American Empire Killed the Prospect of Peace
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-20
"Veni, Vidi, Vici," boasted Julius Caesar, one of history's great military captains. "I came, I saw, I conquered." | Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton echoed that famed saying when summing up the Obama administration's military intervention in Libya in 2011 — with a small alteration. "We came, we saw, he died," she said with a laugh about the killing of Muammar Gaddafi, that country's autocratic leader. Note what she left out, though: the "vici" or victory part. And how right she was to do so, since Washington's invasi…
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"Say It Ain't So, Joe:" the Latest Neoliberal from the War and Wall Street Party
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-20
Like an annoying rash that could become dangerous, the Wall Street and war wing of the Democratic Party is back for yet another reprise in its run in the 2020 presidential primary and election. Think these representatives of wealth and war and power went away with the mid-evening swing toward doom of the New York Times polls on election night…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/20/say-it-aint-so-joe-the-latest-neoliberal-from-the-war-and-wall-street-party/
Global Kids Strike
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-20
Children's crusades do not necessarily end well. During the years of armed missions to the Holy Land, when Jerusalem meant something to the sacredly inclined in Europe, children were encouraged to take to the rough and dangerous road as it wound its way towards Palestine. In 1212, a boy of 12 is said to have begun…
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Mathematics Abel Prize Awarded to First Woman Recipient
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-20
The prestigious mathematics award, the Abel Prize, has been rewarded to the first female recipient since the first prize was initially awarded in 2003. | RELATED: | Bolivian Woman Scientist Wins Prestigious Prize in Ethnobotany | Mathematician and University of Texas Professor Karen Uhlenbeck was given the award "for her pioneering achievements in geometric partial differential equations, gauge theory and integrable systems, and for the fundamental impact of her work on analysi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mathematics-Abel-Prize-Awarded-to-First-Woman-Recipient-20190320-0007.html
Countdown to "Full Spectrum Dominance"
T.J. Coles | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-20
Photograph Source DOD Updater Private ‚Ä¢ CC BY-SA 4.0 | The US is formally committed to dominating the world by the year 2020. With President Trump's new Space Directive-4, the production of laser-armed fighter jets as possible precursors to space weapons, and the possibility of nuclear warheads being put into orbit, the clock is ticking… | Back in 1997, the now-re-established US Space Command announced its commitment to "full spectrum dominance." The Vision for 20…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/20/countdown-to-full-spectrum-dominance/
How corporate media pave way for war, then and now
John Catalinotto | workers.org | 2019-03-20
For a decade, beginning in 1990, the U.S. and Western European propaganda machines indoctrinated their populations to support a war of aggression against Yugoslavia, which started on March 24, 1999. Yugoslav mother views wreckage of homes after NATO bombing in 1999 Now, on the 20th anniversary of that war, it . . . | Continue reading How corporate media pave way for war, then and now at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/03/20/how-corporate-media-pave-way-for-war-then-and-now/
Empedocles and You and Me
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-20
Perhaps you're not ecstatic About any pre-Socratic. I, though, obtain comfort from The theories of Empedocles, Even if they aren't true Though, maybe they are — Not the fourfold roots, But that which animates these, Permutating that which is: Eros and hatred. Well, of course it's Manichaean Which is démodé — but who's to say…
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Jailed Birds of a Feather May Sing Together
Walter Clemens | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-20
From childhood we learn that you can know somebody by his or her company. Our present president, Donald Trump, values loyalty. He favors people who like what he likes and who think like him. For his closest helpers, he has chosen people who have appeared devoted (or related) to him and who have endorsed goals…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/20/jailed-birds-of-a-feather-may-sing-together/
Failing Students on Climate Change
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-20
Last Friday hundreds of thousands of students around the globe walked out of classrooms to demand that our political leaders take concrete steps to address the deadly threat of climate change. They are right, of course, that the generations of their elders, from millennials to baby boomer grandparents, have failed in our responsibility to preserve…
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The Sweet Smell of Madeleine
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-20
I usually don't go to concerts but this time the piano player was the wife of a friend, so I decided to attend her concert at the Italian House in New York, a beautiful mansion on the West side of 12th street in Manhattan. This is an area where several famous writers and artists lived,…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/20/the-sweet-smell-of-madeleine/
Ukania's Great Privatization Heist
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-20
Margaret Thatcher was very good at telling tall tales. Ukania's tragedy is that far too many Brits fell for these tales.Probably the biggest of these tales concerned the notion of a share-owning democracy.The idea here was simple, but utterly misguided — sell off the publicly-owned enterprises, and everyone will be able to buy shares in the newly privatized companies. By buying however many shares you want, you will become a part of Thatcher's great British share-owning democracy.
