2019-05-15: Social Media Postees

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UK Tory government maintains benefit sanctions as misery and deaths continue
wsws.org | 2019-05-15
There are almost daily reports of the savage human toll of the austerity agenda imposed by successive Labour and Conservative governments in the UK.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/15/welf-m15.html

Undermining Trump-Bolton War Narrative, British General Says No Evidence of 'Increased Threat' From Iran
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-05-15
"Intelligence and military officials in Europe as well as in the United States said that over the past year, most aggressive moves have originated not in Tehran, but in Washington." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/british.png…
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President Bolton Plans to Send 120,000 Troops to Middle East
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-15
President John Bolton has put his signature on a plan to send 120,000 troops to the Middle East in a move all too reminiscent of the invasion of Iraq. The number is close to that during the invasion and destruction …
globalresearch.ca/president-bolton-plans-send-120000-troops-middle-east/5677473

White House Reviews US Military Plan for 120,000 Troops for Iran War
Jason Ditz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-15
John Bolton ordered the Pentagon to come up with an "updated" plan for getting more American troops into the Middle East to fight a war against Iran. The plans are in now, according to officials, who say that the options …
globalresearch.ca/white-house-reviews-us-military-plan-120000-troops-iran-war/5677457

Is Emergency Evacuation from Seabrook Reactor Even Possible? Public Hearings Demanded
John Laforge | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-15
Ever wonder if the nuclear reactor near you has an evacuation plan that would work in an emergency? Have you ever been stuck in barely moving traffic on an interstate highway even when there was no crisis, no sirens, and no panic? People driving Interstate-95 near the Seabrook reactor in New Hampshire have, and they…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/15/is-emergency-evacuation-from-seabrook-reactor-even-possible-public-hearings-demanded/

Sri Lankan austerity measures to deepen after terrorist attack
wsws.org | 2019-05-15
In its efforts to justify spending cuts, the government has adopted the slogan, "national security first."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/15/slec-m15.html

Police Attacks Berkeley
Vaughn | indybay.org | 2019-05-15
Officer Aranus of UC Berkeley police, grabs peaceful person by neck, throwing them to the ground on UCB campus, March 12, 6pm.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/14/18823422.php

Israel/America or Netanyahu/Trump?
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-15
The late Uri Avnery (1923-2018), the doughty Israeli seeker of peace with the Palestinian people, posted almost weekly on CounterPunch.Avnery was savvy enough to know that the Zionist failure to achieve peace with the Palestinians meant that Israel could never be a "normal" state, no matter how much it pretended, hypocritically, to be a "democracy" adhering to "Western values".
counterpunch.org/2019/05/15/israel-america-or-netanyahu-trump/

No to war against Iran!
wsws.org | 2019-05-15
The threat of all-out war in the Middle East is greater than at any time since the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, and the potential consequences are far graver.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/15/pers-m15.html

Bernie Sanders Delivers Online Address: 'We Must Not Go to War With Iran'
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-05-15
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday came out forcefully against the Trump administration angling the United States into another costly and unnecessary war of choice in the Middle East—this time against Iran—delivering an online address in which he warned that any military action without approval from Congress would be an "unconstitutional and illegal" breach of office. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bernie_no_war_with_iran.jpg…
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Trump 'Sort of' Denies Plan to Deploy 120,000 US Troops for War With Iran
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-15
(ANTIWAR.COM) — President Trump sort of denied last night's report that the Pentagon's plan for a war with Iran would see 120,000 US ground troops sent to the Middle East, saying that the report was in the New York Times and therefore must be "fake news." The 120,000 troops plan was attributed to the Pentagon, and said to be …

Trump 'Sort of' Denies Plan to Deploy 120,000 US Troops for War With Iran

Warnings of 'Gulf of Tonkin 2.0' as US Officials Blame Iran for Oil Tanker Attacks
Jake Johnson | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-15
(CD) — Is the Trump administration attempting to concoct a false pretext to justify launching a war against Iran? That question has become increasingly common and urgent among anti-war commentators and activists in recent days as U.S. intelligence officials–without citing any concrete evidence–blamed Iran for reported attacks on Saudi and UAE oil tankers in the Strait of …

Warnings of 'Gulf of Tonkin 2.0' as US Officials Blame Iran for Oil Tanker Attacks

