(2019-04-27). Disrupting Elliott Abrams. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/ariel-gold-codepink-955px.jpg…
(2019-04-27). "Theater Iran Near Term" (TIRANNT). The Ongoing Planning of War against Iran. globalresearch.ca "Theater Iran Near Term" (TIRANNT) has identified several thousand targets inside Iran as part of a "Shock and Awe" Blitzkrieg, which is now in its final planning stages.
(2019-04-27). Colombia's JEP Orders Capture of Former FARC, 'El Paisa'. telesurenglish.net The Special Jurisdiction of Peace (JEP) made the decision Thursday to order the capture of Hernan Dario Velasquez, "El Paisa," a former leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for breaching the 2016 Colombian Peace Accords. | RELATED: | Colombian Anti-Gov't Protests Turn Violent, 35 Arrested | Judge Catalina Diaz Gomez read the 90-page dec…
(2019-04-27). To Conjure the Future We Want, We Need a Revolution of the Heart. truthout.org On the evening of October 21, 1967, a "ragtag" group of hippies, counterculture enthusiasts, artists and anti-Vietnam War demonstrators descended upon the Pentagon to perform a ritual exorcism with the goal of levitating the building 3 feet above the ground. While no one claims to have seen the Pentagon rise, the event became a unique example of using spiritual rituals toward political ends in the public eye and cultural consciousness. | I first learned of this ritual exorcism during a workshop facilitated by activist and…
(2019-04-27). Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Arreaza addresses NYC activists. fightbacknews.org New York, NY — More than 50 people gathered at The People's Forum, on the evening of April 25 for a talk by the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Arreaza. Arreaza was part of a Venezuelan delegation visiting the United Nations to demand an end to U.S. sanctions against their country. The sanctions have completely frozen Venezuelan assets and have stalled government activities meant to help the population. | In the last few months, the United States has heightened the attacks on the democratically elected government of Nicolás Maduro. While the U.S. has always attempted to meddle in Venezuelan aff…
(2019-04-27). Ecuador Embassy Staff Contradicts Allegations Against Assange. telesurenglish.net Ecuador's president Lenin Moreno made a number of allegations against Julian Assange, including accusing the whistleblower of being disrespectful towards embassy staff. However, Ecuadors consul at the time has dispelled Moreno's accusations, calling them a "smokescreen". | RELATED: | Assange Was Put Through 'Hell' At Ecuadorean Embassy: Narvaez | Fidel Narvaez was the consul in London for 6 of the 7 years that Julian Assange stayed at the embassy, speaking to Russian outlet RT he s…
(2019-04-27). Climate Destruction: Bearing Witness with Dahr Jamail. dissidentvoice.org 
The question is not are we going to fail. The question is how? — Stephen Jenkinson, author and storyteller. Water, glaciers, oceans, food, forests and fires — all of these things are part of global warming under the magnifying glass of Dahr Jamail in his book The End of Ice. Jamail is a first class …
(2019-04-27). The Coming of American Fascism, 1920—1940. dissidentvoice.org 
Fascism is usually thought of as a quintessentially and almost exclusively European phenomenon, as having begun with Mussolini, culminated with Hitler, and been eradicated in World War II. The U.S., in particular, is thought to have been largely immune to it, given the absence of mass movements similar to Nazism or Italian Fascism. But there …
(2019-04-27). Venezuelan Government announces arrests over electrical blackouts. mronline.org 
The government issued an arrest warrant request for the ex-security chief of the Guri Complex, who allegedly fled to the US following the March blackouts. | Source
(2019-04-27). Racism in Venezuela: "People Who Never had a Voice Now Have One and will Never Give it up Again" globalresearch.ca Last night (April 25th) I gave a talk on some of what I had seen in Venezuela, March-April, sharing photos and clips—with an emphasis of allowing people to hear voices our media generally silences or pretends don't exist. | In Q …
(2019-04-27). Government report indicates signs of weakness in economy. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Friday, April 26, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) issued its first report on economic growth in 2019. The country's Gross Domestic Product, or GDP, which measures the total production of goods and services, grew at a 3.2% annual rate during the first three months of the year (January to March). This was stronger than most economists expected. | But much of the growth was made up of one-time events, and inside the report there were continuing signs of economic weakness. The biggest contributor to growth was a large drop in imports. During the second half of 2018 many companies pushed forwar…
