2019-04-22: Social Media Postees

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Wiki-Gate: Julian Assange Was Framed by the People Who Supported Him
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
Assange has been the object of an all out smear campaign by those who supported him. The Economist which granted Assange the New Media Award in 2008 intimates that he is an "enemy agent" responsible for "information anarchy … culminating in the destabilization of American democracy"
globalresearch.ca/wiki-gate-julian-assange-was-framed-by-the-people-who-supported-him/5660128

From Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, a Talk on Assange
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-22
Consortium News Editor Joe Lauria on Sunday delivered this talk about the Assange case to a group of activists who are living inside the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington to stop the illegitimate government of Venezuela from taking it over. Video… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/22/from-venezuelan-embassy-in-washington-a-talk-on-assange/

Statement of the family of activist and radio host Blase Bonpane upon his passing
Bonpane Family | liberationnews.org | 2019-04-22
Bonpane played a key role in raising awareness of government directed violence throughout Central America during the 1980s by leading delegations of politicians, activists, celebrities, and students on trips to Nicaragua.
liberationnews.org/statement-of-the-family-of-activist-and-radio-host-blase-bonpane-upon-his-passing/

Did the Mueller Report Distract You? $750 Billion Budget Increase for "National Security"
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
The drama that has played out in the mainstream media over the release of the Mueller report had us at the Black Alliance for Peace asking the question we always come back to: What are the ruling-class minions in media …
globalresearch.ca/mueller-report-2/5675198

Sudan's Opposition Suspends Peace Talks With Military Council
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-22
Sudan's main opposition alliance has suspeded their peace talks with the Transitional Military Council after the latter refused to hand over power to a civilian government. | RELATED: | Saudi Arabia, UAE Pledge $3B to Sudan's Military Coup Rulers in Effort to 'Hijack Uprising' | "We have decided to suspend the negotiation with the Transitional Military Council," Sudan's opposition Freedom and Change Alliance said in a statement during a press conference…
telesurenglish.net/news/Sudans-Opposition-Suspends-Peace-Talks-With-Military-Council-20190422-0003.html

IMF Hands $4.2 Billion in Loans for Ecuador for Julian Assange
Martin Armstrong | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
The evidence of political pressure on Ecuador is surfacing. The IMF Executive Board Approved US$4.2 Billion (435% of quota and SDR 3.035 billion). | Extended Fund Facility for Ecuador. The Executive Board agreed to this arrangement with strings attached. The Board's …
globalresearch.ca/imf-hands-4-2-billion-loans-ecuador-julian-assange/5675232

Cuba and the Politics of Culture in the U.S.: "The Invisible Hand of the Market"?
Arnold August | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
Although this article was published in the original Spanish version last March, now that Julian Assange is in prison the analysis in this piece on "freedom of expression" is even more valid. | There is a wide-open debate/polemic in Cuba regarding …
globalresearch.ca/politics-culture-u-s-invisible-hand-market/5675177

Julian Assange as Neuroses
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-22
Julian Assange continues to ripple and roam as a cipher through the political and media scape of the world. Detained in Belmarsh maximum security prison, the sort of stately abode only reserved for the most dangerous of criminals, many with indeterminate sentences, he electrifies and concerns. The US political classes continue to simmer with an…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/22/julian-assange-as-neuroses/

Debunking the 'Assange is A Russian Agent' Smear
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-22
The narrative that Assange worked for or knowingly conspired with the Russian government is a hallucination of the demented Russia hysteria which has infected all corners of mainstream political discourse, says Caitlin Johnstone. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com Not even the… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/22/debunking-the-assange-is-a-russian-agent-smear/

After ISIS, a Divided Iraq, Wounded and Grief-Stricken
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-22
The moment the 54-year-old walks up to the car, it is obvious something is terribly wrong. The way he drags his feet, then stamps them on the ground and marches forward like a toy soldier, head lowered; then the way he looks up at you from beneath dark brows, in both greeting and concern. Taamy Wahab Mohamed al-Yasaari should…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/22/after-isis-a-divided-iraq-wounded-and-grief-stricken/

US Ends Sanction Waivers for Countries Importing Iranian oil
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-22
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to eliminate all waivers issued to eight economies allowing them to buy Iranian oil without facing U.S. sanctions, the White House said on Monday, while vowing to ensure global oil market was well supplied. | RELATED: | John Bolton Admits US-backed Coup in Venezuela Is About Oil, Not Democracy | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to make an announcement on Monday detailing the decision. | "The United States, Saudi Arab…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Ends-Sanction-Waivers-for-Countries-Importing-Iranian-oil-20190422-0009.html

Yemen: The Triumph of Barbarism
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-22
President Donald Trump's recent veto of a bipartisan resolution to force an end to American military involvement in Saudi Arabia's war in Yemen reminds me of some words by V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidadian author. In his book "A Bend in the River," Naipaul says,…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/22/yemen-the-triumph-of-barbarism/