counterpunch.org/2019/03/20/ukanias-great-privatization-heist/
Yankees Go Home! Global Mobilizations in Solidarity with Venezuela
Peoples Dispatch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-20
From Malaysia to the Argentina, peoples movements and organizations mobilized on Saturday March 16, to express their solidarity with Venezuela amid one of the most brutal attacks on the country by the US and its allies | *** | This weekend, movements …
globalresearch.ca/yankees-go-home-global-mobilizations-solidarity-venezuela/5672068
Chile-Ecuador Mining Partnership Raises Environmental Concerns
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-20
A project jointly owned by the world's top copper producer Chilean Codelco, and Ecuadorean miner Enami EP has reached the advanced exploration stage despite receiving strong opposition from nearby communities. | RELATED: | Ecuador: Cuenca Says 'No' To Mines In El Cajas National Park | The Llurimagua copper project will be carried out about 80 kilometers northeast of Ecuador's capital, Quito, in the Imbabura Province. Though Codelco considered prospects in Brazil and Mexico, the 982-mi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Ecuador-Mining-Partnership-Raises-Environmental-Concerns-20190320-0003.html
EU Dilemma: How to Deal with China
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-20
Facing China's irresistible rise all across the chessboard, and under relentless US pressure, the not exactly democratic EU leadership is on a backbreaking exercise to position itself between a geopolitical/geoeconomic rock and a hard place. | The 28-member EU holds a …
globalresearch.ca/eu-dilemma-deal-china/5672064
Reading Manifestos: Restricting Brenton Tarrant's "The Great Replacement"
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-20
A censorious and censoring attitude has engulfed responses to the mental airings of the Christchurch shooter. Material in connection with Brenton Tarrant, the alleged gunman behind the killing of 50 individuals at two mosques in New Zealand, is drying …
globalresearch.ca/manifestos-restricting-brenton-tarrants-great-replacement/5672065
Whose Blood, Whose Treasure?
William J. Astore | zcomm.org | 2019-03-20
America's Senior Generals Find No Exits From Endless War…
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Venezuela Is the Epicenter of a Regional Dispute, Lawmaker Says
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Caracas, May 19 (Prensa Latina) The US charge against Venezuela is part of its offensive to control the region, the lawmaker from the National Constituent Assembly (ANC), Fernando Rivero, said on Tuesday.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39939&SEO=venezuela-is-the-epicenter-of-a-regional-dispute-lawmaker-says
Honduran Organizations Reject Meddling in Venezuela Internal Affairs
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Tegucipalga, March 18 (Prensa Latina) On Monday, the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (Copinh) rejected any type of participation in Venezuela"s internal affairs, including a military intervention.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39925&SEO=honduran-organizations-reject-meddling-in-venezuela-internal-affairs
Puerto Rico's Government Was Warned Climate Catastrophe Was Coming, But Didn't Listen
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2019-03-20
Environmental activist Juan Rosario says that, after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico must do more to transition to renewable energy…
therealnews.com/stories/puerto-ricos-government-was-warned-climate-catastrophe-was-coming-but-didnt-listen
Trump, Bolsonaro and the danger of fascism
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-20
Trump hailed the "shared values" between his government and that of a former military officer, who praises the Brazilian military dictatorship that jailed, tortured and murdered tens of thousands of workers and students.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/20/pers-m20.html
Syria and China Sign 17-Million-Dollar Economic Agreement
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Damascus, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) Syria and China signed an agreement on economic and technical cooperation by virtue of which the Chinese Government will donate 100 million yuans (nearly 17 million dollars). The deal was penned by Imad Sabouni, head of the Syrian Agency for Planning and International Cooperation, and Phyong Biao, the ambassador of the People"s Republic of China.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39953&SEO=syria-and-china-sign-17-million-dollar-economic-agreement
Brazil's Economic Activity Drops to 0.41 percent in January
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
18 de marzo de 2019, 15: 39Brasilia, March 18 (Prensa Latina) Brazil"s economy fell to 0.41 percent in January compared to December, according to the Central Bank"s Index of Economic Activity (IBC-Br) released Monday.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39916&SEO=brazils-economic-activity-drops-to-0.41-percent-in-january
Mobilization in Brazil on April 7, One Year after Lula's Imprisonment
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Brasilia, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) The Free Lula National Meeting, held in Sao Paulo, announced a big mobilization in Brazil on April 7, one year after the political imprisonment of the former president, the Workers Party (PT) announced.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39931&SEO=mobilization-in-brazil-on-april-7-one-year-after-lulas-imprisonment
America's Venezuela Strategy: Coup by Sheer Narrative Control
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2019-03-20
(CJ Opinion) — The Trump administration is working to overthrow the government of Venezuela. They are not at this time doing this by military invasion, nor by funneling thousands of armed militants into the country, nor even solely with starvation sanctions and CIA ops. The first and foremost means of overthrowing Venezuela's government currently being utilized by …
America’s Venezuela Strategy: Coup by Sheer Narrative Control
Venezuelan Opposition Must Desist from Violence, Atilio Boron Says
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Caracas, (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan opposition must desist from the violent strategy that currently causes so much damage to the people, Argentine sociologist and political scientist Atilio Boron said.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39946&SEO=venezuelan-opposition-must-desist-from-violence-atilio-boron-says
