Trump May Pardon US Soldiers Convicted of War Crimes: NYT
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-19
U.S. President Donald Trump has asked for files to be prepared on pardoning several U.S. military members accused of or convicted of war crimes, including one slated to stand trial on charges of shooting unarmed civilians while in Iraq, the New York Times reported on Saturday. | RELATED: | Iran Calls Increased US Sanctions 'Unacceptable' | According to the New York Times, the U.S. President requested the immediate preparation of paperwork needed, indicating he is considering pardons for the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-May-Pardon-US-Soldiers-Convicted-of-War-Crimes-NYT-20190519-0002.html

The Treasury Department and Moves Towards War on Iran
Gary Leupp | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-19
As Patrick Cockburn has observed in a recent Counterpunch column, "At the end of the day, the US Treasury is a more powerful instrument of foreign policy than the Pentagon for all its aircraft carriers and drones." He refers, of course, to the success of U.S. sanctions on Iran and secondary sanctions on any corporations …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/the-treasury-department-and-moves-towards-war-on-iran/

1919 Winnipeg General Strike: Lessons for Creating a Better World in 2019
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-19
globalresearch.ca/1919-winnipeg-general-strike-lessons-for-creating-a-better-world-in-2019/5677825

Trump's 2020 Military Budget Is $500 Billion More Than He Claims
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-19
If all the hidden parts are added together, the true military budget would be close to $1.25 trillion, says William Hartung of the Center for International Policy…
therealnews.com/stories/trumps-2020-military-budget-is-500-billion-more-than-he-claims

Bernie Sanders Seeks to End Racial Disparities in US Schools
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-19
U.S. Senator and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders unveiled an education policy proposal on Saturday designed to pump billions of dollars into the public schools system and end the racial disparities. | RELATED: | Ilhan Omar, Bernie Sanders Come Out in Support of Rashida Tlaib Amid Trump's Attacks | Sanders presented this 10-point plan to a crowd of supportes in South Carolina on Saturday. "Every child has a right to a quality K-12 education, regardless o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bernie-Sanders-Seeks-to-End-Racial-Disparities-in-US-Schools-20190519-0003.html

How Russiagate replaced Analysis of the 2016 Election
Rick Sterling | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-19
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 a serious analysis of the factors leading to Trump's victory. The public has been flooded …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/how-russiagate-replaced-analysis-of-the-2016-election/

Council Proposal Recognizes Lynching of Francisco Arias and José Chamales as 'Act of Racial Terror'
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2019-05-19
On May 14 the Santa Cruz City Council passed a motion to request a recommendation from the Historic Preservation Commission (for return to the August 13th City Council meeting for action) for the placement of a historic plaque on Water Street Bridge recognizing the lynching of Francisco Arias and José Chamales. The men, who were Californios, Spanish speaking Mexican and Native American men, were lynched on the bridge on May 2, 1877, shortly after their arrest on murder charges. "The lynching was, far more than anything else, an act of racial terror," wrote Councilmembers Sandy Brown, Drew Glover and Chris Krohn i…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/19/18823505.php

Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Is Being Pushed By 'Islamophobia Industry'
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-19
Civil rights lawyer and activist Arjun Singh Sethi says,…
therealnews.com/stories/muslim-brotherhood-terrorist-designation-is-being-pushed-by-islamophobia-industry

Chelsea Manning Returned to Prison; Illegal Arrests of Embassy Protectors
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2019-05-19
On the same day, May 16, 2019, the remaining 4 Venezuelan Embassy Protectors were falsely arrested by US police who illegally entered the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington D.C. and Chelsea Manning was returned to prison as a political prisoner for refusing to cooperate with the witchhunting grand jury, and this time, the reactionary Judge Anthony Trenga added the threat of daily fines of up to $500 a day after 30 days and rising to $1000 a day after 60 days. We heard not a peep of opposition to these reactionary actions by Nazi Trump from the Democratic Party candidates for president.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/17/18823468.php

New ISIS Caliphate with capital in Kashmir
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-05-19
The Islamic State plans revenge in the form of creating an eastern caliphate with the capital in Indian Kashmir. On the background of a defeat in Syria and Iraq, ISIS says it has instituted a province in Indian Kashmir named Wilayah of Hind. The announcement followed a clash between the militants and security forces in …
uwidata.com/3459-new-isis-caliphate-with-capital-in-kashmir/

Since Oscar Grant, 242 people shot and killed by police in Bay Area
Scott Morris | indybay.org | 2019-05-19
While only about 30% of Bay Area residents are Hispanic or Black, more than 60% of people shot and killed by police officers over the last decade are Hispanic or Black.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/15/18823447.php

Forum: Eyewitness Venezuela with Gloria La Riva
ANSWER Coalition | indybay.org | 2019-05-19
2969 Mission St. near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/17/18823471.php

