Twenty Years Ago: NATO's War of Aggression against Yugoslavia: Who are the War Criminals?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
The causes and consequences of this war have been the object of a vast media disinformation campaign, which has sought to camouflage NATO and US war crimes.
globalresearch.ca/nato-s-war-of-aggression-in-yugoslavia-who-are-the-war-criminals/2144
Video: Elliott Abrams Fumbles on How Juan Guaido is 'President'
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-19
Elliot Abrams went on record to say the Venezuelan National Assembly passed a resolution that essentially goes against the country's constitution. He says they voted for the 30-day term of the self-declared interim president, opposition lawmaker Juan Guaido, to start once President Nicolas Maduro steps down. | RELATED | Russia, Iran: Dedicated to 'Internal Peace' in Venezuela | In a press conference that had reporters scratching their heads, Abrams, who is now United States special envoy…
telesurenglish.net/news/Video-Elliott-Abrams-Fumbles-on-How-Juan-Guaido-is-President-20190319-0011.html
The Death of Peace: How the US Empire Starts Wars, But Refuses to End Them
William Astore | commondreams.org | 2019-03-19
Armed forces carry a transfer case covered with an American flag during a dignified transfer for fallen service member Sergeant Leandro A.S. Jasso on November 27, 2018 in Dover, Delaware. Sgt. Jasso of Leavenworth, Washington was killed in Afghanistan while engaging enemy forces. (Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/endless_war_empire.jpg…
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Lawyer brings pieces of history back to Vietnam
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-03-19
American lawyer Nancy Hollander recently handed 450 documents, photographs and other memorabilia concerning the first meeting between the Vietnamese Women's Union and the U.S. Women Strike for Peace Organisation in Jakarta in 1965, to the Vietnamese Women's Museum. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/03/19/lawyer-brings-pieces-of-history-back-to-vietnam/
Truth, Freedom and Peace Will Prevail in Rwanda
Robin Philpot | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-19
I would first like to thank the International Women's Network for Democracy and Peace honouring me with this Award that bears the name of a great patriot and fighter for freedom, peace and democracy, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza. But I would also like to congratulate the Network for its extraordinary work. Like Victoire, you and your…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/19/truth-freedom-and-peace-will-prevail-in-rwanda/
Turning Algeria Into a Necrocracy
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-19
Let us now praise famous men. Abdelaziz Bouteflika, for example. What goes on in his comatose brain? What moves in the 82-year old heart of the zombie president who — as the Algerians protesting his fifth attempt at presidential power have just discovered — will now stay on as a coffin-leader into next year. Or, who knows, the…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/19/turning-algeria-into-a-necrocracy/
Minnesotans protest Senator Klobuchar's pro-war record
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-03-19
Minneapolis, MN – On March 15, 30 protesters gathered in front of Senator Amy Klobuchar's Minneapolis office to condemn her support for the Trump administration policy of regime change in Venezuela and support of U.S. aid to Israel. Since Klobuchar has kicked off her presidential campaign, the Twin Cities anti-war movement has responded by holding multiple protests, including a picket at her presidential announcement at Boom Island, to draw attention to the senator's long record of voting for military aid and U.S. intervention. | Responding to the savage and racist mosque attacks in Christchurch, New Zealand, Mis…
fightbacknews.org/2019/3/19/minnesotans-protest-senator-klobuchar-s-pro-war-record
Venezuela coup supporters break into NYC Consulate
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-03-19
New York, NY – An emergency action was held at the Venezuelan Consulate in New York City, March 18, after news broke that supporters of the Venezuelan coup were let into Consulate by the State Department. One of the participants was live-tweeting the takeover, claiming that they "assumed control" of the Consulate. | A crowd of 30 people gathered in front of the Consulate, waving a Venezuelan flag and leading chants against the coup. Attendees attempted to go into the Consulate six times, and some hecklers trolled the action, but were quickly shouted down by the protesters. | The call was spread by No War on Venez…
fightbacknews.org/2019/3/19/venezuela-coup-supporters-break-nyc-consulate
No Troop Withdrawal: The US is Planning the "Permanent Occupation" of Syria?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Trump lied about winning against ISIS, the scourge the US created and supports, along with al-Qaeda, its al-Nusra offshoot, and other jihadist groups. | Last December, he lied saying | "(o)ur boys, our young women, our men — they're all coming back | …
globalresearch.ca/permanent-us-occupation-syria-planned/5671951
AIPAC Is Coming to Town — Again! Yet Another Concession to Netanyahu Prior to Israel Elections
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
The Trump Administration has delivered yet another concession to Israel's embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of parliamentary elections: the Israeli military occupation of much of the Palestinian West Bank and of the Golan Heights will no longer …
globalresearch.ca/aipac/5671933
Video: Caracas Streets and Store — Food Crisis? See for Yourself!
