2019-04-26: Social Media Postees

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If war is an industry, how can there be peace in a capitalist World?
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-04-26
On 26 April 1937, twelve bombers of the German Condor Legion and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria flew low over the Basque country of Spain in the midst of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). They tore down over the small town of Guernica, where they let loose their fiery arsenal. Almost two thousand people died in […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/04/26/if-war-is-an-industry-how-can-there-be-peace-in-a-capitalist-world/

Appeals Court Decision Upholds First Amendment Rights Of Undocumented Immigrants
Kevin Gosztola | shadowproof.com | 2019-04-26
In a victory for undocumented immigrants who engage in activism, a federal appeals court found activist Ravi Ragbir had a valid claim against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which attempted to deport him in retaliation for his political speech.
shadowproof.com/2019/04/26/appeals-court-decision-first-amendment-ravi-ragbir-undocumented-immigrants/

Collective protects Venezuelan embassy in Washington, D.C
Morgan Artyukhina | liberationnews.org | 2019-04-26
Activists from across the country, including a group of tenants staying inside the embassy as the invited guests of the legitimate government, have working around the clock to prevent the illegal seizure of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, D.C. by opposition forces loyal to coup leader Juan Guaido.
liberationnews.org/collective-protects-venezuelan-embassy-in-washington-d-c/

Activists Remain In Venezuelan Embassy With Gratitude From Foreign Ministry
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-26
Embassy protectors pack the Hugo Chavez library for an event with John Kiriakou (Photo by Margaret Flowers) Washington, DC — Thursday, April 25, the day activists anticipated the Secret Service might evict them from the Venezuelan embassy, turned into a day of growing support for and attention to the embassy protection efforts. Activists are making …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/activists-remain-in-venezuelan-embassy-with-gratitude-from-foreign-ministry/

Death Can be a Slow Traveler: Peltier, Mumia and Rap Brown
Stanley Cohen | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-26
While movements such as the Black Panther Party, the BLA, AIM and MOVE still resonate among some in a new generation of activists, many of their former members, now riddled with poor health and buried in prison, have been all but lost to the passage of time.
mintpressnews.com/politcal-priosoners-death-can-be-a-slow-traveler-peltier-mumia-and-rap-brown/257921/

Results of the Syria peace talks in Nur-Sultan
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-04-26
The twelfth round of the Syria negotiations (the so-called "Astana format") was held in Kazakhstan`s capital Nur-Sultan. On Thursday, the Ritz Carlton hosted a closed meetings of participants. Delegations from Russia, Turkey and Iran (the guarantors of the "Astana" process) held intensive talks in a bilateral and trilateral format. Representatives of Damascus, the Syrian opposition …
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Climate Destruction — Bearing Witness with Dahr Jamail
Lesley Docksey | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
"The question is not are we going to fail. The question is how?" Stephen Jenkinson, author and storyteller. | Water, glaciers, oceans, food, forests and fires — all of these things are part of global warming under the magnifying glass of | …
globalresearch.ca/climate-destruction-bearing-witness-with-dahr-jamail/5675741

Watch Americans defend Venezuela's embassy in DC from takeover by coup forces
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2019-04-26
An inside look at the grassroots Embassy Protection Collective comprised of Americans who have gathered from across the country to…
thegrayzone.com/2019/04/26/americans-venezuelas-embassy-coup-guaido/

Never Satisfied: Willie Dixon Refused to Serve…Anything But the Blues
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
His momma was weeping by now and Willie knew it. That's why he couldn't tell her, couldn't look Miss Daisy in the eye and let her know he was leaving for Chicago. It would hurt too much–him more than her, maybe. So he left while she was at church. He stuffed some clothes in a pillowcase and ran to the rail yards with his friend Shedrick, never looking back. He couldn't look back. Willie Dixon had to get out of Mississippi.
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/never-satisfied-how-willie-dixon-refused-to-serve-anything-but-the-blues/

Joe Biden: An Imperial Corporatist Wrapped in the Bloody Flag of Charlottesville
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
Besides being a grabby old coot who needs to stop joking about complaints over his serially inappropriate touching of females, Joe Biden is a grinning neoliberal sell-out who stands well to the right of majority progressive public opinion. No elegantly crafted three-and-a-half minute campaign launch video on the horrors of Charlottesville and Donald Trump can…
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Consortium News' Record on Russiagate–How CN Covered the 'Scandal': No. 7: 'Russiagate Is No Watergate or Iran-Contra'
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-26
Many comparisons have been made between Russiagate and the earlier scandals of Watergate and Iran-Contra, but the similarities are at best superficial, explained Robert Parry on June 28, 2017. On CNN last week Carl Bernstein astonishingly said that the Mueller… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/26/russia-gate-is-no-watergate-or-iran-contra/

