2019-05-03: Social Media Postees

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Pointing to Disastrous History of US Intervention, Sanders Warns Against Military Action in Venezuela
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-05-03
"I will do everything I can to see that U.S. troops do not get involved in a civil war in Venezuela." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/abrams_pompeo_0.jpg…
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US sanctions killed more than 40,000 in Venezuela
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-05-03
US sanctions imposed on Venezuela in 2017 contributed to the deaths of more than 40,000 people last year, according to a new report — and this figure is set to rise due to the latest round of sanctions. | According to the Center for Economic and Policy Research report co-authored by economists Jeffrey Sachs and Mark Weisbrot, the 2017 sanctions deprived Venezuela of billions of dollars it needed to pay for essential food and medicine, leading to a rise in disease and mortality and the displacement of millions seeking to flee the worsening situation. | The report states: "The sanctions exacerbated Venezuela'…
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This Is Our Port! May Day 2019 Speakers At Oakland Howard Terminal
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-05-03
May Day protest at the Port of Oakland Howard terminal where A's billionaire owner John Fisher wants to build a new A's stadium and 4,000 $1 million dollar condos. The rally was initiated by ILWU Local 10…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/05/01/18823066.php

What Past Civil Wars Tell Us About the Future of Syria
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
When Syrian government soldiers first recaptured the small village of Deir Hafar from Isis in 2017, they found the black-painted but hurriedly abandoned Islamic "court" strewn with piles of documents. These hundreds of pages contained terrible proof of how the Syrian civilians there had behaved under at least three years of Isis occupation. I arrived in…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/what-past-civil-wars-tell-us-about-the-future-of-syria/

We thought it was merely a stone, but it carried away our wealth
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-05-03
n Venezuela, the political leadership of the oligarchy beg for the men in green to set aside the Constitution, as Juan Guiadó and the Venezuelan right-wing opposition attempted a military coup in Venezuela this Tuesday. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/05/03/we-thought-it-was-merely-a-stone-but-it-carried-away-our-wealth/

Why Won't the Mainstream Media Call It a Venezuelan Coup?
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-05-03
By refusing to acknowledge efforts to oust Maduro for what they are, the political press has again proved itself a stenographer for power.
truthdig.com/articles/why-wont-the-mainstream-media-call-it-a-venezuelan-coup/

Venezuelan economist: 'Hyperinflation is a powerful imperialist weapon'
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-05-03
Much is made in the media of Venezuela's deep economic crisis. But why does Venezuela have the world's highest inflation rate and what impacts have the sanctions really had on the country? Green Left Weekly's Federico Fuentes spoke to Venezuelan economist Pascualina Curcio, from the Simón Bolívar University, to find out more. | Hyperinflation is a grave problem in Venezuela, but its causes are less clear. How do you explain it?: | The determinant cause of hyperinflation in Venezuela is the political manipulation by third parties of the exchange rate between the bolívar [Bs, Venezuela's local currency] and…
greenleft.org.au/content/venezuelan-economist-%E2%80%98hyperinflation-powerful-imperialist-weapon%E2%80%99

U.S. Government Plan, Dated 23 February 2018, for Coup in Venezuela, Now Leaks Out
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-03
A detailed plan from "UNITED STATES SOUTHERN COMMAND" dated "23 FEBRUARY 2018" was issued with the title "PLAN TO OVERTHROW THE VENEZUELAN DICTATORSHIP 'MASTERSTROKE'" and is here presented complete. | This document was personally signed by Admiral Kurt W. Tidd, who …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-government-plan-dated-23-february-2018-coup-venezuela/5676380

Trump, Putin Discuss Nuclear Pacts, Mueller Report in Hour-Long Call
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-05-03
WASHINGTON–President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than an hour Friday about nuclear weapons agreements, the conflict in Venezuela, North Korea and also briefly about special counsel Robert Mueller's just completed report on Moscow's interference in the 2016 election. | "They had a very good discussion. Spoke for a little over an hour," White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters at the White House. "They discussed nuclear agreements, both new and extended, with the possibility of having conversations with China on that front as well." | "There was a discussi…
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Media lies in service of war for regime change in Venezuela
wsws.org | 2019-05-03
As top Trump administration officials make increasingly explicit military threats, the corporate media acts as a propaganda service for imperialist intervention.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/03/pers-m03.html

Venezuela Repudiates Interventionist Position of Panama's Gov't
plenglish.com | 2019-05-03
03 de mayo de 2019, 15: 59 | Caracas, May 3 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza repudiated on Friday the position of Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela, for attacking Venezuela "to please its bosses from the North."
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41582&SEO=venezuela-repudiates-interventionist-position-of-panamas-govt

Venezuela: Lopez Arrest Warrant Issued as Military Show Strength for Maduro
Paul Dobson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-03
Venezuela's judicial authorities have issued a new arrest warrant for fugitive opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez following his escape from house arrest early Tuesday morning. | Caracas' Fifth Court revoked Lopez's house arrest Thursday and ordered his immediate detention, indicating that once …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-lopez-arrest-warrant-military-show-strength-maduro/5676421

