2019-05-11: Social Media Postees

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The alarming rise of civilian deaths in the war on terror
Phyllis Bennis | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-11
New reports show an escalation in civilian casualties from U.S. operations in Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia — and a pattern of U.S. denial about the scale of the problem.
nationofchange.org/2019/05/11/the-alarming-rise-of-civilian-deaths-in-the-war-on-terror/

Bolivarian Project Demonstrated that Social Justice Can Be Done
plenglish.com | 2019-05-11
Caracas, May 11 (Prensa Latina) The United States is trying to eliminate the Bolivarian Revolution because the project demonstrated that social justice can be done, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41865&SEO=bolivarian-project-demonstrated-that-social-justice-can-be-done

Venezuela Takes Actions against People Involved in Attempted Coup
plenglish.com | 2019-05-11
Caracas, May 11 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan authorities have continued the investigations into the April 30 coup attempt, behind which the United States is, according to recent revelations.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41868&SEO=venezuela-takes-actions-against-people-involved-in-attempted-coup

'Brazil Needs More Education, Not More Guns', Lula Warns
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-11
In an interview aired Friday by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned that his country's problems will not be solved by governmental decisions that facilitate the use of weapons instead of promoting education. | RELATED: | BBC to Broadcast Lula's Interview Banned by Local Brazilian TV | The Workers' Party leader said Bolsonaro, "barbarously defends an armed, police state. He only makes that firing gesture. In his…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Needs-More-Education-Not-More-Guns-Lula-Warns-20190511-0013.html

Bolton Is Spinning Israeli 'Intelligence' to Push for War Against Iran
Gareth Porter | truthdig.com | 2019-05-11
John Bolton has gotten away with a dangerous deception. The national security adviser's announcement Sunday that the Pentagon has deployed air and naval forces to the Middle East, which he combined with a threat to Iran, points to a new maneuver to prepare the ground for an incident that could justify a retaliatory attack against Iran. | Bolton presented his threat and the deployments as a response to alleged intelligence about a possible Iranian attack on U.S. targets in the Middle East. Bu…
truthdig.com/articles/bolton-is-spinning-israeli-intelligence-to-push-for-war-against-iran/

Trump Has Defied Nearly All Subpoenas. What Can the House Do?
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
After the redacted Mueller report was made public, Donald Trump tweeted, "No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION." But when the House Judiciary Committee asked to see Mueller's full report, Trump said no way. | The Constitution gives Congress …
globalresearch.ca/trump-defied-nearly-all-subpoenas/5677177

Al Baghdadi: The US Couldn't Wish for a Greater Ally
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
With US-backed militants having already reached the full extent of their gains on the battlefield and now facing incremental but inevitable defeat — the US appeared to be out of time and out of options. | Then suddenly — as if …
globalresearch.ca/al-baghdadi-us-greater-ally/5677156

Pre-emptive Nuclear War: The Role of Israel in Triggering an Attack on Iran
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
The text below is Chapter III of Michel Chossudovsky book entitled: The Globalization of War. America's Long War against Humanity, Global Research Publishers, Montreal, 2015. To order the book directly from Global Research click here | This chapter provides a …
globalresearch.ca/pre-emptive-nuclear-war-role-israel-attack-iran/5677025

Trudeau Continues Push to Overthrow Venezuela's Government
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
The effort Justin Trudeau is putting into overthrowing Venezuela's government is remarkable. | During the past 12 days the prime minister has raised the issue separately with the leaders of the EU, Spain, Japan and Cuba.On Tuesday Trudeau had a phone …
globalresearch.ca/trudeau-push-overthrow-venezuelas-government/5677150

Chelsea Manning Released from Jail, but Fresh Subpoena Means 'She May Have Just over a Week of Freedom'
Jake Johnson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning was released from jail Thursday after being held for 62 days– including a month in solitary confinement–for refusing to testify before a secret grand jury, but she could be imprisoned again as soon as …
globalresearch.ca/chelsea-manning-released-jail/5677161

Looking Through the Screen at the World's Suffering
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
"If you are really going to be free, you have to overcome the love of wealth and the fear of death." — Martin Luther King, Jr. as quoted by Andrew Young in the documentary "King in the Wilderness" | Most people …
globalresearch.ca/worlds-suffering/5677175

Venezuela: President Maduro Reveals General Behind Coup Recruited by CIA
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
General Manuel Ricardo Cristopher Figuera, one of the masterminds behind the coup attempt of April 30, had been recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States for more than a year, the president said. | President of …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-president-maduro-reveals-general-behind-coup-recruited-cia/5677164

Pompeo Suffers Meltdown over Venezuela's Arrest of Coup-Backer, Zambrano
Joaquin Flores | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
US State Department head Mike Pompeo has suffered a public meltdown, reacting forcefully that the constitutional government of Venezuela actually arrested a key member of the upper house of parliament (AN) — Edgar Zambrano — who was actively engaged in …
globalresearch.ca/pompeo-venezuelas-arrest-coup-backer-zambrano/5677167

