Venezuela: Failed Military Coup in Caracas. Guaido Seeks Refuge at Spanish Embassy
Venezuelanalysis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
UPDATE: May 1st, 2019. Failed Military Coup. Guaido and Lopez Seek Refuge at Spanish Embassy | Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addressed the country in a televised speech on Tuesday evening, accusing those responsible for the military uprising of trying to provoke …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-failed-military-coup-in-caracas-guaido-seeks-refuge-at-spanish-embassy/5676130
Trump EPA Sides with Bayer/Monsanto over Science, Claims Cancer-Causing Glyphosate Weedkiller 'Safe'
EWG | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
The Environmental Protection Agency said today the active ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto's carcinogenic weedkiller Roundup is safe, ignoring a growing body of independent research showing a strong connection between glyphosate and cancer in humans. | "Today's decision by Administrator Wheeler, like virtually | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-epa-sides-bayermonsanto-science-claims-cancer-causing-weedkiller-safe/5676157
Putin's Wholehearted Defense of China's Belt and Road Puts Him at Serious Odds with India's PM Modi
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
The Russian leader's wholehearted defense of China's Belt & Road Initiative at last week's yearly forum on this global series of megaprojects stands in stark contrast to the position of India's Prime Minister, thus reinforcing the notion that Putin and …
globalresearch.ca/putins-wholehearted-defense-of-chinas-belt-and-road-puts-him-at-serious-odds-with-india-pm-modi/5676148
Zero Percent of US Corporate Media Commentators Oppose Regime Change in Venezuela
Teddy Ostrow | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
A FAIR survey of US opinion journalism on Venezuela found no voices in elite corporate media that opposed regime change in that country. Over a three-month period (1/15/19–4/15/19), zero opinion pieces in the New York Times and Washington Post took …
globalresearch.ca/zero-percent-elite-commentators-oppose-regime-change-venezuela/5676162
Western Military Industrial Complex Creates Unreasonable Fear: Tactic to Divert Tax-Payers Money into Weapons Production
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
The Canadian political analyst and Research Associate at Global Research, Mark Taliano, has affirmed that the West does not have a free press and all of the information to which most western people are exposed is delivered by about …
globalresearch.ca/western-military-industrial-complex-creates-unreasonable-fear-tactic-to-divert-tax-payers-money-into-weapons-production/5676091
The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Is the Perfect Opportunity for Pakistan to Pivot to Africa
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
All Great Powers, including most recently even Russia and India, are increasingly expanding their influence in Africa as they seek to take part in the continent's expected growth across this century, and CPEC provides the perfect opportunity for Pakistan to …
globalresearch.ca/cpec-perfect-opportunity-pakistan-pivot-africa/5676154
Predator Cops, Guilty of Sex Crimes Against Women and Children, Are a Menace to Society
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
" Sexual predation by police officers happens far more often than people in the business are willing to admit."–Former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper | How could this be happening right under our noses? | That's what readers wanted to know …
globalresearch.ca/predator-cops-guilty-sex-crimes-women-children-menace-society/5676138
Tolerance and Spirituality: Debunking the Islamophobic View of an "Intolerant Islam"
Prof. Henry Francis B. Espiritu | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
Mass media portray Islamic societies to be intolerant of other's religious and ideological persuasions. Authentic Islam–as contained in the pristine revelation of the Qur-an–promotes tolerance, harmony, and goodwill of all peoples despite their differences.
