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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/

Democratic billionaire governor of Illinois proposes austerity budget
wsws.org | 2020-03-05
Minuscule spending increases in K-12 education and social services would be conditional on passage of a constitutional amendment instituting a graduated income tax in the November election.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/05/illi…

Media Advisory: Coalition of unions unite against cuts to public education
Posted by Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2020-03-05
On Thursday, March 5, hundreds of parents, students, educators, support staff, and community allies will hold a rally to demand that the San Francisco Board of Education partner with us to identify alternative budget solutions and prevent any and all cuts and layoffs!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/03/03/18831283.php

Quebec's phony education "reform" will facilitate further cuts and privatization
wsws.org | 2020-03-05
In the name of reducing "bureaucracy," Bill 40 concentrates power in the hands of the Minister of Education so as to facilitate further cuts to public education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/05/qced…

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

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

Erdogan Tells Putin: "We're in Idlib to Protect the People There."
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
On Thursday, March 5th, Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meets privately with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, so as to arrange a face-saving way for Erdogan finally to end his attempted theft of Syria's Idlib Province away from Syria | …
globalresearch.ca/erdogan-tells-putin-idlib-protect-people-there/5705602

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

Breaking: Terrorists Attempt Chemical Attack in Idlib
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
Breaking news from Russian Ministry of Defense: A 15-member terrorist group tried to explode ammunition containing chemical substances in vicinity of Saraqib in Idlib countryside. | Yesterday, Syria News wrote that "The possibility of another chemical hoax continues to loom." | UK …
globalresearch.ca/terrorists-attempt-chemical-attack-idlib/5705592

Trump's Other "Phony Deal of the Century" Unravelling. "Peace with 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

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

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

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

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

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

Will Policy of Destabilizing Latin American Countries Help Trump to be Re-Elected?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
As the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election campaign heats up, there is every chance that Donald Trump can become a one-term president as the popularity of Bernie Sanders increases despite the sabotage within his own Democrat Party against him. There still …
globalresearch.ca/will-policy-destabilizing-latin-american-countries-help-trump-re-elected/5705634

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

HSBC evacuates London HQ after employee tests positive for coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-03-05
HSBC has evacuated its UK headquarters in London after an employee of the bank tested positive for coronavirus. | The infected individual reportedly works in the bank's research department, and an entire floor of the Canary Wharf building that houses the company will have to be deep cleaned as a result of the incident. | The headquarters is in the center of London's financial center, which hosts many investment banks, including Citi, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Barclays. | Sources in the building told the Reuters news agency that HSBC had told its staff who came into contact with the infected man to work from…
rt.com/uk/482401-hsbc-evacuate-london-office-coronavirus/

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

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

Coronavirus and "Pandemic Pantries". Fear Campaign Triggers Stockpiling of Emergency Supplies
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
Fears of imminent apocalypse tend to be midwives to absurdity. The stockpiling fever that has gripped various populaces in response to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has taken various forms. "Pandemic pantries" are becoming the norm, suggesting that hoarding in …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-and-pandemic-pantries-fear-campaign-triggers-stockpiling-of-emergency-supplies/5705596

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

MIT researchers confirm what we knew all along: Evo won and OAS lied
Zoe PC | mronline.org | 2020-03-05
The report released by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology raises questions about why the Organization of American States lied and who benefited. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/03/05/mit-researchers-confirm-what-we-knew-all-along-evo-won-and-oas-lied/

The Missing Narratives in the Debate on "Medicare for All"
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
The onslaught of misinformation from the corporatist wings of both political parties and media biases against universal healthcare are obviously confusing the electorate. This is seemingly evident in this week's Super Tuesday with Joe Biden winning the majority of the …
globalresearch.ca/missing-narratives-debate-medicare-all/5705605

President of Wayne State University calls cops on lecturers protesting layoffs
wsws.org | 2020-03-05
Opposition is mounting after 38 percent of lecturers received "notices of non-renewal" last month in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Detroit's Wayne State University.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/05/wsu-…

