{"id":161869,"date":"2020-06-01T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=161869"},"modified":"2025-01-10T15:12:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T15:12:15","slug":"global-capitalism-world-government-and-the-corona-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2020\/06\/global-capitalism-world-government-and-the-corona-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Capitalism, \u201cWorld Government\u201d and the Corona Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"subtitle\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>When the Lie Becomes the Truth There Is No Moving Backwards<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>\n&#8212; President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 17 Jan 1961<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>24 May 2020 &#8211; The World is being misled concerning the causes and consequences of the corona crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The COVID-19 crisis is\u00a0marked\u00a0by a public health \u201cemergency\u201d under WHO auspices which is being used as a pretext and a \u00a0justification to triggering a Worldwide process of economic, social and political restructuring.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Social engineering is being applied. Governments are pressured into extending the lockdown, despite its devastating economic and social consequences.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What is happening is unprecedented in World history.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Prominent scientists support the lockdown without batting an eyelid, as a \u201csolution\u201d to a global health emergency.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Amply\u00a0documented, the estimates of the\u00a0COVID-19 disease including mortality are grossly manipulated.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In turn, people are obeying their governments. Why? Because they are afraid?\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Causes versus solutions? <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The closing down of national economies applied Worldwide will\u00a0inevitably result in poverty, mass unemployment and an increase in mortality. It\u2019s an act of economic warfare.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sheep-cordeiros-carneiros.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-161871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sheep-cordeiros-carneiros.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sheep-cordeiros-carneiros.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sheep-cordeiros-carneiros-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stage One: Trade War against China<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On January \u00a030, 2020 the\u00a0WHO Director General determined that the coronavirus outbreak constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The decision was taken on the basis of 150 confirmed cases outside China, First cases of person to person transmission: 6 cases in the US, 3 cases in Canada, 2 in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO Director General had the backing of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Big Pharma and the World Economic Forum (WEF). The decision for the\u00a0WHO to declare a Global Emergency was taken on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland \u00a0(January 21-24).<\/p>\n<p>One day later (January 31) following the launch of the WHO Global Emergency, The Trump administration announced that it will deny entry to foreign nationals\u00a0\u201cwho have traveled in China in the last 14 days\u201d<strong>.<\/strong> This immediately triggered a crisis in air transportation, China-US trade as well as the tourism industry. Italy followed suit, cancelling all flights to China on January 31.<\/p>\n<p>The first stage was accompanied by the disruption of trade relations with China as well as a partial closedown of export manufacturing sector.<\/p>\n<p>A campaign was immediately launched against China as well ethnic Chinese.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/china\/2020\/02\/17\/the-coronavirus-spreads-racism-against-and-among-ethnic-chinese\" >The Economist reported<\/a> that<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coronavirus spreads racism against and among ethnic Chinese\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBritain\u2019s Chinese community faces racism over coronavirus outbreak\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/video\/world\/3050436\/britains-chinese-community-faces-racism-over-coronavirus-outbreak\" > SCMP<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cChinese communities overseas are increasingly facing racist abuse and discrimination amid the coronavirus outbreak. Some ethnic Chinese people living in the UK say they experienced growing hostility because of the deadly virus that originated in China.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And this phenomenon is happening all over the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stage Two: The Financial Crash\u00a0Spearheaded by Fear and Stock Market Manipulation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A global financial crisis unfolded in the course of the month of February culminating in a dramatic collapse of stock\u00a0market\u00a0values as well as a major decline in the value of crude oil.