Trump's Dangerous Game: New Blockade of Iran Could Skyrocket Oil Prices Across the World
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
The Trump administration is cracking down on trade partners that are still purchasing oil from Iran in an attempt to force regime change inside the Persian Gulf nation. | *** | The U.S. government is ending the program that has provided exemptions | …
globalresearch.ca/new-blockade-iran-skyrocket-oil-prices-world/5675228

China Unilaterally Rejects US Sanctions Against Iran
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-22
China consistently opposes unilateral U.S. sanctions against Iran, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Monday amid reports that Washington is expected to announce that buyers of Iranian oil must halt imports soon or face sanctions. | RELATED: | China Proposes Space Cooperation to International Partners | Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang, speaking at a daily news briefing, said China's bilateral cooperation with Iran was in accordance with the law. | China is a major importer of Ir…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Unilaterally-Rejects-US-Sanctions-Against-Iran–20190422-0004.html

Air Force Deploys Stealth Fighters to the Middle East for the First Time
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
Amid the threats of war with Iran, the U.S. Air Force has forward deployed Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jets to the Middle East, reported Air Force Times. | Air Force Central Command (AFCENT) announced last week that …
globalresearch.ca/air-force-deploys-stealth-fighters-middle-east/5675229

New US Blockade Of Iran Could Skyrocket Oil Prices This Summer
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-22
The U.S. government is ending the program that has provided exemptions to five large countries purchasing oil from Iran, the New York Times reported on Sunday. | RELATED: | YouTube Censors Iranian Press, HispanTV, Press TV Targeted | According to the New York Times report, the U.S. is canceling the exemptions to China, Japan, India, Turkey, and South Korea as they attempt to strengthen their blockade on Iranian goods. | The ultimate goal of this U.S. move is to force regime change…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trumps-Dangerous-Game-New-Blockade-of-Iran-Could-Skyrocket-Oil-Prices-Across-The-World-20190422-0001.html

Grocery Store Workers Take on Billion Dollar Multinational
Andy Piascik | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-22
At precisely 1: 00 Eastern time on the afternoon of April 11th, 31,000 workers at 253 Stop and Shop grocery stores throughout Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts walked off their jobs. The strike came after several months of failed negotiations in which Stop and Shop refused to retract an onerous set of demands for the elimination…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/22/grocery-store-workers-take-on-billion-dollar-multinational/

What Your Amazon Prime Membership Really Costs
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-04-22
Amazon is a company that's drunk on profits and market share. | Last year, the online retail giant netted $11 billion in profits while paying $0 in taxes. The company controls nearly half of all online sales in the United States, and its Amazon Web Services division is the leader in providing cloud-based computing services, counting Netflix and the U.S. government among its major clients. | You'd think that with…
truthdig.com/articles/the-real-cost-of-your-amazon-prime-membership/

Kosovo's Conflict: A Devastating Precedent in International Relations
Radovan Spasic | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
During the last decade of 20th century, leading "analysts" of the New World Order were presenting the Kosovo's issue as a democratic matter rather than a historical and geopolitical dispute. It was perceived as a political case in which one …
globalresearch.ca/kosovos-conflict-precedent-international-relations/5675107

Ukraine Elections: Why "OU" Lost by a Landslide
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
With the landslide victory of Volodymyr Zelensky, who won 73 percent of the vote, the comedian will become the president of Ukraine. Understanding how this occurred becomes easy when people review US government documents published by Wikileaks about the …
globalresearch.ca/ukraine-why-ou-lost-landslide/5675201

Shadow Boxing for Empire: The Mueller Report
Prof. James Petras | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
Introduction | By the end of the Obama regime, the US had gone through seven wars and was in the process of losing five of them. Washington was facing global challenges to its dominant economic and political role from Russia and …
globalresearch.ca/mueller-report/5675181

Irresponsible Protections: Venezuela and Foreign Intervention
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
A stalemate of sorts has developed in Venezuela. The pretender, Juan Guaidó, as head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, continues as faux interim president, noisier than ever, but no more effectual than the time he declared his intentions to …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-foreign-intervention/5675175

Why I'm Glad Netanyahu Won
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
I'm glad Benjamin Netanyahu won reelection. Since I realize that saying this won't sit well with many folks, let me explain: | As the election developed, it became clear that Benny Gantz, the leader of the opposition "Blue and White" coalition, …
globalresearch.ca/why-im-glad-netanyahu-won/5675224

On the (Empire's) Waterfront
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
Remember the famous taxicab scene from the great film On the Waterfront? Ex boxer Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) telling his older brother Charlie (Rod Steiger), who is second in command to a crooked union boss, that he didn't look out …
globalresearch.ca/on-the-empires-waterfront/5675096