What's Really Happening in Venezuela
Laura Wells | indybay.org | 2019-05-19
The Long Haul Infoshop | 3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley CA. 94705…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/18/18823497.php

The Fight Against PAR, The Attack On Teachers & Worker Rights With Educator Brian Crowell
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-05-19
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/17/18823483.php

UK's Opposition Will Not Support New Brexit Bill
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-19
The leader of Britain's opposition said he would not support Prime Minister Theresa May's new attempt to push through her Brexit bill if it was fundamentally the same as the bill that had been defeated three times before. | RELATED: | Corbyn Exits Brexit Talks, Says May's Gov't Weak And Unstable | "We haven't seen whatever the new bill is going to be yet but nothing I've heard leads me to believe it is fundamentally any different from the previous bill that has been put forward so…
telesurenglish.net/news/UKs-Opposition-Will-Not-Support-New-Brexit-Bill–20190519-0005.html

International Whore's Day Rally
Rachel West | indybay.org | 2019-05-19
Moscone Center South | 747 Howard St. | San Francisco, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/16/18823456.php

The Second Annual Mining Resistors Gala Awards on Unceded Coast Salish Territories, May 1
Mildred German | indybay.org | 2019-05-19
Mildred German of Media Coop and CFRO Radio in Vancouver interviewed several Mining Justice Alliance and the Students for Mining Justice from the University of British Columbia, who organized this year's gala.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/15/18823452.php

Syrian Military Intercepts Unidentified Objects in South Syria
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-19
The Syrian military intercepted several unidentified objects Saturday that entered southern Syria from the occupied territories controlled by Israel, SANA reported. | RELATED: | 'Occupied Territories' Bombs Damascus: Syrian State Media | According to the SANA, the unidentified objects had entered Syria's Al-Quneitra province before they were downed by the Syrian military. SANA said none of the unidentified objects caused explosions inside of Syria. | Israel has attempted to attack so…
telesurenglish.net/news/Syrian-Military-Intercepts-Unidentified-Objects-in-South-Syria-20190519-0001.html

The plot to kill Venezuela
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-05-18
Vijay Prashad looks at the purpose and impact of sanctions against Venezuela. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/05/18/the-plot-to-kill-venezuela/

Risk of Open Warfare? What Makes Iran Look Like an Immediate Threat
Paul R. Pillar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-18
The current crisis atmosphere in U.S.-Iranian relations, in which the risk of open warfare appears greater than it has been in years, is solely and unequivocally due to the policies and actions of the Trump administration. To point this out …
globalresearch.ca/what-makes-iran-immediate-threat/5677807

Die US-Zugmaschine der weltweiten Milità§rausgaben
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-18
Die weltweiten Milità§rausgaben àºberstiegen 2018 — laut den Schà§tzungen von SIPRI vom 29. April[1] — 1.800 Milliarden Dollar, mit einem realen Anstieg von 76 % gegenàºber 1998. Nach dieser Schà§tzung gibt die Welt jede Minute etwa 3,5 Millionen Dollar fàºr …
globalresearch.ca/die-us-zugmaschine-der-weltweiten-militarausgaben/5677827

Are Sino/US Trade Talks Doomed to Fail?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-18
Both countries want major outstanding issues resolved, a bilateral deal finalized, ending the longstanding differences on trade and related issues. | Yet after 11 rounds of talks since China's Xi Jinping met with Trump at his Mar a Lago, Florida estate …
globalresearch.ca/are-sino-us-trade-talks-doomed-fail/5677781

United States and Venezuela: A Historical Background
Prof. James Petras | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-18
"Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world and they own it and we want it" — (Anonymous Trump official) | Introduction | US hostility and efforts to overthrow the Venezuelan government forms parts of a long and inglorious history of …
globalresearch.ca/united-states-venezuela-historical-background/5677795

Green Party of the United States Statement — Venezuelan Embassy
Green Party of the United States | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-18
The United Nations recognizes Nicolas Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela. It is illegal under international law for the U.S. to facilitate control of the embassy to opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has asserted a claim to the …
globalresearch.ca/green-party-of-the-united-states-statement-venezuelan-embassy/5677798

US-Israel Relationship Is 'Altar' of 'Holiness,' and Jerusalem Embassy Is 'Shrine' — US Ambassador
Philip Weiss | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-18
There's been a lot of focus on US Ambassador David Friedman saying at a ceremony in Jerusalem Tuesday that Israel "is on the side of God," as the New York Times reported. | The religious character of Friedman's remarks went well …
globalresearch.ca/us-israel-relationship-altar-holiness-jerusalem-embassy-shrine-us-ambassador/5677792

