Investigating Venezuela's 'Humanitarian Crisis': Max Blumenthal Tours a Supermarket in Caracas
Max Blumenthal | grayzoneproject.com | 2019-02-21
The corporate media claims Venezuela has no basic food or supplies, so The Grayzone investigated — at a giant supermarket…
grayzoneproject.com/2019/02/21/venezuela-humanitarian-crisis-max-blumenthal-supermarket-caracas/
Canadian Peace Congress: Act Now to Defend Venezuela's Sovereignty! No Sanctions! No Coup d'État! No Military Intervention!
Canadian Peace Congress | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
The orchestrated campaign to remove the elected government in Venezuela and replace it with a puppet authority willing to serve U.S. economic and political interests has now reached a critical moment, one which may well end in a bloody civil …
globalresearch.ca/canadian-peace-congress-act-now-to-defend-venezuelas-sovereignty-no-sanctions-no-coup-detat-no-military-intervention/5669252
Why Canada Should Withdraw from NATO
Science for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
Hon. Lloyd Longfield MP | February 20, 2019 | Dear Lloyd, | I am a longstanding member of Science for Peace, Canada's most renowned scientific community for peace research and advocacy over more than 30 years centered in the Department of Physics of …
globalresearch.ca/why-canada-should-withdraw-from-nato/5669144
Trump Regime Pursuing Nuclear Technology Sales to the Saudis
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
Saudi Arabia is a fascist dictatorship run in cahoots with religious extremists — the Middle East's most dangerous regime after Israel. | Other than nations already with nukes, it's likely the last regime on earth anti-war activists would want to be …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-pursuing-nuclear-technology-sales-to-the-saudis/5669285
Big Economic Questions of the Day: Trump Tax Cuts, Economic Growth, Inflation. Monetary Policy. Undocumented Immigrants
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
Recently I have had several journalists, academics and progressive activists ask me my opinion on some of the key economic questions of the day. Here are some of my replies: on Trump tax cuts and US growth, current immigration debates, …
globalresearch.ca/big-economic-questions-day-replies/5669232
With Monsanto and Glyphosate on the Run AAAS Revokes Award to Scientists Whose Studies Led to Ban on Weedkiller in Sri Lanka and Other Countries
Russell Mokhiber | counterpunch.org | 2019-02-21
The popular weedkiller glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup, is on the run. Congresswoman and Presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) last week called for a ban. "We need to ban all products containing glyphosate, including Roundup," Gabbard tweeted on February 16. "It's poisoning our people, butterflies and other insects, the land and the water."
counterpunch.org/2019/02/21/with-monsanto-and-glyphosate-on-the-run-aaas-revokes-award-to-scientists-whose-studies-led-to-ban-on-weedkiller-in-sri-lanka-and-other-countries/
Venezuela: US/Canadian Attempted Coup Not About Democracy — Paul Jay (Pt1/2)
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-02-21
Corporate media hides that the crisis in Venezuela is a class struggle, and whatever its faults, the Bolivarian revolution is a struggle for equality and democracy — Paul Jay joins host Jacqueline Luqman…
therealnews.com/stories/venezuela-us-canadian-attempted-coup-not-about-democracy-paul-jay-pt1-2
Foreign Correspondent: How the War in Yemen Could End in a Matter of Days
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2019-02-21
"It would affect their ability to fight immediately."
