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2020-03-13: News Headlines

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-03-13). COVID-19ÂÜ Áä∂ÁóÖÊØí"ÂÅá"§ßʵÅË°åÔºöÊó∂Èó¥Ë°®ÂíåÂàÜÊûê. globalresearch.ca 2020Âπ¥1Êúà30Êó•Ôºå‰∏ñÁïåÂç´ÁîüÁªÑÁªáÔºàWHOÔºâÂÆ£Â∏ɉ∫ÜÊúâÂÖ≥‰∏≠ÂõΩË¢´ÂΩíÁ±ª‰∏∫ÁóÖÊØíÊÄßËÇ∫ÁÇéÁöÑ&Ecirc…

RT (2020-03-13). Solar system mystery finally solved, thanks to salty space rock. rt.com 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 (2020-03-13). Coronavirus fears '50% panic,' could be over by summer — top Russian scientist. rt.com While some countries are experiencing a scramble for toilet paper and certain prominent politicians are calling the pandemic a hoax, the real experts are a bit more rational about Covid-19. | In Russia, one senior scientist believes the crisis could have stabilized by the middle of summer. | "It can be predicted that the spread in the world will subside by June-July. In China, the peak incidence rate passed on February 2," says Alexander Shestopalov, head of the experimental modeling and pathogenesis department of infectious diseases at the Federal Research Center for Fundamental and Translational Medicine.

Judith Deutsch (2020-03-13). Climate Victims Violent? Klare's Paean to the American Military. counterpunch.org 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

Steve Sweeney (2020-03-13). Chilean government violently attacks demonstrators on 30th anniversary of Pinochet's fall. peoplesworld.org 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 …

H. Bruce Franklin (2020-03-13). What Is Covid-19 Trying to Teach Us? counterpunch.org 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

RT (2020-03-13). Russia restricts air travel to EU over coronavirus, leaving only select few flights open. rt.com Russia is limiting flights to and from EU member countries, Norway and Switzerland over the COVID-19 pandemic now raging in Europe, exempting only regular flights from Moscow to their capital cities and charter evacuation trips. | Temporary flight restrictions will go into effect starting March 16, said the government's center for combating the spread of the infection. | However, regular flights to capitals of EU member nations, as well as Oslo and Geneva, will continue through Terminal F of Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport. Charter flights bringing Russians back to the homeland and repatriating the…

teleSUR (2020-03-13). Uruguay: Educators Protest Against President Lacalle's Bill. telesurenglish.net 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: | 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…

Stephen Lendman (2020-03-13). Markets Screaming Global Recession. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Michael Halpern (2020-03-13). White House Removes Public Health Experts from Coronavirus Discussions. globalresearch.ca The White House held dozens of meetings about coronavirus response that excluded government experts because

Larry Romanoff (2020-03-13). US CDC Director Robert Redfield Admitted that Coronavirus Deaths Have Been Miscategorized as Flu. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Shane Quinn (2020-03-13). Coronavirus Scaremongering, US-China Economic Rivalry. The Geopolitics of an Unfolding Global Crisis. globalresearch.ca 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…

WSWS (2020-03-13). University of California wildcat strike continues despite quarantine measures. wsws.org Despite the transition to online only instruction and efforts by the UAW to end the struggle, graduate students at two additional campuses joined the strike.

Rebecca Duke Wiesenberg (2020-03-13). We Need Multilingual Student Journalism. thenation.com We Need Multilingual Student Journalism…

sputniknews (2020-03-13). Who Needs Aliens When You Have Cake? NASA Releases Pictures of Mars Surface That Looks Like Tiramisu. sputniknews.com The development comes after earlier this month the space agency published images of a mysterious hole on the planet's surface that leads to a cave. Some researchers assumed that it might host life.

sputniknews (2020-03-13). 4.8-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Mongolia Near Russian Border. sputniknews.com A 4.8-magnitude earthquake was registered on 13 March in northern Mongolia near the Russian border, the regional branch of the Geophysical Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported.

