US Military Attack on Venezuela Mulled by Top Trump Advisors and Latin American Officials at Private DC Meeting
Max Blumenthal | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
EXCLUSIVE: Away from the public eye, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank hosted a top-level, off-the-record meeting to explore US military options against Venezuela. | *** | The Washington, DC-based think tank the Center for Strategic and International …
globalresearch.ca/us-military-attack-venezuela-mulled-top-trump-advisors-latin-american-officials-private-dc-meeting/5674609
Asesores de Trump se reúnen en Washington para evaluar ataque militar contra Venezuela
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-04-16
EXCLUSIVA: Alejado de la mirada pública, el CSIS presidió reunión de alto nivel, y off the record, para explorar opciones…
thegrayzone.com/2019/04/16/trump-csis-reunion-washington-ataque-militar-contra-venezuela/
More American Troops to Afghanistan, To Keep the Chinese Out? Lithium and the Battle for Afghanistan's Mineral Riches
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
Trump calls for escalation of the war in Afghanistan. Why? Is he going after the bad guys, or is it something else? Afghanistan has significant oil, natural gas and strategic raw material resources, not to mention opium, a multibillion dollar industry which feeds America's illegal heroin market.
globalresearch.ca/more-american-troops-to-afghanistan-to-keep-the-chinese-out-lithium-and-the-battle-for-afghanistans-mineral-riches-2/5605456
The Spoils of War: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
Since the US led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, the Golden Crescent opium trade has soared. According to the US media, this lucrative contraband is protected by Osama, the Taliban, not to mention, of course, the regional warlords, in defiance of the "international community".
globalresearch.ca/the-spoils-of-war-afghanistan-s-multibillion-dollar-heroin-trade/91
Defending Julian Assange; Defending the Truth
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
On 11 April 2019, WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange was dragged from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London by UK police and arrested for breaching a bail condition. See 'Arrest update — SW1'. Upon arrival at a London police station, Julian …
globalresearch.ca/defending-julian-assange-defending-truth/5674588
Julian Assange Arrested — Murdering Human Rights, Freedom of Speech — Murdering Freedom
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
Indignation has no limits! Arresting Julian Assange is murdering the truth, murdering Human Rights — and eliminating freedom of speech, let alone freedom of the media. The latter has been a farce since a while, but what happened on 11 …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-arrested-human-rights-freedom-speech/5674581
Julian Assange's Life Is in Danger
Eric London | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
Following Thursday's arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London, the governments of the US, Britain and Ecuador are engaged in a conspiracy to facilitate the whistleblower's extraordinary rendition to the US. Julian Assange's life and liberty are in imminent …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assanges-life-danger/5674603
Assange Used Ecuadorian Embassy for Spying? Lenin Moreno
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
Unacceptable actions need a veneer of plausibility to make them appear justifiable, no matter how outrageous they are in the cold light of day. | The US unjustifiably justifies naked aggression and other hostile actions on the phony pretexts of humanitarian …
globalresearch.ca/assange-used-ecuadorian-embassy-spying/5674622
The Ordeal of Julian Assange
Denis Rogatyuk | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-16
The scenes of six Metropolitan police officers dragging Julian Assange out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London as he was clutching a copy of "History of the National Security State" by Gore Vidal have sent shockwaves of horror and an avalanche of condemnation from all around the world. Although Lenin Moreno has been working towards…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/16/the-ordeal-of-julian-assange/
A Land Uncharted: the Persecution of Julian Assange
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-16
The persecution and arrest of Julian Assange is the first and most definitive step toward full blown global fascism. The symbolism of a gravely ill journalist being manhandled by uniformed henchmen is the exact imagery it needed to send a chilling message to whistleblowers and the press. The assault and eventual dismantling of what remains of a free press has always been that first step, and it is what lies on the horizon barring mass dissent. For decades the mainstream media has acquiesced to the demands of the corporate world of high finance that now owns them outright and the military and surveillance state th…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/16/a-land-uncharted-the-persecution-of-julian-assange/
Manning, Assange, WikiLeaks and U.S. war crimes
Taryn Fivek | workers.org | 2019-04-16
No person who watched "Collateral Murder" could deny the brutality of U.S. imperialism. Smuggled out of Iraq by Chelsea Manning and published by WikiLeaks in 2010, the video reveals the murder of more than a dozen people by occupying U.S. soldiers from Apache helicopters. The video itself is shot from . . . | Continue reading Manning, Assange, WikiLeaks and U.S. war crimes at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/04/16/manning-assange-wikileaks-and-u-s-war-crimes/
If Your Country Were Committing War Crimes Would You Want to Know?
