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2019-03-15: Social Media Postees

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Did Dallas Police and Local Media Collude to Cover Up Terrorist Threats against Journalist Barrett Brown?
Eric Draitser | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-15
Barrett Brown is an award-winning journalist and author who spent time in federal prison for work he did exposing various elements of the military-industrial complex, including publicizing the hacked emails of private intelligence company Stratfor. Since being released from prison, Brown has worked to establish the Pursuance Project, an initiative aimed at developing a new…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/15/did-dallas-police-and-local-media-collude-to-cover-up-terrorist-threats-against-journalist-barrett-brown/

Labor-backed candidate Tony Pecinovsky scores 48 percent in St. Louis race
Maicol David Lynch, Roberta Wood | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-15
ST. LOUIS–How can a local politician in a working-class ward stand against the interests of working-class people? This was the question before voters in this city's southside 14th ward during last week's municipal election when 41-year-old labor activist Tony Pecinovsky racked up 48 percent of the vote, nearly turning out longtime incumbent Carol Howard in …
peoplesworld.org/article/labor-backed-candidate-tony-pecinovsky-scores-48-percent-in-st-louis-race/

Peace activists cheer anti-war win on Senate Yemen resolution
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-15
WASHINGTON–Peace activists nationwide, who strenuously lobbied lawmakers on the issue, cheered the U.S. Senate's 54-46 vote to end U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led Yemen War. Lawmakers invoked the War Powers Act in their blunt rebuke to President Donald Trump's pro-war actions. The Democratic-run House previously approved the anti-war move. But just to make sure Trump …
peoplesworld.org/article/peace-activists-cheer-anti-war-win-on-senate-yemen-resolution/

North America's Indigenous Peoples: "Ongoing Genocide…" and Its Shadow World
Robin Mathews | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-15
Electromagnetic Press has produced a new book by Bruce Clark, scholarly expert and 'hands-on' activist in the matter of North American indigenous peoples' history, philosophy, and — especially — the reality of their present legal being, their rights, and their …
globalresearch.ca/north-americas-indigenous-peoples-ongoing-genocide-and-its-shadow-world/5671535

Thousands of Students Strike Worldwide in Climate Change Action
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-15
Tens of thousands of students around the world walked out of classes Friday in a global strike to protest against government inaction on climate change. | RELATED: | Greta Thunberg Nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize | Student protests in Wellington, Sydney and Melbourne drew tens of thousands of people. In Europe, students packed streets and squares in London, Copenhagen, Rome, Vienna, Zurich and Lisbon. Demonstrations were also planned in the United States. | "Climate change…
telesurenglish.net/news/Thousands-of-Students-Strike-Worldwide-in-Climate-Change-Action-20190315-0014.html

The Reality Behind Trump's Coalition for Regime Change in Venezuela
Mark Weisbrot | zcomm.org | 2019-03-15
In the early 1970s, a handful of Sandinistas were in the mountains of Nicaragua fighting to overthrow the 40-year U.S.-backed, brutal dictatorship of the Somoza family. When a powerful volcanic eruption struck Nicaragua in 1971, Sandinista Omar Cabezas later recounted, they told the peasants whom they encountered that God was punishing them for not getting Read…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-reality-behind-trumps-coalition-for-regime-change-in-venezuela/

Regime Change Via Sanctions?
Mark Weisbrot | zcomm.org | 2019-03-15
U.S. Uses International Finance System to Strangle Venezuelan Economy…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/regime-change-via-sanctions/

US-Taliban Talks: Real or Illusory Progress? Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Mineral Wealth
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-15
US Afghan aggression and occupation of parts of the country remain largely unchanged after over 17 years. | Afghanistan reflects what CIA officials once called Vietnam — "the grand illusion of the American cause," a conflict impossible to win. Yet it …
globalresearch.ca/ustaliban-talks-real-illusory-progress/5671454

US College Admissions Scandal. "Affirmative Action for the Rich"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-15
In the 1961 Hollywood film Splendor in the Grass, the protagonist's oil-wealthy father got his academically unqualified son admitted to Yale. | Though unexplained in the film, he likely bought his admission, his influence not enough to prevent his son's expulsion …
globalresearch.ca/us-college-admissions-scandal-affirmative-action-for-the-rich/5671565

Roaming Charges: Straighten Up and Fly Right
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-15
+ Few things have made me more despairing about the future of the country than the fact that Liz Cheney is now ascendent as a political powerbroker in DC. The one thing Trump could have done to assure himself some lasting historical merit was to eradicate the Cheneys from public life. Wimp. + How many…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/15/roaming-charges-straighten-up-and-fly-right/

Democrats and Death Squads in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner, Venezuelanalysis | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-03-15
Top Democrats march lockstep behind Trump's coup in Venezuela, rehabilitating war criminal Elliott Abrams.
venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14390

The Trump Phenomenon as Seen in Europe
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-15
President Donald Trump is frequently seen through the prism of an American media that despises him and wants to discredit him so that he can either be impeached soon or defeated in 2020. To a certain extent the foreign media …
globalresearch.ca/trump-phenomenon-europe/5671544

