2019-06-18: Social Media Postees

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The Florida GOP's Assault on Democracy
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2019-06-18
The Florida GOP's Assault on Democracy…
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The Florida GOP's Assault on Democracy
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2019-06-18
The Florida GOP's Assault on Democracy…
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Behind the Syrian network for human rights: how an opposition front group became Western media's go-to monitor
Max Blumenthal | mronline.org | 2019-06-18
Top media outlets turn to the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) for figures on deaths and detentions, never noting the group's seamless connection to Syria's opposition, the support it receives from states that waged war on the country, or its open lobbying for US military intervention. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/06/18/behind-the-syrian-network-for-human-rights-how-an-opposition-front-group-became-western-medias-go-to-monitor/

The Management of Savagery — How America's National Security State Fueled the Rise of al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
Even though the ending is known, Max Blumenthal's book The Management of Savagery draws the reader through an intriguing tale of media management, political management, financial management all with the goal of achieving the management of savagery. The title …
globalresearch.ca/management-savagery-how-americas-national-security-state-fueled-rise-al-qaeda-isis-donald-trump/5680944

The World Bank Helps Investors Choose the Law They Want (1/2)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-18
This is one of many examples that show how far the world has shifted from the paradigm of peace and social justice proposed in Philadelphia after WW2, to today's concept of 'Total Market' where human beings are like ammunition in a capitalist competition and financial markets are the final arbitrator and supreme legislator of human…
therealnews.com/stories/the-world-bank-helps-investors-choose-the-law-they-want-1-2

Mali's Civil War Fueled by Climate Crisis and Corporate Greed
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-18
Baba Aye discusses the failure of French and German peacekeepers in Mali and the real role they play, after almost one hundred people were killed in a Dogon village and Fulani are blamed for the attack…
therealnews.com/stories/malis-civil-war-fueled-by-climate-crisis-and-corporate-greed

Nicaragua Creates 2,000 'Reconciliation Commissions' for Peace
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-18
The Sandinista government of Nicaragua has established 2,000 "Reconciliation Commissions' around the country in a fresh bid to bring peace to the Central American country, one year on after right-wing protests calling for the ouster of President Daniel Ortega. | RELATED: | Nicaragua: New Law To Support Victims of Right-Wing Violence | "Nicaraguan families want security, work, prosperity, peace and we are winning it, it is the truth, because the majority of Nicaraguans want to l…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nicaragua-Creates-2000-Reconciliation-Commissions-for-Peace-20190618-0007.html

China is Tanzania's largest investor
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-18
China is leading in Tanzania with huge investments followed by Britain and the United States, the east African nation's investment watchdog said on Monday. | Geoffrey Mwambe, the Executive Director of the Tanzania Investment Center, said factors that made investors to invest in Tanzania included the prevailing peace and political tranquility, economic stability, investment guarantees and rich natural resources such as arable land, natural gas and tourism. | Speaking at a business dialogue in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Mwambe assured investors that the government will continue improving the business…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/18/china-is-tanzanias-largest-investor/

Koch-Oil Big Lies and Ecocide Writ Large in Canada
John McMurtry | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-18
As we know, big lies can run free across borders with few joining the dots.For example, no media reports that China's growing dispute with Canada is based on Canada's enforcement of the Trump administration's unilateral and illegal embargo against oil-competitor Iran. A cynical reply is that this is predictable. Canada attacks any designated US Enemy in junior partnership with global corporate command.But this time there is a new twist. Canada is attacking itself without knowing it.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/18/koch-oil-big-lies-and-ecocide-writ-large-in-canada/

Bolton Wants to Fight Iran, But the Pentagon Has Its Sights on China
Michael T. Klare | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-18
The recent White House decision to speed the deployment of an aircraft carrier battle group and other military assets to the Persian Gulf has led many in Washington and elsewhere to assume that the U.S. is gearing up for war with Iran. As in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, U.S. officials have…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/18/bolton-wants-to-fight-iran-but-the-pentagon-has-its-sights-on-china/

U.S. Sanctions: Economic Sabotage that is Deadly, Illegal and Ineffective
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-18
While the mystery of who is responsible for sabotaging the two tankers in the Gulf of Oman remains unsolved, it is clear that the Trump administration has been sabotaging Iranian oil shipments since May 2, when it announced its intention to "bring Iran's oil exports to zero, denying the regime its principal source of revenue."
counterpunch.org/2019/06/18/u-s-sanctions-economic-sabotage-that-is-deadly-illegal-and-ineffective/

Opposition Research: It's Not Trump's Fault That Politics is a "Dirty" Game
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-18
In a June 12 interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News, President Donald Trump freely admitted that he would listen to foreigners offering him "dirt" on his political opponents:…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/18/opposition-research-its-not-trumps-fault-that-politics-is-a-dirty-game/

