2019-04-18: Social Media Postees

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Black Alliance For Peace Revives Black Anti-War Tradition (Pt 1/2)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-04-18
The US has been at war in the Middle East for 28 years, starting with Operation Desert Storm in Iraq, then into Afghanistan, Syria, and now we are learning of military bases, operations, and troops in African nations…
therealnews.com/stories/black-alliance-for-peace-revives-black-anti-war-tradition-pt-1-2

Is Trump for Detente or Militarism? — RAI with Stephen Cohen (2/5)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-04-18
Trump's stated aim is to reduce tensions with Russia, but is it motivated by peaceful objectives or is it preparations for aggression towards Iran and China — Stephen Cohen joins host Paul Jay for a spirited discussion on Reality Asserts Itself…
therealnews.com/stories/is-trump-for-detente-or-militarism-rai-with-stephen-cohen-2-5

Service and Sacrifice: Ugandan 'Blue Helmets' support UN efforts to bring peace to Somalia
United Nations | un.org | 2019-04-18
A contingent of 530 Ugandan "Blue Helmets" (63 women, 467 men) is playing a crucial role in the United Nations' efforts to help bring peace and stability to Somalia. They make up the United Nations Guard Unit (UNGU, that is tasked with protecting UN compounds in Mogadishu in order to assist the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and the United Nations Support Office in Somalia (UNSOS) to carry out their mandate.
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The "Original Sin"!
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
In every struggle for Peace and Justice, there are critical moments that can change the outcome of that struggle. These days are so crucial to save the Body and Mind of two great humble human beings who are under immense …
globalresearch.ca/the-original-sin/5674830

War Versus Peace: Israel Has Decided and So Should We
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-18
So, what have we learned from the Israeli legislative elections on April 9? A whole lot. To start with, don't let such references as the "tight race" between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his main rival, Benny Gantz, fool you. Yes, Israelis are divided on some issues that are particular to their social and …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/war-versus-peace-israel-has-decided-and-so-should-we/

Jimmy Carter: US 'Most Warlike Nation in History of the World'
Brett Wilkins | commondreams.org | 2019-04-18
Most countries surveyed in a 2013 WIN/Gallup poll identified the United States as the greatest threat to world peace. (Photo: CD/CC BY 2.0) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/war_1.jpeg…
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War Versus Peace: Israel Has Decided and So Should We
Ramzy Baroud | commondreams.org | 2019-04-18
Netanyahu and his future government coalition of like-minded extremists are now armed with an unmistakably popular mandate to fulfill all of their electoral promises, including the annexation of the West Bank. (Photo: Thomas Coex / AFP / Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/netanyahu_0.jpeg…
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Revisiting "Collateral Murder". Released by Wikileaks in 2010
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
In watching the grotesque arrest of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuador Embassy, it occurred to me that this 'show' in broad daylight was a deliberate attempt to intimidate and convey a message of omnipotent power and control. | Instead, …
globalresearch.ca/revisiting-collateral-murder-released-by-wikileaks-in-2010/5674808

Unsealed Affidavit Demonstrates US Seeking to Prosecute Assange for His Journalism
Oscar Grenfell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
An affidavit unsealed by US prosecutors on Monday has underscored the unlawful character of the Trump administration's request that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be extradited to the US in the wake of his illegal expulsion from Ecuador's London embassy and …
globalresearch.ca/unsealed-affidavit-demonstrates-us-seeking-prosecute-assange-journalism/5674829

Assange and the Cowardice of Power
Michael Howard | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-18
Trump has never heard of WikiLeaks, the publishing organization whose work he repeatedly and unequivocally touted during the 2016 election campaign. "I know nothing about WikiLeaks," he told reporters after Julian Assange was illegally arrested, after being illegally detained for seven years, in London.
counterpunch.org/2019/04/18/assange-and-the-cowardice-of-power/

All Will be Punished
Richard Ward | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-18
The image of London police dragging Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy was so disturbing and resonant on so many levels, one hardly knows where to begin. First, this person, this Moreno, has disgraced and degraded himself beyond historical repair. His name will be forever synonymous with betrayal of the most abject, vicious, and cowardly…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/18/all-will-be-punished/

13 civil liberties organisations warn against extradition of Julian Assange to the US
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2019-04-18
The International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations have issued a statement warning of "serious world-wide implications for freedom of the press" as a result … | Read more 13 civil liberties organisations warn against extradition of Julian Assange to the US | By Mohamed Elmaazi…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2019/04/18/13-civil-liberties-organisations-warn-against-extradition-of-julian-assange-to-the-us/

Assange: Between Gratitude and Betrayal
Manuel E. Yepe | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-18
Julian Assange was arrested in England on Thursday, April 11, and is feared to be extradited to the United States to face charges for his actions during the Obama administration. According to an editorial in the Washington Post in 2011, such a conviction…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/18/assange-between-gratitude-and-betrayal/