<\/p>\n<p>This collapse was manipulated. It was the object of insider trading and foreknowledge. The fear campaign played a key role in the implementation of the stock market crash.\u00a0In February, roughly $6 trillion have been wiped off the value of stock markets Worldwide. Massive losses of personal savings (e.g. of average Americans) have occurred not to mention corporate failures and bankruptcies.\u00a0It was a bonanza for institutional speculators including corporate hedge funds. The financial meltdown has led to sizeable transfers of money wealth into the pockets of a handful of financial institutions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stage Three: Lockdown, Confinement, Closing Down of \u00a0the Global Economy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The financial crash in February was immediately followed by the lockdown in early March.\u00a0The lockdown and confinement supported by social engineering was instrumental in the\u00a0restructuring\u00a0of the global economy. Applied almost simultaneously in a large number countries, the lockdown has triggered the closing down of the national economy, coupled with the destabilization of trade, transport and investment activities.<\/p>\n<p>The pandemic constitutes an act of economic warfare against humanity which has resulted in global poverty and mass unemployment.<\/p>\n<p>Politicians are lying. Neither the lockdown nor the closing down of national economies constitute a solution to the public health crisis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who Controls the Politicians?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Why are politicians lying?<\/p>\n<p>They are the political instruments of the financial\u00a0establishment including the \u201cUltra-rich philanthropists\u201d. Their task is to carry out the global economic restructuring project which consists in freezing economic\u00a0activity Worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0the case of the Democrats in the US, they are largely concerned in opposing the reopening of the US economy as part of the 2020 election campaign. This opposition to\u00a0reopening\u00a0the\u00a0national\u00a0and global economies is supported by \u201cBig Money\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Is it opportunism or stupidity. In all major regions of the World, politicians have been instructed by powerful financial interests to retain the lockdown and prevent the re-opening of the national economy.<\/p>\n<p>The fear campaign prevails. Social distancing is enforced. The economy is closed down. \u00a0Totalitarian measures are being imposed. According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/the-real-coronavirus-victims-relations-between-people\/5712970\" >Dr. Pascal Sacr\u00e9<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026 in some countries, patients can leave hospital by agreeing to wear an electronic bracelet. This is only a sample of all the totalitarian measures planned or even already decided by our governments <strong>in favor of the coronavirus crisis<\/strong>. It goes much further, it\u2019s limitless and it affects a good part of the world, if not the whole world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The \u201cHerding Instincts\u201d of Politicians<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are corrupt governments acting like \u201cpolice dogs\u201d with \u201cherding instincts\u201d going after their sheep.<\/p>\n<p>Is \u201cthe herd\u201d too scared to go after their \u201cgovernment\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>The analogy may be simplistic but nonetheless considered relevant by psychologists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome breeds of dogs [corrupt politicians] have herding instincts that can be brought out with the right training and encouragement [bribes]. \u2026. teach your dog [political proxy] basic obedience and see if it [he, she] displays herding tendencies.\u00a0\u2026\u00a0Always look for a trainer who uses reward-based training methods [bribes, personal gain, political support, accession to high office]\u201d (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Teach-Your-Dog-to-Herd\" >How to Teach Your Dog to Herd<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>But there is another dimension. Politicians in high office responsible for \u201cconvincing their herd\u201d actually believe the lies which are being imposed upon them by higher authority.<\/p>\n<p>The lie becomes the truth. Politicians endorse the consensus, they enforce \u201csocial engineering\u201d, they believe in their own lies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sheep-cordeiros-carneiros-dog-cachorro.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-161873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sheep-cordeiros-carneiros-dog-cachorro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sheep-cordeiros-carneiros-dog-cachorro.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/sheep-cordeiros-carneiros-dog-cachorro-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s Not an Epidemic, It\u2019s An Operation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>US <strong>Secretary of State Mike Pompeo<\/strong>\u00a0 (slip of the tongue) tacitly admits in a somewhat contradictory statement that the COVID-19 is a \u201cLive Exercise\u201d, an\u00a0\u201cOperation\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThis is not about retribution,\u2026 <\/strong><strong>This matter is going forward \u2014 we are in a live exercise here to get this right.