Eva Bartlett | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
I filmed these scenes on March 10, but until now have been too busy and also lacking good enough internet to upload. | My objective in filming is not to say there is no poverty in Venezuela, nor to imply there …
globalresearch.ca/video-caracas-streets-and-store-food-crisis-see-for-yourself/5671921
Marty Gottesfeld: Another Whistleblower in Solitary Confinement
John Kiriakou | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-19
Last year I wrote about a whistleblower from New England who took direct action to save a child's life and who paid for it with his freedom. Marty Gottesfeld is now serving 10 years in prison for trying to save Justina Pelletier from abuse at the hands of her doctors at Children's Hospital in Boston. | At the age of 14, Justine developed searing stomach pain and inexplicable digestive problems. Her parents took her to a series of doctors until a metabolic geneticist at…
mintpressnews.com/marty-gottesfeld-another-whistleblower-in-solitary-confinement/256331/
The US Is Pushing Lebanon into the Arms of Iran and Russia: US Sanctions Affect the Local Economy
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Lebanon is expecting the visit of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week at a time when the Lebanese economic-political map is being redrawn and while Lebanon is suffering its most serious economic downturnin recent history. | Reasons for the …
globalresearch.ca/us-lebanon-iran-russia-us-sanctions-affect-local-economy/5671929
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Why the Dust Won't Settle After Mueller's Report
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-19
It won't be "full and thorough" and Democrats will continue to look for political payoff from Russia-gate, writes Patrick Lawrence. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News Last week gave us mounting indications that Robert Mueller has finished his two-year… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/19/patrick-lawrence-why-the-dust-wont-settle-after-muellers-report/
Giving a Voice to the Venezuelan People: An Interview with Reinaldo Iturriza
Reinaldo Iturriza — ROAR | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-03-19
Venezuelan sociologist and former government minister Reinaldo Iturriza calls on the international left to place itself firmly on the side of Venezuela's popular struggles.
venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14394
Venezuela Beneath the Skin of Imperialism
Jimmy Centeno | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-19
Twenty-Five minutes into the Mission Impossible film starring Tom Cruise, there's a scene of a high-jacked train. Amongst the high-jackers their conversation reveals an exquisite U.S. imperialistic Machiavellian monologue, past and present: "you are defined by who you hate" and "once you know who you hate, everything works." It is probably one of the most…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/19/venezuela-beneath-the-skin-of-imperialism/
Day of Wrath
John Steppling | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-19
"In all times some must be rich, some poore, some highe and eminent in power and dignitie; others mean in subjeccion." — John Winthrop, Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (A Model of Christian Charity, 1630) "I think I can see the whole destiny of America contained in the first Puritan who landed on those shores."
counterpunch.org/2019/03/19/day-of-wrath/
Time for Change at NewsGuild?