A Statement by The People's Coalition Post-Firing of the Graduate Students
The People's Coalition | indybay.org | 2020-03-05
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

Socialist Equality Party presidential candidate speaks with University of California strikers
wsws.org | 2020-03-05
Joseph Kishore spoke with striking grad students this week at UC Santa Cruz while SEP campaigners interviewed strikers and supporters at UC campuses in Los Angeles, San Diego and Irvine.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/03/05/ucsc…

Syracuse Students Are Still Occupying Their Campus Administration Building
Max Kalnitz | thenation.com | 2020-03-05
Syracuse Students Are Still Occupying Their Campus Administration Building…
thenation.com/article/activism/syracuse-students-are-still-occupying-their-campus-administration-building/

Syracuse Students Are Still Occupying Their Campus Administration Building
Max Kalnitz | thenation.com | 2020-03-05
Syracuse Students Are Still Occupying Their Campus Administration Building…
thenation.com/article/activism/syracuse-students-are-still-occupying-their-campus-administration-building/

The New Poll Tax? Long Lines, Closed Polling Stations Hurt Black, Latinx & Student Voters in TX, CA
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-03-05
Long wait times plagued polling places in Texas throughout Super Tuesday, especially in districts with high numbers of black and Latinx voters and college students. Many voters reported waiting in line for more than three hours to cast a ballot. At least 750 Texas polling sites have been shuttered since 2013, when the Supreme Court slashed federal oversight of Texas and other Southern states under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. There were long lines, too, in Los Angeles, where many polling places reported problems with a brand-new $300 million voting system. The Sanders campaign sued to keep polling places open a…
www.democracynow.org/2020/3/5/air_berman…

This Is America: Interview with Grad Student Workers from UC Santa Cruz and UC San Diego
It's Going Down | indybay.org | 2020-03-05
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

MPs set to receive 3.1% pay rise from April
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-05
MPs will receive a pay rise of 3.1% from April this year, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has said. | The increase, announced on Thursday, will raise MPs' basic pay from £79,468 to £81,932 and will be effective from 1 April. | It follows a decision confirmed in 2018 by IPSA to adjust the pay of MPs at the same rate as public sector earnings, which are published by the Office of National Statistics. | The announcement marks the first time MPs' salaries have exceeded £80,000 and is an i…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/03/05/mps-set-to-receive-3-1-pay-rise-from-april/

Planet Enigma: The Unknown Origin of Mercury's Magnetic Field
sputniknews.com | 2020-03-05
Many planets in the Solar System have magnetic fields. The one on Earth is moderately strong and is capable of shielding our ozone layer from solar wind and cosmic rays and harmful ultraviolet radiation. It is believed that Mercury's magnetic field once was strong, but its origin has long puzzled scientists.
sputniknews.com/science/202003051078482543-planet-enigma-the-unknown-origin-of-mercurys-magnetic-field/

Palestine declares state of emergency over coronavirus
yenisafak.com | 2020-03-05
The Palestinian Health Ministry on Thursday announced a state of emergency in the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Jericho over suspected coronavirus cases.The ministry said a hotel in Bethlehem was quarantined due to a number of suspected cases.All hotel reservations were cancelled and tourists temporarily restricted in the cities.All mosques, churches and educational institutions will remain closed for a fortnight, the period the virus takes to show symptoms.The ministry called on citizens to remain calm.The new coronavirus known as COVID-19 emerged in Wuhan, China, last December and has now spread to over 80…
yenisafak.com/en/world/palestine-declares-state-of-emergency-over-coronavirus-3513386

The Brexit Fallout Gathers Pace
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
The news of Britain's economic and political well-being just gets worse and worse as each week parades by. There simply isn't any Brexit sunlight at the end of any tunnel to bring us news of renewed prosperity and optimism. Project …
globalresearch.ca/brexit-fallout-gathers-pace/5705659

