Cynthia McKinney is an international peace and human rights activist, noted for her inconvenient truth-telling about the U.S. war machine. She was held for seven days in an Israeli prison after attempting to enter Gaza by sea and traveled to Libya during U.S. bombing and witnessed the crimes against humanity committed against that country’s people. In addition to Libya, she has traveled to Cuba, Syria, Russia, Iran, Pakistan, and as she puts it: “Wherever U.S. bombs are dropping or U.S. sanctions are biting.” She is the author or editor of four Clarity Press books: She has written one book, “Ain’t Nothing Like Freedom,” and edited “The Illegal War on Libya” and the 2018 book, “How the U.S. Creates Sh*thole Countries.” She was in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) researching U.S. and Western allegations that Chinese Muslims were being subjected to genocide at the time of the discovery of SARS-CoV-2. After just barely exiting China before it and the world “locked down,” Cynthia shifted the focus of her next book from Muslims in China to the viral phenomenon gripping the world. This resulted in the first book published on the political economy of the coronavirus: “WHEN CHINA SNEEZES, From the Coronavirus Lockdown to the Global Politico-Economic Crisis.” McKinney holds a B.A. from the University of Southern California, an M.A.L.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and a Ph.D. from Antioch University. Cynthia McKinney is a former U.S. Congresswoman and Green Party nominee for president of the United States and is an assistant professor at a leading Asian University.