2019-05-21: Social Media Postees

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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…
workers.org/2019/05/21/ee-uu-fuera-de-iran/

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…
workers.org/2019/05/21/u-s-war-threats-intensify-on-iran/

Venezuela, Cuba Strengthen Relations Despite US Meddling
plenglish.com | 2019-05-21
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.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42225&SEO=venezuela-cuba-strengthen-relations-despite-us-meddling

What's Really Happening in Venezuela
Laura Wells | indybay.org | 2019-05-21
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indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/18/18823497.php

Tuesday's Daily Brief: Libya civil war, African displacement, global trade tensions, terrorists' children 'secretly detained', and more
United Nations | un.org | 2019-05-21
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.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/05/1038921

Venezuela in "Misery": Lies and Deceit by the Media
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-21
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/venezuela-in-misery-lies-and-deceit-by-the-media/

Trump's War In Venezuela Could Be Che's Revenge
Nicky Reid | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-21
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/21/trumps-war-in-venezuela-could-be-ches-revenge/

Venezuelans' Repatriation Advances Despite International Blockade
plenglish.com | 2019-05-21
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.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42241&SEO=venezuelans-repatriation-advances-despite-international-blockade

Forum: Eyewitness Venezuela with Gloria La Riva
ANSWER Coalition | indybay.org | 2019-05-21
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indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/17/18823471.php

Venezuela Ratifies Commitment to Dialogue as a Road to Peace
plenglish.com | 2019-05-21
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.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42218&SEO=venezuela-ratifies-commitment-to-dialogue-as-a-road-to-peace

Venezuela Debates Whether to Eliminate Parliamentary Immunity
plenglish.com | 2019-05-21
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.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42237&SEO=venezuela-debates-whether-to-eliminate-parliamentary-immunity

Hoping memories of Iraq have faded, U.S. hawks push new war with Iran
Ian Goodrum | peoplesworld.org | 2019-05-21
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 …
peoplesworld.org/article/hoping-memories-of-iraq-have-faded-u-s-hawks-push-new-war-with-iran/

Nationwide tour visits 35 cities to dispel U.S. lies on Venezuela
Marissa Sanchez | liberationnews.org | 2019-05-21
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.
liberationnews.org/nationwide-tour-visits-35-cities-to-dispel-u-s-lies-on-venezuela/

Venezuelan Mothers Demand Cessation of Economic Blockade
plenglish.com | 2019-05-21
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.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42214&SEO=venezuelan-mothers-demand-cessation-of-economic-blockade

Venezuela Foreign Minister Meets Top Cuban Authorities
plenglish.com | 2019-05-21
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.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42201&SEO=venezuela-foreign-minister-meets-top-cuban-authorities

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

We will Defend Venezuela in ALBA-TCP, Diaz-Canel Says
plenglish.com | 2019-05-21
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.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=42203&SEO=we-will-defend-venezuela-in-alba-tcp-diaz-canel-says

Maduro Gives Trump a Lesson in Ethics and Morality
Manuel E. Yepe | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-21
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/21/maduro-gives-trump-a-lesson-in-ethics-and-morality/

Venezuela has the Means to Defeat the US Blockade
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-21
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-has-the-Means-to-Defeat-the-US-Blockade-20190521-0006.html

A China Food Crisis More Dangerous than Trade War? The African Swine Fever (ASF) Outbreak
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-21
China faces a threat to its agriculture that could do far more damage to her political stability and economy than the escalating USA tariff war. In recent months cases of deadly African Swine Fever (ASF) among the pig population of …
globalresearch.ca/china-food-crisis-more-dangerous-than-trade-war/5677967

Tulsi Gabbard: "I Don't" Buy Report that Iran Wants to Strike U.S. Forces, Trump Looking for "Pretext" for War
Rep Tulsi Gabbard | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-21
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 …
globalresearch.ca/tulsi-gabbard-u-s-forces-trump-looking-pretext-war/5678106

Money, media and the climate crisis
John Scales Avery | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-21
Immediate action is needed to save the future | : | The central problem which the world faces in its attempts to avoid catastrophic climate change is a contrast of time scales. In order to save human civilization and the biosphere from the most disastrous effects of climate change, we need to act immediately. But it is difficult to mobilize public opinion behind urgently needed action because the most severe effects of global warming belong to the long-term future. | However, the Intergovernmental Panel on Ckimate Change, in their October 2018 report, used strong enough language to wake up at least par…
nationofchange.org/2019/05/21/money-media-and-the-climate-crisis/