(2019-04-27). Minnesota Takes Steps Towards Banning Conversion Therapy. telesurenglish.net Conversion therapy is on its way out of the U.S. midwestern state of Minnesota, officials said Saturday, after introducing a bill to declare the practice illegal. | RELATED: | Google's LGBT-Friendly Rank Drops Due to Conversion Therapy App | Nearly 40 states, 24 over the last year, have filed similar bills in an effort to eradicate the highly controversial form of "therapy," which endeavors to force an individual to change their secual orientation or gender identiy. | With a…
(2019-04-27). What You Don't Know About 5G but Will Find Out When Its Too Late. globalresearch.ca The first eight months of WWII with no fighting — was called The Phoney War. Using millimetre waves as a fifth-generation or 5G wireless communications technology is a phoney war of another kind. | *** | This phoney war is also silent, …
(2019-04-27). Trump's Crusaders March to War on Iran. commondreams.org Iranians new pastime is to visit Nature Bridge(or Pol-e Tabiat) in the afternoons and evening to enjoy a stroll on this new creation of municipality, the view over the city's skyline, and evidently taking selfies on March 28, 2016 in Tehran, Iran. (Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-tehran-selfies-955px.jpg…
(2019-04-27). Corporate Joe: Biden Enters the Presidential Race. dissidentvoice.org Values, values and more values. Another dreary dish added to the smorgasbord of Democratic hopefuls for the White House. This one is a bit cured and worn, smoked by history. Biden, having performed the role of Vice President for Barack Obama and senator for Delaware, is making his third attempt to not so much gallop …
(2019-04-27). Canada Gets Cozy with Repressive Middle East Monarchies. dissidentvoice.org While Justin Trudeau's government embraces repressive Middle East monarchies, they want us to believe their campaign to oust Venezuela's government is motivated by support for democracy and human rights. On a tour of the Middle East last week Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan met his United Arab Emirates counterpart Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi in …
(2019-04-27). I Witnessed How Close South Africa Came to Civil War, 25 Years Ago Today. commondreams.org Former President Nelson Mandela takes the oath on May 10, 1994, during his inauguration at the Union Building in Pretoria, South Africa. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mandela-inauguration-1994.jpg…
(2019-04-27). Official: US Man Crashed Into People He Believed Were Muslims. telesurenglish.net California authorities have confirmed that the motive behind a U.S. driver who intentionally ran over several people, with a car, in Silicon Valley did so because he suspected some of them to be Muslims. | RELATED: | Sri Lanka Muslims Warned Officials About Group Behind Attack | "New evidence shows that the defendant intentionally targeted the victims based on their race and his belief that they were of the Muslim faith," the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety's Phan Ngo said.
(2019-04-27). Canada and the Propaganda War on Venezuela. globalresearch.ca "I have ground zero information on everything that happens there. And trust me, what the Canadian public, and the American public and the international community are watching is a huge Hollywood show." | — Venezuelan in Canada, from an interview…
(2019-04-27). A Vote for Joe Biden Is a Vote for "Economic Asphyxiation" and Never Ending War. globalresearch.ca Soon after deep insider and favored water carrier for the financial elite, Joe Biden, announced his candidacy the corporate propaganda media ramped up its support and floated a meme that Trump is petrified of a Biden challenge next year….
(2019-04-27). Philippines 78-foot Dead Whale Sculpture Aims to Halt Pollution. telesurenglish.net A Filipino artist has built a 23.8 meter sculpture of a dead whale made out of trash, in a campaign to raise awareness on using single-use plastics. | RELATED: | Philippines: Canada Has a Week to Take Back Trash or Else | Biboy Royong gathered bottles, garbage bags, straws and other plastic wastes from various establishments in the Philippine capital for his…
(2019-04-27). Towards Russia-China Economic Integration: Interpreting President Putin's Speech at the 2019 Beijing BRI Forum. globalresearch.ca President Putin left nothing to doubt when he proudly proclaimed that Russia and the Eurasian Economic Union regional integration organization that it leads are strategically merging with China and its Belt & Road Initiative, with this process having unprecedentedly far-reaching …
(2019-04-27). Voices from Inside the Besieged Venezuelan Embassy. mintpressnews.com "If [the U.S. invades the Venezuelan Embassy] tomorrow, it will send a message to the world that no embassy is safe in the United States… it's a message that 'if you don't bow down to us, do what we tell you, put in the government that we'd like, we will take your embassy." – Kevin Zeese…
