Top Huawei Executive Sues Canada Over Her Detention
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-04
TORONTO–An executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei is suing the Canadian government, its border agency and the national police force, saying they detained, searched and interrogated her before telling her she was under arrest. | Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou said Sunday they filed a notice of civil claim in the British Columbia Supreme Court. Canada arrested Meng, the daughter of Huawei's founder, at the request of the U.S. on Dec. 1 at Vancouver's airport. She is wanted on fraud charges that she misled banks about the company's business dealings in Iran. | The suit alleges that instead of immediately arresting h…
truthdig.com/articles/top-huawei-executive-sues-canada-over-her-detention/
The Dakota Access Pipeline Company Is Abusing the Judicial System to Silence Dissent
Nicola Morrow | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-03
In a win for free speech, a federal court in North Dakota recently dismissed a baseless $900 million lawsuit brought by the Dakota Access Pipeline company against Greenpeace and a number of individual protesters. The company should have learned its …
globalresearch.ca/dakota-access-pipeline-company-abusing-judicial-system/5670298
Milan Says 'People First' To Salvini's Racist Policies
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-03
Milan's streets were filled Saturday with tens of thousands of anti-nationalist protesters who say Italy's national government is enacting racist policies they don't want to be a part of. | RELATED: | Italy's New 'Bad Law' Tightens Asylum Criteria | The demonstrators played drums and trumpets as they marched peacefully among northern Italy's main streets and shouted "prima le persone" (people first) to counter the vocally anti-immigrant prime minister's "prima gli Italiani" (Italians first). | M…
telesurenglish.net/news/Milan-Says-People-First-To-Salvinis-Racist-Policies-20190303-0014.html
Sudan's Omar al-Bashir forced to step down as party chief as protests intensifies
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2019-03-03
Bashir will continue as president until the end of his term until 2020 presidential elections, when the ruling NCP will be nominating a different candidate, indicating an foreseeable end to his three decade-long rule…
peoplesdispatch.org/2019/03/03/sudans-omar-al-bashir-forced-to-step-down-as-party-chief-as-protests-intensifies/
As Evidence of Man-Made Global Warming Hits 'Gold Standard,' Robert Mercer Continues Funding Denialists
Andy Rowell | commondreams.org | 2019-03-03
One of the world's most secretive billionaires is still pouring millions into climate denial, despite scientists concluding we have reached the "gold standard" linking human activity to climate change.
commondreams.org/views/2019/03/03/evidence-man-made-global-warming-hits-gold-standard-robert-mercer-continues-funding?cd-origin=rss
South Korea, U.S. End Springtime Military Drills to Back Diplomacy
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-03
The two nations are eliminating their massive seasonal drills and replacing them with smaller exercises in an effort to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis.
truthdig.com/articles/skorea-u-s-end-springtime-military-drills-to-back-diplomacy/
Meet the Kids Who Confronted Sen. Feinstein
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-03
counterpunch.org/2019/03/03/meet-the-kids-who-confronted-sen-feinstein/
Bolsonaro's Hate Speech Inspires Tribal Land Invasions: Report
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-03
Ten days after Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro took office, witnesses say dozens of men invaded protected Indigenous land in a remote corner of the Amazon, to claim their stake on Indigneous people's land. | RELATED: | Brazil Minister: Indigenous People Don't Need Access to Land, Pushes Neoliberal Reform | Inspired…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaros-Hate-Speech-Inspires-150-Increase-in-Tribal-Land-Invasions-Report-20190303-0011.html
Glyphosate Found in 19 of 20 Beers and Wines Tested
Olivia Rosane | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-03
Glyphosate–the active ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup weedkiller that some studies have linked to cancer–is also a secret ingredient in nearly 20 popular beers and wines. | That's the finding of a new study from the educatio…
globalresearch.ca/glyphosate-found-beers-wines-tested/5670293
We're Killing Off Our Vital Insects Too
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-03
Recent independent scientific studies indicate that we are threatening our vital global insect population, including of bees, with widespread extinction through massive deployment of agriculture pesticides. For most of us, insects such as flies or mosquitoes or wasps are nuisances …
globalresearch.ca/were-killing-off-our-vital-insects-too/5670280
Selected Articles: The Pentagon's "Ides of March": Best Month to Go to War
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-03
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-the-pentagons-ides-of-march-best-month-to-go-to-war/5670301
Is a Foreign Military Intervention in Venezuela Imminent?