Selected Articles: Turkey at War with Syria
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-05
Lying is a money making activity and lies are commodities. There is a profitable global market for media and public figures committed to spreading disinformation. | Needless to say, "Telling the Truth", on the other hand, Is Not a Money-Making Proposition. …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-turkey-war-syria-whose-side-winning/5705666

Kaia Rolle, Handcuffed and Arrested at 6: How Many More, and for How Long Will This Happen in America?
B. Nimri Aziz | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-04
While fretting over refugee children in freezing tents along Turkey's border, or Nargis Fazili's family fleeing Afghanistan across Asia to Europe, or lone migrant children caged in U.S. detention centers, we may barely register what happens to American children like Kaia Rolle; she's a 6-year-old student at a not unusual neighborhood school in Florida. I…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/04/kaia-rolle-handcuffed-and-arrested-at-6-how-many-more-and-for-how-long-will-this-happen-in-america/

Coronavirus: What the Western Media Doesn't Tell You: High Recovery Rates in China
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-04
Western media hype: Fear and panic, disruption of the global economy. That makes the headlines. | But not a word is mentioned that the COVID-19 pandemic in China is under control: people are being treated in hospitals and they are recovering. …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-high-recovery-rates-in-china-most-recent-figures/5705570

Kaia Rolle, Handcuffed and Arrested at 6: How Many More, and for How Long Will This Happen in America?
B. Nimri Aziz | counterpunch.org | 2020-03-04
While fretting over refugee children in freezing tents along Turkey's border, or Nargis Fazili's family fleeing Afghanistan across Asia to Europe, or lone migrant children caged in U.S. detention centers, we may barely register what happens to American children like Kaia Rolle; she's a 6-year-old student at a not unusual neighborhood school in Florida. I…
counterpunch.org/2020/03/04/kaia-rolle-handcuffed-and-arrested-at-6-how-many-more-and-for-how-long-will-this-happen-in-america/

Spanish Protest in Defense of Public Education
telesurenglish.net | 2020-03-04
Schools in Andalusia, Spain, called for a demonstration on Wednesday to protest against new school regulations that are seriously damaging public education for the benefit of private interests. | RELATED: | Catalonia's Pro-Independence Leader Cheered at Vic University | The mobilization, that brings together more than 100,000 teachers from public schools in Andalusia and other cities, is a forceful response to the imposition of the Decree on Schooling by the Ministry of Educatio…
telesurenglish.net/news/spain-protest-in-defense-of-public-education-20200304-0009.html

Video: Syrian Armed Forces Teach '2nd Strongest NATO Army' Painful Lesson in Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-04
Units of the Russian Military Police entered the town of Saraqib in eastern Idlib following the second liberation of the town from al-Qaeda terrorists and Turkish forces. According to the Russian military, the deployment took place at 5: 00pm local time …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-armed-forces-teach-2nd-strongest-nato-army-painful-lesson-idlib/5705469

From Monroe to Trump. US Sponsored Military Coups in Latin America
Elson Concepción Pérez | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-04
The current U.S. President again threatens military action against Venezuela and continues sanctioning governments and companies with ties to the Bolivarian Republic and Cuba | *** | More than 200 years have passed since James Monroe became the fifth president of the …
globalresearch.ca/from-monroe-trump/5705472

The Syria Deception
Swiss Propaganda Research | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-04
What is the Syria war about? | Contrary to the depiction in Western media, the Syria war is not a civil war. This is because the initiators, financiers and a large part of the anti-government fighters come from abroad. | Nor …
globalresearch.ca/the-syria-deception/5705505

The Informational War that Got Us to Where We Are
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-04
Every day of your life there is an informational war going on. You are not really aware of it

