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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

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

Canceled: Speakout-Defend The Children & Staff-Stop The KIPP Charter School Move To TI
Defend Public Education Now | indybay.org | 2020-03-12
401 13th Street | Treasure Island | San Francisco, CA 94130 | www.google.com/maps/dir//401+13th+St,+Sa…: 0x11b85dc7ddb847d!2m2!1d-122.374138!2d37.827819!3e0?hl=en…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/09/18831399.php

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/

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/

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

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

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

Syria Chemical Attack: Douma Whistleblowers Respond to OPCW's Attacks
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The monster is finally at the door
Mike Davis | zcomm.org | 2020-03-12
COVID-19 is finally the monster at the door. Researchers are working night and day to characterize the outbreak but they are faced with three huge challenges…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-monster-is-finally-at-the-door/

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

Good news: Russia develops 15-minute Covid-19 test, Bad news: won't be available until fall
rt.com | 2020-03-12
Rapid control of coronavirus depends on discovering a cheap and practical testing method, and Russian scientists may have found a solution; an especially useful tool, when efforts are focused on detection, delay, and containment. | While the medical community continues its work on a Covid-19 vaccine, researchers have developed a way to trace the infection that can provide an express result in just 15 minutes. What's more, the device could be available to the public as early as autumn, according to news agency TASS. | The new test uses an isothermal polymerase chain reaction and needs a smear from the nose or t…
rt.com/russia/482936-russia-quick-coronavirus-test/

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

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

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

Planet 9 next? Hundreds of minor planets found beyond Neptune in OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
rt.com | 2020-03-12
Researchers have successfully identified 316 minor planets beyond Neptune, 139 of which are completely new, in a discovery which could bring us one step closer to hunting down the mysterious Planet Nine. | Using infrared and near-infrared data taken from the southern sky by the Dark Energy Survey (DES), scientists have painstakingly tracked down over 300 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) at the far reaches of our solar system. TNOs are notoriously difficult to spot as they are so dim and so far away with little in the vicinity to illuminate them enough for us to detect. | The DES was designed to study galaxies an…
rt.com/news/482921-hundreds-minor-planets-neptune/

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/

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

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

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

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…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/12/coronavir…

When the war on science really began
Tara Lohan | peoplesworld.org | 2020-03-12
peoplesworld.org/article/when-the-war-on-science-really-began/

Riot police fire "pepper balls" at University of Dayton students ordered to evacuate campus housing within 24 hours
wsws.org | 2020-03-12
Students have taken to social media to voice their outrage over the police crackdown after the university ordered an evacuation of student housing due to the coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/12/dayt…

Lecturers and students rally during last week of UK national strike
wsws.org | 2020-03-12
Rallies were held in several university towns and cities around the UK Wednesday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/12/univ…

Riot police fire "pepper balls" at University of Dayton students ordered to evacuate campus housing within 24 hours
wsws.org | 2020-03-12
Students have taken to social media to voice their outrage over the police crackdown after the university ordered an evacuation of student housing due to the coronavirus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/12/dayt…

Lecturers and students rally during last week of UK national strike
wsws.org | 2020-03-12
Rallies were held in several university towns and cities around the UK Wednesday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/12/univ…

India: Scientists slam proposed research on cow products
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-12
In a letter to the Science and Technology Ministry, the scientists blasted the proposal as "unscientific." The scientists called the proposal "an attempt to solidify the special status of cows"

EU's industrial output slips in January
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-12
EU's industrial production slipped 1.5% in January from the same month of last year, the bloc's statistical office announced Thursday.Eurostat said the calendar-adjusted industrial production index reached 101.7 in January 2020, down from 103.3 in January 2019."In the EU27, production of energy fell by 5.8%, capital goods by 2.0% and intermediate goods by 1.5%," it said. Meanwhile, production of durable consumer goods rose 2.6% during the same period.Among member states, Luxembourg recorded the largest fall with 8.1% over the same period, followed by Croatia (-5.5%) and Latvia (-4.5%).The highest rises were seen…
yenisafak.com/en/world/eus-industrial-output-slips-in-january-3513831