Catch 2020 — Trump's Authoritarian Endgame
Yoav Litvin | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-18
On Thursday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed Iran was responsible for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, a version of events quickly challenged by Iran and the owner of the tanker. These accusations are reminiscent of similar charges lobbed at the Iranian regime in May, with some in the…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/18/catch-2020-trumps-authoritarian-endgame/

Marx and Walking Zen
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-18
In March 1866 (the year before Volume One of Das Kapital was published), the 48-year-old Marx was vacationing on the Dutch coast, at Margate. He wrote a letter to his cousin Antoinette Philips, daughter of Lion Philips, a tobacco merchant in nearby Zaltbommel. (Lion was the husband of a woman who had married Heinrich Marx,…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/18/marx-and-walking-zen/

Color Revolution In Hong Kong: USA Vs. China
Thomas Hon Wing Polin | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-18
Once again, the local government has "knelt down" before the forces of darkness. Mustering mass, violent protests, Hong Kong anti-Communists and their backers in the Anglo-American Empire have shown that they can grab the final say on crucial matters in China's premier Special Administrative Region (SAR). They have forced local authorities to shelve an important,…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/18/color-revolution-in-hong-kong-usa-vs-china/

The Wall Street Journal Doesn't Like Rent Control
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-18
We know that because of the way it presented the results of a study of the impact of rent control in New York City. The article showed the average savings on rent controlled units by borough, by income quartiles, and by race and ethnic group. It showed that the average savings were by far the…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/18/the-wall-street-journal-doesnt-like-rent-control/

Trump's Evidence About Iran is "Dodgy" at Best
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-18
The crackpot president of the United States of America has so snarled up the gangplank to truth these past 29 months that no matter how much "evidence" he and his crew produce to prove that the Iranians have been trying to blow up oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman — or not quite blow them up — the pictures have a kind of mesmeric quality about them.
counterpunch.org/2019/06/18/trumps-evidence-about-iran-is-dodgy-at-best/

Bolton Wants to Fight Iran, But the Pentagon Has Its Sights on China
Michael T. Klare | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-18
The recent White House decision to speed the deployment of an aircraft carrier battle group and other military assets to the Persian Gulf has led many in Washington and elsewhere to assume that the U.S. is gearing up for war with Iran. As in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, U.S. officials have…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/18/bolton-wants-to-fight-iran-but-the-pentagon-has-its-sights-on-china/

Catch 2020 — Trump's Authoritarian Endgame
Yoav Litvin | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-18
On Thursday, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed Iran was responsible for attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, a version of events quickly challenged by Iran and the owner of the tanker. These accusations are reminiscent of similar charges lobbed at the Iranian regime in May, with some in the…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/18/catch-2020-trumps-authoritarian-endgame/

Chavez, a mirror of the people: a conversation with Edgar Perez
Cira Pascual Marquina | mronline.org | 2019-06-18
An organizer and intellectual from Caracas' La Vega barrio talks about the dialectical relationship between Hugo Chavez and the popular movement. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/06/18/chavez-a-mirror-of-the-people-a-conversation-with-edgar-perez/

US to Begin Deporting 'Millions of Illegal' Immigrants: Trump
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-18
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the U.S. authorities will begin removing millions of immigrants who are in the United States illegally. | RELATED: | Trump Cuts Aid to Central America Over Migration, Warns Millions Will Be Deported | "Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States," Trump tweeted, referring to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement a…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-to-Begin-Deporting-Millions-of-Illegal-Immigrants-Trump-20190618-0001.html

UN Humanitarian Chief condemns bombings in Nigeria
Christine Maema | cgtn.com | 2019-06-18
UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria Edward Kallon (REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde) | The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, has condemned the multiple suicide bombings in the Borno State that killed 30 people and injured 40 others. | Through a statement released on Monday, Kallon said that it was a sad day for civilians in northwest Nigeria and for the humanitarians who are working to help them. Among the deceased was a community volunteer who was contributing to the humanitarian response in the area. | "The UN and its partners deplore these abhorrent acts of violence and call for those responsibl…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/18/un-humanitarian-chief-condemns-bombings-in-nigeria/

AFCON 2019 will be "like a war" — Alex Iwobi declares as Nigeria arrives in Egypt
Jerry Omondi | cgtn.com | 2019-06-18
Nigerian midfielder has likened the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations to a war, dismissing talk of the Super Eagles' having an easy ride in the Group stage. | "Everyone is always going to say that on paper that we should go through, that we should qualify with ease, but we know it's not going to be easy. Every team is in there to try and do their best, to try and win. It's going to be almost like a war. It's going to be a serious battle and fight. Every game is going to be really competitive," the 23-year-old said. | The 2019 AFCON will be Iwobi's first appearance at the elite continental competition, and he hope…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/18/afcon-2019-will-be-like-a-war-alex-iwobi-declares-as-nigeria-arrives-in-egypt/