Pointing to Disastrous History, Sanders Warns Against Military Action in Venezuela
Jake Johnson | theantimedia.com | 2019-05-03
(CD) — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday condemned the Trump administration's threats to take military action in support of right-wing coup plotters in Venezuela. The Vermont senator joined the chorus of progressive members of Congress and advocacy groups warning that U.S. intervention would only worsen political turmoil in Venezuela–and could potentially spark an all-out civil war. "The Trump administration …

Pointing to Disastrous History, Sanders Warns Against Military Action in Venezuela

UN Stresses: 'Use of Force Isn't the Solution in Venezuela'
plenglish.com | 2019-05-03
United Nations, May 3 (Prensa Latina) The President of the UN General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, believes that the use of force and violence is not the solution to what is happening in Venezuela, stressed her spokeswoman, Monica Grayley.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41581&SEO=un-stresses-use-of-force-isnt-the-solution-in-venezuela

"Psychopath Capitalism": US Economic Terrorism and Genocide Against the People of Venezuela
Carla Stea | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-03
The U.S. maneuvers to destroy the Maduro government's UN accreditation, and replace it with their puppet Guaido are horrifying and Machiavellian, and, quite realistically, since the US has absolutely no scruples, nor any respect for international law, there is an ominous possibility that they may succeed.
globalresearch.ca/us-economic-terrorism-genocide-people-venezuela/5676366

Use of Spanish Embassy to Instigate Coup in Venezuela Criticized
plenglish.com | 2019-05-03
Madrid, May 3 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela"s Ambassador to Spain, Mario Isea, has stronglycriticized on Friday Leopoldo Lopez ¥s use of Spanish Embassy in Caracas since Tuesday to instigate a coup d ¥état against the Venezuelan Government.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41580&SEO=use-of-spanish-embassy-to-instigate-coup-in-venezuela-criticized

US Imposes Illegal and Deadly Sanctions on Venezuela in David vs. Goliath Battle
Edward B. Winslow | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-03
"We are complicit in crimes against humanity when we know about them and when we don't stop them." — Jacob Appelbaum | The unilaterally issued economic sanctions that the US leveled against Venezuela in 2017 and this year violate international laws …
globalresearch.ca/us-imposes-illegal-deadly-sanctions-venezuela/5676365

German government backs attempted right-wing coup in Venezuela
wsws.org | 2019-05-03
In a joint press release with the far-right Brazilian government, the German Foreign Ministry gave its unconditional backing to the criminal attempted coup in Venezuela.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/03/maas-m03.html

Trump's "Troika of Tyranny" Meddles in Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-05-03
Under the guise of protecting human rights, the Trump administration is illegally meddling in three countries it has dubbed the "troika of tyranny" — Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua. National Security Adviser John Bolton claimed, "Miami is home to countless Americans, who fled the prisons and death squads of the Castro regime in Cuba, the murderous dictatorships of Chavez and Maduro in Venezuela, and the horrific violence of the 1980s and today und…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-troika-of-tyranny-meddles-in-venezuela-cuba-nicaragua/

San Diego PSL stands with workers everywhere on May Day
Michaela Malone | liberationnews.org | 2019-05-03
Carrying signs printed with the words "Hands Off Venezuela," members of the PSL and the ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) also stressed the need for solidarity with working class Venezuelans…
liberationnews.org/san-diego-psl-stands-with-workers-everywhere-on-may-day/

Venezuela embassy protectors stand strong against coup supporters' attacks
Walter Smolarek | liberationnews.org | 2019-05-03
Despite escalating violence carried out by supporters of the coup attempt, anti-war organizers residing in the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, D.C. are standing strong with the support of steadfast activists outside the building.
liberationnews.org/venezuela-embassy-protectors-stand-strong-against-coup-supporters-attacks/

Medea Benjamin Swarmed by Thug Friends of Trump, Biden, Pelosi
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2019-05-03
While Medea Benjamin of Code Pink was leaving the Venezuelan embassy in Washington DC where she was a protector of that embassy, she was swarmed by huge thugs trying to terrorize her with their size and noisemakers. See www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS1Ix6glsk4&feature=youtu.be…
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Venezuela: Another coup fails
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-05-03
"Interim President" Juan Guaido and right-wing opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez spearheaded an unsuccessful coup attempt in Caracas on April 30. | The thwarted uprising started in the early morning hours when renegade military and intelligence officers reportedly released Lopez from house arrest. Lopez then joined Guaido and a handful of soldiers on the Altamira overpass in east Caracas, outside the Francisco de Miranda airbase, known as La Carlota. | Lopez and Guaido released videos on social media, call…
greenleft.org.au/content/venezuela-another-coup-fails