Canadian Green Leader Supports Same Old Pro-Imperialist Foreign Policies
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-15
Does Elizabeth May hate Palestinians? Does the Green Party leader want the Trump administration to attack Iran? Does she support efforts to overthrow Venezuela's government? I've been asking myself these questions since reading a Canadian Jewish News story about Paul Manly's recent victory in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith bi-election. In a story titled "Concerns raised over new …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/canadian-green-leader-supports-same-old-pro-imperialist-foreign-policies/

'Dangerously delusional' Tom Cotton claims US would win Iran war with 'two strikes'
rt.com | 2019-05-15
US Republican Senator Tom Cotton is facing severe criticism from the public after bombastically claiming that the US would win a war against Iran in just "two strikes." | …
rt.com/usa/459388-cotton-war-iran-us/

Maximum Pressure in the Strait of Hormuz: The US-Iran Standoff
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-15
Hegemons are never going to sound too sensible when they lock horns or joust in spats of childish anger. Power corrupts, not merely in terms of perspective but language, and making sense about the next move, the next statement, is bound to be challenging. Otherwise justified behaviour can be read as provocative; retaliatory moves duly …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/maximum-pressure-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-the-us-iran-standoff/

Further Evidence US Attacked Syria Based on False Flag
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-15
Further evidence has emerged indicating that the alleged 2018 Douma, Syria chemical attack was staged by US-backed militants, not the Syrian government. | With the US plotting war from South America to the South China Sea, understanding how US-backed militants staged …
globalresearch.ca/further-evidence-us-attacked-syria-false-flag/5677482

Trump's "Trade War" is a War on You
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-15
"It's not China that pays tariffs," Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace pointed out on May 12. "It's the American importers, the American companies that pay what, in effect, is a tax increase and oftentimes passes it on to U.S. consumers." "Fair enough," answered Larry Kudlow, head of US president Donald Trump's National Economic Council,…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/15/trumps-trade-war-is-a-war-on-you/

Protest – Stop U.S. War on Venezuela! Support the Embassy Protection Collective!
ANSWER Coalition | indybay.org | 2019-05-15
Powell and Market St., by Powell St. BART…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/14/18823418.php

Pro-War S.F. School Board Intends to Destroy Arnautoff mural
Abolish J.R.O.T.C. | indybay.org | 2019-05-15
The pro-war San Francisco Unified School District's Reflection and Action Working Group voted 12 to 1 to destroy Victor Arnautoff's outstanding, realistic historical mural at Washington High School in the name of promoting SFUSD values, which values certainly include their promotion of the military in our public schools known as Junior Reserve Officer Training or J.R.O.T.C., which has been protested over the years to no avail.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/13/18823401.php

The Precise Ways Climate Change Is Putting Food at Risk
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-05-15
Climate change is leaving crops at risk. Driven by global warming — and with it ever greater extremes of heat, drought and rainfall — the rising mercury can explain up to half of all variations in harvest yields worldwide. | Unusually cold nights, ever greater numbers of extremely hot summer days, weeks with no rainfall, or torrents of storm-driven precipitation, account for somewhere between a fifth to 49% of yield losses for maize, rice, spring wheat and soy beans. | And once international scientists had eliminated the…
truthdig.com/articles/the-precise-ways-climate-change-is-putting-food-at-risk/

How Billionaires Define Socialism
Manuel E. Yepe | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-15
It wasn't surprising to hear multi-billionaires Bill Gates, Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett, interviewed on CNBC-TV on Thursday, May 9, defending capitalism. But it was indeed surprising that Gates made a positive comment about socialism, or at least about what is defined in the United States as socialism. Gates pointed out that the current increase…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/15/how-billionaires-define-socialism/

Too Many People, or Too Much Greed?
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-15
During the dark early morning hours of a September 27 a few years after the Second World War, a passenger ship cruising calm South Atlantic waters struck a drifting forgotten mine, was violently breached, and quickly sank before any distress signal could be broadcast. Daylight found 26 survivors massed in, or floating in the sea…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/15/too-many-people-or-too-much-greed/

China-US Trade War: Hiatus or Busted Deal?
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-15
This past week the US and China failed to reach agreement on a new trade deal, despite high level China representative Lie He meeting in Washington on Thursday-Friday, May 9-10. | In the wake of the meeting, Trump and his administration …
globalresearch.ca/china-us-trade-war/5677488