Electoral Dirty Tricks in Play on Super Tuesday?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-04
How is it possible for a Dem presidential aspirant ahead in most Super Tuesday states (according to polls), including California and Texas, to lose overall to a challenger? | The latest pre-Super Tuesday polls showed Sanders leading Biden by wide margins …
globalresearch.ca/electoral-dirty-tricks-play-super-tuesday/5705518

Venezuela Responds with Principled Conviction to the US' Desperate Attempts at Regime Change
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-04
The continued effort to overthrow President Maduro does not seem to produce the intended results for the perpetrators, but rather sends signals of desperation. The regime change plotters may be wishing to achieve what they did in Bolivia. But that …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-responds-principled-conviction-us-desperate-attempts-regime-change/5705483

Daring to Kiss: Coronavirus and the Butterfly Effect
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-04
At some point, it seemed like a slow burner, gathering attention with each press release from the World Health Organisation. When talking about a threat, language is everything. With more cases of COVID-19 being identified, the panic that comes from …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-butterfly-effect/5705478

Trump Taps Former Chemical Industry Shill to Lead Consumer Product Safety Commission
EWG | globalresearch.ca | 2020-03-04
President Trump intends to nominate a former top chemical industry executive, who at the Environmental Protection Agency has led the rollback of important chemical safety regulations, to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, according to an announcement issued last night …
globalresearch.ca/trump-taps-former-chemical-industry-shill-lead-consumer-product-safety-commission/5705501

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2020-03-04: News Headlines

RT (2020-03-04). Major MILESTONE as scientists use CRISPR gene-editing in patient's body for first time. rt.com Scientists have used the controversial CRISPR gene-editing technique on DNA on live tissue inside a person's body for the first time, in a landmark procedure that could dramatically change the field of medicine. | The world-first procedure involved injecting the gene-editing tool into the patient's eye, in the hopes of restoring their sight lost to a rare genetic disorder. | Preliminary results are expected within weeks, while a more comprehensive assessment of how much, if any, sight was restored will take two to three months. | "This dosing is a truly historic event — for science, for medicine, and mos…

RT (2020-03-04). 15 Italian tourists diagnosed with Covid-19 in India. rt.com A group of tourists from Italy, who were screened on arrival in India, have tested positive for coronavirus, the country's media reported citing health authorities. The news comes as India struggles to avoid the outbreak. | Some 15 Italians have been kept in preventive quarantine since Tuesday, New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences confirmed to the media. Another Italian tourist and his wife had previously shown initial symptoms of Covid-19 in the city of Jaipur. | India has introduced some pre-emptive measures in an effort to keep the epidemic at bay. It suspended visas issued to nationals from…

RT (2020-03-04). Italy confirms plan to shut schools as death toll passes 100 & number of infected jumps to over 3,000. rt.com The Italian government has raised the country's death toll from Covid-19 passed 100 and confirmed that it is shutting all schools, universities and academic institutions to help prevent the spread of the illness. | Minister for Education Lucia Azzolina confirmed that schools across Italy will remain closed from Thursday March 5 until March 15, at the earliest, as a precautionary measure to help stem the tide of infection. |

Mark Gruenberg (2020-03-04). Supreme Court dumps fate of Affordable Care Act right into height of election campaign. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court has dumped the fate of the Affordable Care Act right into the height of the 2020 election campaign. But it won't rule on whether the ACA survives until after the Nov. 3 balloting—and that pisses off ACA backers no end. But in the meantime, those supporters, including Teachers President Randi Weingarten, …

B. Nimri Aziz (2020-03-04). Kaia Rolle, Handcuffed and Arrested at 6: How Many More, and for How Long Will This Happen in America? counterpunch.org While fretting over refugee children in freezing tents along Turkey's border, or Nargis Fazili's family fleeing Afghanistan across Asia to Europe, or lone migrant children caged in U.S. detention centers, we may barely register what happens to American children like Kaia Rolle; she's a 6-year-old student at a not unusual neighborhood school in Florida. I