US warships provocatively challenge China's claims in South China Sea
wsws.org | 2019-05-21
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/21/scse-m21.html

US-Iran Showdown Is One False-Flag Attack Away from Global Calamity
Robert Bridge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-21
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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-iran-showdown-one-false-flag-attack-away-global-calamity/5678057

27th weekly "yellow vest" rally in France: Protesters defend Assange, denounce war
wsws.org | 2019-05-21
Tens of thousands of "yellow vests" continue to defy police crackdowns and the French government's provocative claims that it has satisfied all their demands.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/21/yell-m21.html

Regulatory Rollbacks Defied Public Opinion to Reward Big Corporations
commondreams.org | 2019-05-21
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/05/21/regulatory-rollbacks-defied-public-opinion-reward-big-corporations?cd-origin=rss

As Iran Tensions Rise, Congress Moves to Curb Trump's War Powers
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-05-21
The House Appropriations Committee voted to advance an amendment to a defense spending package on Tuesday that would sunset the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) issued after the 9/11 attacks. The bipartisan legislation would provide Congress with new tools for containing the Trump administration as it meddles in foreign conflicts and stokes military tensions with Iran. | Rep. Barbara Lee and other House Democrats are expected to announce a new push to repeal the 2001 AUMF on Wednesday. The latest effort in Congress to scrap the longstanding authorization comes as lawmakers react to the escal…
truthout.org/articles/as-iran-tensions-rise-congress-moves-to-curb-trumps-war-powers/

Trump's Iran Trap
Jan Oberg | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-21
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/21/trumps-iran-trap/

Video: Donald Trump Threatens to Destroy Iran
Ken Stone | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-21
US President Donald Trump on Sunday ratcheted up his rhetoric toward Iran, warning that a fight with the United States would "be the official end of Iran." | Watch the interview with Canada's antiwar activist and geopolitical analyst Ken Stone below….
globalresearch.ca/video-donald-trump-threatens-to-destroy-iran/5678081

ISIS donor? Facebook scam convinces people they've funded terrorists
rt.com | 2019-05-21
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. | …
rt.com/usa/459874-facebook-scam-funding-isis/

Warren and Sanders Understand the Power of 'The Bad Guy'
Adam H. Johnson | truthdig.com | 2019-05-21
Progressive activist Norman Solomon offers a succinct description of neoliberalism: an ideology that sees victims but never victimizers. Bad things just happen. They're the product of mysterious, unaccountable and ill-defined "market forces." Factories just close, endless wars just "erupt," the Nasdaq just crashes and our 401K and home equity just evaporate. No one specifically is responsible. And when someone is, around the margins, it's a handful of faceless Arabs off in a cave somewhere or, increasingly, anonymous "Russians." Our military and intelligence services are off fighting those Bad Guys. Trust us. | B…
truthdig.com/articles/warren-and-sanders-understand-the-power-of-the-bad-guy/

Minneapolis: Jamar Clark family deserves settlement equal to white woman killed by cops
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-21
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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/5/21/minneapolis-jamar-clark-family-deserves-settlement-equal-white-woman-killed-cops

Libya on verge of civil war, threatening 'permanent division', top UN official warns Security Council
United Nations | un.org | 2019-05-21
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".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/05/1038891

Beware Trump's Sneak Attack on Social Security
Nancy J. Altman | commondreams.org | 2019-05-21
President Donald Trump plans to switch to the chained CPI to index the federal definition of poverty. "If he succeeds," warns Altman, "the impact will be that over time, fewer people will meet the government's definition of poverty—even though in reality, they will not be any less poor." (Photo: Tetra Images/Flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/social-security_0.jpg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/05/21/beware-trumps-sneak-attack-social-security?cd-origin=rss

Iran, China-US trade war, Australia election, S-500
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-05-21
Is the US mobilizing the armed forces against Iran? The situation in the Persian Gulf heated up dramatically this week. The United States has increased its military presence in the region and advised their citizens in Arab countries to remain vigilant. On the 6th of May, the US sent a naval strike group (the aircraft …
uwidata.com/3479-iran-china-us-trade-war-australia-election-s-500/

