL Foundation Takes Netherlands Government to Court over 5G Rollout, Citing Health Concerns
telecompaper | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
The Stop5GNL Foundation has filed a suit summary proceedings against the Dutch government, to stop it from rolling out 5G. The foundation believes the deployment is unlawful because it does not protect citizens against the consequences of radiation exposure from …
globalresearch.ca/dutch-foundation-takes-government-court-5g-rollout-citing-health-concerns/5706502
"Defender-Europe 20" War Games, COVID-19 and NATO's Disjointed Flight Forward. Computer Simulations of Nuclear War
Brian Gray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
Presently NATO is in the initial stages of military operations called Defender-Europe 20. The 40,000 soldier strong war game exercise includes roughly 20,000 American troops and accompanying weaponry. This witnesses the largest deployment of US personnel in Europe since 1983 …
globalresearch.ca/war-games-covid-19-nato-dis-jointed-flight-forward/5706634
US Kills Iraqis for Demanding End of Illegal Occupation
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
The US has recently carried out deadly attacks across Iraq
Global Economy Heads for Major Recession as Central Banks Increase Emergency Measures to Prevent Collapse of the Financial System
Dr. Leon Tressell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
"Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad." | You can taste the fear as global central banks panic and introduce emergency measures to prevent a systemic collapse of the global financial system. On Sunday the U.S. Federal …
globalresearch.ca/global-economy-heads-major-recession-central-banks-increase-emergency-measures-prevent-collapse-financial-system/5706585
The Stop5GL Foundation Takes Netherlands Government to Court over 5G Rollout, Citing Health Concerns
telecompaper | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
The Stop5GNL Foundation has filed a suit summary proceedings against the Dutch government, to stop it from rolling out 5G. The foundation believes the deployment is unlawful because it does not protect citizens against the consequences of radiation exposure from …
globalresearch.ca/dutch-foundation-takes-government-court-5g-rollout-citing-health-concerns/5706502
With US Hospitals Unprepared for COVID-19, European Students Urged Home
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-17
The biggest college in Norway urged students to return from countries with "poorly developed" health systems
American Unexceptionalism & COVID-19
Kary Love | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-17
During the SARS-1 epidemic scare in 2002-4, America invaded Iraq. If you followed science, you would know that SARS-1, was a coronavirus that caused an acute respiratory disease that killed on average about 11 out of every 100 infected (but sometimes more depending on health care infrastructure), and was a pandemic bullet the world barely…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/17/american-unexceptionalism-covid-19/
With US Hospitals Unprepared for COVID-19, European Students Urged Home
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-17
The biggest college in Norway urged students to return from countries with "poorly developed" health systems
It took Italian doctors days & an emergency to check her cough, and she still doesn't know if she has Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-03-17
As the EU belatedly recommends member nations seal their borders, Italy is on the frontline of the fight against coronavirus. RT talked to a student in Milan who became a witness
Workers Struggles: The Americas
wsws.org | 2020-03-17
Teachers in Uruguay staged a one-day strike March 11 over the government's economic proposal, while 13,000 teachers across Saskatchewan began rotating jobs actions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/17/wrkr…
Black Plague, Spanish Flu, Smallpox: All Hold Lessons for Coronavirus
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-03-17
Pandemics are nothing new in history, and their long record across the ages and continents has much to teach us about how best to handle the current outbreak, writes California State University professor Ibrahim Al-Marashi in a fascinating piece at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. | Al-Marashi begins with a tour through the animal origins of both common viruses and lethal pathogens, of which COVID-19 is just the latest example. Three-quarters of infectious diseases result from what he calls "zoonotic spillovers," mostly from common farming…
truthdig.com/articles/black-plague-spanish-flu-smallpox-all-hold-lessons-for-coronavirus/
POSTPONED: Poetry for Haiti
Haiti Action Committee | indybay.org | 2020-03-17
For the safety of our community, March 18's poetry reading to support the construction of a teaching hospital in Haiti has been postponed. When it's safe to meet, the generous devorah major and Tongo Eisen-Martin will schedule a new date.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/15/18831555.php
Covid-19: Teachers' union accuses Government of creating 'chaos and confusion'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-17
A lack of advice for schools amid the coronavirus pandemic is creating "chaos and confusion" and placing "intolerable pressure" on staff, a teachers' union has warned.The NASUWT, which represents teachers and head teachers, said there was a "rising sense of panic" as it called for a definitive decision on how to protect staff and pupils.Prime minister Boris Johnson stopped short of announcing school closures as he unveiled unprecedented peacetime measures to try to control the spread of Covid-19 on Monday.Although he added that the measures will remain under review, the union criticised Johnson for failing to giv…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/03/17/covid-19-teachers-union-accuses-government-of-creating-chaos-and-confusion/
Charter Schools Have No Legitimate Claim to Public Funds
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-03-17
Despite the sustained exposure of endless problems in the segregated charter school sector, charter school promoters are permanently stuck in "blindly repeat disinformation" mode and cannot seem to understand what is happening to them. Their social being and social consciousness objectively prevent them from grasping why the public increasingly opposes charter schools. The most recent …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/03/charter-schools-have-no-legitimate-claim-to-public-funds/
S&P Global Expects 'Surge of Defaults', Global Recession Due to Coronavirus
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-17
The global pandemic has already wreaked havoc on the world economy, shuttering businesses, factories, offices and educational institutions worldwide, and bringing global trade and travel to a standstill.