Global Research News (2020-03-13). Selected Articles: Latest Coronavirus Epidemic Coverage from Global Research in Your Inbox. globalresearch.ca By The Taiwanese physician noted that in August of 2019 the US had a flurry of lung pneumonias or similar, which the Americans blamed …

Alan Macleod (2020-03-13). Government Spends Equivalent of Entire US Student Debt to Rally Stock Market for 15 Minutes. mintpressnews.com 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.

Staff (2020-03-12). Trump Calls COVID-19 "Foreign Virus" as Lack of Universal Healthcare Makes the Pandemic Worse. democracynow.org After downplaying the threat of coronavirus for days, President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office, calling COVID-19 a "foreign virus" and announcing an unprecedented travel ban from most of Europe to the U.S. He also said he will expand sick leave. This comes as Senate Republicans blocked paid sick leave legislation. Robert Pollin, distinguished university professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, says the lack of universal healthcare in the U.S. is exacerbating the coronavirus crisis due to "the ab…

Tara Lohan (2020-03-12). When the war on science really began. peoplesworld.org

Mark Gruenberg (2020-03-12). Workers' rights win in Virginia, lose in Florida. peoplesworld.org RICHMOND, Va.—What a difference an election makes. When it comes to workers' rights, Virginia (yes) and Florida (no) proved that in the first week of March. In the Old Dominion, lawmakers put finishing touches on HB582, to let local public workers—teachers, Fire Fighters, sanitation workers, nurses and others—collectively bargain with local governments over wages and …

Jamal Rich, Debra Johnson (2020-03-12). Claudia Jones School inaugural event in D.C. features Bill Fletcher, Jr. peoplesworld.org 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. …

Stephen Lendman (2020-03-12). Chelsea Manning Hospitalized After Reported Suicide Attempt. globalresearch.ca Manning was unlawfully imprisoned last March (again in May after briefly released) for invoking her constitutional right of silence — refusing to give grand jury testimony to aid the Trump regime's attempted crucifixion of Julian Assange. | For the past …

Staff (2020-03-12). In Stunning Bipartisan Rebuke of DeVos, Senate Overturns Anti-Student Rule. truthout.org In a stunning bipartisan rebuke of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, the Senate this week voted 53-42 to overturn a new Department of Education rule that would make it nearly impossible for students ripped off by their colleges to have their federal student loans cancelled. | Ten Republicans Senators — Shelley Moore Capito (WV), Joni Ernst (IA), Josh Hawley (MO), Cory Gardner (CO), Lisa Murkowski (AK), Dan Sullivan (AK), Susan Collins (ME), Todd Young (IN), Martha McSally (AZ), and Rob P…

Free Press (2020-03-12). Congress Tries to Sneak Through Dangerous Spying Bill Under the Cover of the Coronavirus Crisis. globalresearch.ca Leading members of the House of Representatives are rushing a vote on Wednesday to extend abusive government surveillance powers before they're set to expire on March 15. | If approved, the USA Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2020 would reauthorize Section 215 …

Tasnim News Agency (2020-03-12). US Marines Arrive on Yemen's Socotra Island to Back UAE Troops: Reports. globalresearch.ca 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 …

The Canary (2020-03-12). Tim Berners-Lee warns 'web not working for women and girls' on 31st anniversary. thecanary.co World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned that "the web is not working for women and girls", in an open letter to mark the 31st anniversary of its creation. | Berners-Lee said a continued lack of web access is fuelling discrimination against females, threatening global progress on equality. | It comes as new research from Berners-Lee's Web Foundation — which advocates for a free and open web for everyone — and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts indicates that more than half of young women and girls have experienced online abuse, including threatening messages, sexual har…

Ellen Brown (2020-03-12). The US Federal Reserve's Baffling Response to the Coronavirus Explained. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Helen Christophi (2020-03-12). Federal Court Hears Arguments on Funding for Trump's Border Wall. globalresearch.ca 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

Peter Koenig (2020-03-12). The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is "Agenda ID2020" globalresearch.ca WHO has most likely received orders from "above", from those people who also manage Trump and the "leaders" (sic) of the EU, European Union. The final decision to go ahead NOW with COVID-19 pandemic, was taken in January 2020 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos – behind very much closed doors.