globalresearch.ca/tolerance-and-spirituality-debunking-the-islamophobic-view-of-an-intolerant-islam/5616728
How Trump Policies Exacerbate Income Inequality in America
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
Earlier last month I was interviewed by the FNA international news agency on the income inequality trend in the US and asked whether Trump policies have been contributing to it. The following is the verbatim transcript of the interview published …
globalresearch.ca/trump-policies-exacerbate-income-inequality-usa/5676136
Iran Rejects All Negotiations but Signals Domestic Differences: Its Confidence Remains Intact in the Face of Severe Sanctions
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
Despite the positive approach by Iran Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif proposing a humanitarian exchange of prisoners between Washington and Tehran (in an attempt to break the stalemate and ease the current tension), Iranian Speaker Ali Larijani and 'Iranian Revolutionary Guard …
globalresearch.ca/iran-rejects-all-negotiations-signals-domestic-differences-confidence-remains-intact/5676150
A World Without War: Global Research Needs Your Support
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
Dear Readers, | Global Research is a small team that believes in the power of information and analysis to bring about far-reaching societal change including a world without war. We are as committed as ever to the struggle for Peace, but …
globalresearch.ca/a-world-without-war-global-research-needs-your-support/5676117
Venezuela and Binary Choice: Juan Guaido's Coup Attempt
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
When a CIA-backed military coup is attempted by a long term CIA puppet, roared on by John Bolton and backed with the offer of Blackwater mercenaries, in the country with the world's largest oil reserves, I have no difficulty whatsoever …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-binary-choice/5676170
Sri Lanka: Candidate for a New NATO Base?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
Sri Lanka, Easter Sunday, 21 April 2019: More than half a dozen bomb blasts shook the country killing from 250 to more than 350 people. Depending on who counts, the death toll varies. The devastation took place in in several …
globalresearch.ca/sri-lanka-candidate-new-nato-base/5676134
Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Trump Administration's Attempt to Impose U.S. Puppet Government on People of Venezuela
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
Not satisfied with the orgy of violence successive U.S. administrations have imposed on the world over the last two decades in the Middle East and North Africa, the Trump administration–with the full support of a majority of Democrats and the …
globalresearch.ca/black-alliance-peace-condemns-trump-administrations-attempt-impose-u-s-puppet-government-venezuela/5676140
China's Belt and Road Initiative: Towards a Just World?
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
The Belt Road Initiative (BRI) also known as the One Belt One Road (OBOR) project could well emerge as the obor (the flame in Indonesian or Malay) that will blaze the trail in the evolution of a new epoch in …
globalresearch.ca/obor-towards-just-world/5676151
Video: "Clinton Foundation and IS Funded from the Same Sources": Julian Assange interview with John Pilger
Julian Assange | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
This interview was conducted and published in November 2016. | WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stated that Hillary Clinton's Clinton Foundation and the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIL/ISIS) are funded from the same sources. | He was speaking about the organisation's latest …
globalresearch.ca/uk-clinton-foundation-funded-same-sources/5676143
US State Department Offers $4.5 Million Grant to "Investigate" Civilian Casualties in Syria and Iraq
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-01
The US Department of State (DOS) offered a grant opportunity for " Promoting Accountability in Iraq and Syria For Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and War Crimes," on April 16th. | The grant has a funding floor of $500,000 …
globalresearch.ca/us-state-department-offers-4-5m-grant-investigate-civilian-casualties-syria-iraq/5676165
Gaza's Economic Crisis Sends Territory Into Poverty and Chaos
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-01
Dr. Omar Shaban discusses the World Bank report on the shrinking Gaza economy and how Israeli sanctions and restrictions have destroyed a once thriving economy…
therealnews.com/stories/gazas-economic-crisis-sends-territory-into-poverty-and-chaos
My Letter from Joe Biden
Scott Ritter | truthdig.com | 2019-05-01
Author's note: The 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq by a U.S.-led coalition will go down in history as one of the greatest geopolitical disasters in modern history. Then-Sen. Joe Biden was in a unique position to prevent this war from happening. That he chose not to speaks volumes about the man who now seeks to become the next president of the United States. My personal experiences with Biden from 1998 to 2002 provide a window into the character of the man that Americans should familiarize themselves with before considering whether to give him their support. | "I envy your position. I sincerely do.