Syria War Report: Hama Ceasefire Initiative Failed. Clashes Ongoing
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-21
On May 17 and May 18, the Syrian Air Defense Forces (SADF) intercepted several unidentified aerial objects over Damascus and the southern part of the country. In both cases, the intercepted targets came from the southern Syria border, near the …
globalresearch.ca/syria-war-report-hama-ceasefire-initiative-failed-clashes-ongoing/5677964

Selected Articles: Backlash in US-China Trade War. China Defies Sanctions against Iran
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-21
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 …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-china-food-crisis/5678110

American corporations are helping fund the war on women
Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-21
Despite using rhetoric to suggest otherwise, American corporations are giving big to extremist politicians that have a hand in pushing abortion bans in states such as Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri. | Revealed by journalist Judd Legum, formerly of ThinkProgress, mega-corporations like AT&T, Walmart, Pfizer, Coca-Cola, and Aetna are backing these politicians that fight against reproductive rights. Although these corporations publicly promote equality and women's rights, behind closed doors they seem to do be doing the opposite. | "In their corporate literature, these companies prese…
nationofchange.org/2019/05/21/american-corporations-are-helping-fund-the-war-on-women/

62 Organizations to Congress: Halt a March to War with Iran
commondreams.org | 2019-05-21
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/05/21/62-organizations-congress-halt-march-war-iran?cd-origin=rss

Why is Barack Obama the best?
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-21
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…
nationofchange.org/2019/05/21/why-is-barack-obama-the-best/

Human Rights Defender Paula Rosero Killed in Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-21
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Human-Rights-Defender-Paula-Rosero-Killed-in-Colombia-20190521-0015.html

Don McGahn Defies Subpoena for Testimony, Faces Contempt Vote
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-05-21
WASHINGTON — House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler gaveled open a Trump-Russia hearing Tuesday with an empty witness chair and a stern warning that former White House Counsel Don McGahn will be held in contempt for failing to appear in defiance of the committee's subpoena. | "Our subpoenas are not optional," Nadler said. The panel will hear from McGahn "one way or another," he said. "This committee will have no choice but to enforce the subpoena against him." | Democrats are facing yet another attempt by President Donald Trump to stonewall their investigations. This time they're blocked from hearing from…
truthdig.com/articles/mcgahn-defies-subpoena-for-testimony-faces-contempt-vote/

NYC remembers Al Nakba
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-21
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…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/5/21/nyc-remembers-al-nakba

'We Will Not Be Complicit': Protesting Assault on Yemen, Italian Dock Workers Refuse to Load Saudi Weapons Vessel
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-05-21
"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…
commondreams.org/news/2019/05/21/we-will-not-be-complicit-protesting-assault-yemen-italian-dock-workers-refuse-load?cd-origin=rss

Iran Eggs on Trump With Historical Reminder of Failed Invasions
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-21
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to end Iran if they were to engage the American forces in combat. The Iranian diplomat reminded Trump of his country's history and several of the empires that failed to conquer ancient Persia. | RELATED: | War With The US Will Be The End Of Iran: Trump | In his tweet directed at Trump, the Iranian Foreign Minister said: "Goaded by #B_Team, @realdonaldTrump hopes to achieve what Alexander, Genghis & o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Eggs-on-Trump-With-Historical-Reminder-of-Failed-Invasions-20190521-0003.html

Israel's War Criminals in Their Own Words
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-21
Israel's public face, sustained and propagated by a wealthy and powerful diaspora that has significant control over the media, insists that the country is the Middle East's only true democracy, that is operates under a rule of law for all …
globalresearch.ca/israels-war-criminals-in-their-own-words/5678072

How the West's War in Libya Spurred Terrorism in 14 Countries
consortiumnews.com | 2019-05-21
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 ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/05/21/how-the-wests-war-in-libya-spurred-terrorism-in-14-countries/

War With Iran Must Be Stopped at All Costs
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-05-21
America stands on the brink of a conflict that threatens the very future of our republic. The time has come for patriotic dissent.
truthdig.com/articles/war-with-iran-must-be-stopped-at-all-costs/

Subpoena war rages, Democratic leaders call for impeachment inquiry
John Wojcik, Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-05-21
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 …
peoplesworld.org/article/subpoena-war-rages-democratic-leaders-call-for-impeachment-inquiry/

Fire the Nutcases Leading Us to War
Eric Margolis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-21
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 …
globalresearch.ca/fire-nutcases-leading-us-war/5678064

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-05-22 02:48 GMT (22:48 EST)

