(2020-03-04). Major MILESTONE as scientists use CRISPR gene-editing in patient's body for first time. rt.com 
Scientists have used the controversial CRISPR gene-editing technique on DNA on live tissue inside a person's body for the first time, in a landmark procedure that could dramatically change the field of medicine. | The world-first procedure involved injecting the gene-editing tool into the patient's eye, in the hopes of restoring their sight lost to a rare genetic disorder. | Preliminary results are expected within weeks, while a more comprehensive assessment of how much, if any, sight was restored will take two to three months. | "This dosing is a truly historic event — for science, for medicine, and mos…
(2020-03-04). 15 Italian tourists diagnosed with Covid-19 in India. rt.com 
A group of tourists from Italy, who were screened on arrival in India, have tested positive for coronavirus, the country's media reported citing health authorities. The news comes as India struggles to avoid the outbreak. | Some 15 Italians have been kept in preventive quarantine since Tuesday, New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences confirmed to the media. Another Italian tourist and his wife had previously shown initial symptoms of Covid-19 in the city of Jaipur. | India has introduced some pre-emptive measures in an effort to keep the epidemic at bay. It suspended visas issued to nationals from…
(2020-03-04). Italy confirms plan to shut schools as death toll passes 100 & number of infected jumps to over 3,000. rt.com 
The Italian government has raised the country's death toll from Covid-19 passed 100 and confirmed that it is shutting all schools, universities and academic institutions to help prevent the spread of the illness. | Minister for Education Lucia Azzolina confirmed that schools across Italy will remain closed from Thursday March 5 until March 15, at the earliest, as a precautionary measure to help stem the tide of infection. |
(2020-03-04). Supreme Court dumps fate of Affordable Care Act right into height of election campaign. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court has dumped the fate of the Affordable Care Act right into the height of the 2020 election campaign. But it won't rule on whether the ACA survives until after the Nov. 3 balloting—and that pisses off ACA backers no end. But in the meantime, those supporters, including Teachers President Randi Weingarten, …
(2020-03-04). Kaia Rolle, Handcuffed and Arrested at 6: How Many More, and for How Long Will This Happen in America? counterpunch.org While fretting over refugee children in freezing tents along Turkey's border, or Nargis Fazili's family fleeing Afghanistan across Asia to Europe, or lone migrant children caged in U.S. detention centers, we may barely register what happens to American children like Kaia Rolle; she's a 6-year-old student at a not unusual neighborhood school in Florida. I
(2020-03-04). Coronavirus: una falsa pandemia? Chi c'è dietro questo? Destabilizzazione economica, sociale e geopolitica globale. globalresearch.ca La campagna pubblicitaria e di disinformazione sulla diffusione del nuovo coronavirus COVID-19 ha creato un clima di paura e incertezza in tutto il mondo da quando l'OMS l'ha dichiarata un'emergenza medica della sanità pubblica internazionale il 30 gennaio. | La campagna …
(2020-03-04). Coronavirus: High Recovery Rates in China. Most Recent Figures. globalresearch.ca The following data on COVID-19 was confirmed on SITUATION IN NUMBERS total and new cases in last 24 hours | Globally | 90 870 confirmed (1922 new) | China | 80 304 confirmed (130 new) 2946 deaths (31 new) …
(2020-03-04). Media Advisory: Coalition of unions unite against cuts to public education. indybay.org On Thursday, March 5, hundreds of parents, students, educators, support staff, and community allies will hold a rally to demand that the San Francisco Board of Education partner with us to identify alternative budget solutions and prevent any and all cuts and layoffs!
