(2019-04-16). US Military Attack on Venezuela Mulled by Top Trump Advisors and Latin American Officials at Private DC Meeting. globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-04-16). Asesores de Trump se reúnen en Washington para evaluar ataque militar contra Venezuela. thegrayzone.com EXCLUSIVA: Alejado de la mirada pública, el CSIS presidió reunión de alto nivel, y off the record, para explorar opciones…
(2019-04-16). The Spoils of War: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade. globalresearch.ca 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".
(2019-04-16). More American Troops to Afghanistan, To Keep the Chinese Out? Lithium and the Battle for Afghanistan's Mineral Riches. globalresearch.ca 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.
(2019-04-16). Assange Used Ecuadorian Embassy for Spying? Lenin Moreno. globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-04-16). Julian Assange Arrested — Murdering Human Rights, Freedom of Speech — Murdering Freedom. globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-04-16). Julian Assange's Life Is in Danger. globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-04-16). Defending Julian Assange; Defending the Truth. globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-04-16). If Your Country Were Committing War Crimes Would You Want to Know? consortiumnews.com 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 →
(2019-04-16). A Land Uncharted: the Persecution of Julian Assange. counterpunch.org 
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…
(2019-04-16). Julian and Martin: Reflections on the Arrest of Assange. counterpunch.org 
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 More
(2019-04-16). Manning, Assange, WikiLeaks and U.S. war crimes. workers.org 
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
(2019-04-16). The Ordeal of Julian Assange. counterpunch.org 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 More
(2019-04-16). Assange's Judge a Disgrace to the Bench, Former UK Ambassador Says. consortiumnews.com 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 →
(2019-04-16). Ecuador Gov't Violating Ola Bini Rights, His Father Warns. telesurenglish.net 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…
(2019-04-16). Women Activists Wary of Female Presence in Taliban Peace Talks. telesurenglish.net 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…
(2019-04-16). Why Won't the Mainstream Media Acknowledge Our Forever Wars? truthdig.com 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…
(2019-04-16). Taliban Team at Afghan Peace Talks to Include Women: Spokesman. telesurenglish.net 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…
(2019-04-16). African Union Presses Sudan's Army to Transfer Power in 15 Days. telesurenglish.net 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…
(2019-04-16). Defining Endless War Down – How corporate media factcheckers dismiss nearly three decades of combat in Iraq. fair.org 
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…
(2019-04-16). PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump & the Bolton-Pompeo Axis. consortiumnews.com 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 →
(2019-04-16). UN Security Council condemns Taliban offensive as a blow against 'sustainable peace'. un.org 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".
(2019-04-16). Protest Song Of The Week: 'Declaration Of War' By Rumours Of War. shadowproof.com 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.
(2019-04-16). Headlines for April 16, 2019. democracynow.org Flames Engulf Historic Notre-Dame Cathedral as France Vows to Rebuild, Jerusalem: Firefighters Put Out Blaze at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Dems Subpoena Deutsche Bank as They Probe Trump Finances, DOJ: Redacted Mueller Report Will Be Released April 18, Measles on the Rise Around the World, Up 300% from 2018, Man Charged with Hate Crimes over Fires at 3 Black Louisiana Churches, Bernie Sanders Releases Tax Returns in Run-up to 2020, Ex-MA Governor William Weld Enters Race for 2020 GOP Nomination, Trump's Transgender Military Ban Goes into Effect, Chicago Police Arrest Loyola Grad Workers Protesting Unfair Wages, Interior Dep…
(2019-04-16). Netanyahu's Victory in Israel Tells Us About the Balance of Power in the Middle East. counterpunch.org 
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 More
(2019-04-16). Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela? What Crisis? globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-04-16). Trump Dances to Israel's Tune. globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-04-16). No More Excuses: Israeli Voters Have Chosen a Country that Will Mirror the Brutal Regimes of its Arab Neighbours. counterpunch.org 
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 More
(2019-04-16). Saudi Arabia, Israel, US All Sought Bashir's Ouster: So How Real Was the Sudan Revolution? mintpressnews.com 
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.
(2019-04-16). Self-Censorship is Credibility Suicide. counterpunch.org 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 More
(2019-04-16). Bernie Sanders' Foreign Policy Vision is Incoherent and Dangerous. mintpressnews.com 
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.
(2019-04-16). A chronicle to define what collectives are in Venezuela. mronline.org 
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
(2019-04-16). New series: 100 Years of the Communist Party USA. peoplesworld.org 
"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 …
(2019-04-16). Few Good Men in Post-NATO Libyan Quagmire as Jihadists Battle Former CIA Asset's Forces. mintpressnews.com 
It is likely that Saudi Arabia sees Libya's Khalifa Haftar as a means of beating down the Muslim Brotherhood, which has a notoriously hostile relationship with the Wahhabi kingdom.
(2019-04-16). Steve Miller and the Nationalist Takeover of the White House. counterpunch.org 
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(2019-04-16). The French (Bread) Connection in a Bourgeois California Town. counterpunch.org 
"It's curious, but often true, that the further one travels from Paris, the closer one gets to French traditions." Bread has a bad rap these days and rightly so. Not all of it, but way too much of it tastes like cardboard and has little if any nutritional value. That's true in the U.S. and More
(2019-04-16). Talking Trash: Unfortunate Truths About Recycling. counterpunch.org 
When I first lobbied for recycling more household waste in the 1980s, few types of rubbish could be handled by recycling facilities—if you or your department of public works could find one. A lot has changed for the better since then. Accordingto the economic consulting firm John Dunham & Associates, by 2017 the US recycling industry had an economic impact of $117 billion and directly or indirectly employed more than 534,500 workers to collect, haul, process, and furnish facilities, equipment, transportation, and supplies.[2]But how can we tell if that money is well spent, how well are towns, cities, s…
(2019-04-16). Mike Pompeo Continues Venezuela Regime Change Tour — Vows to 'Tighten Noose'. mintpressnews.com 
UN Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy has criticized the use of sanctions to promote regime change, while former UN Expert Alfred de Zayas likened sanctions to "medieval sieges," meant to bring countries "to their knees."
(2019-04-16). Africa as Colonial as Ever: US "New Africa Strategy" Old Oil in New Bottles. mintpressnews.com 
Months after U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton announced the "New Africa Strategy" at the Heritage Foundation, the US' new policy has killed civilians, exploited Africa's resources and used the continent as a battleground for provoking tensions with Russia and China.
(2019-04-16). Is Russian 'Meddling' an Attack on America? — RAI with Stephen Cohen. therealnews.com 
"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…
(2019-04-16). The Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Qods Force. globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-04-16). Iranian FM Arrives in Damascus to Meet with Assad. telesurenglish.net 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…
(2019-04-16). No War No NATO: Support the Anti-War Movement. globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-04-16). International Criminal Lawyer: ICC Is Controlled by the US and EU. globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-04-16). From Tribe, to King, to 'Democracy' to Mafia. The Criminalization of US Politics. globalresearch.ca The problem is no …
(2019-04-16). No, Assad Didn't "Win" the War, He Was Compelled by Putin to "Compromise" globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-04-16). Brzezinski's Warning to America. The Liberal World Order is Falling Apart. America's Unavoidable Decline. globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-04-16). Passing the Parcel: The European Union and Refugees in the Mediterranean. globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-04-16). Jo Cox: A Tragedy Twisted into a Bogus 'Terror Plot'? globalresearch.ca 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 …
(2019-04-16). US and NATO's Ongoing Support for Neo-Nazis in the Ukraine. globalresearch.ca 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 …