Chomsky: By Focusing on Russia, Democrats Handed Trump a "Huge Gift" & Possibly the 2020 Election
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-18
As Attorney General William Barr releases Robert Mueller's long-anticipated report into Russian interference in the 2016 election, we speak with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky about what he sees as the political perils of "Russiagate."
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/18/chomsky_by_focusing_on_russia_democrats

Chomsky on the Perils of Depending on Mueller Report to Defeat Trump
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-04-18
As Attorney General William Barr releases Robert Mueller's long-anticipated report into Russian interference in the 2016 election, we speak with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky about what he sees as the political perils of "Russiagate." | Amy Goodman: Can you share your analysis of President Trump? You have lived through so many presidents. Explain President Trump to us and assess the massive response to him. | Noam Chomsky: Well, Trump is–you know, I think there are a number of illusions about Trump. If you take a look at the Trump phenomenon, it's not very surprisin…
truthout.org/video/chomsky-on-the-perils-of-depending-on-mueller-report-to-defeat-trump/

Tulsi Gabbard says US wars 'cost millions of lives' and 'strengthen terrorist groups'
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2019-04-18
2020 Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard has once again slammed US 'regime change' wars. The Iraq veteran tweeted out a video of her discussing … | Read more Tulsi Gabbard says US wars 'cost millions of lives' and 'strengthen terrorist groups' | By Mohamed Elmaazi…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/04/18/tulsi-gabbard-says-us-wars-cost-millions-of-lives-and-strengthen-terrorist-groups/

Barring the Mueller Report
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2019-04-18
Barr does know we're talking about President Trump, right?
progressive.org/dispatches/barring-the-mueller-report-fiore-19418/

Children's Moral Power Can Challenge Corporate Power on Climate Crisis
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-18
The famous anthropologist, Margaret Mead, once said to me that children have a distinct moral authority to change some of their parents' habits or opinions. She gave use of seat belts and smoking cigarettes as examples. Indeed, most of us know instances when sons and daughters have looked into the eyes of their fathers and…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/18/childrens-moral-power-can-challenge-corporate-power-on-climate-crisis/

Barr Gets in Last Word Before America Sees Mueller Report
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-04-18
In a press conference Thursday, the attorney general reasserts that there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian hackers.
truthdig.com/articles/barr-gets-in-last-word-before-america-sees-mueller-report/

Barr "Disagreed" With Mueller on "Legal Theories" of Trump Obstruction
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-04-18
Attorney General William Barr will release special counsel Robert Mueller's nearly 400-page report detailing his nearly two-year investigation into foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election later this morning. Barr and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein, held a press conference at 9: 30 a.m ET on the release of the report. | The Justice Department plans to turn over Mueller's redacted report covering the special counsel's probe into allegations of whether President Donald Trump's campaign conspired with Russia during the 2016 election cycle and whether the president illegally obstructed the inquiry to the…
truthout.org/articles/barr-disagreed-with-mueller-on-legal-theories-of-trump-obstruction/

In William Barr, Donald Trump Has Finally Found His Roy Cohn
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2019-04-18
In William Barr, Donald Trump Has Finally Found His Roy Cohn…
thenation.com/article/mueller-report-william-barr-trump-russia/

Don't Listen to Barr–Read Mueller's Words Yourself
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-04-18
Attorney General William Barr delivered a redacted version of the Mueller report to Congress and posted the special counsel's findings online Thursday morning. | The document's publication followed a Justice Department press conference that critics and Democratic lawmakers denounced as an effort to protect President Donald Trump. | "
truthout.org/articles/dont-listen-to-barr-read-muellers-words-yourself/

Indivisible Demands Full Transparency and Accountability After Mueller Report
commondreams | commondreams.org | 2019-04-18
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"Don't Listen to Barr—Read Mueller's Words Yourself": Here Is the Special Counsel's Report
Common Dreams staff | commondreams.org | 2019-04-18
"Congress must be given the full report and Congress must determine what needs to be redacted," said Karen Hobert Flynn, president of the government watchdog group Common Cause | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/robert_mueller.jpg…
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Americans Deserve Better Than A.G. Barr's Attempt to Whitewash & Black-Out Mueller Report on Russian Attacks
commondreams | commondreams.org | 2019-04-18
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William Barr Is a Complete Tool. It's Time for Robert Mueller to Testify
Charles P. Pierce | commondreams.org | 2019-04-18
Barr seriously argued that the president* couldn't be expected to follow the law because he was frustrated and mad. (Photo: Getty) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-04-18_at_1.20.54_pm.png…
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Trump Tried to Seize Control of Mueller Probe, Report Says
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-04-18
WASHINGTON — Public at last, special counsel Robert Mueller's report revealed to a waiting nation Thursday that President Donald Trump had tried to seize control of the Russia probe and force Mueller's removal to stop him from investigating potential obstruction of justice by the president. | The report said that in June 2017, Trump directed White House Counsel Don McGahn to call the acting attorney general and say that Mueller must be ousted because he had conflicts of interest. | McGahn refused — deciding he would rather resign than trigger what he regarded as a potential Saturday Night Massacre of…
truthdig.com/articles/trump-tried-to-seize-control-of-mueller-probe-report-says/