'The World is My Playground': Mating Snakes Put Up a Show for Golfers in Field – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-12
New Delhi (Sputnik): As peculiar as it might seem, snake sex usually lasts for nearly an hour, but it can occasionally last as long as a whole day, according to researchers.
sputniknews.com/india/202003121078546891-the-world-is-my-playground-mating-snakes-put-up-a-show-for-golfers-in-field—video/

Scientists Discover World's Most Distant Blazar With Its Beam Aimed at the Earth
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-12
Blazars are a special type of active galactic nuclei (AGN) that are powered by a material

Selected Articles: In a Europe Closed Down by the Coronavirus the EU Opens Its Doors to the US Army
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
Syria Chemical Attack: Douma Whistleblowers Respond to OPCW's Attempts to Discredit Them | By Dave DeCamp, March 12, 2020 | Two whistleblowers that have been speaking out about a scandal within the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-europe-closed-down-coronavirus-eu-opens-doors-us-army/5706179

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?
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-12
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.
globalresearch.ca/in-a-europe-closed-down-by-the-coronavirus-the-eu-opens-its-doors-to-the-us-army/5706133

Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS
Medea Benjamin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), Saudi Arabia's 34-year-old de facto ruler, was on a tear. He arrested members of his own royal family and initiated an oil price war with Russia that has sent the price …
globalresearch.ca/saudi-brave-women-pull-back-curtain-crown-prince-mbs/5706082

St. Paul MN teachers on strike
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-03-11
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.
fightbacknews.org/2020/3/11/st-paul-mn-teachers-strike

How the UK Press Is Misinforming the Public About Britain's Role in the World
Mark Curtis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Britain's national press consistently portrays Britain as a supporter of noble objectives such as human rights and democracy. The extraordinary extent to which the public is being misinformed about the UK's foreign and military policies is revealed in new statistical …
globalresearch.ca/how-uk-press-misinforming-public-about-britain-role-world/5706101

Two Other Pandemics: The Lemming and Apathy Viruses
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Of course, the worst pandemic of the 21st century is out and about us. Italy is now in a 'lockdown' state and throughout most of the world people are in a panic mode. | And why not? Viruses like this Corona …
globalresearch.ca/two-other-pandemics-lemming-apathy-viruses/5706052

Electromagnetic Radiation Due to Cellular, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Technologies: How Safe Are We?
NAREN | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Abstract | The electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitted out of wireless communication modules in various IoT devices (especially used for healthcare applications due to their close proximity to the body) have been identified by researchers as biologically hazardous to humans as well …
globalresearch.ca/electromagnetic-radiation-due-cellular-wi-fi-bluetooth-technologies-how-safe-are-we/5706099

Greece's Migrant Crisis Has Further Exposed Turkish Fake News
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's attempt to intimidate the Syrian Army and force them to withdraw to the Sochi Agreement lines in Idlib utterly failed, resulting in the Turkish leader having to embarrassingly accept large swathes of liberated territory …
globalresearch.ca/greece-migrant-crisis-exposed-turkish-fake-news/5706050

Golden Anniversaries for Flawed Treaties: The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Turns Fifty
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
In an era where agreements have been abandoned as "bad", to use that favourite word of US President Donald Trump, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons continues to feature on the books of diplomacy. But age seems …
globalresearch.ca/npt-turns-fifty/5706069

Biden Rejects Medicare for All
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
On major policy issues, Biden's agenda resembles Trump's with a party label difference

US-Israel Predictably Behind Turkish Aggression in Syria
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
Turkey's ongoing fighting in northern Syria's Idlib governorate was

COVID-19: Further Evidence that the Virus Originated in the US
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-11
It would be useful to read this prior article for background: | China's Coronavirus: A Shocking Update. Did The Virus Originate in the US? | By Larry Romanoff, March 04, 2020 | *** | As readers will recall from the earlier article (above), …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-further-evidence-virus-originated-us/5706078