progressive.org/dispatches/how-the-war-in-yemen-could-end-in-days-erlich-190221/
What If They Started a War and No One Showed Up?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
The humiliation of United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Warsaw last week was a good thing. The ancient Greeks, exercising their demonstrated ability to synthesize defining characteristics, had a word for it: hubris. Hubris is when one develops …
globalresearch.ca/what-if-they-started-a-war-and-no-one-showed-up/5669259
Fraught Times for Europe's Jews Now Advised to Reconsider Their Unqualified Support for Israel
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
Jewish communities in Britain and France, London and Paris, together with the rest of Europe are now reconsidering their unqualified support for the state of Israel in terms of money and arms which they concede are used for the subjugation …
globalresearch.ca/fraught-times-for-europes-jews-now-advised-to-reconsider-their-unqualified-support-for-israel/5669269
Dollar Dominance and the Third World
Enzo Calandra | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
The history of international political economy has consisted of several monetary regimes, each corresponding to a particular stage of capitalist development and possessing traits which reflect said stage. | In order to illuminate the dynamics of the dollar regime, I will …
globalresearch.ca/dollar-dominance-and-the-third-world/5669224
Global Research PDF Collection: 6 PDF Books for 1 Price
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
Purchase six e-books from Global Research Publisher's PDF collection at a discounted price. Download your order as a zipped folder straight to your computer and avoid shipping and handling costs. | Special Offer: Global Research PDF Collection — 6 PDF Books : | …
globalresearch.ca/special-offer-global-research-pdf-collection/5559420
Russia to Press for Putting "White Helmets" on Trial for Crimes in Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
Russia will press for putting the White Helmets on trial for crimes committed in Syria, including faked videos of chemical attacks, the director of the Foreign Ministry's department of new challenges and threats, Ilya Rogachyov, told TASS in an …
globalresearch.ca/russia-to-press-for-putting-white-helmets-on-trial-for-crimes-in-syria/5669228
Who Gains from Turning Europe into a Potential Nuclear Battlefield?
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
The United States and its NATO partners are attempting to make the case for Washington's decision to abandon the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. | Claims that the Russian Federation has been violating the treaty have yet to be substantiated with …
globalresearch.ca/gains-turning-europe-potential-nuclear-battlefield/5669218
Shocking Quotes from High-Ranking Government Officials on Unaccounted For Military Spending
David DeGraw | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
Defense Secretaries Sound the Alarm | This first quote was an important admission from Robert Gates, as Defense Secretary during the second-term of the Bush Administration and first-term of the Obama Administration, it was his responsibility to sign off on …
globalresearch.ca/shocking-quotes-from-high-ranking-government-officials-on-unaccounted-for-military-spending/5669203
The Fake News About Humanitarian Aid and Venezuela
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
In recent times the international media, including many who promised to "resist" the dangerous commander-in-chief Donald Trump, have been awash with stories about Nicolas Maduro blocking US "humanitarian aid" reaching Venezuela. Maduro is said to have even blocked …
globalresearch.ca/the-fake-news-about-humanitarian-aid-and-venezuela/5669262
Trump and the World Economy
Leo Panitch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
Martin Thomas (MT): I can see four main sorts of possible outcomes to be considered from Trump's economic jousting. | One: it may reshape some deals, like NAFTA [the North American Free Trade Agreement] to the USA's advantage or imagined advantage, …
globalresearch.ca/trump-and-the-world-economy/5669239
Education and the Capitalist Myth of Equality of Opportunity
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
We commit a big fallacy when we assume that our educational accomplishments are our individual achievements. We like to believe that we are born with a certain innate talent that makes us intellectually superior to all the rest. | But the …
globalresearch.ca/education-and-the-capitalist-myth-of-equality-of-opportunity/5669198
Obstructed Justice: Law and Disorder in the Klan Age
Greg Guma | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
Forty years after the Civil War and Emancipation Proclamation it still wasn't safe to be free and black in Kentucky. For Celia Mudd, who was born into slavery but had inherited the Lancaster farm in Bardstown, it was time to …
globalresearch.ca/obstructed-justice-law-and-disorder-in-the-klan-age/5669243
The Ins and Outs of the West's Anti-Russian Infowar. The Role of "Government Organized" NGOs
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
Western governments are indirectly promoting hostile narratives against Russia simultaneously with censoring those that are supposedly "Russian-linked". | *** | It is obvious that the US and Russia are at loggerheads in a New Cold War, one which is taking a completely …
globalresearch.ca/the-ins-and-outs-of-the-wests-anti-russian-infowar-the-role-of-government-organized-ngos/5669233
The Most Selfish of Virtues: Alan Bennett's "Lady in the Van"
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-02-21
It does seem specific. A middle class concern centred on a man and an elderly woman, a sort of surrogate, irritating mother type of indulgent wisdom and uncertain past, seemingly irritating yet, on some level, fulfilling. Alan Bennett writes prose …
globalresearch.ca/the-most-selfish-of-virtues-alan-bennetts-lady-in-the-van/5669223
Mitchel Cohen Takes on Global and Local Goliaths: Profile of a Lifelong Multi-Movement Organizer
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2019-02-21
"Growing up in Brooklyn, I was called a Commie-Jew-faggot-bastard. There were battles between the Jewish kids and the black kids on one side and the Italian kids on the other side." — Mitchel Cohen, February 9, 2019 If there are leaders who stand out in a disciplined crowd or an unruly mob, there also those…
counterpunch.org/2019/02/21/mitchel-cohen-takes-on-global-and-local-goliaths-profile-of-a-lifelong-multi-movement-organizer/
The Bill and Melinda Gates' Fair Taxation Scaremongering Tour
Chris Orlet | counterpunch.org | 2019-02-21
When told that the very existence of billionaires was a signal that capitalism doesn't work for the many, and that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had mused that America could do without billionaires, the Gates laughed politely and talked vaguely and approvingly of raising taxes on the ultra-wealthy. To those who are given much, much is expected, Melinda Gates said.