NAACP BLASTS WOEFULLY DEFICIENT RELEASE OF MUELLER REPORT
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2019-04-18
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 18, 2019 CONTACTS: NAACP@sunshinesachs.com BALTIMORE — Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, issued the following statement regarding U.S. Attorney General William Barr's release of the redacted version of Special counsel Robert Mueller's report: "The report released today by Attorney General William Barr falls woefully short of what is owed to Congress and …
naacp.org/latest/naacp-blasts-woefully-deficient-release-mueller-report/

Mueller's Redacted Report
Robbie Conal, Randall Enos, Ron Hauge | thenation.com | 2019-04-18
Robbie Conal, Randall Enos, Ron Hauge Mueller's Redacted Report…
thenation.com/article/muellers-redacted-report/

Barr Has Abandoned the Constitution in Order to Serve Trump
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-04-18
Barr Has Abandoned the Constitution in Order to Serve Trump…
thenation.com/article/barr-mueller-report-trump-nadler-congress/

Mueller presented case against Trump, now Congress must act
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2019-04-18
No matter how many times Donald Trump and his defense lawyer–sorry, Attorney General, William Barr–may repeat the mantra "No Collusion, No Obstruction," the reality emerging from today's release of the Mueller report is that the President of the United States has committed crimes and should face prosecution. The ball is now in Congress' court, and …
peoplesworld.org/article/mueller-presented-the-case-against-trump-now-congress-must-act/

Trump Cracks Down on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-04-18
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — The Trump administration on Wednesday intensified its crackdown on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela, rolling back Obama administration policy and announcing new restrictions and sanctions against the three countries whose leaders national security adviser John Bolton dubbed the "three stooges of socialism." | "The troika of tyranny — Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua — is beginning to crumble," Bolton said in a hard-hitting speech near Miami on the 58th anniversary of the United States' failed Bay of Pigs invasion of the island, an attempt to overthrow the Cuban government. | The m…
truthdig.com/articles/trump-cracks-down-on-cuba-nicaragua-and-venezuela/

Immigration and the Shock Doctrine
Andrew Moss | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-18
If you look back over the Trump administration's handling of immigration during the past two-and-a-half years, you'll see a pattern of chronic tension and dysfunction. Like many people, you may have apprehended the pattern as a series of specific emergencies and dramatic events: the declaration of an "invasion" at our borders; the shutdown, or threatened…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/18/immigration-and-the-shock-doctrine/

Nearly 100,000 Pentagon Whistleblower Complaints Have Been Silenced
Lee Camp | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-18
You would think, in this topsy-turvy world, if there were one organization we could trust with a trillion dollars a year of our taxpayer money, it would be the Department of Unauthorized Highly Secretive Mass Human Murder.
mintpressnews.com/nearly-100000-pentagon-whistleblower-complaints-silenced/257594/

US 'Tightens Noose' on Cuba
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-04-18
Sec. of State Pompeo announced that Cuban Americans and US citizens who lost property after Cuba's 1959 revolution can now sue companies that have benefitted from this property. This represents an important intensification of sanctions on Cuba, says Jeb Sprague…
therealnews.com/stories/us-tightens-noose-on-cuba

Venezuela — Still on the Brink?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
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 …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-still-on-the-brink/5674826

Death of Free Speech: Criticizing Israel Will Land You in Prison
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
Soon, this blog will be illegal. | No, I'm not selling drugs or peddling child pornography. I write about America's wars and the primary objective of those illegal and immoral wars–to make Israel the hegemon of the Middle East along with …
globalresearch.ca/death-free-speech-criticizing-israel-prison/5674790

Burning Gothic: Reflections on Notre-Dame de Paris
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
"But no matter the destruction, the spirit of what it means to be a cathedral can and does survive such catastrophes." — Becky Clark, Church of England director of cathedrals and church buildings, April 17, 2019 | The destruction of …
globalresearch.ca/burning-gothic-notre-dame-de-paris/5674794

Empire Versus Democracy and Freedom
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
The public interest, and democratic political economies, both domestic and internationally, are poison to Empire. But this must be hidden from view, hence war propaganda/fake news is protected by legislation, while Constitutionally-protected, evidence-based real journalism, a dying phenomenon, continues to …
globalresearch.ca/empire-versus-democracy-and-freedom/5674851

