2019-05-22: Social Media Postees

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The World Would be Much Safer if President Trump Replaced Bolton and Pompeo
Richard H. Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
It is still uncertain whether the United States will go to war with Iran or not, according to the Virginia State Senator Richard Hayden Black. | According to Senator Richard Hayden Black, the world would be much safer if the …
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62 Organizations to U.S. Congress: Pass Legislation to Halt a "March to War" with Iran
NIAC Action | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
In light of President Trump and John Bolton's dangerous escalations against Iran and a forthcoming intelligence briefing on Capitol Hill this afternoon, 62 organizations — including J Street, Indivisible, NIAC Action and Win Without War — sent a letter calling …
globalresearch.ca/62-organizations-to-u-s-congress-pass-legislation-to-halt-a-march-to-war-with-iran/5678219

Witness to attempted U.S.-orchestrated Venezuela coup speaks in Minneapolis
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-22
Minneapolis, MN – "The area we were in was an opposition neighborhood, but nobody's leaving their houses. The news in the U.S. is saying people are flocking to the streets because they're 'being liberated', but no one's leaving their houses. It was so untrue it was shocking," said Tracy Molm, to about 40 community members gathered to hear her firsthand account of the events of April 30 in Caracas, Venezuela. | That day saw unelected presidential pretender Juan Guaido appear outside an airbase in Caracas, claiming a military uprising to oust elected President Nicolás Maduro was about to take place. Despite heavy p…
fightbacknews.org/2019/5/22/witness-attempted-us-orchestrated-venezuela-coup-speaks-minneapolis

Venezuela Denounces Obstacles to Health Programs for Children
plenglish.com | 2019-05-22
Caracas, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela is facing serious obstacles to save the lives of children through government programs, as a consequence of coercive policies by the United States, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42251&SEO=venezuela-denounces-obstacles-to-health-programs-for-children

Saudi Arabia to Execute 3 Dissident Scholars After Ramadan
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-22
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is preparing to execute three dissident scholars on charges of 'terrorism', the Middle East Eye reported this week. | RELATED: | Italy Unions Refuse to Load Saudi Ship to Protest Yemen War | The MEE report cited two government sources and one male relative of the accused. They identified the three individuals as Sheikh Salman al-Awdah, Awad al-Qarni and Ali al-Omari. | According to the report, the three scholars will be executed by the Saudi authoriti…
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Abortion Laws in Saudi Arabia More Forgiving Than in Alabama: Report
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-05-22
"We're not seeing right now in the Middle East and North Africa a desire to make laws more punitive and more restrictive for women who need abortions and providers. We are seeing that in the U.S." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/turkey_protest_0.jpg…
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Gulf Cooperation Council Summit: What Does It Have in Store for Iran?
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-05-22
Saudi Foreign Ministry demands that the world community take tough stance on Iran and prevent it from 'spreading chaos'. Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister said Iran could eliminate the risks of a war in the region by observing international law, stopping interference in the internal affairs of regional countries, dropping support of terrorist groupings, …
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Donald Trump's Sneak Attack on Social Security
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-05-22
Donald Trump's recent budget proposal included billions of dollars in Social Security cuts. The proposed cuts were a huge betrayal of his campaign promise to protect our Social Security system. Fortunately for Social Security's current and future beneficiaries, he has little chance of getting these cuts past the House of Representatives…
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Up next — trial in Monsanto's hometown set for August after $2 billion Roundup cancer verdict
Carey Gillam | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-22
"We want the companies to take responsibility for warning people — even if there is a chance that something would be harmful or hazardous for them, people should be warned."
nationofchange.org/2019/05/22/up-next-trial-in-monsantos-hometown-set-for-august-after-2-billion-roundup-cancer-verdict/

Deal or No Deal, the Rivalry Between the US and China Will Intensify
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-05-22
The recent collapse of trade talks between the U.S. and China sent shock waves through the global capitalist system. Almost everyone had expected a deal to be struck, including President Trump, who had predicted it would be "epic." | When it all fell through, he blamed China for the failure and escalated what had been a low-intensity trade war into a full-blown one. He increased tariffs from 10 to 25 percent on $200 billion of Chinese exports to the U.S. and threatened to impose 25 percent duties on another $300 billion. Once those go into effect, all of China's exports will be subject to tariffs. | With the g…
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'A Small Tax on Wall Street to Make Big Change': Bernie Sanders and Barbara Lee Introduce New Financial Transaction Tax
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-05-22
"It is long past time for Congress to rein in the recklessness of Wall Street billionaires and build an economy that works for all Americans." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/barbara_lee_0.jpeg…
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Majority US Population Rejects Preemptive Strike on Iran: Study
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-22
Around 60 percent of citizens of the United States said the country should not conduct a pre-emptive attack on the Iranian military, while 12 percent advocate for striking first according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll. | RELATED: | US Warmongers Plan to Threaten Iran by Sending 120,000 Troops | The poll also revealed that 53 percent of U.S. citizens think of Iran as either a "serious" or "imminent" threat, up 6 percentage points from a similar poll from last July. In comparison,…
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Voltaire's Analysis of Chinese Civilization. A Model for a "Better Europe"
Prof. Dr. Gjergj Sinani | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
The following text by Professor Gjergj Sinani of the University of Tirana, Albania, was presented at the Conference on Dialogue of Asian Civilisations, programme organized by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing, May 15-16, 2019 | *** | Voltaire is …
globalresearch.ca/chinese-civilization-model-better-europe-thought-voltaire/5678168