James Jordan | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-03
According to conventional wisdom, there should be no serious talk of foreign military intervention in Venezuela. But these aren't conventional times. The conventional playbook would adopt a strategy of foreign coordination of the Venezuelan opposition, economic sabotage, infiltration of the …
globalresearch.ca/foreign-military-intervention-venezuela-imminent/5670273
Democrats and Republicans Move to Silence Rep. Omar's Criticism of Israel
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-03
It looks like the embattled representative from Minnesota will end up like Cynthia McKinney, who was thrown out of Congress for the sin of criticizing the official narrative on 9/11. | She is also a fierce critic of Israel and its …
globalresearch.ca/democrats-republicans-silence-rep-omars-criticism-israel/5670277
Trump's Other 'National Emergency': Sanctions that Kill Venezuelans
Mark Weisbrot | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-03
While Americans have rightly groaned and rebelled against President Trump's declaration of a national emergency over his precious wall, which would rob Congress of its constitutional authority over spending, he has also used another false declaration of national emergency‚Äïmost recently …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-national-emergency-sanctions-kill-venezuelans/5670288
"When we say Hands off Venezuela', we are saying Viva Socialism"
Peoples Dispatch | zcomm.org | 2019-03-03
Around 450 delegates from 85 countries congregated in Caracas, to participate in a gathering of solidarity with Venezuela and the Bolivarian Revolution…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/when-we-say-hands-off-venezuela-we-are-saying-viva-socialism/
Venezuelan VP Visits Russia in State Visit
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-03
Venezuelan Vice President Delcy RodrIguez met with the president of the Russian Senate as part of an official state visit to the country. | RELATED | World Unions Show 'Anti-Imperialist' Solidarity With Venezuela | The president of the Russian Senate Valentina Matvienko, gave assurances that her country will take any possible measures to avoid a military intervention by the U.S. in Venezuela, after meeting with the vice president of that country, Delcy Rodriguez. | According to…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-VP-Visits-Russia-in-State-Visit-20190303-0005.html
Chicago's elections: Rejecting Rahm and police terror
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-03-03
Chicago, IL – This week, Chicago saw elections for mayor and city council in which almost all the candidates ran on platforms opposing outgoing Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Progressive victories were won in a number of wards across the city, including by Maria Hadden, a young, Black, queer woman who unseated Joe Moore in the far Northside Rogers Park neighborhood. Moore had been a progressive 25 years ago but is now a staunch ally of the mayor and a defender of big money developers. Hadden was recently a board member of Black Youth Project 100, and hers was a major win for progressives in the first round of elections. | T…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/3/3/chicago-s-elections-rejecting-rahm-and-police-terror
Argentina Opens Fire On Chinese Ship Illegally Fishing
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-03
Argentina's Coast Guard opened fire on a Chinese ship crew that was allegedly illegally fishing off its coastal waters early Saturday morning failing to heed warnings to stop. | RELATED: | Argentines Outraged by Macri's 'Hypocritical' Last Address at Congress | Video filmed from the coast guard ship shows the Chinese ship Hua Xiang 801 coming close to the coast guard vessel in the choppy South Atlantic waters off Chabut province in Argentina. | "Hua Xiang 801: preparing t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Opens-Fire-On-Chinese-Ship-Illegally-Fishing-20190303-0007.html
Bolivia's Evo Shows Support for US Presidential Hopeful Sanders
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-03
Bolivian President Evo Morales is ready to back U.S. 2020 electoral hopeful, Bernie Sanders, a supportive tweet revealed Sunday. | RELATED: | Bernie Sanders Gets Personal as He Prepares For 2020 Election | Morales cheered Sanders from social media, writing, "We salute the brother @BernieSanders. The media claims he is taking great strides toward the presidentia…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivias-Evo-Shows-Support-for-US-Presidential-Hopeful-Sanders-20190303-0017.html
After 40 Years of Government Inaction on Climate, Have We Finally Turned a Corner?