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-03-04). Coronavirus: una falsa pandemia? Chi c'è dietro questo? Destabilizzazione economica, sociale e geopolitica globale. globalresearch.ca La campagna pubblicitaria e di disinformazione sulla diffusione del nuovo coronavirus COVID-19 ha creato un clima di paura e incertezza in tutto il mondo da quando l'OMS l'ha dichiarata un'emergenza medica della sanità pubblica internazionale il 30 gennaio. | La campagna …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-03-04). Coronavirus: High Recovery Rates in China. Most Recent Figures. globalresearch.ca The following data on COVID-19 was confirmed on SITUATION IN NUMBERS total and new cases in last 24 hours | Globally | 90 870 confirmed (1922 new) | China | 80 304 confirmed (130 new) 2946 deaths (31 new) …

Posted by Lynda Carson (2020-03-04). Media Advisory: Coalition of unions unite against cuts to public education. indybay.org On Thursday, March 5, hundreds of parents, students, educators, support staff, and community allies will hold a rally to demand that the San Francisco Board of Education partner with us to identify alternative budget solutions and prevent any and all cuts and layoffs!

teleSUR (2020-03-04). Spanish Protest in Defense of Public Education. telesurenglish.net Schools in Andalusia, Spain, called for a demonstration on Wednesday to protest against new school regulations that are seriously damaging public education for the benefit of private interests. | RELATED: | The mobilization, that brings together more than 100,000 teachers from public schools in Andalusia and other cities, is a forceful response to the imposition of the Decree on Schooling by the Ministry of Educatio…

South Front (2020-03-04). Video: Syrian Armed Forces Teach '2nd Strongest NATO Army' Painful Lesson in Idlib. globalresearch.ca Units of the Russian Military Police entered the town of Saraqib in eastern Idlib following the second liberation of the town from al-Qaeda terrorists and Turkish forces. According to the Russian military, the deployment took place at 5: 00pm local time …

Stephen Lendman (2020-03-04). Electoral Dirty Tricks in Play on Super Tuesday? globalresearch.ca How is it possible for a Dem presidential aspirant ahead in most Super Tuesday states (according to polls), including California and Texas, to lose overall to a challenger? | The latest pre-Super Tuesday polls showed Sanders leading Biden by wide margins …

Brian Cloughley (2020-03-04). The Myth of Moderate Nuclear War. globalresearch.ca There are many influential supporters of nuclear war, and some of these contend that the use of 'low-yield' and/or short-range weapons is practicable without the possibility of escalation to all-out Armageddon. In a way their argument is comparable to that …

Elson Concepción Pérez (2020-03-04). From Monroe to Trump. US Sponsored Military Coups in Latin America. globalresearch.ca The current U.S. President again threatens military action against Venezuela and continues sanctioning governments and companies with ties to the Bolivarian Republic and Cuba | *** | More than 200 years have passed since James Monroe became the fifth president of the …

Scott Ritter (2020-03-04). The Threat of a Nuclear War Between the US and Russia Is Now at Its Greatest Since 1983. globalresearch.ca When the Commander of NATO says he is a fan of flexible first strike at the same time that NATO is flexing its military muscle on Russia's border, the risk of inadvertent nuclear war is real. | US Air Force Gen. …

F. William Engdahl (2020-03-04). What's Going on with the Arctic 'Doomsday' Seed Vault? globalresearch.ca Against the backdrop of the spreading fear about a global coronavirus pandemic, an event has slipped largely under the radar at a spot so removed from the rest of the world that most are unaware of its existence. The Svalbard …

True Publica (2020-03-04). The Informational War that Got Us to Where We Are. globalresearch.ca Every day of your life there is an informational war going on. You are not really aware of it — that's the point. Its purpose is to distort the narrative and swing the political direction of a country to favour …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-03-04). Daring to Kiss: Coronavirus and the Butterfly Effect. globalresearch.ca At some point, it seemed like a slow burner, gathering attention with each press release from the World Health Organisation. When talking about a threat, language is everything. With more cases of COVID-19 being identified, the panic that comes from …

Larry Romanoff (2020-03-04). China's Coronavirus: A Shocking Update. Did The Virus Originate in the US? globalresearch.ca The Western media quickly laid out the official narrative for the outbreak of COVID-19 which appeared to have begun in China, claiming it to have originated with animals at a wet market in Wuhan. According to Chinese and Japanese reports, the virus originated elsewhere.