Modern Merchants of Death: Spyware and Human Rights
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-15
Arms manufacturers of old, and many of the current stable, did not care much where their products went. The profit incentive often came before the patriotic one, and led to such dark suspicions as those voiced by the Nye Committee …
globalresearch.ca/modern-merchants-of-death-spyware-and-human-rights/5677491

Who's Selling Whom? A's Stadium & The Destruction of Howard Terminal In The Port Of Oakland
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-05-15
Maritime workers, supporters of the A's, union officials and Dave Kaval, the manager of the A's spoke at the Oakland Port Board of Directors meeting on May 13, 2019 about the proposal to build an A's stadium on the Howard Terminal at the Port and 4,000 $1 million dollar condos. The Alameda Central Labor Council and the Alameda Build and Constructions Trades Council supported the stadium on Port land despite unanimous opposition by maritime unions. They are also supporting 4,000 million dollar condos on Port land which has been pushed by John Fisher, the owner of the GAP and the A's. He also controls the KIPP and…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/14/18823410.php

Big Brother backlash? San Francisco becomes first US city to ban facial recognition
rt.com | 2019-05-15
The city of San Francisco has voted to ban the use of facial recognition tech by local law enforcement and other agencies, becoming the first to take such a step toward rolling back the tide of intrusive tech-enabled policing. | …
rt.com/usa/459362-san-francisco-ban-facial-recognition/

A Criminal Affair: United States Imposes War on the Venezuelan People
W. T. Whitney | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-15
To replace Venezuela's government with one to its liking, the United States uses special war-making tools. The plan is to make Venezuelans suffer enough so that, desperate, they will accept whatever government is presented. Troops and weapons aren't required. That approached worked in Chile in 1973, but so far in Cuba it hasn't – after almost 60 years.
counterpunch.org/2019/05/15/a-criminal-affair-united-states-imposes-war-on-the-venezuelan-people/

How Many Millions of People Have Been Killed in America's Post-9/11 Wars?
Nicolas J. S. Davies | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-15
This article was first crossposted in March 2018. | The numbers of casualties of U.S. wars since Sept. 11, 2001 have largely gone uncounted, but coming to terms with the true scale of the crimes committed remains an urgent moral, political …
globalresearch.ca/how-many-millions-of-people-have-been-killed-in-americas-post-911-wars/5633242

ILWU Rally To Defend Howard Terminal & Port of Oakland
ILWU | indybay.org | 2019-05-15
Port Of Oakland Offices | 530 Water St. | Oakland…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/12/18823397.php

Doris Day, prominent postwar American actress and singer, dies at 97
wsws.org | 2019-05-15
Her most compelling performances came in films such as Young Man with a Horn (1950), Love Me or Leave Me (1955) and, above all, Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956).
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/15/dday-m15.html

Justice Prevailed.Threats Directed against Arab-Americans
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-15
On May 9, a jury in US District Court for Washington, DC found a former US diplomat guilty on 14 counts of threatening me and other employees of the Arab American Institute (AAI) "because of [our] race and ethnicity" …
globalresearch.ca/justice-prevailed-threats-directed-against-arab-americans/5677493

Guaidó Calls for US Military Cooperation, but few Venezuelans Support the Move
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-15
Parallel president and opposition leader Juan Guaidó says he would like to coordinate with the US military, but following his failed April 30th coup attempt, few Venezuelans show interest. Mike Fox reports from Caracas…
therealnews.com/stories/guaido-calls-for-us-military-cooperation-but-few-venezuelans-support-the-move

Guaido Requests U.S. military 'cooperation' to oust Maduro as U.S. vessel violates Venezuelan waters
Venezuela Analysis | mronline.org | 2019-05-15
A meeting between Guaido's team and the U.S. Southern Command is being organised. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/05/15/guaido-requests-u-s-military-cooperation-to-oust-maduro-as-u-s-vessel-violates-venezuelan-waters/

Why Many Venezuelans Are Still Chavistas
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-15
Despite the dramatic economic crisis and the constant political conflict in Venezuela, there still is a significant proportion of the population that consider themselves to be "Chavistas." Ed Augustin examined some of the reasons for this in Caracas…
therealnews.com/stories/why-many-venezuelans-are-still-chavistas