MintCast Episode 2: Failed Coup in Venezuela, Forgotten US Atrocities in the Koreas, and Joe Biden's Race Problem
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-05-03
MintCast co-hosts Alan MacLeod and Whitney Webb discuss current events in Sri Lanka, France and Venezuela and also delve into U.S. efforts to hide the real history of the Korean War, as well as Joe Biden's history of teaming up with notorious American racists.
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U.S. Lies to Justify Further Attacks on Cuba
Bertha Mojena Milián | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-03
In statements to the press on Wednesday afternoon, the Cuban Foreign Ministry's Deputy Director for the United States, Johana Tablada, reiterated that "Cuba does not participate with military troops or personnel in military operations in Venezuela" | *** | "There are no …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-lies-attacks-cuba/5676417

New Yorkers celebrate May Day
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-05-03
New York, NY – On May 1, hundreds of people in New York City celebrated on International Workers' Day. The day was kicked off in Harlem, where a rally for the laundry workers was held as they demanded better working conditions. The day continued at a Trump Tower on Wall Street. Hundreds gathered near the Stock Exchange under the banner "No walls in the workers struggle." | Speeches centered on the different struggles workers are currently facing in the United States and abroad. Many of the speakers also brought up Venezuela and how we need to keep fighting against U.S. intervention. | Once the program ended, th…
fightbacknews.org/2019/5/3/new-yorkers-celebrate-may-day

Venezuelan Authorities Prepare National Dialogue for the Weekend
plenglish.com | 2019-05-03
03 de mayo de 2019, 14: 04Caracas, May 3 (Prensa Latina) The preparatory meeting for a great national day of dialogue in Venezuela brought together in Caracas social organizations and authorities on Friday after the call made by President Nicolas Maduro.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41571&SEO=venezuelan-authorities-prepare-national-dialogue-for-the-weekend

Venezuela on the cusp of a coup: An eye-witness visitor reports
Maicol David Lynch | peoplesworld.org | 2019-05-03
CARACAS, Venezuela–"I don't care for Maduro as a leader, but I'm all for socialism!" This was the response I received time and time again from the so-called "opposition" to the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) headed by Nicolás Maduro during my 14-day visit in the country last month. I was sent to Venezuela as …
peoplesworld.org/article/venezuela-on-the-cusp-of-a-coup-an-eye-witness-visitor-reports/

Venezuela: Another Failed Coup Attempt
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-05-03
In the early morning hours of 30 April, 2019, the self-declared "Interim President", Juan Guaidó, launched what at first sight appeared to be a military coup — Guaidó calls it "Operation Freedom" (sounds very much like a Washington-invented title) — against the democratically elected, legitimate government of Nicolas Maduro. With two dozen of defected armed …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/venezuela-another-failed-coup-attempt/

'We saw this playbook in Iraq': Ilhan Omar shoots back at VP Pence in socialism spat
rt.com | 2019-05-03
Freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has fired back at Vice President Mike Pence, after Pence accused her of "choosing socialism over freedom" by opposing regime change in Venezuela. | …
rt.com/usa/458316-ilhan-omar-venezuela-pence/

Heavy water and uranium enrichment: US imposes additional nuclear sanctions on Iran
rt.com | 2019-05-03
The Trump administration will sanction any assistance to expand Iran's nuclear power plant at Bushehr and ban exports of heavy water and any further uranium enrichment, the State Department has announced. | …
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Video: Turkey Sponsored Militants Claim Russians Killed in Hama, Attack Hmeimim Air Base
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-05-03
On May 1, the Turkish-backed coalition of militant groups, the National Front for Liberation, claimed that its members had killed 4 Russian servicemembers with mortar shelling in the village of Braidij in northern Hama. | The reports came amid a new …
globalresearch.ca/militants-claim-4-russians-killed-hama-attack-hmeimim-air-base/5676340

Trump's Abortion Lies Are Going to Get Somebody Killed
Sonali Kolhatkar | truthdig.com | 2019-05-03
In examining the flood of lies that spills out of President Donald Trump's mouth on a daily basis, arguably the most egregious are his claims about abortion–and specifically, about so-called "late-term abortions." Trump has repeated several times in the past a myth created by anti-abortion activists. For example, during his State of the Union address in January, he said, "Lawmakers in New York cheered with delight upon the passage of legislation that would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother's…
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500,000 bees killed by Texas arsonist
Olivia Rosane | nationofchange.org | 2019-05-03
Police are looking for an arsonist who burned several beehives in | Alvin, Texas, leading to the deaths of more than half a million bees, CNN reported Wednesday. | The | hives belonged to the Brazoria County Beekeepers Association, which had | 24 colonies at the site in total. The hives were discovered burning | early Saturday morning by a sheriff's deputy, who extinguished the | flames. Some of the bee boxes had also been tossed into a pond on the…
nationofchange.org/2019/05/03/500000-bees-killed-by-texas-arsonist/

Sri Lanka: Behind the Easter Sunday bombings
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-05-03
On April 21 (Easter Sunday) hundreds of people were killed in bomb explosions at three churches, three hotels and a guest house in Sri Lanka. | The attacks were carried out by suicide bombers. Authorities blamed an extremist Muslim group called the National Thowheeth Jamaath (NTJ – National Monotheism Society). Later, the Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility. | Sri Lanka has had a violent history in the seven decades since its independence in 1948. But this history did not include any major conflict between Muslims and Christians. Both Muslims and Christians have in recent years come under attack from Buddhi…
greenleft.org.au/content/sri-lanka-behind-easter-sunday-bombings

