2019-04-17: Social Media Postees

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How the Pentagon and CIA push Venezuela regime-change propaganda in video games
Max Blumenthal | mronline.org | 2019-04-17
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…
mronline.org/2019/04/17/how-the-pentagon-and-cia-push-venezuela-regime-change-propaganda-in-video-games/

The Toxic Lure of "Guns and Butter"
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/17/the-toxic-lure-of-guns-and-butter/

To Ola Bini, a Political Prisoner Caught Up in the Assange Debacle
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/17/to-ola-bini-a-political-prisoner-caught-up-in-the-assange-debacle/

VIPS Fault Mueller Probe, Criticize Refusal To Interview Assange
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-17
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 ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/16/vips-fault-mueller-probe-criticize-refusal-to-interview-assange/

Washington's Biggest Fairy Tale: "Truth Will Out"
James Bovard | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-17
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.
counterpunch.org/2019/04/17/washingtons-biggest-fairy-tale-truth-will-out/

Delegitimising Journalism: The Effort to Relabel Julian Assange
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-17
"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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/17/delegitimising-journalism-the-effort-to-relabel-julian-assange/

Moreno: Assange is an 'Informational Terrorist,' Russian Agent
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-17
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Moreno-Assange-is-an-Informational-Terrorist-Russian-Agent-20190417-0013.html

Julian Assange's Victory
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
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, …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assanges-victory/5674692

Trump's Neocon Administration Want War in Venezuela: Gabbard
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-17
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trumps-Neocon-Administration-Want-War-in-Venezuela-Gabbard-20190417-0010.html

Nancy Pelosi Denies Accusations that Ilhan Omar is Anti-Semitic
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-17
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nancy-Pelosi-Denies-Accusations-that-Ilhan-Omar-is-Anti-Semitic-20190417-0015.html

Preventing the Sale of Venezuelan Oil to Cuba: Killing Two Birds with a Stone
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/preventing-the-sale-of-venezuelan-oil-to-cuba-killing-two-birds-with-a-stone/5674676

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

Guaido Takes Credit for Humanitarian Aid Delivery to Venezuela
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-17
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Guaido-Takes-Credit-for-Humanitarian-Aid-Delivery-to-Venezuela-20190417-0001.html

Iran Officially Adds US Forces to Terrorist List
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-17
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Officially-Adds-US-Forces-to-Terrorist-List-20190417-0003.html

Trump Whacks the Middle Class
Jack Rasmus | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/17/trump-whacks-the-middle-class/

Trump Vetoes 'Dangerous' Resolution to End US Military Involvement in Yemen
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
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 | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-vetoes-resolution-end-us-military-involvement-yemen/5674709

Peru's Ex-President Alan García Shoots Himself Prior to Arrest
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-17
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.
telesurenglish.net/news/Perus-Ex-President-Alan-Garcia-Shoots-Himself-Prior-to-Arrest-20190417-0016.html

Deposed Sudanese President Transferred to New Prison
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-17
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Deposed-Sudanese-President-Transferred-to-Prison-He-Used-to-Execute-Political-Dissidents–20190417-0012.html

Pet Deer Kills Man, Badly Injures Woman in Australia's Outback
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-17
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Pet-Deer-Kills-Man-Badly-Injures-Woman-in-Australias-Outback-20190417-0008.html

Indonesia Decides: Election Candidates and Complications
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-17
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,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indonesia-Decides-Election-Candidates-and-Complications–20190417-0004.html

EU Threatens to Legalize Human Harm From Pesticides
Hans Muilerman and Jonathan Latham | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/17/eu-threatens-to-legalize-human-harm-from-pesticides/

How to Stop Grazing on Public Lands: Buy Out the Permits
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/17/how-to-stop-grazing-on-public-lands-buy-out-the-permits/

Vote-Trading for Big Coal
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/17/vote-trading-for-big-coal/

The Burning Cathedral and the Dead Turtle
Kollibri terre Sonnenblume | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/17/the-burning-cathedral-and-the-dead-turtle-2/

The Price of Participating in Society is the Sacrifice of Privacy and Self
John Stanton | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/17/the-price-of-participating-in-society-is-the-sacrifice-of-privacy-and-self/

Insurgencies in Malaysia and Vietnam: Boyhood Reflections
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/17/insurgencies-in-malaysia-and-vietnam-boyhood-reflections/

Opening Tombs and Resurrecting Lives
Rev. William Alberts | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/17/opening-tombs-and-resurrecting-lives/

Hawai'i in Trouble
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-17
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/17/hawaii-in-trouble/

Pompeo is "Setting the Stage for a War with Iran"
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-17
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…
therealnews.com/stories/pompeo-is-setting-the-stage-for-a-war-with-iran