counterpunch.org/2019/02/21/the-bill-and-melinda-gates-fair-taxation-scaremongering-tour/
For Your Children (or: Dead Ahead)
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-02-21
About five billion years from now The earth will be devoured by the sun, But you won't have to wait too long To see immense destruction: Cities quickly turning into gas chambers And ovens, pestilence and famine, People digging corpses up And eating them, If we don't shut the engines, end The rule of exploitation,…
counterpunch.org/2019/02/21/for-your-children-or-dead-ahead/
Size Matters: the Demise of the Airbus A380
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-02-21
The aircraft business has always been a dear affair. More than other forms of transport, it remains susceptible to oscillating costs (materials, fuel), ever at the mercy of the uncontrollable. The Airbus A380 was meant to be a giant's contribution to aviation. In time, its makers came to the conclusion that the bird had already…
counterpunch.org/2019/02/21/size-matters-the-demise-of-the-airbus-a380/
Tracing the Threads in Venezuela: Humanitarian Aid
Alex Campbell | counterpunch.org | 2019-02-21
Last week, humanitarian aid was at the center of discussion of the Venezuela crisis in the US, and evidently at the center of Juan Guaidó's plans to challenge the Maduro government's hold on power in the country. The New York Timesnoted that: The battle over the legitimate leadership of Venezuela — which has included rallies…
counterpunch.org/2019/02/21/tracing-the-threads-in-venezuela-humanitarian-aid/
Trump's Fake National Emergency Moves America Closer to an Autocracy
Jesse Jackson | counterpunch.org | 2019-02-21
President Trump's decision to declare a national emergency in order to fund his border wall triggers a crisis for our Constitution and our democracy. This is no longer about the shameless lies, exaggerations and slanders that the president has trotted out to justify his silly campaign promise to build a wall (that he promised Mexico…
counterpunch.org/2019/02/21/trumps-fake-national-emergency-moves-america-closer-to-an-autocracy/
Israel, Venezuela and Nationalism In The Neoliberal Era
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2019-02-21
What is a nation in the era of neoliberalism? Is community, under any umbrella, possible? Margaret Thatcher was perhaps more influential l in shaping the modern times than anyone outside of Ronald Reagan. Thatcher famously asserted that there was no such thing as society–there were only individuals. This logic is still being carried out, as evidenced by the United States' response to situations in Israel and Venezuela.
counterpunch.org/2019/02/21/israel-venezuela-and-nationalism-in-the-neoliberal-era/
New York, New York: a Resounding Victory for New York Over Amazon
Daniel Warner | counterpunch.org | 2019-02-21
As a New Yorker, I have always been fascinated by why New York Yankee baseball caps are so popular around the world. New York has a reputation, "We're number one, baby," that obviously has global resonance. As Frank Sinatra crooned: I want to wake up, in a city that never sleeps And find I'm king…
counterpunch.org/2019/02/21/new-york-new-york-a-resounding-victory-for-new-york-over-amazon/
It's Hard to Sue a President. Can Trump Be Defeated in Court?