Pentagon Has Emitted Over a Billion Metric Tons of Greenhouse Gases in Its War on Terror
Kevin Gosztola | mintpressnews.com | 2019-06-18
With over 800 military bases in more than 80 countries, the Pentagon remains the "world's largest institutional user of petroleum" and "producer of greenhouse gases."
mintpressnews.com/pentagon-emitted-billion-metric-tons-greenhouse-gases-war-terror/259324/

Brazil: Odebrecht to Avoid Bankruptcy Through Recovery Plan
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-18
The Brazilian construction conglomerate, Odebrecht (ODB), which has admitted to paying out about US$7.88 billion in bribes over the past 20 years to win public contracts in Latin American countries, requested to file for bankruptcy protection Monday before a Sao Paulo court. The measure would allow the corporation to negotiate "recovery plan" with its creditors with the hope to avoid a shutting its doors. | RELATED: | Another Senior Peruvian Politician Gets Jail For Corruption | G…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Odebrecht-to-Avoid-Bankruptcy-Through-Recovery-Plan-20190618-0005.html

Brazil: Odebrecht to Avoid Bankruptcy Through A Recovery Plan
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-18
The Brazilian construction conglomerate, Odebrecht (ODB), which has admitted to paying out about US$7.88 billion in bribes over the past 20 years to win public contracts in Latin American countries, requested to file for bankruptcy Monday before a Sao Paulo court. The measure would allow the corporation to negotiate "recovery plan" with its creditors with the hope to avoid a shutting its doors. | RELATED: | Another Senior Peruvian Politician Gets Jail For Corruption | Given the "e…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Odebrecht-to-Avoid-Bankruptcy-Through-A-Recovery-Plan-20190618-0005.html

Over 300,000 flee DR Congo ethnic clashes
Jerry Omondi | cgtn.com | 2019-06-18
More than 300,000 people have fled their homes in northern Democratic Republic of Congo since early June due to inter-ethnic violence, United Nations aid agencies said on Tuesday. | Local officials say that at least 161 people have been killed in the northeastern Ituri province in the past week, in an apparent resurgence of ethnic clashes between farming and herding communities. |…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/18/over-300000-flee-dr-congo-ethnic-clashes/

World War II: US Military Destroyed 66 Japanese Cities Before Planning to Wipe Out the Same Number of Soviet Cities
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
The extent of devastation inflicted upon Japan by the American military during World War II is not broadly known, even today. In reprisal for the attack over Pearl Harbor, which killed almost 2,500 Americans, US aircraft first began unloading bombs …
globalresearch.ca/us-military-destroyed-66-japanese-cities-before-planning-wipe-out-same-number-soviet-cities/5680934

World War II: US Military Destroyed 66 Japanese Cities Before Planning to Wipe Out the Same Number of Soviet Cities
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
The extent of devastation inflicted upon Japan by the American military during World War II is not broadly known, even today. In reprisal for the attack over Pearl Harbor, which killed almost 2,500 Americans, US aircraft first began unloading bombs …
globalresearch.ca/us-military-destroyed-66-japanese-cities-before-planning-wipe-out-same-number-soviet-cities/5680934

Morsi, Egypt's freely elected and imprisoned president, killed by regime
Aboulfotouh Kandil | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-18
After six years of solitary confinement at a secret prison, Egypt's legitimate president, Mohamed Morsi, died yesterday after the latest in a string of judges ignored pleas to deal with his failing health. He has suffered from numerous medical conditions including heart failure and diabetes for years and has had not received necessary medical attention …
peoplesworld.org/article/morsi-egypts-freely-elected-and-imprisoned-president-killed-by-regime/

Death Toll in Congo Climbs to 161 After Renewed Fighting
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-18
Nearly 161 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province over the past week, local officials said on Monday. | RELATED: | WHO: Congo's Ebola Outbreak Not International Emergency | According to the officials, the killings are reported to have been ethnically targeted in an apparent resurgence of clashes between farming and herding communities. | Although identities of the attackers has not been confirmed, fingers point to violence between Hema herders and…
telesurenglish.net/news/Death-Toll-in-Congo-Climbs-to-161-After-Renewed-Fighting-20190618-0003.html

Chinese President to Discuss Denuclearization With Kim Jung Un
telesurenglish.net | 2019-06-18
The visit comes as the peninsula settlement process has reached a deadlock after the Hanoi summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump. While Washington demands that Pyongyang completely dismantle nuclear facilities in the country in order to get sanctions relief, North Korea wants part of restrictions to be lifted before denuclearization begins.
telesurenglish.net/news/Chinese-President-to-Discuss-Denuclearization-With-Kim-Jung-Un-20190618-0004.html

False Flags: The Process of "False Flagging" the World towards War. The CIA Weaponizes Hollywood
Larry Chin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
Almost all wars begin with false flag operations. The coming conflicts in North Korea and Russia are no exception. Mass public hysteria is being manufactured to justify aggression against Moscow and Pyongyang, in retaliation for acts attributed to the North Korean and Russian governments, but orchestrated and carried out by the CIA and the Pentagon.
globalresearch.ca/false-flagging-the-world-towards-war/5421649