As the 2019 Indian General Election Takes Place, Are the Nation's Farmers Being Dealt a Knock-Out Blow?
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
In 1830, British colonial administrator Lord Metcalfe said India's villages were little republics that had nearly everything they could want for within themselves. India's ability to endure derived from these communities: | "Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down but the village community | …
globalresearch.ca/2019-indian-general-election-takes-place-farmers-knock-out-blow/5675172

Solidarity with Venezuela Now! Protect the Embassy
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
We are writing to you from inside the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC where we are taking action against a US coup of the independent and sovereign Bolivarian Republican of Venezuela. The Embassy Protection Collective (Colectivos Por La Paz) is …
globalresearch.ca/solidarity-venezuela-protect-embassy/5675195

Sri Lanka Explosions: More than 200 Killed, Churches and Hotels Targeted
Countercurrents | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
More than 200 killed and at least 500 injured as eight explosions rocked Catholic churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka while Christians began Easter Sunday celebrations. | Media report said: | The blasts started at around 8: 45am local time at St. | …
globalresearch.ca/sri-lanka-explosions-200-killed-churches-hotels-targeted/5675207

The Making America Great Again (MAGA) Warmongers. America's Ongoing Wars in the Middle East
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-22
I have yet to see the MAGA cult turn on its hallowed leader, the leader of the "free world" (sic) who recently vetoed and left tire marks on a measure that would have put an end to US involvement in …
globalresearch.ca/maga-warmongers-vermin/5675190

Mueller Report Makes It Official: Trump a Morally Despicable Human Being
Robert Reich | commondreams.org | 2019-04-22
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during an event recognizing the Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride in the East Room of the White House, April 18, 2019, the same day the Department of Justice released special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report on Russian election interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1137877404.jpg…
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Mueller Time? Not for Now
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-22
The Mueller report does not exonerate Trump; it simply finds insufficient evidence of criminal conduct involved in Russian collusion. Mueller says he failed to find admissible or sufficient evidence proving criminal conduct beyond a reasonable doubt, that is, the standard of evidence involved in "making a traditional prosecutorial judgement". At the same time, while using…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/22/mueller-time-not-for-now/

Chernobyl's Deadly Effects Estimates Vary
John Laforge | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-22
April 26 marks the 33rd anniversary of the 1986 radiation disaster at Chernobyl reactor Number 4 in Ukraine, just north of Kiev the capital. It is still nearly impossible to get scientific consensus on the vast extent of the impacts. The explosions and two-week long fire at Chernobyl spewed around the world something between one…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/22/chernobyls-deadly-effects-estimates-vary/

Loose Bullets and Loose Cannons
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-22
The Huffington Post ("Substitute Teacher Fired After Bullets Fall Out Of Pockets In Pre-K Class," April 15, 2019) reported the story of the substitute pre-kindergarten teacher at an elementary school in Millbury, Massachusetts who had been fired because he dropped loose bullets from his pocket in class. That incident prompted a search of his home that found unsecured…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/22/loose-bullets-and-loose-cannons/

What the "White Irish Slaves" Meme Tells Us About Identity Politics
Kerron àì Luain | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-22
The latest bizarre twist in the "Irish Slaves" saga is that James Woods, the actor best known for his cameo as a Kwik-E-Mart employee in The Simpsons, has shared an historically inaccurate meme, the aim of which is to diminish the suffering of black slavery. Now, Woods' meme is flagrantly wrong in that it states…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/22/what-the-white-irish-slaves-meme-tells-us-about-identity-politics/

Dreaming in Miami
Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-22
After three months of threats and threats to a double stage — the State Department in Washington DC and a theater in Miami — the US Administration finally announced what it intends to do to intensify its economic war against Cuba. On the 17th, at the mid-morning in a brief ceremony, just a few minutes,…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/22/dreaming-in-miami/

Consuming Stuff: The Polluting World of Fashion
Graham Peebles | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-22
The interconnected environmental catastrophe is the result of a particular lifestyle; a materialistic way of life relentlessly promoted by mass media and governments throughout the industrialized world and beyond. Consuming stuff, most of which is unnecessary, is the key ingredient; excess is championed, sufficiency scoffed at. Far from addressing need, satisfying desire is the driving…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/22/consuming-stuff-the-polluting-world-of-fashion/

Health as a Human Right: No Migrants Need Apply
Seiji Yamada — Gregory G. Maskarinec | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-22
We don't seem to understand or we've neglected the specter of what is beneath and pushing all of these things to the surface: the specter of militarism and colonialism. And all the things that Hawaiians experienced through colonialism, we have that same experience — to the point right now where one of the islands in…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/22/health-as-a-human-right-no-migrants-need-apply/

The NYTs Tries to Rehabilitate Bloody Gina Haspel
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-22
There is no more authoritative newspaper in the country, perhaps the world, than the New York Times. But when the Times gets it wrong, it is often a real doozy. In the 1930s, the Times' man in Moscow, Walter Duranty, completely missed the Kremlin's forced famine in the Ukraine that led to the death of six to seven million Ukrainians and…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/22/the-nyts-tries-to-rehabilitate-bloody-gina-haspel/