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-16
That is a question one might pose to people who are celebrating the arrest of Julian Assange. The arrest of WikiLeakers founder Julian Assange on April 11 has been met with celebration by politicians and media figures and with howls… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/16/if-your-country-were-committing-war-crimes-would-you-want-to-know/
Julian and Martin: Reflections on the Arrest of Assange
Richard Rubenstein | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-16
Will someone please explain to me why Martin Luther King, Jr. is considered a hero for violating laws sustaining the system of racial discrimination, while Julian Assange is considered a villain for violating laws sustaining the system of imperial war? Democratic Party bigwigs are celebrating the arrest of the Wikileaks founder in London and the…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/16/julian-and-martin-reflections-on-the-arrest-of-assange/
Assange's Judge a Disgrace to the Bench, Former UK Ambassador Says
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-16
Craig Murray asks you to imagine Western media reaction if a Russian opposition politician were dragged out by armed police, and within three hours convicted on a political charge by a patently biased judge. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk Both Chelsea… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/15/assanges-judge-a-disgrace-to-the-bench-former-uk-ambassador-says/
Ecuador Gov't Violating Ola Bini Rights, His Father Warns
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-16
The parents of Ola Bini, the Swedish software developer arrested in Ecuador earlier this week, gave a press conference in Ecuador's capital Quito Tuesday a day after they arrived into the country. | RELATED: | WikiLeaks 'Collaborator' Ola Bini in Preventative Custody | During the press conference, Ola Bini's father Dag Gustafsson rejected allegations against the activist, and requested that "the authorities support them and stop with the accusations." He said that Lenin Moreno's gover…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ecuador-Govt-Violating-Ola-Bini-Rights-His-Father-Warns-20190416-0019.html
Women Activists Wary of Female Presence in Taliban Peace Talks
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-16
Women will be included in the Taliban delegation to peace talks in Qatar this month, the movement's main spokesman said Monday, ahead of the latest round of meetings aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan, news that Afghan women activists are warning might not mean real progress. | RELATED: | 'Thuggish': Trump Imposes Visa Bans on ICC Staff Probing US War Crimes in Afghanistan | The April 19-21 meeting in Doha will be between the Taliban and a delegation com…
telesurenglish.net/news/Afghan-Women-Activists-Wary-of-Superficial-Presence-of-Women-in-Taliban-Peace-Talks-20190416-0016.html
Why Won't the Mainstream Media Acknowledge Our Forever Wars?
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-16
Taking a country to war is the most consequential step political leaders can take. So it would follow that a free press tasked with holding political leaders accountable for such a fateful decision would exercise the utmost scrutiny when it comes to reporting on the costs–both financial and human. | This necessarily rigorous journalistic oversight should never be satisfied with repeating vague claims of progress or accepting easily contradicted evidence about having achieved peace. Literal human lives, both civilian and military, hang in the balance, and so as a war drags on, it becomes increasingly importa…
truthdig.com/articles/why-wont-the-mainstream-media-acknowledge-our-forever-wars/
African Union Presses Sudan's Army to Transfer Power in 15 Days
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-16
The African Union (AU) warned Sudan's military that they have 15 days to install a civilian government, otherwise they will be kicked out of the 55 member bloc. | RELATED: | Sudan's Protesters Vow to Continue Demanding Civilian Gov't | AU's Peace and Security Council said in a statement Monday that Sudan must aim to hold "free, fair and transparent elect…
telesurenglish.net/news/African-Union-Presses-Sudans-Army-to-Transfer-Power-in-15-Days-20190416-0012.html
Taliban Team at Afghan Peace Talks to Include Women: Spokesman
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-16