People's Tribunal on War Crimes by South Korean Troops During the Vietnam War
Han Gil Jang | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-06-18
asia-pacificresearch.com/peoples-tribunal-war-crimes-south-korean-troops-during-vietnam-war/5628705

People's Tribunal on War Crimes by South Korean Troops During the Vietnam War
Han Gil Jang | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2019-06-18
asia-pacificresearch.com/peoples-tribunal-war-crimes-south-korean-troops-during-vietnam-war/5628705

US Sanctions Are Deadly, Illegal and Ineffective
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-18
While the mystery of who is responsible for sabotaging the two tankers in the Gulf of Oman remains unsolved, it is clear that the Trump administration has been sabotaging Iranian oil shipments since May 2, when it announced its intention to "bring Iran's oil exports to zero, denying the regime its principal source of revenue." The move was aimed at China, India, Japan, South Korea and Turkey, all nations that purchase Iranian oil and now face U.S. threats if the…
truthout.org/articles/us-sanctions-are-deadly-illegal-and-ineffective/

The Trump-Bolton Duo Is Just Like the Bush-Cheney Duo: Warmongers Using Lies to Start Illegal Wars
Prof Rodrigue Tremblay | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
[False flag operations: ] "The powers-that-be understand that to create the appropriate atmosphere for war, it's necessary to create within the general populace a hatred, fear or mistrust of others regardless of whether those others belong to a certain group of …
globalresearch.ca/trump-bolton-duo-like-bush-cheney-duo-warmongers-using-lies-start-illegal-wars/5680929

'If This Is True, They Are Even Bigger Lunatics Than We Realized': UN Officials Reportedly Believe Trump Planning 'Massive' Bombing Campaign in Iran
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-18
"There would be no going back from this. There's no such thing as a 'one and done' military strike on Iran." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/iran_trump_bolton_pompeo_0.jpg…
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Chi sono gli incendiari di petroliere
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
Mentre gli Stati uniti preparano una nuova escalation in Medio Oriente, accusando l'Iran di attaccare le petroliere nel Golfo di Oman, il vice-premier Matteo Salvini incontra a Washington il segretario di Stato Mike Pompeo, uno degli artefici di tale strategia, …
globalresearch.ca/chi-sono-gli-incendiari-di-petroliere/5681017

US preparing "assault" against Iran
wsws.org | 2019-06-18
The Jerusalem Post reported that the Trump administration is actively planning a "tactical assault" on Iran, involving a massive air attack on an Iranian nuclear facility.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/18/iran-j18.html

Iran's Ambassador: "Unfortunately We Are Heading Towards a Confrontation" With US
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-18
(ZH) — The Iranian Ambassador to the UK Hamid Baeidinejad warned that the United States and Iran are "unfortunately headed toward a confrontation which is very serious for everybody in the region." In an interview with Christiane Amanpour, the Ambassador reacted to rapidly escalating tensions between the two countries — late on Monday the US announced …
theantimedia.com/iran-confrontation-with-us/

The Drumbeat for War With Iran Sounds All Too Familiar
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-06-18
From the U.S.S. Maine to the Gulf of Tonkin, the U.S. has a history of using alleged naval provocations as a pretext for military conflict.
truthdig.com/articles/the-drumbeat-for-war-with-iran-sounds-all-too-familiar/

Wilkerson: US Further Isolate Itself Over Iran
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-18
With the announcement that Iran will break the terms of its nuclear agreement, for stockpiling enriched uranium, the stage is set for a confrontation between the US and its European allies. The situation will contribute to greater US isolation, says Col. Wilkerson…
therealnews.com/stories/wilkerson-us-further-isolate-itself-over-iran

Iran at the Center of the Eurasian Riddle
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-18
With the dogs of war on full alert, something extraordinary happened at the 19th summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) late last week in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. | Virtually unknown across the West, the SCO is the foremost Eurasian political, economic …
globalresearch.ca/iran-center-eurasian-riddle/5680947

UK: Tory government positions itself as most loyal US ally against Iran
wsws.org | 2019-06-18
One hundred UK Royal Marines will be deployed within weeks, where they will join naval ships operating from a new UK naval base in Bahrain.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/18/ukir-j18.html

Wilkerson: US Further Isolates Itself From Its Allies Over Iran Policy
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-18
With the announcement that Iran will break the terms of its nuclear agreement, for stockpiling enriched uranium, the stage is set for a confrontation between the US and its European allies. The situation will contribute to greater US isolation, says Col. Wilkerson…
therealnews.com/stories/wilkerson-us-further-isolates-itself-from-its-allies-over-iran-policy

Take Action Now: Stop Trump's Phony War With Iran
NationAction | thenation.com | 2019-06-18
Take Action Now: Stop Trump's Phony War With Iran…
thenation.com/article/take-action-now-stop-trumps-phony-war-with-iran/