2019-05-20: News Headlines

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-05-20). Deutsche Bank Officials Flagged Kushner/Trump Transactions as 'Suspicious' But Top Execs Killed Inquiry: Report. commondreams.org "You present them with everything, and you give them a recommendation, and nothing happens." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_kushner_0.jpg…

United Nations (2019-05-20). Monday's Daily Brief: WFP mulls 'last resort' Yemen aid suspension, top peacekeeping awardee announced, abuzz over Bee Day, Ebola threat 'very high'. un.org This Monday, headline stories include: WFP mulls "last resort" aid suspension in Yemen; highest UN peacekeeping award to be given on Friday; busy pollinators are focus of World Bee Day; Ebola threat still "very high".

Middle East Eye (2019-05-20). France Threatens Journalists With Jail Time for Exposing Government Lies About Yemen. theantimedia.com (MEE) — France has threatened three French journalists with potential jail time for using secret documents to reveal the country's involvement in the Yemen civil war. In a series of reports published in April, investigative journalists from Disclose and Radio France revealed the number of French arms sold to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The documents, authored by …

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-05-20). Houthis, Yemeni Army Deny Saudi Allegations of Attempted Missile Attack Near Mecca. mintpressnews.com A Yemeni army spokesperson noted that the Houthis have never denied previous military maneuvers, saying "We do not hesitate to announce our military operations."

United Nations (2019-05-20). Hunger in Yemen: WFP considers aid suspension in face of repeated interference by some Houthi leaders. un.org The UN emergency food relief agency said on Monday that without full access and "freedom to decide" who receives lifesaving aid, in Houthi rebel-controlled areas of Yemen, it could be forced to implement a "phased suspension".

Miko Peled (2019-05-20). Plea Deal in Arson-Murder Case of Israeli Settlers Epitomizes Apartheid "Justice" mintpressnews.com The miscarriage of justice in the case of Israeli settlers in the Duma arson-murders, in which an entire family was burned to death, epitomizes Israel's Apartheid "Justice" system.

Alexander Rubinstein (2019-05-20). Next Stop, the UN: Embassy Protectors and Other Groups to Stage UN General Assembly Protest. mintpressnews.com The Embassy Protection Collective, the activists that fought for the US to respect international law at the Venezuelan embassy, are just getting started.

Ben Chacko (2019-05-20). U.S. 'bid to destroy Venezuela' threatens foundations of international law, ambassador warns. peoplesworld.org

Jeb Sprague (2019-05-20). øQuiénes son los partidarios del golpe que asediaron la embajada de Venezuela en Washington? thegrayzone.com Las tácticas de intimidación de los asediadores pro-golpe de la embajada mostraron la verdadera cara de una oposición venezolana violenta,…

Vijay Prashad (2019-05-20). Fear the Mustache: Why Bolton Makes Even Donald Trump Nervous. commondreams.org White House National Security Advisor John Bolton talks to reporters outside of the White House West Wing April 30, 2019 in Washington, DC. Bolton answered questions about the security and political turmoil in Venezuela and called for a peaceful transition to a government controlled by acting President Juan Guaido. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/fear_the_mustache_of_john_bolton.jpg…

plenglish (2019-05-20). Evo Morales Condemns US Government Threats to Iran. plenglish.com La Paz, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian President Evo Morales has condemned Monday US threats to Iran and assured that the US government is encouraging the war industry with its intention to deploy troops in the Middle East.

Robert J. Burrowes (2019-05-20). Understanding NATO, Ending War. globalresearch.ca On 4 April 2019, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, better known as NATO, marked the 70th anniversary of its existence with a conference attended by the foreign ministers of member nations in Washington DC. This will be complemented …

Pepe Escobar (2019-05-20). The Dead Don't Die: They March to War. globalresearch.ca Hysteria reigns supreme. As in the new Jim Jarmusch movie, The Dead Don't Die, The Return of the Living Neocon Dead, in a trashy rerun of the lead-up to Shock and Awe in 2003, keeps orchestrating the zombie march….

Chris Hedges (2019-05-20). America's Reproductive Slaves. truthdig.com On Wednesday, the day it was announced that the U.S. birthrate fell for the fourth straight year, signaling the lowest number of births in 32 years, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law the most draconian anti-abortion law in the country. That the two developments came at the same time could not have been more revelatory. | The ruling elites are acutely aware that the steadily declining American birthrate is the res…

Labor Video Project (2019-05-20). 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.