Deal of the Century Adds "New" to the Four Thousand Year Old Name "Palestine"
Miko Peled | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
The apartheid regime we know as "Israel" was built on the very ruins of Palestine and imposed a brutal regime on those who still live in their country. Millions of Palestinians still languish in refugee camps in and around Palestine, …
globalresearch.ca/deal-century-adds-new-four-thousand-year-old-name-palestine/5677187

Washington Had the Wrong Approach to US-China Trade Talks from the Start
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
The long-running trade talks between the U.S. and China seem to have unfortunately fizzled out, but while American commentators are busy blaming Beijing for their apparent failure, the fact of the matter is that President Donald Trump's team had …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-wrong-approach-trade-talks/5677153

The Zionist Idea Has Never Been More Terrifying than It Is Today
Rima Najjar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
On this seventy-first annual commemoration of Palestine's Jewish-state Nakba, let's resolve not to continue to oversimplify things. | Whether you believe the American rabbi and historian Arthur Hertzberg's assessment of the Zionist idea as "unprecedented … an essential dialogue between …
globalresearch.ca/zionist-idea-more-terrifying-today/5677171

Rockets Remind the World of the 12-Year Blockade of 1.8 Million Gazans
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
The blockade of the Gaza Strip is the ongoing land, air, and sea blockade of essential food, medical and building supplies imposed by Israel in 2007 under the pretext of arms-control but which, in reality, is in order to try …
globalresearch.ca/rockets-remind-world-12-year-blockade-1-8m-gazans/5677183

The Shaman of Football: Jàºrgen Klopp and Liverpool FC
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-11
You cannot bottle him, export him or use him as a precedent for anything. His calm, even tempered disposition is the stuff of bafflement and bemusement, and yet, after his tenure at one of Europe's most known football clubs, Jàºrgen …
globalresearch.ca/football-jurgen-klopp-liverpool-fc/5677048

New York City public housing fire kills six
wsws.org | 2019-05-11
A fire in a Harlem building owned by the New York City Housing Authority killed two adults and four children.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/11/fire-m11.html

Afghan Journalist, Women's Education Advocate Shot Dead
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-11
Gunmen shot and killed a former television journalist and cultural adviser to the Afghan parliament in Kabul Saturday, underlining threats to women and drawing widespread condemnation. | RELATED | Afghan Women Activists Wary of 'Superficial' Female Presence in Taliban Peace Talks | Mina Mangal, who used to report for prominent TV station Ariana News, was killed by two unidentified men on a motorbike close to her home in eastern Kabul in a public place, police…
telesurenglish.net/news/Afghan-Journalist-Womens-Education-Advocate-Shot-Dead-20190511-0020.html

How Lies Become "Facts" in U.S. "News"
Eric Zuesse | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-11
On Fox News Channel's May 2nd edition of "The Story with Martha MacCallum" was alleged, by the program host (at 2: 45 in this video), that one reason we must invade Venezuela (if we will) is that "People have lost 24 pounds" there. So (her point was), if we invade, that's not evil, it's no coup, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/how-lies-become-facts-in-u-s-news/

No Enforcement of Law While Democrat-Republicans Do Nothing
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2019-05-11
The Embassy Protection Collective at the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C. are now facing no power or water and no delivery of food or medicine because the United States Secret Service and the Washington, D.C. police refuse to enforce the law while the Democrat-Republicans stay silent.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/10/18823372.php

U.S. Military Still Actively Plotting Against Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-11
The United States government is keeping the "military option" open in its bid to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan government stated through an official statement. | RELATED: | ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚ÄãCodepink: 'US Govt Turns Off Water in Venezuela Embassy' | "As Venezuela has been denouncing since January, the U.S. instigates, promotes, organizes and finances an irresponsible campaign aime…
telesurenglish.net/news/U.S.-Military-Still-Actively-Plotting-Against-Venezuela-20190511-0018.html

Silicon Valley Giants Collaborate With the US Government on Venezuela
Caitlin Johnstone | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-11
(CJ Opinion) — Whenever you speak out on a public forum against internet censorship, like the recent Instagram/Facebook banning of Louis Farrakhan, Infowars, and several right-wing pundits, you always offend two major political groups. The first group are the power-serving authoritarians who identify with the left side of the political spectrum; they argue that it's good and right to …

Silicon Valley Giants Collaborate With the US Government on Venezuela

Statement from Venezuelan social movements to Embassy Protectors in U.S
Social Movements of Venezuela | liberationnews.org | 2019-05-11
"Your defense of the headquarters of the Embassy of the Venezuelan State in Washington, D.C. is an emblematic case of struggle for respect of international law, human rights and the right of peoples to choose their own form of government."
liberationnews.org/statement-from-venezuelan-social-movements-to-embassy-protectors-in-u-s/