U.S. Continues Supplying Military Aid to Kurdish Forces in Northern Syria against Turkey, a US Ally and NATO Member State
Firas Samuri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
The mass media has been widely covering the details of the disastrous humanitarian situation in Rukban refugee camp over recent months. By the way, the crisis in other sites deserves more considerable attention. Al-Hol refugee camp located in Al-Hasakah province …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-continues-supplying-military-aid-to-kurdish-forces-in-northern-syria-against-turkey-a-us-ally-and-nato-member-state/5674812

Pro-Apartheid Israel Australian Labor Party Scraps Outstanding Anti-Israel Apartheid Candidate, Melissa Parke
Gideon Polya | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
Decent Australians want the Labor Party to win in the forthcoming Australian elections for the sake of the young, poor, disabled, sick, elderly, unemployed, Indigenous and the environment. However the right wing-dominated Labor Opposition is merely better than the appalling …
globalresearch.ca/pro-apartheid-israel-australian-labor-party-anti-apartheid-candidate-melissa-parke/5674801

Video: Israel's Magic Lamp: Iron Dome Missile Defense
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
Since its inception, Israel has faced difficult political and military challenges. It defines the operational space in which IDF exists, the nature of development of its armed forces, and of individual weapons systems it uses. | The key objective and permanent …
globalresearch.ca/israels-magic-lamp-iron-dome-missile-defense/5674792

Moscow's Strategy in the Middle East: Geopolitics and the Versatility of Diplomacy
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
Important events have occurred in the Middle East and North Africa in recent weeks that underline how the overall political reconfiguration of the region is in full swing. The Shia axis continues its diplomatic relations and, following Rouhani's meeting in …
globalresearch.ca/moscows-strategy-in-the-middle-east-geopolitics-and-the-versatility-of-diplomacy/5674839

The Triumph of Evil
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-18
Today (April 17) I heard a NPR "news" report that described the democratically elected president of Venezuela as "the Venezuelan dictator Maduro." By repeating over and over that a democratically elected president is a dictator, the presstitutes create that image …
globalresearch.ca/triump-evil/5674799

Defending Venezuela: Two Approaches
Chris Gilbert ‚Äê Monthly Review Online | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-04-18
Chris Gilbert argues that solidarity movements defending Venezuela's sovereignty should also engage with the revolutionary proposals of the Bolivarian process.
venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14433

The Iran Floods and US Sanctions: 10 Million at Risk, But Who Cares?
Jan Oberg | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-18
You have certainly not heard much about this in the West. And it didn't get a fraction of the media attention (and none of the hundreds of millions of Euro pledges by the perversely rich) that the Notre Dame fire did. However, if disastrous floods had hit 28 out of 31 provinces and affected 10 million people…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/18/the-iran-floods-and-us-sanctions-10-million-at-risk-but-who-cares/

Is the United States Giving up on Its Project in Venezuela ?
Peter Koenig | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-18
Juan Guaido was never able to mobilize the crowds as Washington expected. Guaido, a US lackey in the first place, lacks any charisma. He does not appeal even to the majority of Venezuela's opposition. So, he is a dead horse. Bad choice by Washington.
mintpressnews.com/is-the-united-states-giving-up-on-its-project-in-venezuela/257579/

With Russia and China Now in its Sights, US Army to Spend $50B on New Stuff
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-18
As with any kind of change of priorities or new projects taken on by the military, defense contractors will be soon scrambling for a piece of the pie, as will the folks on the Hill looking to bring the pork home to their states and districts.
mintpressnews.com/with-russia-and-china-now-in-its-sights-us-army-to-spend-50b-on-new-stuff/257566/

Who are Venezuela's colectivos?
Federico Fuentes | mronline.org | 2019-04-18
The media calls them armed thugs and US Senator Marco Rubio wants them put on the terrorist list, but who are Venezuela's colectivos (collectives)? Green Left Weekly's Federico Fuentes met with some of them to find out. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/04/18/who-are-venezuelas-colectivos/

Why Should Americans Care About NATO/US In Africa? (Pt 2/2)
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-04-18
The anti-war movement rightfully focuses on the expansion of US military action around the world, but what connection does that have to everyday struggles in poor and Black communities in the U.S. like Baltimore? Why should Baltimoreans care about endless expanding war?
therealnews.com/stories/why-should-americans-care-about-nato-us-in-africa-pt-2-2

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2019-04-17: News Headlines

Max Blumenthal (2019-04-17). How the Pentagon and CIA push Venezuela regime-change propaganda in video games. mronline.org The US military and CIA launder coup propaganda through popular first-person shooter video games like Call of Duty, simulating assassinations of Venezeula's socialist leader and sabotage of its electrical infrastructure. | Source

