Egypt Votes on Referendum Extending El-Sissi's Rule to 2030
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-04-20
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…
truthdig.com/articles/egypt-votes-on-referendum-extending-el-sissis-rule-to-2030/
Canada is Warming at Twice the Rate of the Globe, Says New Report
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-04-20
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…
therealnews.com/stories/canada-is-warming-at-twice-the-rate-of-the-globe-says-new-report
Climate Campaigners Stage One of France's Largest Acts of Civil Disobedience
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-04-20
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…
truthout.org/articles/climate-campaigners-stage-one-of-frances-largest-acts-of-civil-disobedience/
Easter 2018: Criminal Insanity and the Crucifixion of Truth
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/easter-2018-criminal-insanity-and-the-crucifixion-of-truth/5675054
How Women Are Leading the Sudanese Revolution
Romy Haber | commondreams.org | 2019-04-20
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.
commondreams.org/views/2019/04/20/how-women-are-leading-sudanese-revolution?cd-origin=rss
Report on Mueller's Witch Hunt Exposes Russiagate Hoax
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/report-on-muellers-witch-hunt-exposes-russiagate-hoax/5674953
Police State Ecuador Under Lenin Moreno
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/police-state-ecuador-under-lenin-moreno/5675057
CIA Docs Shows UK, France and West Germany Wanted to Bring "Operation Condor" To Europe
Whitney Webb | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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…
globalresearch.ca/cia-docs-shows-uk-france-and-west-germany-wanted-to-bring-operation-condor-to-europe/5675011
What Venezuela's Tragic Predicament Teaches Iran
Rostam Pourzal | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/what-venezuelas-tragic-predicament-teaches-iran/5675006
The "Deal of the Century": The Palestinian Cause Is behind Iran and Hezbollah's Success
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/the-deal-of-the-century-the-palestinian-cause-is-behind-iran-and-hezbollahs-success/5675014
Live from Nicaragua : Uprising or Coup?
Tortilla Con Sal | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/live-from-nicaragua-uprising-or-coup/5675008
US Involvement in the War against Yemen: Trump's Veto
Ken Stone | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-involvement-in-the-war-against-yemen-trumps-veto/5675046
Russia warns Bolton: "Monroe Doctrine" Remarks are Insulting to Latin America
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-20
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/russia-warns-bolton-monroe-doctrine-remarks-are-insulting-to-latin-america/
Russia Warns Bolton: 'Monroe Doctrine' Remarks Are Insulting to Latin America
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/russia-warns-bolton-monroe-doctrine-remarks-are-insulting-to-latin-america/5675052
The Coalition of the US Justice Department and GE against Alstom
Evan Jones | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-20
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/the-coalition-of-the-us-justice-department-and-ge-against-alstom/
President Assad Receives Russia's Special Envoy to Syria
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/president-assad-receives-russias-special-envoy-to-syria/5675068
Trump Thought Mueller Would Be 'the End of My Presidency.' It Should Be
Will Bunch | commondreams.org | 2019-04-20
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.
commondreams.org/views/2019/04/20/trump-thought-mueller-would-be-end-my-presidency-it-should-be?cd-origin=rss
Mueller Report Says 'Multiple Members' of Trump Transition Approached Foreign Officials to Stop UN Resolution against Israeli Settlements
Philip Weiss | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/mueller-report-says-multiple-members-of-trump-transition-approached-foreign-officials-to-stop-un-resolution-against-israeli-settlements/5675031
The US Should Get Ready for King Mohammed bin Salman
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-20
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 ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/20/the-us-should-get-ready-for-king-mohammed-bin-salman/
Trump Thanks Gen. Haftar For "Securing Libya's Oil Resources" Amid Tripoli Fighting
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/trump-thanks-gen-haftar-for-securing-libyas-oil-resources-amid-tripoli-fighting/5675028
Police: 'New Breed' of Terrorists in Northern Ireland
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-04-20
A young journalist is killed in the city of Londonderry during riots that likely had the support of the dissident group The New IRA.
truthdig.com/articles/police-new-breed-of-terrorists-in-northern-ireland/
Venezuela: Still on the Brink?