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2020-03-11: News Headlines

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. |

RT (2020-03-11). Slime mold inspires breathtaking recreation of cosmic 'dark matter web' holding our universe together (PHOTOS, VIDEOS). rt.com Researchers using an algorithm based on the growth patterns of a type of slime mold have managed to create a map of the theoretical 'cosmic web' of gas and dark matter which makes up the substructure of the entire universe. | The bright yellow slime mold, dubbed Physarum polycephalum, is a brainless organism that produces networks of slimy tendrils which can somehow 'solve' spatial problems that are surprisingly complex. By studying its growth patterns, researchers have produced oddly accurate models of the wider universe. | Previous models based on this particular mold have solved mazes, calculated the shorte…

RT (2020-03-11). Biden projected to take Michigan, as he seeks to widen his lead over Sanders. rt.com Exit polls from Michigan show Joe Biden ahead of Bernie Sanders in the state's primary contest, cementing the former VP's position as the front-runner in the Democrat presidential race. Sanders won the state back in 2016. | Democratic Party frontrunner Joe Biden edged out rival Bernie Sanders as polls closed in Michigan, with early counts giving him 52.1 percent of the vote. Voters in some cities were still waiting to cast their ballots, however, with some waiting an average of three hours. | Polls are officially closed in Michigan, but the East Lansing city clerks office is still packed with students who have…

Medea Benjamin (2020-03-11). Saudi's Brave Women Pull Back the Curtain on Crown Prince MBS. globalresearch.ca Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman (MBS), Saudi Arabia's 34-year-old de facto ruler, was on a tear. He

Defend Public Education Now (2020-03-11). Canceled: Speakout-Defend The Children & Staff-Stop The KIPP Charter School Move To TI. indybay.org 401 13th Street | Treasure Island | San Francisco, CA 94130 | www.google.com/maps/dir//401+13th+St,+Sa…: 0x11b85dc7ddb847d!2m2!1d-122.374138!2d37.827819!3e0?hl=en…

WSWS (2020-03-11). University and College Union prepares sellout of UK universities national strike. wsws.org Higher education workers are striking against attacks on pay and pensions that are the direct result of the UCU's previous betrayal less than two year ago.

WSWS (2020-03-11). Educators speak out on threat of coronavirus in US schools. wsws.org As a result of decades of defunding public education and the criminal negligence of the political establishment, US schools are wholly unprepared for the rapid spread of COVID-19.

Xinhua (2020-03-11). Did COVID-19 Originate In China? "We must move beyond the temptation to give nationality to diseases." globalresearch.ca Italian experts have praised China's anti-virus efforts while dismissing a U.S. Fox News television host's calling for a "formal apology" from China for the coronavirus outbreak. | Last Monday, U.S. Fox News host Jesse Watters demanded China apologize for the virus …

South Front (2020-03-11). Video: Saudi-initiated All-out Oil War Could Lead to Collapse of Kingdom Itself. globalresearch.ca Saudi Arabia launched an all-out oil war offering unprecedented discounts and flooding the market in an attempt to capture a larger share and defeat other oil producers. This "scorched earth" approach caused the biggest oil price fall since the war …

Telesur (2020-03-11). MAS Presents New Legal Resort to Enable Evo Morales' Candidacy. globalresearch.ca The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) presented a new legal recourse to qualify ex-president Evo Morales as a candidate for the first senatorship in Cochabamba, informed political secretary Froilan Fulguera on Tuesday. | In statements to Radio Fides, Fulguera said that the …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-03-11). Coronavirus Offerings and Job Losses: University Reliance on China Bites. globalresearch.ca It was predicted, warned against and is happening. Universities fattened by the Chinese student market are now in a state of financial shock, cutting losses, trimming courses and doing what over managed institutions do best: remove working productive staff while …

Mark Curtis (2020-03-11). How the UK Press Is Misinforming the Public About Britain's Role in the World. globalresearch.ca Britain's national press consistently portrays Britain as a supporter of noble objectives such as human rights and democracy. The extraordinary extent to which the public is being misinformed about the UK's foreign and military policies is revealed in new statistical …

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2020-03-11). Team Trump Tried to Bully the ICC into Dropping War Crimes Probe but Failed. globalresearch.ca After the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) found a reasonable basis to believe that U.S. military and