Steve Early | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-19
The 21,000-member NewsGuild, an affiliate of the Communications Workers of America (CWA), is a rarity in organized labor. It's one of the few national unions that lets all members vote for its top officers, instead of choosing them at a convention limited to local union delegates. Unfortunately, this democratic union, which has recently experienced major growth,…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/19/time-for-change-at-newsguild/
Scott Walker's Failure, Progressive Wisconsin's Win: Milwaukee's 2020 Democratic Party Convention
Jeffrey Sommers — Christopher Fons | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-19
Still smarting from their Wisconsin gubernatorial loss, Scott Walker's chief publicist/polemicist, Christian Schneider, advanced an Op-Ed last week in the Washington Post in response to the Democratic Party's Milwaukee placement of their 2020 convention. The Op-Ed reads like an attempt to position Walker for a political comeback. Milwaukee's convention threatens Walker's political future, because despite…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/19/scott-walkers-failure-progressive-wisconsins-win-milwaukees-2020-democratic-party-convention/
The Dangers of Values: Brenton Tarrant, Fraser Anning and the Christchurch Shootings
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-19
The argument that the Christchurch shooter, suspect Brenton Tarrant, or the views of Australia's Senator Fraser Anning, seemingly holding a lone torch, are somehow not representative of the broader whole, be it Australia or New Zealand, is a self-deflecting exercise. They are the uncomfortable mirrors of ruin, actual and perceived. They are the voices of people…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/19/the-dangers-of-values-brenton-tarrant-fraser-anning-and-the-christchurch-shootings/
Let Big Pharma Build the Wall
Jeff Sher | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-19
Allow me to present a modest proposal that should serve to resolve all this anxiety and confusion about where to get the money to build THE WALL along our southern border with Mexico: Let Big Pharma build THE WALL. Seriously. This idea should make President Trump deliriously happy. It's capitalism friendly. Everyone knows you can…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/19/let-big-pharma-build-the-wall/
Ukrainian Presidential Elections: Authoritarianism in Action
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
March 2019 is notable in…
globalresearch.ca/ukrainian-presidential-elections-authoritarianism/5671902
Anti-Semitism and "The Israel Project"
Askiah Adam | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Israel is off-limits. The criminalisation of anti-Semitism means nothing short of this. In fact, France's President Macron says anti-Zionism is a form of anti-Semitism and both are now legally defined as "hate crimes". Will this be a global precursor? Will …
globalresearch.ca/anti-semitism-israel-project/5671909
Planetary Collapse Threatens Our Survival: A New Study Says that More than 1,200 Species "Will Almost Certainly Face Extinction"
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
We are witnessing a worldwide environmental collapse, and nobody seems to know how to stop it. As you will see below, a study that was just released that looked at more than 5,000 species of birds, mammals and amphibians discovered …
globalresearch.ca/planetary-collapse-new-study-says-more-than-1200-species-almost-certainly-face-extinction/5671937
Stealing Syria's Gold: US Is Behaving as True Looters Do
Viktor Mikhin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
According to the agency South Front, the United States has transported approximately 50 tons of gold from the regions occupied by ISIS in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. The Kurdish news source reports that the gold was stolen from Syria, and …
globalresearch.ca/us-behaving-true-looters/5671932
Selected Articles: The Planet Is Collapsing Before Our Very Eyes
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
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/planet-collapsing-our-eyes/5671940
The Difficulty of Writing for Americans
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Writing for Americans, unless for their entertainment, is a challenging undertaking. One reason is that many, especially of the younger generations, no longer have a concept of objective truth. | For them "truth" is simply a bias reflecting one's race, gender, …
globalresearch.ca/difficulty-writing-americans/5671958
Turkish Occupation Continues to Erase Cyprus' Heritage
Nick Kampouris | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Since the military invasion of Cyprus by the Turkish army during the summer of 1974, countless reports have been published about the atrocities the Turkish invaders committed on the beautiful Mediterranean island. | But less known is the continuous effort by …
globalresearch.ca/turkish-occupation-continues-erase-cyprus-heritage/5671974
Shadow Wars — The Secret Struggle for the Middle East
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-19
Christopher Davidson has gathered a huge amount of …
globalresearch.ca/shadow-wars-secret-struggle-middle-east/5671913
Who's to blame for the crisis in Venezuela? A response to Gabriel Hetland
Jorge Martín | mronline.org | 2019-03-19