Antonia Zerbisias (2019-05-20). The war on women is still on. nationofchange.org On Wednesday, in the wake of the majority vote by 25 white Republican men in the senate of one of the most impoverished states in the U.S., #AlabamaAbortionBan was trending both south and north of the Canadian border. | Also trending, #Talabama. | That's because the Alabama abortion | ban is one of the most draconian revocations of women's rights since | women won the vote, a ban tha…

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-05-20). Despite Inclusive Rhetoric, Corporations Back Extremist State Legislators Waging War on Women. commondreams.org "In their corporate literature, these companies present themselves as champions of women and gender equality. But they have collectively donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to politicians seeking to roll back reproductive rights." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/pro-choice_0.jpg…

United Nations (2019-05-20). Sacrifice of fallen 'blue helmet' to be honoured with UN's highest peacekeeping award. un.org In recognition of his "brave and selfless" action under fire in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ̶ saving the life of a fellow 'blue helmet' and helping his colleagues repel an armed group ̶ the late Malawian soldier Chancy Chitete, will be honoured with the UN's highest peacekeeping award this coming Friday, by the UN Secretary-General.

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-05-20). Without Tax Hikes on Corporations and the Rich, Critics Warn, $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan 'Another Empty Promise' From Trump. commondreams.org "If major tax increases are off the table, there is no way to pay for a $2 trillion infrastructure plan, it's that simple." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/chuck_nancy_donald_0.jpg…

teleSUR (2019-05-20). Israeli Firm Interfered in Elections in African Nations. telesurenglish.net Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts, pages, and contents by an Israeli company vying to influence foreign politics especially elections. | RELATED: | Israeli Spyware Involved in WhatsApp Privacy Breach, Human Rights Groups Targeted | The social media giant removed 256 such accounts from Facebook and Instagram on which…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-05-20). 'Genocidal': Trump—Who Claims He Doesn't Want War—Threatens 'Official End of Iran'. commondreams.org "President Trump's saber-rattling about Iran has reached a dangerous new low with his threat to 'end' Iran—a country of 83 million men, women, and children." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/donald_trump_iran.jpg…

Fight Back (2019-05-20). Venezuela: "Forward to the Communal Offensive! fightbacknews.org The following essay was published in the latest party bulletin of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). It comes after two weeks of open debate within the Bolivarian movement about how to deepen the revolutionary process in the country. The piece was translated into English by Fight Back! staff. | It is no small thing what we are facing. It is no small thing who we are fighting against – even less so because we are resisting, we are advancing, we are reaching forward. Our Homeland is under permanent attack and our people suffer from a criminal imperial assault, aggressions of all types, in a war of imme…

Howard Lisnoff (2019-05-20). They're Just About Ready to Destroy Roe v. Wade. counterpunch.org Militarism, consumerism, and racism have drawn alongside, and even to, misogyny and anti-immigrant hate. The juggernaut of greed, power, and hate may be impossible to stop at this point in U.S. history. Those of goodwill have been fighting the good fight against these regressive forces for decades. When the Vietnam War ended, only a brief More

Staff (2019-05-20). Trump's Trade War With China Is Waged to Make the Rich Richer. truthout.org Donald Trump seems determined to double down and keep pressing forward on his trade war with China. He promises more and higher tariffs, apparently not realizing that U.S. consumers are the ones paying these taxes — not China's government or corporations. | While tariffs clearly impose a cost on people in the United States, this cost could be justified as a weapon to change a trading partner's harmful practices. During his campaign, Trump pledged to wage a trade war with China over its currency policy. He said he would declare China a "currency manipulator" on day one of his administration, putting press…

Middle East Eye (2019-05-20). Trump Tweets Threat: If Tehran Wants to Fight, It Will Be the "Official End of Iran" theantimedia.com (MEE) — US President Donald Trump issued an ominous warning to Iran on Sunday, suggesting that if the Islamic republic attacks American interests, it will be destroyed. "If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again," Trump said in a tweet. Tensions between Washington and Tehran have …

William Hawes (2019-05-20). Forevergate: The Pernicious Persistence of the Russian Collusion Delusion. dissidentvoice.org The official investigation into Russian collusion is over, after three harrowing, nerve-wracking years. I kid, of course. After endless news cycles, and various non-stories and wild-goose chases disseminated by mainstream media, one would think the country could move on. Yet this hasn't been the case. It seems pretty straightforward: delusions about Russia continue because they …