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-20
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, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/venezuela-still-on-the-brink/
Russia-China-Pakistan Economic and Strategic Relations: Russia's Ambassador To China Strongly Hinted At Moscow's Interest In N-CPEC
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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+ …
globalresearch.ca/russia-china-pakistan-economic-and-strategic-relations-russias-ambassador-to-china-strongly-hinted-at-moscows-interest-in-n-cpec/5675063
THAAD Missiles to Romania: NATO's Belligerence In The Black Sea Is A Bad Sign Of Things To Come
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/thaad-missiles-to-romania-natos-belligerence-in-the-black-sea-is-a-bad-sign-of-things-to-come/5675019
Duqu 2.0, lead actor on electric cyber-attacks against Venezuela
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-04-20
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…
mronline.org/2019/04/20/duqu-2-0-lead-actor-on-electric-cyber-attacks-against-venezuela/
Canada's Prime Minister Trudeau Congratulates Netanyahu: There Will Never Be Two States
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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, …
globalresearch.ca/canadas-prime-minister-trudeau-congratulates-netanyahu-there-will-never-be-two-states/5675003
Climate Disruption: "The End of Ice" and Other Threats to the Planet
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/climate-disruption-the-end-of-ice-and-other-threats-to-the-planet-2/5675074
Earth Day, Planetary Boundaries, and the Green New Deal
Howie Hawkins | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-20
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….
globalresearch.ca/earth-day-planetary-boundaries-and-the-green-new-deal/5675024
Screening of documentary film 'Seeing Through the Wall'
Peace Action of San Mateo County | indybay.org | 2019-04-20
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo | 300 E. Santa Inez Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94402…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/20/18822846.php
Spiritual Leader and Chief of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe Caleen Sisk Receives Earth Day Award
Miranda Kraus at the Rose Foundation | indybay.org | 2019-04-20
The Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment announced Winnemem Wintu Tribal Chief and Spiritual Leader Caleen Sisk as the winner of the 2019 Anthony Grassroots Prize, an annual $1,000 Earth Day award recognizing an outstanding example of grassroots environmental activism.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/19/18822832.php
The Best Hot Take on the Mueller Report Is From 1796
Jon Schwarz | theintercept.com | 2019-04-20
Washington called all of this in his prescient Farewell Address as he left office. As he feared, the spirit of party has overwhelmed the U.S. political system.
theintercept.com/2019/04/20/mueller-report-george-washington-farewell-address/
Citizen's arrest or kidnapping? US militias told to stand down after catching 300+ migrants (VIDEOS)
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-20
US authorities are warning wannabe vigilantes against taking the law into their own hands after an armed militia group detained over 300 migrants earlier this week at the Mexican border in what they claimed was a citizen's arrest. | …
rt.com/usa/457051-militia-arrests-migrants-border-patrol/
Whitewashing slavery? Ancestry forced to pull ad with interracial couple after social media backlash
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-20
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. | …
rt.com/usa/457057-ancestry-pulls-slavery-ad-interracial/
Former ISIS Commanders Rehabilitated as Traffic Cops in Syria Under US Watch
Alexander Rubinstein | theantimedia.com | 2019-04-20
(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" …
Former ISIS Commanders Rehabilitated as Traffic Cops in Syria Under US Watch
David North speaks on the threat of fascism
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-20
North, the Chairman of the International Editorial Board of the World Socialist Web Site, urged a meeting of students and workers at Wayne State University to build the Socialist Equality Party in order to fight against the threat of fascism and war.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/20/vide-a20.html
United Methodists Edge Toward Breakup Over LGBT Policies
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-04-20
NEW YORK — There's at least one area of agreement among conservative, centrist and liberal leaders in the United Methodist Church: America's largest mainline Protestant denomination is on a path toward likely breakup over differences on same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBT pastors. | The differences have simmered for years, and came to a head in February at a conference in St. Louis where delegates voted 438-384 for a proposal called the Traditional Plan, which strengthens bans on LGBT-inclusive practices. A majority of U.S.-based delegates opposed that plan and favored LGBT-friendly options, but they w…
truthdig.com/articles/united-methodists-edge-toward-breakup-over-lgbt-policies/
Abkhazia Offers Support to Venezuelan Gov't
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-04-20