The Canary (2020-03-12). Call to cancel dirty coal plant projects worldwide as clean renewables 'out-compete' on cost. thecanary.co Coal power developers risk wasting hundreds of billions of pounds as new renewables are now cheaper than new coal plants around the world, a report warns. | In all major markets from the US to Europe, China, India and Australia, it already costs less to generate power from installing new wind or solar farms than new coal plants, the latest study from think tank Carbon Tracker found. | And it could be cheaper to generate electricity by building new renewable facilities than to run existing coal-fired power stations in all markets by 2030, the researchers predict. | Already, four fifths (82%) of the UK's remaining…

Larry Romanoff (2020-03-12). Gaza: Murdering Children for Sport. globalresearch.ca 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 …

South Front (2020-03-12). Video: Great Idlib "Rebranding" and Al Qaeda "Turkish Victories" over Russian Air Defense. globalresearch.ca Terrorist groups operating in Idlib are preparing for a new rebranding under Turkish patronage. According to Syrian sources, Hayat Tarir al-Sham (formerly the official Syrian branch of al-Qaeda), the Turkistan Islamic Party (an al-Qaeda-linked group), the National Front for Liberation …

John W. Whitehead (2020-03-12). Global COVID-19 Pandemic, This Is a Test: How Will the Constitution Fare During a Nationwide Lockdown? globalresearch.ca 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 …

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2020-03-12). Coronavirus COVID-19 in South Korea: Cult Sect, Corruption and Politics. globalresearch.ca In South Korea, on January 20, a woman of 35 years old from China was found to be infected and the corona-virus spread rapidly. But, owing to the rapid and efficient measures taken by the government of Moon Jae-in, …

International Movement for a Just World (2020-03-12). The Case of Professor Tariq Ramadan: Calling on France's Minister of Justice to Cease "Masquerade of Justice" globalresearch.ca 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 …

Staff (2020-03-12). Trump Calls COVID-19 "Foreign Virus" as US Fails to Curtail Its Spread. truthout.org After downplaying the threat of coronavirus for days, President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office, calling COVID-19 a "foreign virus" and announcing an unprecedented travel ban from most of Europe to the U.S. He also said he will expand sick leave. This comes as Senate Republicans blocked paid sick leave legislation. Robert Pollin, distinguished university professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts…

UNCTAD (2020-03-12). Covid-19 "Is a Significant Economic Threat" globalresearch.ca The spread of the coronavirus is first and foremost a public health emergency, but it is also, a significant economic threat. The so-called "Covid-19" shock will cause a recession in some countries and depress global annual growth this year to …

Dave DeCamp (2020-03-12). Syria Chemical Attack: Douma Whistleblowers Respond to OPCW's Attempts to Discredit Them. globalresearch.ca Two whistleblowers that have been speaking out about a scandal within the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have responded to the organization's attempts to discredit them. The OPCW has been doing some serious damage control over its …

Michael Jansen (2020-03-12). Lebanon's Political Elite Is Responsible for the Failure to Reform. globalresearch.ca Lebanon's decision to default on the repayment of a $1.2 billion Eurobond was inevitable. Prime Minister Hassan Diab was absolutely right to put d needs of the Lebanese over the timetable for paying the country's debilitating debts to international creditors. …

Dania Akkad (2020-03-12). Top Saudi Intelligence Official 'Chased' to Canada by Crown Prince MBS. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-03-12). China Steadily Continues to Promote Influence on the African Continent. globalresearch.ca Every day the news about Chinese investments in the Africa are highlighted in newspapers around the world. On the one hand, western critics believe that Beijing is seeking to expand its area of influence outside Asian territory, and on the …