WSWS (2019-05-20). Trump manoeuvres in economic war against China. wsws.org US intelligence chiefs have held meetings with major American companies, providing them with classified information, to warn of the dangers of doing business in China.

teleSUR (2019-05-20). US Warship Enters Disputed Part of South China Sea. telesurenglish.net A U.S. warship reportedly entered the disputed region of the South China Sea this morning as Washington attempts to challenge Beijing's authority there. | RELATED: | China Urges US to Avoid Further Damage of Bilateral Ties | The busy waterway is one of a growing number of flashpoints in the U.S.-China relationship, which also include a trade war, U.S. sanctions and Taiwan. | China struck a more aggressive tone in its trade war with the United States on Friday. The tough talk capped…

Jason Ditz (2019-05-20). Pentagon Leaves War Reporters in the Dark. theantimedia.com (ANTIWAR.COM) — As Trump Administration officials continue to talk up war with Iran, one would expect the reporters assigned to the Pentagon to be working overtime to get the specifics of what is happening. But that's not happening. The Pentagon has been increasingly opaque about everything ongoing in the military, and is no better when it comes to …

teleSUR (2019-05-20). 4,000 Students In Venezuela for Congress for Free Education. telesurenglish.net The XVIII Latin American and Caribbean Student Congress (CLAE) is being held in Venezuela's capital city Caracas from Monday to May 25. The congress will see the participation of 4,000 young people. | RELATED: | Caribbean Students Oppose War Plans and Demand Respect for Venezuelan Sovereignty | The National Experimental University…

Robert Fisk (2019-05-20). From the Middle East to Northern Ireland, Western States are All Too Happy to Avoid Culpability for War Crimes. counterpunch.org When is a war crime not a war crime? When it's committed by us, of course. But this truism is taking on a new and sinister meaning today — and not just because Trump and his crackpots may be planning another clutch of atrocities in the Middle East. For there is now a dangerous slippage More

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-05-20). Despite Anti-American 'Baiting' by NYT, Sanders Makes 'No Apologies' for Opposing Reagan-Backed Death Squads. commondreams.org "I plead guilty to, throughout my adult life, doing everything that I can to prevent war and destruction." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bernie_sanders_nicaragua.jpg…

Eric Margolis (2019-05-20). Fire the Nutcases Leading Us to War. commondreams.org National Security Adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talk before the start of a joint news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House June 7, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bolton_2.jpg…

Janine Jackson (2019-05-20). Corporate Media Setting Up Iran as New 'Threat' That Must Be Confronted. theantimedia.com (FAIR) — The Washington Post editorial's headline (5/14/19) had the US "drifting" toward war with Iran—another example, as analyst Nima Shirazi quipped, of the "world's superpower somehow having no agency over its own imperialism." If we can still call things "surreal," that would describe watching corporate media do the same things they did in the run-up to the Iraq War, things they …

Tom Clifford (2019-05-20). From the Gulf of Tonkin to the Persian Gulf. counterpunch.org Beijing. The number of world wars should bury the argument that history does not repeat itself. But the detail is different, and the devil is in the detail. Iran. Can warmongers again offer the arguments of weapons of mass destruction? No. The Iraq playbook can't be repeated, but you don't have to go too far More

Consortiumnews (2019-05-20). Russia-gate as Count Dracula. consortiumnews.com Ann Garrison reviews Stephen F. Cohen's book, "War with Russia? From Putin & Ukraine to Trump & Russiagate." By Ann Garrison Special to Consortium News "Russiagate, like Count Dracula, will never end because new political blood will be fed to this… Read more →

Staff (2019-05-20). Sen. Ron Wyden Leads on Securing Elections Before 2020. truthout.org Sen. Ron Wyden's new proposal to protect the integrity of U.S. elections, the Protecting American Votes and Elections (PAVE) Act of 2019, takes a much needed step forward by requiring a return to paper ballots. | The bill forcefully addresses a grave threat to American democracy — outdated election technologies used in po…

plenglish (2019-05-20). Swedish Prosecutor Requests Arrest Warrant for Julian Assange. plenglish.com Stockholm, May 20 ( Prensa Latina) The Swedish Public Prosecutor"s Office filed an arrest warrant this Monday against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange for alleged sexual offences he denies.