Jorge Martin takes recent Gabriel Hetland articles to task, questioning the liberal left's assessment of the current situation and the solutions proposed. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/03/19/whos-to-blame-for-the-crisis-in-venezuela-a-response-to-gabriel-hetland/
With Helms-Burton, U.S. out to freeze foreign investment in Cuba
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-19
Already embarked upon overthrowing Venezuela's socialist government, the Trump administration is now renewing its efforts to squash Cuba as well, and Title III of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act is joining an arsenal of weapons employed by the U.S. in what Cubans regard as genocidal aggression. This is the latest addition to the U.S.' long record …
peoplesworld.org/article/with-helms-burton-u-s-out-to-freeze-foreign-investment-in-cuba/
ACLU: The U.S. Is Acting Like an Authoritarian Regime by Barring ICC Officials Probing War Crimes
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-19
The Trump administration has barred International Criminal Court investigators from entering the United States. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Friday that the U.S. will start denying visas to members of the ICC who may be investigating alleged war crimes by the U.S. military in Afghanistan. In September, national security adviser John Bolton threatened U.S. sanctions against ICC judges if they continued to investigate alleged war crimes committed by U.S. troops in Afghanistan. A 2016 ICC report accused the U.S. military of torturing at least 61 prisoners in Afghanistan during the ongoing war. The report…
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/19/aclu_the_us_is_acting_like
Bolsonaro Visits CIA Before Meeting Trump on First US Visit
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-19
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro showed the world who's really the boss by visiting the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Headquarters in Virginia Monday prior to meeting President Donald Trump, on his first official visit to the U.S. | RELATED: | 'Bolsonaro is a Murderer' Signs Greet Brazilian President in US | "No Brazilian president had ever paid a visit to the CIA," Celso Amorim, who served as foreign minister under former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, told AP, addi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Far-Right-Homage-Bolsonaro-Visits-CIA-Before-Meeting-Trump-on-First-US-Visit–20190318-0027.html
Trillion Dollar Wall Street Bailouts, Bernie Sanders, and the Washington Post
Dean Baker | commondreams.org | 2019-03-19
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) during a hearing on Capitol Hill, January 16, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla / Getty) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bernie_4_0.jpeg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/03/19/trillion-dollar-wall-street-bailouts-bernie-sanders-and-washington-post?cd-origin=rss
America's Generals Have Learned Nothing From Our Failed Wars
William Astore | thenation.com | 2019-03-19
America's Generals Have Learned Nothing From Our Failed Wars…
thenation.com/article/americas-generals-learned-nothing-petraeus-iraq-war/
Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano Explodes, Sends Ash 1Km High
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-19
Mexico's famous Popocatepetl volcano exploded Monday night sending a plume of ash 1.2km into the sky that has covered some houses in the area with the carbon. | RELATED: | Indonesia Flash Floods Kill 50, Death Toll Expected To Rise | The Civil Protection of Mexico (CPM) reported by Twitter that at around 9: 40 pm Monday night the volcano, that lies between the states of Mexico, Puebla, and Morelos exploded, covering 2.5 km of its slopes with molten lava. The state agency warns resid…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexicos-Popocatepetl-Volcano-Explodes-Sends-Ash-1Km-High–20190319-0001.html
Elizabeth Warren Calls for End to Electoral College
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-19
During a CNN town hall Monday night in Mississippi–where GOP laws and suppression tactics have disproportionately harmed black voters–Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said the best way to strengthen voting rights nationwide is to amend the U.S. Constitution and abolish the Electoral College. | "I believe we need a constitutional amendment that protects the right to vote for every American citizen and to make sure that vote gets counted," the Mas…
truthdig.com/articles/elizabeth-warren-calls-for-end-to-electoral-college/
Damage Deepens as Swollen Rivers Inundate Midwestern Towns
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-19
KANSAS CITY, Mo.–Hundreds of homes flooded in several Midwestern states after rivers breached at least a dozen levees following heavy rain and snowmelt in the region, authorities said Monday while warning that the flooding was expected to linger. | About 200 miles of levees were compromised — either breached or overtopped — in four states, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said. Even in places where the water level peaked in those states — Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Kansas — the current was fast and the water so high that damage continued to pile up. The flooding was blamed for at l…
truthdig.com/articles/damage-deepens-as-swollen-missouri-river-inundates-midwest-towns/