(2020-03-04). Spanish Protest in Defense of Public Education. telesurenglish.net Schools in Andalusia, Spain, called for a demonstration on Wednesday to protest against new school regulations that are seriously damaging public education for the benefit of private interests. | RELATED: | The mobilization, that brings together more than 100,000 teachers from public schools in Andalusia and other cities, is a forceful response to the imposition of the Decree on Schooling by the Ministry of Educatio…
(2020-03-04). Video: Syrian Armed Forces Teach '2nd Strongest NATO Army' Painful Lesson in Idlib. globalresearch.ca Units of the Russian Military Police entered the town of Saraqib in eastern Idlib following the second liberation of the town from al-Qaeda terrorists and Turkish forces. According to the Russian military, the deployment took place at 5: 00pm local time …
(2020-03-04). Electoral Dirty Tricks in Play on Super Tuesday? globalresearch.ca How is it possible for a Dem presidential aspirant ahead in most Super Tuesday states (according to polls), including California and Texas, to lose overall to a challenger? | The latest pre-Super Tuesday polls showed Sanders leading Biden by wide margins …
(2020-03-04). The Myth of Moderate Nuclear War. globalresearch.ca There are many influential supporters of nuclear war, and some of these contend that the use of 'low-yield' and/or short-range weapons is practicable without the possibility of escalation to all-out Armageddon. In a way their argument is comparable to that …
(2020-03-04). From Monroe to Trump. US Sponsored Military Coups in Latin America. globalresearch.ca The current U.S. President again threatens military action against Venezuela and continues sanctioning governments and companies with ties to the Bolivarian Republic and Cuba | *** | More than 200 years have passed since James Monroe became the fifth president of the …
(2020-03-04). The Threat of a Nuclear War Between the US and Russia Is Now at Its Greatest Since 1983. globalresearch.ca When the Commander of NATO says he is a fan of flexible first strike at the same time that NATO is flexing its military muscle on Russia's border, the risk of inadvertent nuclear war is real. | US Air Force Gen. …
(2020-03-04). What's Going on with the Arctic 'Doomsday' Seed Vault? globalresearch.ca Against the backdrop of the spreading fear about a global coronavirus pandemic, an event has slipped largely under the radar at a spot so removed from the rest of the world that most are unaware of its existence. The Svalbard …
(2020-03-04). The Informational War that Got Us to Where We Are. globalresearch.ca Every day of your life there is an informational war going on. You are not really aware of it — that's the point. Its purpose is to distort the narrative and swing the political direction of a country to favour …
(2020-03-04). Daring to Kiss: Coronavirus and the Butterfly Effect. globalresearch.ca At some point, it seemed like a slow burner, gathering attention with each press release from the World Health Organisation. When talking about a threat, language is everything. With more cases of COVID-19 being identified, the panic that comes from …
(2020-03-04). China's Coronavirus: A Shocking Update. Did The Virus Originate in the US? globalresearch.ca The Western media quickly laid out the official narrative for the outbreak of COVID-19 which appeared to have begun in China, claiming it to have originated with animals at a wet market in Wuhan. According to Chinese and Japanese reports, the virus originated elsewhere.
(2020-03-04). Trump Taps Former Chemical Industry Shill to Lead Consumer Product Safety Commission. globalresearch.ca President Trump intends to nominate a former top chemical industry executive, who at the Environmental Protection Agency has led the rollback of important chemical safety regulations, to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, according to
(2020-03-04). Child Rights — Britain Plunges from 11th to 170th in Just Two Years. globalresearch.ca Britain is circling the plughole. So many things are wrong on so many levels it's difficult to know where to start. After the banks crashed the economy, austerity followed. One £trillion was added to the national debt. Half was thrown …
(2020-03-04). Venezuela Responds with Principled Conviction to the US' Desperate Attempts at Regime Change. globalresearch.ca The continued effort to overthrow President Maduro does not seem to produce the intended results for the perpetrators, but rather sends signals of desperation. The regime change plotters may be wishing to achieve what they did in Bolivia. But that …
(2020-03-04). U.K. Universities Strike Again, over Pensions, Pay, and Equity. zcomm.org Whether they can win those gains will depend on how many of them join the picket lines, on how students respond to another disruption to their studies, and on how many university managers are forced to recognize the scale of the problems facing their employees…
(2020-03-04). Denver students celebrate Black History Month. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – Denver Students for a Democratic Society hosted local Denver activist Shareef Aleem for an event about radical Black history in the U.S., Feb. 25, as a part of Black History Month. At the event, Aleem discussed the history of radical Black activism, as well as how Black art and culture has been seized and stolen for generations. Aleem, an activist for over 20 years, has been involved in numerous groups, particularly in the peace movement and in the movement for police accountability. | "Anything Black people have in this country, somebody spilled their blood over," Aleem noted in his speech. Aleem th…
(2020-03-04). This Is America: Interview with Grad Student Workers from UC Santa Cruz and UC San Diego. indybay.org We feature a discussion with two anarchists involved in the ongoing #COLA4All struggle and wildcat strike popping off across University of California campuses. We talk about how the movement has grown in the face of threats from the UC President and where the strike might go now, after over 80 grad workers have been laid off for participating in strike activity. | Scroll down for the audio interview.