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To which president Trump retorted \u201cyou should have told us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Those words will go down in history.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Qscuw_3aUk\" width=\"690\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Geopolitics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let us be under no illusions, this is a carefully planned operation. There is nothing spontaneous or accidental. Economic recession is engineered at national and global levels. In turn, this crisis is also integrated into US-NATO military and intelligence planning. It is intent not only upon weakening China, Russia and Iran, it also consists in\u00a0destabilizing\u00a0the economic fabric of the European Union (EU).<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cGlobal Governance\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A new stage in the evolution of\u00a0global\u00a0capitalism is unfolding.\u00a0A system of \u00a0\u201cGlobal Governance\u201d controlled by powerful financial interests including corporate foundations and Washington think tanks oversees decision-making at both the national and global levels.\u00a0National governments become subordinate to \u201cGlobal Governance\u201d. The concept of World Government was raised by the late <strong>David Rockefeller<\/strong> at the Bilderberger Meeting, Baden Germany, June 1991:<\/p>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<div id=\"layout-single\">\n<div>\u201cSome even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as \u2018internationalists\u2019 and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure, one world if you will. If that is the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.\u201d (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/beware-new-world-order\/\" >Ibid<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>People do not question the consensus, a consensus which borders on the absurd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global Capitalism and \u201cThe Economic Landscape\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The crisis redefines the\u00a0structure\u00a0of the <strong>global economic landscape<\/strong>. It\u00a0destabilizes small and medium sized enterprises Worldwide, it \u00a0precipitates entire sectors of the global economy including air travel, tourism, retail trade,\u00a0manufacturing, etc. into bankruptcy. \u00a0The lockdown creates famine in developing countries. It has geopolitical implications.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon and US intelligence are involved. The corona\u00a0crisis\u00a0affects to conduct of US-NATO led wars in the Middle East including Syria, Iraq and\u00a0Afghanistan and Yemen. It is also used to target specific countries including Iran and Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>This engineered crisis is unprecedented in world history. It is an act of war.<\/p>\n<p>The lockdown triggers a process of disengagement of human and material resources from the\u00a0productive\u00a0process. The real economy is brought to a standstill. Curtailing economic activity undermines the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marxists.org\/archive\/marx\/works\/1890\/letters\/90_09_21.htm\" > \u201creproduction\u00a0of real life\u201d.<\/a> This not only pertains to the actual production of the \u201cnecessities of life\u201d (food, health, education, housing) it also pertains to the \u201creproduction\u201d of \u00a0social relations, political institutions, culture, national identity. At the time of writing, the lockdown is not only triggering an economic crisis, it is also undermining and destroying the very fabric of civil society not to mention the nature of government and the institutions of the state (crippled by mounting debts), which will eventually be privatized under the supervision of Big Money creditors.<\/p>\n<p>There are\u00a0conflicts\u00a0within the capitalist system which are rarely addressed by the mainstream media. Billionaires, powerful banking and financial institutions (which are creditors of both governments and\u00a0corporations) are waging <strong>an undeclared war against the real economy<\/strong>. Whereas the Big Money financial and banking establishment are \u201ccreditors\u201d, the \u00a0corporate\u00a0entities of the real economy which are being\u00a0destabilized and driven into\u00a0bankruptcy\u00a0are \u201cdebtors\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bankruptcies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This diabolical process is not limited to wiping out small and medium sized enterprises.\u00a0Big Money is also the creditor of \u00a0large corporations (including airlines, hotel chains, hi tech labs, retailers, import-export firms, etc.) which are now on the verge of bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<p>The global financial establishment is not monolithic. It is marked by divisions and rivalry. The dominant Big Money faction seeks to destabilize its competitors from within. The results of which would be a\u00a0string\u00a0of \u00a0bankruptcies of regional and national banking\u00a0institutions\u00a0as well as a process of global financial consolidation.