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Month: March 2020

The Coronavirus Closes Borders

By George Friedman* The border between the United States and Canada has been closed. I don’t recall that ever happening before; I’m not sure what it is supposed to achieve, given that the coronavirus is rampant in both countries, and… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Health, Politics

Our Right to Vote in November Is in Real Danger—But It Can Still Be Saved

Opinion, Doug Gordon* – Newsweek  “The system was blinking red.” That is what an intelligence official reportedly said about briefings President Donald Trump and congressional leaders received in January about the spread of coronavirus and its potential to become a… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Democracy, Elections, Health, Politics

Hungary’s Viktor Orbán wins vote to rule by decree

By Lili Bayer – POLITICO While the new legislation remains in place, no elections can be held and Orbán’s government will be able to suspend the enforcement of certain laws The Hungarian parliament on Monday voted by a two-thirds majority… Continue Reading →

Human Rights, Populism, Racism, xenofobia

The nation-state strikes back

By Jan Zielonka* -Social Europe (London) While initial responses to the coronavirus crisis have favoured national sovereignty and public authority, effective solutions will only emerge from a complex network of multi-level governance. From Madrid to Paris, Berlin to Warsaw, the… Continue Reading →

Civil Society, Democracy, Globalization, Politics

Lashing Out at China Over Coronavirus Does Nothing for America’s Health, Security or Economy

Bonnie Kristian * -Newsweek The deterioration of U.S.-Chinese relations over who is to blame for the novel coronavirus may be a warning of things to come. Beijing has spent recent weeks in a concerted effort to shift blame for its… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Health, Politics

The Coronavirus, Trump and the American Dream

By Pietro Garau* The Democratic establishment has concentrated political warfare on one goal: the removal of Donald J, Trump. It is an obsessive fixation, and a convenient one. The latter aspect resides in the reassuring narrative that once Trump is… Continue Reading →

Health, Neo-liberalism, Politics, Populism

China’s Mask Diplomacy

By Brian Wong – The Diplomat,  Asia-Pacific By shipping medical supplies to European countries, China is seeking to boost its image as a responsible global leader. The COVID-19 outbreak has taken the world by storm, leading to a near-total standstill in… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Health, Politics, Populism

A ‘Draft Andrew Cuomo’ for president movement popped up

By Nikki Schwab* – Daily Mail, UK Draft Andrew Cuomo! Democratic twittersphere lights up with demands to make New York governor the party’s 2020 candidate after commanding response to coronavirus put Joe Biden in the shade ‘Draft Andrew Cuomo’ accounts… Continue Reading →

Elections, Health, Politics

The coronavirus wake-up call

Asoka Bandarage* – Asia Times The number of people infected and dying from the Covid-19 pandemic is increasing exponentially. A massive loss of humanity, as occurred during the “Spanish” flu of 1918 that killed 50 million to 100 million, is… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Health, Neo-liberalism, Politics

Bill Gates’s Charity Paradox

By Tim Schwab* – The Nation Bill Gates Gives to the Rich (Including Himself). His renowned charitable activities seem to serve mainly private interests, namely his own. A Nation investigation illustrates the moral hazards surrounding the Gates Foundation’s $50 billion charitable enterprise.… Continue Reading →

Digital Age, Economy / Finance, Globalization, Information & Communication, Neo-liberalism

Water security for all the inhabitants of the earth

By Riccardo Petrella* Public water. Starting from the universal public security of water, the first world common good for life. It’s evening. Today more than 21,000 children under the age of five have died in the world (7.9 million every… Continue Reading →

Civil Society, Democracy, Environment, Health, Human Rights, Inequality and Social Justice

Stronger UN Leadership Needed to Cope with Coronavirus Threat

By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram (*) SYDNEY and KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 24 2020 (IPS) – The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic is hard to predict as events are still unfolding, and estimates vary dramatically. UNCTAD estimates lost… Continue Reading →

Development, Economy / Finance, Health, militarization, Science

Does the Pandemic have a Silver Lining? / Covid-19: What comes afterwards?

Arthur Lyon Dahl* – Seán Ó Siochrú* Should we thank God for the Pandemic? It may seem weird to be thankful for a catastrophe. Human suffering is never something to be sought or revelled in. But the pandemic now sweeping… Continue Reading →

Climate Change, Environment, Health

Socialism at Its Finest after Fed’s Bazooka Fails

By Ellen Brown* -The Web of Debt, Blog In what is being called the worst financial crisis since 1929, the US stock market has lost a third of its value in the space of a month, wiping out all of its gains of… Continue Reading →

Economy / Finance, Globalization, Neo-liberalism

Could the Coronavirus Be a Biological Weapon in the Not-Too-Distant Future?

By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Mar 20 2020 (IPS) – The devastating spread of the deadly coronavirus across every continent– with the exception of Antarctica– has triggered a conspiracy theory on social media: what if the virus was really a… Continue Reading →

Health, History, Politics, Violence

What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again.

Sasha Abramsky* – The Nation This administration has never missed an opportunity to blame immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees for our woes In emergencies, things are done at speed, often without due process. That has become apparent as the coronavirus… Continue Reading →

Health, Human Rights, Populism, Racism

“Coronavirus Capitalism”: Naomi Klein’s Case for Transformative Change Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

By Democracy Now! * Author, activist and journalist Naomi Klein says the coronavirus crisis, like earlier ones, could be a catalyst to shower aid on the wealthiest interests in society, including those most responsible for our current vulnerabilities, while offering… Continue Reading →

Civil rights, Economy / Finance, Health, Neo-liberalism, Politics, Populism

New polls show effect of right-wing media’s dismissive and conspiratorial coronavirus coverage

By Oliver Darcy* – CNN Business New York, March 18, 2020 – Two polls released this week show the troubling effects that weeks of dismissive and conspiratorial coverage of the novel coronavirus from Fox News and other right-wing media outlets and personalities… Continue Reading →

Health, Information & Communication, Populism

Quarantine and the Supply Chain

By George Friedman* –  Geopolitical Futures, The global medical community appears to have devised a strategy for mitigating the coronavirus that depends largely on quarantine, or limiting contact among the infected and potentially infected, thereby limiting the virus’ spread. No… Continue Reading →

Commerce, Economy / Finance, Health, History

Trump Must Be Investigated For Negligent Homicide, Manslaughter

By Tyler Durden* – ZeroHedge* Authored by Jonathan Turley We recently discussed how an American University professor called for the impeachment of President Donald Trump over his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. Not to be outdone, MSNBC legal analyst Glenn Kirschner is… Continue Reading →

Democracy, Human Rights, Justice, Politics, Populism

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