The British establishment can no longer remain silent over killing children and colluding with terrorists
Peadar O'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2019-04-17
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…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/04/17/the-british-establishment-can-no-longer-remain-silent-over-killing-children-and-colluding-with-terrorists/

States intensify attacks on reproductive rights
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2019-04-17
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…
workers.org/2019/04/16/states-intensify-attacks-on-reproductive-rights/

New Orleans Mayor Visits Cuba to Build Relations
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-17
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/New-Orleans-Mayor-Visits-Cuba-to-Build-Relations–20190417-0006.html

Video: Haftar Forces Stalled South of Tripoli. GNA Fighters Shot Down LNA Warplane
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/haftar-forces-stalled-south-tripoli-gna-fighters-shot-down-lna-warplane/5674660

Between Yes and No, Heaven and Earth with Albert Camus on a Spring Morning
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
"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 …
globalresearch.ca/yes-no-heaven-earth-albert-camus/5674674

Trump Using Refugees as Pawns and Public Policy for Vengeance
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-17
San Francisco District Attorney candidate Chesa Boudin calls Trump a coward and a bully who should be held legally accountable…
therealnews.com/stories/trump-using-refugees-as-pawns-and-public-policy-for-vengeance

AXA IM divests from Elbit Systems – involved in Israeli war crimes
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-04-17
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 …
bdsmovement.net/news/axa-im-divests-elbit-systems-involved-israeli-war-crimes

Advertising Restrictions Smoking Canada's Cannabis Industry
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-17
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Advertising-Restrictions-Smoking-Canadas-Cannabis-Industry-20190417-0011.html

A Cathedral and a Mosque Engulfed in Fire; One Ravages the Past, the Other Threatens the Future
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/cathedral-mosque-fire-one-ravages-past-threatens-future/5674654

Permissible Influences: Israel and the Australian Elections
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/permissible-influences-israel-australian-elections/5674667

Annexation of West Bank May Provide Key to Unlocking Netanyahu's Legal Troubles
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/annexation-west-bank-legal-troubles/5674659

Trump Administration Ignores Environmental Impacts of Mining 30 Million Tons of Coal Near Bryce Canyon National Park
NRDC | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/trump-administration-ignores-environmental-impacts-mining-30-million-tons-coal-near-bryce-canyon-national-park/5674711

The Price of Participating in Society Is the Sacrifice of Privacy and Self
John Stanton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
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 …
globalresearch.ca/price-participating-society-sacrifice-privacy-self/5674576

Segregated Doctoring: Black Physicians in Augusta, Georgia, 1902–1952
Leslie J. Pollard Sr. | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-17
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 | …
globalresearch.ca/segregated-doctoring-black-physicians-in-augusta-georgia-1902-1952/5674681

Pentagon ordered to draft military plans to counter Russia and China in Venezuela
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-17
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/17/vene-a17.html

'Policy of scapegoating': Ron Paul speaks against US militarism feasting on China & Russia threats
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-17
The US should step away from belligerent rhetoric and wind down its wasteful militaristic policies, former congressman Ron Paul told RT, after its Secretary of State accused Beijing and Moscow of bankrolling the Venezuelan leader. | …
rt.com/usa/456777-ron-paul-china-us/

Trump Is 'Going To Go Full Animal' Says Steve Bannon
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2019-04-17
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/15/18822746.php

'Shameful': With Millions on Brink of Famine in Yemen, Trump Vetoes Resolution to End US Complicity
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-04-17
Congress urged to "pull out the stops to confront this president who thinks starving millions of Yemenis is a price worth paying for high arms industry profits." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_pompeo.png…
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The Financial Market Casino Controls Politics
Ernst Wolff | indybay.org | 2019-04-17
The financial markets seem to be the measure of all things. Corporations are subsidized with trillions. In their "competition," small and medium-size businesses are the fools. The lobby-politicians give only give the trillions to big corporations. This subsidy net has become a kind of heart-lung machine, "socialism for the rich" or "new feudalism."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/15/18822748.php

Trump Vetoes Resolution to End US Support for Saudi-Led Yemen War
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-04-17
(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 …

Trump Vetoes Resolution to End US Support for Saudi-Led Yemen War

Factory Farming Awareness Speaker Training
Monica Chen | indybay.org | 2019-04-17
UC Berkeley (Stephens Lounge in the MLK building)…
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Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-04-17 14:44 GMT (10:44 EST)

2019-04-16: News Headlines

Max Blumenthal (2019-04-16). US Military Attack on Venezuela Mulled by Top Trump Advisors and Latin American Officials at Private DC Meeting. globalresearch.ca EXCLUSIVE: Away from the public eye, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank hosted a top-level, off-the-record meeting to explore US military options against Venezuela. | *** | The Washington, DC-based think tank the Center for Strategic and International …

Max Blumenthal (2019-04-16). Asesores de Trump se reúnen en Washington para evaluar ataque militar contra Venezuela. thegrayzone.com EXCLUSIVA: Alejado de la mirada pública, el CSIS presidió reunión de alto nivel, y off the record, para explorar opciones…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-04-16). The Spoils of War: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade. globalresearch.ca Since the US led invasion of Afghanistan in October 2001, the Golden Crescent opium trade has soared. According to the US media, this lucrative contraband is protected by Osama, the Taliban, not to mention, of course, the regional warlords, in defiance of the "international community".