I Funded My Own Twitter Troll With Taxpayer Dollars
Tara Sepehri Far | thenation.com | 2019-06-18
I Funded My Own Twitter Troll With Taxpayer Dollars…
thenation.com/article/iran-state-department-smear-campaign-twitter/

The U.S. Is Only Further Isolating Itself From Its Allies Over Iran
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-18
Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell, assesses the Trump administration's dangerous brinksmanship in the Middle East.
truthdig.com/articles/the-u-s-is-only-further-isolating-itself-from-its-allies-over-iran/

Report: US Planning "Massive" Airstrike on an Iranian Facility
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-18
(CJ Opinion) — According to a new article from English-language Israeli publication The Jerusalem Post, the Hebrew-language Israeli publication Maariv has reported that diplomatic sources in the UN are assessing a US plan to conduct a "massive" airstrike on "an Iranian facility linked to its nuclear program" in response to alleged attacks on two sea vessels in the Gulf of Oman. "The sources …

Report: US Planning “Massive” Airstrike on an Iranian Facility

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2019-06-17: News Headlines

Alexander Rubinstein (2019-06-17). Massive Embezzlement Scandal Threatens Juan Guaido's Political Future. mintpressnews.com The big event that was supposed to be Guaido's watershed moment has instead turned out to be a public-relations failure far worse than his quickly quelled attempted military coup.

plenglish (2019-06-17). Venezuela Reveals Corruption Plots Led by Juan Guaido. plenglish.com 17 de junio de 2019, 15: 57Caracas, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Communication and Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez presented new evidence that blames opposition leader Juan Guaido and theVoluntad Popular leadership for stealing money to commit crimes against Venezuela.

Dan Cohen (2019-06-17). From coup leaders to con artistry: Juan Guaidó's gang exposed for massive humanitarian aid fraud. thegrayzone.com An explosive new report reveals how Guaidó representatives in Colombia embezzled $125,000 meant for humanitarian aid, suckering deserting soldiers and…

commondreams (2019-06-17). Saudi Arabia: Decision to Spare Teenager's Life Must Be Followed by Abolition of Death Penalty for All Juveniles. commondreams.org ______________________________…

SIPRI (2019-06-17). Modernization of World Nuclear Forces Continues Despite Overall Decrease in Number of Warheads. globalresearch.ca The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) today launches the findings of SIPRI Yearbook 2019, which assesses the current state of armaments, disarmament and international security. | ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚ÄãThe modernization of nuclear forces continues | SIPRI Governing Board Chair Ambassador Jan Eliasson, …

Peace Action (2019-06-17). Peace Action Endorses Ayanna Pressley for Congress. peaceaction.org Washington, DC — June 17, 2019 — Peace Action, the nation's largest grassroots peace organization, and its affiliate Massachusetts Peace Action, endorsed Ayanna Pressley for Massachusetts' 7th district. Peace Action is a national grassroots organization working to advance nuclear disarmament, promote government spending priorities that support human needs, encourage real security through international cooperation and …

Kate Hudson (2019-06-17). Trump and Bolton Are Breaking What Nuclear Order There Is. globalresearch.ca It's 10 years now since US president Barack Obama made his famous Prague speech, committing to a nuclear weapons-free world. I remember hearing his words broadcast, amid the tumultuous cheers of the crowd in Hradƒçany Square, as if it were …

Tyler Durden (2019-06-17). China Takes Responsibility for Explosion Near North Korea; Denies Nuclear Test Rumors. theantimedia.com (ZH) — Update: Chinese authorities are taking responsibility for Monday's blast, claiming it happened on their side of the border. Reporters pointed out that the magnitude of the blast was much smaller than a nuclear test, and Chinese authorities have advised that this was not a nuclear test. Chinese authorities said this is a magnitude 1.3 event …

Whitney Webb (2019-06-17). Israel's Secretive Nuclear Facility Leaking as Watchdog Finds Israel Has Nearly 100 Nukes. mintpressnews.com Israel is one of only five nations in the world that refuse to sign the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, an international treaty aimed at ending the proliferation of nuclear weapons and achieving global nuclear disarmament.

Staff (2019-06-17). Iran Speeds Up Uranium Enrichment as Mideast Tensions Mount. truthdig.com TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will surpass the uranium stockpile limit set by its nuclear deal in the next 10 days, an official said Monday, raising pressure on Europeans trying to save the accord a year after the U.S. withdrawal lit the fuse for the heightened tensions now between Tehran and Washington. | The announcement by Iran's nuclear agency marked yet another deadline set by Tehran. President Hassan Rouhani already has warned Europe that a new deal needs to be in place by July 7 or the Islamic Republic would increase its enrichment of uranium.