EWG (2020-03-04). Trump Taps Former Chemical Industry Shill to Lead Consumer Product Safety Commission. globalresearch.ca President Trump intends to nominate a former top chemical industry executive, who at the Environmental Protection Agency has led the rollback of important chemical safety regulations, to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission, according to

True Publica (2020-03-04). Child Rights — Britain Plunges from 11th to 170th in Just Two Years. globalresearch.ca Britain is circling the plughole. So many things are wrong on so many levels it's difficult to know where to start. After the banks crashed the economy, austerity followed. One £trillion was added to the national debt. Half was thrown …

Nino Pagliccia (2020-03-04). Venezuela Responds with Principled Conviction to the US' Desperate Attempts at Regime Change. globalresearch.ca The continued effort to overthrow President Maduro does not seem to produce the intended results for the perpetrators, but rather sends signals of desperation. The regime change plotters may be wishing to achieve what they did in Bolivia. But that …

Steven Parfitt (2020-03-04). U.K. Universities Strike Again, over Pensions, Pay, and Equity. zcomm.org Whether they can win those gains will depend on how many of them join the picket lines, on how students respond to another disruption to their studies, and on how many university managers are forced to recognize the scale of the problems facing their employees…

Fight Back (2020-03-04). Denver students celebrate Black History Month. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – Denver Students for a Democratic Society hosted local Denver activist Shareef Aleem for an event about radical Black history in the U.S., Feb. 25, as a part of Black History Month. At the event, Aleem discussed the history of radical Black activism, as well as how Black art and culture has been seized and stolen for generations. Aleem, an activist for over 20 years, has been involved in numerous groups, particularly in the peace movement and in the movement for police accountability. | "Anything Black people have in this country, somebody spilled their blood over," Aleem noted in his speech. Aleem th…

It's Going Down (2020-03-04). This Is America: Interview with Grad Student Workers from UC Santa Cruz and UC San Diego. indybay.org We feature a discussion with two anarchists involved in the ongoing #COLA4All struggle and wildcat strike popping off across University of California campuses. We talk about how the movement has grown in the face of threats from the UC President and where the strike might go now, after over 80 grad workers have been laid off for participating in strike activity. | Scroll down for the audio interview.

James A Haught (2020-03-04). Problems with Bible Classes. counterpunch.org Here in Appalachia's Bible Belt, conservatives in the Legislature want to force all West Virginia public high schools to teach Bible classes, as occurs in several other Republican-controlled states. I wonder how such classes handle Bible topics like these: First, the Bible decrees that gay males must be killed. Leviticus 20: 13 says: "If a man

yenisafak (2020-03-04). Coronavirus cases surge to 240 in Germany. yenisafak.com The number of coronavirus cases in Germany has jumped to 240, the country's disease control agency announced on Wednesday.Germany's most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia recorded 111 cases, followed by the southeastern state of Bavaria with 44 new cases, according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI).The number of confirmed coronavirus in the German capital of Berlin rose to 6. The recent statistics marked an increase of 52 cases in 24 hours.16 patients, who were diagnosed earlier with the novel coronavirus, have reportedly recovered.No deaths have occurred in Germany so far in connection with the new virus.-…

sputniknews (2020-03-04). Physicists Prove Correct Ground-Breaking Decades-Long Magnetic Field Theory. sputniknews.com As part of their applied research, scientists have come to believe that a long-standing idea about how ferromagnetism — the physical mechanism behind fridge magnets – works at the nanoscale is actually correct, and may even underlie stunning would-be technological breakthroughs, like quantum computers and simulators.

