Ex-Iranian Ambassador Warns About US Escalation in Iran
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-05-14
The Pentagon has reportedly drawn up a plan to send as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East if President Trump decides to take military action against Iran. The New York Times reports the Pentagon presented the proposal on Thursday after National Security Advisor John Bolton requested a revision to an earlier plan. Bolton has long advocated for attacking Iran. According to the Pentagon, far more than 120,000 troops would be needed if a ground invasion was ordered. This comes as tension continues to escalate between the United States and Iran. The United States recently deployed the Abraham Lincoln Carrier…
truthout.org/video/ex-iranian-ambassador-warns-about-us-escalation-in-iran/

Will John Bolton's Dream to Bomb Iran Come True? Ex-Iranian Ambassador Warns About U.S. Escalation
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-05-14
The Pentagon has reportedly drawn up a plan to send as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East if President Trump decides to take military action against Iran. The New York Times reports the Pentagon presented the proposal on Thursday after National Security Advisor John Bolton requested a revision to an earlier plan. Bolton has long advocated for attacking Iran. According to the Pentagon, far more than 120,000 troops would be needed if a ground invasion was ordered. This comes as tension continues to escalate between the United States and Iran. The United States recently deployed the Abraham Lincoln Carrier St…
www.democracynow.org/2019/5/14/will_john_bolton_s_dream_to

Liz Cheney and Right-Wing Outrage Machine Lie About Rashida Tlaib's Comments
Eoin Higgins | mintpressnews.com | 2019-05-14
A measured and nuanced discussion of the Holocaust, Israel, and Palestinians was intentionally mischaracterized by right-wing media and politicians Sunday, leading to corporate media and the president amplifying dishonest attacks on one of the nation's only two Muslim Congresswomen. | The controversy comes from remarks made by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on the Yahoo News podcast "Skullduggery" published Saturday. During the discussion with podcast co-hosts Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman, Tlaib referred to her P…
mintpressnews.com/liz-cheney-and-right-wing-outrage-machine-lie-about-rashida-tlaib-comments/258461/

Houthi Withdrawal from Hodeida Port Brings No Peace as Saudis Press Attack
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-05-14
Artillery shells and a steady stream of heavy machine-gun fire tore through the village of Al-Shijan on Monday, as Saudi-led forces renewed hostilities in the area following a Houthi withdrawal from Hodeida.
mintpressnews.com/houthi-withdrawal-from-hodeida-port-brings-no-peace-as-saudis-press-attack/258468/

Venezuelan Communes Protect the State
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-14
Direct democracy works like a charm. Check out Venezuela's Communes…. Venezuela's ubiquitous Communes are proof that direct democracy works. And, interestingly enough, those same Communes are powerful buffers to attempted coups, protecting the sanctity of direct democracy in their country. In all likelihood, John Bolton and Trump and Pence and Pompeo and Rubio were shocked…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/14/venezuelan-communes-protect-the-state/

Illegal Bt Brinjal In India: A Call To Initiate Criminal Proceedings Against Regulators And Corporations
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-14
What is the point in central government orders and carefully thought out regulatory norms if government officials and regulators act with blatant disregard? This is precisely what we now see happening in India where genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are concerned. India has the greatest brinjal germplasm in the world with 2,500 varieties, including wild species.
counterpunch.org/2019/05/14/illegal-bt-brinjal-in-india-a-call-to-initiate-criminal-proceedings-against-regulators-and-corporations/

Haunted House: the Legacy of Residential Schools for Aboriginal Children
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-14
"We are standing on the grounds of what once was Carcross Residential School (also known as Choutla Residential School). Here, concrete stairs that lead nowhere. There, a truck with the windows busted out. Beyond are some scattered buildings, sagging and decrepit. The site where the actual school stood is empty, save for trash and broken glass. There is heaviness here, and deep sadness. I have brought tobacco with me, but it doesn't feel right to offer it to the ground. The space is empty, and not in a triumphant way. Not like a racist monument falling, not like a wall that divides being apart stone by stone. Emp…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/14/haunted-house-the-legacy-of-residential-schools-for-aboriginal-children/