War on Iran and Calling America's Bluff
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
The Trump administration once again has graphically demonstrated that in the young, turbulent 21st century, "international law" and "national sovereignty" already belong to the Realm of the Walking Dead. | As if a deluge of sanctions against a great deal …
globalresearch.ca/war-iran-calling-americas-bluff/5675750

Tina Vasquez on Covering Immigration, Sina Toossi on Iran Sanctions
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-04-26
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What's Driving Bolton's Attacks on the "Troika of Tyranny"?
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
If you're in the market for a troika of tyranny, Donald Trump, John Bolton, and Mike Pompeo certainly fit the bill. Or, if you'd rather focus on countries not individuals, you might single out Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt as the three most likely candidates. Perhaps, if you're in a confessional mood,…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/whats-driving-boltons-attacks-on-the-troika-of-tyranny/

Trump and False Consciousness
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
Pres. Donald Trump is a media magician, able to artfully distort and/or deny the factual "truth" of an event or news report that exposes his failings or falsehoods. He is currently playing his grand political fan dance over information revealed in the redacted Mueller report. In late-March, his loyal-henchman, AG Bill Barr, first spun the hokum…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/trump-and-false-consciousness/

The Mueller Report Indicts the Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theory
Aaron Maté | thenation.com | 2019-04-26
The Mueller Report Indicts the Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theory…
thenation.com/article/russiagate-trump-mueller-report-no-collusion/

Video: The Veto. The Western Media's Propaganda Campaign against Syria
Rafiq Lutf | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
The Veto tracks the evolution of the propaganda campaign waged by Western media against Syria. From Baba Amr in Homs 2011/2012 until the modern day "propaganda construct" — the NATO-member-state funded White Helmets. | It honours Russia and China's vetoes that …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-veto-the-western-medias-propaganda-campaign-against-syria/5675694

Clouds Gather Above the Middle East: War or No War?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
In recent years, Israel has proved capable of reading between the lines to assess accurately the politico-military situation in the Middle East, exploiting timely opportunities to hit targets of its enemies in Syria and Iraq. Domestic, regional and unlimited US …
globalresearch.ca/middle-east-war-or-no-war/5675752

SPLC Action Fund: Fla. communities endangered by unconstitutional immigration enforcement bill
Scott McCoy, Senior Policy Counsel, SPLC Action Fund | splcenter.org | 2019-04-26
The Florida Senate approved Senate Bill 168 today. It requires local law enforcement to assist in federal immigration enforcement.
splcenter.org/news/2019/04/26/splc-action-fund-fla-communities-endangered-unconstitutional-immigration-enforcement-bill

Want to Expand Medicare? Then Answer the $5 Trillion Questions
Mike Konczal | thenation.com | 2019-04-26
Want to Expand Medicare? Then Answer the $5 Trillion Questions.
thenation.com/article/health-insurance-medicare-for-all-doctors/

$220,000 for Every Man, Woman and Child — America Is Now 72 Trillion Dollars in Debt
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-26
Are you ready to cough up $220,000 to pay your share? One of the reasons why a day of reckoning for the U.S. economy is inevitable is because we are in way too much debt. The 22 trillion dollar debt …
globalresearch.ca/america-now-72-trillion-dollars-debt/5675760

The Style Section Meets State Craft: Amal Clooney and the Foreign Policy Influencers
Jennifer Matsui | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
Even on a slow news day, the appointment of Amal Clooney as UK Special Envoy for Press Freedom wouldn't have elicited much more than a glance at a headline to a gossip column item of little relevance to anyone outside her immediate circle of Royals, war criminals, and fashion editors. After all, the once globetrotting…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/the-style-section-meets-state-craft-amal-clooney-and-the-foreign-policy-influencers/

A Look at the Talent in the Room
David Macaray | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
The case can be made that there are five–and only five–reasons why anyone runs for U.S. president. In ascending order, going from most frivolous to least frivolous, here are those reasons: 1. Nothing more than a glorified, masturbatory "stunt" to get your name in the news and, later, when you're dead, have it mentioned in…
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Coming of Age at the End of History
John Whitlow | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
In 1989, in the midst of the collapse of the Soviet Union and just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Francis Fukuyama argued, famously, that we had reached…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/coming-of-age-at-the-end-of-history-2/

How Chicago Police Infiltrated, Spied on Anti-NATO Organizers
Andy Thayer | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
Chicago Police here infiltrated the main anti-NATO summit organizing coalition shortly after its 2011 formation, and maintained that infiltration until shortly after the summit ended in May 2012, according to Chicago Police Department documents recently released under a Freedom of Information Act request. On January 11, 2012, Michael J. Mealer, Commander of the CPD's Intelligence…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/how-chicago-police-infiltrated-spied-on-anti-nato-organizers/