The Canary (2019-06-17). Climate protesters force BP oil rig to make second U-turn amid ongoing direct action. thecanary.co An oil rig at the centre of a protest by environmental campaigners has been forced to make a second 'U-turn' on its way to a North Sea field. | The Transocean PBLJ rig was heading to the Vorlich oil field after being occupied by activists in the Cromarty Firth, north of Inverne…

Staff (2019-06-17). How the Upheaval in Khartoum Affects One of Sudan's Longest-Running Crises. truthout.org This article was originally published by The New Humanitarian, a news agency specializing in reporting humanitarian crises.The stand-off in Khartoum between pro-democracy protesters and the ruling Transitional Military Council is being closely watched in troubled Blue Nile — an impoverished Sudanese region cut off from aid and largely forgotten by the world. | Blue Nile has been at war with Khartoum for decades. Hopes for a more peaceful future rest on the TMC being willing to negotiate on rebel demands for greater autonomy, and on the rebel leaders thems…

Jon Rainwater (2019-06-17). Sending More Troops to the Middle East is Adding Fuel to the Fire. peaceaction.org Washington, D.C. — June 17, 2019 — In response to the Trump administration's decision to send an additional 1,000 troops to the Middle East amidst escalating tensions with Iran, Jon Rainwater, Executive Director of Peace Action, released the following statement: "Rather than pursuing diplomatic off ramps to avert conflict with Iran, the Trump administration is …

Ben Norton (2019-06-17). Even Japan, Germany, and EU are doubting Trump admin's claim Iran attacked ships. thegrayzone.com While the Trump administration accuses Iran without evidence of attacking oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, Japanese, German, and…

plenglish (2019-06-17). Venezuela to Repatriate 180 Venezuelans with Return to Homeland Plan. plenglish.com 17 de junio de 2019, 16: 40Caracas, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan government will repatriate 180 Venezuelans from Peru this week through the government"s Plan Vuelta a la Patria (Return to Homeland) program, the Foreign Ministry announced in a press release on Monday.

plenglish (2019-06-17). Venezuelan Migrants Target of Exploitation, Venezuelan FM Denounces. plenglish.com Caracas, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced on Monday that Venezuelan migrants are the target of precarious work and exploitation in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

plenglish (2019-06-17). Venezuelan Authorities Closed an Illegal Mining Camp. plenglish.com Caracas, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan security agencies deactivated an illegal mining camp on the edge of La Paragua river, located in Guayana, Bolivar state, reported on Monday the Operational Strategic Commander, Remigio Ceballos.

plenglish (2019-06-17). Venezuela Creates Banking Mechanisms to Face US Blockade. plenglish.com Caracas, June 17 (Prensa Latina) The Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) has created on Monday mechanisms to deal with the US economic blockade with which they intend to choke the country by calling off accounts and the inability to trade with foreign organizations.

United Nations (2019-06-17). Monday's News Brief: World population, Desertification Day, ocean protection, Nigeria, Yemen and Gaza. un.org To start this week, we cover: food aid diversions in Yemen; 9.7 billion of people on earth by 2050; Law of the Sea Convention; World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought; triple suicide bombing in Nigeria; and a solar power plant for health care in Gaza.

United Nations (2019-06-17). Yemeni children 'dying right now' due to food aid diversions Beasley warns Security Council. un.org Food continues to be taken "from the mouths of hungry little boys and little girls" in many areas of Yemen controlled by Houthi rebels, warned the head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday, who said the agency would be forced to suspend some food assistance within days, unless agreements are finally honoured.

plenglish (2019-06-17). A Political Solution Is the Only Way Out in Yemen. plenglish.com United Nations, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The UN special envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, restated on Monday that the political solution is the only way out in that country and called for the sides ¥greater commitment to advance the talks.

plenglish (2019-06-17). Russia Denies Existence of New Military Contract with Venezuela. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Russia has rejected on Monday US versions on a supposed new military contract between this country and Venezuela and denounced Washington"s intentions to create pretexts for a military escalation.

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies (2019-06-17). U.S. Sanctions: Economic Sabotage That Is Deadly, Illegal, and Ineffective. commondreams.org On the eve of renewed sanctions by Washington, an Iranian protester holds a burning picture of President Donald Trump outside the former US embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran on November 4, 2018. (Photo: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/donald_trump_sanctions_iran_venezuela.jpg…

Yves Engler (2019-06-17). Ottawa hires Hit Man to Overthrow Venezuelan Government. dissidentvoice.org Meet the hired gun Ottawa is using to overthrow the Venezuelan government. The brazenness of Ottawa's intervention in the South American country's affairs is remarkable. Recently Global Affairs Canada tendered a contract for an individual to coordinate its bid to oust President Nicolás Maduro. According to buyandsell.gc.ca, the Special Advisor on Venezuela needs to be …

Staff (2019-06-17). Reuters Must Answer for Burying This Venezuela Story. truthdig.com A new study reveals U.S. sanctions have taken a deadly toll, yet the news agency neglected to report on its findings for an entire month.