US Warns Terrorists Still Planning Attacks in Sri Lanka
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-22
The U.S. State Department said in a revised travel advisory 'terrorist groups' were continuing to plot possible attacks in Sri Lanka after 290 people were killed and about 500 wounded in blasts in churches and luxury hotels on Sunday. | RELATED: | Sri Lanka Mourns Horrific Attacks on Easter Sunday | "Terrorists may attack with little or no warning," it said in the revised warning, which was dated Sunday U.S. time. | It said possible targets included tourist locations, transportatio…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Warns-Terrorists-Still-Planning-Attacks-in-Sri-Lanka-20190422-0002.html

New Explosion Hits Sri Lankan Capital
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-22
An explosion went off on Monday (April 22) in a van near a church in Sri Lanka where scores were killed the previous day, when bomb squad officials were trying to defuse it, a Reuters witness said. | RELATED: | US Warns Terrorists Still Planning Attacks in Sri Lanka | "The van exploded when the bomb defusing unit of the STF (Special Task Force) and air force tried to diffuse the bomb," the witness said. | The explosion reportedly took place near the St. Anthony's Church in the capit…
telesurenglish.net/news/New-Explosion-Hits-Sri-Lankan-Capital-20190422-0008.html

Harmony Korine's Baffling Florida-Man Story
Erin Schwartz | thenation.com | 2019-04-22
Harmony Korine's Baffling Florida-Man Story…
thenation.com/article/beach-bum-harmony-korine-matthew-mcconaughey-review/

Nothing Wrong With Help From Russians, Trump Lawyer Says
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-04-22
Rudy Giuliani calls the Trump campaign's effort to get political help from representatives of the Russian government possibly ill-advised but not illegal.
truthdig.com/articles/nothing-wrong-with-help-from-russians-trump-lawyer-says/

It's Lenin's birthday, and here is what he had to say
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-04-22
To mark the April 22, 1870 birthday of Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, Fight Back News Service is circulating the following excerpt from his 1918 book, The State and Revolution. | The "Withering Away" of the State, and Violent Revolution | Engels' words regarding the "withering away" of the state are so widely known, they are often quoted, and so clearly reveal the essence of the customary adaptation of Marxism to opportunism that we must deal with them in detail. We shall quote the whole argument from which they are taken. | "The proletariat seizes from state power and turns the means of production into st…
fightbacknews.org/2019/4/21/it-s-lenin-s-birthday-and-here-what-he-had-say

Amid Push for New Oil Sanctions, Pompeo Reportedly Jokes About Secret Coup Plot Against Iran
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-04-22
The Secretary of State reportedly said during a private meeting there are "no guarantees" the sanctions won't harm ordinary Iranians | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/pompeo_5.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/04/22/amid-push-new-oil-sanctions-pompeo-reportedly-jokes-about-secret-coup-plot-against?cd-origin=rss

What the Mueller Report Doesn't Say
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2019-04-22
"When you read it, it's pretty devastating," said former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. The New Yorker columnist Susan Glasse wrote "The Mueller Report Won't End Trump's Presidency, But It Sure Makes Him Look Bad… After reading the report, it was hard to recall the world of utter vindication and Presidential victimization that Attorney General Barr had painted earlier in the day."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/20/18822857.php

Germany's IT Security Act 2.0: Another step towards a police state
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-22
The German government's new legislation must be seen in connection with the arrest of Julian Assange and his imminent extradition to the US.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/22/germ-a22.html

Freedom of the Press is Dead Worldwide
Mathias Broeckers | indybay.org | 2019-04-22
CIA Director Pompeo claims Wikileaks is a "hostile secret service" and Julian Assange is not a journalist. Wikileaks embodies what a free press should be as the fourth branch – control power. This indispensable function as a democratic watchdog is the reason why press freedom is an essential asset of all constitutional states.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/22/18822899.php

Sri Lankan bomb survivors and local residents denounce terror attacks
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-22
"The aim of this attack could be to instigate communalism and turmoil. It must be totally condemned."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/22/intv-a22.html

Affordable Housing Means No on S.B.50
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2019-04-22
The famous writer, James Baldwin, is back, in our San Francisco mailboxes on a fabulous, urgently needed slick mailer denouncing the racist, anti-labor SB50 luxury housing bill promoted by Democrat State Senator of San Francisco, formerly the worst San Francisco Supervisor in memory, Scott Weiner.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/20/18822862.php

Landslide victory for Zelensky over Poroshenko in Ukrainian presidential election
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-22
The election results reflect the enormous hostility within the Ukrainian working class toward the right-wing nationalist policies of the Poroshenko regime.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/22/ukra-a22.html