truthdig.com/articles/my-letter-from-joe-biden/
US Air Force deploys F-35As on their FIRST combat mission (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2019-05-01
Nearly three years after the US Air Force declared F-35As fit for combat duty, two of the stealth jets have finally seen real action over the mountains of Iraq, bombing Islamic State targets, the military has announced. | …
rt.com/usa/458020-f35-first-combat-mission/
US Claims Maduro Was Going to Flee Venezuela, but the Russians Stopped Him
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-01
(ANTIWAR.COM) — When the Venezuelan coup attempt launched earlier on Tuesday, the Trump administration likely didn't figure on having to justify its failure, when officials were loudly endorsing what they had dubbed Operacion Libertad. By evening, the operation had failed, however, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to CNN to try to pin the blame …
US Claims Maduro Was Going to Flee Venezuela, but the Russians Stopped Him
'You're from Florida, not Caracas': Marco Rubio's Twitter fest supporting Guaido gets a bashing
rt.com | 2019-05-01
US Senator Marco Rubio has emerged as a primary backer of the ongoing attempted coup in Venezuela, as he rushed to Twitter to show his support for Washington protégé Juan Guaido — and faced much criticism from the Twitteratti. | …
rt.com/usa/458012-marco-rubio-venezuela-coup-twitter/
This US-Back Rightwing Coup Attempt in Venezuela Must Be Condemned
Gerry Condon | commondreams.org | 2019-05-01
Pro-Guaid√≥ police officers walk around Altamira distribuitor on April 30, 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela. Through a live broadcast via social media, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido called for a military uprising against the government of Nicol√°s Maduro. (Photo: Carolain Caraballo/Vizzor Image/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1146141194.png…
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Guaido supporters confront anti-intervention activists at Venezuelan Embassy in DC (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-05-01
Police have shut down the entrance to the Venezuelan embassy in Washington DC, as crowds backing the country's opposition confront the activists who have been defending the building for over two weeks. | …
rt.com/usa/458013-standoff-venezuelan-embassy-dc/
La delegación de FRSO en Venezuela se reúne con el Ministro de Comunas
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-01
Caracas, Venezuela – La delegación de la Organización Socialista del Camino a la Libertad (FRSO) en Venezuela se reunió con la Ministra de Comunas Blanca Eckhout, después de su discurso triunfante sobre la construcción de 2.6 millones de nuevas viviendas. Eckhout citó a Hugo Chávez y dijo: "Nuestra nueva sociedad no puede ser capitalista porque el capitalismo está diseñado para destruir nuestra patria, nuestra sociedad y nuestra gente". | La delegación de la FRSO se reúne con comunistas, figuras políticas progresistas y miembros del gobierno de Venezuela.
fightbacknews.org/node/7405
Venezuelans Called to Great March in Defense of Sovereignty
plenglish.com | 2019-05-01
Caracas, May 1 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan revolutionary forces are called on Wednesday to a great popular demonstration in defense of the nation"s sovereignty on International Workers" Day.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41500&SEO=venezuelans-called-to-great-march-in-defense-of-sovereignty
Free Palestine: Settler Terror and Ethnic Cleansing, April 30, 2019
Dave Id | indybay.org | 2019-05-01
April 30, 2019: This series on Indybay amplifies stories of the Palestinian people and their struggle for freedom, justice, and equality. These excerpts from the last few weeks are compiled from comprehensive coverage by the International Middle East Media Center. Please, follow and support their work.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/30/18823055.php
End all coup attempts on Venezuela!