Fight Back (2020-03-12). FSU students unite against Charlie Kirk's 'Culture War' event. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – Florida State University students gathered in protest of Charlie Kirk on March 10. | FSU was the first stop for Charlie Kirk's "Culture War Tour" sponsored by Turning Point USA (TPUSA). "FSUnite Against Kirk" was born in response to this event, a self-described student coalition dedicated to spreading a message of love and acceptance in the wake of Kirk's purposefully divisive rhetoric. | A group of students of all walks of life attended, including six speakers representing different student organizations; Ellie Cooper, president of JStreet U; Alyssa Ackbar, State Director for Florida March fo…

Staff (2020-03-12). Headlines for March 12, 2020. democracynow.org World Health Organization Declares Coronavirus Pandemic, Top Italian Health Official Among 827 Coronavirus Dead as Italy Faces "Darkest Hour", Iran Condemns U.S. Sanctions as "Medical Terrorism" as Coronavirus Death Toll Hits 429, President Trump Announces Europe Travel Ban in Error-Laden Oval Office Speech, U.S. Labs Face Shortage of Supplies Needed to Test for Coronavirus, Sen. Lamar Alexander Blocks Quick Passage of Paid Sick Leave Bill, School Closures from Coronavirus Affecting Over 1 Million K-12 Students Nationwide, Bernie Sanders Promises to Question Biden Over Progressive Policies at Next Debate, Joe Bid…

Fight Back (2020-03-12). Jacksonville labor activists celebrate International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Jacksonville, FL – Over 75 people gathered together to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8 in Jacksonville. The program was held in the union hall of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). | International Women's Day has been celebrated by working-class people and organizers for well over 100 years, initially in honor of the 1908 garment workers strike in New York. It's a day that honors the heroic achievements won by an important section of the working class. | In Jacksonville, local trade unionists Christina Kittle of Duval Teachers United (DTU) and Angela McGill…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-03-12). As GOP Rejects Economic Relief for Working People, Fed's $1.5 Trillion Stock Market Injection Would Cover 'Almost All Student Loan Debt in the US'. commondreams.org Hours after Republican leaders in Congress derided a Democratic proposal to provide healthcare and economic relief to Americans affected by the coronavirus pandemic as a burdensome, "ideological wish list", the Federal Reserve moved to inject $1.5 trillion into the bond market to keep the financial system stable. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Manlio Dinucci (2020-03-12). In a Europe Closed Down by the Coronavirus the EU Opens its Doors to the US Army. Could the Defender become the Invader of Europe? globalresearch.ca The Ministers for Defence of the 27 countries of the EU met on 4 and 5 March in Zagreb, Croatia. The central theme of the meeting was not to seek a response to the Coronavirus crisis which is jamming up civil mobility, but how best to develop ´ military mobility ª.

Global Research News (2020-03-12). Selected Articles: In a Europe Closed Down by the Coronavirus the EU Opens Its Doors to the US Army. globalresearch.ca By Two whistleblowers that have been speaking out about a scandal within the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have …

Glen Ford (2020-03-11). Marx's "Capital" as a literary experience. mronline.org Columbia University PhD candidate in English and Comparative Literature Tiana Reid finds that her students benefit from reading volume one of Karl Marx's "Capital." "There are so many literary wsys to read it, which I don't think blunt the more radical political reading," said Reid, who conducts research in Black Studies, Marxism and feminism. |

Fight Back (2020-03-11). St. Paul MN teachers on strike. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – Saint Paul educators are on strike, March 10. Their demands include multilingual staff, mental health supports for students, and special education services.