Lula Summarizes Struggle for Democracy in Brazil, Rousseff Says
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-04-22
22 de abril de 2019, 08: 44Brasilia, Apr 22 (Prensa Latina) Former Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva Lula summarizes today the struggle for democracy in Brazil, where fighting and demanding his full release means to confront the neo-fascist military, judicial and media apparatus.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41126&SEO=lula-summarizes-struggle-for-democracy-in-brazil-rousseff-says

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-04-22 14:24 GMT (10:24 EST)

2019-04-21: News Headlines

teleSUR (2019-04-21). Assange Was Put Through 'Hell' At Ecuadorean Embassy: Narvaez. telesurenglish.net The former Consul of the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, Fidel Narvaez, sat down for an interview with Sky News this past weekend to discuss Julian Assange's situation. | RELATED: | Moreno: Assange is an 'Informational Terrorist,' Russian Agent | Narvaez, who worked at the London Embassy for six of the seven years Assange was living there, accused the officials of puttin…

Staff (2019-04-21). Mueller and a Dangerous Moment in Human History — Jay and Curry. therealnews.com The threat of nuclear war; the climate crisis; Trump's regime change plans for Iran and Venezuela; and confrontation with China are far more significant threats than election meddling — former Pres. Clinton advisor Bill Curry and Paul Jay join host Jacqueline Luqman…

teleSUR (2019-04-21). Tripoli's Only Functioning Airport Reopens Amid Ongoing Battle. telesurenglish.net The only functioning airport in Tripoli has reopened after closing earlier today due to the ongoing battle for Libya's capital city, aviation authorities said via social media on Sunday. | RELATED: | Trump Offers Libya's Field Marshall Haftar US Support | The authorities announced that the Mitiga Airport, which was previously closed due to airstrikes, had resumed civilian flights. | A Reuters reporter and several residents said they saw an aircraft circling for more than 10 minutes ov…

teleSUR (2019-04-21). Cuban President Says Helms-Burton Act Will Hurt the US Economy. telesurenglish.net The President of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel, warned on Saturday about the effects on the U.S. economy that Title III of the Helms-Burton Act can have if implemented. | RELATED: | Cuban Workers' Congress Raises its Voice Amidst U.S. Blockade | In particular, the Cuban President pointed out the negative effects that the act would have on countries from the European Union (EU) and U.S. business partners in Washington. | "Many in the U.S. itself fear that the application of Title III…

teleSUR (2019-04-21). Powerful Blasts Hit Hotels, Churches in Sri Lanka on Easter. telesurenglish.net Easter Day bomb blasts at three Sri Lankan churches and three luxury hotels killed 160 people and wounded more than 370, hospital and police officials said, following a lull in major attacks since the end of the civil war 10 years ago. | RELATED: | Sri Lanka: President Loses 3 MPs as Former PM Sworn In Again | In just one church, St. Sebastian's in Katuwapitiya, north of Colombo, more than 50 people had been killed, a police official told Reuters, with pictures showing bodies on…

Curt Wechsler (2019-04-21). What the Mueller Report Doesn't Say. indybay.org "When you read it, it's pretty devastating," said former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. The New Yorker columnist Susan Glasse wrote "The Mueller Report Won't End Trump's Presidency, But It Sure Makes Him Look Bad… After reading the report, it was hard to recall the world of utter vindication and Presidential victimization that Attorney General Barr had painted earlier in the day."

Register Peace & Freedom or Green (2019-04-21). Affordable Housing Means No on S.B.50. indybay.org The famous writer, James Baldwin, is back, in our San Francisco mailboxes on a fabulous, urgently needed slick mailer denouncing the racist, anti-labor SB50 luxury housing bill promoted by Democrat State Senator of San Francisco, formerly the worst San Francisco Supervisor in memory, Scott Weiner.

Peace Action of San Mateo County (2019-04-21). Screening of documentary film 'Seeing Through the Wall'. indybay.org Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo | 300 E. Santa Inez Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94402…

teleSUR (2019-04-20). UK Among Worst In Europe For Press Freedom. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, a 'Reporters Without Borders' report published in The Independent ranked the U.K. 33rd for press freedom, behind South Africa and Latvia. It is one of the worst rankings for a European country with activists arguing that 'national security' is often used as a pretext to trample on the freedom of press. | RELATED: YouTube Censors Iranian Press, HispanTV, Press TV Targeted | There have been long running concerns about the concentration of media ownership in Britain. A 2015 <...

teleSUR (2019-04-20). Afghan Forces Battle Ministry Attackers After Kabul Explosion. telesurenglish.net Afghan officials have confirmed an explosion struck Kabul and a multi-story building which houses the country's communication ministry was the location of a gun battle Saturday. | RELATED: | Afghan Women Activists Wary of 'Superficial' Female Presence in Taliban Peace Talks | "The information that we have is four attackers have pl…