Juan Guaido Would "Probably Accept" a US Offer to Invade Venezuela
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-11
(ANTIWAR.COM) — After last week's US-backed coup failed to install Juan Guaido in power in Venezuela, Guaido remains keen to be supported by the US, and told Italian newspaper La Stampa that he would "probably accept" a US offer to invade. Though the Trump Administration has constantly threatened to invade Venezuela in recent months, it appears they have yet to …

Juan Guaido Would "Probably Accept" a US Offer to Invade Venezuela

Canada's Justin Trudeau Continues Push to overthrow Venezuela's Government
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-11
The effort Justin Trudeau is putting into overthrowing Venezuela's government is remarkable. During the past 12 days the prime minister has raised the issue separately with the leaders of the EU, Spain, Japan and Cuba. On Tuesday Trudeau had a phone conversation with European Council President Donald Tusk focused almost entirely on Venezuela, according to …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/canadas-justin-trudeau-continues-push-to-overthrow-venezuelas-government/

Biden caught in immigration hypocrisy after rediscovered clip shows him demanding border fence
rt.com | 2019-05-11
Joe Biden is being called out for immigration virtue-signaling after a video of the Democratic candidate calling for a fence "40 stories high" at the US-Mexican border to keep out the Mexicans bringing in drugs resurfaced. | …
rt.com/usa/459022-biden-build-fence-hypocrisy-trump/

Shanahan Goes to Texas, Pentagon Aims to Harden Mexico Border
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-11
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will make his second trip to the Unite States/Mexico border Saturday as the Pentagon looks to develop a longer-term plan to support President Donald Trump's immigration policies. | RELATED: | Revolving Door: Trump's Pick for Defense Secretary Shows Deep Ties With Boeing | Two days after the Whit…
telesurenglish.net/news/Shanahan-Goes-to-Texas-Pentagon-Aims-to-Harden-Mexico-Border-20190511-0009.html

US: New Rule Will Evict Up to 55,000 Legal Immigrant Children
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-11
A new rule has been proposed by the U.S. President Donald Trump's administration Friday, which the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has inferred will lead to the eviction of over 55,000 children with legal residency or citizenship. | RELATED: | Trump Bids to Send Migrants to Democrat-run Sanctuary Cities | The proposed plan seeks to "require the verification of the eligible immigration status of all recipients of [subsidized housing] who are under the age of 62,"
telesurenglish.net/news/US-New-Rule-Will-Evict-Up-to-55000-Legal-Immigrant-Children–20190511-0003.html

US Deploys Missile; Claims Iran And Proxies May Launch Attack
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-11
The United States has deployed an assault ship and a missile battery to the Middle East region, the Pentagon announced in a release Friday but did not elaborate on what the defence headquarters stated was to combat threatening actions displayed by Iran. | RELATED: | Israel Will Not Allow Iran To Obtain Nuclear Weapons: Netanyahu | "It's important that Iran understand that an attack on [U.S. nationals] or its interests will be met with an appropriate response," ABC News reported…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Deploys-Missile-Claims-Iran-And-Proxies-May-Launch-Attack-20190511-0007.html

Former intelligence analyst charged with leaking classified info to reporters
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-11
A former U.S. intelligence analyst was arrested Thursday and charged with providing classified information to several reporters from The Intercept. According to federal officials, the analyst repeatedly met with investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill before giving him secret documents detailing the U.S. military's drone strike operations in Afghanistan, Somalia, and Yemen. | According to the indictment, Daniel Everette Hale was enlisted in the U.S. Air Force from July 2009 to July 2013, during which time he received language and intelligence training. While serving on active duty, Hale was assigned to work at…
nationofchange.org/2019/05/11/former-intelligence-analyst-charged-with-leaking-classified-info-to-reporters/

India at Crossroads—Far-Right, Right, or Left?
Aabid Firdausi | commondreams.org | 2019-05-11
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivers a speech at a rally. (Photo: PTI) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/modi.png…
commondreams.org/views/2019/05/11/india-crossroads-far-right-right-or-left?cd-origin=rss

Eugenics advocate Noah Carl dismissed from Cambridge University fellowship
wsws.org | 2019-05-11
Carl's dismissal is a victory over a global campaign to revive far-right ideology on university campuses.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/11/carl-m11.html

Petroleos Mexicanos to Present Business Plan this Month
plenglish.com | 2019-05-11
Mexico, May 11 (Prensa Latina) The Business Plan of Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) will be presented this month, and investments in deep waters in the Gulf of Mexico will be cancelled to focus on shallow water and land projects, an executive announced recently.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41855&SEO=petroleos-mexicanos-to-present-business-plan-this-month