<\/p>\n<p>In the US, numerous retailers, airlines, restaurant and hotel chains filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February. But this is just the\u00a0beginning. The big gush of bankruptcies will occur in the wake of the lockdown (\u201cThe New Normal\u201d). And at the time of writing, the financial establishment is relentlessly pressuring (corrupt) national governments to postpone the lifting of the lockdown. And the\u00a0governments are telling us that this is to \u201cprotect people against the virus\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s province of Alberta which is largely dependent on oil revenues is bankrupt.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cCountries that represent over 50 per cent of the world\u2019s global GDP are closed for business. Economists looking for historical comparisons mention the 1929 stock crash, the 1974 economic crisis or the 2008 recession. But they admit that these all fall short of the toll that this pandemic could have.\u201d (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/article\/coronavirus-economic-impact\" >Wired News UK,<\/a> April 29, 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In Britain, recent reports state (It\u2019s very British\u201d)\u00a0\u201cwe do not know how many have gone bankrupt\u201d.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"a-sidebar-content\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"a-sidebar-content__title\">A chunk of Britain\u2019s business landscape may have already been permanently erased, as some 21,000 more UK businesses collapsed in March alone than the same month a year ago, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.enterpriseresearch.ac.uk\/uk-companies-facing-covid-19-pincer-movement-data-shows\/\" class=\"bb-a\" >data gathered by the Enterprise Research Centre<\/a>, a group of university researchers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"bb-p\">What these reports fail to mention are the unspoken causes: a fear campaign on behalf of the creditors, instructions by corrupt governments to close down the economy, allegedly to \u201csave lives\u201d, which is a big lie. Lives are not being saved, and they know it.<\/p>\n<p>The coronavirus\u00a0crisis \u201chas ground U.S. business to a halt\u201d. National economies are destabilized.\u00a0The objective of Big Money is to weaken their competitors,\u00a0\u201cpick up the pieces\u201d\u00a0and eventually buy out or\u00a0eliminate bankrupt\u00a0corporations. And there are many to choose from.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Global Finance Capitalism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The interests of Big Money (global financial interests) overlap with those of Big Pharma, Big Oil, the Defense contractors, etc. Major banking institutions in the US including <span lang=\"en-US\">JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo, State Street Co. and Goldman Sachs, are investing in the war economy including the development of nuclear weapons under Trump\u2019s 1.2 trillion dollar nuclear weapons program (first established under Obama).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The ultimate objective of \u201cBig Money\u201d is to transform nation states (with their own institutions and a national economy) into \u201copen economic territories\u201d. That was the fate of Iraq and Afghanistan. But now you can do it without sending in troops, by simply ordering subservient proxy governments integrated by corrupt politicians to close down their economy on humanitarian grounds, the so-called \u201cResponsibility to Protect\u201d (R2P) without the need for military intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Impossible to estimate or evaluate. More than half the global economy is disrupted or at a standstill.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s be clear. This is an imperial agenda. What do the global financial elites want? To privatize the State? To own and privatize the entire planet?<\/p>\n<p>The tendency is towards the centralization and concentration of economic power. <strong>Heavily indebted national governments<\/strong> are instruments of Big Money. They are proxies. Key political appointments are controlled by lobby groups\u00a0representing Wall Street, The Military Industrial Complex, Big Pharma, Big Oil, the\u00a0Corporate\u00a0Media and the Digital Communications Giants, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Big Money in Europe and America (through Washington Lobby groups)\u00a0seek to control national governments.<\/p>\n<p>In what direction are we going? What is the future of humanity? The current corona crisis is a sophisticated imperial project, which consists in Worldwide domination by a handful of multibillion dollar conglomerates. Is this World War III? Global capitalism is destroying national capitalism.<\/p>\n<p>The unspoken intent of global capitalism is the destruction of\u00a0the\u00a0nation state and its institutions leading to global poverty on an unprecedented scale.<\/p>\n<p>The following citation by Lenin dated December 1915 at the height of the First World War pointed with foresight to some of the contradictions which we are presently facing. On the other hand, we should understand that there are no easy solutions and that this crisis is intended to reinforce imperialism and the clutch of global capitalism:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThere is no doubt that the development is going in the direction of a single World trust which will swallow up all enterprises and all states without exception. But the development in this direction is proceeding under such stress, with such a tempo, with such contradictions, conflicts and convulsions not only economical, but political national, etc. etc \u2014 that before a single world trust will be reached, before the respective financial national capitals will have formed a \u201cWorld Union\u201d of ultra imperialism, imperialism will explode and capitalism will turn into its opposite.