The U.S. Could Tear Iraq Apart Yet Again
Juan Cole | truthdig.com | 2019-05-22
Rising tensions between the Trump administration and Iran could roil the entire Middle East, and no country feels the heat more than Iraq.
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Washington threatens new attack on Syria amid US war buildup in Persian Gulf
wsws.org | 2019-05-22
With the Trump administration threatening a new attack on Syria on the pretext of chemical weapons, Democrats signed a letter urging an even more aggressive policy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/22/iran-m22.html

EE.UU.: °Fuera de Irán!
Editor | workers.org | 2019-05-22
Como si la pandilla de la Casa Blanca se sintiera incompleta simplemente nivelando las amenazas económicas contra China, haciendo comentarios hostiles sobre Rusia e imponiendo sanciones ilegales –ilegales porque equivalen a un castigo colectivo de las poblaciones– sobre Venezuela, Cuba y Corea del Norte, una vez más han puesto la . . . | Continue reading EE.UU.: °Fuera de Irán! at Workers.org…
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In Letter to Congress, 62 Groups say "No War With Iran"
Eoin Higgins | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-22
(CD) — The White House is continuing its march to war with Iran, but resistance is growing–most recently by a group of 62 organizations that issued an open letter to Congress on Tuesday calling for the representative body to exercise its power and stop U.S. aggression. In the letter, the 62 groups call on Congress to "fulfill its constitutional …

In Letter to Congress, 62 Groups say "No War With Iran"

The Trump Administration "Panicked over Nothing". Pompeo Exaggerated Claims. "Do They Think We are Stupid"
Daniel Larison | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
The Trump administration's overhyped claims of an increased Iranian threat went over like a lead balloon with allied officials this week: | A NATO military intelligence official who was briefed on Pompeo's claims about increased Iranian aggression in the Middle East | …
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Do Iranian 'Threats' Signal Organized U.S.-Israel Subterfuge?
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
President Donald Trump's national security team has been leaking "intelligence" about Iranian threats for a week now in an attempt to justify escalating tensions, including moving American air attack assets to the Persian Gulf. But a closer look suggests …
globalresearch.ca/do-iranian-threats-signal-organized-u-s-israel-subterfuge/5678187

US Aggession Against Iraq-The San Diego Connection
Michael Steinberg | indybay.org | 2019-05-22
The role of the San Diego military in the US Aggression against Iran…
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U.S. war threats intensify on Iran
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2019-05-22
May 20 — Another U.S. initiated crisis reached an ominous level this past week with President Trump's announcement that Iran suddenly presented a new, unspecified threat, serious enough to send a U.S. Naval aircraft carrier battle group churning toward the Persian Gulf, along with U.S. B-52 Stratofortress bombers and plans . . . | Continue reading U.S. war threats intensify on Iran at Workers.org…
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A US War on Iran Would be Evil, Stupid, and Self-Damaging
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-22
"If Iran wants to fight," US president Donald Trump tweeted on May 19, "that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again."The "threat" Trump appears to be responding to is a statement from Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that "[w]e are certain … there will not be a war since neither we want a war nor does anyone have the illusion that they can confront Iran in the region."Some "threat," huh? Let's seek a little clarity as to just who's threatening whom here: In 1953, US and British intelligence operatives orchestrated a coup d'etat, overthrowing Iran's democratically el…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/22/a-us-war-on-iran-would-be-evil-stupid-and-self-damaging/

Madonna's Fake Revolution: Eurovision, Cultural Hegemony and Resistance
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-05-22
Madonna, along with Michael Jordan, the Beatles and Coca Cola represent far more than mere performers and fizzy drinks, but also serve as tools used to secure cultural, thus economic and political dominance, as well.
mintpressnews.com/madonnas-fake-revolution-eurovision-cultural-hegemony-and-resistance/258649/