Yemen: Houthis Agree to Hand Over 3 Major Ports to Government
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-11
The Yemen-based Houthi group has agreed to remove forces from three of the country's key ports over a four-day period, starting Saturday, a senior United Nations (U.N.) official confirmed Friday. | RELATED: | Yemen: Houthi Forces Agree to Withdraw From 2 Ports | The Houthis will start leaving the ports of Hodeidah, Salif and Ras-Issa, according to Reuters, citing chair of the U.N'.s Redeployment Coordination Committee (RCC), who was charged to oversee the process, Lt. Gen. Michael Lollesga…
telesurenglish.net/news/Yemen-Houthis-Agree-to-Hand-Over-3-Major-Ports-to-Government-20190511-0004.html

Yemeni Houthis Start Port Withdrawal According to UN Agreement
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-11
The Houthi rebels of Yemen have begun Saturday to retreat from two strategic ports on the Red Sea coast, in the west of the country, based on an agreement with the internationally recognized government and under the supervision of United Nations, sources of the insurgents informed today. | RELATED: | Yemen: Houthis Agree to Hand Over 3 Major Ports to Government…
telesurenglish.net/news/Yemeni-Houthis-Start-Port-Withdrawal-According-to-UN-Agreement-20190511-0010.html

80 Million Korean People Must Not Be Reduced to a DC Bargaining Chip
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-05-11
The April 27 Panmunjom Declaration was indeed a historic event. The path to peace and reconciliation since then has been rocky, but the effort cannot be allowed to fail, or even to be delayed. It is too important. The promise is too great to be lost, the costs of failure are too grim to contemplate. | –Noam Chomsky to TruthoutOn the one-year anniversary of the April 27 Panmunjom Declaration, the landmark inter-Korean agree…
truthout.org/articles/80-million-korean-people-must-not-be-reduced-to-a-dc-bargaining-chip/

With B-52s, carrier battle group in place, US war against Iran on a hair trigger
wsws.org | 2019-05-11
The threatening deployments come in the midst of a new round of bellicose statements from Washington.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/11/thre-m11.html

World Migratory Bird Day highlights deadly risks of plastic pollution
United Nations | un.org | 2019-05-11
Saturday marks World Migratory Bird Day which, this year, is raising awareness about the serious threats that plastic pollution poses to bird life, with a call for urgent measures to end the problem.
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Iran conflict intensifies transatlantic tensions
wsws.org | 2019-05-11
The European governments are doing all they can to avoid triggering a broader mobilisation against war.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/11/iran-m11.html

Oakland VegFest 2019
Factory Farming Awareness Coalition | indybay.org | 2019-05-11
Lake Merritt Amphitheater…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/09/18823369.php

'Stop Arming Israel, Stop Bombing Gaza': Thousands March in London Demanding Justice for Palestinians
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-05-11
"Palestine has the right to exist but sadly that is a right that is increasingly threatened. Palestinians should be able to live free from ever expanding settlements on stolen land." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/stop_the_war.png…
commondreams.org/news/2019/05/11/stop-arming-israel-stop-bombing-gaza-thousands-march-london-demanding-justice?cd-origin=rss

Swarms of Drones, Piloted by Artificial Intelligence, May Soon Patrol Europe's Borders
Zach Campbell | theintercept.com | 2019-05-11
The EU is funding the development of AI-powered drones that would autonomously patrol Europe's borders. The project's potential for military use can't be ignored.
theintercept.com/2019/05/11/drones-artificial-intelligence-europe-roborder/

Ahed Tamimi Protests for Palestinians in UK
telesurenglish.net | 2019-05-11
Ahed Tamimi, an icon of Palestinian resistance, is on the front lines of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Stop The War Coalition march Saturday in London to protest against Israel's bombing of Gaza and long-time illegal occupation of Palestinian land. | RELATED: | Israelis Storm Home, Arrest Younger Brother of Ahed Tamimi | Tamimi is from the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank. She rose to prominence when she was jailed for eight months in Israel…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ahed-Tamimi-Marches-Rights-Defender-Protests-for-Palestinians-in-UK-20190511-0015.html

Free Assange NZ denounces hypocrisy at World Press Freedom Day event
wsws.org | 2019-05-11
Alex Hills from Free Assange New Zealand condemned the British government's "brazen hypocrisy" and called on the media to "end the smears and lies about an anti-war hero."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/11/assa-m11.html

US Hits Milestone of 2 Million Home Solar Installations, To Double by 2023
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-05-11
Workers install a solar panel array on a home in San Diego in 2017. (Photo: Howard Lipin/San Diego Union-Tribune) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/us-hits-milestone-of-2-million-h-750×422.jpg…
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Lobbyists Working to Undermine Medicare For All Host Congressional Staff at Luxury Resort
Lee Fang | theintercept.com | 2019-05-11
At a luxury resort just outside of the nation's capital last month, around four dozen senior congressional staffers decamped for a weekend of relaxation and discussion at Salamander Resort & Spa. It was an opportunity for Democrats and Republicans to come together and listen to live music from the Trailer Grass Orchestra, sip surprisingly impressive glasses of Virginia wine — and hear from health care lobbyists focused on defeating Medicare for All. | The event was hosted by a group called Center Forward and featured a lecture from industry lobbyists leading the charge on undermining progressive health care…
theintercept.com/2019/05/11/health-care-lobbyists-luxury-retreat/