Shared by Cherise | truthout.org | 2019-02-21
Early in 2018, Democrats offered Donald Trump $25 billion for "border security" measures which included "the construction of physical barriers" in the text of the legislation. Trump turned it down flat after the Freedom Caucus and vivid fascist Stephen Miller got in his ear, and the government was shut down. | After the 2018 midterm elections changed the math, Democrats offered $1.6 billion and no wall, a s…
truthout.org/articles/its-hard-to-sue-a-president-can-trump-be-defeated-in-court/
Russian Communists say Putin's pledge to raise living standards not enough
Ben Chacko | peoplesworld.org | 2019-02-21
Russian President Vladimir Putin's pledges to raise living standards and fight poverty were dismissed Wednesday by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation as "half measures" which would not make up for his own government's attacks on social security. President Putin's state of the nation speech promised preferential mortgages and new child benefit payments for …
peoplesworld.org/article/russian-communists-say-putins-pledge-to-raise-living-standards-not-enough/
Meet Juan Guaido's First Ambassador, Fake Twitter Diplomat Slammed by Costa Rica for 'Unacceptable Entry'
Anya Parampil | mintpressnews.com | 2019-02-21
Maria Faría, the daughter of a would-be Hugo Chávez assassin, illegally barged into Venezuela's embassy in Costa Rica and declared herself ambassador. The embarrassing stunt highlighted everything wrong with Juan Guaidó's reality-show government.
mintpressnews.com/venezuela-juan-guaido-first-ambassador-fake-twitter-diplomat-slammed-costa-rica/255401/
The Top Five Real Reasons the US Wants Regime Change in Venezuela
Nick Rehwaldt | mintpressnews.com | 2019-02-21
The news out of Venezuela today is deeply rooted in U.S. foreign policy towards Central and South America since the end of World War II.
mintpressnews.com/top-five-real-reasons-us-venezuela/255398/
US Media Erase Years of Chavismo's Gains
Gregory Shupak | zcomm.org | 2019-02-21
Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution frequently and even quite recently received praise for its social gains from the United Nations, international humanitarian organizations and economists…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/us-media-erase-years-of-chavismos-gains/
Trump Is Making a Mockery of 'Humanitarian Aid' in Venezuela
Nate Singham | commondreams.org | 2019-02-21
During 2018, the Trump administration continued to strengthen sanctions targeting Venezuela through the issuance of additional executive orders. (@compartycanada) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/sanctions.jpeg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/02/21/trump-making-mockery-humanitarian-aid-venezuela?cd-origin=rss
Inside the neoliberal laboratory preparing for the theft of Venezuela's economy
Justin Podur | zcomm.org | 2019-02-21
When it comes to suppressing the people of Latin America in their hopes to control their own fortunes and their own resources, the scribblers have a key role to play, as much as their diplomatic and military counterparts…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/inside-the-neoliberal-laboratory-preparing-for-the-theft-of-venezuelas-economy/
Meet Juan Guaido's First Ambassador, Fake Twitter Diplomat Slammed by Costa Rica for 'Unacceptable Entry'
Anya Parampil | grayzoneproject.com | 2019-02-21
Maria Faría, the daughter of a would-be Hugo Chávez assassin, illegally barged into Venezuela's embassy in Costa Rica and declared…
grayzoneproject.com/2019/02/21/meet-juan-guaidos-first-ambassador-fake-twitter-diplomat-slammed-by-costa-rica-for-unacceptable-entry/
Watch | A Visit to Mysterious US Air Firm Accused of Arming Right-Wing Insurgency in Venezuela
Jeb Sprague | mintpressnews.com | 2019-02-21
Jeb Sprague entered the offices of 21Air, a shadowy air cargo company accused of ferrying arms to Venezuela, and demanded answers about its role in the US-led coup…
mintpressnews.com/watch-a-visit-to-21-air-the-firm-accused-of-arming-right-wing-insurgency-in-venezuela/255392/
A visit to mysterious U.S. Air Firm accused of arming right-wing insurgency in Venezuela
Jeb Sprague | mronline.org | 2019-02-21
Jeb Sprague entered the offices of 21Air, a shadowy air cargo company accused of ferrying arms to Venezuela, and demanded answers about its role in the U.S.-led coup | Source…