A US Military Veteran and 'Aid Volunteer' Sends Death Threat to Venezuela Embassy Defenders
Ben Norton | mintpressnews.com | 2019-05-22
Far-right Venezuelan opposition activist Luis Medina, a former US Marine and volunteer for Juan Guaido's aid stunt, told CODEPINK embassy defenders "we are coming to get you with plenty of ammunition."
mintpressnews.com/a-us-military-veteran-and-aid-volunteer-sends-death-threat-to-venezuela-embassy-defenders/258662/

What Could Be More "Fun" than Covering the Pentagon and All Its "Toys"? Asks the New York Times
Mark Crispin Miller | mintpressnews.com | 2019-05-22
The fact is that such naked gushing over all that lethal Pentagon hardware is perfectly okay from someone with Helene Cooper's racial/gender/national profile. It's amazing what you can say if you're only diverse enough.
mintpressnews.com/fun-covering-pentagon-toys-asks-helene-cooper-new-york-times/258686/

US Economic War on Venezuela Targets CLAP Food Program Relied on by Millions
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-05-22
While the U.S. likes to characterize its regime-change efforts in Venezuela as humanitarian in nature, the targeting of officials involved in a program that so many ordinary Venezuelans rely on reveals that the U.S. aims to install opposition leader Juan Guaido by any means necessary.
mintpressnews.com/us-economic-war-venezuela-targets-clap-food-program-relied-millions/258709/

Albright & Powell to Speak at Major International Education Conference: What Were They Thinking?
Mark Ashwill | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-22
The last time I used this subtitle was when I first wrote about the morally noxious appointment of Bob Kerrey as chairman of the Fulbright University Vietnam board of trustees in 2016. I had the exact same gut reaction to this message, which appeared in my inbox earlier this year: NAFSA (Association of International Educators*)…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/22/albright-powell-to-speak-at-major-international-education-conference-what-were-they-thinking/

Playing Politics With Coal Plants
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-22
The Anaconda Smelter was precipitously shut down at noon on "Black Monday," Sept. 29, 1980. Suddenly, 1,200 smelter workers were without jobs. Just that morning Mel Stokke, the general manager of the smelter, had assured workers that the smelter would continue operating into the foreseeable future. But then the call came in from ARCO's headquarters…
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How Mining Companies Use Excessive Legal Powers to Gamble with Latin American Lives
Manuel Perez-Rocha — Jen Moore | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-22
The right of foreign investors to sue governments in international tribunals is one of the most extreme examples of excessive power granted to corporations through free trade agreements and investment treaties. For decades now, corporations have used this power to demand massive compensation for public interest regulations and other government actions that may reduce the…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/22/how-mining-companies-use-excessive-legal-powers-to-gamble-with-latin-american-lives/

Down in Juárez
Johnny Hazard | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-22
I first visited Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, twin boom-or-bust towns along the Río Grande or Río Bravo, in 2004 to facilitate the writing of my novel The Pancho Villa Underground Railroad. Juárez had become famous for the murder of hundreds (now thousands) of women. I expected to see women paralyzed by fear, reticent to…
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Why Joe Biden is the Least Electable Democrat
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-22
As one of the few pundits who correctly called the 2016 election for Donald Trump, it would be wise to rest on my laurels rather than risk another prediction, one that might turn out wrong. But how would that be fun? Let the 2020 political prognostications begin! The arithmetic of the 2016 Republican presidential primaries is repeating itself on…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/22/why-joe-biden-is-the-least-electable-democrat/

The Money in the Trump/Kushner Middle East Peace Plan
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-22
The New York Times had an article on the Middle East peace plan being developed by Donald Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner. The piece tells readers:…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/22/the-money-in-the-trump-kushner-middle-east-peace-plan/

Can It Happen Here?
Laura Flanders | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-22
Can it happen here? Absolutely it can. Even in a liberal bastion. A few weeks ago, a handful of white supremacists marched into a bookstore in Washington D.C., temporarily disrupting a talk by Jonathan Metzl, the author of Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment is Killing America's Heartland. To put this in…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/22/can-it-happen-here/

The Victory of Small Visions: Morrison Retains Power in Australia
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-22
Australian politics since the 1990s has been marked by a dedicated loathing of the "vision thing". For those keen to see policies lasting beyond the life of the May fly, disappointment lies. Federal governments, at best, have shelf lives of three short years. Governments are effectively encouraged to be agents of small change if, indeed,…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/22/the-victory-of-small-visions-morrison-retains-power-in-australia/