Editor | workers.org | 2019-05-01
April 30 — Anti-imperialists in the United States must unite once more, just as we did in February, March and April, to stop the coup that U.S. imperialism is attempting to carry out against the Bolivarian government of Venezuela and against all the workers, farmers, Indigenous and poor people of . . . | Continue reading End all coup attempts on Venezuela! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/04/30/end-all-coup-attempts-on-venezuela/
Social Unrest as Obstacle to Colombian Military Intervention in Venezuela
W. T. Whitney | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-01
Rightwing Colombian governments, obedient to the United States and unhappy with socialist Venezuela, have provided muscle behind the U.S. push for regime change there. What are the capacities of Colombia to intervene militarily in Venezuela? The mainstream and alternative media offer little in this regard. The argument here is that political instability in Colombia is…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/01/social-unrest-as-obstacle-to-colombian-military-intervention-in-venezuela/
We Demand End of US Blockade and Political Hostility, Diaz-Canel Says
plenglish.com | 2019-05-01
Havana, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Monday the May 1 parade will be a scene to denounce the US aggressiveness against Venezuela and Nicaragua and demand the rapid release of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41416&SEO=we-demand-end-of-us-blockade-and-political-hostility-diaz-canel-says
UK Labour Hold Solidarity Event For Bolivia And Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-01
Labour Party members in the U.K. came together on Tuesday to celebrate the progressive gains made by Bolivia's leftist government, which is led by the popular President Evo Morales. However, as the attempted coup in Venezuela unfolded, the speakers raised the importance of solidarity with the Bolivarian country. | RELATED: | Bolivia Under Evo Morales: 13 Years of Reclaiming Sovereignty | The event was organised by "Labour Friends Of A Progressive Latin America", which is a ca…
telesurenglish.net/news/UK-Labour-Hold-Solidarity-Event-For-Bolivia-And-Venezuela-20190501-0002.html
Police Attack Venezuela Solidarity Rally In Argentina
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-01
On Tuesday, police in Buenos Aires heavily repressed a large protest at the Venezuelan Embassy in Argentina. The protesters showing solidarity with the Bolivarian government against the military coup that was ongoing at the time. | RELATED: | US Publicly Admits Support for Coup Attempt in Venezuela | "That guy shot me in the head" exclaimed one protester who had been hit by a police tear gas canister shot from close range. Videos of the moment were captured on Argentina's C5N channe…
telesurenglish.net/news/Police-Attack-Venezuela-Solidarity-Rally-In-Argentina-20190430-0035.html
Guaidó launches abortive military coup in Venezuela
wsws.org | 2019-05-01
By late Tuesday, there was little indication that Guaidó's call had provoked any significant uprising within Venezuela's military.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/01/vene-m01.html
Coup Attempt in Venezuela: What You're Not Being Told
Derrick Broze | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-01
The reality of the situation in Venezuela is much more complicated than the likes of CNN would have the American people believe. (TMU) — The turbulent situation that has been unfolding in Venezuela for the last few years reached new heights on Tuesday as opposition leader and self-declared "Interim President" Juan Guaidó attempted to wrangle power away …
April 30 From Vietnam to Venezuela: Workers Defeat U.S. Imperialism
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2019-05-01
While we watch the defeat of U.S. imperialism in Venezuela unfold, we remember that on April 30, 1975, Victory in Vietnam Day and the Eve of May Day, International Workers' Day, the workers and peasants of Vietnam defeated the mightiest, deadliest war machine since that of Nazi Germany, namely that of American imperialism, at the cost of the lives of 3 million Vietnamese, 1 million Cambodians, 1 million Laotians, 58,000 Americans and thousands of other people.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/30/18823052.php
Coup Attempt in Venezuela, a Weakness of the Opposition
plenglish.com | 2019-05-01
La Paz, May 1 (Prensa Latina) The attempted coup d"état in Venezuela shows the weakness of the internal opposition, which needs external support to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro, said Bolivian political scientist and ex-minister of government Hugo Moldiz.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41495&SEO=coup-attempt-in-venezuela-a-weakness-of-the-opposition
Time to End the Use of M-44 Cyanide Bombs
Erik Molvar | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-01
Earth Day was last Monday, and I would like to suggest a gift of immense value that USDA Wildlife Services could give to all the residents of Idaho: A permanent end to the use of M-44 'cyanide bombs' statewide. These devices are planted like land mines to poison coyotes and other wildlife, and employ spring-loaded…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/01/time-to-end-the-use-of-m-44-cyanide-bombs/
From the UK to Greece: Austerity's Vicious Political Agenda
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-01
Adam Tooze's magnificently panoramic Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World (2018) is required reading for every individual wishing to be well-informed about our global financial system, whose fitting mantra is "put Wall Street first, worry about Main Street later". Crashed merits a review devoted to it in its entirety, which I hope to…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/01/from-the-uk-to-greece-austeritys-vicious-political-agenda/
The Trade Games Are Back
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-01
U.S. trade policy is truly fascinating. Probably more than in any other area of public policy, trade agreements are structured by corporate interests behind closed doors. Then when a deal is produced, the establishment media and economists insist that we have to support the deal behind the important principle of "free trade." The opponents are…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/01/the-trade-games-are-back/
Sokal 2.0: Hoaxing Cultural Studies
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-01
In the 1990s, NYU physicist Alan D. Sokal did the groves of academy a sterling service that should have earned him plaudits etched in gold. It began with the meaningless yet teasing "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Theory," published in Social Text. It is a ribbing article that still reads with…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/01/sokal-2-0-hoaxing-cultural-studies/
Bavarians Vote to Stop Extinction
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-01
The world is in the throes of an extinction crisis unlike any throughout paleoclimate history, aka: the Sixth Mass Extinction, keeping in mind that the normal "background rate" for extinction is 1-to-5 species gone per year. But, what if it is five (5) every 24 hours? Answer: It's a lot more than that. According to…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/01/bavarians-vote-to-stop-extinction/
Who Will Be the War Candidate in 2020?