Jon Schwarz (2019-05-20). The Rise of "Game of Thrones" Was Part of the Fall of America. theintercept.com Like all America's publications, The Intercept is legally required to run something about the end of the HBO television series "Game of Thrones." Here it is: | Despite the internet's current excitement about the show, the most lucid perspective on "Game of Thrones" appeared years ago in December 2016 — coincidentally, just after the election of Donald Trump — and not online. Instead, it was part of the season one finale of another HBO show, "Westworld." | At the end of the episode, the park's director, Robert Ford, addresses a large gathering of the executives and investors of the corporation that own…

Will Parrish (2019-05-20). Border Patrol Museum Demonstrators Targeted In Crackdown On Immigrant Rights Protests. shadowproof.com Four activists turned themselves in to El Paso police on May 13 after the police issued warrants for their arrest related to a nonviolent demonstration inside a United States Border Patrol museum.

teleSUR (2019-05-20). War With The US Will Be The End Of Iran: Trump. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Iran Sunday in which he threatened to end the Persian Gulf country if they went to war with America. | RELATED: | Tulsi Gabbard Warns Against Possible Trump War with Iran | "If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again," Trump said in a tweet. | Trump, who has reintroduced sanctions against Iran, has long criticized the government of the Islamic Republic, even going as far…

Alexandra Jacobo (2019-05-20). 'A message that America will tolerate war crimes': Trump poised to pardon war criminals. nationofchange.org "It was important that the perpetrators of those horrific offenses were brought to justice. Now Trump, in a twisted, grotesque 'celebration' of Memorial Day, wants to pardon these and other murderers?!

Staff (2019-05-20). Head of Program Profiling Muslims in Chicago Steps Down Amid Pressure. truthout.org Have you ever been angered by U.S. and Western foreign policy? Been at a transitional time in your life? Grown facial hair? Worshiped at a mosque? If you said "yes" to any of these questions — you might be considered a potential violent extremist by the U.S. government. | The Obama-era Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) program claims to identify people who might be vulnerable to "radicalization" by using indicators such as "difficulties in school, searching for a sense of belonging, and acculturation difficulties experien…

Liberation Staff (2019-05-20). U.S. breaks international law, seizing Venezuelan Embassy and arresting guests. liberationnews.org Under international law — 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, articles 22 and 45 — a host country is prohibited from invasion or interference with another nation's embassies, and is in fact obligated to defend it.

Rick Sterling (2019-05-20). How Russiagate Replaced Analysis of the 2016 Election. globalresearch.ca An honest and accurate analysis of the 2016 election is not just an academic exercise. It is very relevant to the current election campaign. Yet over the past two years, Russiagate has dominated media and political debate and largely replaced …

Colin Todhunter (2019-05-20). Imperialism In An X-Factor Age: If The Drugs Don't Work, The Drones Certainly Will. globalresearch.ca In Vietnam, Agent Orange was dropped by the US to poison a foreign population. In Iraq and the former Yugoslavia, depleted uranium was used. In western countries, things are a bit more complicated because various states have tended to avoid …

Democracy Now! (2019-05-20). Headlines for May 20, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Threatens "Official End of Iran" Via Tweet If It Provokes the U.S., First Phase of Kushner's Middle East Peace Plan to Focus on Palestinian Economy, Sweden Requests Detention of Assange as WikiLeaks Accuses U.S. of Illegally Seizing His Property, Australian Voters Choose Conservative PM Morrison Over Opponent Who Vowed to Tackle Climate Change, Austria Calls Snap Election After Far-Right Leader Caught in Corruption Scandal, Protesters Take to the Streets Ahead of European Parliament Elections, Narendra Modi on Track for Second Term as Prime Minister as Voting Ends in India, Taiwan Legalizes Same-Sex Marriag…

commondreams (2019-05-20). NIAC Statement on Trump's Tweet Threat to "End" Iran. commondreams.org ______________________________…

unitedEditor (2019-05-20). Will US strike at Iran from land, not from sea? uwidata.com While the world is adamantly watching the events in the Persian Gulf and trying to figure out when the sea battle between the U.S. and Iran starts off, Washington is drafting Plan B for an attack on the shore. The situation in the Persian Gulf deteriorated sharply at the beginning of May after the U.S. …

plenglish (2019-05-20). Germany Calls on US and Iran to Be Calmed. plenglish.com Berlin, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The German Foreign Ministry called on the United States and Iran on Monday to ease tensions, after President Donald Trump threatened the Persian nation on Twitter.

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