North Korea Warns That Bolton and Pompeo Are Derailing Nuclear Talks
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-15
At least one DPRK official has blamed the failed negotiations in Hanoi on the "gangster-like" behavior of Donald Trump's cabinet members.
truthdig.com/articles/north-korea-warns-bolton-and-pompeo-derailing-nuclear-talks/

Multiple Deaths in Shootings at 2 New Zealand Mosques
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-15
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Multiple people were killed in mass shootings at two mosques full of people attending Friday prayers, as New Zealand police warned people to stay indoors as they tried to determine if more than one gunman was involved. | Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described it as "one of New Zealand's darkest days" and said the events in the city of Christchurch represented "an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence." | One person was taken into custody but it was unclear if there were other people involved, Police Commissioner Mike Bush said. He said anybody who was thinking of going…
truthdig.com/articles/multiple-deaths-in-shootings-at-2-new-zealand-mosques/

The EU Is Steadily Moving Towards Creation of 1984-style "Ministry of Truth"
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-15
The European Parliament passed a recommendation calling Russia "the main source of disinformation in Europe" and appealing for increased funding for the EU's East StratCom Task Force, which already got 1.1 million euros in 2018. | HINT: The East StratCom Task | …
globalresearch.ca/eu-1984-style-ministry-truth/5671532

Selected Articles: Trump's $34 Trillion Deficit and Debt Bomb
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-15
Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-trumps-34-trillion-deficit-debt-bomb/5671561

Journalist's Struggle to Find Bone Marrow Match Exposes Racial Disparity in National Registry
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-15
A nationwide campaign has been launched to find a blood stem cell donor for a 29-year-old journalist who was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia. Liyna Anwar is an Indian-American producer who used to work at StoryCorps. She desperately needs a stem cell transplant, but she does not match any of her family members or the 19 million people in a national registry. Her search for a match is made more difficult because South Asians are underrepresented in the national registry. A campaign urging people of South Asian descent to donate stem cells has been launched in Anwar's name. It's called #SwabF…
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/15/journalists_struggle_to_find_bone_marrow

Senate invokes War Powers to Halt US aid to Saudi War on Yemen
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2019-03-15
The US Senate voted 54 to 46 to invoke the 1973 War Powers Act and to end US support for the Saudi-led war on Yemen…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/senate-invokes-war-powers-to-halt-us-aid-to-saudi-war-on-yemen/

School Shooters and Drones
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-15
Allegra Harpootlian links gun violence at home to U.S. wars abroad. By Allegra Harpootlian TomDispatch.com In the wake of the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 students and staff members,… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/15/school-shooters-and-drones/

Video: Russian Warplanes "Rain Hell" on Terrorist Strongholds in Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-15
On March 13, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces delivered a series of airstrikes on infrastructure of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in the city of Idlib and in its southeastern countryisde. According to reports, at least 16 strikes hit weapon depots, …
globalresearch.ca/russian-warplanes-idlib/5671556

Colluding in War Crimes: Britain's Unreported Military Alliance with Israel
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-15
The rapidly declining living conditions in the Gaza Strip and occupied territories has endangered the most basic of internationally recognised of human rights, as children continue to be collateral damage in what can be boiled down to a political standoff. …
globalresearch.ca/msm-blackout-britains-unreported-military-alliance-israel/5671588

Tom Joyner to Receive Vanguard Award at 50th NAACP Image Awards
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2019-03-15
PRESENTERS TO INCLUDE AMANDLA STENBERG, KERRY WASHINGTON, KIKI LAYNE, LENA WAITHE, LETITIA WRIGHT, THANDIE NEWTON, TREVOR NOAH AND MORE! LIVE TV Special to Air on TV One Saturday, March 30, 2019 Hosted by Anthony Anderson LOS ANGELES (March 14, 2019) — The NAACP today announced that mass media icon Tom Joyner will be honored with the Vanguard Award at the …
naacp.org/latest/tom-joyner-receive-vanguard-award-50th-naacp-image-awards/

Pity the Nation: War Spending is Bankrupting America
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-15
counterpunch.org/2019/03/15/pity-the-nation-war-spending-is-bankrupting-america/

Want Your Kids to Make it Big in the World of Elite Education in the U.S.?
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-15
Ever wonder how dangerous nincompoops like Donald Trump and George W. Bush were admitted to, and graduated from, so-called good schools? Forget the legacy shtick and pay close attention to the latest celebrity and wealthy individuals' scheme that involved about 50 people (of whom 33 were parents of students) who allegedly encouraged and facilitated the most…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/15/want-your-kids-to-make-it-big-in-the-world-of-elite-education-in-the-u-s/

Trump Administration Attempts to Thwart International Criminal Court Investigators
commondreams | commondreams.org | 2019-03-15
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Trump's Backward Move on Drone Civilian Casualties
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-15
This executive order disregards some valuable historical lessons, writes Daniel R. Brunstetter. An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over southern Afghanistan. (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth) By Daniel R. Brunstetter, University of California, Irvine The Conversation When it comes to drones and warfare, the… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/14/trumps-backward-move-on-drone-civilian-casualty-data/