Who is Our "Adversary"? A Question of Language
Richard E. Rubenstein | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-14
There's a new word in town, folks — or rather an old word with a new meaning. It has become the fashion among politicians and journalists to describe nations like Russia, China, and Iran, and leaders like Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Ali Khamenei, as "adversaries." This is a term that gives me the creeps both because of what it says and what it hides.According to Webster-Merriam, adversary is another word for "an enemy or opponent," but in today's parlance it has become a blurry euphemism. Russia and China are called adversaries by people who loathe and fear these governments, but who consider it crude,…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/14/who-is-our-adversary-a-question-of-language/

Neurotoxic Organophosphate Chemicals in Your Mobile, Tablet, Laptop, Sofa, and Even Bed!
Georgina Downs | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-14
Some people may have never heard the word 'organophosphates' to know what they are and what they do. Others may have only heard of organophosphates in relation to nerve agent chemical attacks — such as the one in Tokyo in 1995 where sarinwas released on three lines of the Tokyosubway during rush hour, killing 12 people, severely injuring…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/14/neurotoxic-organophosphate-chemicals-in-your-mobile-tablet-laptop-sofa-and-even-bed/

Social Media Footprints and Electioneering in Australia
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-14
It has been an uninspiring election, punctuated by occasional moments of madness on the part of various candidates. Their sin was to be incautious in their previous use of social media, a form of communication that reveals everything and nothing about a person. In a political sense, the erring tweet and the injudicious remark on…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/14/social-media-footprints-and-electioneering-in-australia/

The New Kid on the Nationalist Block: Thierry Baudet
Mira Oklobdzija | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-14
In the media, both local and international, this new kid is called a "political dandy," a "flamboyant populist," "not your typical populist," "the naked populist," "the far right's rising star," "a new face," and the "Dutch far right's new figurehead." He is sure of himself, exposing his intellectual rather than physical muscles (though certain naked…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/14/the-new-kid-on-the-nationalist-block-thierry-baudet/

The Mysterious "Sabotage" of Saudi Oil Tankers: a Dangerous Moment in Trump's Escalating Conflict With Iran
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-14
Saudi Arabia's claim that two of its oil tankers have been sabotaged off the coast of the UAE is vague in detail — but could create a crisis that spins out of control and into military action.Any attack on shipping in or close to the Strait of Hormuz, the 30-mile wide channel at the entrance to the Gulf, is always serious because it is the most important choke point for the international oil trade.
counterpunch.org/2019/05/14/the-mysterious-sabotage-of-saudi-oil-tankers-a-dangerous-moment-in-trumps-escalating-conflict-with-iran/

Will Higher Pay for Uber Drivers Increase Productivity Growth?
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-14
That's what Sarah Jeong says in a New York Times column. The piece argues that if Uber drivers got a living wage then Uber would just turn to using driverless cars. It is an interesting possibility. The argument is that higher pay is a major driver of productivity growth, as it forces companies to use…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/14/will-higher-pay-for-uber-drivers-increase-productivity-growth/

Bolsonaro Fund Cuts Force Scientists to Migrate Brazil for Work
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-14
Brazilan scientists and students are being forced to leave the country in search of funding to finish their current research and studies fearing major cuts to the public higher education system announced last week by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. | RELATED: | 'Brazil Needs More Education, Not More Guns', Lula Warns | "Scientists are no longer leaving the country by choice but because it is the only chance to continue doing their job. Brazil does not regard education and science as…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaro-Fund-Cuts-Force-Scientists-to-Migrate-Brazil-for-Work-20190514-0007.html

Trump welcomes Hungarian far-right prime minister Orbán to the White House
wsws.org | 2019-05-14
The Trump administration is sending a clear message of endorsement of the far-right in the upcoming European elections.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/14/orba-f05.html

The Real Mueller-Gate Scandal
consortiumnews.com | 2019-05-14
Craig Murray blasts the special counsel for naming and condemning people without ever interviewing them. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk Special Counsel Robert Mueller is either a fool, or deeply corrupt. I do not think he is a fool. I… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/05/14/the-real-mueller-gate-scandal/