(2019-04-27). Caffeine Significantly Boosts the Performance of Solar Cells. telesurenglish.net A new study by California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA and Solargiga Energy in China revealed that caffeine improves the thermal stability of perovskite solar cells, which are viewed as the future of solar power. | RELATED: | Nigeria's Affordable Solar Energy-Using ISP Expands to Ghana | "The boiling point of caffeine is 300 ∞C, which is higher than the o…
(2019-04-27). Trump's Torrent of Twisted Claims on Russia. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — Russia keeps reverberating even with special counsel Robert Mueller's report now part of history. | As much as President Donald Trump says he wants the United States to move on, he's found it hard to turn away himself, as seen in a torrent of tweets and remarks railing against Democrats, trashing Mueller and painting his own actions in a saintly light. | There is little truth to be found in these statements. | A review of a week of Russia-heavy rhetoric from Trump and his team, also touching on the census and the economy: | RUSSIA | TRUMP: "No Collusion, No Obstruction — there has NEVER be…
(2019-04-27). The President's Executive Privilege Strategy Could Mean a Messy Fight. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — Since George Washington's time, presidents have used executive privilege to resist congressional inquiries in the name of protecting the confidentiality of their decision-making. | President Donald Trump threatened this past week to broadly assert executive privilege to block a number of current and former aides from testifying, including some who have cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. It's a strategy that could lead to a messy, protracted legal fight, but even if the White House is eventually defeated in court, the president and his allies could have the ch…
(2019-04-27). China Challenges US Sanctions, Invites Syria to Belt and Road Project. globalresearch.ca The Chinese government has invited its Syrian counterpart to the global summit for the Chinese flagship Belt and Road initiative taking place in Beijing April 25 through April 27 among 120 countries. | Syria's invitation, attendance, and contribution in the mega …
(2019-04-27). Bolsonaro Fears A Kirchner Win in Argentine Elections. telesurenglish.net Brazilian far-right President Jair Bolsonaro expressed fear that Argentina will reelect former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in the polls this October and tried to blame the Argentine two-year economic downspiral on Macri's "timid" implementation of austerity measures. | RELATED: | Cristina Fernandez-Kirchner Leads Electoral Polls in Argentina
(2019-04-27). Corporate Joe: Biden Enters the Presidential Race. globalresearch.ca Values, values and more values. Another dreary dish added to the smorgasbord of Democratic hopefuls for the White House. This one is a bit cured and worn, smoked by history. Biden, having performed the role of Vice President for Barack …
(2019-04-27). Pete Buttigieg — Manufactured U.S. Presidential Candidate. globalresearch.ca I think that I have something of a head-start over others, including many Americans, so far as the Democratic presidential aspirant Pete Buttigieg is concerned. As one who takes note of a wide range of figures on what is termed …
(2019-04-27). The Dangers of 5G to Children's Health. globalresearch.ca First posted on Global Research on February 14, 2019 | Mobile and wireless technologies are a ubiquitous feature of modern life. Most U.S. adults own smartphones, a growing proportion are "smartphone-only" Internet users and over a fourth report being online …
(2019-04-27). Trump Administration Waives Environmental Laws to Build Border Walls in New Mexico, Arizona. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration announced today that it will waive dozens of environmental laws to speed construction of 18- to 30-foot-tall border walls across 80 miles of borderlands in Arizona and New Mexico. The bollard-style barriers will block the natural migrations …
(2019-04-27). The Rise of Israel's Political Right and Its Possible Demise. globalresearch.ca The following research article is an attempt to analyze the reasons behind the increasing drift of right-wing politics in Israeli parliamentary elections in the last two decades. It also evaluates the impact of national insecurity and scaremongering on the political …
(2019-04-27). Tackling the 'Impossible': Ending Violence. globalresearch.ca Whenever, in ordinary circumstances, the subject of violence comes up, most people throw up their hands in horror and comment along the lines that it is 'in our genes', 'nothing can be done about it' or other words that reflect …
(2019-04-27). Glyphosate Worse than We Could Imagine. "It's Everywhere" globalresearch.ca Glyphosate residues have been found in tap water, orange juice, children's urine, breast milk, chips, snacks, beer, wine, cereals, eggs, oatmeal, wheat products, and most conventional foods tested. It's everywhere.
