(2019-03-01). "Killer Diplomacy": The Kim-Trump Summit in Hanoi, Sabotaged by Mike Pompeo? globalresearch.ca "If Kim Jong-un suddenly dies, don't ask me about it"… Given the history of the CIA, I'm just not going to talk about it," (Mike Pompeo, October 2017). And you expect the DPRK Leadership to Trust Washington's "Chief Negotiator"
(2019-03-01). Activists, Banks and For-Profit Immigrant Detention. counterpunch.org JP Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo lend to GEO Group and CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America), for-profit operators of immigrant detention facilities under contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A campaign to end these banks' financial role is underway. Autumn Gonzalez is with the Sacramento-based NorCal Resist, a migrant activist group advocating on More
(2019-03-01). Headlines for March 1, 2019. democracynow.org U.N. Human Rights Panel: Israel May Have Committed War Crimes in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to Be Indicted on Corruption Charges, NYT: Trump Intervened to Give Security Clearance to Jared Kushner, In Peace Talks with Taliban, U.S. Floats Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal, Somalia: At Least 15 Dead in Twin Suicide Bombings, North Korea Disputes Trump's Account of Why Kim-Trump Summit Failed, Immigrant Groups Cite "Alarming Increase" in Babies Jailed by ICE, House Approves Bill to Extend Gun Purchase Waiting Period, Lawmakers Seek Interview of Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg, Virginia's First Lady A…
(2019-03-01). If Britain's Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt Wants to Build Peace in Yemen, He Must Stop Arming Saudi Arabia. globalresearch.ca The Foreign Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, is touring the Middle East over the next few days, with visits to Saudi Arabia, Oman and United Arab Emirates. It is likely that the war in Yemen will be at the top of …
(2019-03-01). War-Weary Pakistan Is Ready for Peace. thenation.com War-Weary Pakistan Is Ready for Peace…
(2019-03-01). Cohen's Overlooked Warning — and Other Media Silences Worth Hearing. counterpunch.org 
Drawing by Nathaniel St. ClairI fear that if he loses the election in 2020, there will never be a peaceful transition of power. | — Michael Cohen, speaking to the U.S. Congress, February 27, 2019 | It's the silences — the things left out and sent down the "memory hole" — that strike me most in the United States' Orwellian capitalist and white-supremacist media. | Urban Racism as a Nonstory | Here in Chicago, the Jussie Smollett and R. Kelly cases were recently all the local media rage. By contrast, recent reports that 63 Black people have so far been exonerated after having bags of heroin and coc…
(2019-03-01). Venezuela's Foreign Minister Arreaza Holds UN Marathon for Peace: Usurper Guaido Urges Military Intervention and War. globalresearch.ca In a herculean effort to prevent war, and protect the integrity of his country, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza held a breathtaking schedule of events at the UN, including a meeting with the Secretary-General, consultations with envoys of 60 UN member states…
(2019-03-01). Rapprochement, Dialogue, and a Peaceful Resolution of Jammu and Kashmir. counterpunch.org 
During the last two decades, each military crisis between India and Pakistan has been followed by attempts at diplomatic rapprochement, which have turned out to be fiascos. The two countries go through sporadic peacemaking efforts, characterized by negotiations. For instance, in January 2004, the then Indian prime minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the then Pakistani president, General More
(2019-03-01). Russia Officially Returns to South Asia by Offering to Host Indo-Pak Peace Talks. globalresearch.ca Russia's 21st-century grand strategy of becoming the supreme "balancing" force in Afro-Eurasia is one major step closer to fruition after Foreign Minister Lavrov offered to host peace talks between India and Pakistan, proving that Russia's refusal to take …
(2019-03-01). Draft Registration Will Be Either Ended or Imposed on Women. zcomm.org We need a movement to abolish sexism, racism, environmental destruction, mass incarceration, poverty, illiteracy, and war…
(2019-03-01). Roaming Charges: The Good Rat or the Mouse That Bored? counterpunch.org 