Staff (2019-04-20). Egypt Votes on Referendum Extending El-Sissi's Rule to 2030. truthdig.com CAIRO — Egyptians voted Saturday on constitutional amendments that would allow President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to stay in power until 2030 and broaden the military's role — changes blasted by critics as another major step toward authoritarian rule. | The referendum came amid an unprecedented crackdown on dissent in recent years. El-Sissi's government has arrested thousands of people, most of them Islamists but also prominent secular activists, and rolled back freedoms won in a 2011 pro-democracy uprising. | Polls opened at 9 a.m. (0700 GMT). Voting will stretch over a period of three days to allow max…

Philip A Farruggio (2019-04-20). Easter 2019: Criminal Insanity and the Crucifixion of Truth. globalresearch.ca Interesting how on the week before Easter, around Palm Sunday to be exact, they came in and forcefully arrested Julian Assange. Some short time before that the US government once again arrested Chelsea Manning. She was told to ' fess …

United Nations (2019-04-20). Killing of Egyptian peacekeeper in Mali 'may constitute war crimes' Guterres warns, urging 'swift action'. un.org An improvised roadside mine which exploded hitting a UN peacekeeping convoy in Mali, killing one 'blue helmet' from Egypt, and wounding four others, may constitute a war crime, the UN Chief said on Saturday, as senior UN officials condemned the blast.

Staff (2019-04-20). Canada is Warming at Twice the Rate of the Globe, Says New Report. therealnews.com Greenpeace Canada analyst hopes study serves as a wake-up call for Trudeau government, but says "You can't wake up a man who's only pretending to be asleep" on climate change…

Staff (2019-04-20). Climate Campaigners Stage One of France's Largest Acts of Civil Disobedience. truthout.org Parts of a major business district just outside of Paris city limits were shutdown Friday when more than 2,000 climate campaigners staged what organizers described as one of France's largest ever acts of civil disobedience. | Peaceful demonstrators descended on La Défense to protest government complicity and companies fueling the global climate crisis. | Carrying signs that condemned Emmanuel Macron as "president of polluters," the protesters blocked access to the buildings of three major businesses and the Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition. | The direct action was organized by Action…

Romy Haber (2019-04-20). How Women Are Leading the Sudanese Revolution. commondreams.org Since December 2018, protests in Sudan that sparked over the tripled price of bread have turned into nationwide protests against the nearly three-decade rule regime of Omar Al Bashir.

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-20). Report on Mueller's Witch Hunt Exposes Russiagate Hoax. globalresearch.ca Summarized, redacted or in full doesn't matter. House, Senate and Mueller probes ended with a whimper, not a bang. They laid an egg, discovering nothing connected to the mandate of what was probed. | Russiagate has been and remains a colossal …

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-20). Police State Ecuador Under Lenin Moreno. globalresearch.ca Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Moreno are world's apart. | Correa expelled the Pentagon from his country, shutting down its Manta airbase, the region's largest. Moreno invited what no country should tolerate on its territory to return. | Economist President Correa …

Eds. (2019-04-20). Duqu 2.0, lead actor on electric cyber-attacks against Venezuela. mronline.org A PLC is a programmable industrial computer to automate industrial processes. Its architecture has similarities to computers that are at the hands of anyone: power source, CPU (Central Processing Unit), communication modules and inputs / outputs. The control programming that is designed for these devices will be done according to the process or processes that […] | Source

Whitney Webb (2019-04-20). CIA Docs Shows UK, France and West Germany Wanted to Bring "Operation Condor" To Europe. globalresearch.ca A recently declassified CIA document has revealed that members of the intelligence agencies of France, the United Kingdom and West Germany discussed how to establish "an anti-subversive organization similar to [the CIA's Operation] Condor" in their own countries. Described by…

Ken Stone (2019-04-20). US Involvement in the War against Yemen: Trump's Veto. globalresearch.ca According to Canadian analyst Ken Stone, member of the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War the power of the US Congress has been "effectively diminished" as it failed to override President Trump's veto of a bipartisan bill to end US …

Will Bunch (2019-04-20). Trump Thought Mueller Would Be 'the End of My Presidency.' It Should Be. commondreams.org Buried on Page 290 of the long-awaited Mueller report into Russia's 2016 election interference and questions of collusion and cover-up surrounding President Donald Trump was one of those rare peeks behind the curtain of our insane presidency — exactly why the 440-page report was so highly anticipated for so long.