Gus Speth | zcomm.org | 2019-03-03
In 2015, 21 young people sued the U.S. government for promoting the fossil fuel industry even when it was aware of the dangers of climate change…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/after-40-years-of-government-inaction-on-climate-have-we-finally-turned-a-corner/
The radical legacy of Berta Cáceres
Zoe PC | peoplesdispatch.org | 2019-03-03
"Berta didn't die, she multiplied!" Three years after the brutal and cowardly assassination of Berta Cáceres at her home in Honduras, these words are much more than a slogan. They capture the essence of the struggle of Berta, a struggle that cannot be extinguished or silenced with bullets, because what it seeks is to empower those who have historically been silenced. Berta's struggle lives on, not only in her own organization, the Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH) which today is led by young, indigenous Lenca women, but across the world. | Berta co-founded COPINH in 1993 a…
peoplesdispatch.org/2019/03/03/the-radical-legacy-of-berta-caceres/
Parents Separated From Children by Trump Policy Seek Reunification
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-03
After spending several hours at the U.S.-Mexico border with attorneys and immigrant rights advocates on Saturday, 29 parents separated from their children then deported under President Donald Trump's so-called "zero tolerance" policy were allowed to take a crucial step toward applying for asylum and reuniting with their kids. | Families Belong Together, a coalition that formed in response to the cruel policy that Trump rolled back after international outrage, announced on Twitter late Saturday that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ha…
truthdig.com/articles/parents-separated-from-children-by-trump-policy-seek-reunification/
Facebook's Conveniently Inconsistent Approach to Government-Funded News
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-03
The statement of ownership In the Now was forced to run to be allowed back on Facebook. | There's a famous polling experiment that asked people in the Cold War-era US: Do you think the United States should let Communist newspaper reporters from other countries come in here and send back to their papers the news as they see it? | When this question was posed on its own, onl…
truthdig.com/articles/facebooks-conveniently-inconsistent-approach-to-government-funded-news/
Costa Rica's Bold Plan to Combat Fossil Fuels
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-03
ANN ARBOR, Mich.–Last week, Costa Rica's president, Carlos Alvarado, announced one of the more ambitious plans for a transition of a country to Net Carbon Zero proposed anywhere in the world. | While many countries have made strides toward reducing their carbon dioxide production from electricity generation, Costa Rica is now addressing transportation, construction and agriculture. It has the luxury of concentrating on these sectors because it is now getting almost all its electricity from renewable sources. In…
truthdig.com/articles/costa-ricas-bold-plan-to-combat-fossil-fuels/
House to Query 60 Trump Officials in Obstruction Probe
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-03
WASHINGTON–Declaring it's "very clear" President Donald Trump obstructed justice, the chairman of the House committee in charge of impeachment says the panel is requesting documents Monday from more than 60 people from Trump's administration, family and business as part of a rapidly expanding Russia investigation. | Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., said the House Judiciary Committee wants to review documents from the Justice Department, the president's son Donald Trump Jr. and Trump Organization chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg. Former White House chief of staff John Kelly and former White House counse…
truthdig.com/articles/house-to-query-60-trump-officials-in-obstruction-probe/
Google Ruling in Favor of Saudi Oppressive 'Controlling' App
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-03
According to the publication Business Insider, Google has told a U.S. congresswoman that a Saudi government app designed to allow men to keep track of women and prevent them from leaving the country is in compliance with its guidelines. | RELATED: | Google, Apple Under Fire to Block Saudi 'Woman Tracker' App | According to the Business Insider, Google reportedly found nothing wrong with the controversial app, despite it clearly violating moral and ethical codes by allowing Saudi men…
telesurenglish.net/news/Google-Ruling-in-Favor-of-Saudi-Oppressive-Controlling-App-20190303-0002.html
U.S. Citizen Detained by Saudi Arabia, Abused in Prison: Report
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-03
A joint citizen of the United States and Saudi Arabia, who has been imprisoned in the oil-rich kingdom with no charges since 2017, was reportedly abused while in custody, the New York Times reported. | RELATED: | Saudi Sisters Afraid of Deportation From Hong Kong, Seeks Help | Walid Fitaihi is a Harvard-trained doctor who was dragged from his room in Riyadh's Ritz Carlton…
telesurenglish.net/news/U.S.-Citizen-Detained-by-Saudi-Arabia-Abused-in-Prison-Report-20190303-0010.html
US wants 'broad' regime-change coalition on Venezuela — Bolton
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-03
National Security Adviser John Bolton said that the United States will form "as broad a coalition" as possible to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Bolton went on to call for a "completely democratic hemisphere." | …
rt.com/usa/452920-bolton-venezuela-government-change/
Trump May Want to Be President Forever. Take the Threat Seriously
Shared by Anton Woronczuk | truthout.org | 2019-03-03
At the tag end of Michael Cohen's House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday, when the windbags were all aired out and the reporters were framing the lede, the star witness leaned into his microphone and dropped a dollar's worth of doom. "Given my experience working for Mr. Trump," said Cohen, "I fear that if he loses the election in 2020, that there will never be a peaceful transition of power."