sputniknews.com/business/202003171078595841-sp-global-expects-surge-of-defaults-global-recession-due-to-coronavirus/
Pandemic Stalks But Congress Still Fails to Pass Emergency Legislation
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-17
On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Dr. Krutika Kuppalli, an infectious disease physician and vice chair of an Infectious Disease Society of America committee, and Dr. Jason Kindrachuk, an assistant professor of viral pathogenesis and Canada Research Chair in molecular pathogenesis of emerging viruses.
sputniknews.com/radio_loud_and_clear/202003171078588242-pandemic-stalks-but-congress-still-fails-to-pass-emergency-legislation/
Scientists Create Sensor to Protect Crops from Chemical Contamination
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-17
Scientists at Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), together with their Czech colleagues, have created a device that will help farmers to quickly analyze the chemical content of soil.
sputniknews.com/science/202003171078595937-scientists-create-sensor-to-protect-crops-from-chemical-contamination/
'UFO Spaceship' Seen Ducking Inside Mexican Volcano El Popo, Alien Hunters Claims
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-17
A white object was earlier spied disappearing into the mouth of Popocatepetl volcano, near Mexico City, with the sighting captured on webcams which monitor El Popo round-the-clock.
sputniknews.com/science/202003171078595468-ufo-spaceship-seen-ducking-inside-mexican-volcano-el-popo-alien-hunters-claims/
Internet Security Companies Warn of Outbreak of 'Cybercoronavirus'
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-17
Since emerging in Wuhan, China in late 2019, COVID-19 has gone on to infect over 182,000 people, claiming over 7,100 lives. The virus has also wreaked havoc on the world economy, cutting supply chains and shutting down factories, offices and schools, sparking fears of a global recession.
sputniknews.com/science/202003171078595176-internet-security-companies-warn-of-outbreak-of-cybercoronavirus/
Japan's 2019 Suicide Record Lowest in Nearly 50 Years – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-17
TOKYO (Sputnik) – There were 20,169 suicides in Japan last year, which is the lowest number since the country began recording the statistics in 1978, according to the police data, published by NHK TV channel.
sputniknews.com/asia/202003171078594697-japans-2019-suicide-record-lowest-in-nearly-50-years—reports/
Chegam à Europa do vírus, os bombardeiros USA de ataque nuclear
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
Devido ao Coronavírus, a American Airlines e outras companhias aéreas dos EUA cancelaram muitos voos para a Europa. No entanto, existe uma "companhia" USA que, vice-versa, os aumentou: a US Air Force. | Há poucos dias, "instalou, na Europa, uma task …
globalresearch.ca/chegam-a-europa-do-virus-os-bombardeiros-usa-de-ataque-nuclear/5706606
Nell'Europa del virus arrivano i bombardieri USA da attacco nucleare
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
A causa del Coronavirus le American Airlines e altre compagnie aeree statunitensi hanno cancellato molti voli per l'Europa. C'è perà≤ una ´compagnia ª Usa che, viceversa, li ha aumentati: la US Air Force. | In questi giorni essa ha ´dispiegato in Europa …
globalresearch.ca/nelleuropa-del-virus-arrivano-i-bombardieri-usa-da-attacco-nucleare/5706602
Nell'Europa del virus arrivano i bombardieri USA da attacco nucleare
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-17
A causa del Coronavirus le American Airlines e altre compagnie aeree statunitensi hanno cancellato molti voli per l'Europa. C'è perà≤ una ´compagnia ª Usa che, viceversa, li ha aumentati: la US Air Force. | In questi giorni essa ha ´dispiegato in Europa …
globalresearch.ca/nelleuropa-del-virus-arrivano-i-bombardieri-usa-da-attacco-nucleare/5706602
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
Coronavirus Vaccine Test Launched in the US as Epidemic Soars
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-16
Researchers in the United States (U.S.) launched Monday the first stage to test an experimental coronavirus vaccine. | RELATED: | BioCubaFarma Guarantees Production of Drugs for COVID-19 | As the pandemic surges worldwide, scientists at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Research Institute in Seattle gave the first shot of a potential COVID-19 vaccine to a volunteer. | "We're team coronavirus now," Kaiser Permanente study leader Dr. Lisa Jackson said. "Everyone wants to do what they c…
telesurenglish.net/news/Coronavirus-Vaccine-Test-Launched-in-the-US-as-Epidemic-Soars-20200316-0010.html
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 …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-keeping-you-up-to-date-on-important-world-topics/5706510
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
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
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…"
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
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