+ Jimmy Breslin's book The Good Rat tells the sordid story of drug dealer Burton Kaplan, an underling in the Luchese crime syndicate, who to save his own ass dropped a dime on two NYPD detectives, Luis Eppolito and Stephen Carapacca, as hired killers for the mob. Eppolito and Carapacca murdered 8 people before they More
(2019-03-01). Cohen Knows What Trump Is Capable of. His Testimony Should Terrify Us. globalresearch.ca On February 27, Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer and fixer, testified before the House Oversight and Reform Committee for six hours. In two months, Cohen will begin serving a three-year prison sentence. He pleaded guilty to campaign finance …
(2019-03-01). UN Report Accuses Israel of High Crimes in Gaza. globalresearch.ca There's no ambiguity about longstanding Israeli high crimes of war, against humanity, and slow-motion genocide in Gaza — similar crimes committed throughout the Territories for over half a century, accountability never forthcoming. | An entire Palestinian population is held hostage to …
(2019-03-01). Netanyahu to be Indicted for Bribery, Fraud, and Breach of Trust. globalresearch.ca Accountability for his highest of high crimes of war, against humanity, including genocide are omitted from coming charges against him, a reported 55-page indictment explaining criminal charges against him in detail. | Israeli attorney general Avichai Mandelblit equivocated endlessly over whether …
(2019-03-01). Saudi princess to reconcile Washington with Riyadh. uwidata.com 
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia has made the kingdom's first-ever appointment of a woman — Princes Reema bint Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud — to the position of an ambassador. She is now heading the embassy to the US. King Salman issues a Royal Decree appointing Princess Rima bint …
(2019-03-01). Tim Shorrock on Korea Summit, Jon Schwarz on Elliott Abrams. fair.org 
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(2019-03-01). Remember the Maine? CIA Intervention in Venezuela. counterpunch.org 
In January 1897, Frederic Remington, a 19th-century painter famous for his depictions of the Old West, was on assignment in Havana for William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal to illustrate Spanish atrocities against Cubans. He sent a telegram to Hearst, noting: "Everything is quiet. There is no trouble. There will be no war. I wish to return." Hearst replied: "Please remain. You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war." More
(2019-03-01). How Pro-Israel Foundations in Washington are Pushing a US War with Iran. mintpressnews.com 
"As an ex-CIA case officer who worked on the Iran target for a number of years, I was shocked when I read the Times' article, primarily because it sounded like a repeat of the fabricated intelligence that was used against both Iraq and Iran in 2001 through 2003," says Philip M. Giraldi.
(2019-03-01). Trump and Kim, Act II. counterpunch.org 
Trump was correct to describe denuclearization last June as a lengthy "process" that one summit meeting could not achieve. However, the second summit, in Hanoi at the end of February 2019, again showed that personal diplomacy divorced from an engagement process that incorporates flexibility and give-and-take raises the risk of failure. The Hanoi summit ended More
(2019-03-01). Caracas Chronicles, Part I of an Ongoing Series. counterpunch.org 
I just got back from Venezuela and I'll be writing a lot about the country next week. Virtually everything you read or see about the country in the U.S. media is a lie. And to be clear, I don't mean skewed or misleading or incomplete, I mean a lie. For example, people in Venezuela are not starving — at least very few are, if any — nor is the country a dictatorship. More
(2019-03-01). Britain's Witchfinders are Ready to Burn Jeremy Corbyn. counterpunch.org 
The Blairite MPs have been trying to oust Corbyn any way they can. First through a failed re-run of the leadership contest and then by assisting the corporate media — which is equally opposed to Corbyn — in smearing him variously as a shambles, a misogynist, a sympathiser with terrorists, a Russian asset, and finally as an "enabler" of anti-semitism. More
(2019-03-01). David Lynch chats with Harry Dean Stanton. counterpunch.org 
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(2019-03-01). Our Resolution: Bomber Bernie Sets Sights on 2020. counterpunch.org 