mronline.org/2019/02/21/a-visit-to-mysterious-u-s-air-firm-accused-of-arming-right-wing-insurgency-in-venezuela/
The Terrifying Reason Trump is Pushing for a Coup in Venezuela
Michael Fox | zcomm.org | 2019-02-21
Florida will be a key swing state in next year's elections. Trump's overtures to both the Venezuelan and Cuban-American communities were clear…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-terrifying-reason-trump-is-pushing-for-a-coup-in-venezuela/
Tensions Mount at Venezuela Border as Top Brass Rejects Trump's Incitement, Opposition Takes Over Costa Rica Embassy
Paul Dobson | mintpressnews.com | 2019-02-21
"When a president of another country comes and tries to give orders to [our] Armed Forces, he is underestimating them disrespectfully (…) It is incredulous," — Venezuela's Defense Minister…
mintpressnews.com/tensions-mount-at-venezuela-border-as-military-rejects-trumps-incitement/255376/
Venezuelan Military Reject Trump's Incitement to Rebe
Paul Dobson | zcomm.org | 2019-02-21
Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopez told press that Washington "Will not be able to install a "puppet" and anti-patriotic government, they will have to step over our dead bodies first."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/venezuelan-military-reject-trumps-incitement-to-rebe/
U.S. & International Law
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2019-02-21
The Trump administration's campaign to topple the government of Venezuela raises the issue of whether the U.S. government is willing to adhere to the same rules of behavior it expects other nations to follow…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/u-s-international-law/
Turkey between terrorist coup and PR putsch
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-02-21
Destabilizing the destabilizers After the unsuccessful coup attempt in 2016, things became much more difficult for the liberals and globalists seeking regime change and destabilization in Turkey. Those who try to rock the boat and support Turkish oppositions figures like Fethullah Gàºlen, the leader of the FETO terrorist organization, will no longer be able to …
uwidata.com/2280-turkey-between-terrorist-coup-and-pr-putsch/
Coast Guard Lieutenant Compiled Hit List of Lawmakers, Feds Say
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-02-21
The service member, held on gun and drug offenses, is a "domestic terrorist" who plotted mass killings, prosecutors say in a court filing.
truthdig.com/articles/coast-guard-lieutenant-compiled-hit-list-of-lawmakers-feds-say/
'Rule of the Rabbis' Fuels Holy War in Israel
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-02-21
Palestinians, the secular and women all face a harsher environment as theocratic tendencies are entrenched, writes Jonathan Cook. By JonathanCook Jonathan-Cook.net In which country did a senior, state-salaried cleric urge his followers last month to become "warriors," emulating a group of… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/02/20/rule-of-the-rabbis-fuels-holy-war-in-israel/
How the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism
Greg Grandin | thenation.com | 2019-02-21
How the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism…
thenation.com/article/nativism-empire-blowback-trump/
Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats
George Zornick | thenation.com | 2019-02-21
Elizabeth Warren Is Not Afraid of the Democrats…
thenation.com/article/warren-democrats-obama-president/
The Claustrophobic World of Anna Burns's 'Milkman'
Erin Schwartz | thenation.com | 2019-02-21
The Claustrophobic World of Anna Burns's 'Milkman'…
thenation.com/article/anna-burns-man-booker-novel-milkman-review/
The Fed's Dramatic About-Face
Ellen Brown | truthdig.com | 2019-02-21
"Quantitative easing" was supposed to be an emergency measure, but the Federal Reserve is now taking a surprising new approach toward the policy. The F ed "eased" shrinkage in the money supply due to the 2008-09 credit crisis by pumping out trillions of dollars in new bank reserves. After the crisis, the presumption was the Fed would "normalize" conditions by sopping up the…
truthdig.com/articles/the-fed-is-finally-seeing-the-light-on-quantitative-easing/