Thirty Years Gone: Remembering "Cactus Ed"
Michael K. Smith | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-15
"Freedom begins between the ears." -Edward Abbey "What do old men who don't believe in Heaven think about?" queried Edward Abbey rhetorically in his masterpiece Desert Solitaire. ". . . they think about their blood pressure, their bladders, their aortas, their lower intestines, ice on the doorstep, too much sun at noon." In other words,…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/15/thirty-years-gone-remembering-cactus-ed/

US Imposes Visa Ban on ICC Staff Probing Afghanistan War Crimes
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-15
The United States will impose visa restrictions on people responsible for any International Criminal Court (ICC) probe, a move aimed at preventing the court from pursuing the United States and its allies regarding their actions during and after the invasion in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday. | RELATED: | ICC Gets over 1 Million Testimonies from Afghans Suing US, CIA, Gov't over War Crimes | In September, the Trump administration said that if the court lau…
telesurenglish.net/news/Thuggish-Trump-Imposes-Visa-Bans-on-ICC-Staff-Probing-US-War-Crimes-in-Afghanistan-20190315-0015.html

Video: Israeli Defense Firm Released Video Showing An "Animated Destruction" of Russia's S-400 6L6 Surveillance Radar
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-15
The Syrian conflict influences not only the balance of power in the Middle East, but also strategies and military programs of the powers involved. | There is no secret that over the past years the Russian Armed Forces have used Syria …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-defense-firm-released-video-showing-destruction-s-400-radar/5671522

Crew From Botched Launch Lands Safely at Space Center
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-15
A three-person space crew, with two astronauts from United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and one from Russia's Roscosmos, has finally arrived at the International Space Station Friday. | RELATED: | NASA: First All-Female Spacewalk Set For March 29 | NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Christina Koch, and Rocosmos' Alexei Ovchinin launched six…
telesurenglish.net/news/Crew-From-Botched-Launch-Lands-Safely-at-Space-Center-20190315-0003.html

Cancellation Chaos: $600 Billion in Boeing 737 Max Orders at Risk
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-15
New evidence shows that the Boeing Co. 737 MAX which crashed in Ethiopia on Sunday may have experienced similar technical difficulties as the 737 MAX that crashed off Indonesia last year. The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) cited similarities with in-flight …
globalresearch.ca/cancellation-chaos-600-billion-boeing-737-max-orders-risk/5671573

Trump's $34 Trillion Deficit and Debt Bomb
Jack Rasmus | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-15
This week Trump released his latest budget for 2019-20 fiscal year. It calls for $2.7 trillion in various social spending cuts over the decade, including $872 billion in reductions in Medicare, Social Security, Disability spending; another $327 billion in food stamps, housing support, and Medicaid; a further $200 billion in student loan cuts; and hundreds…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/15/trumps-34-trillion-deficit-and-debt-bomb/

Clashes Erupt in Eastern Yemen as Local Tribes Block Saudi Influx of Military Equipment
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-15
The latest incident came amidst a precipitous rise in tensions in eastern Yemen, where local residents have been grappling with an increasingly brazen military buildup by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
mintpressnews.com/clashes-erupt-in-eastern-yemen-as-local-tribes-block-saudi-influx-of-military-equipmen/256285/

Riding the Wild Bull of Nuclear Power
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-15
From atomic theory to nukes I am proud the Greek philosophers Leucippus and Democritus invented the Atomic Theory, which says that everything in the cosmos is atoms and void. But who could have foreseen that, 2,500 years later, American "physicists" would turn such a glorious insight on the structure of matter into apocalyptic weapons? The…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/15/riding-the-wild-bull-of-nuclear-power/

The World's Most Dangerous Divide
John Feffer | zcomm.org | 2019-03-15
Maybe India and Pakistan will show more sense than their respective backers. These are ancient civilizations that have weathered many previous storms. Now they just have to team up to avoid a nuclear winter…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-worlds-most-dangerous-divide/

The State Dept Allegedly Tried to Coax An Iranian Expat into Sabotaging Iran's Power Grid
Sharmine Narwani | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-15
An Iranian-American engineer was allegedly was approached by the State Department with an offer of cash for sabotage of Iran's power grid.
mintpressnews.com/us-officials-offered-my-friend-cash-to-take-down-tehrans-power-grid/256266/

Juan Guaidó's Policy Proposals: 'The Venezuela to Come' or the Venezuela That Has Already Been?
Barry Cannon, NACLA | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-03-15
Juan Guaidó has a plan to end the emergency in Venezuela–but his vision looks a lot like the elite-led, violently unequal Venezuela of the 1990's.
venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14386

Venezuela — More Might Makes Right
Barry Kissin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-15
How much more brazen could it be — our attempted coup in Venezuela? Are our leaders expecting that mainstream media will succeed once again in selling us the maniacal march of the American Empire? | But we have been through enough, | …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-more-might-makes-right/5671529