Why Left Wing Populism Is Not Enough
Vincent Navarro | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
The considerable advances that the labor movements made in the period 1945–1978 (known as "The Golden Age of Capitalism"), and the considerable expansion of social, labor, and political rights that these movements achieved on both sides of the North Atlantic (North America and Western Europe), generated a response from the economic and financial establishments–as well as from the political and media establishments which they influence enormously–that had an extensive impact. These establishments developed the anti-labor movement policies, known internationally as neoliberal policies, that signif…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/why-left-wing-populism-is-not-enough/

The Earth for Their Possession
Peter Linebaugh | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
I was in Hawaii to discuss 'history from below' together with that powerful practitioner of said history, scholarly abolitionist, writer, and colleague, Marcus Rediker. How is 'history from below' to be distinguished from similar forms of history writing, such as people's history, radical history, labor history, social history, not to mention African American history, or women's history? One distinction is that since 'below' implies 'above,' this practice of history always carries with it a notion of relationship as in, for example, "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle."
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/the-earth-for-their-possession/

Hating the Homeless
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
Being rousted by the cops is hardly if ever a good thing. Back in 1982 I was sleeping under some trees in a park in Kansas City when I heard approaching footsteps. Dawn had barely broken. It was midsummer and I was hazily watching the dew turn to steam while I slowly woke from a…
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Demonizing the Few to Alienate and Sway the Many
John O'Kane | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
The only media fixation that's more irritating than the saturation coverage of candidates running for an office nearly two years ahead of the election instead of discussing issues, is the punditry of phrase-pinning, the constant refrain that certain candidates are "socialist" and therefore untouchables. George Stephanopoulos recently destroyed what burgeoning relevance had surfaced about this…
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The College Admissions Scam Isn't About Education
Ruth Fowler | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
What's most surprising to me about the College Admissions Scam where fifty affluent and influential people were charged with bribery and fraud to get their unqualified children into top US colleges, is that these people actually thought that a college degree would help their children even more than their evident power and influence. Reading through…
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Sri Landa and New Zealand: The Real Link
Chandra Muzaffar | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
The carnage in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday has been condemned by people everywhere. Individuals and groups from different faith traditions have not ceased to emphasize that the mass slaughter of at least 321 persons in churches attending Easter services and in hotels on 21st April is a heinous crime in the eyes of any…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/sri-landa-and-new-zealand-the-real-link/

Corruption and Mismanagement at USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service's Put Consumers at Risk, Whistleblower Says
Martha Rosenberg | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), which operates under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and employs more than 10,000 people, is tasked with ensuring the safety and proper labeling of U.S. meat, poultry and eggs. FSIS inspectors are present at over 6,200 U.S. slaughter, food processing and import facilities to check for diseased animals, compliance…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/corruption-and-mismanagement-at-usdas-food-safety-and-inspection-services-put-consumers-at-risk-whistleblower-says/

How Obama Defanged the EPA Before Trump Gutted the Agency
Joshua Frank | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
It was a tumultuous tenure, productive by some accounts, lackluster by most, but one thing is for certain, Lisa Jackson's short time as administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency was anything but dull. On December 27, 2012 the often-fiery Jackson announced she was not going to return for a second term, and it is surely…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/how-obama-defanged-the-epa-before-trump-gutted-the-agency/

Measuring National Power
Jonathan Power | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
Let's make America great again! Or as the prime minister of France said: Let's make France great again. Or, as President Donald Trump conceded, let every nation in the world announce that they are going to be great again. But what makes for greatness? Over that there is a big dispute. Strategists say that power…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/national-power-new-and-old/

Continual Confrontation in the South China Sea
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
In a display of groveling sycophancy the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has decided to name an illegal Jewish settlement in the occupied Golan Heights after Donald Trump. (Trumpen-lebensraum, perhaps?) This follows an equally bizarre proposal by Poland's President Duda to call a US military base Fort Trump, which The Economist observed "struck many Poles as toe-curlingly crass". It is intriguing to speculate…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/continual-confrontation-in-the-south-china-sea/

Turkey: Revenge of the Kurds
Conn Hallinan | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
After 18 years of unchallenged power and success, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suddenly finds himself in the middle of several domestic and foreign crises with no obvious way out. It is unfamiliar ground for a master politician who has moved nimbly from the margins of power to the undisputed leader of the largest economy…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/turkey-revenge-of-the-kurds/

Coming of Age at the End of History
John Whitlow | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
In 1989, in the midst of the collapse of the Soviet Union and just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Francis Fukuyama argued, famously, that we had reached…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/coming-of-age-at-the-end-of-history/

Death Can be a Slow Traveler: Peltier, Mumia and Rap Brown
Stanley L. Cohen | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-26
When the history of our times is recorded, any volume on domestic political prisoners must, per force, begin with the legendary ones of conscience. To these icons of principle, determination and courage we owe much. It is, after all, not by mere default that they risked, and often paid, all to demand the gale of change sweep away generations of ignorance, hatred and greed that have long fed on communities of color and poverty, from coast to coast, in the United States. For them, it was never about personal risk for they knew all too well the price that can be exacted for such integrity. For them, the alternative…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/26/death-can-be-a-slow-traveler-peltier-mumia-and-rap-brown/