"Journaille… Canaille!", Media Disinformation: Karl Kraus' Campaign against a "Warmongering Press"
Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-18
Karl Kraus, born in 1874, was one of the most important Austrian writers of the beginning of the 20th century and a sharp critic of the predominant press and inflammatory journalism of his time. "Journaille" means in reference to …
globalresearch.ca/journaille-canaille-media-disinformation-karl-kraus-campaign-against-a-warmongering-press/5677754

Oil and Global Rivalry
John Foster | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-18
At the UN General Assembly in 2018, Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl broke an unwritten taboo by talking about oil and war. "The recent wars imposed on the Middle East were…fought in the name of oil. Now Syria is a | …
globalresearch.ca/oil-global-rivalry/5677810

Who's Behind the Pro-Guaidó Crowd Besieging Venezuela's D.C. Embassy?
Jeb Sprague | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-18
The intimidation tactics by the pro-coup embassy besiegers not only failed to deter the peace activists around the embassy, they left Venezuela's D.C.-based opposition with a serious PR problem. After a week of hateful outbursts, a handful of marketing strategists …
globalresearch.ca/whos-behind-the-pro-guaido-crowd-besieging-venezuelas-d-c-embassy/5677816

Under a Greenhouse Atmosphere
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-18
As carbon emissions have been growing at an accelerated rate (Figure 1) and new power plants are under construction (Figure 2) the race to destroy species and civilization is heading toward its critical conclusion (Figure …
globalresearch.ca/under-a-greenhouse-atmosphere/5677688

Iraqi Parliament Poised to Evict US Troops
Jason Ditz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-18
Iraq has spent the better share of the last 16 years under US military occupation. Despite this, time and again US-Iraqi relations have come to be defined by US hostility toward neighboring Iran, and Iraq's desire to not get mixed …
globalresearch.ca/iraqi-parliament-poised-evict-us-troops/5677789

Radioactive 'Nuclear Coffin' May be Leaking into the Pacific Ocean
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-18
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has sounded the alarm over a giant concrete dome built 40 years ago in the Marshall Islands to contain radioactive waste from Cold War-era atomic tests. | According to Guterres, the dome — which houses approximately …
globalresearch.ca/radioactive-nuclear-coffin-leaking-pacific/5677813

Video: Syrian Army Eliminated 45 Militants in Recent Clashes
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-18
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies in northwestern Hama eliminated at least 45 militants during the past few days, according to pro-government sources. | Lt. Col. Mohammed Mahmoud Al-Shamali of Jaysh al-Nasir, Captain Ahmed Ismail and Mohamad Najar of …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-army-eliminated-45-militants-recent-clashes/5677776

Ominous message? US shows B-2 stealth bomber drop bunker busters amid Iran tensions (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-05-18
A blockbuster high-quality video showing a Northrop B-2 Spirit stealth bomber dropping massive, precision-guided 'bunker buster' bombs was shared online by the US Air Force even as US rallies its forces in the Persian Gulf. | …
rt.com/usa/459640-b2-bomber-bunker-buster-video/

Iraqi Parliament to Vote on Bill That Would Ban US Military Troops From Iraq
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-18
(ANTIWAR.COM) — Iraq has spent the better share of the last 16 years under US military occupation. Despite this, time and again US-Iraqi relations have come to be defined by US hostility toward neighboring Iran, and Iraq's desire to not get mixed up in that. So while Iraq's parliament was already bristling under Pentagon talk of staying in Iraq, …

Iraqi Parliament to Vote on Bill That Would Ban US Military Troops From Iraq

Iran and the Coalition of the Weird
Mike Lofgren | commondreams.org | 2019-05-18
Attacking another Middle Eastern country: what could go wrong?
commondreams.org/views/2019/05/18/iran-and-coalition-weird?cd-origin=rss

U.S. Warns Airliners Flying in Persian Gulf Amid Iran Tensions
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-05-18
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. diplomats warned Saturday that commercial airliners flying over the wider Persian Gulf faced a risk of being "misidentified" amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran. | The warning relayed by U.S. diplomatic posts from the Federal Aviation Administration underlined the risks the current tensions pose to a region crucial to global air travel. It came as Lloyd's of London warned of increasing risks to maritime shipping in the region. | Meanwhi…
truthdig.com/articles/u-s-warns-airliners-flying-in-persian-gulf-amid-iran-tensions/

Russia: 98 arrested in opposition-led protests in Yekaterinburg
wsws.org | 2019-05-18
The protests are led by right-wing nationalist forces aligned with Alexei Navalny's US-backed liberal opposition.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/18/yeka-m18.html

New York Times promotes a woman's right to annihilate millions
wsws.org | 2019-05-18
Times editorial board member Carol Giacomo complained May 15 that women were "particularly underrepresented in senior positions dealing with nuclear issues."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/18/sist-m18.html