Annexing the Stars: Walcott, Rhodes, and Venezuela
Jason Hirthler | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-15
Poet Derek Walcott's "A Far Cry from Africa" provides a stirring glimpse into the perspectives and policies of British colonialists in the 20th century. Of course, the perspectives it reveals are temporally confined to British colonialism in Walcott's poem: he was a native of Saint Lucia, a British colony or "possession" in the Caribbean; and…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/15/annexing-the-stars-walcott-rhodes-and-venezuela/

Trudeau's Position on Honduras Reveals Hypocrisy About Venezuela
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-15
The hypocrisy is head spinning. As Justin Trudeau lectures audiences on the need to uphold Venezuela's constitution the Liberals have recognized a completely illegitimate president in Honduras. What's more, they've formally allied with that government in demanding Venezuela's president follow …
globalresearch.ca/trudeaus-position-honduras-reveals-hypocrisy-about-venezuela/5671584

America's Puppet: Meet Juan Guaidó
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-15
Juan Guaidó is a useful pawn for U.S. interests in Venezuela, but is he expendable? On January 15th, the White House reported that VP Mike Pence spoke by phone "today" with Guaidó, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly. It claimed the call was made…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/15/americas-puppet-meet-juan-guaido/

Fox News Doubles Down on the Big Lie and Venezuela
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-15
It doesn't matter what corporate alphabet propaganda network you watch, you're going to get the same line on Venezuela. | Here we have Trish Regan, a fixture at Fox News, telling numerous lies about Venezuela, lies put out by neocons …
globalresearch.ca/fox-news-big-lie-venezuela/5671516

Social Media Sites Struggle to Remove Terror Attack Footage
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-15
Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have been working to stem the spread of gruesome and horrific footage of an unprecedented massacre at a mosque in New Zealand as it was taking place — 49 people have been killed and at least 40 others hospitalized with injuries. | RELATED: | New Zealand: 49 Dead, 1 Charged With Murder In Terrorist Attack | A live-streamed…
telesurenglish.net/news/Social-Media-Sites-Struggle-to-Stem-Spread-of-New-Zealands-Terror-Attack-Footage-20190315-0007.html

Global Solidarity, Shock After New Zealand Terrorist Attack
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-15
Political and Islamic leaders across Asia and other regions of the world have expressed shock and disgust at the deadly terrorist attack which took place at two mosques, during prayers, in New Zealand Friday. | RELATED: | N. Zealand: 49 Dead, 1 Charged With Murder In Terrorist Attack | Following the heinous attack, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said many of the people caught in the crosshairs of the shooter may have been migrants or even refugees. | "They are us. The p…
telesurenglish.net/news/Global-Solidarity-Shock-After-New-Zealand-Terrorist-Attack-20190315-0001.html

The Indivisible Project's Statement on the Terrorist Attack in New Zealand
commondreams | commondreams.org | 2019-03-15
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At Least 49 Dead in Terror Attack on New Zealand Mosques
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-15
Updated: | Officials in New Zealand have put the number of confirmed victims in Friday's terrorist attack on a pair of mosques at 49 people dead with 48 wounded, many seriously. Police have detained multiple people as part of the investigation into the attack, but so far have charged just one man–described as "an extremist, right-wing, violent terrorist"–with multiple counts of murder. | According to the New Zealand Herald: Australian police have identified the shooter as Brenton Tarrant — a white, 28-year-old Australian-born man. Twit…
truthdig.com/articles/at-least-49-dead-in-terror-attack-on-new-zealand-mosques/

New Zealand Gunman's Manifesto Echoes Norwegian Mass Murderer's
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-15
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The manifesto that the presumed New Zealand shooter published is shorter and "more sloppy" than the one written by a Norwegian right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in 2011, but expresses similar sentiments, a Swedish terror expert said Friday. | Magnus Ranstorp of the Swedish National Defense College says the shooter is against mass immigration and "has to some extent the same themes as (Anders Behring) Breivik," who posted his 1,500-page manifesto online before carrying out his deadly attacks. | Ranstorp told Swedish radio Friday that the New Zealand shooter, who killed at least…
truthdig.com/articles/new-zealand-gunmans-manifesto-echoes-norwegian-mass-murderers/

New Zealand attack shows white supremacy is global terrorist movement
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2019-03-15
The atrocity in New Zealand shows us, once again, that we're dealing with an international terrorist movement linked by a dangerous white supremacist ideology that's metastasizing in the echo chambers of internet chat rooms and on social media networks.
splcenter.org/news/2019/03/15/new-zealand-attack-shows-white-supremacy-global-terrorist-movement

New Zealand Mass Shooter Praised Trump, White Terrorist Breivik
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-15
Brenton Tarrant, the 28-year-old who carried out at an attack on two mosques in New Zealand, killing at least 49 people, Friday, appeared to praise U.S. President Donald Trump in a 74-page manifesto that he published around the time of the shooting. | RELATED: | Global Solidarity, Shock After New Zealand Terrorist Attack | Tarrant praised Trump as "a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose" while also complementing Anders Breivik, the Norwegian white supremacist who mur…
telesurenglish.net/news/New-Zealand-Mass-Shooter-Praised-Trump-White-Terrorist-Breivik-in-Manifesto-20190315-0006.html