Venezuela Denounces U.S. Violation of International Law
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
19 de marzo de 2019, 15: 35Caracas, March 19 (Prensa Latina) The forced and illegal occupation of some diplomatic offices of Venezuela in the United States is due to an interferenceist maneuver that attempts against the basic principles of International Law, denounced the constituent Julio Chavez.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39969&SEO=venezuela-denounces-u.s.-violation-of-international-law
Venezuela's Recovery of Electrical Grid Advances after Sabotage
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Caracas, Mar 11 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela's recovery of electrical grid gradually advances Monday with redoubled efforts to prioritize services such as medical care and water distribution in vulnerable areas.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39653&SEO=venezuelas-recovery-of-electrical-grid-advances-after-sabotage
Venezuelan Justice Opens New Investigation Against Guaido
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Caracas, Mar 12 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Public Prosecutor's Office opened Tuesday an investigation against the opposition MP Juan Guaido for his alleged complicity and participation in the continued sabotage of the national electricity system, reported Attorney General Tarek William Saab.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39693&SEO=venezuelan-justice-opens-new-investigation-against-guaido
Hurricane Idai Rated Worst in Southern Africa
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Pretoria, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) The World Food Program office (WFP) for Southern Africa warned on Tuesday the Idai cyclone is probably "the worst meteorological disaster recorded so far in the southern hemisphere of this planet."
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39951&SEO=hurricane-idai-rated-worst-in-southern-africa
Sri Lanka: Abbotsleigh Estate Workers Action Committee and SEP hold powerful conference
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-20
Over 100 people participated, including estate workers, workers from a diverse range of trades, students and a delegation from Sri Lanka's war-ravaged northern province.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/20/conf-m20.html
DPRK Says There Are No Chances for New Negotiations with the US (+Photo)
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Pyongyang, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) The US threw away a golden opportunity at the recent Hanoi summit, and up to now there are no chances for other negotiations, Choe Son-hui, Deputy Foreign Minister of the Democratic People"s Republic of Korea (DPRK), said.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39811&SEO=dprk-says-there-are-no-chances-for-new-negotiations-with-the-us-photo
UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees Undergoes Budget Crisis
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Amman, Mar 17 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Middle East (Urnwa) continues undergoing serious budget crisis, at times when it needs $1.2 billion for the current year.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39883&SEO=un-agency-for-palestinian-refugees-undergoes-budget-crisis
Syrian President Highlights Cooperation with Iraq and Iran
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Damascus, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) "The threat of terrorism has forced nations and governments of the region to coordinate efforts to fight this scourge and confront it," Syrian President Bashar Al Assad said on Tuesday.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39934&SEO=syrian-president-highlights-cooperation-with-iraq-and-iran
Chavez Remains Inspiration for Revolutionaries, Maduro Says
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Caracas, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recalled the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chavez, as a latent inspiration for all revolutionaries.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39840&SEO=chavez-remains-inspiration-for-revolutionaries-maduro-says
Venezuela's Working on Creating Its Own Tech Platform
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Caracas, (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan economist Jose Rodriguez warned Wednesday that cyber sabotage to the National Electric System (SEN) could be applied to payment platforms, whose operations are supported in US headquarters' offices.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39758&SEO=venezuelas-working-on-creating-its-own-tech-platform
Bolsonaro Gov't Granted the US Power to Use Brazilian Base
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Brasilia, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) The governments of Brazil and the US signed an agreement by which the Jair Bolsonaro administration grants Washington power to use the aerospace launching base of Alcantara in the northern Brazilian state of Maranhao.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39929&SEO=bolsonaro-govt-granted-the-us-power-to-use-brazilian-base
United States Imposes More Sanctions on Venezuela
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
19 de marzo de 2019, 15: 13Washington, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) The United States government announced Tuesday sanctions against the Venezuelan mining company Minerven and its president, Adrian Perdomo, for their relations with the Caracas executive.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39965&SEO=united-states-imposes-more-sanctions-on-venezuela
Billions From Deutsche Bank: Despite Trump's Bankruptcies, Defaults, and Financial Malfeasance
Shared by Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2019-03-20
The latest developments about Trump's relationship to Deutsche Bank could be the unraveling with Deutsche Bank and Trump facing a serious legal probe on bank fraud by the House Financial Services Committee chaired by Rep. Maxine Waters…
therealnews.com/stories/billions-from-deutsche-bank-despite-trumps-bankruptcies-defaults-and-financial-malfeasance
Warnings of New Zealand neo-Nazi attack were ignored
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-20
The question must be raised: has the far-right been allowed to operate freely because it enjoys sympathy and support from the police and intelligence agencies in Australia and New Zealand?