Why Everyone in the U.S. Who Counts Wants Julian Assange Dead
Thomas Neuburger | commondreams.org | 2019-05-15
On April 5, 2010, WikiLeaks released "Collateral Murder," a video showing a July 12, 2007 US Apache attack helicopter attack upon individuals in a Baghdad suburb. Amongst the over twelve people killed by the 30mm cannon fire were two Reuters journalists. (Image: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/collateral-damage-children_0.jpg…
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Israel's Common Denominator: Why Israel Will Continue to Bomb Gaza
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-15
On May 4, Israel launched a series of deadly airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, prompting a response from various resistance groups. At least 25 Palestinians were killed and nearly 200 people wounded in the Israeli attacks. Four Israelis were also killed by Palestinian rockets. The clashes were instigated by Israel, when the Israeli military…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/15/israels-common-denominator-why-israel-will-continue-to-bomb-gaza/

The Resilient Forests Act: a Trojan Horse to Accelerate Logging on Public Lands
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-15
We live in an age of Orwellian Doublespeak. Such doublespeak is exemplified by the euphemistically named "Resilient Federal Forests Act" (RFFA) sponsored by Rep. Westerman. Like previous versions, Westerman asserts RFFA will reduce massive wildfires and smoke, and promote more "resilient" forests. In the name of fire reduction, RFFA is a Trojan Horse designed to…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/15/the-resilient-forests-act-a-trojan-horse-to-accelerate-logging-on-public-lands/

Cleaning Out the Antti-China Nutters
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-15
Inimitable to a fault, former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating had been fairly quiet on his party's policies till an impromptu press intervention last week. Catching two journalists of the ABC off-guard, Keating took little time to land a few blows against Australia's foreign and domestic intelligence security officers. They had, in Keating's view,…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/15/cleaning-out-the-antti-china-nutters/

Unionists Defrock Ulster
Sam Gordon | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-15
The recent gunning down of 29 year old Lyra McKee in the northern Irish city of Derry once again focused widespread attention on that province of the British state. Few would be impressed by her killers' claim; sorry, we really wanted to shoot a police officer and not her. Lyra was a journalist, writer and…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/15/unionists-defrock-ulster/

The Threat of Political Climate Change
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-15
In the Americas, the Trump tsunami has swept across both continents and the "pink tide" of progressivism has all but disappeared from the southern half of the hemisphere. In Europe, with the recent exception of Spain, the left has been banished to the political margins. In Africa and Asia, socialism has devolved into nationalism, authoritarianism,…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/15/the-threat-of-political-climate-change/

Tashkent, Uzbekistan: The City with 2200+ Years of Written History
Sufyan Bin Uzayr | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-15
Visiting Central Asia had been on my bucket list for quite a while. So when I finally got the chance to head to Kazakhstan, I decided to take a pit-stop on my way there. This is how I got to Tashkent, the capital city of Uzbekistan, and also the most populous city in former-Soviet Central…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/15/tashkent-uzbekistan-the-city-with-2200-years-of-written-history/

Getting Mauled by a Monopoly Utility
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-15
Nearly a half-century ago, the Montana Power Company was determined to turn our state into "the boiler room for the nation" with vast plans for Colstrip's coal-fired power plants and the massive strip mines to feed them. Local ranchers, farmers, landowners and environmentalists teamed up to oppose the mega-mines and pollution-belching plants and the newly…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/15/getting-mauled-by-a-monopoly-utility/

Eurovision Artist Boycott Curbed by Qatari Aid
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-05-15
As'ad Abukhalil discusses the role which Qatar plays in the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Qatar has saved the Palestinian Authority from financial collapse. Meanwhile, Mahmoud Abbas has allied himself with Qatar's staunch enemy Saudi Arabia…
therealnews.com/stories/eurovision-artist-boycott-curbed-by-qatari-aid

Pasqualina Curcio: 'Hyperinflation is a Powerful Imperialist Weapon'
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-05-15
"Unilateral coercive measures…[directed by the U.S. against Venezuela] affect the entire population in a deliberate and systematic manner. That is why, in accordance with the Rome Statutes [of the International Criminal Court], they are crimes against humanity." | Source…
mronline.org/2019/05/14/pasqualina-curcio-hyperinflation-is-a-powerful-imperialist-weapon/