2020-03-13: Social Media Postees

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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…
telesurenglish.net/news/uruguay-educators-protest-against-lacalle-s-bill-20200313-0008.html

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

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

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

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

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/

University of California wildcat strike continues despite quarantine measures
wsws.org | 2020-03-13
Despite the transition to online only instruction and efforts by the UAW to end the struggle, graduate students at two additional campuses joined the strike.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/13/ucst…

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/

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/

University of California wildcat strike continues despite quarantine measures
wsws.org | 2020-03-13
Despite the transition to online only instruction and efforts by the UAW to end the struggle, graduate students at two additional campuses joined the strike.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/13/ucst…

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/

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/

Russia restricts air travel to EU over coronavirus, leaving only select few flights open
rt.com | 2020-03-13
Russia is limiting flights to and from EU member countries, Norway and Switzerland over the COVID-19 pandemic now raging in Europe, exempting only regular flights from Moscow to their capital cities and charter evacuation trips. | Temporary flight restrictions will go into effect starting March 16, said the government's center for combating the spread of the infection. | However, regular flights to capitals of EU member nations, as well as Oslo and Geneva, will continue through Terminal F of Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport. Charter flights bringing Russians back to the homeland and repatriating the…
rt.com/russia/483090-russia-restricts-flights-europe-coronavirus/

Who Needs Aliens When You Have Cake? NASA Releases Pictures of Mars Surface That Looks Like Tiramisu
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-13
The development comes after earlier this month the space agency published images of a mysterious hole on the planet's surface that leads to a cave. Some researchers assumed that it might host life.
sputniknews.com/science/202003131078556561-who-needs-aliens-when-you-have-cake-nasa-releases-pictures-of-mars-surface-that-looks-like-tiramisu/

4.8-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Mongolia Near Russian Border
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-13
A 4.8-magnitude earthquake was registered on 13 March in northern Mongolia near the Russian border, the regional branch of the Geophysical Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported.
sputniknews.com/asia/202003131078556995-48-magnitude-earthquake-hits-mongolia/

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

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

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

In Stunning Bipartisan Rebuke of DeVos, Senate Overturns Anti-Student Rule
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-12
In a stunning bipartisan rebuke of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, the Senate this week voted 53-42 to overturn a new Department of Education rule that would make it nearly impossible for students ripped off by their colleges to have their federal student loans cancelled. | Ten Republicans Senators

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/

"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

Covid-19 "Is a Significant Economic Threat"
UNCTAD | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
The spread of the coronavirus is first and foremost a public health emergency, but it is also, a significant economic threat. The so-called "Covid-19" shock will cause a recession in some countries and depress global annual growth this year to …
globalresearch.ca/united-nations-conference-trade-development/5705958

Syria Chemical Attack: Douma Whistleblowers Respond to OPCW's Attempts to Discredit Them
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
Two whistleblowers that have been speaking out about a scandal within the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have responded to the organization's attempts to discredit them. The OPCW has been doing some serious damage control over its …
globalresearch.ca/douma-whistleblowers-respond-opcw-attacks/5706111

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

China Steadily Continues to Promote Influence on the African Continent
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
Every day the news about Chinese investments in the Africa are highlighted in newspapers around the world. On the one hand, western critics believe that Beijing is seeking to expand its area of influence outside Asian territory, and on the …
globalresearch.ca/china-steadily-continues-promote-influence-african-continent/5706141

Coronavirus COVID-19 in South Korea: Cult Sect, Corruption and Politics
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
In South Korea, on January 20, a woman of 35 years old from China was found to be infected and the corona-virus spread rapidly. But, owing to the rapid and efficient measures taken by the government of Moon Jae-in, …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-covid-19-korea-cult-sect-corruption-politics/5706143

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

Congress Tries to Sneak Through Dangerous Spying Bill Under the Cover of the Coronavirus Crisis
Free Press | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
Leading members of the House of Representatives are rushing a vote on Wednesday to extend abusive government surveillance powers before they're set to expire on March 15. | If approved, the USA Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2020 would reauthorize Section 215 …
globalresearch.ca/congress-tries-sneak-through-dangerous-spying-bill-under-cover-coronavirus-crisis/5706189