Toward Racial Justice and a Third Reconstruction
Ellen Schwartz | indybay.org | 2019-03-19
Sierra 2 Center, Room 10, 2791 24th Street, Sacramento, CA 95818…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/17/18822023.php
'The Trend Is Unmistakable': New Analysis Shows Heat Records Broken Twice as Often as Cold Ones
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-03-19
A new analysis revealed Tuesday that over the past two decades heat records across the United States have been broken twice as often as cold ones—underscoring experts' warnings about the increasingly dangerous consequences of failing to dramatically curb planet-warming emissions. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11276481291.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/03/19/trend-unmistakable-new-analysis-shows-heat-records-broken-twice-often-cold-ones?cd-origin=rss
Venezuela Is the Epicenter of a Regional Dispute, Lawmaker Says
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
Caracas, May 19 (Prensa Latina) The US charge against Venezuela is part of its offensive to control the region, the lawmaker from the National Constituent Assembly (ANC), Fernando Rivero, said on Tuesday.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39939&SEO=venezuela-is-the-epicenter-of-a-regional-dispute-lawmaker-says
Trump presses UAW to impose immediate concessions in bid to reopen Lordstown GM plant
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-19
In an exchange of tweets between Trump, General Motors and UAW officials over the weekend, the billionaire president called for reopening the UAW contract to "save" the Lordstown plant.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/19/trum-m19.html
CARICOM Condemns Attack on Two Mosques in New Zealand
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
Georgetown, March 15 (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) condemned this Friday in the strongest terms terrorist attacks against two mosques in New Zealand, with a preliminary death toll of 49 and 48 wounded.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39850&SEO=caricom-condemns-attack-on-two-mosques-in-new-zealand
Chavez Remains Inspiration for Revolutionaries, Maduro Says
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
Caracas, Mar 15 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro recalled the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, Hugo Chavez, as a latent inspiration for all revolutionaries.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39840&SEO=chavez-remains-inspiration-for-revolutionaries-maduro-says
Venezuelan Justice Opens New Investigation Against Guaido
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
Caracas, Mar 12 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan Public Prosecutor's Office opened Tuesday an investigation against the opposition MP Juan Guaido for his alleged complicity and participation in the continued sabotage of the national electricity system, reported Attorney General Tarek William Saab.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39693&SEO=venezuelan-justice-opens-new-investigation-against-guaido
To Ensure Every Vote Counts, Elizabeth Warren Says Amend the Constitution and 'Get Rid of the Electoral College'
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-03-19
The Massachusetts senator's call for bold voting rights reform is part of her broader policy agenda to transform the federal government to work for ordinary people, not just the wealthy | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/warren_11.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/03/19/ensure-every-vote-counts-elizabeth-warren-says-amend-constitution-and-get-rid?cd-origin=rss
Venezuelan Gov't Extends Suspension of Work and Classes
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
Caracas, March 12 (Prensa Latina) Labor and teaching activities were suspended from today for an additional 48 hours while the recovery and stabilization of the National Electric Service (SEN) are achieved, informed Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39681&SEO=venezuelan-govt-extends-suspension-of-work-and-classes
Bolsonaro Gov't Granted the US Power to Use Brazilian Base
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
Brasilia, Mar 19 (Prensa Latina) The governments of Brazil and the US signed an agreement by which the Jair Bolsonaro administration grants Washington power to use the aerospace launching base of Alcantara in the northern Brazilian state of Maranhao.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39929&SEO=bolsonaro-govt-granted-the-us-power-to-use-brazilian-base
US Defence Secretary takes aim at China
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-19
Shanahan's focus on China as the chief "threat" parallels the Trump administration's trade war measures, aimed at shoring up US global dominance.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/19/usch-m19.html
Brazil's Economic Activity Drops to 0.41 percent in January
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-03-19
18 de marzo de 2019, 15: 39Brasilia, March 18 (Prensa Latina) Brazil"s economy fell to 0.41 percent in January compared to December, according to the Central Bank"s Index of Economic Activity (IBC-Br) released Monday.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=39916&SEO=brazils-economic-activity-drops-to-0.41-percent-in-january