"Yesterday, one of Hillary Clinton's most prominent Super PACs attacked our campaign pretty viciously…They suggested I'd be friendly with Middle East terrorist organizations, and even tried to link me to a dead communist dictator" —Alive Imperialist Collaborator Bernie Sanders, expressing his solidarity with the international working class. Colonel Bernard Sanders has long despised by the More
(2019-03-01). The Kansas Bomb Plot: What Has the Media Missed? counterpunch.org 
Resolution has been reached in the Kansas Bomb Plot case with the sentencing of three men on January 25 for conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction and conspiracy against civil rights. Two of the men, Curtis Allen and Gavin Wright, were sentenced to 25 years on the first charge, and 10 years on More
(2019-03-01). How Climate Change Could End Washington's Global Dominion. counterpunch.org 
Once upon a time in America, we could all argue about whether or not U.S. global power was declining. Now, most observers have little doubt that the end is just a matter of timing and circumstance. Ten years ago, I predicted that, by 2025, it would be all over for American power, a then-controversial comment More
(2019-03-01). Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at the UN Security Council meeting on Venezuela. mronline.org 
Let us call things by their proper names: this is not humanitarian aid. If the U.S. had really wanted to help the people of Venezuela, they would have acted via UN agencies accredited in the country, as other states successfully do. | Source
(2019-03-01). U.S. uses humanitarian assistance to hide regime change efforts in Venezuela. peoplesworld.org 
The choreographed provocations on Venezuela's borders this past week highlight an often overlooked component of the U.S.-orchestrated regime change machine—USAid (United States Agency for International Development). Its motto, "From the American People," usually stamped on containers bound for conflict zones, might more accurately be read as "From the U.S. State Department" as USAid functions as …
(2019-03-01). Two Weeks in Palestine: Miko Peled Travels a Land as Oppressed as it is Beautiful. mintpressnews.com 
Miko Peled recounts his travels through occupied Palestine. From Tarshiha to Hebron, Peled highlights the stark juxtaposition between the beauty of the land, and the ugliness of its occupation.
(2019-03-01). Unleashed Graphic Designers — Art Over Function. counterpunch.org Many readers object to illegible print in contemporary print newspapers and magazines. In today's print news, legible print is on a collision course with flights of fancy by graphic artists. Admittedly, this is the golden age for graphic artists to show their creativity. Editors have convinced themselves that with readers' shorter attention spans and the More
(2019-03-01). Cohen's Overlooked Warning. zcomm.org And Other Media Silences Worth Hearing…
(2019-03-01). Columnist Thiessen, in Calling AOC 'Economically Illiterate,' Displays Instead Own Economic Ignorance. counterpunch.org Listening to President Trump, you'd think the socialist barbarians were at the gates of America preparing to overrun the US with a Soviet-style state-run economy where every car would be the same make and color, everyone would be wearing Mao suits and freedom and social mobility, those great mythical assets that we supposedly have in More
(2019-03-01). China, Saudia Arabia and the Fate of the Uyghurs. counterpunch.org Beginning with the 9/11 attacks, much of the left decided that Saudi Arabia was the chief engineer of a Wahhabi plot to impose its reactionary, feudal, and patriarchal values on the rest of the world. Supposedly, the USA was being punished for its licentious and ungodly ways even if it was one of Saudi Arabia's More
(2019-03-01). The Squirming Buddha. counterpunch.org The world hemorrhages. Refugees flow from its wounds. Is there a way to be innocent of this? People are washed ashore. They die of suffocation in humanity-stuffed trucks. They flee war and politics; they flee starvation. And finally, we don't even have sufficient air for them to breathe. For words to matter about all this, More
(2019-03-01). Israel's Killings in Gaza May Amount to 'War Crimes,' U.N. Finds. truthdig.com A damning new report reveals security forces targeted Palestinian demonstrators who posed no imminent threat of death or serious injury.