Washington's Reliance on Redactions Threatens Our Democracy
Karen J. Greenberg | thenation.com | 2019-05-14
Washington's Reliance on Redactions Threatens Our Democracy…
thenation.com/article/tom-dispatch-mueller-report-washington-redactions-democracy/

Barr to Investigate Origins of Mueller Probe
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-05-14
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was "lawful and appropriate," according to a person familiar with the issue. | Barr appointed John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, to conduct the inquiry, the person said. The person could not discuss the matter publicly and spoke Monday to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. | With the appointment, Barr is addressing a rallying cry of President Donald Trump and his supporters, who have accused…
truthdig.com/articles/barr-launches-new-look-at-origins-of-mueller-probe/

Venezuelan Communes Protect the State
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-14
Direct democracy works like a charm. Check out Venezuela's Communes…. Venezuela's ubiquitous Communes are proof that direct democracy works. And, interestingly enough, those same Communes are powerful buffers to attempted coups, protecting the sanctity of direct democracy in their country. In all likelihood, John Bolton and Trump and Pence and Pompeo and Rubio were shocked …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/venezuelan-communes-protect-the-state/

Washington pushes to brink of war against Iran
wsws.org | 2019-05-14
Pompeo's abrupt trip to Brussels and the deployment of more US military assets to the Persian Gulf point to a calculated US escalation of a war crisis.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/14/iran-m14.html

New Warren, Jayapal Report Details Corporate Crime Free-for-All Under Trump Administration
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-05-14
"Our justice system's soft touch with huge corporations and billionaires is not a new phenomenon. But under President Trump, it is far worse than it has ever been." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/warren.nh__0.jpg…
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Monsanto Ordered to Pay Record $2 Billion After Jury Finds Roundup Caused Cancer
Jake Johnson | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-14
(CD) — A California jury ruled Monday that Monsanto must pay a record $2 billion in damages to a couple that was diagnosed with cancer after using the company's weedkiller Roundup. "We were finally allowed to show a jury the mountain of evidence showing Monsanto's manipulation of science, the media, and regulatory agencies to forward their own agenda …

Monsanto Ordered to Pay Record $2 Billion After Jury Finds Roundup Caused Cancer

Monsanto ordered to pay $2 billion in Roundup cancer lawsuit
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-14
nationofchange.org/2019/05/14/monsanto-ordered-to-pay-2-billion-in-roundup-cancer-lawsuit/

'Historic' Verdict as Jury Orders Monsanto to Pay Record $2 Billion to Couple in Roundup Cancer Trial
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-05-14
"We've been fighting cancer for nine years. It was caused by Roundup. We can't do the things we used to do and we really resent Monsanto for that." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/monsanto_6.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/05/14/historic-verdict-jury-orders-monsanto-pay-record-2-billion-couple-roundup-cancer?cd-origin=rss

"Free Lunch" Billionaire A's Owner Fisher Offering Free Food For New Stadium
UPWA | indybay.org | 2019-05-14
Broadway & Waters St. | Oakland…
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Trump says he reported $1.17 billion in losses over 10 years to evade paying taxes
wsws.org | 2019-05-14
Trump's statement that he claimed losses in order to evade taxes is tantamount to an admission of tax fraud.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/14/trum-m14.html

The cost of Trump's trade war (and a better alternative)
Robert Reich | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-14
We are now in a trade war with the second-largest economy on Earth. | On | Monday, China said it would raise tariffs to 20 or 25 percent on some $60 | billion of American goods — already being taxed at 10 percent, in retaliation | for Trump's previous tariffs on Chinese goods. | China's move came after Trump | increased tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods to 25 percent on Friday. | Tariffs are paid by American consumers | and businesses. They function exactly like taxes. By imposing them, Trump has | in effect raised taxes on most Americans by about $800 per household. China's | retaliatory tariffs…
nationofchange.org/2019/05/14/the-cost-of-trumps-trade-war-and-a-better-alternative/

The Race for Global Internet Access Is Not a Zero Sum Game
Evan Malmgren | thenation.com | 2019-05-14
The Race for Global Internet Access Is Not a Zero Sum Game…
thenation.com/article/payal-arora-next-billion-users-book-review/