David Ochieng Mbewa (2019-06-17). Senegal, Egypt, Algeria secure friendly wins ahead of AFCON 2019. cgtn.com Head coach Aliou Cisse of Senegal gives instructions to his players during a past friendly match. (Photo by Xaume Olleros/Getty Images) | Three of the teams regarded among the pre-tournament favourites for the upcoming 2019 African Cup of Nations secured wins on Sunday in their respective friendlies just five days to the start of the continental showpiece. | Senegal edged fellow African giants Nigeria 1-0, Egypt beat Guinea 3-1 while Algeria overcame Mali 3-2. | At the IsmaàØlia Stadium in IsmaàØlia, Egypt, Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye netted the only goal of the game after 18 minutes for Senega…

Joaquin Flores (2019-06-17). Pompeo's False Flag Refuted By Japanese Media: Tanker Hit by Flying Object, Not Mine — Confirms Onsite Worker. globalresearch.ca The Japanese state news agency NHK has revealed that workers on the tanker saw a plane flying toward the tanker before the explosion. United States is pinning the blame for the tanker attacks on Iran. Tehran denies the accusation. | The …

Helen Buyniski (2019-06-17). Our Reality Can Beat Up Your Reality. Spreading False News Stories on Iran. globalresearch.ca Twitter has declared victory over disinformation, deplatforming thousands of pro-Iranian Twitter accounts this week to coincide with US Secretary of State " Rapture Mike" Pompeo's evidence-free declaration that Iran had attacked two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. …

John Feffer (2019-06-17). Democracy Faces a Global Crisis. counterpunch.org If you're a supporter of Donald Trump — or Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil or Matteo Salvini in Italy — you probably think that democracy has never been in better health. Recent elections in these countries didn't just serve to rotate the elite from the conventional parties. Voters went to the polls and elected outsiders who More

Nick Licata (2019-06-17). Did a Coverup of Who Caused Flint Michigan's Contaminated Water Continue During Its Investigation? counterpunch.org For the first time in 16 years, Michigan elected a Democrat as their Attorney General and Dana Nessel's first major decision was to dismiss all pending criminal charges against the state and city officials responsible for Flint Michigan's polluted drinking water this past weekend. Mainstream media commentators were critical of her decision as well as More

Daniel Warner (2019-06-17). Let Us Laugh Together, On Principle. counterpunch.org The New York Times International Edition has decided to no longer publish political cartoons. The decision follows a scandal about a cartoon that appeared last April in which a blind President Donald Trump is holding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — depicted as a guide dog — on a leash. Trump is wearing a yarmulke; Netanyahu has More

Stephen Cooper (2019-06-17). "Wheel! Of! Fortune!" (A Vegas Story). counterpunch.org An unnaturally tan woman with metallic blond hair and garish makeup has hit a bonus. Automated applause, bells, whistles, whoops, and all manner of artificial sounds ring out. Flashing in the acrid, recycled air, pixelated explosions of light refract off of the woman's painted face, glistening and oily underneath all that goop. Sighing, smiling with More

Geoff Dutton (2019-06-17). Where the Wild Things Were: Abbey's Road Revisited. counterpunch.org While a healthy number of extreme outdoorists still pride themselves on packing as little gear as possible to escape from civilization, most Americans prefer to bring as many comforts of home as possible (including phones, satellite TV, and internet) when they park their overstuffed vehicles and bodies at campsites. It's yet another depressing symptom of how utterly well-wrapped we are in our thickening technological cocoons. Even atop Mt. Everest, it's quite impossible to get away from it all. More

Patrick Cockburn (2019-06-17). The Dark Side of Brexit: Britain's Ethnic Minorities Are Facing More and More Violence. counterpunch.org Pictures of Daniel Ezzedine show him to be a fresh-faced 17-year-old with a warm cheerful smile. His parents are Lebanese but he was brought up in Germany where he had just left school. His teachers brought him to celebrate his graduation on a trip to Canterbury, where he was assaulted and beaten half to death by a gang of youths in what local people are convinced was a racist attack. More

Brian Cloughley (2019-06-17). Trump Washington Detests the Belt and Road Initiative. counterpunch.org The foreign and domestic policies of the US Administration appear to be guided by a combination of financial greed, the desire to exploit weakness for the sake of doing so, a partiality for malevolence, and determination to be spiteful. In no manner, domestically, has the last been more effectively demonstrated than by Trump's treatment of More

Linn Washington Jr. (2019-06-17). Remember the Vincennes? The US's Long History of Provoking Iran. counterpunch.org Remember the Vincennes?That's the name of the U.S. Navy warship that shot down an Iranian airliner with missiles in 1988, killing all 290 people aboard that airplane.That shootdown, where 60 children perished, was an accident, according to the U.S. Navy's official report. However, many, including military personnel, considered that report a whitewash. More

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-06-17). Teens in Cage Protest Trump Immigration Policies Outside UN, Demanding Action From Human Rights Council. commondreams.org While an audio recording of detained migrant children crying played in the background, teenagers in T-shirts that read #ClassroomsNotCages stood in a metal cage outside the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva Monday to protest the Trump administration's "cruel" immigration policies. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/kids_cages.jpg…