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/20/fasc-m20.html
Trump Hails Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Wants Brazil in NATO
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-03-20
(ANTIWAR.COM) — President Trump's meeting with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro seems to be going well, with talk of a growing "North-South Axis," and increasing interest in trade relations as well as deepening military ties. While the most immediate impact was President Trump urging US rocket companies to use Brazil for space launches, arguing it is the "ideal …
Trump Hails Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Wants Brazil in NATO
Toward Racial Justice and a Third Reconstruction
Ellen Schwartz | indybay.org | 2019-03-20
Sierra 2 Center, Room 10, 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA 95818…
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Bay Nature Local Hero Awards Gala
Bay Nature | indybay.org | 2019-03-20
Berkeley City Club | 2315 Durant Avenue | Berkeley, CA 94704…
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Venezuela Attends OPEC Ministerial Monitoring Committee
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Caracas, Mar 17 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela is participating today in the 27th meeting of the Ministerial Committee for Joint Monitoring and Voluntary Adjustment of Crude Oil Production of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), with headquarters in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39880&SEO=venezuela-attends-opec-ministerial-monitoring-committee
Venezuelan Gov't Extends Suspension of Work and Classes
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Caracas, March 12 (Prensa Latina) Labor and teaching activities were suspended from today for an additional 48 hours while the recovery and stabilization of the National Electric Service (SEN) are achieved, informed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39681&SEO=venezuelan-govt-extends-suspension-of-work-and-classes
New Factors Favor Economic Stability in Venezuela
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Caracas, Mar 18 (Prensa Latina) The participation of new factors in the Venezuelan economic sector favor the reduction of prices and the cessation of inflation in the nation, assured Monday businessman Orlando Camacho.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39920&SEO=new-factors-favor-economic-stability-in-venezuela
Russian Pabloites push for a "broad left" amid growing social discontent, advanced US preparations for regime change
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-20
The ultimate aim of the Russian Socialist Movement's proposed "broad left" is to divert the growing social and political opposition within the Russian working class into right-wing channels.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/20/russ-m20.html
 ¥I am Assessing all Options Against Venezuela ¥, Trump Restated
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
19 de marzo de 2019, 15: 22Washington, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) US President Donald Trump restated Tuesday he is assessing all options against Venezuela to overthrow the constitutional government of Nicolas Maduro.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39967&SEO=ai-am-assessing-all-options-against-venezuelaa-trump-restated
There Are Terrorist Acts against Venezuela, Diplomat Says
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-20
Addis Abeba, March 20 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Charge d"Affaires in Ethiopia, Modesto Ruiz, considered that the political, economic and media attack against the government of Nicolas Maduro, led currently by the United States, is a terrorist act.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39981&SEO=there-are-terrorist-acts-against-venezuela-diplomat-says
Global Merchants of Death: US Increases Arms Sales by 29%
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-03-20
The U.S. continues to dominate the worldwide arms market, selling far more than any other country in the world, to over 100 countries. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia's arms imports have tripled, according to SIPRI's latest report…
therealnews.com/stories/global-merchants-of-death-us-increases-arms-sales-by-29
Support for the Family of Agustin Gonsalez asking for support tonight at the Hayward City
Jane Welford | indybay.org | 2019-03-20
777 B Street | HAYWARD, Calif…
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