Coronavirus: Remember the "Fake" 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating the Data to Justify a Worldwide Public Health Emergency
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-06
A Worldwide public health emergency is unfolding, 4.9 billion doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine are envisaged by the WHO.
globalresearch.ca/the-h1n1-swine-flu-pandemic-manipulating-the-data-to-justify-a-worldwide-public-health-emergency/14901
The Brooklyn Yeshiva Anthem Protest: Why It's Not Antisemitic
Ira Glunts | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
"An anti-Semite used to be a person who disliked Jews. Now it is a person who Jews dislike."
UK university strike confronts wholesale marketisation of higher education
wsws.org | 2020-03-06
The UK's higher education sector is being moved into the orbit of global finance and subjected to its demands.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/06/educ…
Some Emerging Truths About Ukraine and the Crash of Malaysian Airlines MH17
James ONeill | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-06
On 17 July 2014 a Malaysian Airlines flight was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down over Ukrainian territory with the loss of all passengers and crew. The majority of the passengers were Dutch citizens, …
globalresearch.ca/emerging-truths-ukraine-crash-mh17/5705696
–°oronavirus May be a Product of US 'Biological Attack' Aimed at Iran and China, IRGC Chief Claims
RT News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-06
The US –Åould be the prime culprit behind Covid-2019 outbreak that hit China and then Iran, head of its elite Revolutionary Guards claimed, threatening that the virus will eventually be turned against those who unleashed it. | "It is possible that | …
globalresearch.ca/%d1%81oronavirus-product-us-biological-attack-aimed-iran-china-irgc-chief-claims/5705747
Boris Johnson Accused of Covering Up "Bullying Allegations"
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-06
'The Home Secretary is doing an outstanding job': Boris Johnson's repeated response to the allegations of bullying by Priti Patel across three different government departments in recent times. At Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn asked …
globalresearch.ca/boris-johnson-accused-covering-up-bullying-allegations/5705741
"Voices from Syria" and "The Dirty War on Syria": Mark Taliano and Tim Anderson Analyze the War on Syria
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-06
Voices from Syria by Mark Taliano and The Dirty War on Syria by Tim Anderson: two essential books on Syria for . | *SPECIAL OFFER: Voices from Syria + The Dirty War on Syria: | …
globalresearch.ca/voices-from-syria-and-the-dirty-war-on-syria-mark-taliano-and-tim-anderson-analyze-the-war-on-syria/5620373
Afghanistan: Imagine There's No Future
Daniel Lazare | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-06
Here's a little thought experiment. Imagine it's Sept. 12, 2001, and America is in deep shock over the destruction of the World Trade Center the previous day. George W. Bush goes on national TV and declares: | "Now is not the | …
globalresearch.ca/afghanistan-imagine-no-future/5705743
Another Farcical Ceasefire in Syria
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-06
Time and again, ceasefires agreed to on Syria were breached straightaway by US/NATO/Turkish supported terrorists. | Is this time different? Will belligerent Trump and Erdogan regimes turn a page for restoration of peace and stability in Syria? | Will they renounce years …
globalresearch.ca/another-farcical-ceasefire-in-syria/5705729
Circle in the Darkness: Memoir of a World Watcher (2020)
Eric Walberg | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-06
First, Diana Johnstone's memoir is a classic, and will be read and quoted as long as we keep struggling for peace and justice. It is one of the great personal accounts of the anguished decline of our uncivilization, …
globalresearch.ca/circle-darkness-memoir-world-watcher-2020/5705714
COVID-19 "Worldwide Epidemic of Biblical Proportions"
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-06
This is becoming increasingly crazy. The Western media hype is intolerable with its fear-mongering. What is driving this? | In most countries, a few people or a few hundred people have been infected with this virus, and a dozen or so …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-worldwide-epidemic-biblical-proportions/5705735
Why Is the US Apparently Not Testing for the COVID-19 Coronavirus?