US Plays Word Games in Arctic Council Consensus While Ignoring Indigenous People
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-05-11
This is why the Arctic matters to us all: The Arctic is warming faster than the rest of the planet, showing temperature increases twice as large as global averages. | ,," users="[object Object]" index="2″>"Sea ice, snow cover, glaciers and permafrost are all diminishing due to Arctic warming. Vulnerable ecosystems in the Arctic are under threat," reports the Arctic Council. "Climate change causes rapidly changing living conditions for 4 million Arctic inhabitants. Hunting, fishing and herding activities are threatened by changes in snow and ice conditions. Traditional livelihoods…
truthout.org/articles/us-plays-word-games-in-arctic-council-consensus-while-ignoring-indigenous-people/

Washington uses terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka to strengthen ties with Colombo
wsws.org | 2019-05-11
The "assistance" in the terror investigations is to bind Sri Lanka ever-more closely as Washington steps up its aggressive confrontation with China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/11/slus-m11.html

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-05-11 23:08 GMT (19:08 EST)

2019-05-10: News Headlines

Sarah Anderson (2019-05-10). How Wall Street Drives Gender and Racial Inequality. counterpunch.org The people who sell fancy sports cars and high-end Swiss watches look forward to the time of year when the big Wall Street banks hand out their annual cash bonuses. According to new figures, those bonuses added up a whopping $27.5 billion last year. That's a lot of Rolexes. Unfortunately, this huge payout also means the More

Robert Fisk (2019-05-10). Finding Private Bell: a Grave That Leads Deep Into Iraq's Bloody Past. counterpunch.org This is the story of an elderly lady in Lincolnshire, a long-dead Scottish shepherd and a kindly Shia Muslim in southern Iraq. First, the lady. Moira Jennings, who is now 87, wrote to me from her home in England when I was covering the aftermath of the disastrous — and illegal — 2003 Anglo-American invasion More

Labor Video Project (2019-05-10). Drivers United Will Never Be Defeated! Uber/Lyft Global Day of Action in San Francisco. indybay.org Hundreds of UBER/Lyft drivers and their supporters joined a global day of protest at the headquarters of UBER in San Francisco on May 8, 2019. Drivers said they are being driven to slave labor conditions while an IPO will make more billionaires from their labor.

William D. Hartung (2019-05-10). Boondoggle, Inc.: Making Sense of the $1.25 Trillion National Security State Budget. globalresearch.ca In its latest budget request, the Trump administration is asking for a near-record $750 billion for the Pentagon and related defense activities, an astonishing figure by any measure. If passed by Congress, it will, in fact, be one of the …

WSWS (2019-05-10). Uber and Lyft drivers in Chicago, New York and California speak out against exploitation of gig economy workers. wsws.org Drivers across the United States spoke out against the classification of Uber drivers as independent contractors as Uber heads into an Initial Public Offering worth billions of dollars.

Martha Grevatt (2019-05-10). VW workers fight union busting. workers.org With 370,000 workers at 61 plants worldwide, Volkswagen is the world's largest auto company. Last year it made almost 14 billion euros in profit. Yet while VW can well afford to pay union benefits and wages, the company appears hell-bent on keeping its only nonunion factory union-free. Chattanooga VW workers . . . | Continue reading VW workers fight union busting at Workers.org

DLI (2019-05-10). Mafia Don Twits another tantrum ahead of crucial trade talks. indybay.org 2 days before the crucial trade talks between China and the USA(the 2 largest economies in the world), "Mafia Don"(ald) T-rump threw another Twitter tantrum, by threatening to charge 10% – 25% tariffs on $200 Billions' worth of imports from China. This additional gouging would be on top of last year's unilateral tariff on $50 Billions' worth of Chinese goods coming into this country. But really, what kind of lunatic would poison the mood of these delicate negotiations–practically at the eleventh hour–by publicly humiliating the incoming Chinese delegation? The world has rarely seen such a blustering buffoon, at…

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-05-10). The US and Iran Flex Their Muscles. The Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA) One Year after US Withdrawal. globalresearch.ca One year after the US unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal (known also as JCPOA- Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action), the US is flexing its muscles by announcing an already previously scheduled departure of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike …

Staff (2019-05-10). Manufactured Iranian Threat in the Persian Gulf. therealnews.com The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier into the Persian Gulf, claiming there is an unspecified threat from Iran, but this has no basis other than Bolton's desire for regime change, says Col. Larry Wilkerson…