'I had 12 cups of coffee': Fran Lebowitz offers half-hearted apology over Trump murder suggestion
rt.com | 2019-05-18
Fran Lebowitz apologized for people 'misinterpreting' her suggestion President Donald Trump be turned "over to the Saudis" so they can "do the same for him" as they did to murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi. | …
rt.com/usa/459688-fran-lebowitz-trump-khashoggi-killing/

New Zealand PM leads global Internet censorship campaign
wsws.org | 2019-05-18
New Zealand's Labour Party-led government is heading international efforts to exploit the Christchurch terrorist attacks to ramp up restrictions on social media.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/18/chch-m18.html

UN blue helmets in South Sudan use Sustainable Development Goals to help build peace
United Nations | un.org | 2019-05-18
The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has concluded the week by harnessing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to support the nation, including by offering free medical services, encompassing SDG 3's target on health coverage.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/05/1038741

Guterres condemns armed attack against UN peacekeepers in Mali
United Nations | un.org | 2019-05-18
A violent attack against the United Nation's Integrated Stabilization Mission for Mali (MINUSMA) that left one peacekeeper dead on Saturday, drew strong condemnation from Secretary-General António Guterres.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/05/1038761

Blood of Augusto Sandino Runs Through Nicaragua's Veins: Ortega
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-18
The blood of Augusto C. Sandino runs through the veins of Nicaragua, said President Daniel Ortega on the 124th anniversary of the nation's 20th-century hero's birth. | RELATED: | Nicaragua Asks Opposition to Respect Peace Talks | "The Nicaraguan people raised the red and black flag to rescue the blue and white flag of the homeland — which had been sold to the Yankee invaders — so it would fly high for the homeland yesterday and always," said Ortega. | A parade of grateful Nicara…
telesurenglish.net/news/Blood-of-Augusto-Sandino-Runs-Through-Nicaraguas-Veins-Ortega-20190518-0019.html

Protest anti-abortion laws — Buffalo
Nigel Bouvart | workers.org | 2019-05-18
Activists from the Western New York Resistance Revival Chorus, Western New York Peace Center, New York Abortion Access Fund and Workers World Party gathered May 14 in Bidwell Park in Buffalo, N.Y. They were there in solidarity with people affected by the recent wave of anti-abortion legislation passed in several . . . | Continue reading Protest anti-abortion laws — Buffalo at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/05/18/protest-anti-abortion-laws-buffalo/

Bolsonaro Implies His Failures Due to Brazil's Corruption
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-18
Captain Jair Bolsonaro, current Brazilian president, who admitted on April 5 that he was born to be a soldier and not a head of state, shared a WhatsApp text Friday by an "unknown author" which contends that Brazil is a corrupt and dysfunctional country. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro Strikes Back: Brazilian Universities to Lose Autonomy | "Brazil is ungover…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaro-Defends-Failures-Via-WhatsApp-Text-on-Brazils-Ungovernable-Corruption-20190518-0013.html

One million take to the streets against education cuts, austerity in Brazil
wsws.org | 2019-05-18
The powerful demonstrations by teachers and students in over 200 cities targeted both fascistic President Bolsonaro and Workers Party (PT) state governors.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/18/braz-m18.html

The assault on the Venezuelan embassy
wsws.org | 2019-05-18
The violent police seizure of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington expressed in microcosm the criminality of US imperialism the world over.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/18/pers-m18.html

Democrats back trade war with China
wsws.org | 2019-05-18
The main criticism of Trump's trade policy by congressional Democrats and most presidential candidates is that the president should focus exclusively on China and enlist Canada, Mexico and the European Union in an anti-China coalition.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/18/trad-m18.html

With abortion, we're more than empowered warriors or fragile survivors
Erin Sagen | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-18
For Mother's Day, my partner and 3-year-old daughter gifted me a bouquet of flowers and a new T-shirt that read "Question Authority, Not Your Mother." Printed in a thick font on an unattractive beige, the shirt is all 1970s earnestness, the cotton equivalent to a hippie placidly sipping chamomile. I appreciate the style and sentiment. But there's something about the "Not Your Mother" message that rubs me the wrong way: When it comes to feminism, questioning previous generations is imperative. | It might seem counterintuitive, but it's true. | This week, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a bill that would b…
nationofchange.org/2019/05/18/with-abortion-were-more-than-empowered-warriors-or-fragile-survivors/

Human Rights Org: Treatment of Indigenous People is Genocide
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-18
The treatment of Indigenous peoples in Canada was reviewed and will henceforth be identified as a genocide, the Winnipeg-based Museum for Human Rights has declared. | RELATED: | Canada Launches Pro-Indigenous Conservation Initiatives | The Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) has come forward and said that the organization now recognizes the colonial experience in the country, from the time of first contact to present day, as a humanitarian crime. | "I think for many years we did…
telesurenglish.net/news/Human-Rights-Org-Treatment-of-Indigenous-People-is-Genocide-20190518-0001.html