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-06
All reports are that the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is not testing for the new coronavirus COVID-19, and that reliable tests in any case do not exist in the US. This is an area bereft of rational explanation. …
globalresearch.ca/why-us-apparently-not-testing-covid-19-coronavirus/5705721
Former Nobel Peace Prize Nominates Morales for 2020 Distinction
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-06
"It is an honor for me to inform you that I have nominated comrade Evo Morales Ayma for the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2020," the Argentinian Adolfo Perez Esquivel announced on his Twitter account. | *** | The Argentinian activist …
globalresearch.ca/former-nobel-peace-prize-nominates-morales-2020-distinction/5705700
Joe Biden in 2020 Duplicates Hillary Clinton in 2016
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-06
Hillary Clinton, of course, received the Democratic Party nomination in 2016 and was widely expected to beat Trump but she lost to him (though she won California by 4,269,978 in the popular vote, and so beat Trump by 2,864,974 …
globalresearch.ca/joe-biden-2020-duplicates-hillary-clinton-2016/5705753
Trump Interior Official Pushed Climate Misinformation Into Federal Reports
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-06
A major New York Times investigative report, published March 2, revealed efforts by Indur M. Goklany, a Department of Interior employee with ties to the Heartland Institute and other fossil-funded denial organizations, to modify federal reports to include misleading information about climate science. | DeSmog has obtained some of the emails cited by The Times in that investigati…
truthout.org/articles/trump-interior-official-pushed-climate-misinformation-into-federal-reports/
Apprentices to Nowhere: From Impoverished Graduate Students to Impoverished College Professors
Keith Hoeller | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
Why have 233 graduate teaching assistants gone on strike at the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC)? Why did University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano issue a warning letter threatening to fire the striking graduate students? Why did the University of California call in police from outside the college who used batons against…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/apprentices-to-nowhere-from-impoverished-graduate-students-to-impoverished-college-professors/
Apprentices to Nowhere: From Impoverished Graduate Students to Impoverished College Professors
Keith Hoeller | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
Why have 233 graduate teaching assistants gone on strike at the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC)? Why did University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano issue a warning letter threatening to fire the striking graduate students? Why did the University of California call in police from outside the college who used batons against…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/apprentices-to-nowhere-from-impoverished-graduate-students-to-impoverished-college-professors/
A Statement by The People's Coalition Post-Firing of the Graduate Students
The People's Coalition | indybay.org | 2020-03-06
We believe it is time that this strike spreads even further, and that it is we undergraduates who spread it. | Cola4all is an autonomous direct-action based movement of student-workers reimagining the UC System.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/04/18831296.php
Oxford students were right to 'no-platform' Amber Rudd, and here's why
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2020-03-06
On Thursday 5 March, former home secretary Amber Rudd was due to speak at an Oxford University event for International Women's Day. | However, the student society organising the event cancelled it at short notice and withdrew Rudd's invitation. | 'No-platforming': | The UNWomen Oxford UK Society pulled the event after receiving criticism from students for inviting Rudd. Rudd then took…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/03/06/oxford-students-were-right-to-no-platform-amber-rudd-and-heres-why/
This Is America: Interview with Grad Student Workers from UC Santa Cruz and UC San Diego
It's Going Down | indybay.org | 2020-03-06
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/04/18831288.php
Money on the Left for COLA
Maxximilian Seijo | mronline.org | 2020-03-06
We, the hosts of the Money on the Left podcast, write to express our solidarity with the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) graduate students participating in an ongoing wildcat strike for a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). We extend our full support to not only the 82 UCSC graduate students who the UC administration […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/06/money-on-the-left-for-cola/
Students rally in defense of University of California strike
wsws.org | 2020-03-06
Thousands rallied yesterday across the University of California (UC) system as wildcat strikers shut down the Santa Cruz campus in defiance of the United Auto Workers union. Socialist Equality Party Vice Presidential candidate Norissa Santa Cruz addressed a rally at UC San Diego, urging them to expand and politicize the strike.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/06/ucsc…
The Super Tuesday Sting
Matthew Stevenson | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-06
This is the sixth of a periodic series on the early primaries and caucuses. The other pieces can be found here. The fix on Super Tuesday in the presidential election was a clubhouse deal in which the elders of the Democratic Party, led by Barack Obama, shook down the primary system to teach Bernie Sanders…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/06/the-super-tuesday-sting/
WaPo Prints Study That Found Paper Backed an Undemocratic Bolivia Coup
Joe Emersberger | commondreams.org | 2020-03-06
The OAS repeatedly made statistical claims about Bolivia's election that were clearly false. (Photo: Alexis Demarco/APG/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2020/03/06/wapo-prints-study-found-paper-backed-undemocratic-bolivia-coup?cd-origin=rss
Last Pre-Coronavirus Jobs Report Shows Strong Job Growth, Weak Wage Growth
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-03-06
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 273,000 jobs in February. The January figure was revised up to the same number, which, along with an upward revision to December's number, brought the three-month average to a very strong 243,000 jobs. | The unemployment rate edged back down to 3.5 percent, reversing the January rise. However, the employment-to-population ratio (EPOP) also edged down 0.1 percentage points from the recovery high reached in January. The EPOP for prime-…
truthout.org/articles/last-pre-coronavirus-jobs-report-shows-strong-job-growth-weak-wage-growth/
Researchers Unearth Chlamydia-Related Bacteria in Oxygen-Free Arctic Ocean Sediments
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-06
An international team of researchers have discovered abundant amounts of Chlamydiae bacteria thriving in oxygen-devoid conditions in Arctic Ocean sediments. One known species of the bacteria, chlamydia trachomatis, can cause the common sexually transmitted infection chlamydia in humans, animals or even amoeba.