What Officer Noor's Conviction Says About Racism in America
aclu.org | 2019-05-03
For the first time, Minnesota convicted a police officer for killing someone. That he was Black and the woman he shot was white must not be ignored. | On Tuesday, April 30, a Minnesota jury convicted police officer Mohamed Noor of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter for shooting and killing Justine Damond, a white Australian woman. Damond had called 9-1-1 to report a possible sexual assault near her apartment and then approached Noor's squad car when he and his partner responded to the call. Noor killed Damond, and he deserved to be found guilty. His decision to shoot and kill an unarmed person wit…
aclu.org/blog/criminal-law-reform/reforming-police-practices/what-officer-noors-conviction-says-about-racism

Elections in Spain: Regime Maintenance Disguised as Democratic Vitality and the Possibility of Change
Thomas S. Harrington | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
In last Sunday's Spanish elections, Pedro Sánchez's Socialist Party (PSOE) considerably expanded its presence in the country's Parliament, while the Popular Party (PP), which for more than two decades has quite purposefully and successfully driven the country's arena of "thinkable thought" toward the hard right, had its poorest electoral showing in years. The other big…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/elections-in-spain-regime-maintenance-disguised-as-democratic-vitality-and-the-possibility-of-change/

Is 5G Worth the Risks?
Iishana Artra | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
In recent months there's been a lot of talk about 5G — the next generation of wireless technology. 5G is being touted as a necessary step to the 'internet of things' — a world in which our refrigerators alert us when we're low on milk, our baby's diapers tell us when they need to be…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/is-5g-worth-the-risks/

Trump vs. Congress and Our Constitution
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
Donald Trump is the most impeachable president in American history. Many Democrats, however, are running away from the word "impeachment" for tactical political reasons. Some Democrats say they have a sworn duty under the Constitution to present articles of impeachment for a vote in the House of Representatives, regardless of the refusal by the Republican…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/trump-vs-congress-and-our-constitution/

Lou Reed: That Which Does Not Kill Us Can Radicalize Us
Bruce E. Levine | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
While not as well-known as "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Perfect Day," and not one of the classics he wrote for the Velvet Underground (such as "Heroin" and "I'll Be Your Mirror"), Lou Reed's "Kill Your Sons," about his electroconvulsive "therapy" (ECT) as a 17-year-old, gives voice to an event that majorly radicalized him…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/lou-reed-that-which-does-not-kill-us-can-radicalize-us/

A Border Crisis of Our Own Making
Jean Stokan | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
For more than 30 years, I've led faith-focused delegations to Central America — and since 2016, to U.S.-Mexico border communities. We've taken nuns, bishops, rabbis, and grassroots congregants to learn about realities rarely covered in the news. This April our delegation visited El Paso, Brownsville, and McAllen, Texas, as well as Juarez and Matamoras, Mexico.
counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/a-border-crisis-of-our-own-making/

The Ends of Arms Control
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
My first trip to Washington, DC to do something other than protest on the streets was to interview for a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship, which brings young people to the nation's capital to work on arms control and disarmament. It was 1987, around the time that Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/the-ends-of-arms-control/

Someone Tell Krugman: We Don't Even Have a Paper Democracy
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
I am as horrified as Paul Krugman at the authoritarian threat posed by Donald Trump and his supporters, but in different ways, with a different understanding. Listen to Krugman's following dialogue with Anderson Cooper on CNN last week: Cooper:…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/someone-tell-krugman-we-dont-even-have-a-paper-democracy/

Big Corporations Pay No Income Tax, Unlike You
Pete Dolack | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
Telling you that Donald Trump lied, or that the one percent continue to succeed in their incessant class warfare, ranks in the astonishment department with being told the Sun rose in the east this morning. Do we really need more evidence? Necessary or not, more evidence continues to be delivered. The latest delivery comes courtesy…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/big-corporations-pay-no-income-tax-unlike-you/

Predator Cops, Guilty of Sex Crimes Against Women and Children, Are a Menace to Society
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
"Sexual predation by police officers happens far more often than people in the business are willing to admit." –Former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper How could this be happening right under our noses? That's what readers wanted to know after my column went viral about the extent to which young children are being bought and…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/predator-cops-guilty-of-sex-crimes-against-women-and-children-are-a-menace-to-society/

Black Women Political Prisoners of the Police State
Linda G. Ford | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
The Rev. Joy Powell says she was "raped, railroaded and bamboozled" by police. Her crime? Being a poor black woman who faced off against the police–protesting their violent brutality against black people in Rochester, NY. Once she defied them, she was warned, then targeted and framed for serious crimes. A few weeks ago, Australian Julian…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/black-women-political-prisoners-of-the-police-state/