Venezuela: Arreaza Slams US for 'Criminal' Blockade
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-26
The United States Treasury sanctioned Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Arreaza Friday, who condemned the move and denounced what he described as "criminal" acts by the U.S. against the oil-rich Latin American country. | RELATED: | US Sanctions Killed Over 40,000 Venezuelans Since 2017 | The Office of Foreign Assets Control, a financia…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Arreaza-Slams-US-for-Criminal-Blockade-20190426-0015.html

Stop U.S. sanctions!
Editor | workers.org | 2019-04-26
The gang that announces Washington's policies has laid out a program of punishment, aimed at populations of countries on three continents. Any honest international court would charge them with crimes against humanity. Marchers in New York join millions who reject U.S. sanctions on Venezuela.WW photo: Brenda Ryan Secretary of State . . . | Continue reading Stop U.S. sanctions! at Workers.org…
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For NYT, Israel Is Always Nearing 'Apartheid,' but Never Quite Gets There
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2019-04-26
by Gregory Shupak The New York Times' warning ( 4/11/19) that Israel/Palestine is "on a trajectory to become what critics say will be an apartheid state" echoed predictions that the Times has been making since the first years of the 21st century. | Following Benjamin Netanyahu's re-election as Israeli prime minister earlier this month, the New York Times' editorial board ( 4/11/19) wrote: Under Mr. Netanyahu…
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U.S. Withdrawing From Global Arms Trade Treaty, Trump Says
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-04-26
WASHINGTON–The Latest on President Trump and the National Rifle Association (all times local): | 1 p.m. | President Donald Trump says the U.S. has decided to withdraw its support for a treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade. It's the latest example of the Trump administration's dislike of international pacts. | Trump said Friday that he has decided to revoke the United States' status as a signatory of the Arms Trade Treaty regulating international trade in conventional weapons, including small arms, battle tanks, combat aircraft and warships. | He says America is "rejecting this treaty"
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"A Shameful Week for the U.S.": Trump Admin Guts U.N. Resolution to End Rape as Weapon of War
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-26
The Trump administration is under fire after the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution to end rape as a weapon of war on Tuesday that excluded any mention of sexual and reproductive health. The resolution was gutted after the U.S. threatened to veto the measure altogether unless language referencing reproductive health was taken out due to the Trump administration's belief that the language was code for abortion. The watered-down measure also weakened references to the International Criminal Court, making it harder for women and girls to seek justice. We speak with Jessica Neuwirth, director of the…
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/26/a_shameful_week_for_the_us

BAXTER, NAACP AND THE ALLIANCE FOR HOME DIALYSIS EXPAND PROGRAM TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF KIDNEY CARE AMONG AFRICAN AMERICANS
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2019-04-26
Partnership focuses on educating at-risk individuals about kidney disease and treatment options so they are inspired to make informed choices DEERFIELD, Ill., April 26, 2019 — Baxter International Inc. (NYSE: BAX), a global leader in renal care, along with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Alliance for Home Dialysis, today announced that the Dialysis Health Imperative for Access, Choice, and Equity (ACE) program will be expanded for …
naacp.org/latest/baxter-naacp-alliance-home-dialysis-expand-program-increase-awareness-kidney-care-among-african-americans/

'Crustacean Jung v Cocaine Hegel': Zizek-Peterson debate blowout sparks meme war
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-04-26
In the wake of Saturday's debate between intellectual superstars Slavoj Zizek and Jordan Peterson, an onslaught of mockery has appeared online satirizing the clash between the highly-memeable thinkers. | Source…
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Unequal Justice: As the Next Census Approaches, Will the Supreme Court Side with Trump in his War on Immigrants?
Bill Blum | commondreams.org | 2019-04-26
The U.S. census sets the number of votes each state is accorded in the electoral college, the number of seats states are allocated in the House of Representatives, and determines how some $880 billion per year in federal funds are distributed throughout the country. (Photo: US Census Bureau) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-04-26_at_1.42.28_pm.png…
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Debunking Myths of 'Red-Brown' Alliances
Max Parry | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-26
Recently, a certain political concept has been resurrected that warrants interrogation. The notion of a 'red-brown' alliance has been thrown around so ubiquitously as a form of political slander that any substantive meaning to the term has been evacuated. Rather than accurately designating any associations that may exist between the left and far right, the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/debunking-myths-of-red-brown-alliances/

Filipina Journalist Maria Ressa Helped Expose Duterte's Deadly Drug War; He's Now Trying to Jail Her
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-26
The award-winning Filipina journalist Maria Ressa has been arrested twice in recent months by the Philippines government as President Rodrigo Duterte cracks down on critics and the media. In February, she was detained in a cyber libel case that's widely seen as politically motivated. She was arrested again in late March for allegedly violating a ban on foreign media ownership. Duterte has long attempted to shut down Rappler, which has published groundbreaking work on Duterte's deadly war on drugs that has killed thousands. Duterte has repeatedly described the site as fake news outlet. We speak with Maria Ressa, t…
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/26/filipina_journalist_maria_ressa_helped_expose