Women will be included for the first time in the Taliban delegation to peace talks in Qatar this month, the movement's main spokesman said on Monday, ahead of the latest round of meetings aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan. | RELATED: | Excluded Afghan President Claims Last Word on Any Peace Deal | For a group notorious for its strictly conservative attitude to women's rights, the move represents a step towards addressing demands that women be included in the talks, intended…
telesurenglish.net/news/Taliban-Team-at-Afghan-Peace-Talks-to-Include-Women-Spokesman-20190416-0006.html
Defining Endless War Down – How corporate media factcheckers dismiss nearly three decades of combat in Iraq
Reed Richardson | fair.org | 2019-04-16
by Reed Richardson | Taking a country to war is the most consequential step political leaders can take. So it would follow that a free press tasked with holding political leaders accountable for such a fateful decision would exercise the utmost scrutiny when it comes to reporting on the costs–both financial and human. | This necessarily rigorous journalistic oversight should never be satisfied with repeating vague claims of progress or accepting easily contradicted evidence about having achieved peace. Literal human lives, both civilian and military, hang in the balance, and so as a war drags on, it becomes…
fair.org/home/defining-endless-war-down/
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump & the Bolton-Pompeo Axis
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-16
Patrick Lawrence eyes the U.S. president's difficulties with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor John Bolton as he tries to resume peace talks with Pyongyang. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News Moon Jae-in's Oval Office meeting… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/16/patrick-lawrence-trump-the-bolton-pompeo-axis/
UN Security Council condemns Taliban offensive as a blow against 'sustainable peace'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-04-16
The United Nations Security Council has condemned the announcement by Taliban militants in Afghanistan of its spring offensive, saying it will result in more "unnecessary suffering and destruction for the Afghan people".
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Protest Song Of The Week: 'Declaration Of War' By Rumours Of War
Kevin Gosztola | shadowproof.com | 2019-04-16
The anarcho-punk track depicts a world of politicians hiding in bunkers and locked down palaces. The elites fear what the rabble may do to them as they fight back against their poverty and repression.
shadowproof.com/2019/04/16/protest-song-of-the-week-declaration-of-war-by-rumours-of-war/
Netanyahu's Victory in Israel Tells Us About the Balance of Power in the Middle East
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-16
Benjamin Netanyahu is an early version of the nationalist populist leaders that have come to power in country after country in recent decades. He has an acute sense of who holds — and does not hold — power and how to manipulate it. No wonder he gets on well with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. His political…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/16/netanyahus-victory-in-israel-tells-us-about-the-balance-of-power-in-the-middle-east/
Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela? What Crisis?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
Will the Trump regime order military action against Venezuela on the phony pretexts of humanitarian intervention and responsibility to protect (R2P)? | Though highly unlikely, we've seen it many times before — "humanitarian" naked aggression, raping and destroying nations for their …
globalresearch.ca/humanitarian-crisis-venezuela-what-crisis/5674525
Trump Dances to Israel's Tune
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
So newly reelected Israeli monster-in-chief Benjamin Netanyahu has boasted, with a grin, that America's President Donald J. Trump followed through on his proposal to declare the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist group. Bibi was smiling because the …
globalresearch.ca/trump-dances-israels-tune/5674598
No More Excuses: Israeli Voters Have Chosen a Country that Will Mirror the Brutal Regimes of its Arab Neighbours
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-16
So now I guess we've all run out of excuses. Bibi Netanyahu's Israel will not be a new and more right-wing Israel. It's been that for a long time. It's the propaganda that's going to fall to bits. The only democracy in the Middle East? Give me a break. I think Israel now looks much…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/16/no-more-excuses-israeli-voters-have-chosen-a-country-that-will-mirror-the-brutal-regimes-of-its-arab-neighbours/
Saudi Arabia, Israel, US All Sought Bashir's Ouster: So How Real Was the Sudan Revolution?