Norman Solomon (2019-04-17). The Toxic Lure of "Guns and Butter" counterpunch.org The current political brawl over next year's budget is highly significant. With Democrats in a House majority for the first time in eight years, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and most other party leaders continue to support even more largesse for the Pentagon. But many progressive congressmembers are challenging the wisdom of deference to the military-industrial complex More

Vijay Prashad (2019-04-17). To Ola Bini, a Political Prisoner Caught Up in the Assange Debacle. counterpunch.org Dear Ola, The last time we had a long conversation, it was about the night. We were at a hotel in South America, where the ambient noise near your room was fairly loud. By ambient noise, I mean music. There was a band playing, a bar in motion, people happy for the evening. You said More

Consortiumnews (2019-04-17). VIPS Fault Mueller Probe, Criticize Refusal To Interview Assange. consortiumnews.com The bug in Mueller's report to be released Thursday is that he accepts that the Russian government interfered in the election. Trump should challenge that, says VIPS. MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: The Fly in… Read more →

James Bovard (2019-04-17). Washington's Biggest Fairy Tale: "Truth Will Out" counterpunch.org The arrest of Julian Assange has produced rapturous cheering from the American political elite. Hillary Clinton declared that Assange "must answer for what he has done." Unfortunately, Assange's arrest will do nothing to prevent the vast majority of conniving politicians and bureaucrats from paying no price for deceiving the American public. More

Binoy Kampmark (2019-04-17). Delegitimising Journalism: The Effort to Relabel Julian Assange. counterpunch.org "Your honour, I represent the United States government". The Westminster Magistrates Court had been left with little doubt by the opening words of the legal team marshalled against the face of WikiLeaks. Julian Assange was being targeted by the imperium itself, an effort now only garnished by the issue of skipping bail in 2012. Would the More

teleSUR (2019-04-17). Moreno: Assange is an 'Informational Terrorist,' Russian Agent. telesurenglish.net Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno, in an exclusive interview with the BBC, stated that Julian Assange could be an agent of Russia, who has selectively never revealed information about Moscow amid leaking information about other nations. | RELATED: | Julian Assange Wins 2019 EU Journalism Award | Moreno also discredited Assange as a journalist and accused the WikiLeaks chief of working to preserve Russia and expose other countries, as evidenced by his interfering with the Vatican, the United Stat…

Andre Vltchek (2019-04-17). Julian Assange's Victory. globalresearch.ca Throughout history, dark and reactionary forces have always attempted to control the world; by violence, by deceit, by kidnapping and perverting the mainstream narrative, or by spreading fear among the masses. | Consistently, brave and honest individuals have been standing up, …

teleSUR (2019-04-17). Trump's Neocon Administration Want War in Venezuela: Gabbard. telesurenglish.net U.S. congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii sat down for an interview with MSNBC Tuesday to discuss her campaign for the presidency and her views on a number of topics, including the potential military intervention in Venezuela. | RELATED: | Peruvian Journalist Wins Pulitzer Prize For Critiquing Trump | Gabbard told the Hardball host Chris Matthews that U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded by "neocon war hawks" that want war with Venezuela, despite the catastrophic effects t…

Eds. (2019-04-17). The Latin American left's setbacks: what does it all mean? mronline.org Steve Ellner and Alan Freeman talk about the Pink Tide and what came after in Venezuela and in the Latin American region. | Source

Hans Muilerman and Jonathan Latham (2019-04-17). EU Threatens to Legalize Human Harm From Pesticides. counterpunch.org By Hans Muilerman and Jonathan Latham Current EU regulations forbid human exposure to pesticides that are classified as mutagenic, carcinogenic, reprotoxic (toxic for reproduction), persistent or capable of disrupting endocrine systems. By virtue of these and other protective measures EU regulations are considered the gold standard in public protection. However, experts who are closely linked More

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2019-04-17). Hawai'i in Trouble. counterpunch.org I first visited Hawaii (Oahu and Maui) in the early 1980s. The islands retained some of the glorious beauty of their pre-American life. I remember the mountains in Oahu. They are not tall. They are smooth, green, with deep ridges. It's like the Hawaiian goddess Pele drew her fingers over a soft matter at the More

STAFF (2019-04-17). Pompeo is "Setting the Stage for a War with Iran" therealnews.com In recent congressional testimony, Sec. of State Pompeo linked Iran to al Qaeda and 9/11 and would not say whether he would apply the 2001 war authorization (AUMF) to Iran. Col. Larry Wilkerson discusses the implications…

patrick (2019-04-17). AXA IM divests from Elbit Systems – involved in Israeli war crimes. bdsmovement.net AXA IM divests from Elbit Systems – involved in Israeli war crimes: UpdateThe campaign against AXA's problematic investments continues, as AXA remains linked to Elbit Systems through a subsidiary, and AXA maintains investments in five Israeli banks. | Economic BoycottApril 17, 2019 | By: | | SumOfUs