Stephen Lendman (2020-03-11). Dirty System Triumph on Mini-Super Tuesday. globalresearch.ca Tuesday results in six states for Dems largely replicated Biden's pre-scripted week ago Super Tuesday triumph over Sanders. | As the saying goes, there never was any doubt. The race to be Dem standard bearer in November against Trump appears all …

Scott Ritter (2020-03-11). How Turkey Lost a Battle of Wills, and Force, to Russia. globalresearch.ca When the history of the Syrian conflict is written, the fighting that took place between the Syrian Army and its allies on the one side, and the Turkish military and Turkish-backed Syrian rebels on the other, from early February through …

Stephen Lendman (2020-03-11). Biden Rejects Medicare for All. globalresearch.ca On major policy issues, Biden's agenda resembles Trump's with a party label difference — both unacceptable, demanding rejection. | Throughout his time in public office, Biden one-sidedly supported and continues supporting privileged interests at the expense of the public welfare — …

Pepe Escobar (2020-03-11). How Black Swans Are Shaping Planet Panic. globalresearch.ca Is the planet under the spell of a pair of black swans — a Wall Street meltdown, caused by an alleged oil war between Russia and the House of Saud, plus the uncontrolled spread of Covid-19 — leading to an …

Tony Cartalucci (2020-03-11). US-Israel Predictably Behind Turkish Aggression in Syria. globalresearch.ca Turkey's ongoing fighting in northern Syria's Idlib governorate was — from the beginning of recent escalations — clearly a continuation of Washington's wider now 9 year-long proxy war against Damascus. | Whatever gains Turkey had made in terms of

True Publica (2020-03-11). CoVid-19 — What the UK Government Is Really Covering Up. globalresearch.ca The UK government led by Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings have taken a rather Laissez—faire attitude towards the coronavirus CoVid-19. They came under attack for not taking it seriously and not being visible. It wasn't until March 3rd that suddenly …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-03-11). Greece's Migrant Crisis Has Further Exposed Turkish Fake News. globalresearch.ca Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's attempt to intimidate the Syrian Army and force them to withdraw to the Sochi Agreement lines in Idlib utterly failed, resulting in the Turkish leader having to embarrassingly accept large swathes of liberated territory …

NAREN (2020-03-11). Electromagnetic Radiation Due to Cellular, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Technologies: How Safe Are We? globalresearch.ca Abstract | The electromagnetic radiation (EMR) emitted out of wireless communication modules in various IoT devices (especially used for healthcare applications due to their close proximity to the body) have been identified by researchers as biologically hazardous to humans as well …

WSWS (2020-03-11). Sweetwater teachers and students protest impending mass firing of teachers. wsws.org Teachers, students and parents in California's Sweetwater school district demonstrated outside a school board meeting.

WSWS (2020-03-11). Berkeley grad students vote to join wildcat strike as UAW scrambles to shut down struggle. wsws.org UAW Unit Chair Gerard Ramm declared that the union would not defend students who violated the no-strike clause in the UAW contract.

Worker Student Solidarity Coalition (2020-03-11). Drop the Charges! Pack the court for our fellow comrades! indybay.org Superior Court of California, County of Santa Cruz | 701 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz…

The Canary (2020-03-11). 'Election bounce' predictions dashed as UK economy flatlines in January. thecanary.co The economy stayed flat in January despite predictions that it would grow following a tough year that ended in an election, new figures have shown. | The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said that gross domestic product (GDP) remained unchanged, after growing by 0.3% in December. | The release on Wednesday morning, just ahead of chancellor Rishi Sunak's first budget, dashed hopes that the economy was bouncing back after a clear win for the Conservatives in December's election, bringing a year of political uncertainty to an end. | Analysts had expected the economy to grow by 0.2% in January, according to a con…

yenisafak (2020-03-11). Bahrain confirms 77 new coronavirus cases, toll at 188. yenisafak.com The Bahraini Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed 77 fresh coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of people infected in the country to 188.The ministry said in a statement that it examined Tuesday 165 citizens who were evacuated from Iran and 77 of whom tested positive for the virus.Bahrain took a number of precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the virus, including the suspension of education and banning traveling to some countries.The Bahraini Foreign Ministry also called on all citizens not to travel to countries where the virus has spread, including Iran, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and Sou…

sputniknews (2020-03-11). 'And God Saw That It Was Good': New Discovery Reportedly Lends Credence to Biblical Creation Myth. sputniknews.com As one of the scientists who made the discovery noted, there's a certain element of guesswork in their interpretations.