Will the Supreme Court Side With Trump in His War on Immigrants?
Bill Blum | truthdig.com | 2019-04-26
A new case to determine whether a citizenship question can be added to the 2020 census carries grave implications for the entire country.
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"I'm a Capitalist," Says Warren…But Why?
Frances Moore Lappé | commondreams.org | 2019-04-26
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks to members of the media after the She The People Presidential Forum at Texas Southern University on April 24, 2019 in Houston, Texas. Many of the Democrat presidential candidates are attending the forum to focus on issues important to women of color. (Photo: Sergio Flores/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/warren_capitalism.jpg…
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Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-04-26 22:21 GMT (18:21 EST)

2019-04-25: News Headlines

Democracy Now! (2019-04-25). Headlines for April 25, 2019. democracynow.org President Trump Vows to Fight "All the Subpoenas" from Congress, U.S. Forces and Allies Killed More Afghan Civilians in Early 2019 Than the Taliban, U.S.-Led Coalition Killed 1,600 Syrian Civilians in Raqqa, Syria, China Jails Hong Kong Activists Who Led 2014 Pro-Democracy Rallies, Wealthy Sri Lankan Spice Trader Among Those Arrested over Easter Bombings, U.N. Condemns Saudi Arabia's Mass Execution of 37 Prisoners, Texas Executes White Supremacist Behind 1998 Lynching of James Byrd Jr., Joe Biden Enters 2020 Presidential Race, Kirstjen Nielsen Warned Against Discussing Russian Election Meddling with Trump, Thousa…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2019-04-25). Thank These Climate Activists for Resisting Our Extinction. truthdig.com At just 16 years old, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has made waves all over the world for her plain-spoken, no-holds-barred chastising of world leaders over their inaction on climate change. Thunberg's signature calm and the profound magnitude of her quietly delivered warnings were on full display this week as she addressed members of the U.K. Parliament after a weeklong series of militant actions by Extinction Rebellion. "Is my microphone on?

Kevin Zeese (2019-04-25). Solidarity with Venezuela now! Protect the embassy. mronline.org We are writing to you from inside the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC where we are taking action against a U.S. coup of the independent and sovereign Bolivarian Republican of Venezuela. The Embassy Protection Collective (Colectivos Por La Paz) is here with the permission of the Venezuelan government to show our solidarity with the Venezuelan […] | Source

Staff (2019-04-25). Venezuela's Parallel Ambassador Seated at OAS as Activists Defend Embassy. therealnews.com The Organization of American States allowed the ambassador of Venezuela's self-declared president to participate in his first meeting. The move could signal an attempt to take over Venezuela's embassy in DC, which activists are defending…

teleSUR (2019-04-25). Colombia: Nationwide Strike Against Duque's Neoliberal Policies. telesurenglish.net Workers, farmers, teachers, students, and pensioners are staging a nationwide "Peace and Justice" strike to reject President Ivan Duque's neoliberal policies, supporting Indigenous rights and defending the peace process in Colombia being left behind by the head of state. | RELATED: | Colombians Protest After Infant of FARC Ex-Militant Murdered | The Central Union of Workers (CUT) president Diogenes Orjuela informed that demonstrators in Bogota will march towards the Bolivar Squar…

Andrew Korybko (2019-04-25). Will Donbass Unite with Russia? globalresearch.ca President Putin's decree simplifying the granting of Russian citizenship to the people of Donbass won't result in the region's unification with Russia but is one of several tactics designed to put pressure on Ukraine's new president to peacefully implement the …

Andrew Korybko (2019-04-25). The Russia -US -China -Taliban Talks in Moscow Are Bad News for India. globalresearch.ca Indian strategists are watching in horror as Russian, American, and Chinese interests increasingly converge in Afghanistan, with representatives from each of those three aforementioned Great Powers meeting in Moscow on Thursday to discuss the Taliban peace process in a major …

Glen Black (2019-04-25). The English countryside just got a lot more peaceful, thanks to one big decision. thecanary.co Natural England (NE) will no longer license free shooting of 16 'pest' bird species in England. The move came after wildlife campaigners launched a … | Read more The English countryside just got a lot more peaceful, thanks to one big decision | By Glen Black

commondreams (2019-04-25). Greenpeace Response to Official Biden Announcement—"Prove it" commondreams.org ______________________________…

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-25). Julian Assange: Prisoner of Conscience. globalresearch.ca On April 11, Assange was illegally arrested, forcibly dragged from Ecuador's London embassy where he was given asylum by former President Rafael Correa in August 2012. | He's held under draconian solitary confinement conditions at London's high-security Belmarsh prison, Britain's Gitmo …