truthout.org/articles/trump-may-want-to-be-president-forever-take-the-threat-seriously/
Sex Trafficking: A Form of Modern-Day Slavery
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-03
All forms of modern-day slavery affect an estimated 40 million or more people worldwide — mostly women and young girls, ongoing in scores of countries, including America and other Western nations. | Human trafficking and forced labor in the US exists …
globalresearch.ca/sex-trafficking-modern-day-slavery/5670291
Yazidis freed from Islamic State captivity in Syria and returned to Iraq
Al-Thawra | indybay.org | 2019-03-03
Over 3.000 Yazidi's remain missing, in an act declared as "Genocide" by the International Community.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/02/18821545.php
New Senate Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Nationwide and Erase Possession Charges
The Mind Unleashed | theantimedia.com | 2019-03-03
(TMU) — A group of Democrats are hoping that they can roll back the war on drugs with a new federal marijuana legalization bill. Dubbed the Marijuana Justice Act of 2019, the bill would see marijuana finally removed from the federal list of controlled substances, legalizing the plant on a nationwide level and removing a range …
New Senate Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Nationwide and Erase Possession Charges
Lobbyists Behind Trump-Saudi Arabia Nuclear Deal Under House Investigation
Shared by Anton Woronczuk | truthout.org | 2019-03-03
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform announced last week it would be probing Trump administration allies and their push to have the U.S. government share nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia. The committee's report explained how an organization called IP3 International developed a plan for U.S. companies to build nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia dubbed the "Middle East Marshall Plan." | The report alleges Michael Flynn, while he was national security advisor…
truthout.org/articles/lobbyists-behind-trump-saudi-arabia-nuclear-deal-under-house-investigation/
'Pompous twit will get us all killed': AOC tweet-tacked over Green New Deal by ex-Greenpeace founder
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-03
Greenpeace founder turned climate change skeptic Patrick Moore has reignited his feud with Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, calling her a "pompous little twit" and "garden-variety hypocrite" in a barrage of tweets. | …
rt.com/usa/452931-ocasio-cortez-greenpeace-climate/
After Hours at the Border, 29 Parents Separated From Their Kids and Deported Take Step Toward Asylum
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-03-03
After spending several hours at the U.S.-Mexico border with attorneys and immigrant rights advocates on Saturday, 29 parents separated from their children then deported under President Donald Trump's so-called "zero tolerance" policy were allowed to take a crucial step toward applying for asylum and reuniting with their kids. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/parents_0.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/03/03/after-hours-border-29-parents-separated-their-kids-and-deported-take-step-toward?cd-origin=rss
Iraq. Syria. Venezuela? The U.S. prepares a chemical attack
Joel Forster | indybay.org | 2019-03-03
At the present time the crisis in Venezuela stays in the limelight of the world scene.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/01/18821536.php
It's Still Open: Will the Guantánamo Bay Prison Become a 2020 Issue?
Elise Swain | theintercept.com | 2019-03-03
The reporter Carol Rosenberg has been covering Guantánamo Bay since before it became a "war on terror" prison camp — and she's still at it.