Global Justice Now (2020-03-11). 70,000 Demand 'Corporate Courts' Kept Out of Post-Brexit Trade Deals. globalresearch.ca As the UK trade minister Greg Hands visits the United States for trade talks (1), an alliance of civil society groups this morning delivered nearly 70,000 signatures to the Department for International Trade calling on the UK government to commit …

Manlio Dinucci (2020-03-11). 30,000 U.S. Soldiers Sent into Europe Without Masks. globalresearch.ca The United States has raised the coronavirus (COVID-19) alert for Italy to level 3 ("avoid nonessential travel"), bringing it to 4 ("do not travel") for [the northern regions of] Lombardy and Veneto — the same as for China. American Airlines …

Staff (2020-03-10). Italy Is Now a Red Zone: Student at Bocconi U. Describes Strict Measures Taken to Contain COVID-19. democracynow.org The entire country of Italy has been placed on lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, impacting 60 million people. People in the nationwide red zone will only be allowed to travel for work, medical reasons or emergencies until early next month. All schools and universities will also remain closed, major sporting events are suspended, and airline passengers now have to justify their reasons for traveling. We go to Italy to speak with Romy Kool, an international student at Bocconi University in Milan, where courses are now being taught online amid the coronavirus outbreak. We are als…

Ilana Cohen (2020-03-10). What Does Work Look Like on a Dying Planet? thenation.com Students, promised a bright and successful future after college, are being fast-tracked into corporate careers, usually without a second thought about the value of their work in a climate emergency.

news.un (2020-03-10). Coronavirus update: UN addresses school disruptions, suspends public access to New York Headquarters. news.un.org In an attempt to slow the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, classrooms have been shuttered across the world, causing a record number of students to miss school, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization said on Tuesday.

Fight Back (2020-03-10). Boyle Heights celebrates International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – On March 7, Centro CSO: Community Service Organization hosted a celebration of el Día Internacional de la Mujer (International Women's Day), filled with poetry, singing and political discussion at the Benjamin Franklin Branch Library in Boyle Heights. This year's event, the third that Centro CSO has put on, honored the women of Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles who have fought back against the privatization of public education, police terror, sexism and transphobia. |
| Sol Marquez, a member of Centro CSO and Freedom Road Socialist Organization, opened the event by explaining how Internati…

Jacob G. Hornberger (2020-03-10). Lift the U.S. Embargo on Cuba. globalresearch.ca The U.S. embargo on Cuba has been in effect for 60 years. It's time to end it. | The embargo makes it a criminal offense for any American to spend money in Cuba or to do business in Cuba. If an …

Stephen Lendman (2020-03-10). Dems Rigging Things for Establishment Figure "Moderate Jo" Biden? globalresearch.ca The myth of moderate Joe belies his hardline agenda throughout a near-half century of public life as US senator and vice president. | Along with most others on both sides of the aisle, his political record shows full support for endless …

Stephen Lendman (2020-03-10). IDF Knee-Capping Besieged Gazans. Hundreds of Palestinians Killed. globalresearch.ca Live fire by Israeli soldiers, police, and other security forces against defenseless Palestinians threatening no one is official Jewish state policy. | What was instituted on the pretext of preventing harm to Israelis is systematically and repeatedly breached by IDF and …

James J. Zogby (2020-03-10). Israel's Third Election: Netanyahu Wins, Justice Loses. globalresearch.ca Israel just completed its third national election in less than a year. The first two votes in April and September 2019 ended in an impasse with no party able to form a governing coalition of 61 Knesset Members (i.e. a …

Muhamed Munir Abu Nahl (2020-03-10). EU Condemns Netanyahu Promise to Build Settlement Homes in West Bank's E1 Area. globalresearch.ca Israel faced harsh international criticism on Friday 28 Feb, 2020 after it advanced plans for the construction of 3,500 housing units in the contentious E1 area, located adjacent to and northeast of East Jerusalem and to the west of Al-Eizariya …