20 de abril de 2019, 01: 51Simferopol, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) The Foreign Minister of the self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia, Daur Kove, today expressed his support for the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during the 5th International Economic Forum in Yalta.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41088&SEO=abkhazia-offers-support-to-venezuelan-govt
What the Mueller Report Doesn't Say
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2019-04-20
"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
Abkhazia Offers Support to Venezuelan Gov't
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-04-20
20 de abril de 2019, 01: 51 | Simferopol, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) The Foreign Minister of the self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia, Daur Kove, today expressed his support for the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during the 5th International Economic Forum in Yalta.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41088&SEO=abkhazia-offers-support-to-venezuelan-govt
'From pariah to linchpin in proving anti-Trump spy scandal'– George Papadopoulos to Larry King on RT
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-20
"Entrapped" by FBI agents in London, ex-Donald Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos shared the mysterious circumstances that led to his arrest — and to the opening of the Mueller probe — with Larry King on RT's Politicking. | …
rt.com/usa/457098-papadopoulos-mueller-larry-king/
On WikiLeaks, Mueller Ignored Findings of Former US Intelligence Officials
Kevin Gosztola | theantimedia.com | 2019-04-20
(SP) — Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on an investigation into alleged Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election does not confirm, without a doubt, that Russian intelligence agents or individuals tied to Russian intelligence agencies passed on emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign to WikiLeaks. Mueller's team highlighted statements from WikiLeaks on Twitter about former …
On WikiLeaks, Mueller Ignored Findings of Former US Intelligence Officials
Affordable Housing Means No on S.B.50
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2019-04-20
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
NYT use actual ex-FBI agent to warn readers of Barr's 'Russian disinfo tactic' (with Soviet imagery)
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-20
The Mueller report didn't just clear President Donald Trump of colluding with Russia, the New York Times said, it handed Russia's Vladimir Putin the "ultimate victory." If you thought otherwise, blame secret Soviet mind games. | …
rt.com/usa/457118-nyt-soviet-tactics-mueller-barr/
Why Philly's Reformist Prosecutor Finally Supports Letting Mumia Abu-Jamal's Appeal Go Forward
Natasha Lennard | theintercept.com | 2019-04-20
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.
theintercept.com/2019/04/20/mumia-abu-jamal-larry-krasner/
Democratic candidate asks to start impeachment process against Trump
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-04-20
Washington, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) Democratic Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren today called on the House of Representatives to start impeachment proceedings against US President Donald Trump.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41090&SEO=democratic-candidate-asks-to-start-impeachment-process-against-trump
Detroit Fiat Chrysler autoworkers defend Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-20
A WSWS Autoworker Newsletter campaign team spoke to workers Thursday at the Warren Stamping plant outside of Detroit about the importance of the defense of whistleblowers Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/20/warr-a20.html
Over 70,000 Killed in Yemen War Since 2016
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-04-20
(ANTIWAR.COM) — Official figures on the deaths in the Yemen War have been virtually unavailable, or at least years out of date. The database tracker from the Armed Conflict and Location Event Data Project, however, issued their own data on Yemen Thursday, showing more than 70,000 have been killed in Yemen just since January 2016. This is a …
Protests force American Museum of Natural History to cancel event with Brazil's Bolsonaro
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-20
In face of fierce popular reaction, the ruling elites in New York have been forced to disassociate themselves from the fascistic Brazilian president.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/20/bols-a20.html
Democrats' Russia obsession a 'huge gift' to Trump for 2020 — Noam Chomsky
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-20
Progressive intellectual Noam Chomsky called the Democratic party's focus on 'Russiagate' a 'huge gift" for President Donald Trump that "could hand him the next election." | …
rt.com/usa/457119-noam-chomsky-trump-russia/
Iranian Intelligence Dismantles U.S.-U.K. Spy Network
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-04-20
Tehran, Apr 20 (Prensa Latina) Iranian intelligence dismantled spy networks from the United States and the United Kingdom, revealed the minister of the sector, Mahmud Alavi, quoted this Saturday the local press.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=41094&SEO=iranian-intelligence-dismantles-u.s.-u.k.-spy-network