Serge Halimi (2019-05-10). US Foreign Policy as Bellicose as Ever. counterpunch.org It only took a few months under Donald Trump's presidency for the US to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, impose new sanctions on Russia, reverse the normalisation of diplomatic relations with Cuba, announce its intention to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, warn Pakistan, threaten Venezuela with military intervention, and declare a readiness to More

Charles Pierson (2019-05-10). Bernard-Henri Lévy's American Requiem. counterpunch.org The new conventional wisdom, laid out in a growing pile of books and articles, is that the US under President Donald Trump has been withdrawing from the world. Bernard-Henri Lƒóvy adds to the stack with his latest book, The Empire and the Five Kings: America's Abdication and the Fate of the World (2018). US withdrawal is More

susan_p (2019-05-10). Sri Lanka: bombings a pretext for intensified repression. greenleft.org.au The Sri Lankan army and police have used the bombings of churches and hotels on Easter Sunday as a pretext for repression, targeting people who have no connection with the group responsible, the National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ — National Monotheism Society). | The NTJ, an extremist Islamic group, is believed to be linked to the Islamic State, based in Iraq and Syria. | Sri Lankan police have been raiding numerous Muslim groups with "Thowheed" in their name, even if they are opposed to the NTJ. As of May 2, at least 130 Muslims had been detained, according to Tamilnet. | Non-Muslims have also been affected. On…

Roya Brake & Rebekah Padilla (2019-05-10). Families Belong Together | Peaceful Action Protest. indybay.org WALNUT CREEK: | – South Side corner of Ygnacio Valley Road and N. Civic Drive | – Iron Horse Trail Bridge above Ygnacio Valley Road (please plan to use effectively large signage in this area)…

Toby Blome (2019-05-10). CODEPINK Monthly Golden Gate Bridge Walk for Peace. indybay.org BE GREEN AND CARPOOL | See http: //tripplanner.transit.511.org for public transit options. | Golden Gate Transit Buses 10, 70, 80 | and SF Muni Bus 28 stop at the bridge (SF side). | Parking available on all 4 "corners", just remember to take the last exit on hwy 101 as you approach the bridge, or the first exit after you leave the bridge. | 11: 45 am: Gather at the SF or Marin end of the eastern walkway of the Golden Gate Bridge. | Noon: Walk on the eastern walkway from the north or south ends to converge in the middle for World Peace. Then march to the SF side for rally.

Mnar Muhawesh (2019-05-10). MintPress, Grayzone journalists endure US govt blackout and siege at Venezuelan embassy in DC. thegrayzone.com The Trump administration is violating international law and harassing American journalists by cutting electricity to Venezuela's DC embassy. By Mnar…

Nick Cunningham (2019-05-10). IEA: Renewable Energy Growth Is Stalling. Wind and Solar Energy. globalresearch.ca Renewable energy deployment stalled out last year, raising alarm bells about the pace of the clean energy transition. | In 2018, total deployment of renewable energy stood at about 180 gigawatts (GW), which was the same as the previous year. It …

Andrew Korybko (2019-05-10). Victory Day Reminds the World About the Evils of Fascism. globalresearch.ca Russia, most of the countries of the former Soviet Union, and Israel all celebrate the end of World War II on 9 May, with this year's commemoration in Moscow being the 74th in history. This solemn day marks the victory …

debunkified (2019-05-10). Video: 5G Apocalypse, The Imminent Dangers. globalresearch.ca What is 5G? We need to know the dangers of this technology. | A full length documentary by Sacha Stone exposing the 5G existential threat to humanity in a way we never imagined possible! | Scientists, environmental groups, medical doctors and citizens …

WSWS (2019-05-10). US seizes North Korean ship. wsws.org This week's developments demonstrate that the Trump administration has no intention of striking a deal with Pyongyang unless it involves a total capitulation and embrace of Washington's offensive against China.

susan_p (2019-05-10). Venezuela's crisis: A view from the communes. greenleft.org.au Within hours of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó calling for street mobilisations to back his attempted military coup against President Nicolás Maduro on April 30, Guaidó's supporters had looted and set fire to the headquarters of the Indio Caricuao Commune in south-west Caracas. | The building was used for local residents' meetings and housed a commune-run textile enterprise, which funds projects in the community. | Atenea Jiménez, from the National Network of Comuneros (commune activists) said: "Once again attacks on the communes by fascist sectors have begun." | She also noted however that comuneros "a…

Peter Lackowski (2019-05-10). A first-hand account from Caracas from the day of the coup through May Day. mronline.org Today there was a farcical attempt to take a military airport that fizzled. It turned into a dozen or so guys throwing stones and being ignored. The Guardian is shamelessly running video of something that happened weeks ago as though it were today. We were there and it was all normal. | Source

RT (2019-05-10). Venezuela coup enthusiast Rubio says China is secretly propping up Maduro. rt.com Neocon US Senator and Venezuela regime change crusader Marco Rubio claims China is secretly backing President Nicolas Maduro by 'shutting down the internet' to thwart Washington-backed opposition leader Juan Guaido. |

WSWS (2019-05-10). Venezuela tensions mount after arrest of coup leader. wsws.org Washington continues to threaten military intervention in the oil-rich South American country.