Self-declared fascist carries out racist terror attack in NZ mosques
Kristen Gelineau | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-15
SYDNEY (AP)–The gunman behind at least one of the mosque shootings in New Zealand that left 49 people dead on Friday tried to make a few things clear in the manifesto he left behind: He is a 28-year-old Australian white nationalist who hates immigrants. Though he claimed not to covet fame, the gunman–whose name was …
peoplesworld.org/article/self-declared-fascist-carries-out-racist-terror-attack-in-nz-mosques/

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2019-03-14: News Headlines

Ben Norton (2019-03-14). Venezuela Coup Leader's Oil Plans Revealed: Guaidó Hopes to Privatize State-Controlled Industry. thegrayzone.com US-appointed coup leader Juan Guaidó and his right-wing economic advisers drafted plans to privatize Venezuela's oil industry and open up…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-03-14). The Globalization of War, America's "Long War" against Humanity by Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca Professor Michel Chossudovsky shows how the various conflicts we are witnessing today in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq and Palestine are inter-locked through a single-minded agenda in pursuit of global hegemony helmed by the United States and buttressed by its allies…

Prof. Vijay Prashad (2019-03-14). The Rightful Owners of a Key Island Military Base for the U.S. Would Like It Back, and the UN Agrees. globalresearch.ca Give Chagos back to the Chagossians! That's a slogan I first heard in 2000. It was a demonstration in London, outside a courthouse, a small group of people with handmade signs appealing to the British legal system to return their …

Max Blumenthal (2019-03-14). US Regime Change Blueprint Proposed Venezuelan Electricity Blackouts as 'Watershed Event' for 'Galvanizing Public Unrest'. globalresearch.ca The US-funded CANVAS organization that trained Juan Guaido and his allies produced a 2010 memo on exploiting electricity outages and urged the opposition "to take advantage of the situation…towards their needs" | *** | A September 2010 memo by a US-funded soft …

Medea Benjamin (2019-03-14). An Apology for a Different Plane Crash, 30 Years Later. zcomm.org While most Americans have no memory of this incident, in Iran the date of the deaths of 290 innocent people at the hands of the U.S. military is marked every year just as the 9/11 attack is remembered every year in the United States…

Medea Benjamin (2019-03-14). An Apology for a Different Plane Crash, 30 Years Later. counterpunch.org The tragic Ethiopian Airline plane crash recalls another passenger plane crash some 30 years ago. The latter, however, was not due to a mechanical malfunction but to U.S. missiles. And while very few Americans remember this incident, it still weighs heavy on the hearts of many Iranians—as we discovered on our recent trip there. The More

Consortiumnews (2019-03-14). US and Iranian Hardliners Continue the Suffering. consortiumnews.com Ann Wright reports on a citizen peace delegation's recent trip to Iran, which included a meeting with the country's foreign minister. By Ann Wright Special to Consortium News We knew that a CODEPINK: Women for Peace delegation to Iran would wind… Read more →

Fight Back (2019-03-14). U.S. anti-war delegation arrives in Venezuela. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – A U.S. Peace Council Delegation of 13 people representing anti-war organizations from the United States and Canada arrived in Venezuela this week on a solidarity mission with the Venezuelan people and the Maduro government at a time of unprecedented attacks by the U.S. The latest is a cyber-attack and sabotage of the entire electrical system, which resulted in a total blackout of the country with the aim of provoking the people to rise up against their government. Despite the hardships of no electricity and water, this attack failed as people rallied around their government and the gains of t…

teleSUR (2019-03-14). Greta Thunberg Nominated for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. telesurenglish.net The 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who became famous for requesting concrete action against climate change, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by a group of Norwegian socialist lawmakers. | RELATED: | Climate Mitigation Centers During Regional Indigenous Meeting | "We have proposed Greta Thunberg because climate threats are perhaps one…

commondreams (2019-03-14). Saudi Arabia: Women Activists Persecuted Under Bogus Charges. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Stephen Lendman (2019-03-14). Trade Wars: Trump Wants US Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Replace Russian Natural Gas Nord Stream Exports to the EU. globalresearch.ca Russia's Nord Stream pipeline project is the most impressive of its kind — when completed to be the world's longest underwater pipeline. | It'll be able to deliver 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas from beneath the Baltic Sea, its …

Stephen Lendman (2019-03-14). US Anti-Russia Legislation Directed against Vladimir Putin. globalresearch.ca Largely by voice vote on Tuesday, House members passed four anti-Russia measures, continuing US war on the country by other means. | One bill targeted Vladimir Putin over the February 2015 killing of opposition figure Boris Nemtsov — lethally shot multiple …

Mark Weisbrot — The New Republic (2019-03-14). The Reality Behind Trump's Coalition for Regime Change in Venezuela. venezuelanalysis.com As the cast of regime change actors from Abrams to Bolsonaro reveals, the US attempt to oust Maduro has nothing to do with democracy or human rights.