Daniel Ellsberg (2019-04-25). Daniel Ellsberg Speaks Out on the Arrest of Julian Assange. Assault on First Amendment. globalresearch.ca As Julian Assange awaits his fate, socked away in maximum security lockdown in Great Britain, his supporters and friends—many of whom believe he is one of the most significant publishers of our time—are vigiling, writing, and speaking out in support …

Richard Roman (2019-04-25). Labour Protest in Mexico 2019: The SITUAM Strike. globalresearch.ca SITUAM, Sindicato Independiente de Trabajadores de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Independent Union of Workers of the Metropolitan Autonomous University), is an industrially organized university union; that is, it represents scholars as well as both blue-collar and white-collar workers. The Universidad …

Mark Fiore (2019-04-25). Free Advice for Democrats. progressive.org Now that the redacted Mueller report lays out what appears to be evidence of a president obstructing justice, it's up to Congress.

Anya Parampil (2019-04-25). Venezuelan opposition reps throw temper tantrums when confronted about lack of legitimacy, interventionist plans at OAS. thegrayzone.com At the OAS, two top representatives of Juan Guaido's US-backed shadow government — Gustavo Tarre and David Smolansky — lost…

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-25). Mueller Report: A Blueprint for Impeachment of Donald Trump? globalresearch.ca There's plenty about Trump to criticize, indisputable just cause to impeach him — for the right reasons, not the wrong ones, for high crimes of war and against humanity, for numerous other offenses harmful to the general welfare, for what …

Millennial Politics Team (2019-04-25). What Everyone Needs to Know About Venezuela: A Podcast with Miguel Tinker Salas. millennialpolitics.co Professor Miguel Tinker Salas, author of "Venezuela: What Everyone Needs to Know," joins us for the joint Brand New Congress-Millennial Politics podcast series on Venezuelan politics.

Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War (2019-04-25). Talking To Ordinary Venezuelans, Pro and Anti-Government Demonstrations: Eva Bartlett. globalresearch.ca Fearless independent Canadian journalist, Eva Bartlett, has just returned from a month in the streets and barrios of Caracas, Venezuela, covering pro- and anti-government demonstrations, experiencing electrical blackouts, and talking to ordinary Venezuelans. | My objective in filming is not …

Democracy Now! (2019-04-25). Navy SEALs Tried for Months to Report Superior for War Crimes and Were Told to "Let It Go" democracynow.org Navy SEALs who witnessed their platoon chief commit war crimes in Iraq were encouraged not to speak out, and told they could lose their jobs for reporting him at a private meeting with a superior officer last year, according to new reports from The New York Times. A confidential Navy criminal investigation obtained by the Times reveals that the commandos saw Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher stab and kill an unarmed teenage captive, shoot to death a young girl and old man, and fire indiscriminately into crowds of civilians. But when the men on Gallagher's team called a private meeting with their troop com…

Staff (2019-04-25). If Current Laws Prosecuting Bankers Aren't Used, What Can Warren Change? therealnews.com Bill Black demolishes the notion that we can't prosecute banksters with the laws we now have in place…

Staff (2019-04-25). Leaked Report: Western Arms Are Essential to Saudi Arabia's War in Yemen. therealnews.com A French intelligence report reveals that Saudi Arabia and UAE depend on Western support for their war in Yemen. Just Foreign Policy co-director Hassan El-Tayyab speaks about the report and the need to override Trump's veto of the Yemen War Powers resolution…

Staff (2019-04-25). Sen. Warren Wants to Jail Those Who Caused 2008's Meltdown. therealnews.com BIll Black examines the historical context of Warren's bills for easier prosecution of banks and corporate leaders…

Democracy Now! (2019-04-25). From Crime Bill to Iraq War Vote, Biden's Legislative History Under Scrutiny as He Enters Race. democracynow.org Former Vice President Joe Biden has entered the 2020 race for the White House, becoming the 20th Democrat to seek the nomination in the largest and most diverse field of Democratic candidates ever to run for president. Biden will face scrutiny for his long and checkered record in the coming weeks, including his 1994 crime bill, that helped fuel mass incarceration with financial incentives to keep people behind bars, and his handling of Anita Hill's sexual harassment allegations against Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas in 1991. Biden is also known for close ties to the financial industry and voting to…

Marc Levy (2019-04-25). All My Vexes Are in Texas. counterpunch.org Maya Linh's war monument succeeds by its simplicity. The long tapering wall gradually rising to a delicate peak, falls equally away. Unencumbered, row upon row, by the tens of thousands the mute granite names speak to us, and we are filled with sorrow, rendered still. What more is there to say? More

Diana Ferreira (2019-04-25). The Values of April: 45 years since Portugal overthrew fascism. peoplesworld.org April 25, 2019, marks the 45th anniversary since the April Revolution in Portugal when a mass democratic uprising overthrew the fascist dictatorship that had ruled the country for nearly five decades. What started as a coup by anti-fascist army officers quickly morphed into a revolt of the whole Portuguese people. As she walked the streets …

Kevin Zeese (2019-04-25). Arresting Members Of The Embassy Protection Collective Would Be Unlawful. dissidentvoice.org We have told the State Department that if they enter the Venezuelan Embassy they are violating international law and if they arrest members of the Collective for trespass or unlawful entry these will be unlawful arrests. Members of the Collective are in the embassy with the permission of the elected government of Venezuela. In two …

Chakib Mouzaoui (2019-04-25). Los Angeles high school students lead rally for Yemen. liberationnews.org High school students organize the community in solidarity with Yemen.