US officials discuss sending up to 120,000 troops to Middle East as war propaganda begins over Iran
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2019-05-14
The Donald Trump administration is edging Washington closer to war with Iran. After pulling out of the Iran deal in 2018, the US once again applied crushing economic sanctions on the country. And recent reports show that top US officials are now drafting plans for war that c…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/05/14/us-officials-discuss-sending-up-to-120000-troops-to-middle-east-as-war-propaganda-begins-over-iran/

USA: Hands off Iran!
Editor | workers.org | 2019-05-14
As if the White House gang felt incomplete simply leveling economic threats against China, making hostile comments about Russia and imposing illegal sanctions — illegal because they amount to collective punishment of the populations — on Venezuela, Cuba and north Korea — they have once again put the Islamic Republic . . . | Continue reading USA: Hands off Iran! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/05/14/usa-hands-off-iran/

The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela Is Decades in the Making
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-05-14
Washington has wanted to crush the Bolivarian Revolution since Hugo Chavez assumed power, and its sanctions have killed tens of thousands.
truthdig.com/articles/the-plot-to-overthrow-venezuela-is-decades-in-the-making/

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

History's Dire Warning: Beware False-Flag Trigger for Long-Sought War with Iran
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-05-14
Israel's "false flag" attack on the U.S.S. Liberty in 1967 cost 34 American lives. Dick Cheney planned to disguise U.S. troops as Iranians to fire on American ships to start a war. With Bolton and Israel on the warpath, the risk of another similar act is higher than ever.
mintpressnews.com/historys-dire-warning-beware-false-flag-trigger-for-long-sought-war-with-iran/258478/

Trump studying Bolton plan to send 120,000 troops to Mideast
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2019-05-14
Peace organizations and government leaders around the world are warning that the Trump administration is steamrolling toward the same disaster the U.S. rushed into in Iraq 16 years ago and in Vietnam generations before that. The heightened fear of imminent war was raised even more last night following a New York Times report that Trump …
peoplesworld.org/article/trump-studying-bolton-plan-to-send-120000-troops-to-mideast/

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2019-05-14: News Headlines

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

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

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-05-14). Houthi Withdrawal from Hodeida Port Brings No Peace as Saudis Press Attack. mintpressnews.com Artillery shells and a steady stream of heavy machine-gun fire tore through the village of Al-Shijan on Monday, as Saudi-led forces renewed hostilities in the area following a Houthi withdrawal from Hodeida.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WSWS (2019-05-14). Trump welcomes Hungarian far-right prime minister Orbán to the White House. wsws.org The Trump administration is sending a clear message of endorsement of the far-right in the upcoming European elections.

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

Democracy Now! (2019-05-14). Headlines for May 14, 2019. democracynow.org NYT: Pentagon Readies Plan to Deploy 120,000 Troops as U.S.-Iran Tensions Mount, Trump and Far-Right Hungarian PM Orbán Celebrate "Similar Approaches" at WH Meeting, U.S.-China Trade War Ramps Up as China Retaliates with Raised Tariffs, Philippines Midterms Bolster Authoritarian President Rodrigo Duterte, Sudan: At Least 6 Protesters Killed in Clashes with Security Forces, Sri Lanka: Mounting Anti-Muslim Violence Leads to Curfew, Social Media Ban, SCOTUS Rules Users Can Sue Apple For Allegedly Monopolizing Apps Market, Reports: Israeli Security Firm NSO Group Hacked Whatsapp, AG Barr Assigns Federal Prosecutor to…

Karen J. Greenberg (2019-05-14). Washington's Reliance on Redactions Threatens Our Democracy. thenation.com Washington's Reliance on Redactions Threatens Our Democracy…

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

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

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

WSWS (2019-05-14). Washington pushes to brink of war against Iran. wsws.org Pompeo's abrupt trip to Brussels and the deployment of more US military assets to the Persian Gulf point to a calculated US escalation of a war crisis.

Jake Johnson (2019-05-14). Monsanto Ordered to Pay Record $2 Billion After Jury Finds Roundup Caused Cancer. theantimedia.com (CD) — A California jury ruled Monday that Monsanto must pay a record $2 billion in damages to a couple that was diagnosed with cancer after using the company's weedkiller Roundup. "We were finally allowed to show a jury the mountain of evidence showing Monsanto's manipulation of science, the media, and regulatory agencies to forward their own agenda …

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

Andrew Emett (2019-05-14). Monsanto ordered to pay $2 billion in Roundup cancer lawsuit. nationofchange.org "We've been fighting cancer for more than nine years now and we can't do any of the things we wanted to do. We really resent Monsanto for that."