Dare to Know: the Paradox of Greek History
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
Growing up in the 1940s in a Greek village was neither a baptism in Greek culture nor an indoctrination to nationalism. This was because "modern" Greece has been going through the suffering of centuries of foreign occupation and official neglect and often ignorance about the country's unrivalled ancient civilization. Greek history was interrupted by barbarian…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/dare-to-know-the-paradox-of-greek-history/

Roaming Charges: Biden in Plain Sight
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
Joe Biden will never again be more popular than he was the day before he entered the presidential race. Still his residual appeal, a misbegotten nostalgia for the Obama years, vaulted Biden 20 points ahead of his nearest Democratic Party rivals in a Quinnipiac poll taken a few days after Biden's announcement (in a creepy video) and his first campaign gigs, where, despite decades of service in the legislative ranks of Wall Street, he cunningly wrapped himself in the union label.
counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/roaming-charges-biden-in-plain-sight/

To Be Hopeful in Bad Times
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
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Environmental Crisis, Oil Geopolitics and the Trump Diversion
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2019-05-03
America in 2019 is a very strange place. The problems of the age: looming environmental calamity, the threat of nuclear annihilation and accumulating class tensions, keep being shoved to the side through diversionary tactics. No sooner had a range of left programs been consolidated under the banner of a Green New Deal than establishment Democrats…
counterpunch.org/2019/05/03/environmental-crisis-oil-geopolitics-and-the-trump-diversion/

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-05-04 00:39 GMT (20:39 EST)

2019-05-01: News Headlines

Teddy Ostrow (2019-05-01). Zero Percent of US Corporate Media Commentators Oppose Regime Change in Venezuela. globalresearch.ca A FAIR survey of US opinion journalism on Venezuela found no voices in elite corporate media that opposed regime change in that country. Over a three-month period (1/15/19—4/15/19), zero opinion pieces in the New York Times and Washington Post took …

John W. Whitehead (2019-05-01). Predator Cops, Guilty of Sex Crimes Against Women and Children, Are a Menace to Society. globalresearch.ca " Sexual predation by police officers happens far more often than people in the business are willing to admit."—Former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper | How could this be happening right under our noses? | That's what readers wanted to know …

Andrew Korybko (2019-05-01). The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Is the Perfect Opportunity for Pakistan to Pivot to Africa. globalresearch.ca All Great Powers, including most recently even Russia and India, are increasingly expanding their influence in Africa as they seek to take part in the continent's expected growth across this century, and CPEC provides the perfect opportunity for Pakistan to …

EWG (2019-05-01). Trump EPA Sides with Bayer/Monsanto over Science, Claims Cancer-Causing Glyphosate Weedkiller 'Safe'. globalresearch.ca The Environmental Protection Agency said today the active ingredient in Bayer-Monsanto's carcinogenic weedkiller Roundup is safe, ignoring a growing body of independent research showing a strong connection between glyphosate and cancer in humans. | "Today's decision by Administrator Wheeler, like virtually …

South Front (2019-05-01). US State Department Offers $4.5 Million Grant to "Investigate" Civilian Casualties in Syria and Iraq. globalresearch.ca The US Department of State (DOS) offered a grant opportunity for " Promoting Accountability in Iraq and Syria For Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, and War Crimes," on April 16th. | The grant has a funding floor of $500,000 …

Andrew Korybko (2019-05-01). Putin's Wholehearted Defense of China's Belt and Road Puts Him at Serious Odds with India's PM Modi. globalresearch.ca The Russian leader's wholehearted defense of China's Belt & Road Initiative at last week's yearly forum on this global series of megaprojects stands in stark contrast to the position of India's Prime Minister, thus reinforcing the notion that Putin and …

Black Alliance for Peace (2019-05-01). Black Alliance for Peace Condemns Trump Administration's Attempt to Impose U.S. Puppet Government on People of Venezuela. globalresearch.ca Not satisfied with the orgy of violence successive U.S. administrations have imposed on the world over the last two decades in the Middle East and North Africa, the Trump administration—with the full support of a majority of Democrats and the …

Prof. Henry Francis B. Espiritu (2019-05-01). Tolerance and Spirituality: Debunking the Islamophobic View of an "Intolerant Islam" globalresearch.ca Mass media portray Islamic societies to be intolerant of other's religious and ideological persuasions. Authentic Islam—as contained in the pristine revelation of the Qur-an—promotes tolerance, harmony, and goodwill of all peoples despite their differences.