Martha Grevatt (2019-04-17). States intensify attacks on reproductive rights. workers.org It's war. Patriarchal diehards in state legislatures across the country are bound and determined to criminalize what should be a private decision between a woman, a girl or a gender-oppressed individual and their doctor. The target of their new legislation is to kill the now-still-legal right to terminate a pregnancy. . . . | Continue reading States intensify attacks on reproductive rights at Workers.org

STAFF (2019-04-17). Trump Using Refugees as Pawns and Public Policy for Vengeance. therealnews.com San Francisco District Attorney candidate Chesa Boudin calls Trump a coward and a bully who should be held legally accountable…

teleSUR (2019-04-17). Nancy Pelosi Denies Accusations that Ilhan Omar is Anti-Semitic. telesurenglish.net Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi criticized U.S. President Donald Trump for politicizing the 9/11 terror attacks in an attempt to harm the image of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. | RELATED: | Progressives, Democrats Slam Trump over 'Disgusting' Video linking Ilhan Omar to 9/11 | Pelosi jumped to Omar's defense during a CNN interview this week, saying that the Minnesota congresswoman is not anti-semitic. | "I don't think the congresswoman is anti-Semitic. I woul…

teleSUR (2019-04-17). Iran Officially Adds US Forces to Terrorist List. telesurenglish.net Iran has officially added the U.S. Armed Forces in the Middle East to their terrorist list, IRNA reported Tuesday. | RELATED: | Iran Calls Pompeo's Accusations of Meddling in Venezuela 'Ridiculous' | Iran's Minister of Defense General Amir Hatami first introduced the bill declaring the U.S. Armed Forces in the Middle East as terrorists shortly after Trump's designation, but it was not approved until recently. | The Iranian lawmakers unanimously supported the bill, IRNA re…

teleSUR (2019-04-17). Guaido Takes Credit for Humanitarian Aid Delivery to Venezuela. telesurenglish.net Juan Guaido of the Venezuelan opposition took to Twitter Tuesday to take credit for the humanitarian aid delivery that was provided by the Red Cross to the people of the Bolivarian Republic. | RELATED: | Venezuelan UN Envoy: Secret Meetings Taking Place to Plan War | Guaido boasted via his Twitter: "They lied to Venezuela and the world, denied the emergency and denied aid to a town that asks for food and medicines. But before our pressure and firmness, they had no choice but to…

Nino Pagliccia (2019-04-17). Preventing the Sale of Venezuelan Oil to Cuba: Killing Two Birds with a Stone. globalresearch.ca Recent US sanctions have been directed at the heart of Venezuela's economy: the oil industry, an industry that has also been crippled by the continued sabotages on the electric power grid of the country. | But when you think that enough …

Jack Rasmus (2019-04-17). Trump Whacks the Middle Class. counterpunch.org In 2016 Trump promised tax cuts for the middle class. Now it's clear Trump's 2018 tax cut is making the middle class pay for corporations, businesses, investors and the wealthiest 1% households historic tax cuts totaling no less than $4.5 trillion over the next decade. A massive redistribution of income favoring the capitalist class—at the More

Middle East Eye (2019-04-17). Trump Vetoes 'Dangerous' Resolution to End US Military Involvement in Yemen. globalresearch.ca US President Donald Trump has vetoed a congressional resolution that sought to end US involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, the White House has said. | "This resolution is an unnecessary, dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities, endangering the …

teleSUR (2019-04-17). Peru's Ex-President Alan García Shoots Himself Prior to Arrest. telesurenglish.net Peru's former President Alan García was hospitalized Wednesday after shooting himself when police entered his house to arrest him for a case of bribes from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, a police source told Reuters. | The source, who was not authorized to speak to the press, said Garcia was immediately transferred to the local Casimiro Ulloa hospital, located in a district of Lima. | The local television channel America reported that Garcia was undergoing emergency surgery and was in critical condition. Images from the channel showed the former president's two children entering the hospital.