Pesticide Lawsuits and the Threat Hiding in the Perfect Lawn
Lauren Sandford | progressive.org | 2019-05-14
More than 13,400 consumer lawsuits against Monsanto and Bayer AG, which manufacture the weed-killer Roundup, allege it is the cause of various cancers. Now, a new judgment has awarded one couple $2 billion in damages.
progressive.org/dispatches/pesticide-lawsuits-highlight-hidden-threat-Sandford-191405/

Drivers Beware: The Deadly Perils of Traffic Stops in the American Police State
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
The Nation. The framers would be appalled."–Herman Schwartz, "The Fourth Amendment was designed to stand between us and arbitrary governmental authority. For all practical purposes, that shield has been shattered, leaving our liberty and personal integrity subject to …
globalresearch.ca/drivers-beware-deadly-perils-traffic-stops-american-police-state/5677399

The Disintegrated Mind: The Greatest Threat to Human Survival on Earth
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
Like many people who have struggled to understand why human beings are driving the sixth mass extinction event in Earth's history, which now threatens imminent human extinction as well, over many decades I have explored the research and efforts of …
globalresearch.ca/disintegrated-mind-greatest-threat-human-survival/5677392

Why 'Anti-imperialist' in the U.S. Still Means 'Paid for by Russia'
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
We would think the U.S. state would be embarrassed. | All three of Venezuelan neo-fascist Juan Guaido's coup attempts have failed. Donald Trump appears to be raising questions regarding the effectiveness of National Security Advisor John Bolton's pro-coup strategies …
globalresearch.ca/why-anti-imperialist-u-s-means-paid-russia/5677388

NATO Doctrine of "Nuclear Sharing" Putting Europe and the World at Grave Risk
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
Among European populations, it is little known that there are today scores of US nuclear weapons still stationed on the continent. Much of the reason for this broad lack of awareness regarding the sinister presence of nuclear bombs, is that …
globalresearch.ca/nato-doctrine-nuclear-sharing-putting-europe-world-grave-risk/5677403

Face to Face with the Truth. The War against Syria and its People
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
Everybody who has been paying attention knows that the war on Syria is not a civil war, that it was and is externally-orchestrated, perpetrated, and sustained, and that the on-going catastrophe was avoidable. | The U.S Empire and its NATO accomplices, …
globalresearch.ca/face-to-face-truth/5677287

Tel Aviv Is Afraid of "The Axis of Resistance"
Prof. Tim Anderson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
The Australian political economist and author Professor, Tim Anderson, has emphasized that the Zionist entity is afraid of the unrelenting Palestinian resistance, of Syria's looming victory and of an enhanced Axis of Resistance facing the occupied parts of Lebanon …
globalresearch.ca/tel-aviv-afraid-axis-resistance/5677381

Maximum Pressure in the Strait of Hormuz: The US-Iran Standoff
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
Hegemons are never going to sound too sensible when they lock horns or joust in spats of childish anger. Power corrupts, not merely in terms of perspective but language, and making sense about the next move, the next statement, is …
globalresearch.ca/maximum-pressure-strait-hormuz-us-iran-standoff/5677379

The Deal of the Century: Trump Team and Netanyahu Conspire to Sell out the Palestinians
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
In the aftermaths of both the First and Second World Wars national borders were readjusted to suit the victors and entirely new countries were created from the ruins of the empires that had collapsed as a result of the conflict. …
globalresearch.ca/the-deal-of-the-century-trump-team-and-netanyahu-conspire-to-sell-out-the-palestinians/5677382

The US/NATO Planetary War System
Comitato No Nato | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
The Following text is Section 15 of 16 | The 70 Years of NATO: From War to War, : | by the Italian Committee No War No NATO | * | Documentation presented at the International Conference on the 70th Anniversary of NATO, Florence, April …
globalresearch.ca/usnato-planetary-war-system/5677406