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2019-05-01). How Trump Policies Exacerbate Income Inequality in America. globalresearch.ca Earlier last month I was interviewed by the FNA international news agency on the income inequality trend in the US and asked whether Trump policies have been contributing to it. The following is the verbatim transcript of the interview published …

Julian Assange (2019-05-01). Video: "Clinton Foundation and IS Funded from the Same Sources": Julian Assange interview with John Pilger. globalresearch.ca This interview was conducted and published in November 2016. | WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stated that Hillary Clinton's Clinton Foundation and the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIL/ISIS) are funded from the same sources. | He was speaking about the organisation's latest …

Venezuelanalysis (2019-05-01). Venezuela: Failed Military Coup in Caracas. Guaido Seeks Refuge at Spanish Embassy. globalresearch.ca UPDATE: May 1st, 2019. Failed Military Coup. Guaido and Lopez Seek Refuge at Spanish Embassy | Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addressed the country in a televised speech on Tuesday evening, accusing those responsible for the military uprising of trying to provoke …

The Global Research Team (2019-05-01). A World Without War: Global Research Needs Your Support. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | Global Research is a small team that believes in the power of information and analysis to bring about far-reaching societal change including a world without war. We are as committed as ever to the struggle for Peace, but …

Mark Taliano (2019-05-01). Western Military Industrial Complex Creates Unreasonable Fear: Tactic to Divert Tax-Payers Money into Weapons Production. globalresearch.ca The Canadian political analyst and Research Associate at Global Research, Mark Taliano, has affirmed that the West does not have a free press and all of the information to which most western people are exposed is delivered by about …

Peter Koenig (2019-05-01). Sri Lanka: Candidate for a New NATO Base? globalresearch.ca Sri Lanka, Easter Sunday, 21 April 2019: More than half a dozen bomb blasts shook the country killing from 250 to more than 350 people. Depending on who counts, the death toll varies. The devastation took place in in several …

Dr. Chandra Muzaffar (2019-05-01). China's Belt and Road Initiative: Towards a Just World? globalresearch.ca The Belt Road Initiative (BRI) also known as the One Belt One Road (OBOR) project could well emerge as the obor (the flame in Indonesian or Malay) that will blaze the trail in the evolution of a new epoch in …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-05-01). Iran Rejects All Negotiations but Signals Domestic Differences: Its Confidence Remains Intact in the Face of Severe Sanctions. globalresearch.ca Despite the positive approach by Iran Foreign Minister Jawad Zarif proposing a humanitarian exchange of prisoners between Washington and Tehran (in an attempt to break the stalemate and ease the current tension), Iranian Speaker Ali Larijani and 'Iranian Revolutionary Guard …

Craig Murray (2019-05-01). Venezuela and Binary Choice: Juan Guaido's Coup Attempt. globalresearch.ca When a CIA-backed military coup is attempted by a long term CIA puppet, roared on by John Bolton and backed with the offer of Blackwater mercenaries, in the country with the world's largest oil reserves, I have no difficulty whatsoever …

Staff (2019-05-01). Gaza's Economic Crisis Sends Territory Into Poverty and Chaos. therealnews.com Dr. Omar Shaban discusses the World Bank report on the shrinking Gaza economy and how Israeli sanctions and restrictions have destroyed a once thriving economy…

Scott Ritter (2019-05-01). My Letter from Joe Biden. truthdig.com Author's note: The 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq by a U.S.-led coalition will go down in history as one of the greatest geopolitical disasters in modern history. Then-Sen. Joe Biden was in a unique position to prevent this war from happening. That he chose not to speaks volumes about the man who now seeks to become the next president of the United States. My personal experiences with Biden from 1998 to 2002 provide a window into the character of the man that Americans should familiarize themselves with before considering whether to give him their support. | "I envy your position. I sincerely do.

Jason Ditz (2019-05-01). US Claims Maduro Was Going to Flee Venezuela, but the Russians Stopped Him. theantimedia.com (ANTIWAR.COM) — When the Venezuelan coup attempt launched earlier on Tuesday, the Trump administration likely didn't figure on having to justify its failure, when officials were loudly endorsing what they had dubbed Operacion Libertad. By evening, the operation had failed, however, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took to CNN to try to pin the blame …

RT (2019-05-01). Guaido supporters confront anti-intervention activists at Venezuelan Embassy in DC (VIDEO). rt.com Police have shut down the entrance to the Venezuelan embassy in Washington DC, as crowds backing the country's opposition confront the activists who have been defending the building for over two weeks.

RT (2019-05-01). 'You're from Florida, not Caracas': Marco Rubio's Twitter fest supporting Guaido gets a bashing. rt.com US Senator Marco Rubio has emerged as a primary backer of the ongoing attempted coup in Venezuela, as he rushed to Twitter to show his support for Washington protégé Juan Guaido — and faced much criticism from the Twitteratti.

Fight Back (2019-05-01). La delegación de FRSO en Venezuela se reúne con el Ministro de Comunas. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – La delegación de la Organización Socialista del Camino a la Libertad (FRSO) en Venezuela se reunió con la Ministra de Comunas Blanca Eckhout, después de su discurso triunfante sobre la construcción de 2.6 millones de nuevas viviendas. Eckhout citó a Hugo Chávez y dijo: "Nuestra nueva sociedad no puede ser capitalista porque el capitalismo está diseñado para destruir nuestra patria, nuestra sociedad y nuestra gente". | La delegación de la FRSO se reúne con comunistas, figuras políticas progresistas y miembros del gobierno de Venezuela.

plenglish (2019-05-01). Venezuelans Called to Great March in Defense of Sovereignty. plenglish.com Caracas, May 1 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan revolutionary forces are called on Wednesday to a great popular demonstration in defense of the nation"s sovereignty on International Workers" Day.