David Ochieng Mbewa (2019-06-17). Death toll from Tripoli conflict nears 700: WHO. cgtn.com A man walks as he checks his destroyed house after an airstrike launched by Khalifa Haftar forces in the Tajoura area, east of Tripoli, Libya June 15, 2019. REUTERS/Hazem Ahmed | The death toll from the armed conflict in the Libyan capital Tripoli has risen to 691, according to the World Health Organisation. | The WHO says 41 civilians are among those killed in the conflict between forces of the United Nations-backed government of Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj and those of Khalifa Haftar of the Libyan National Army. | The WHO says a further 4,012 people have been injured, 135 of whom are civilians. | On Saturday…

Staff (2019-06-17). Navy Contaminates Local Groundwater and Sewer System in Maryland. truthout.org The U.S. Navy has contaminated the groundwater at Maryland's Patuxent River Naval Air Station (NAS) with 1,137.8 parts per trillion (ppt) of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), according to a report published last July by the engineering firm CH2M Hill. PFAS have been associated with a variety of cancers and are known to jeopardize human reproductive health. The contamination was not reported on the…

plenglish (2019-06-17). Attorney General asked to Investigate Sergio Moro for Illicit Conduct. plenglish.com Brasilia, June 17 (Prensa Latina) The Attorney General of the Republic, Raquel Dodge, received a request to investigate Justice Minister, former Justice Sérgio Moro, for illegal acts revealed by The Intercept site, reports portal Brazil247 today.

Ed Rampell (2019-06-17). 'The Edge of Democracy' sheds light on Brazil teetering on the brink. peoplesworld.org …

David Ochieng Mbewa (2019-06-17). 2016 Olympic silver medalist Eunice Kirwa banned for doping. cgtn.com FILE PHOTO: 2016 Rio Olympics — Athletics — Women's Marathon — Sambodromo — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — 14/08/2016. Bahrain's Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa celebrates after finishing second at the Women's Marathon during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Sambodromo in Rio de Janeiro on August 14, 2016. REUTERS/Jonannes Eisele/Pool | The Athletics Integrity Unit on Monday announced that Kenyan-born Bahraini runner Eunice Jepkirui Kirwa had been banned for four years after she tested positive for the prohibited substance Erythropoietin (EPO). | The AIU says Kirwa, a silver medalist…

Andrew Korybko (2019-06-17). Poland Just Became America's Most Important NATO Ally. globalresearch.ca The US' decision to dispatch 1,000 additional "rotational" troops and even a squadron of surveillance drones to Poland makes the Central European country its most important NATO ally because of the threat that this poses to Russian strategic interests in …

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2019-06-17). Citizenship and Partisan Gerrymandering: US Supreme Court Ruling on Census Could Deal Grave Blow to Democracy. globalresearch.ca The Supreme Court is poised to decide two cases that could prove devastating to the right to vote — the very foundation of a democracy. One case will review the Trump administration's attempt to add a citizenship question to the …

Prof Michael Hudson (2019-06-17). Trump's Trade Threats Are Really Cold War 2.0. globalresearch.ca President Trump has threatened China's President Xi that if they don't meet and talk at the upcoming G20 meetings in Japan, June 29-30, the United States will not soften its tariff war and economic sanctions against Chinese exports and technology….

Prof. John McMurtry (2019-06-17). Behind the Scenes and Elections: Koch-Oil Big Lies and Ecocide Writ Large in Canada. globalresearch.ca As we know, big lies can run free across borders with few joining the dots. | For example, no media reports that China's growing dispute with Canada is based on Canada's enforcement of the Trump administration's unilateral and illegal embargo against …

Celine Hagbard (2019-06-17). Israeli Government Establishes 'Trump Heights' Development on Stolen Land in Golan. globalresearch.ca In a move aimed at gaining more support from the already-enthusiastic Donald Trump for their policies of land expropriation and expansion, Israeli authorities on Sunday established a new development they coined "Trump Heights", with Binyamin Netanyahu presiding over the unveiling …

F. William Engdahl (2019-06-17). Will China's Automobile Market Trigger Next Economic Downturn? globalresearch.ca Sales of new cars in China, today the world's largest automobile market, plunged a dramatic 16.4% in May, making the worst month in the history of the relatively new China auto industry. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers …

Richard Becker (2019-06-17). Trump's Middle East 'Deal of the Century' Pushed Back Again. globalresearch.ca There are many false conspiracy theories in current circulation, but there are also very real conspiracies. One of the latter is the so-called "Deal of the Century," a thoroughly reactionary plan cooked up by the Trump administration. | The key conspirators, …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2019-06-17). False-Flagging the World to War: A Gulf of Tonkin Incident in the Gulf of Oman. globalresearch.ca Washington is playing false flag again, but this time, in the Gulf of Oman as Washington has accused Iran of attacking two commercial tanker ships from Japan and Norway while tensions in the region are at an all-time high. Why …

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