Andrew Korybko (2019-04-20). Russia-China-Pakistan Economic and Strategic Relations: Russia's Ambassador To China Strongly Hinted At Moscow's Interest In N-CPEC. globalresearch.ca The Russian Ambassador to China's latest statement of intent to pursue the integration of Beijing's Belt & Road Initiative (BRI) with the Moscow-led economic and security structures in Central Asia strongly hints at the Eurasian Great Power's interest in N-CPEC+ …

Andre Vltchek (2019-04-20). Russia warns Bolton: "Monroe Doctrine" Remarks are Insulting to Latin America. dissidentvoice.org What is the 'Monroe Doctrine'? In brief, it is a document which defines the entire Western Hemisphere as a 'backyard' of the United States. It 'philosophically' justifies Washington's neo-colonialism, and the most barbaric coups it has been triggering, as well as covered and open interventions in the Caribbean, and in Central and South America. And …

Andre Vltchek (2019-04-20). Russia Warns Bolton: 'Monroe Doctrine' Remarks Are Insulting to Latin America. globalresearch.ca What is the 'Monroe Doctrine'? In brief, it is a document which defines the entire Western Hemisphere as a 'backyard' of the United States. It 'philosophically' justifies Washington's neo-colonialism, and the most barbaric coups it has been triggering, as well …

Arabi Souri (2019-04-20). President Assad Receives Russia's Special Envoy to Syria. globalresearch.ca Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received today in Damascus Mr. Alexander Lavrentiev and accompanying delegation which included Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. | Mr. Lavrentiev is an active Russian career diplomat with more focus on Astana talks between the Syrian state …

Andrew Korybko (2019-04-20). THAAD Missiles to Romania: NATO's Belligerence In The Black Sea Is A Bad Sign Of Things To Come. globalresearch.ca The deployment of THAAD missiles to Romania and increased naval activity in the Black Sea show that NATO intends to continue its militarization of this strategic space at the expense of Russia's security. | The Black Sea became a global flashpoint …

teleSUR (2019-04-20). Ukraine: Bid to Annul Presidential Candidacy of Zelenskiy Fails. telesurenglish.net A Ukrainian lawyer tried unsuccessfully Saturday to annul the candidacy of comedian Vladimir Zelenskiy, called the "Ukrainian Donald Trump," for the presidential elections, a few hours after the second round of voting in which the actor became the favorite against current President Petro Poroshenko. | RELATED | Ukrainian President has One-Man Debate as Opponent is a No-Show | The sixth administrative appeals court of Kiev reviewed the lawyer, Andrei Jilko's complaint at a hear…

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-04-20). The "Deal of the Century": The Palestinian Cause Is behind Iran and Hezbollah's Success. globalresearch.ca Israel is not preparing a military adventure against Gaza, Syria, Hezbollah or Iran because it is in fact already attaining its objectives both internationally and domestically. | Its military apparatus regularly hits targets in Syria with a calculated risk of retaliation …

Rostam Pourzal (2019-04-20). What Venezuela's Tragic Predicament Teaches Iran. globalresearch.ca Analysts, including commentators sympathetic to Chavismo, are understandably offering a mix of explanations for Venezuela's tragic and worsening predicament this year. With a debate as urgent as this, it is tempting to contrast the US success in crushing the Latin …

teleSUR (2019-04-20). Brazil Celebrates 'Indigenous People's Day' in Bolsonaro Era. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Indigenous say the media "cannot forget" President Jair Bolsonaro's policy measures meant to attack native peoples throughout the country. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro Meets Indigenous to Defend Mining in Amazon | "On April 19, Indigenous People's Day is celebrated within the context of Jair Bolsonaro's far-right government that has criminalized leaders, s…

Peter Koenig (2019-04-20). Venezuela: Still on the Brink? dissidentvoice.org The silence is almost deafening. Is it the quiet before the storm? Or is the US giving up on Venezuela? I don't think so. It's more like a regrouping after a first defeat. Well, it's a multiple defeat if we start counting since the failed coup attempt against Hugo Chavez on 11 April 2002. However, …

teleSUR (2019-04-20). Trump Offers Libya's Field Marshall Haftar US Support. telesurenglish.net On Monday April 15, United States President Donald Trump spoke by telephone with Khalifa Haftar, the miltary leader who is currently leading an ongoing military assault on Tripoli on the subject of a transition to a democratic system in Libya, the White House disclosed Friday. | RELATED: | Haftar's Attack on Tripoli Leaves 180 Dead, 800 Injured | Presiden…

Staff (2019-04-20). Police: 'New Breed' of Terrorists in Northern Ireland. truthdig.com A young journalist is killed in the city of Londonderry during riots that likely had the support of the dissident group The New IRA.

teleSUR (2019-04-20). Sudanese Military Finds $7M in Cash in Bashir's Home. telesurenglish.net Sudan's top state prosecutors have ordered an investigation of deposed President Omar al Bashir for money laundering and possession of large amounts of foreign currency after authorities found well over 6 million euros stashed away in his home. | RELATED: | African Union Presses Sudan's Army to Transfer Power in 15 Days | If convicted, Bashir, who was removed from office in a military coup April 11, faces up to 10 years of prison, according to EFE. | Sudanese Army and Intellig…

Zero Hedge (2019-04-20). Trump Thanks Gen. Haftar For "Securing Libya's Oil Resources" Amid Tripoli Fighting. globalresearch.ca In a sharp reversal of longstanding US policy which recognizes only the UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli as the legitimate authority over Libya, the White House on Friday said President Trump spoke by phone this week to …