Dave Id (2019-05-01). Free Palestine: Settler Terror and Ethnic Cleansing, April 30, 2019. indybay.org April 30, 2019: This series on Indybay amplifies stories of the Palestinian people and their struggle for freedom, justice, and equality. These excerpts from the last few weeks are compiled from comprehensive coverage by the International Middle East Media Center. Please, follow and support their work.

plenglish (2019-05-01). Coup Attempt in Venezuela, a Weakness of the Opposition. plenglish.com La Paz, May 1 (Prensa Latina) The attempted coup d"état in Venezuela shows the weakness of the internal opposition, which needs external support to overthrow President Nicolás Maduro, said Bolivian political scientist and ex-minister of government Hugo Moldiz.

Editor (2019-05-01). !Alto a las sanciones estadounidenses! workers.org La pandilla que anuncia las políticas de Washington ha establecido un programa de castigo, dirigido a poblaciones de países en tres continentes. Cualquier tribunal internacional honesto los acusaría de crímenes contra la humanidad. Los manifestantes en Nueva York se unen a millones de personas que rechazan las sanciones de los . . . | Continue reading !Alto a las sanciones estadounidenses! at Workers.org

Derrick Broze (2019-05-01). Coup Attempt in Venezuela: What You're Not Being Told. theantimedia.com The reality of the situation in Venezuela is much more complicated than the likes of CNN would have the American people believe. (TMU) — The turbulent situation that has been unfolding in Venezuela for the last few years reached new heights on Tuesday as opposition leader and self-declared "Interim President" Juan Guaidó attempted to wrangle power away …

Register Peace & Freedom or Green (2019-05-01). April 30 From Vietnam to Venezuela: Workers Defeat U.S. Imperialism. indybay.org While we watch the defeat of U.S. imperialism in Venezuela unfold, we remember that on April 30, 1975, Victory in Vietnam Day and the Eve of May Day, International Workers' Day, the workers and peasants of Vietnam defeated the mightiest, deadliest war machine since that of Nazi Germany, namely that of American imperialism, at the cost of the lives of 3 million Vietnamese, 1 million Cambodians, 1 million Laotians, 58,000 Americans and thousands of other people.

Editor (2019-05-01). End all coup attempts on Venezuela! workers.org April 30 — Anti-imperialists in the United States must unite once more, just as we did in February, March and April, to stop the coup that U.S. imperialism is attempting to carry out against the Bolivarian government of Venezuela and against all the workers, farmers, Indigenous and poor people of . . . | Continue reading End all coup attempts on Venezuela! at Workers.org

teleSUR (2019-05-01). Police Attack Venezuela Solidarity Rally In Argentina. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, police in Buenos Aires heavily repressed a large protest at the Venezuelan Embassy in Argentina. The protesters showing solidarity with the Bolivarian government against the military coup that was ongoing at the time. | RELATED: | US Publicly Admits Support for Coup Attempt in Venezuela | "That guy shot me in the head" exclaimed one protester who had been hit by a police tear gas canister shot from close range. Videos of the moment were captured on Argentina's C5N channe…

W. T. Whitney (2019-05-01). Social Unrest as Obstacle to Colombian Military Intervention in Venezuela. counterpunch.org Rightwing Colombian governments, obedient to the United States and unhappy with socialist Venezuela, have provided muscle behind the U.S. push for regime change there. What are the capacities of Colombia to intervene militarily in Venezuela? The mainstream and alternative media offer little in this regard. The argument here is that political instability in Colombia is More

plenglish (2019-05-01). We Demand End of US Blockade and Political Hostility, Diaz-Canel Says. plenglish.com Havana, Apr 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said Monday the May 1 parade will be a scene to denounce the US aggressiveness against Venezuela and Nicaragua and demand the rapid release of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

teleSUR (2019-05-01). UK Labour Hold Solidarity Event For Bolivia And Venezuela. telesurenglish.net Labour Party members in the U.K. came together on Tuesday to celebrate the progressive gains made by Bolivia's leftist government, which is led by the popular President Evo Morales. However, as the attempted coup in Venezuela unfolded, the speakers raised the importance of solidarity with the Bolivarian country. | RELATED: | Bolivia Under Evo Morales: 13 Years of Reclaiming Sovereignty | The event was organised by "Labour Friends Of A Progressive Latin America", which is a ca…

WSWS (2019-05-01). Guaidó launches abortive military coup in Venezuela. wsws.org By late Tuesday, there was little indication that Guaidó's call had provoked any significant uprising within Venezuela's military.