Andre Vltchek (2019-04-25). Hawkish Think Tanks Launch Offensive Against China's Alternative to Western "Development" mintpressnews.com Think tanks like the Center for a New American Security are on the offensive as China kicks off its Belt and Road Forum in Beijinghoping to offer the world an alternative to the decades-long neo-colonialist policies of the West.

Ted Rall (2019-04-25). Democratic Refusal to Impeach Could Be Disastrous. counterpunch.org "The general sentiment of mankind is that a man who will not fight for himself, when he has the means of doing so, is not worth being fought for by others, and this sentiment is just," Frederick Douglas said in 1857. "The poet was as true to common sense as to poetry when he said, More

Tracey Harris (2019-04-25). Lessons Learned From the Tiny House Movement. counterpunch.org What is the most surprising thing I've learned about the tiny house movement? My answer might surprise folks who get a daily dose of tiny houses through social media and reality television. These representations often convey aspects of the movement that are individualistic, such as people building a house by themselves or hankering to live More

Michael D. Yates (2019-04-25). The Road Beckons. counterpunch.org In his latest book, Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing, Robert Caro says that the quality of the writing is as important in nonfiction as in fiction. He argues that the writer must make the reader feel and see what is being described. In his magisterial The Power Broker, a study of Robert Moses, the great builder More

Jen Marlowe (2019-04-25). The Palestine Marathon. counterpunch.org I never intended to run a marathon, but when I realized that I would be on hand for the 2019 Palestine Marathon, I registered. I did so in solidarity with the goals of the aptly named Right to Movement, the global running community founded in 2013 to organize the first annual marathon there. The irony More

Winston DeLaurier (2019-04-25). California housing crisis continues with no end in sight. liberationnews.org Rising rents are driving working class Californians out of the neighborhoods they grew up in.

teleSUR (2019-04-25). US Sanctions Killed Over 40,000 Venezuelans Since 2017. telesurenglish.net The Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) released Thursday a study revealing that President Donald Trump's actions against Venezuela are mostly affecting not President Nicolas Maduro's administration but the civilian population, as more than 40,000 deaths have been brought about by U.S. economic sanctions. | RELATED: | Russian Intel: West 'Tearing Apart' Venezuela Like Syria, Libya | "The sanctions are depriving Venezuelans of lifesaving me…

Staff (2019-04-25). Trump's Crusade Against Women Goes Global. truthdig.com Before he became president, Donald Trump described himself as pro-choice. Now, he can't do enough to deny women control of their own bodies. Marching in lockstep with Vice President Mike Pence and some of the most anti-choice members of his right-wing coalition, Trump has gone global in his crusade, watering down a United Nations Security Council resolution aimed at stopping rape and sexual violence in war. His acting U.N. ambassador threatened to veto any resolution containing language referring to "reproductive health." The goal of the demand, most observers agree, is to ensure that women who are raped in war s…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2019-04-25). Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Plight of Political Prisoners. globalresearch.ca An historic conference entitled "Freedom for the Unjustly Incarcerated" was held on April 20 in the Midtown District of Detroit when MOVE organizer Pam Africa and the Rev. Edward Pinkney of Benton Harbor spoke extensively on the plight of political …

unitedEditor (2019-04-25). A Dangerous global trend (part two). uwidata.com The Belgian intelligence service (VSSE) had earlier warned that members of a far-right racist group, mainly based in Austria and Belgium, were "actively arming themselves." According to the VSSE, the far-right in Western Europe began to "call on their members to learn to shoot and acquire weapons both legally and illegally." This information, alongside a …

Staff (2019-04-25). Navy SEALs Tried for Months to Report Superior for War Crimes. truthout.org Navy SEALs who witnessed their platoon chief commit war crimes in Iraq were encouraged not to speak out, and told they could lose their jobs for reporting him at a private meeting with a superior officer last year, according to new reports from The New York Times. A confidential Navy criminal investigation obtained by the Times reveals that the commandos saw Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher stab and kill an unarmed teenage captive, shoot to death a young girl and old man, and fire indiscriminately into crowds of civilians. But when the men on Gallagher's team called a private meeting with their troop…