North Korea Slams Joe Biden as a 'Fool with a Low IQ'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-22
The Democratic People's Republic of North Korea released an official statement on Wednesday that has slammed U.S. presidential hopeful Joe Biden as a "fool of a low IQ." Furthermore, the statement labeled Biden an "imbecile bereft of elementary quality as a human being." | RELATED: | US Seizes North Korean Coal Ship as Tensions Mount After Missile Launches | North Korea's official media wing, the Korean Central News Agency, said the government's comments were in res…
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Cuba and PDRK Strengthen Ties
plenglish.com | 2019-05-22
22 de mayo de 2019, 16: 35Havana, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Vice President Roberto Morales received on Wednesday the Vice President of the Central Committee of the Workers" Party of Korea and member of the State Committee of the Peoplwe"s Democratic Republic of Korea, Ri Su Yong.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42286&SEO=cuba-and-pdrk-strengthen-ties

Timeline of Half a Decade of US Economic War Against Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-22
As of Jan. 23, 2019 when the self-declared 'president' Juan Guaido attempted to lead a coup, the hostility of the U.S. blockade against Venezuela increased substantially. | RELATED: | Cuba Shows Support for Venezuela in 18th ALBA Political Council | However, the latest sanctions by Washington against Venezuela come as a culmination of almost half a decade of U.S. aggression by multiple successive administrations seeking to put an end to decades of leftist rule in the oil-rich…
telesurenglish.net/news/Timeline-of-Half-a-Decade-of-US-Economic-War-Against-Venezuela-20190521-0011.html

Military Spending: The "Great Power Competition"
Oriental Review | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
Researchers at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) have concluded that military spending is skyrocketing around the world. According to a report published by the institute in April, the world spent $1.8 trillion on military expenditure in 2018 (2.1 …
globalresearch.ca/military-spending-the-great-power-competition/5678203

Dear Global Research Readers, Your Support Is Essential
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
Dear Readers, | Our team works tirelessly day in, day out, to promote peace and a world without war. Currently, however, peace is not a money making endeavour. Without financial support from our readers, we are faced with a monthly deficit….
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Reuniting for Peace and Justice – 50 Years of Resistance
Mike Rhodes | indybay.org | 2019-05-22
Unitarian Universalist Church at 2672 E Alluvial Ave in Fresno.
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US Accuses Syrian Government of New Chemical Weapons Attack
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-22
The U.S. State Department accused the Syrian government of carrying out a new chemical weapons attack in the northwestern region of the country on Sunday. | RELATED: | Syrian Military Intercepts Unidentified Objects in South Syria | State Department Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement on Tuesday: "We are still gathering information on [Sunday's] incident, but we repeat our warning that if the Assad regime uses chemical weapons, the United States and our allies will…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Accuses-Syrian-Government-of-New-Chemical-Weapons-Attack-20190522-0003.html

US Accuses Syria of More Chemical Attacks
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-22
(CJ Opinion) — The Institute for Public Accuracy published a report yesterday about the leaked engineering assessment from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria which directly contradicts the findings of the official OPCW report on the matter. Until the unauthorized release of this internal document the public was kept entirely …

US Accuses Syria of More Chemical Attacks

US Accuses Syria of More Chemical Attacks Just as Chemical Weapons Narrative Crumbles
consortiumnews.com | 2019-05-22
You may be certain that Syria remains a geo-strategically crucial location for the U.S. empire because its keeps working to manufacture consent for interventionism there, writes Caitlin Johnstone. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com The Institute for Public Accuracy published a report Tuesday about the… Read more ?…
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Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela 'On Track to be Worse than Syria'
Edward Hunt | progressive.org | 2019-05-22
As the Trump Administration tightens its squeeze on the country, U.S. officials warn of increased migration and "profound collapse."
progressive.org/dispatches/humanitarian-crisis-in-venezuela-worse-than-syria-Hunt-190521/

Russia Accuses Al-Qaeda of Trying to Fake Another Chemical Attack in Syria
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-22
(ANTIWAR.COM) — Intermittent fighting between Syria's government and al-Qaeda forces in Idlib turned into full-blown fighting Tuesday, with an al-Qaeda counter-attack hitting Syrian government forces in the area. Reports are that 26 soldiers and 18 jihadists were slain in the fighting. This fighting took place on the border between Idlib and Hama Provinces, and likely will be …

Russia Accuses Al-Qaeda of Trying to Fake Another Chemical Attack in Syria

Impeachment Will Succeed If It Demonstrates Very Publicly That Trump Is a Tyrant Unfit for Office and GOP Lawwmakers Are His Enablers
Jeffrey C. Isaac | commondreams.org | 2019-05-22
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election in the Rose Garden at the White House May 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Trump responded to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying he was engaged in a cover up. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_impeach_tyrant.jpg…
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"MuellerGate", A Report Review: Who Cooked Up the "RussiaGate" Conspiracy"?
Ann Garrison | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
We need a bipartisan Muellergate investigation to determine who cooked up the Russiagate conspiracy that has taken over US foreign policy and driven American political discourse from idiotic to imbecilic. | However, in the schreechfest that our domestic politics has become, …
globalresearch.ca/muellergate-report-review/5678180