Daniel Falcone (2019-05-01). What Happened to the New and Improved Bernie Sanders? counterpunch.org Bernie Sanders kicked off his campaign just about two months ago in Brooklyn, New York opening with a speech saying, "we are going to defeat the most dangerous president in modern history." He urged for "an economy which works for all, not just the 1%." In the first sentences of his speech he remarked that More

Erik Molvar (2019-05-01). Time to End the Use of M-44 Cyanide Bombs. counterpunch.org Earth Day was last Monday, and I would like to suggest a gift of immense value that USDA Wildlife Services could give to all the residents of Idaho: A permanent end to the use of M-44 'cyanide bombs' statewide. These devices are planted like land mines to poison coyotes and other wildlife, and employ spring-loaded More

Robert Hunziker (2019-05-01). Bavarians Vote to Stop Extinction. counterpunch.org The world is in the throes of an extinction crisis unlike any throughout paleoclimate history, aka: the Sixth Mass Extinction, keeping in mind that the normal "background rate" for extinction is 1-to-5 species gone per year. But, what if it is five (5) every 24 hours? Answer: It's a lot more than that. According to More

Kenneth Surin (2019-05-01). From the UK to Greece: Austerity's Vicious Political Agenda. counterpunch.org Adam Tooze's magnificently panoramic Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World (2018) is required reading for every individual wishing to be well-informed about our global financial system, whose fitting mantra is "put Wall Street first, worry about Main Street later". Crashed merits a review devoted to it in its entirety, which I hope to More

Binoy Kampmark (2019-05-01). Sokal 2.0: Hoaxing Cultural Studies. counterpunch.org In the 1990s, NYU physicist Alan D. Sokal did the groves of academy a sterling service that should have earned him plaudits etched in gold. It began with the meaningless yet teasing "Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Theory," published in Social Text. It is a ribbing article that still reads with More

Kenn Orphan (2019-05-01). Social Media and the Society of the Spectacle. counterpunch.org Every day we are bombarded with the imagery of empire and capital. It is relentless. Our minds have become both a marketplace and a commodity to be traded. And it is a lucrative industry with Facebook and Google as prime examples. Their data collection and surveillance typify a conjoining of the state and capitalist economy; and they have carved out insidious new spaces in the human brain to coerce self-imposed censorship and conformity to the prevailing consumerist global order. More

Dean Baker (2019-05-01). The Trade Games Are Back. counterpunch.org U.S. trade policy is truly fascinating. Probably more than in any other area of public policy, trade agreements are structured by corporate interests behind closed doors. Then when a deal is produced, the establishment media and economists insist that we have to support the deal behind the important principle of "free trade." The opponents are More

Manuel E. Yepe (2019-05-01). Who Will Be the War Candidate in 2020? counterpunch.org "The president has said he doesn't want to see this country wrapped up in endless wars… and I agree with that," Bernie Sanders said to the Fox News audience last week at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Then, looking directly at the camera, he added: "Mr. President, tonight you have the opportunity to do something extraordinary: sign that More

David Swanson (2019-05-01). The Secretary of the Navy Lied to Congress. counterpunch.org Read this Military.com article from Friday: "Do U.S. High Schools Bar Military Recruiters? Activists Try to Call Pentagon's Bluff." It discusses the offer that Pat Elder and I made to award funding to any school that could be identified as one of the over 1,100 public high schools that the Secretary of the Navy told More

Fight Back (2019-05-01). May Day 2019: Build the fight to defeat Trump and the 1%. fightbacknews.org May 1, International Workers Day, is a celebration of the heroic struggle for a better world waged by workers and oppressed people around the world. Monopoly capitalism is the system we fight against. This system is everywhere, from our low wages and the lack of affordable health care, to racist and bigoted laws, to the neverending war and oppression felt around the globe. | Monopoly capitalism is a doomed system that is destined to give way to socialism, a system that puts working people before profits. The road to revolution and socialism grows shorter as workers and oppressed people gather together and organiz…

Stephen Corry (2019-05-01). Stop the war against Brazil's tribal peoples. indybay.org President Jair Bolsonaro has "declared war" on Brazil's tribal peoples, but you can help. | Will you send him a message today and ask him to stop Brazil's genocide?>

WSWS Repost (2019-05-01). White House correspondents' tribute to press freedom silent on Assange and Manning. indybay.org The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner was a miserable and cowardly spectacle that reflected the deeply right-wing character of the American media.

reposted (2019-05-01). Ross Camp TRO Hearing. indybay.org District Judge Edward J. Davila's court, San Jose Courthouse, Courtroom 1 – 5th Floor – 280 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA 95113…

Fréa Lockley (2019-05-01). The DWP's lack of planning for Universal Credit means 'destitution' for even more people. thecanary.co The cross-party Work and Pensions select committee (WPSC) has urged the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to take urgent action. MPs warned that Universal Credit claimants could be left "destitute" if the DWP fails to act. | "Managed migration": | Universal Credit is the DWP's flagship welfare payment. It combines six old means-tested benefits, including tax credits. From the outset, it's been dogged…

RT (2019-05-01). Secret US Military Action in Africa. dissidentvoice.org A new report has uncovered 36 code-named US military operations in Africa. This comes after last year's news that US special forces were operating in west Africa's Niger. Maurice Carney, executive director of Friends of the Congo, joins RT America's Manila Chan to unpack the news.

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