Evan Malmgren (2019-05-14). The Race for Global Internet Access Is Not a Zero Sum Game. thenation.com The Race for Global Internet Access Is Not a Zero Sum Game…

UPWA (2019-05-14). "Free Lunch" Billionaire A's Owner Fisher Offering Free Food For New Stadium. indybay.org Broadway & Waters St. | Oakland…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-05-14). 'Historic' Verdict as Jury Orders Monsanto to Pay Record $2 Billion to Couple in Roundup Cancer Trial. commondreams.org "We've been fighting cancer for nine years. It was caused by Roundup. We can't do the things we used to do and we really resent Monsanto for that." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/monsanto_6.jpg…

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

WSWS (2019-05-14). Trump says he reported $1.17 billion in losses over 10 years to evade paying taxes. wsws.org Trump's statement that he claimed losses in order to evade taxes is tantamount to an admission of tax fraud.

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-05-14). New Warren, Jayapal Report Details Corporate Crime Free-for-All Under Trump Administration. commondreams.org "Our justice system's soft touch with huge corporations and billionaires is not a new phenomenon. But under President Trump, it is far worse than it has ever been." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/warren.nh__0.jpg…

James Wright (2019-05-14). The BBC bills a Koch-funded propagandist as 'left-wing' while she calls for voters to back Nigel Farage. thecanary.co The BBC has billed Ella Whelan, a columnist for the Koch brothers- funded spiked magazine, as a 'left-leaning journalist', while she calls for voters to back Nigel Farage's Brexit party: Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-05-14). Maximum Pressure in the Strait of Hormuz: The US-Iran Standoff. globalresearch.ca Hegemons are never going to sound too sensible when they lock horns or joust in spats of childish anger. Power corrupts, not merely in terms of perspective but language, and making sense about the next move, the next statement, is …

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

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

Americans For Responsible Technology (2019-05-14). The NY Times Invokes Russia & Conspiracy Theories in Attempt to Stifle 5G Opposition. globalresearch.ca On the eve of the May 15th 5G Day of Action, the first national campaign to push back against the unchecked deployment of 5G-ready small cell infrastructure, the New York Times has published a shameful and wildly inaccurate hit …

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

Zero Hedge (2019-05-14). US Special Forces Command Issues New Guide for Overthrowing Foreign Governments. globalresearch.ca No kidding — this is not our headline, but Newsweek's: "US Special Forces School Publishes New Guide For Overthrowing Foreign Governments" — and as far as we can tell they are the only major mainstream outlet to have picked …

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

Andrew Korybko (2019-05-14). Putin Just Pulled a Bush on "Missile Defense Shield". Russia's Dominance in Hypersonic Missiles. globalresearch.ca Despite almost two decades of criticizing the Bush-era missile defense shield plans for threatening to disrupt the sensitive strategic balance between the US and Russia, Putin now wants his country to be the world leader in hypersonic missile defense technology …

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

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

Swiss Propaganda Research (2019-05-14). The Propaganda Multiplier: How Global News Agencies and Western Media Report on Geopolitics. globalresearch.ca This study was originally published in 2016. | Introduction: "Something strange" | "How does the newspaper know what it knows?" The answer to this question is likely to surprise some newspaper readers: "The main source of information is stories from news agencies. …

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

Ben Armbruster (2019-05-14). The Media's Handling of Bolton's Iran Threats, Recalls the Run-Up to the Iraq War. globalresearch.ca Media-savvy U.S. government officials, political operatives, and lawmakers and their staffs from all political parties and ideological persuasions have no doubt, throughout the history of our great country, duped a fair-minded but unwitting reporter into writing a juicy story in …

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

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

John W. Whitehead (2019-05-14). Drivers Beware: The Deadly Perils of Traffic Stops in the American Police State. globalresearch.ca The Nation. The framers would be appalled."—Herman Schwartz, "The Fourth Amendment was designed to stand between us and arbitrary governmental authority. For all practical purposes, that shield has been shattered, leaving our liberty and personal integrity subject to …

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

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

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

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

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

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

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