teleSUR (2019-04-17). Deposed Sudanese President Transferred to New Prison. telesurenglish.net The deposed President of Sudan Omar Al-Bashir was transferred to a new prison in the capital city of Khartoum Wednesday, the AFP News Agency reported. | RELATED: | African Union Presses Sudan's Army to Transfer Power in 15 Days | Al-Bashir was reportedly transferred to the notorious Kober Prison, which is a maximum security prison that was once used by the deposed president to detain and execute political dissidents. | "Last night, Bashir was transferred to Kober prison in Kh…

teleSUR (2019-04-17). Indonesia Decides: Election Candidates and Complications. telesurenglish.net Elections are underway in Indonesia, and millions are heading to the polls to vote between the incumbent President Joko Widodo and ex-general Prabowo Subianto in a rematch of the 2014 elections. | RELATED: | Indonesia Probes Possible Overseas Electoral Fraud in Malaysia | Both candidates have already placed their votes this morning. | Polls are scheduled to close at 6 P.M. GMT with exit poll results expected within the next couple of hours. The projected frontrunner is Widodo,…

teleSUR (2019-04-17). Pet Deer Kills Man, Badly Injures Woman in Australia's Outback. telesurenglish.net A man was killed and a woman was left badly injured Wednesday when their pet deer attacked them on their property in Australia's Outback region, local police said. | RELATED: | Great Barrier Reef Severely Damaged By Coral Bleaching | Following the deer attack, emergency services were called to the home to treat the couple, who were identified as Mandi and Paul McDonald. | "The man died at the scene," police said in a statement obtained by the AFP News Agency. "The woman has been airl…

George Wuerthner (2019-04-17). How to Stop Grazing on Public Lands: Buy Out the Permits. counterpunch.org Across the West, it is well documented that livestock grazing is one of the most destructive land uses on public lands. Some 250 million acres of public lands including those administered by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, as well as some national wildlife refuges and even some national park units are More

John Stanton (2019-04-17). The Price of Participating in Society is the Sacrifice of Privacy and Self. counterpunch.org In what is arguably one of the most craven opportunistic moves by a business/media group to increase its circulation/profitability, on 10 April the New York Times (NYT) embarked on what it describes as its Privacy Project. A day later on 11 April, no doubt with the NYT's foreknowledge of what was to come thanks to an More

Kenneth Surin (2019-04-17). Insurgencies in Malaysia and Vietnam: Boyhood Reflections. counterpunch.org The Communist insurgency in British Malaya (as it then was before becoming Malaysia) started in 1948, which happened to be the year I was born, and ended in 1960. The country became independent in 1957. My youthful recollections of the insurgency are confined to the episodic. Travelling in our car to visit relatives in another More

Kollibri terre Sonnenblume (2019-04-17). The Burning Cathedral and the Dead Turtle. counterpunch.org Like many people, I was shocked when I first heard the news that the Cathedral of Notre Dame was on fire and saw the photos of smoke pouring out of the iconic structure. Though I've never been to Paris, I can imagine something of what was lost, since I have visited other architectural wonders in More

George Ochenski (2019-04-17). Vote-Trading for Big Coal. counterpunch.org The closing weeks of Montana's legislative sessions are always perilous. Legislators are worn out from more than three months of hearings, floor debates, and living on chicken wings and bacon-wrapped appetizers at nightly "receptions." To say their judgment is clouded would be a vast understatement. But what's going on in the Montana Senate right now More

Rev. William Alberts (2019-04-17). Opening Tombs and Resurrecting Lives. counterpunch.org Easter is about opening tombs and resurrecting lives. Today's tombs include the Trump administration's walls and bans and lies that confine people, threaten their safety, and block their aspirations and fulfillment. Thus, in this life, Easter is celebrated whenever people, fleeing such oppression, are offered the safety of sanctuary. Here, people of faith not only More

Peadar O'Cearnaigh (2019-04-17). The British establishment can no longer remain silent over killing children and colluding with terrorists. thecanary.co On 15 April 1981, Paul Whitters was shot by the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) with a plastic bullet in Derry and died ten days … | Read more The British establishment can no longer remain silent over killing children and colluding with terrorists | By Peadar O'Cearnaigh

teleSUR (2019-04-17). New Orleans Mayor Visits Cuba to Build Relations. telesurenglish.net New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell traveled to the Cuban capital of Havana on April 2 to meet with officials and to learn about their educational and health systems, ESSENCE magazine reported Tuesday. | RELATED: | US Official Confirms Anti-Cuba Law to Move Forward, Pushing Relations to 'Worst Levels' | According to ESSENCE, the New Orleans Mayor traveled to Cuba wit…

Edward Curtin (2019-04-17). Between Yes and No, Heaven and Earth with Albert Camus on a Spring Morning. globalresearch.ca "To give up beauty and the sensual happiness that comes with it and devote one's self exclusively to unhappiness requires a nobility I lack. However, after all, nothing is true that compels us to make it exclusive. Isolated beauty ends …