Eds. (2019-05-10). Leaked: USA's Feb 2018 plan for coup in Venezuela. mronline.org This was far more than just a military plan. It was comprehensive—directing military, diplomatic, and propaganda, policies—regarding the Trump Administration's planned "Overthrow" of Venezuela's Government. | Source

WSWS (2019-05-10). The defense of Venezuela and the struggle for socialism in Latin America. wsws.org We are publishing here the text of the speech to the 2019 International May Day Online Rally delivered by Bill Van Auken.

Robert Koehler (2019-05-10). War on Venezuela? counterpunch.org Mix a little socialism in with the oil and war may be unavoidable. Thus, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, talking about Venezuela: "The president has been crystal clear and incredibly consistent. Military action is possible. If that's what's required, that's what the United States will do." He goes on, demonstrating how we lie about war in More

susan_p (2019-05-10). Venezuela: How one local council is working to overcome the crisis through people's power. greenleft.org.au In the midst of Venezuela's prolonged economic crisis, in which state budgets and support for the governing socialists steadily contract, at least one municipal council is bucking the trend. The key, according to the local mayor, has been focusing on people's power and self-management. | Paéz is a rural municipality located in Apure state, along the tense border with Colombia. Opposition-controlled Tachira state lies to its west. | Despite this conflictive surrounding, José María "Chema" Romero managed to increase the United Socialist Party of Venezuela's (PSUV) vote in the 2017 mayoral elections by 70% from its…

Yoav Litvin (2019-05-10). The Zionist One-Two Propaganda Punch. counterpunch.org Another round of Israeli violence inflicted on Palestinians in Gaza resulted in devastating consequences: twenty seven dead, including Amani al-Madhoun, a young woman in her final month of pregnancy, as well as 3-month-old infant Maria al-Ghazali and 12-year-old Abd al-Rahman Abu al-Jadyan, both killed alongside their parents. The flare up comes as Palestinians are routinely More

Russell Mokhiber (2019-05-10). CIA Veteran to Chair Kent State 50th May 4 Commemoration Advisory Committee. counterpunch.org Kent State has appointed a 25 year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to chair a committee to create plan and execute activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the shootings at the campus that killed four and wounded nine students on May 4, 1970. Stephanie Smith, an associate professor in Kent State's School More

David Rosen (2019-05-10). Suicide: An American Nightmare. counterpunch.org The American suicide rate is at a 50-year high. In 2017, 44,193 committed suicide in the U.S. and 1,652 killed themselves in New York State. In 2016, the City's Health Department reported that 525 people committed suicide. Billy G., a neighbor, recently committed suicide. His death went unreported, with no obit in the Times, let alone coverage by the rest of More

Dru Maxcy (2019-05-10). Stop & Shop strike: 'We stuck to our guns'. liberationnews.org When workers — like those at Stop & Shop — struggle together in solidarity, they move towards true emancipation.

Sue Davis (2019-05-10). Trump administration takes war on women to the U.N. workers.org President Donald Trump took his war on the rights of women and gender-nonconforming people to the U.N. the week of April 22. It's bitterly ironic that the Trump administration threatened to veto the U.N. resolution on ending sexual violence during wars and hostile conflicts if the U.N. did not go . . . | Continue reading Trump administration takes war on women to the U.N. at Workers.org

WSWS (2019-05-10). Imperialist war, the working-class upsurge in the Mideast and North Africa, and the strategy of Permanent Revolution. wsws.org We are publishing here the text of the speech to the 2019 International May Day Online Rally delivered by Keith Jones.

Jason Ditz (2019-05-10). Chelsea Manning Has Just Been Released From Jail. theantimedia.com (ANTIWAR.COM) — Whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been released from jail on Thursday, following months in detention for "contempt" after she refused to testify before a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. The official reason is that the mandate of the grand jury in question has expired. This explanation is likely a bit of legal sleight of hand on the court's …

Staff (2019-05-10). The Making of a Medical Insurance Spin Doctor — RAI with Wendell Potter (3/7). therealnews.com Wendell Potter, author of 'Deadly Spin: How Corporate PR is Killing Healthcare and Deceiving Americans', traces his life from growing up poor and Republican in Tennessee, to radicalization during the Vietnam War, to cynical journalist who just wanted to make money — on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay…

Caitlin Johnstone (2019-05-10). Trump Continues Obama's War on Whistleblowers. theantimedia.com (CJ Opinion) — "New drone whistleblower at The Intercept," tweeted the outspoken CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou in October 2015. "For God's sake don't let @MatthewACole learn his identity." Intercept investigative reporter Matthew Cole has been tied both to Kiriakou's discovery and prosecution and to that of Reality Winner, who leaked classified documents to The Intercept in 2017. Kiriakou's comment came after the …