sputniknews.com/environment/202003061078497073-researchers-unearth-chlamydia-related-bacteria-in-oxygen-free-arctic-ocean-sediments/
Organic Molecules Found on Mars Could be a Sign of 'Ancient Life', Scientists Say
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-06
Curiosity, which has been studying the Red Planet since 2012, has recently captured a stunning high-resolution panorama of the Martian surface, composed of more than one thousand images.
sputniknews.com/science/202003061078492492-organic-molecules-found-on-mars-could-be-a-sign-of-ancient-life-scientists-say/
'Don't Disturb Him!' Concerns as Tutankhamun's Mummy Could Soon Be Moved Out From Tomb
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-06
There are many mysteries surrounding the life and death of Egyptian teenage Pharaoh Tutankhamun, who was buried in the Valley of the Kings some 3,000 years ago and has remained there until the present day. The many deaths surrounding the discovery of his mummy have often been attributed to the "curse of the pharaohs".
sputniknews.com/science/202003061078496658-dont-disturb-him-concern-as-tutankhamuns-mummy-could-soon-be-moved-out-from-tomb/
Tom Watson Comes Out in Support of Amber Rudd After Oxford Students Snub Former Home Secretary
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-06
Amber Rudd was Home Secretary under Theresa May but was forced to resign after the Windrush scandal. She later returned to the Cabinet but quit as a Conservative MP before the General Election.
sputniknews.com/uk/202003061078493884-tom-watson-comes-out-in-support-of-amber-rudd-after-oxford-students-snub-former-home-secretary/
Victorian teachers' union calls on government to ban duck hunting
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-03-06
Kerry SmithIssue 1256 Australia duck hunting Australian Education Union MelbourneMarch 6, 2020On February 14, the Australian Education Union (AEU) passed a motion calling on the Victorian gov…
greenleft.org.au/content/victorian-teachers-union-calls-government-ban-duck-hunting
Boyle Heights to celebrate working-class women
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-06
Los Angeles, CA – The Boyle Heights group Centro Community Service Organization (Centro CSO) will host Día Internacional de la Mujer, International Women's Day, Saturday, March 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Benjamin Franklin Library. CSO aims to honor and represent local women who are working for LGBT rights, fighting for socialism, defending public education, resisting police terror and brutality, and ending deportations. | Speakers participating will include a student from Garfield High School; Rosario Bonilla from Centro CSO; Josefina Rizo, mother of 16-year-old Jose Mendez who was killed by LAPD; Vibiana Aparicio…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/3/6/boyle-hei…
Selected Articles: The Pentagon's "Ides of March 2020": Best Month to Go to War?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-06
Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-pentagon-ides-march-2020-best-month-go-war/5705754
The Pentagon's "Ides of March 2020": Best Month to Go to War?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
or the Romans, the month of March (Martius) marked "the time to start new military campaigns." As in the heyday of the Roman Empire, the Pentagon has a mandate to plan and implement a precise "timeline" of military operations.