Manuel E. Yepe | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-01
"The president has said he doesn't want to see this country wrapped up in endless wars… and I agree with that," Bernie Sanders said to the Fox News audience last week at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Then, looking directly at the camera, he added:…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/01/who-will-be-the-war-candidate-in-2020/
What Happened to the New and Improved Bernie Sanders?
Daniel Falcone | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-01
Bernie Sanders kicked off his campaign just about two months ago in Brooklyn, New York opening with a speech saying, "we are going to defeat the most dangerous president in modern history." He urged for "an economy which works for all, not just the 1%." In the first sentences of his speech he remarked that…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/01/what-happened-to-the-new-and-improved-bernie-sanders/
Why Joe Biden shouldn't get the Black vote in the 2020 Presidential Election
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-01
counterpunch.org/2019/05/01/why-joe-biden-shouldnt-get-the-black-vote-in-the-2020-presidential-election/
The Secretary of the Navy Lied to Congress
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-01
Read this Military.com article from Friday: "Do U.S. High Schools Bar Military Recruiters? Activists Try to Call Pentagon's Bluff." It discusses the offer that Pat Elder and I made to award funding to any school that could be identified as one of the over 1,100 public high schools that the Secretary of the Navy told…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/01/the-secretary-of-the-navy-lied-to-congress/
Social Media and the Society of the Spectacle
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-01
Every day we are bombarded with the imagery of empire and capital. It is relentless. Our minds have become both a marketplace and a commodity to be traded. And it is a lucrative industry with Facebook and Google as prime examples. Their data collection and surveillance typify a conjoining of the state and capitalist economy; and they have carved out insidious new spaces in the human brain to coerce self-imposed censorship and conformity to the prevailing consumerist global order.
counterpunch.org/2019/05/01/social-media-and-the-society-of-the-spectacle/
May Day 2019: Build the fight to defeat Trump and the 1%
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-01
May 1, International Workers Day, is a celebration of the heroic struggle for a better world waged by workers and oppressed people around the world. Monopoly capitalism is the system we fight against. This system is everywhere, from our low wages and the lack of affordable health care, to racist and bigoted laws, to the neverending war and oppression felt around the globe. | Monopoly capitalism is a doomed system that is destined to give way to socialism, a system that puts working people before profits. The road to revolution and socialism grows shorter as workers and oppressed people gather together and organiz…
fightbacknews.org/2019/4/30/may-day-2019-build-fight-defeat-trump-and-1
Stop the war against Brazil's tribal peoples
Stephen Corry | indybay.org | 2019-05-01
President Jair Bolsonaro has "declared war" on Brazil's tribal peoples, but you can help. | Will you send him a message today and ask him to stop Brazil's genocide?>…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/30/18823053.php
The DWP's lack of planning for Universal Credit means 'destitution' for even more people
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-05-01
The cross-party Work and Pensions select committee (WPSC) has urged the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to take urgent action. MPs warned that Universal Credit claimants could be left "destitute" if the DWP fails to act. | "Managed migration": | Universal Credit is the DWP's flagship welfare payment. It combines six old means-tested benefits, including tax credits. From the outset, it's been dogged…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/05/01/the-dwps-lack-of-planning-for-universal-credit-means-destitution-for-even-more-people/
Ross Camp TRO Hearing
reposted | indybay.org | 2019-05-01
District Judge Edward J. Davila's court, San Jose Courthouse, Courtroom 1 – 5th Floor – 280 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95113…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/28/18823012.php