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-16
Last week's events in Sudan appear to be yet another example of foreign governments manipulating real dissent against an authoritarian government in order to install yet another authoritarian government more friendly to their interests but to the detriment of the people.
mintpressnews.com/saudi-arabia-israel-us-all-sought-bashirs-ouster-how-real-was-sudan-revolution/257417/
Self-Censorship is Credibility Suicide
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-16
What is the job of the news media? To report the news. Everyone agrees about that. But some well-intentioned self-imposed ethical guidelines that members of the news media take for granted are getting in the way of the industry's fundamental mission: telling everything they know to a public whose right to know is sacred. You know…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/16/self-censorship-is-credibility-suicide/
Is Russian 'Meddling' an Attack on America? — RAI with Stephen Cohen
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-16
"The claim that Russia attacked America during the 2016 presidential election is both exceedingly dangerous and a complete falsehood," says Stephen Cohen on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay…
therealnews.com/stories/is-russian-meddling-an-attack-on-america-rai-with-stephen-cohen
Bernie Sanders' Foreign Policy Vision is Incoherent and Dangerous
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-16
While Sanders positions himself as an anti-war candidate, so too did Trump. Sanders even echoes the Trump talking points: China and Russia are our enemies; Maduro won his presidency through election fraud; and Iran is a sponsor of terror.
mintpressnews.com/here-is-why-bernie-sanders-foreign-policy-vision-is-incoherent-and-dangerous/257480/
Iranian FM Arrives in Damascus to Meet with Assad
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-16
The Foreign Minister of Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif, arrived in Damascus on Tuesday to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, Prime Minister Imad Khamis, and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, the Sputnik News Agency reported. | RELATED: | Iran Calls Pompeo's Accusations of Meddling in Venezuela 'Ridiculous' | Zarif is meeting with the Syrian government on behalf of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. | The Iranian Foreign Minister landed in Damascus this afternoon, where…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iranian-FM-Arrives-in-Damascus-to-Meet-with-Assad-20190416-0005.html
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Qods Force
Dr. Dennis M. Nilsen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
When the Islamic Revolution occurred in February 1979 with the return to Iran of the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a political earthquake in the Middle East very visibly began. Until this year, the Iranians had only experienced the rule …
globalresearch.ca/iranian-revolutionary-guard-qods-force/5674594
Jo Cox: A Tragedy Twisted into a Bogus 'Terror Plot'?
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
The Guardian reported it as — Far-right terrorist Thomas Mair jailed for life for Jo Cox murder. "The judge said Mair would have to serve a whole-life sentence due to the "exceptional seriousness" of the offence: a murder committed to …
globalresearch.ca/jo-cox-tragedy-twisted-bogus-terror-plot/5674602
No, Assad Didn't "Win" the War, He Was Compelled by Putin to "Compromise"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
It's misleading to assert that Assad "won" the war even though he still remains in office as the country's democratically elected and legitimate leader since Putin compelled him to "compromise" on several important issues after the Liberation of Aleppo and …
globalresearch.ca/assad-didnt-win-war-compelled-putin-compromise/5674600
Passing the Parcel: The European Union and Refugees in the Mediterranean
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
The modern UN Refugee Convention is now so flea-bitten it's been put out to the garbage tip of history. At least the enthusiastic fleas think so, given their conduct as political representatives across a range of parliaments keen on barbed …
globalresearch.ca/passing-the-parcel-the-european-union-and-refugees-in-the-mediterranean/5674590
From Tribe, to King, to 'Democracy' to Mafia. The Criminalization of US Politics
Deena Stryker | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
The problem is no …
globalresearch.ca/tribe-king-democracy-mafia/5674526
US and NATO's Ongoing Support for Neo-Nazis in the Ukraine
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
Over the past few months, NATO's Jens Stoltenberg has continued outlining his organization's "recognition" for the Ukraine "to become a member of NATO". Two weeks ago Stoltenberg pronounced publicly in Washington that "we work with Ukraine to help Ukraine move …
globalresearch.ca/us-natos-ongoing-support-neo-nazis-ukraine/5674577
No War No NATO: Support the Anti-War Movement
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