sputniknews (2020-03-04). Shining a Light on Dark Matter? Crucial Mystery Around Substance Almost Solved, Scientists Claim. sputniknews.com Astrophysicists believe that dark matter makes up to 85 percent of our universe and played a crucial role in the evolution of the universe and yet it is invisible as it does not emit, reflect, or absorb light. The origin of dark matter is an enigma that has puzzled scientists for decades.

sputniknews (2020-03-04). Environmental Activist Greta Thunberg Delivers Speech to European Parliament – Video. sputniknews.com In 2018, Thunberg left school to pursue environmental activism. She has since organised numerous protests in Sweden, including in front of the Swedish Parliament, urging students to skip school every Friday in order to protest against climate change.

Global Research News (2020-03-04). Selected Articles: From Monroe to Trump. US Sponsored Military Coups in Latin America. globalresearch.ca A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | | | If, like us, this is a …

Stuart Munckton (2020-03-04). Eight new books for an ecosocialist bookshelf. greenleft.org.au By John Bellamy Foster & Brett Clark
| Monthly Review Press, 2020 | Foster and Clark examine how capitalism plunders nature…

Helen Kennedy (2020-03-04). New Cuban Families Code a chance to advance gender and LGBTQ equality. peoplesworld.org Forty-five years ago, on International Women's Day, Cuba passed its first Family Code, which covered legal obligations regarding marriage, divorce, relationships, recognition of children, and their education and care. Cuba's new constitution was adopted in 2019 with the proviso that, within two years, the Family Code would be updated to reflect the modern situation of …

Eric A. Gordon (2020-03-03). 'Requiem: This Earth, Our Home': A high school chorus tackles climate change. peoplesworld.org VAN NUYS, Calif.—A requiem is the Latin mass for the dead. High school students at Van Nuys High School in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley know perfectly well the Earth is not dead. Yet. But the way things are going…. Requiem: This Earth, Our Home is the latest entry in the catalogue of works created …

WSWS (2020-03-03). UK university workers face a political struggle against Johnson government. wsws.org The strike is the largest ever in higher education, with staff taking action at 74 universities.

Ira Glunts (2020-03-03). The Brooklyn Yeshiva Anthem Protest and Why It Is Not Antisemitic. dissidentvoice.org An anti-Semite used to be a person who disliked Jews. Now it is a person who Jews dislike. — Hajo Meyer, Jewish German-born Dutch physicist and Auschwitz survivor. Antisemitism is a trick we always use. — Shulamit Aloni, Jewish Israeli, former Israeli Minister of Education, longtime member of the Israeli parliament. On Sunday, February 23 …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-03-03). Kosovo's Legitimacy Receives Massive Blow After Another Withdrawal of Recognition. globalresearch.ca In unexpected news today, the small West African country of Sierra Leone has withdrawn recognition of the so-called independence of Kosovo. This now means that of the 193 UN member states, only 92 countries recognize the self-proclaimed independence of Kosovo, …

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2020-03-03). Brazil on the Brink of Environmental Collapse. globalresearch.ca A MV Stellar Banner ship with almost 300 thousand tons of iron ore is stuck on the Brazilian coast, just over 10 kilometers from the coast. There is a great risk of sinking, as its hull is on the verge …

Charles Bogle (2020-03-03). National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood—How the US Military and CIA Go About Their Propaganda Operations. globalresearch.ca In National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood (2017), Dr. Matthew Alford and Tom Secker offer convincing proof that the US Department of Defense, CIA and FBI have for decades used various means to manipulate …

Fiona Edwards (2020-03-03). New study reveals that US-backed coup in Bolivia was based on lies. thecanary.co The blatant lies and hypocrisy of the US have been exposed with the publication of a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). This shows there Coup 2019 was the real fraud: | The US researchers at MIT have demolished the false claims that the US administration put…