<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>V. I. Lenin<\/strong>, Introduction to <em>Imperialism and World Economy by <\/em><strong>N, Bukharin,<\/strong> Martin Lawrence, London, printed in the US, Russian Edition, November 1917)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How to reverse the tide. The first priority is to repeal the lie.<\/p>\n<p>In this regard, it is unfortunate that many people who are \u201cprogressive\u201d (including prominent Left intellectuals) are \u2013despite the lies\u2013 \u00a0supportive of the lockdown and closing down of the economy as a solution to the public health emergency. That\u2019s the stance of the Democratic Party in the US, which goes against common sense.<\/p>\n<p>Truth is a powerful weapon for repealing the lies of the corporate media and the governments.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When the Lie Becomes the Truth There is No Moving Backwards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Without the fear campaign and media propaganda, the actions taken by our governments would not have a leg to stand on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSocial Distancing\u201d does not prevent the financial elites from providing instructions to corrupt politicians.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, \u201csocial distancing\u201d combined with confinement is being used as a means of social subordination.\u00a0It prevents people from meeting as well as protesting this so-called New World Order.<\/p>\n<p>Organization, Truth and Solidarity are essential to reversing the tide. The first step of a worldwide movement is \u201ccounter-propaganda\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>_______________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>Related articles:<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"alignleft\"><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong class=\"title\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/video-dr-anthony-fauci-on-the-2009-h1n1pandemic-the-2009-h1n1-vaccine-caused-brain-damage-in-children\/5711540\" >2009 H1N1 Vaccine Caused Brain Damage in Children. Dr. Anthony Fauci on \u201cVaccine Safety\u201d Issues &#8211;\u00a0<\/a><\/strong>By <span class=\"author\">Prof Michel Chossudovsky<\/span>, May 03, 2020<\/em><\/li>\n<li class=\"alignleft\"><em><strong class=\"title\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/after-the-lockdown-a-global-coronavirus-vaccination-program\/5706547\" >After the Lockdown: A Global Coronavirus Vaccination Program <\/a><\/strong>By <span class=\"author\">Prof Michel Chossudovsky<\/span>, April 25, 2020<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Michel-Chossudovsky.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-143077\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Michel-Chossudovsky.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/em><em>Michel Chossudovsky is an award-winning author, Professor of Economics (emeritus) at the University of Ottawa, Founder and Director of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG), Montreal, Editor of Global Research.\u00a0 He has taught as visiting professor in Western Europe, Southeast Asia, the Pacific and Latin America. He has served as economic adviser to governments of developing countries and has acted as a consultant for several international organizations. He is the author of eleven books including\u00a0<\/em>The Globalization of Poverty and The New World Order\u00a0(<em>2003<\/em>),\u00a0America\u2019s \u201cWar on Terrorism\u201d\u00a0(<em>2005<\/em>),\u00a0The Global Economic Crisis, The Great Depression of the Twenty-first Century\u00a0(<em>2009<\/em>) (<em>Editor<\/em>),\u00a0Towards a World War III Scenario: The Dangers of Nuclear War\u00a0(<em>2011<\/em>), The Globalization of War, America&#8217;s Long War against Humanity (<em>2015<\/em>). <em>He is a contributor to the<\/em> Encyclopaedia Britannica.\u00a0 <em>His writings have been published in more than twenty languages.\u00a0In 2014, he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit of the Republic of Serbia for his writings on NATO&#8217;s war of aggression against Yugoslavia. He can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:crgeditor@yahoo.com\">crgeditor@yahoo.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Copyright \u00a9 <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/author\/michel-chossudovsky\" title=\"Posts by Prof Michel Chossudovsky\" >Prof Michel Chossudovsky<\/a>, <\/em>Global Research<em>, 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/global-capitalism-world-government-and-the-corona-crisis\/5712312\" >Go to Original \u2013 globalresearch.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 May 2020 &#8211; The World is being misled concerning the causes and consequences of the corona crisis. The COVID-19 crisis is marked by a public health \u201cemergency\u201d under WHO auspices which is being used as a pretext and a justification to triggering a worldwide process of economic, social and political restructuring. Social engineering is being applied. Governments are pressured into extending the lockdown, despite its devastating economic and social consequences. 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