Uploaded May 2020 | Updated September 2026, 11 hours ago

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Lawyer, journalist, scholar Ajit Singh discusses why the United States is blaming China for the COVID-19 pandemic and why this is wrong-headed and dangerous. His presentation was part of a larger webinar hosted by the Winnipeg Venezuela Peace Committee on May 1, 2020.

The entire webinar is available at youtube.com/watch?v=MxLKCr10rV0.

The Panel

Radhika Desai, Director Geopolitical Economy Research Group

Maria Victor, President of the Board of Directors of the Canadian, Latin American and Caribbean Policy Centre

Dimitry Lascaris, lawyer, activist, journalist and candidate for leadership of the Green Party of Canada

Nigaan Sinclair, Professor of Native Studies, University of Manitoba; columnist at the Winnipeg Free Press and commentator for APTN, CBC, CTV

Ajit Singh, lawyer, independent journalist and contributor to The Grayzone

Host: Alan Freeman, research affiliate of the University of Manitoba’s Geopolitical Economy Research Group

Moderator: Glenn Michalchuk, Chair of Peace Alliance Winnipeg, labour and social justice activist/Winnipeg May Day organizer

Video Editor: Paul S. Graham, paulsgraham.ca