globalresearch.ca/the-pentagons-ides-of-march-best-month-to-go-to-war-2/5670257
Trump's Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats
Jennifer C. Berkshire | thenation.com | 2020-03-05
Trump's Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-education-policy-democrat/
Coronavirus update: 290 million students now stuck at home
news.un.org | 2020-03-05
School closures in 13 countries linked to the COVID-19 virus epidemic have disrupted the education of more than 290 million students, a record number, the UN education agency UNESCO said on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/03/1058791
Women and girls still vulnerable to HIV due to gender inequality: UNAIDS
news.un.org | 2020-03-05
Gender discrimination and violence, as well as "huge" gaps in education, are among the factors why women and girls remain vulnerable to HIV, according to the UN agency working to end the AIDS epidemic.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/03/1058751
The Legacy of Michael Bloomberg's Muslim Surveillance Programme
Azad Essa | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
When Asad Dandia received a friend request on Facebook, he didn't think much of it. | The college student was active with a religious-based charity, so it was common for people to reach out on the social media platform and offer …
globalresearch.ca/legacy-michael-bloomberg-muslim-surveillance-programme/5705650
Defender 2020: Largest Mobilisation of NATO Troops Against Russia in 25 Years
Markus Salzmann | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
The largest deployment of troops across the Atlantic in 25 years entered its main phase last weekend within the framework of the Defender Europe 2020 exercise. The scale of NATO's provocative military exercise underscores how far advanced the preparations for …
globalresearch.ca/defender-2020-largest-mobilisation-nato-troops-against-russia-25-years/5705660
Trump's Other "Phony Deal of the Century" Unravelling. "Peace with the Taliban"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
The Trump regime's so-called deal with the Taliban is intended to facilitate future talks with the US and its puppet regime in Kabul. | It has nothing to do with assuring peace and stability to the war-torn country, nothing to do …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-phony-deal-century-unravelling/5705639
Who Made Coronavirus? Was It the U.S., Israel or China?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
The most commonly reported mainstream media account of the creation of the Coronavirus suggests that it was derived from an animal borne microorganism found in a wild bat that was consumed by an ethnic Chinese resident of Wuhan. But there …
globalresearch.ca/who-made-coronavirus-u-s-israel-china/5705628
Video: Turkish Forces Are on 'Tactical Retreat'. Syrian Army Recaptures More Territory in Eastern and Southern Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
Erdogan's forces continue their bloody battle for peace and prosperity for al-Qaeda groups in the Syrian region of Greater Idlib. | On March 3, Turkey shot down an L-39 warplane of the Syrian Air Force in eastern Idlib. The warplane, which …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkish-forces-tactical-retreat-syrian-army-recaptures-more-territory-eastern-southern-idlib/5705589
Ending the Myth that Trump Is Ending the Wars
Khury Petersen-Smith | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
There was this moment during the State of the Union Address that I can't stop thinking about. | When President Trump spoke to army wife Amy Wiliams during his speech and told her he'd arranged her husband's return home from Afghanistan …
globalresearch.ca/ending-myth-trump-ending-wars/5705651
Trump's Afghanistan Deal Prioritizes Bragging Rights Over Lasting Peace
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
It's true that the Trump administration signed a "peace deal" with the Taliban
Banana America: The Fix Is in! "US Politics These Last 48 Hours, …Bernie vs. Biden"
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
This writer has watched countless boxing matches over the years, and has seen how in many instances 'The Fix is in'. The powers that be want a certain prospect to move up the ranks, they 'Fix' it. With boxing all …
globalresearch.ca/banana-america-the-fix-is-in-us-politics-these-last-48-hours-bernie-vs-biden/5705586
US Complains as Cambodia Pivots Toward China
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
US State Department-funded front "Radio Free Asia" (RFA) recently complained about plans to proceed with joint Chinese-Cambodian military exercises despite the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. | According to Khmer Times, this year's joint exercises will include up to 200 Chinese personnel …
globalresearch.ca/us-complains-cambodia-pivots-toward-china/5705599
Bloomberg Quits Race for the White House
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
On Tuesday, Bloomberg News reported the following: | "Michael Bloomberg plans to stay in the presidential race until after the results of Super Tuesday primaries are counted, his campaign manager said, rejecting calls from (Dem) officials (that he) drop out and …
globalresearch.ca/bloomberg-quits-race-white-house/5705642
Empires of the Steppes Fuel Erdogan Khan's Dreams
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
The latest installment of the interminable Syria tragedy could be interpreted as Greece barely blocking a European "invasion" by Syrian refugees. The invasion was threatened by President Erdogan even as he refused the EU's puny "offer you can refuse" bribe …
globalresearch.ca/empires-steppes-fuel-erdogan-khan-dreams/5705584
Arms Firms Swarm Decision Makers
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
More politically dependent than almost all other industries, arms manufacturers play for keeps in the nation's capital. They target ads and events sponsorships at decision makers while hiring insiders and military stars to lobby on their behalf. | Activist and academic …
globalresearch.ca/arms-firms-swarm-decision-makers/5705654
U.S. Economy Heads Towards Recession as Its Central Bank Takes Panic Measures to Protect Financial Markets
Dr. Leon Tressell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
Global stock markets have experienced roller-coaster levels of volatility over the last two weeks due to fears that the coronavirus is going to seriously impact the global economy. | On Tuesday the US Federal Reserve panicked and introduced a 0.5% cut …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-economy-heads-towards-recession-central-bank-takes-panic-measures-protect-financial-markets/5705587
The Illusion of Democracy in America
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
When US elections are held for high office and key congressional posts, party bosses in cahoots with monied interests decide things, not voters. | It works the same way every time, Super Tuesday results in 14 states the latest example. | According …
globalresearch.ca/illusion-democracy-america/5705636