Dana Johnson (2019-04-25). Buyer Beware: Hovercraft Ruling Deals a Major Blow to Land Conservation in Alaska. counterpunch.org In a major blow to conservation efforts in Alaska, including efforts to protect over 56 million acres of Wilderness in the state, the U.S. Supreme Court held that John Sturgeon, a moose hunter, can "rev up his hovercraft in search of moose" on the Nation River—a river that flows through the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve More

Patrick Galey (2019-04-25). Siren Sounds on Nuclear Fallout Embedded in Melting Glaciers. globalresearch.ca Radioactive fallout from nuclear meltdowns and weapons testing is nestled in glaciers across the world, scientists said Wednesday, warning of a potentially hazardous time bomb as rising temperatures melt the icy residue. |

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Christopher Black (2019-04-25). Iran Is No One's Colony: US Aggression Escalating to a Level that Threatens World War. globalresearch.ca The American aggression against Iran is escalating to a level that threatens world war. On Monday April 22, the USA declared that it has withdrawn "waivers" given to China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Italy and Greece, under the …

teleSUR (2019-04-25). Cuban Top Diplomat: John Bolton Is a Pathological Liar. telesurenglish.net Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez denied Thursday the accusations by the United States about the alleged presence of Cuban military forces in Venezuela, expressed in the document of the Department of State of North America. | RELATED: | Cuba Bashes Trump Speech as 'Pretext for War' in Venezuela | "Cuba does not have troops or military personnel in the sister Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela," said Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez and rejected the memorandum that implicates the…

Jesse Jackson (2019-04-25). Trump Plunges the US Deeper Into Forgotten Wars. counterpunch.org While Washington is consumed with reactions to the Mueller Report and the potential impeachment of President Donald Trump, America is descending deeper into largely forgotten wars. In the last month, the president has decided to sustain our involvement in the most unconscionable humanitarian crisis in the world in Yemen, and fueled even more violence in the civil More

teleSUR (2019-04-25). Sri Lanka: Spice Mogul Arrested, Attackers Educated, Wealthy. telesurenglish.net Sri Lankan spice mogul Mohammad Yusuf Ibrahim is reportedly in police custody and being questioned following the devastating Easter Sunday suicide attacks that killed hundreds of people, according to the New York Times citing officials. | RELATED: | Sri Lanka's Bloody Legacy: A Country Ravaged by UK-Fueled 26-year Civil War | Two of the suicide bombers, who deton…

Comitato No Nato (2019-04-25). The Renewal of NATO in the Post-Cold War Era. globalresearch.ca The Following text is Section 2 of | 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 7, …

Staff (2019-04-25). Would Warren Prosecute the Perpetrators of the Great Recession? truthdig.com Professor Bill Black examines a pair of recent bills from the Massachusetts senator, and what might happen if they were signed into law.

teleSUR (2019-04-25). Portugal Celebrates Carnation Revolution's 45th Anniversary. telesurenglish.net Thousands marched in Portugal Thursday to celebrate an almost bloodless revolution 45 years ago that ended the longest authoritarian regime in Europe's history. However, politicians warn that economic and social developments have not lived up to the idealism of the uprising. | RELATED: | Portugal: 'Energy Crisis' as Nation-Wide Strike Affect Supply | On April 25, 1974, the Estado Novo, the corporatist authoritarian government that ruled Portugal at the time, crumbled from the Carn…

Bill Blum (2019-04-25). Unequal Justice: As the Next Census Approaches, Will the Supreme Court Side with Trump in his War on Immigrants? progressive.org The idea for reinstating the citizenship question came from discussions including White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, both of whom have long histories as proponents of anti-immigrant policies.

teleSUR (2019-04-25). Scouts 'Perversion Files' Has Over 7,800 Alleged Sexual Abusers. telesurenglish.net A review of data compiled from the Boy Scouts of America has shown 7,819 reported sexual offenders and 12,254 identified victims. | RELATED: | Ecuador: Orgs Propose Strategies Against Sexual Abuse of Minors | The data, which spans from 1994 to 2016, was analyzed by Janet Warren, a professor of psychiatry and neurobehavioral sciences at the University of Virginia. The professor spent five years going through an extensive amount of information, which resulted in findings that sug…

teleSUR (2019-04-25). Top 8 Democrats Running in 2020 US Elections. telesurenglish.net The pool of Democratic candidates for the 2020 United States presidential elections is among the largest in the country's history. | Already 20 candidates have announced their intentions to run for head of state. | teleSUR lists the top eight Democratic candidates at this stage in the race. | Bernie Sanders: : | "Let us wage a moral and political war against war itself, so that we can cut military spending and use that money for human needs." | Senator Bernie Sanders, 77, is considered as the most progressive candidate who announced his presidential run in February 2019. | The Independent Senator fr…

Jon Wiener (2019-04-25). Bill McKibben: The 'Debate' Over Global Warming Was Always Phony. thenation.com Bill McKibben: The 'Debate' Over Global Warming Was Always Phony…

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