Video: The Coming War on China. Documentary
John Pilger | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-22
The Coming War on China (2016) is John Pilger's 60th film for ITV. | Pilger reveals what the news doesn't — that the world's greatest military power, the United States, and the world's second economic power, China, both nuclear-armed, are on …
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Brazil's Gov't Reviews Decree and Bans Civilians from Carrying Rifles
plenglish.com | 2019-05-22
22 de mayo de 2019, 17: 03Brasilia, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The Brazilian government corrected some items and issued on Wednesday a new decree on arms following strong questionings about the possibility that civilians could buy and carry military rifles.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42291&SEO=brazils-govt-reviews-decree-and-bans-civilians-from-carrying-rifles

Watch: Interview With Brazil's Ex-President Lula From Prison, Discussing Global Threats, Neoliberalism, Bolsonaro, and More
Glenn Greenwald | theintercept.com | 2019-05-22
Among the planet's significant political figures, no one is quite like Lula. Born into extreme poverty, illiterate until the age of 10, forced to quit school at the age of 12 to work as a shoe shiner, losing a finger at his factory job at 19, and then becoming a labor activist, union leader, and founder of a political party devoted to a defense of laborers (the Workers' Party, or PT), Lula has always been, in all respects, the exact opposite of the rich, dynastic, oligarch-loyal, aristocratic prototype that has traditionally wielded power in Brazil. | That's precisely what makes Lula's rise to power, and his i…
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2019-05-21: News Headlines

Editor (2019-05-22). EE.UU.: °Fuera de Irán! workers.org Como si la pandilla de la Casa Blanca se sintiera incompleta simplemente nivelando las amenazas económicas contra China, haciendo comentarios hostiles sobre Rusia e imponiendo sanciones ilegales —ilegales porque equivalen a un castigo colectivo de las poblaciones— sobre Venezuela, Cuba y Corea del Norte, una vez más han puesto la . . . | Continue reading EE.UU.: °Fuera de Irán! at Workers.org

Sara Flounders (2019-05-22). U.S. war threats intensify on Iran. workers.org May 20 — Another U.S. initiated crisis reached an ominous level this past week with President Trump's announcement that Iran suddenly presented a new, unspecified threat, serious enough to send a U.S. Naval aircraft carrier battle group churning toward the Persian Gulf, along with U.S. B-52 Stratofortress bombers and plans . . . | Continue reading U.S. war threats intensify on Iran at Workers.org

Patrick Cockburn (2019-05-21). Trump is Making the Same Mistakes in the Middle East the US Always Makes. counterpunch.org In its escalating confrontation with Iran, the US is making the same mistake it has made again and again since the fall of the Shah 40 years ago: it is ignoring the danger of plugging into what is in large part a religious conflict between Sunni and Shia Muslims. I have spent much of my More

Nicky Reid (2019-05-21). Trump's War In Venezuela Could Be Che's Revenge. counterpunch.org Che Guevara had a dream. After decades of chasing the American Empire into guerrilla street fights from Guatemala to the Congo, Che dreamed of drawing that dreadful beast into an unwinnable quagmire on the graves of its first victims in the heart of Latin America, the treacherous mountain forests of Bolivia where the Conquistadors first More

plenglish (2019-05-21). Venezuelan Mothers Demand Cessation of Economic Blockade. plenglish.com 21 de mayo de 2019, 10: 49Caracas, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The U.S.-imposed economic blockade to Venezuela prevents on Tuesday that several children of this South American nation can receive specialized medical assistance in Argentina, a diplomatic source said.

United Nations (2019-05-21). Tuesday's Daily Brief: Libya civil war, African displacement, global trade tensions, terrorists' children 'secretly detained', and more. un.org Tuesday's stories include: Libya facing "permanent division", regional war; Africa event highlights forcible displacement; terrorists' children 'secretly detained' in Syria; Venezuelans need protection; global trade tensions rise.

plenglish (2019-05-21). Venezuela, Cuba Strengthen Relations Despite US Meddling. plenglish.com Caracas, May 21 ( Prensa Latina) Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza assured on Tuesday that Venezuela and Cuba are strengthening their cooperation relations and respect for sovereignty, despite the meddling actions and economic suffocation imposed by the United States.