(2019-03-01). The War on AMLO: US Backlash Supported by Mexican Right Wing. globalresearch.ca Ten weeks into the administration of progressive president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), the Mexican right has made it clear how it plans to oppose him: not as an adversary to be defeated, but as an enemy to be destroyed. …
(2019-03-01). Returning Syrian Refugees Were Fleeing US Proxy War, Not "Assad" globalresearch.ca A recent BBC segment titled, " The Syrians returning home after years of fleeing war," contradicted 8 years of the British state media's narratives regarding the war in Syria. | A synopsis of the short BBC video segment would read: …
(2019-03-01). Algorithmic Bias: How Algorithms Can Limit Economic Opportunity for Communities of Color. commondreams.org Fast forward to today and my community is experiencing unprecedented levels of Islamophobia that are normalized in media, policy, and culture, not only in the U.S. but globally. (Photo: SocialJusticeSeeker812/cc/flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/muslimlives.jpeg…
(2019-03-01). Dollar Hegemony, Again. counterpunch.org The United States Entity lost the war in Iraq. That fact determines the Entity's position in the Middle East today. After having destroyed Saddam's army and dispossessing the Sunnis in favor of the Shi'ites, after Abu Ghraib and it's indelible pictures, after the total destruction of Fallujah, in short after a victory achieved with the More
(2019-03-01). Economic Inequality and Taxation are Feminist Issues. commondreams.org The fact that two women have kick-started a much-needed debate about taxes in the United States is not a coincidence. (Photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/warren.png…
(2019-03-01). Hanoi summit thwarted by an uncompromising US. peoplesdispatch.org The second meeting between the US president, Donald Trump, and the North Korean chairman, Kim Jong-un, at the two-day summit in Vietnam's capital city of Hanoi ended on the afternoon of February 28 without reaching any agreements. | North Korea offered to dismantle all the nuclear reactors in the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center, which is the sole known source providing plutonium for its nuclear program, on the condition that the US-led international sanctions against the country are lifted in return. | The US, which has sought to paint the North Korean possession of nuclear weapons as an existential t…
(2019-03-01). Kashmir Is Potentially The Flashpoint For A Future Nuclear War. commondreams.org The war that we are in the middle of, is not a war between India and Pakistan. It is a war that is being fought in Kashmir which expanded into the beginnings of yet another war between India and Pakistan. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/roy_0.jpeg…
(2019-03-01). Walkout in Hanoi: the Second Trump-Kim Summit. counterpunch.org "Sometimes you have to walk and this was one of those times." That was US President Donald Trump's remark about something he has been doing a lot of lately: walking away from agreements or understandings in the hope of reaching the ultimate deal. North Korea's Kim Jong-un had been pressing his advantage in Hanoi with More
(2019-03-01). The Circus that Never Leaves Town. counterpunch.org The circus that is called U.S. governance continues to entertain with its bizarre acts. This week, an awestruck public witnessed yet another one, this time with the Cohen clown testifying before Congress. Yes, President Donald Trump's former lawyer and 'fixer' (is that really a thing?) Michael Cohen stood before a Congressional committee and swore to More
(2019-03-01). The "Failed" Hanoi Summit? Not From Beijing's Point of View. counterpunch.org Beijing. The failure of the Hanoi summit, from Beijing's point of view, could yet turn out to be a success. North Korea's most important relationship is with China. The most important relationship for China is with the United States. In January a train carrying North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un stopped in Beijing on a chilly morning. More
(2019-03-01). GM is Closing My Plant, What are Politicians Going to Do About It? counterpunch.org For the past 20 years, I've walked at least nine miles a day on the body shop floor of the General Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio, where I help assemble the Chevy Cruze. In a few weeks, when GM shutters our plant, I'll walk my last mile. I don't know what's next for me and nearly More
(2019-03-01). The Age of Tyrannical Surveillance. counterpunch.org "We know where you are. We know where you've been. We can more or less know what you're thinking about… Your digital identity will live forever… because there's no delete button." —Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Uncle Sam wants you. Correction: Big Brother wants you. To be technically accurate, Big Brother—aided and abetted by his More
(2019-03-01). Other People's Money, Other People's Blood: the Cohen Micro-Episode: the Cohen Episode. counterpunch.org Give me a paragraph of theory first, okay? The system of American Empire has never been static. The perpetual growth demands of its capitalism, its deeply-felt imperative to control all potentials for disruption, and its fundamental intolerance of enclaves inaccessible to US capital drive the emergence of inevitable crises. Until now generations of its power More
(2019-03-01). India's Prime Minister Modi's Conversations with Russia's President Putin. globalresearch.ca According to the Kremlin's official website, President Putin never said anything about "Russia's steadfast support for India's efforts to protect its interests against cross-border terror attacks", but that didn't stop Prime Minister Modi's office from misleadingly implying that he did …
(2019-03-01). Donald Trump Blew His Chance at a Deal With North Korea. truthdig.com We may never know why the denuclearization talks collapsed, but the president appears to have bowed to the hardliners in his cabinet.
(2019-03-01). China Sees Some Light in the Failure of the Hanoi Summit. globalresearch.ca The failure of the Hanoi summit, from Beijing's point of view, could yet turn out to be a success. | North Korea's most important relationship is with China. The most important relationship for China is with the United States. In January …