South Front (2019-04-17). Video: Haftar Forces Stalled South of Tripoli. GNA Fighters Shot Down LNA Warplane. globalresearch.ca By April 16, the Libyan National Army (LNA) advance on Tripoli has appeared to be dragged into a trench war on the approach to the southern gate of the city. Militias loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) have …

teleSUR (2019-04-17). Advertising Restrictions Smoking Canada's Cannabis Industry. telesurenglish.net Less than a year after Canada legalized cannabis, industry insiders are conflicted about the sector's current and future performance, in the North American country, with most people leaning toward a pessimistic outcome. | RELATED: | Conservative UN Body Speaks Out Against Cannabis Legalization | Many factors contribute to the underwhelming performance, one of…

Jonathan Cook (2019-04-17). Annexation of West Bank May Provide Key to Unlocking Netanyahu's Legal Troubles. globalresearch.ca After winning the Israeli election with a slim majority, in a campaign that grew more sordid and vilifying by the day, Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to begin his fifth term as Israeli prime minister. | The culmination of his dirty tricks …

John Stanton (2019-04-17). The Price of Participating in Society Is the Sacrifice of Privacy and Self. globalresearch.ca In what is arguably one of the most craven opportunistic moves by a business/media group to increase its circulation/profitability, on 10 April the New York Times (NYT) embarked on what it describes as its Privacy Project. | A day later …

NRDC (2019-04-17). Trump Administration Ignores Environmental Impacts of Mining 30 Million Tons of Coal Near Bryce Canyon National Park. globalresearch.ca A lawsuit against the Trump Administration's approval of Alton Coal's mine expansion near Bryce Canyon National Park was filed today by Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), Grand Canyon Trust, Utah Physicians for …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-04-17). Permissible Influences: Israel and the Australian Elections. globalresearch.ca So much hullabaloo; so much pent-up anger and, let's face it, so much opportunity for the political classes of Australia. The theme since 2016 is electoral interference; the object: whichever power so happens to afford an opportunity to gather support …

Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich (2019-04-17). A Cathedral and a Mosque Engulfed in Fire; One Ravages the Past, the Other Threatens the Future. globalresearch.ca The world reacted with shock to the fire that engulfed the Notre Dame Cathedral. A symbol of Paris, this 13th Century architectural marvel is home to precious historical religious relics and artwork; made even more famous throughout the world …

Leslie J. Pollard Sr. (2019-04-17). Segregated Doctoring: Black Physicians in Augusta, Georgia, 1902—1952. globalresearch.ca African American physicians began arriving in post Reconstruction era Augusta, Georgia during the mid-1880s. Initially these black physicians were offered work at the city's only African American public hospital, but as racial prejudices hardened, they were barred from practicing at …

WSWS (2019-04-17). Pentagon ordered to draft military plans to counter Russia and China in Venezuela. wsws.org The report of active planning for US military intervention followed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's provocative visit to the Venezuelan-Colombian border on Sunday.

STAFF (2019-04-17). The Shocking Parallels Between 1919 and 2019. truthdig.com Reading about immigration policy, religious and racial bigotry, and terrorism fears in America in 1919 offers an eerie sense of decades melting away and past and present blurring together. | The blend isn't exact. Bigotry was expressed much more explicitly a century ago, not in code as it usually is now. Jim Crow laws in the South and other forms of racial segregation in the rest of the country were seen by most white Americans as the normal state of affairs. In the national debate on immigration, the most inflammatory rhetoric was largely aimed at immigrants from Asia, not Latin America or the Middle East; Slavs…

WSWS (2019-04-17). Glimpses of social life: The Feeling of Being Watched, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool and Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts, among others. wsws.org The Detroit film festival organizers made an obvious effort to program works oriented toward contemporary reality and recent social history, including many of their difficult and painful aspects.

Jason Ditz (2019-04-17). Trump Vetoes Resolution to End US Support for Saudi-Led Yemen War. theantimedia.com (ANTIWAR.COM) — On Tuesday, President Trump capped off months of effort in Congress to pass a War Powers Act challenge to the US involvement in the war in Yemen, vetoing the bill and claiming it was a "dangerous attempt to weaken my constitutional authorities." The bill, SJ Res 7, was a straightforward bill under the War Powers …

Monica Chen (2019-04-17). Factory Farming Awareness Speaker Training. indybay.org UC Berkeley (Stephens Lounge in the MLK building)…

Curt Wechsler (2019-04-17). Trump Is 'Going To Go Full Animal' Says Steve Bannon. indybay.org Donald Trump's former chief adviser predicted Mr. Trump would "come off the chains" and use the Mueller Report to "bludgeon" his opponents and ignore congressional oversight requests for documents. Attorney General Barr's memorandum on Mueller's report left Trump feeling vindicated, triumphant and unleashed.

Al-Thawra (2019-04-17). Basra struggles to tackle drug abuse problem filling prisons. indybay.org The southern Iraqi city of Basra is struggling to cope with a growing drug problem that has overcrowded prisons and strained police resources, only months after violent protests over poor municipal services. Basra's prison system is clogged up.

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