Laura Wells (2019-05-21). What's Really Happening in Venezuela. indybay.org The Long Haul Infoshop | 3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley CA. 94705…

Ian Goodrum (2019-05-21). Hoping memories of Iraq have faded, U.S. hawks push new war with Iran. peoplesworld.org You could set a watch to it, or maybe a countdown timer. After being frustrated by Venezuela's resistance against a Washington-backed coup attempt, President Donald Trump and his favored attack dog, National Security Advisor John Bolton, have trained their sights on a new target: Iran. Earlier this month, an aircraft carrier strike group and bomber …

ANSWER Coalition (2019-05-21). Forum: Eyewitness Venezuela with Gloria La Riva. indybay.org 2969 Mission St. near 26th St.

plenglish (2019-05-21). Venezuela Debates Whether to Eliminate Parliamentary Immunity. plenglish.com Caracas, May 21 (Prensa Latina ) The Venezuelan National Constituent Assembly (ANC) is debating a bill to eliminate the parliamentary immunity automatically when a national lawmaker commits an offensive action to the interests of the country, said local legislator Marelis Perez here Tuesday.

Manuel E. Yepe (2019-05-21). Maduro Gives Trump a Lesson in Ethics and Morality. counterpunch.org In clear violation of the Vienna Convention, the United States police entered by force, after 37 days of resistance, the premises that housed the Venezuelan Embassy and arrested the four activists protecting the diplomatic headquarters from the terrorist vandalism of the so-called "Venezuelan opposition. "The Venezuelan government will respond to the invasion of its embassy More

Marissa Sanchez (2019-05-21). Nationwide tour visits 35 cities to dispel U.S. lies on Venezuela. liberationnews.org To help break the U.S. media/government blockade and offensive against Venezuela, PSL organizer and Liberation News reporter Gloria La Riva traveled across the country.

plenglish (2019-05-21). Venezuela Foreign Minister Meets Top Cuban Authorities. plenglish.com Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuban leaders Raul Castro Ruz and Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez discussed bilateral issues in Havana with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza on Monday night, Granma newspaper reports on Tuesday.

plenglish (2019-05-21). Venezuela Ratifies Commitment to Dialogue as a Road to Peace. plenglish.com 21 de mayo de 2019, 11: 21Caracas, May 21 (Prensa Latina) President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, reaffirmed Tuesday that dialogue and understanding is the best path to peace as a mechanism for the peoples" development.

teleSUR (2019-05-21). Venezuela has the Means to Defeat the US Blockade. telesurenglish.net The Venezuelan Ambassador to Russia, Carlos Rafael Faría Tortosa, said Tuesday that despite the ongoing blockade by the United States, his country has found ways to defeat them and continue to advance his nation's economic development. | RELATED: | Chavistas March in Caracas to Mark Nicolas Maduro's Re-election | In an interview with the Russian agency RT, Tortosa said that "when our president announced that the gold production in the country has been recovering, the U.S. gove…

plenglish (2019-05-21). Venezuelans' Repatriation Advances Despite International Blockade. plenglish.com Caracas, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza assured on Tuesday that the government"s repatriation program "Return to Homeland" is moving forward despite the international blockade sponsored by the US government.

plenglish (2019-05-21). We will Defend Venezuela in ALBA-TCP, Diaz-Canel Says. plenglish.com Havana, May 21 ( Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel assured on Tuesday that the Political Council of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People"s Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) will defend Venezuela.

Peter Koenig (2019-05-21). Venezuela in "Misery": Lies and Deceit by the Media. dissidentvoice.org To the Editor in CHIEF New York Times — 18 May 2019 Venezuela's Collapse Is the Worst Outside of War in Decades, Economists Say Subtitle: Butchers have stopped selling meat cuts in favor of offal, fat shavings and cow hooves, the only animal protein many of their customers can afford. This introduction is accompanied by …

Ben Norton (2019-05-21). Venezuelan opposition extremist, a US military veteran and 'aid volunteer,' sends death threat to embassy defenders. thegrayzone.com Far-right Venezuelan opposition activist Luis Medina, a former US Marine and volunteer for Juan Guaido's aid stunt, told CODEPINK embassy…

commondreams (2019-05-21). Regulatory Rollbacks Defied Public Opinion to Reward Big Corporations. commondreams.org ______________________________…

RT (2019-05-21). ISIS donor? Facebook scam convinces people they've funded terrorists. rt.com The US Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning about an elaborate scam in which victims are told they have accidentally funded terrorists, before being rescued by a scammer posing as a lawyer.

Terrence Myers (2019-05-21). How the 'war on gangs' feeds mass incarceration. liberationnews.org Why gang databases and raids are not a solution.

commondreams (2019-05-21). Congresswoman Barbara Lee passes Defense Amendment That Would Repeal 2001 Endless War Authorization. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Jason Ditz (2019-05-21). Nearly 400 Lawmakers Urge Trump to Keep Troops in Syria to "Increase Pressure on Iran and Russia" theantimedia.com (ANTIWAR.COM) — A bipartisan letter signed by nearly 400 US Congress members is calling on President Trump to remain militarily engaged within Syria, while claiming to be "deeply concerned" about extremists in the country. President Trump had announced a pullout from Syria in December, but had already disavowed it repeatedly by February. Still, lawmakers want to keep emphasizing …

United Nations (2019-05-21). Libya on verge of civil war, threatening 'permanent division', top UN official warns Security Council. un.org The damage done to Libya will already take "years to mend" but unless fighting around the capital Tripoli stops, the country risks "descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country".