(2019-04-27). These punk bands are uniting to fight sweatshop labour. thecanary.co In April 2013, the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed. 1,134 people were killed. The building contained several garment factories. | On the day of the collapse, garment workers were ordered to go to work despite the fact that cra…
(2019-04-27). Sri Lanka Militants Set Off Bombs During Raid, Killing 15. truthdig.com AMPARA, Sri Lanka — Militants linked to Easter suicide bombings opened fire and set off explosives during a raid by Sri Lankan security forces on a house in the country's east, leaving behind a grisly discovery Saturday: 15 bodies, including six children. | The gun battle that began Friday night and the carnage that followed come amid widespread fear of more attacks as officials hunt for militants with explosives believed to still be at large after the coordinated bombings of churches and luxury hotels that killed more than 250 people nearly a week ago. | Raids and police curfews have shut down areas of eas…
(2019-04-27). SPLC statement on antisemitic shooting at Congregation Chabad in California. splcenter.org Today we saw another horrific act of antisemitic hate at Congregation Chabad in Poway, California, six months to the day after the deadly shooting that killed 11 people at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.
(2019-04-27). South Africa Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Freedom Day. telesurenglish.net South Africa is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its first democratic elections in which the victory of Nelson Mandela banished the apartheid's racial segregation and served to found a new country, recalled President Cyril Ramaphosa during an official ceremony in Makhanda. | RELATED: | South Africa Commemorates Winnie Mandela | "On this day, 25 years ago, we, as South…
(2019-04-27). Nationalist Pols Push Sri Lankan "Patriot Act" on Fearful Populace Following Easter Attacks. mintpressnews.com 
Current efforts by top Sri Lankan politicians to exploit the chaos following the Easter attacks will likely spell disaster for Sri Lanka's religious minorities who are themselves the most frequent victims of state-sponsored and religiously motivated terrorism in the island nation.
(2019-04-27). Sri Lanka ¥s PM Advocates for Broadening Laws against Terrorism. plenglish.com Colombo, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe assured that currently laws are not enough to deal with terrorism, in a speech about the series of deadly attacks on Easter Sunday against several churches and hotels in the country.
(2019-04-27). FBI director hypes '365-days-a-year threat' from election-meddling Russia. rt.com 
FBI Director Christopher Wray has confirmed that anti-Russian hype is not going anywhere, claiming that Moscow will try to interfere in the 2020 US presidential election, and has been 'spinning up' Americans every day.
(2019-04-27). 1 killed, 3 injured as gunman opens fire at California synagogue. rt.com 
One person had died and three have been injured in a shooting at a synagogue in Poway, near San Diego, California. A suspect has been detained. The local mayor said the crime was hate-motivated.
(2019-04-27). Popular Mobilization Celebrates Venezuela ¥s Withdrawal from the OAS. plenglish.com Caracas, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela ¥s revolutionary forces will celebrate on Saturday with a popular mobilization the definitive withdrawal of the country from the Organization of American States (OAS), in response to the aggressions and meddling encouraged by that organization.
(2019-04-27). War by other means: US/EU sanctions aimed at crippling Syria. wsws.org Washington is seeking to crash the Syrian economy to create the conditions for a rebellion so as to impose a pro-US regime in Damascus.
(2019-04-27). Amid mass beheadings, Wall Street scrambles for Saudi profits. wsws.org With the blood of 37 men decapitated in public squares barely dry, top financiers rushed to Riyadh in search of deals with the ruling monarchy.
(2019-04-27). China to Support South Sudan to Achieve Long-Term Peace. plenglish.com Juba, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) Chinese Government assured Saturday it will support South Sudan in the materialization of achieving stability and long-term peace in the midst of a conflict lasted in this country since 2013.
(2019-04-27). Sri Lanka Blasts: Terrorism Targets Another Ally of China? globalresearch.ca The recent, tragic Easter attack in the South Asian state of Sri Lanka — killing and injuring hundreds — follows a now unfortunately all too familiar formula. | The New York Times has reported in its article, " What We Know …
(2019-04-27). Federal Judge Orders City of Santa Cruz to Halt Closure of Ross Camp. indybay.org Today Federal Judge Edward Davila granted the plaintiffs suing the City of Santa Cruz in Quintero v. City of Santa Cruz a restraining order that prevents the city from removing, seizing, or destroying the property of the homeless residents of the Ross Camp until the matter can be heard on Friday in federal court. Quintero et al v. City of Santa Cruz et al, a historic lawsuit filed by a group of homeless residents living at the Ross/Heroes' Camp, is the first lawsuit of its kind initiated by homeless individuals after the Martin v Boise ruling of September 2018, which states that homeless persons cannot be punishe…
(2019-04-27). Venezuelan Workers Promote New Production System. plenglish.com Caracas, Apr 27 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan trade unionists are promoting worker training for the construction of a new production model, said the president of the country"s Unitary Federation of Oil Workers, Wills Rangel.