theintercept.com/2019/03/03/guantanamo-bay-carol-rosenberg-intercepted/
USA empire refused de-nuclearization in Korea
DLI | indybay.org | 2019-03-03
Contrary to US mainstream corporate-bin-Laden media accounts, it was Washington that refused to accept a reasonable, step-by-step reciprocal confidence-building process put forth by the DPRK (North Korea) that scuttled the much-awaited peace talk in Hanoi this past week. The overbearing US side refused to A) bring up a formal Peace Treaty to end the 1950s Korean War; B) looked upon de-nuclearization only as a one-sided surrender of all of Pyongyang's nuclear and missile arsenal, without a corresponding removal of U.S. nuclear arms in NE Asia; and C)arrogantly insists on maintaining the strangling but illegal econ…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/01/18821543.php
'Not smth to celebrate': Reunion story of dad & daughter BOTH deployed to Iraq recalls 'forever war'
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-03
A seemingly patriotic story on the National Guard's news site — of a father and daughter being deployed to the same country simultaneously — has instead illustrated for many the futility of America's endless Middle East wars. | …
rt.com/usa/452932-father-daughter-iraq-endless-war/
Trump and Netanyahu Scandals a Very Dangerous Moment — Wilkerson & Jay
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-03-03
Desperate men do desperate things; two leaders facing corruption charges may more aggressively push their Iran regime change agenda — Larry Wilkerson joins Paul Jay…
therealnews.com/stories/trump-and-netanyahu-scandals-a-very-dangerous-moment-wilkerson-jay
3rd Anniversary of Berta Cáceres Murder in Honduras: Downward Spiral and Hope
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-03-03
The murder trial of environmental and indigenous activist Berta Cáceres leaves many issues unresolved. Meanwhile, the human rights situation in Honduras has been getting worse, even as Berta continues to inspire activists with her example…
therealnews.com/stories/3rd-anniversary-of-berta-caceres-murder-in-honduras-downward-spiral-and-hope
'The coup is over'
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2019-03-02
Venezuelan leader Jorge Arreaza says that his government prefers negotiations and peace and wants the permanent coup efforts directed by the United States and its allies to end…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-coup-is-over/
We are the invisible. We are the invincible. We will overcome
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-03-02
The mood in Caracas (Venezuela) is sombre. It appears that the attempted coup against the government that began on 23 January is now substantially over (as the Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza tells me). | Source…
mronline.org/2019/03/02/we-are-the-invisible-we-are-the-invincible-we-will-overcome/
The Pentagon's "Ides of March": Best Month to Go to War
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-02
An earlier version of this article was published on March 13, 2013. Updated March 2, 2019. | *** | There are ongoing military threats against Venezuela. Is a US sponsored war contemplated for March 2019? | Various scenarios are envisaged by Washington. Sofar …
globalresearch.ca/the-pentagons-ides-of-march-best-month-to-go-to-war-2/5670257
Hodeida Residents Brace for the Worst as UN Truce Falters Amid Saudi Military Buildup
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-02
Local residents and analysts alike fear the Saudi-led Coalition is using the relative calm derived from the new agreement as cover to fulfill its military objectives and not as a stepping stone towards peace.
mintpressnews.com/hodeida-residents-brace-for-the-worst-as-un-peace-plan-falters-amid-saudi-military-buildup/255800/
The Dakota Access Pipeline Company Is Abusing the Judicial System to Silence Dissent
Nicola Morrow | commondreams.org | 2019-03-02
In a win for free speech, a federal court in North Dakota recently dismissed a baseless $900 million lawsuit brought by the Dakota Access Pipeline company against Greenpeace and a number of individual protesters. The company should have learned its lesson. Instead, it refiled the case in state court.
commondreams.org/views/2019/03/02/dakota-access-pipeline-company-abusing-judicial-system-silence-dissent?cd-origin=rss
Whats Behind Australia's Decision to Suddenly Grant Julian Assange a Passport?
Jimmysllama | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-02
The real question here is why the Australian government is playing nice by issuing Assange a passport since it has refused to acknowledge evidence of a sealed indictment or provide him with any sort of substantial assistance to get him home in the last eight-plus years.
mintpressnews.com/whats-behind-australia-decision-suddenly-grant-julian-assange-passport/255809/
When Journalists Rely on Diplomats, Ottawa 'Spins' the News
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-02
Canadian diplomats abroad seek to shape coverage of their work. And the more nefarious their actions the harder they toil to "spin" what they're doing as something positive. | During a recent interview Real News Network founder Paul Jay described how …
globalresearch.ca/when-journalists-rely-on-diplomats-ottawa-spins-the-news/5670212
Canada Extradition of Huawei CFO to US? Politicized Indictment, Economic Warfare against China?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-02
Washington's anti-China strategy includes targeting its dominant companies, ones able to match or outdo America's best for preeminence in key fields, notably high-tech ones. | It's why Sabrina Meng Wanzhou was targeted, chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies, …
globalresearch.ca/canada-approves-extradition-huawei-cfo-us/5670239
North Korea as a Small Great Power
Prof. Pekka Korhonen | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-03-02
asia-pacificresearch.com/north-korea-as-a-small-great-power/5628521