(2020-03-04). Problems with Bible Classes. counterpunch.org Here in Appalachia's Bible Belt, conservatives in the Legislature want to force all West Virginia public high schools to teach Bible classes, as occurs in several other Republican-controlled states. I wonder how such classes handle Bible topics like these: First, the Bible decrees that gay males must be killed. Leviticus 20: 13 says: "If a man
(2020-03-04). Coronavirus cases surge to 240 in Germany. yenisafak.com The number of coronavirus cases in Germany has jumped to 240, the country's disease control agency announced on Wednesday.Germany's most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia recorded 111 cases, followed by the southeastern state of Bavaria with 44 new cases, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).The number of confirmed coronavirus in the German capital of Berlin rose to 6. The recent statistics marked an increase of 52 cases in 24 hours.16 patients, who were diagnosed earlier with the novel coronavirus, have reportedly recovered.No deaths have occurred in Germany so far in connection with the new virus.-…
(2020-03-04). Physicists Prove Correct Ground-Breaking Decades-Long Magnetic Field Theory. sputniknews.com As part of their applied research, scientists have come to believe that a long-standing idea about how ferromagnetism — the physical mechanism behind fridge magnets – works at the nanoscale is actually correct, and may even underlie stunning would-be technological breakthroughs, like quantum computers and simulators.
(2020-03-04). Shining a Light on Dark Matter? Crucial Mystery Around Substance Almost Solved, Scientists Claim. sputniknews.com Astrophysicists believe that dark matter makes up to 85 percent of our universe and played a crucial role in the evolution of the universe and yet it is invisible as it does not emit, reflect, or absorb light. The origin of dark matter is an enigma that has puzzled scientists for decades.
(2020-03-04). Environmental Activist Greta Thunberg Delivers Speech to European Parliament – Video. sputniknews.com In 2018, Thunberg left school to pursue environmental activism. She has since organised numerous protests in Sweden, including in front of the Swedish Parliament, urging students to skip school every Friday in order to protest against climate change.
(2020-03-04). Selected Articles: From Monroe to Trump. US Sponsored Military Coups in Latin America. globalresearch.ca 
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | | | If, like us, this is a …
(2020-03-04). Eight new books for an ecosocialist bookshelf. greenleft.org.au 
By John Bellamy Foster & Brett Clark
| Monthly Review Press, 2020 | Foster and Clark examine how capitalism plunders nature…
(2020-03-04). New Cuban Families Code a chance to advance gender and LGBTQ equality. peoplesworld.org 
Forty-five years ago, on International Women's Day, Cuba passed its first Family Code, which covered legal obligations regarding marriage, divorce, relationships, recognition of children, and their education and care. Cuba's new constitution was adopted in 2019 with the proviso that, within two years, the Family Code would be updated to reflect the modern situation of …
(2020-03-03). 'Requiem: This Earth, Our Home': A high school chorus tackles climate change. peoplesworld.org 
VAN NUYS, Calif.—A requiem is the Latin mass for the dead. High school students at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley know perfectly well the Earth is not dead. Yet. But the way things are going…. Requiem: This Earth, Our Home is the latest entry in the catalogue of works created …
(2020-03-03). UK university workers face a political struggle against Johnson government. wsws.org The strike is the largest ever in higher education, with staff taking action at 74 universities.