Trump Intent on Erasing Palestine
Elson Concepción Pérez | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
U.S. President Donald Trump has come up with what he calls the "Deal of the Century," the sole purpose of which is to finally remove Palestine from the world stage and put an end to the existence of the state….
globalresearch.ca/trump-intent-erasing-palestine/5677461

Guaido Requests US Military 'Cooperation' to Oust Maduro as US Vessel Violates Venezuelan Waters
Paul Dobson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
Self-declared "Interim President" Juan Guaido has ordered the setting up of a meeting with the US Armed Forces to discuss "cooperation" in his efforts to oust President Nicolas Maduro. | During a gathering of supporters in the upper middle class …
globalresearch.ca/guaido-requests-us-military-cooperation-oust-maduro/5677443

The NY Times Invokes Russia & Conspiracy Theories in Attempt to Stifle 5G Opposition
Americans For Responsible Technology | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
On the eve of the May 15th 5G Day of Action, the first national campaign to push back against the unchecked deployment of 5G-ready small cell infrastructure, the New York Times has published a shameful and wildly inaccurate hit …
globalresearch.ca/ny-times-invokes-russia-conspiracy-theories-attempt-stifle-5g-opposition/5677437

Cuba's Earthy Traditions, and Jean Vanier
Prof Susan Babbitt | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
Jean Vanier, dead last week, was philanthropist and Christian, founder of L'Arche, a remarkable organization for developmentally disabled. Vanier was also a philosopher who left Academia for society's vulnerable. I used his Becoming Human, in class after philosophy class, …
globalresearch.ca/cubas-earthy-traditions-jean-vanier/5677396

We Take to the Streets of Tel Aviv to Demand an End to the Siege on Gaza
Gush Shalom | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
Today Tuesday, 14 May, marking one year after 64 protestors were shot dead during the Great March of Return Protests in Gaza, we will take to the streets to demand an end to the siege on Gaza and a better …
globalresearch.ca/we-take-to-the-streets-of-tel-aviv-to-demand-an-end-to-the-siege-on-gaza/5677386

Selected Articles: The American Police State
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 52,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-us-police-state/5677418

US Special Forces Command Issues New Guide for Overthrowing Foreign Governments
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
No kidding — this is not our headline, but Newsweek's: "US Special Forces School Publishes New Guide For Overthrowing Foreign Governments" — and as far as we can tell they are the only major mainstream outlet to have picked …
globalresearch.ca/us-special-forces-command-new-guide-overthrowing-foreign-governments/5677282

Serbia and NATO's Shameful Legacy
Živadin Jovanović | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
An interview with ≈Ωivadin Jovanoviƒá, distinguished author and former Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1998-2000), President of the Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals | Maurizio Vezzosi: Remembering the 1999's bombing over Belgrade, some days ago Serbian …
globalresearch.ca/serbia-and-natos-shameful-legacy/5677031

Cleaning Out the Nutters: Paul Keating, China and Australia's Security Establishment
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
Inimitable to a fault, former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating had been fairly quiet on his party's policies till an impromptu press intervention last week. Catching two journalists of the ABC off-guard, Keating took little time to land a few …
globalresearch.ca/paul-keating-china-australias-security-establishment/5677304

Is Canada's Minister of Defence an Arms Pusher?
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
Would it surprise you to learn that Canada's minister of defence is an arms pusher? | Last Friday members of Mouvement Québécois pour la Paix interrupted a $135-a-plate luncheon to confront defence minister Harjit Sajjan. At an event sponsored by …
globalresearch.ca/canadas-minister-defence-arms-pusher/5677439

British Government Forced to Delete Millions of Illegal Citizen Biometric Voiceprints
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
Last year, TruePublica published an article about how the British government were now going 'full Orwellian' in their attempt to build a national biometric database. The opening line to the article was — "We said that the government would …
globalresearch.ca/british-government-forced-delete-millions-illegal-citizen-biometric-voiceprints/5677454

The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): Crucial to the Convergence of Civilizations?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-14
The Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilizations (CDAC) opens in Beijing on Wednesday and will be graced by a keynote speech from President Xi about the importance of civilizational harmony. China envisages a community of shared destiny where the …
globalresearch.ca/cpec-crucial-convergence-civilizations/5677433