Dear Readers, | April 7th, 2019 marked the adoption of the Florence Declaration, drafted by Italy's Anti-war Committee and the Centre for Research on Globalization during the Florence No War No NATO Conference. | The declaration states that | The risk of | …
globalresearch.ca/no-war-no-nato-support-the-anti-war-movement/5674567
Libya and the Scramble for Africa
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
North Africa is in turmoil again and the cause of it can be found in the plots of the Europeans and Americans to break nations states into pieces in order to control the oil and gas producing areas of the …
globalresearch.ca/libya-scramble-africa/5674524
70 Anni della Nato: Di Guerra in Guerra. Dichiarazione di Firenze
Comité No Guerra no Nato | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
Il rischio di una grande guerra che, con l'uso delle armi nucleari potrebbe segnare la fine dell'Umanità , è reale e sta aumentando, anche se non è percepito dall'opinione pubblica tenuta all'oscuro dell'incombente pericolo. | àà di vitale importanza il massimo impegno …
globalresearch.ca/70-anni-della-nato-di-guerra-in-guerra-dichiarazione-di-firenze/5674639
International Criminal Lawyer: ICC Is Controlled by the US and EU
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
An International Criminal Lawyer has underscored that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has fallen under the influence of those who fund it mainly the EU, and US and private corporations who donate to it and who are very willing to …
globalresearch.ca/international-criminal-lawyer-icc-controlled-us-eu/5674573
Reminder: French Catholic Churches Were Being Desecrated Weeks Prior to Notre Dame Cathedral Fire
The Clover Chronicle | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
While the world watched in horror at Paris' historic Notre Dame Cathedral erupting in flames Monday, the fire is only the latest in a series of incidents that have left social media awash in images of heavily damaged churches. | France …
globalresearch.ca/reminder-french-catholic-churches-desecrated-prior-notre-dame-cathedral-fire/5674606
Brzezinski's Warning to America. The Liberal World Order is Falling Apart. America's Unavoidable Decline
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
The liberal world order, which lasted from the end of World War 2 until today, is rapidly collapsing. The center of gravity is shifting from west to east where China and India are experiencing explosive growth and where a revitalized …
globalresearch.ca/brzezinskis-warning-to-america-the-liberal-world-order-is-falling-apart-americas-unavoidable-decline/5674584
New series: 100 Years of the Communist Party USA
People's World | peoplesworld.org | 2019-04-16
"The world is on the verge of a new era. Europe is in revolt. The masses of Asia are stirring uneasily. Capitalism is in collapse. The workers of the world are seeing a new life and securing new courage. Out of the night of war is coming a new day… The class war rages fiercely …
peoplesworld.org/article/new-series-100-years-of-the-communist-party-usa/
Stephen Miller and the White Nationalist Takeover of the White House
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-16
The rise of the far right has put us at a dangerous crossroads in our nation's history, warn journalists Jeff Cohen and Jacqueline Luqman.
truthdig.com/articles/stephen-miller-and-the-white-nationalist-takeover-of-the-white-house/
The Making and Unmaking of Brazilian Democracy
Alex Cuadros | thenation.com | 2019-04-16
The Making and Unmaking of Brazilian Democracy…
thenation.com/article/brazil-a-biography-lilia-schwarcz-heloisa-starling-book-review/
A chronicle to define what collectives are in Venezuela
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-04-16
The first time I saw a collective in action and what it's capable of, I was just a little kid. I'd been, about nine, maybe ten. That takes us back to 1969, in the hills of Los Frailes in Catia, in the upper part of the Macayapa neighbourhood, at the foot of the Waraira Repano. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/04/16/a-chronicle-to-define-what-collectives-are-in-venezuela/
The Divisive Center vs. The Unifying Left
Peter Bloom | commondreams.org | 2019-04-16
This line of Centrist critique is quite revealing. It perpetuates a prevailing discourse that progressives exist at the political extreme and therefore would like to further split the nation into warring camps. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1137452891.jpg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/04/16/divisive-center-vs-unifying-left?cd-origin=rss
Was Ending the Draft a Grave Mistake? No
Rory Fanning | truthdig.com | 2019-04-16
We appreciate Danny Sjursen's April 3 article " Was Ending the Draft a Grave Mistake?" He raises some key questions that many people have also considered about the draft and about whether or not it is a viable way to curb American militarism and adventurism. Sjursen is an important voice in the small antiwar movement in the U.S. at present, and we are glad to see more public discussion challenging U.S. imperialism. That said, we wanted to pose a few questions a…
truthdig.com/articles/was-ending-the-draft-a-grave-mistake-no/