Tom H. Hastings (2019-05-21). Iran wags impeachment dog. nationofchange.org Trump is blustering at Iran and to the world that we might just need to crush that pipsqueak terror country. Um…it took nine years to invade, occupy, and finally limp out of Iraq, 288,000 Iraqi and American deaths later. Iraq is a third the population of Iran. War there would be many times more destructive, just when we …

Labor Video Project (2019-05-21). The Fight Against PAR, The Attack On Teachers & Worker Rights With Educator Brian Crowell. indybay.org Educator and former Berkeley Federaton of Teachers steward Brian Crowell talks about his experience with the Peer Assisted Program PAR and how he discovered it was being used to target senior teachers, African American teachers and Latino teachers. He also found out that his union president of the BFT Cathy Cambell was being paid by the district to discipline and terminate teachers.

commondreams (2019-05-21). Physicians for Social Responsibility Opposes War with Iran. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Fight Back (2019-05-21). NYC remembers Al Nakba. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Over 100 people gathered in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn on May 15 to commemorate 71 years since the Nakba, or "catastrophe." The Nakba marks the 1948 anniversary of Israel's expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinians from their land. | The rally was organized by Within Our Lifetime – United for Palestine (WOL) with speakers from other Palestinian and solidarity organizations. | The speakers emphasized that despite 71 years of occupation, the fight remains strong and that Palestine will one day be free. | Jessica Schwartz from the Committee to Stop FBI Repression echoed the call for continuou…

Michael T. Hertz (2019-05-21). Why is Barack Obama the best? nationofchange.org In a recent poll, Americans rated Barack Obamas the best President in their life-time. The question is: why? | An easy way to examine the presidents is to look at the Wikipedia summary of many ratings done of them over the years. Start with Woodrow Wilson, #28. Notice that he has mostly blue ratings with two green. This means that most of his ratings are in the top quarter, with two in the second quarter. Then go down to #29, Warren G. Harding. All his ratings are red, which means that he i…

Eric Margolis (2019-05-21). Fire the Nutcases Leading Us to War. globalresearch.ca President Donald Trump claimed this week that he does not want war with Iran. If he really believes this, the president ought to look into what his subordinates are doing. | Among their bellicose actions are deployment of the 'Abraham Lincoln …

Fight Back (2019-05-21). Minneapolis: Jamar Clark family deserves settlement equal to white woman killed by cops. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Community and family members gathered May 20 for a press conference to demand that the city of Minneapolis give the family of Jamar Clark a settlement equal to that awarded to the family of Justine Ruszczyk Damond. The Jamar Clark's family has brought a civil suit against the city after the 2015 police murder, and mediation will take place May 21 inside the federal courthouse where the press conference was held. | Mediation comes after a May 3 decision by the Minneapolis city council to reject a settlement with the Clark family. On that same day, the city council announced a $20 million settleme…

teleSUR (2019-05-21). Human Rights Defender Paula Rosero Killed in Colombia. telesurenglish.net Human rights defender Paula Andrea Rosero Ordóñez was murdered Monday night by a group of strangers in the department of Nariño, in southwestern Colombia, official sources said. | Rosero Ordóñez, 47 years old, was the representative of the Public Ministry of the town of Samaniego, in Nariño, and had previously warned she was receiving threats against her life. | According to a police report, the lawyer was approached by two hit men, who shot her at close range. | Although she was given first aid almost immediately, it was impossible to save his life, the reports said. The Attorney General of the Nation and t…

WSWS (2019-05-21). Le Pen's neo-fascist National Rally leads European election polls in France. wsws.org In France and internationally, far-right forces are exploiting social anger produced by the pro-war, austerity and police-state policies of social-democratic governments.

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-05-21). 'We Will Not Be Complicit': Protesting Assault on Yemen, Italian Dock Workers Refuse to Load Saudi Weapons Vessel. commondreams.org "No EU state should be making the deadly decision to authorize the transfer or transit of arms to a conflict where there is a clear risk they will be used in war crimes." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/italy_workers_saudi.jpg…

teleSUR (2019-05-21). Italy Unions Refuse to Load Saudi Ship to Protest Yemen War. telesurenglish.net Italian unions refused Monday to load electricity generators onto a Saudi Arabian ship with weapons on board in a protest against the war in Yemen. | RELATED: | France Threatens Journalists With Prison for Exposing Its Role in Saudi War on Yemen | The Bahri-Yanbu vessel loaded arms in the Belgian city of Antwerp earlier this month, but was prevented from picking up another consignment of weapons in the French port of Le Havre following protests by humanita…