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

Tim Berners-Lee warns 'web not working for women and girls' on 31st anniversary
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-12
World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned that "the web is not working for women and girls", in an open letter to mark the 31st anniversary of its creation. | Berners-Lee said a continued lack of web access is fuelling discrimination against females, threatening global progress on equality. | It comes as new research from Berners-Lee's Web Foundation

Lebanon's Political Elite Is Responsible for the Failure to Reform
Michael Jansen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
Lebanon's decision to default on the repayment of a $1.2 billion Eurobond was inevitable. Prime Minister Hassan Diab was absolutely right to put d needs of the Lebanese over the timetable for paying the country's debilitating debts to international creditors. …
globalresearch.ca/lebanons-political-elite-responsible-failure-reform/5706160

"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

Call to cancel dirty coal plant projects worldwide as clean renewables 'out-compete' on cost
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-12
Coal power developers risk wasting hundreds of billions of pounds as new renewables are now cheaper than new coal plants around the world, a report warns. | In all major markets from the US to Europe, China, India and Australia, it already costs less to generate power from installing new wind or solar farms than new coal plants, the latest study from think tank Carbon Tracker found. | And it could be cheaper to generate electricity by building new renewable facilities than to run existing coal-fired power stations in all markets by 2030, the researchers predict. | Already, four fifths (82%) of the UK's remaining…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/03/12/call-to-cancel-dirty-coal-plant-projects-worldwide-as-clean-renewables-out-compete-on-cost/

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 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

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

Trump Calls COVID-19 "Foreign Virus" as Lack of Universal Healthcare Makes the Pandemic Worse
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-12
After downplaying the threat of coronavirus for days, President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office, calling COVID-19 a "foreign virus" and announcing an unprecedented travel ban from most of Europe to the U.S. He also said he will expand sick leave. This comes as Senate Republicans blocked paid sick leave legislation. Robert Pollin, distinguished university professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, says the lack of universal healthcare in the U.S. is exacerbating the coronavirus crisis due to "the ab…
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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

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

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

The Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic: The Real Danger is "Agenda ID2020"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
WHO has most likely received orders from "above", from those people who also manage Trump and the "leaders" (sic) of the EU, European Union. The final decision to go ahead NOW with COVID-19 pandemic, was taken in January 2020 at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos – behind very much closed doors.
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-causes-effects-real-danger-agenda-id2020/5706153

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

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

Video: Great Idlib "Rebranding" and Al Qaeda "Turkish Victories" over Russian Air Defense
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
Terrorist groups operating in Idlib are preparing for a new rebranding under Turkish patronage. According to Syrian sources, Hayat Tarir al-Sham (formerly the official Syrian branch of al-Qaeda), the Turkistan Islamic Party (an al-Qaeda-linked group), the National Front for Liberation …
globalresearch.ca/video-great-idlib-rebranding-turkish-victories-russian-air-defense/5706145

Video: Great Idlib "Rebranding" and Al Qaeda "Turkish Victories" over Russian Air Defense
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
Terrorist groups operating in Idlib are preparing for a new rebranding under Turkish patronage. According to Syrian sources, Hayat Tarir al-Sham (formerly the official Syrian branch of al-Qaeda), the Turkistan Islamic Party (an al-Qaeda-linked group), the National Front for Liberation …
globalresearch.ca/video-great-idlib-rebranding-turkish-victories-russian-air-defense/5706145

Trump Calls COVID-19 "Foreign Virus" as US Fails to Curtail Its Spread
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-12
After downplaying the threat of coronavirus for days, President Donald Trump addressed the nation Wednesday from the Oval Office, calling COVID-19 a "foreign virus" and announcing an unprecedented travel ban from most of Europe to the U.S. He also said he will expand sick leave. This comes as Senate Republicans blocked paid sick leave legislation. Robert Pollin, distinguished university professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts…
truthout.org/video/trump-calls-covid-19-foreign-virus-as-us-fails-to-curtail-its-spread/