Anya Parampil (2019-03-14). Venezuela: The Neoliberal Brain Behind Juan Guaido's Economic Agenda. globalresearch.ca While online audiences know YouTube comedian Joanna Hausmann from her videos making the case for regime change, her economist father has flown below the radar. His record holds the key to understanding what the U.S. wants in Venezuela. | *** | If …

Anya Parampil (2019-03-14). Ricardo Hausmann's "Morning After" for Venezuela: The Neoliberal Brain Behind Juan Guaido's Economic Agenda. thegrayzone.com While online audiences know YouTube comedian Joanna Hausmann from her videos making the case for regime change, her economist father…

Steve Sweeney (2019-03-14). Iran appoints notorious executioner as next chief justice. peoplesworld.org Iranian Communists warned yesterday that the appointment of a "notorious killer" as the head of the country's judiciary is a clear indication of the regime's plans to intensify oppression and repression. Islamist cleric Ebrahim Raisi, who is seen by many as a successor to President Hassan Rouhani, was appointed as Chief Justice of Iran last …

Louisa Willcox (2019-03-14). A Tale of Two Carnivores: African Lions and Grizzly Bears. counterpunch.org I hope one day to meet lion conservationist Shivani Bhalla, a sister in spirit who lives half a world away, in northern Kenya. We are featured in BBC's global radio program "The Conversation," where each episode features two women from different countries, who work in similar fields. The show airs as naturalist and filmmaker David More

Ramzy Baroud (2019-03-14). Chasing Mirages: What Are Palestinians Doing to Combat the 'Deal of the Century'? counterpunch.org More US measures have been taken in recent weeks to further cement the Israeli position and isolate the Palestinian Authority (PA), before the official unveiling of President Donald Trump's so-called 'deal of the century'. But while attention is focused on spiteful US actions, little time has been spent discussing the PA's own responses, options and More

Allegra Harpootlian (2019-03-14). School Shooters and Drones: Linking Gun Violence to America's Wars. counterpunch.org In the wake of the February 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which killed 17 students and staff members, a teacher said the school looked "like a war zone." And to many young Americans, that's exactly what it felt like. But this shooting was different. Refusing to be More

Louis Proyect (2019-03-14). The Boeing 737 Max 8: a Case Study in Uncreative Destruction. counterpunch.org On October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737 Max 8 belonging to Lion Air in Indonesia crashed into the Java Sea 12 minutes after take-off. All 189 passengers and crew members were killed instantly. It is extremely unusual for planes to suffer such accidents in clear weather after having reached their cruising altitude. Flight experts concluded that the pilots were not adequately trained in the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), a robotics technology that lowers the nose of a plane to prevent a stall. Although there is no definitive judgement on exactly what happened, it appears to be a combination of in…

Richard Falk — Daniel Falcone (2019-03-14). Ilhan Omar Exposes US Hegemonic Positioning and Takes on Both Political Parties. counterpunch.org Somali-American Ilhan Omar is a member of the US House of Representatives from Minnesota's 5th district. Elected to the United States Congress in November 2018, Omar is a critical and strong voice that advocates for progressive policies and lawmaking in regards to housing, a living wage, student debt forgiveness, and the protection of immigrants. Since More

David Correia (2019-03-14). Union Busting on Campus: Jackson Lewis and Higher Education Anti-Unionism. counterpunch.org From 2008 to 2018, few professors at the University of New Mexico—whether tenured, or tenure-track, or adjunct—received wage increases greater than the cost of living. In most of those years, wages remained stagnant, while out-of-pocket costs for health insurance and retirement contributions increased. As a result, some professors, particularly those faculty who teach on semester-to-semester More

Ricardo Vaz (2019-03-14). Venezuela: Electricity recovery continues as U.S. withdraws diplomatic staff. mronline.org U.S. officials have threatened new sanctions while Venezuelan authorities continue reactivating the electric grid. | Source

Democracy Now! (2019-03-14). Regime Change Via Sanctions? U.S. Uses International Finance System to Strangle Venezuelan Economy. democracynow.org Venezuelan officials say power will be largely restored in the country today after a week-long blackout across much of the country. The cause of the blackout remains in dispute. The United States blamed it on years of neglect of the Venezuelan energy system, but Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused the U.S. military of launching a "cyberattack against the electrical, telecommunication and internet systems." The blackout comes amid a growing political crisis in Venezuela as U.S.-backed opposition groups attempt to topple Maduro's government. On Monday, the United States announced it was withdrawing remainin…

Eric A. Gordon (2019-03-14). Dissident voices in declining powers: Two exhibitions at the Wende Museum. peoplesworld.org CULVER CITY, Calif.—The unique Wende Museum of the Cold War, located a few blocks west of the downtown commercial area of this small municipality embedded within the City of Los Angeles, never ceases to amaze. Its own collection numbers many thousands of individual artifacts of Eastern European life under socialism, but it also reaches out …