Robert Bridge (2019-05-21). US-Iran Showdown Is One False-Flag Attack Away from Global Calamity. globalresearch.ca Hypocritical to the core, the execution of false-flag events spare aggressive states the ignominy of appearing in public as the warmongering psychopaths they are, lest their subjects get the wrong idea as to exactly who is governing over them. | The …

Democracy Now! (2019-05-21). Headlines for May 21, 2019. democracynow.org Iran Responds to Trump Threat While U.N. Urges All Parties to De-escalate Rhetoric, Houthis Launch Drone Attack on Saudi Airport, U.N. Warns Yemen Food Aid May Be Suspended Due to Instability, Guatemalan Teen Becomes 5th Migrant Child to Die in U.S. Custody Since December, Trump Orders McGahn to Defy Congressional Subpoena, D.C. Judge Orders Accounting Firm to Hand Over Trump Financial Docs, NY Prosecutors Examining Financial Records from Trump's Inauguration, New Zealand Police Charge Christchurch Massacre Suspect with Terrorism, Defeated Prabowo Challenges Re-election of Indonesian President Joko Widodo, New Bo…

Staff (2019-05-21). Huawei Likely to Be Stripped of Google Services After U.S. Ban. truthdig.com Huawei could quickly lose its grip on the No. 2 ranking in worldwide cellphone sales after Google announced it would comply with U.S. government restrictions meant to punish the Chinese tech powerhouse. | The Trump administration's move, which effectively bars U.S. firms from selling components and software to Huawei, ups the ante in a trade war between Washington and Beijing that partly reflects a struggle for global economic and technological dominance. | Google said it would continue to support existing Huawei smartphones but future devices…

Jan Oberg (2019-05-21). Trump's Iran Trap. counterpunch.org Remember President Trump's tweet and accompanying statements by the Trump administration officials concerning Iran — as reported here by CNN on May 19, 2019. Trump's statement amounts to a de facto declaration of war on Iran. Objectively speaking, it is a lie that Iran threatens the US. It is a lie that the US sends More

Rep Tulsi Gabbard (2019-05-21). Tulsi Gabbard: "I Don't" Buy Report that Iran Wants to Strike U.S. Forces, Trump Looking for "Pretext" for War. globalresearch.ca Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Democratic presidential candidate, said she doesn't buy reports saying Iran poses a new threat to U.S. personnel in Iraq in an interview Sunday with ABC's "This Week." | *** | GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: You resigned your DNC post …

WSWS (2019-05-21). Mass support for Assange as workers and youth oppose militarism and war. wsws.org Many workers passionately oppose the persecution of Assange and Manning hailing them as "heroes," "legends" and similar appellations.

Consortiumnews (2019-05-21). How the West's War in Libya Spurred Terrorism in 14 Countries. consortiumnews.com The first to suffer was Syria and since then the gruesome effects have been spreading in the region and beyond, to Africans and Europeans, writes Mark Curtis. By Mark Curtis British Foreign Policy Declassified Eight years on from NATO's war in… Read more →

John Wojcik, Mark Gruenberg (2019-05-21). Subpoena war rages, Democratic leaders call for impeachment inquiry. peoplesworld.org WASHINTON—Leading Democrats used a meeting of their party's leadership team last night to push Speaker Nancy Pelosi to allow the House Judiciary Committee to begin an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. One of their main arguments, according to various media reports, was that it will allow them to obtain documents and testimony the president …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-05-21). Backlash in US-China Trade War. China Defies Sanctions against Iran, Resumes Purchase of Iran Oil. globalresearch.ca On May 5, Donald Trump announced a devastating 25% tariff on Chinese commodity imports valued at 200 billion dollars. | According to Trump: | "China is cheating the system". | "Dirty Bureaucrats in Washington have allowed China to take advantage of our great …

WSWS (2019-05-21). US warships provocatively challenge China's claims in South China Sea. wsws.org The so-called freedom of navigation operation underscores the danger that trade war with China will escalate into military conflict as the US seeks to ensure its global domination.

WSWS (2019-05-21). A socialist perspective against fascism and war: Successful SGP election meeting in Berlin. wsws.org On Saturday, the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) held its final meeting in Berlin for the European elections.

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-05-21). No War With Iran, Say 62 Groups in Letter to Congress. commondreams.org "Trump and his National Security Advisor John Bolton are taking this country to the brink of a completely avoidable military confrontation." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/war_boys_0.jpg…

Global Research News (2019-05-21). Selected Articles: Backlash in US-China Trade War. China Defies Sanctions against Iran. globalresearch.ca A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer". | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …

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