(2020-03-03). The Brooklyn Yeshiva Anthem Protest and Why It Is Not Antisemitic. dissidentvoice.org An anti-Semite used to be a person who disliked Jews. Now it is a person who Jews dislike. — Hajo Meyer, Jewish German-born Dutch physicist and Auschwitz survivor. Antisemitism is a trick we always use. — Shulamit Aloni, Jewish Israeli, former Israeli Minister of Education, longtime member of the Israeli parliament. On Sunday, February 23 …
(2020-03-03). Kosovo's Legitimacy Receives Massive Blow After Another Withdrawal of Recognition. globalresearch.ca In unexpected news today, the small West African country of Sierra Leone has withdrawn recognition of the so-called independence of Kosovo. This now means that of the 193 UN member states, only 92 countries recognize the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo, …
(2020-03-03). Brazil on the Brink of Environmental Collapse. globalresearch.ca A MV Stellar Banner ship with almost 300 thousand tons of iron ore is stuck on the Brazilian coast, just over 10 kilometers from the coast. There is a great risk of sinking, as its hull is on the verge …
(2020-03-03). National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood—How the US Military and CIA Go About Their Propaganda Operations. globalresearch.ca In National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood (2017), Dr. Matthew Alford and Tom Secker offer convincing proof that the US Department of Defense, CIA and FBI have for decades used various means to manipulate …
(2020-03-03). New study reveals that US-backed coup in Bolivia was based on lies. thecanary.co The blatant lies and hypocrisy of the US have been exposed with the publication of a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This shows there Coup 2019 was the real fraud: | The US researchers at MIT have demolished the false claims that the US administration put…
(2020-03-03). Ancestral Lands and Canada's First Nations: Whose Ways Must Take Precedence to Heal Mother Earth. globalresearch.ca A dispute between the traditional hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suewet'en First Nation of Northern British Columbia and Government of Canada recently erupted over the construction of a TC Energy Coastal Gas pipeline through their unceded territories. This controversy is akin …
(2020-03-03). Ottawa "Initiative on Haiti": Petition to House of Commons. globalresearch.ca Whereas: | On January 9, 2020, Radio Canada's flagship newscast "Enquête" reported on the "Ottawa Initiative on Haiti" held at the Meech Lake Government Complex on January 31 and February 1, 2003; | No Haitian officials were reportedly invited to the private …
(2020-03-03). Washington-led NATO's War on Syria and Syrians. globalresearch.ca Washington-led NATO and their allies support all of the terrorists in Syria, hence, the terrorists are appropriately named NATO terrorists. NATO has command and control (1) of all of the terrorists. Turkey, currently in the limelight for its supreme criminality, …
(2020-03-03). Neoliberal Globalization Is Pushing Humanity "Towards the Edge" globalresearch.ca There have been a number of harmful consequences as a result of the neoliberal era, which emerged in the late 1970s, taking off during the tenures of Ronald Reagan (US president, 1981-1989) and Margaret Thatcher (British prime minister, 1979-1990). There …
(2020-03-03). Keep It Simple and Question: Propaganda, Technology, and Coronavirus COVID-19. globalresearch.ca My father, a well-educated lawyer with a very sophisticated mind, used to advise me to "keep it simple." By simple he didn't mean simplistic. He meant fundamentally logical and to the point. So I will do that here and stick …
(2020-03-03). Six Year Old Kaia Rolle, Handcuffed by Orlando Police and Arrested: How Many More, and for How Long Is this America? globalresearch.ca While fretting over refugee children in freezing tents along Turkey's border, or Nargis Fazili's family fleeing Afghanistan across (see
(2020-03-03). The US-Taliban 'Peace Deal'? Imperial State Criminality and Terrorism, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and "Restorative Justice" globalresearch.ca March 2nd, was the birthday of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. People may be forgiven (should they be?) for forgetting about Aafia since these seventeen birthdays of hers have gone by with her incarcerated, humiliated, tortured, and God knows what in …
(2020-03-03). Surprise Israeli Election Results. Netanyahu Has a Narrow Lead over Benny Gantz. globalresearch.ca Pre-election polls showed a likely dead heat between Netanyahu's Likud party and lead challenger Benny Gantz's Blue and White party. | Both parties were projected to win 33 of 120 Knesset seats. A 61-seat majority coalition is required to form a …
(2020-03-03). Afghan Peace Deal: Observations, Loopholes, and Expectations. globalresearch.ca The US and the Taliban signed an historic peace deal on Saturday in the Qatari capital of Doha which sets the timeline and conditions for the full withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, with this landmark agreement giving credible reasons …
(2020-03-03). IMF "Economic Medicine" Imposed on Sri-Lanka: Inhuman at the Micro and Macro Levels. globalresearch.ca The For years, the IMF has been pushing for an end to customs barriers protecting local producers, whether …
(2020-03-03). Video: Syrian Army Recaptures Saraqib from Erdogan Forces as Syrian-Turkish Conflict in Idlib Intensifies. globalresearch.ca Turkey and Syria are in a state of undeclared war. Ankara shied away to declare the war officially and the scale of its operations is much lower than in the event of a full-scale open conflict. However, Turkish forces, including …