Jonathan Ofir (2020-03-10). Israeli IDF Snipers Boast of Shooting 'Ducks' in Gaza'. Boasting About Their Hits. Unspoken Crimes against Humanity. globalresearch.ca Two days ago (Friday) a These accounts are …

Claire Robinson (2020-03-10). The Adverse Effects of Genetically Modified Maize. Call for Retraction of EU-funded G-TwYST Study. globalresearch.ca Prof Gilles-Eric Séralini of the University of Caen has published a peer-reviewed The EU-funded study was published in 2019 …

Larry Romanoff (2020-03-10). COVID-19 Marketing in the USA: Misinformation, Incompetence and Buffoonery. globalresearch.ca The content of this article will make little sense to you. The purpose in your reading it is to appreciate how little sense it makes. | The WHO described worldwide virus cases passing the 100,000-mark as a "somber moment". | The AFP …

Granma (2020-03-10). Western Union Suspends Family Remittances to Cuba, Except from the U.S. globalresearch.ca This is sanction number 191 imposed by the U.S. government on the Cuban people, with the purpose of causing discouragement and despair, while portraying revolutionary authorities as responsible for the damage caused by its aggressive policy | *** | The Donald Trump …

South Front (2020-03-10). Video: New Idlib Ceasefire Is Already Crumbling and Nobody Is Surprised. globalresearch.ca On March 6, the Syrian region of Greater Idlib entered another ceasefire phase with al-Qaeda-linked groups breathing a sigh of relief thanks to Turkish sacrifices in the battle against the Syrian Army. However, the pause in the Turkish-Syrian military confrontation …

Brandon Turbeville (2020-03-10). 1983 CIA Document Reveals Plan to Destroy Syria, Foreshadows Current Crisis. globalresearch.ca As the Syrian crisis enters its ninth year, the Donald Trump administration is looking more and more like the Obama administration every day. With the Trump regime refusing to open useful dialogue with Russia regarding Syria, it's obvious anti-Iran and …

Lauren Smith (2020-03-10). The Big Heist: U.S. Imposed Economic Sanctions on One Third of Humanity. globalresearch.ca The US has become increasingly dependent on the use of unilateral economic sanctions to achieve its policy objectives against its declared targets since the start of the great recession in 2008. Presently, sanctions impact one-third of humanity in 39 countries. …

(2020-03-10). Palestinian Rights Organization Challenges Meritless Lawsuit Filed Against It. globalresearch.ca Last night, the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) moved to dismiss a meritless lawsuit filed against it by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and several individuals. Human rights attorneys say the lawsuit targets USCPR's support of Palestinian rights and …

Mike Whitney (2020-03-10). Financial Meltdown: The Impending Credit Crunch; The Next Shoe to Drop? globalresearch.ca Last week's violent gyrations in the stock market are the result of a tug-of-war between two well-represented groups of investors. One group thinks the Coronavirus will severely impact the global economy pushing stocks further into the red, while the other …

Andrew Korybko (2020-03-10). Russia's Rejection of OPEC+ Was the Result of Cold Geostrategic Calculations. globalresearch.ca Russia rejected its OPEC+ partners' request late last week to further curtail its oil production next month because it understood that doing so would make its American shale rivals more competitive, which would in turn empower the US to continue …

F. William Engdahl (2020-03-10). Lock Step, This Is No Futuristic Scenario: Panic and the Post-Pandemic Future? globalresearch.ca Every day world mainstream news reports more people in more countries diagnosed "positive" for the coronavirus illness, now called COVID-19. As the reported numbers grow, so does widespread nervousness, often in the form of panic shopping for masks, disinfections, toilet …

Andrew Korybko (2020-03-10). Saudi Arabia's Oil Price War Could Very Easily Backfire. globalresearch.ca Russia's rejection of its OPEC+ partners' request to further reduce oil production in response to slumping demand prompted Saudi Arabia to unwisely initiate an oil price war over the weekend as revenge, one which the Gulf country is ill-equipped to …

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