Abel Cohen (2019-05-10). Thank Russia for Winning World War II. counterpunch.org Russia celebrates victory over the Third Reich on May 9th; the West celebrated it on May 8th. Separate celebrations make sense because the communists had a different fight against the Nazis than the free world did. The USA fought a quarter of the war that our Soviet allies waged — and we opened fire on More

RT (2019-05-10). Bezos unveils Moon lander, space colonization dreams after Trump admin moves up Moon base timeline. rt.com Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has unveiled an unmanned Moon lander and a new rocket engine developed by his Blue Origin space program with an eye toward getting in on the ground floor of space colonization.

Howard Lisnoff (2019-05-10). In Your Face Income Inequality. counterpunch.org The delivery trucks have been driving on a driveway next to mine in the rural Berkshires of western Massachusetts for eight months. They drive home (no pun intended here) income inequality in a way that other experiences cannot. The home that I write about here is a second home on well over thirty acres of farmland. There are two More

David Swanson (2019-05-10). Why Are These Facts So Stubbornly Forbidden? dissidentvoice.org Like you, I've had countless experiences of pointing out a new fact to someone, and seeing them acknowledge it and incorporate it into their thinking and their talking from that point forward. I've even had this experience with public petitions pushed on powerful people. But, I've also had a different experience. There are some facts …

Factory Farming Awareness Coalition (2019-05-10). Oakland VegFest 2019. indybay.org Lake Merritt Amphitheater…

Media Lens (2019-05-10). The London Climate Protests: Raising The Alarm. dissidentvoice.org The feeling is often there at night, of course, in the wee small hours. But it can arise at almost any time — looking at someone we care about, listening to birdsong on an unusually warm spring morning, shopping. It is like being trapped on a sinking ship, with the captain and crew refusing to …

Ramzy Baroud (2019-05-10). The Two Narratives of Palestine: The People Are United, the Factions Are Not. counterpunch.org The International Conference on Palestine held in Istanbul between April 27-29 brought together many speakers and hundreds of academics, journalists, activists and students from Turkey and all over the world. The Conference was a rare opportunity aimed at articulating a discourse of international solidarity that is both inclusive and forward thinking. There was near consensus that the More

Kenn Orphan (2019-05-10). We Are All Sandra Bland. counterpunch.org "People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave." — Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography "For it is More

Tom Clifford (2019-05-10). Targeting China: It's About Politics Not Trade. counterpunch.org Beijing. Trade? It's no big deal. Politics? That's the issue. The trade spat between the United States and China isn't about deficits or tariffs. It's about Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan. The view from Beijing is that Republicans and Democrats are united in the bogeyman belief. Someone to blame. The China threat. Donald Trump's anti-China message helped More

Nozomi Hayase (2019-05-10). Assange's US Extradition Battle: The Fight to Defend the Conscience of America. counterpunch.org It has been over three weeks since Ecuador illegally terminated political asylum of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the UK police violently arrested him. Assange is now held in solitary confinement in what many have called the UK's Guantanamo Bay. On Thursday, Assange's fight against US extradition began at a UK court. The US charged More

Louis Proyect (2019-05-10). Bernie Sanders and the Movement That Might Have Been. counterpunch.org As I gird my loins for a renewed ideological struggle against Bernie Sanders's bid to become the Democratic Party's nominee to run against Donald Trump, I thought it advisable to get up to speed by reading Jeffrey St. Clair's "Bernie & The Sandernistas: Field Notes From a Failed Revolution" that was published in 2016. Since More

Stanley L. Cohen (2019-05-10). The Enemy is Not Resistance. counterpunch.org The Islamic Resistance Movement began more than thirty years ago at an historical moment in time which it knew to be fraught with absolute peril for their people. The founders of this national liberation struggle examined the overwhelming military capabilities of Israel, fostered by its global superpower sponsor, the United States. They looked at Israel's More

Jeffrey St. Clair (2019-05-10). The Wall of No Return. counterpunch.org Nelson Espinal grew up in a leaky and crowded shack on the violent outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Espinal turned 28 last summer, but still lived at home with his parents, four sisters and 7-year old son, Yojan.Like many other young men in his decaying neighborhood, Nelson had struggled for years to find steady work, making him especially vulnerable to recruitment into one of the slum's brutal "maras," the youth gangs that patrol the streets of Tegucigalpa and control much of the drug trade across Honduras. More

John Feffer (2019-05-10). Global Game of Thrones. counterpunch.org I was surprised to learn that Dagmar Havlova had become a monarchist. In 1990, when I first met the sister-in-law of Czech playwright and later president Vaclav Havel, she was a spokesperson for Civic Forum, the movement that would guide Czechoslovakia from communism to democracy. Virtually everyone in the country at the time was excited More

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