Grete Mautner (2019-03-14). From Coup D'etats to Soft Power: Dissecting Washington's Color Revolution Techniques. mintpressnews.com Over the last hundred years Washington has interfered in the internal affairs of at least 50 countries for a total of 130 individual cases. As for the last three decades, there have been more than 40 instances of such interference, including cases of elections meddling and fraud, coup d'etats and attempts to trigger armed conflicts.

teleSUR (2019-03-14). India, Pakistan Agree on Border Route for Sikh Pilgrims. telesurenglish.net India and Pakistan agreed Thursday to go forward with a new border crossing and route for Sikh pilgrims to visit a holy temple in Pakistan — a rare vision of cooperation after tensions flared over a decades-long Kashmir dispute. | RELATED: | US Presses India to Stop Buying Oil from Venezuela | The meeting was the first between the nuclear-armed foes since a do…

Democracy Now! (2019-03-14). Headlines for March 14, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Orders Boeing 737 MAX Planes Grounded After Fatal Crashes, Senate Votes to End U.S. Support for Saudi-Led War on Yemen, Pompeo Defends Support for Saudi Arabia Amid Reports of Torture, Senate Poised to Block Trump's National Emergency Declaration, Former Trump Campaign Chair Sentenced to 43 More Months in Prison, U.N. Warns Arctic on Pace to Warm by 5 Degrees Celsius by 2050, Spanish Investigators Link CIA to Attack on North Korean Embassy, Brazil: Two Gunmen Kill 8, Reportedly Inspired by Columbine Massacre, Nigeria: Lagos Building Collapse Kills 10 and Traps Schoolchildren, British MPs Reject "No-Deal" Br…

STAFF (2019-03-14). Senate Passes Historic War Powers Resolution on Yemen. truthdig.com In a major step toward ending U.S. complicity in the world's worst humanitarian crisis, the Senate on Wednesday passed a War Powers resolution to cut off American military support for the Saudi-led coalition's assault on Yemen. | The final vote count was 54-46. | "This is historic. For the first time in 45 years, Congress is one step closer to withdrawing U.S. forces from an unauthorized war," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the lead sponsor of the resolution, declared following the vote. "We must end the war in Yemen." | Sens. Chris Murphy (D-C…

Sue Branford, Maur√≠cio Torres (2019-03-14). Brazil to Open Indigenous Reserves to Mining Without Indigenous Consent. commondreams.org For many years, international and Brazilian mining companies have dreamed of getting access to the mineral wealth lying beneath indigenous lands. Finally, the government of Jair Bolsonaro seems determined to give them that opportunity. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/dirt.jpeg…

teleSUR (2019-03-14). Brazil's Bolsonaro Auctions 12 Airports to Private Operators. telesurenglish.net Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro will auction Friday contracts to operate 12 airports, a measure which is expected to raise about US$921 million in private investments. | RELATED: | Former President Lula Accuses Bolsonaro of Destroying Brazil | The auction will be carried out at the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange and concession contracts will be valid for 30 ye…

Peter Phillips (2019-03-14). Wealth Concentration Drives a New Global Imperialism. globalresearch.ca Regime changes in Iraq and Libya, Syria's war, Venezuela's crisis, sanctions on Cuba, Iran, Russia, and North Korea are reflections of a new global imperialism imposed by a core of capitalist nations in support of trillions of dollars of concentrated …

South Front (2019-03-14). Video: CIA Is Turning Refugee Camps in Eastern Syria into ISIS Hotbeds. globalresearch.ca The CIA is conspiring with ISIS commanders in northeastern Syria supplying them with fake documents and then transferring them to Iraq, according to reports in Turkish pro-government media. | About 2,000 ISIS members were questioned in the areas of Kesra, Buseira, …

teleSUR (2019-03-14). Nigeria: At Least 9 Killed in Lagos Building Collapse Tragedy. telesurenglish.net At least nine were killed in a building collapse in Nigeria's biggest city Lagos. Emergency services have called off the search for survivors as anger mounted over Nigeria's bad building regulations. | RELATED: | Widows Against Big Oil Impunity in Nigeria Take Shell to Court | The building also held a private school. Residents say the school had around…

teleSUR (2019-03-14). Iran Pipeline Blast Kills At Least 4. telesurenglish.net A gas pipeline blast in southwestern Iran has killed at least four people and injured about six others, according to an official report. Among the victims, are one woman and a child. | RELATED: | Mexico: Oil Pipeline Explosion Death Toll Rises to 114 | The pipelines linking the gas network from Mahsharhr city to Ahvaz exploded, according to the director general of the province's Crisis Management Directorate, Kiomars Hajizadeh. | Along with the pipeline, multiple cars, a bus and a wate…

teleSUR (2019-03-14). Kurdish-led SDF: Fight Against IS Group Enters 'Final Moments'. telesurenglish.net For days the Syrian Democratic Forces have been fighting to recover the last enclave of the Islamic State Group in Syria. SDF says the battle against the Islamic State group in Baghouz, in Eastern Syria, is as good as over, and that the armed group was facing an imminent defeat. | RELATED: Bomb Blast in Western Syria Kills at Least 24 Civilians | Kino Gabriel…