Jim Miles (2019-04-20). Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau Congratulates Netanyahu: There Will Never Be Two States. globalresearch.ca On April 12 Canada's PM Justin Trudeau released a statement congratulating Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu on his fifth electoral victory. Two statements stood out for their misleading role in creating a contrived narrative. | The first statement concerns democracy, "During the conversation, …

Tortilla Con Sal (2019-04-20). Live from Nicaragua : Uprising or Coup? globalresearch.ca In 2018, Nicaragua suffered its worst political violence and upheaval since the end of the US backed Contra war of the 1980s. Extremely polarized controversy persists about what caused last year's conflict, how it developed and what it means for …

Howie Hawkins (2019-04-20). Earth Day, Planetary Boundaries, and the Green New Deal. globalresearch.ca As we celebrate Earth Day in 2019, we need to recognize that more than climate change threatens our environment and our very existence. We have passed or are approaching several Planetary Boundaries outside of which human society may not survive….

Michael Welch (2019-04-20). Climate Disruption: "The End of Ice" and Other Threats to the Planet. globalresearch.ca Repeat broadcast originally airing January 11, 2019. — [MAW] | "We're not going to stop this train wreck. We are not even trying to slow down the production of CO2, and there is already enough CO2 in the atmosphere. We …

Philip Weiss (2019-04-20). Mueller Report Says 'Multiple Members' of Trump Transition Approached Foreign Officials to Stop UN Resolution against Israeli Settlements. globalresearch.ca The Mueller Report was released today, and one section reveals that "multiple members" of the Trump transition team, led by Jared Kushner, the President's son-in-law, "communicated with foreign government officials" in an effort to undermine the Obama White House's decision …

Consortiumnews (2019-04-20). The US Should Get Ready for King Mohammed bin Salman. consortiumnews.com Riyadh finds it outrageous that American lawmakers are trying to meddle in Saudi Arabia's succession, writes Giorgio Cafiero. By Giorgio Cafiero Special to Consortium News Since the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2,… Read more →

teleSUR (2019-04-20). Bolivian Migrants In Argentina Endorse Evo Morales. telesurenglish.net The Bolivian expat community in Argentina is expected to endorse Evo Morales' leftist Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) ahead of the country's elections on October 20. | RELATED: | EU Lawmakers Praise Evo Morales On Economy And Equality | President Evo Morales is expected to greet a rally of supporters in La Matanza, Argentina, Sunday after a state visit in Buenos Aires. 5,000 of Argentina's Bolivian expat community are expected to attend the ceremony. The rally is being organized by t…

ACLU (2019-04-20). Marijuana Legalization is a Racial Justice Issue. aclu.org When it comes to legalizing weed, economic justice for communities of color must be our guiding principle. | Marijuana has been a key driver of mass criminalization in this country and hundreds of thousands of people, the majority of whom are Black or Latinx, have their lives impacted by a marijuana arrest each year. But the tide is turning a…

Evan Jones (2019-04-20). The Coalition of the US Justice Department and GE against Alstom. dissidentvoice.org France doesn't know it, but we are at war with the US. … Yes, the Americans are hard-nosed, they are voracious, they want unilateral global dominance. It is an unknown war, an ongoing war, with no apparent deaths and yet a war to the death. — Franàßois Mitterand A Frenchman called Frédéric Pierucci, with co-author …

teleSUR (2019-04-20). US: Maine to Rename Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day. telesurenglish.net Senators and House representatives in Maine have passed a bill to change the increasingly unpopular Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day, in the state, and have also forwarded the legislation to the governor's desk. | RELATED: | Japanese Gov't Enacts Law To Preserve Indigenous Ainu Culture | Eight states have already passed similar legisl…

WSWS (2019-04-20). The Mueller report and the campaign against Russia. wsws.org An editorial in the New York Times makes clear that the central purpose of the Democrats' campaign against Trump has been to demand more aggressive action against Russia.

Alexander Rubinstein (2019-04-20). Former ISIS Commanders Rehabilitated as Traffic Cops in Syria Under US Watch. theantimedia.com (MPN) — Locals of Ein Issa, a Syrian town just north of the city of Raqqa are reportedly fed up with former ISIS members and commanders who have been rehabilitated by U.S. proxy forces as traffic cops. "Reliable sources" told the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) that former Daesh militants have been converted into "security members" …

Natasha Lennard (2019-04-20). Why Philly's Reformist Prosecutor Finally Supports Letting Mumia Abu-Jamal's Appeal Go Forward. theintercept.com Activists were angry when Philly DA Larry Krasner initially objected to Mumia Abu-Jamal's path to a new appeal, but Krasner changed course last week.

RT (2019-04-20). Whitewashing slavery? Ancestry forced to pull ad with interracial couple after social media backlash. rt.com Genealogy site Ancestry.com has apologized and removed an ad featuring a pre-Civil War interracial couple after critics slammed the spot, claiming it whitewashed the widespread sexual exploitation of slave women.

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