Irwin Jerome (2020-03-03). Ancestral Lands and Canada's First Nations: Whose Ways Must Take Precedence to Heal Mother Earth. globalresearch.ca A dispute between the traditional hereditary chiefs of the Wet'suewet'en First Nation of Northern British Columbia and Government of Canada recently erupted over the construction of a TC Energy Coastal Gas pipeline through their unceded territories. This controversy is akin …

Jean Saint-Vil (2020-03-03). Ottawa "Initiative on Haiti": Petition to House of Commons. globalresearch.ca Whereas: | On January 9, 2020, Radio Canada's flagship newscast "Enquête" reported on the "Ottawa Initiative on Haiti" held at the Meech Lake Government Complex on January 31 and February 1, 2003; | No Haitian officials were reportedly invited to the private …

Mark Taliano (2020-03-03). Washington-led NATO's War on Syria and Syrians. globalresearch.ca Washington-led NATO and their allies support all of the terrorists in Syria, hence, the terrorists are appropriately named NATO terrorists. NATO has command and control (1) of all of the terrorists. Turkey, currently in the limelight for its supreme criminality, …

Shane Quinn (2020-03-03). Neoliberal Globalization Is Pushing Humanity "Towards the Edge" globalresearch.ca There have been a number of harmful consequences as a result of the neoliberal era, which emerged in the late 1970s, taking off during the tenures of Ronald Reagan (US president, 1981-1989) and Margaret Thatcher (British prime minister, 1979-1990). There …

Edward Curtin (2020-03-03). Keep It Simple and Question: Propaganda, Technology, and Coronavirus COVID-19. globalresearch.ca My father, a well-educated lawyer with a very sophisticated mind, used to advise me to "keep it simple." By simple he didn't mean simplistic. He meant fundamentally logical and to the point. So I will do that here and stick …

Barbara Nimri Aziz (2020-03-03). Six Year Old Kaia Rolle, Handcuffed by Orlando Police and Arrested: How Many More, and for How Long Is this America? globalresearch.ca While fretting over refugee children in freezing tents along Turkey's border, or Nargis Fazili's family fleeing Afghanistan across (see

Junaid S. Ahmad (2020-03-03). The US-Taliban 'Peace Deal'? Imperial State Criminality and Terrorism, Dr. Aafia Siddiqui and "Restorative Justice" globalresearch.ca March 2nd, was the birthday of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. People may be forgiven (should they be?) for forgetting about Aafia since these seventeen birthdays of hers have gone by with her incarcerated, humiliated, tortured, and God knows what in …

Stephen Lendman (2020-03-03). Surprise Israeli Election Results. Netanyahu Has a Narrow Lead over Benny Gantz. globalresearch.ca Pre-election polls showed a likely dead heat between Netanyahu's Likud party and lead challenger Benny Gantz's Blue and White party. | Both parties were projected to win 33 of 120 Knesset seats. A 61-seat majority coalition is required to form a …

Andrew Korybko (2020-03-03). Afghan Peace Deal: Observations, Loopholes, and Expectations. globalresearch.ca The US and the Taliban signed an historic peace deal on Saturday in the Qatari capital of Doha which sets the timeline and conditions for the full withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan, with this landmark agreement giving credible reasons …

Eric Toussaint (2020-03-03). IMF "Economic Medicine" Imposed on Sri-Lanka: Inhuman at the Micro and Macro Levels. globalresearch.ca The For years, the IMF has been pushing for an end to customs barriers protecting local producers, whether …

South Front (2020-03-03). Video: Syrian Army Recaptures Saraqib from Erdogan Forces as Syrian-Turkish Conflict in Idlib Intensifies. globalresearch.ca Turkey and Syria are in a state of undeclared war. Ankara shied away to declare the war officially and the scale of its operations is much lower than in the event of a full-scale open conflict. However, Turkish forces, including …

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