Kurt Nimmo (2019-03-14). Hezbollah: Israel's Excuse for Stealing the Golan Heights. globalresearch.ca Now that Israel is getting a lot of heat for its decision to put finishing touches on the wholesale theft of Syria's Golan Heights, Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has launched a new PR campaign. | Netanyahu claims arch-enemy Hezbollah is preparing …

Renee Parsons (2019-03-14). Is AIPAC in Violation of Federal Election Law? counterpunch.org What newcomer to the US House of Representatives, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Mn) may not have fully realized is that her critique of Israel influence on American politics would open a door that has previously been hermetically sealed as the third rail of American politics. With its influence carefully concealed behind decades of deceptions, lies and More

Nick Licata (2019-03-14). Virginia's Approach to Government Accountability. counterpunch.org Despite the top three elected Virginia State Democrats generating national headlines for being accused of past racist or even criminal behavior, a movement to reform their democratic process continues to grow. These efforts can use three tools for making structural changes in government: the initiative process, court rulings and electing new public officials. Virginia does More

Binoy Kampmark (2019-03-14). Publicized Cruelty: Scott Morrison Visits Christmas Island. counterpunch.org His visit struck a sour note. The Australian prime minister Scott Morrison was making an effort to show he cared: about those intangible things called borders, secure firm and shut to the unwanted human matter coming by sea. The distant Australian territory of Christmas Island was selected to assist in coping with arrivals from Manus More

Thomas Mountain (2019-03-14). USA Continues Economic Sabotage of Eritrea. counterpunch.org On February 28, 2019 the last financial wire transactions between the small socialist country of Eritrea and all the western countries were stopped with no further wire transfers in USD$ or Euros to or from Eritrea being allowed . Unjust and illegal UN sanctions against Eritrea were lifted recently but the damage being done continues. During More

Jesse Jackson (2019-03-14). Give Diplomacy a Chance in Venezuela. counterpunch.org The United States is pushing for an overthrow of the government of Venezuela. The Trump administration has denounced Nicolas Maduro as a "dictator," dismissing the 2018 election, which the opposition boycotted. Instead of a good neighbor policy or a policy of non-intervention, the Trump administration has set out intentionally to overthrow the regime. Long before More

Pete Tucker (2019-03-14). A Reckoning is Coming for Jack Evans, But What About the Washington Post? counterpunch.org DC's longest-serving councilman is in trouble. With the U.S. Attorney's Office and a federal grand jury investigating his suspect dealings, Jack Evans' days as a top DC powerbroker are over. That conclusion seems inescapable now that Evans' strongest ally, the Washington Post, is no longer shielding him. For years…

TeleSUR English (2019-03-14). Caracas Metro, Other Services Up and Running After Alleged Attack. venezuelanalysis.com After an alleged cyber attack left most of Venezuela without power, electricity and other services are slowly being restored in Caracas and the rest of the country.

Jesse Jackson (2019-03-14). To help Venezuela, the U.S. must use diplomacy, not a military coup. zcomm.org It is time for Congress to step up — to investigate exactly what the Trump administration is doing overtly and covertly, and to call for a return to diplomacy before it is too late.

teleSUR (2019-03-14). Caracas Metro, Other Lines Up And Running After Sabotage. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's transportation lines, including the Caracas Metro, are scheduled to be up and running Thursday – Prensa Latina is reporting – following the sabotage of the national electric power grid, which sought to cripple the country. | RELATED: | Venezuela: 100% of Electricity is Back On | Minister of Communication and Information, Jorge Rodriguez, confirmed that that the majority of the line…

F. William Engdahl (2019-03-14). Another Reason for Washington in Venezuela? Monroe Doctrine: "This Country is in Our Hemisphere" globalresearch.ca Many myself among them have pointed to the vast hydrocarbon reserves of Venezuela as a possible driving motive behind the otherwise bizarre Washington intervention in Venezuela. The more I look into the situation, the more I suspect a quite other …

Ashley Bennett (2019-03-14). We Will Not Rest Until Housing Justice Is Done. commondreams.org Ashley Bennett (center left) and other People's Action leaders at the office of Sen. Elizabeth Warren in December, 2018. (Photo credit: People's Action) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-03-14_at_1.44.51_pm.png…

Dragan Vladic (2019-03-14). The Kosovo War: "Humanitarian Intervention" or Undeclared War Against Yugoslavia? globalresearch.ca The armed conflict between the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) and Serbian forces started in 1992 with the KLA attacks on Serbian police officers, non-Albanians that lived in Kosovo and Albanians loyal to Serbia (Johnstone, 2002; Kozyris, 1999). This low level …

Frida Berrigan (2019-03-14). Parenting in a World Hurtling Toward Catastrophe. thenation.com Parenting in a World Hurtling Toward Catastrophe…

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