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-04-16). More American Troops to Afghanistan, To Keep the Chinese Out? Lithium and the Battle for Afghanistan's Mineral Riches. globalresearch.ca Trump calls for escalation of the war in Afghanistan. Why? Is he going after the bad guys, or is it something else? Afghanistan has significant oil, natural gas and strategic raw material resources, not to mention opium, a multibillion dollar industry which feeds America's illegal heroin market.

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-16). Assange Used Ecuadorian Embassy for Spying? Lenin Moreno. globalresearch.ca Unacceptable actions need a veneer of plausibility to make them appear justifiable, no matter how outrageous they are in the cold light of day. | The US unjustifiably justifies naked aggression and other hostile actions on the phony pretexts of humanitarian …

Peter Koenig (2019-04-16). Julian Assange Arrested — Murdering Human Rights, Freedom of Speech — Murdering Freedom. globalresearch.ca Indignation has no limits! Arresting Julian Assange is murdering the truth, murdering Human Rights — and eliminating freedom of speech, let alone freedom of the media. The latter has been a farce since a while, but what happened on 11 …

Eric London (2019-04-16). Julian Assange's Life Is in Danger. globalresearch.ca Following Thursday's arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London, the governments of the US, Britain and Ecuador are engaged in a conspiracy to facilitate the whistleblower's extraordinary rendition to the US. Julian Assange's life and liberty are in imminent …

Robert J. Burrowes (2019-04-16). Defending Julian Assange; Defending the Truth. globalresearch.ca On 11 April 2019, WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange was dragged from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London by UK police and arrested for breaching a bail condition. See 'Arrest update — SW1'. Upon arrival at a London police station, Julian …

Consortiumnews (2019-04-16). If Your Country Were Committing War Crimes Would You Want to Know? consortiumnews.com That is a question one might pose to people who are celebrating the arrest of Julian Assange. The arrest of WikiLeakers founder Julian Assange on April 11 has been met with celebration by politicians and media figures and with howls… Read more →

Kenn Orphan (2019-04-16). A Land Uncharted: the Persecution of Julian Assange. counterpunch.org The persecution and arrest of Julian Assange is the first and most definitive step toward full blown global fascism. The symbolism of a gravely ill journalist being manhandled by uniformed henchmen is the exact imagery it needed to send a chilling message to whistleblowers and the press. The assault and eventual dismantling of what remains of a free press has always been that first step, and it is what lies on the horizon barring mass dissent. For decades the mainstream media has acquiesced to the demands of the corporate world of high finance that now owns them outright and the military and surveillance state th…

Richard Rubenstein (2019-04-16). Julian and Martin: Reflections on the Arrest of Assange. counterpunch.org Will someone please explain to me why Martin Luther King, Jr. is considered a hero for violating laws sustaining the system of racial discrimination, while Julian Assange is considered a villain for violating laws sustaining the system of imperial war? Democratic Party bigwigs are celebrating the arrest of the Wikileaks founder in London and the More

Taryn Fivek (2019-04-16). Manning, Assange, WikiLeaks and U.S. war crimes. workers.org No person who watched "Collateral Murder" could deny the brutality of U.S. imperialism. Smuggled out of Iraq by Chelsea Manning and published by WikiLeaks in 2010, the video reveals the murder of more than a dozen people by occupying U.S. soldiers from Apache helicopters. The video itself is shot from . . . | Continue reading Manning, Assange, WikiLeaks and U.S. war crimes at Workers.org

Denis Rogatyuk (2019-04-16). The Ordeal of Julian Assange. counterpunch.org The scenes of six Metropolitan police officers dragging Julian Assange out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London as he was clutching a copy of "History of the National Security State" by Gore Vidal have sent shockwaves of horror and an avalanche of condemnation from all around the world. Although Lenin Moreno has been working towards More

Consortiumnews (2019-04-16). Assange's Judge a Disgrace to the Bench, Former UK Ambassador Says. consortiumnews.com Craig Murray asks you to imagine Western media reaction if a Russian opposition politician were dragged out by armed police, and within three hours convicted on a political charge by a patently biased judge. By Craig Murray CraigMurray.org.uk Both Chelsea… Read more →

teleSUR (2019-04-16). Ecuador Gov't Violating Ola Bini Rights, His Father Warns. telesurenglish.net The parents of Ola Bini, the Swedish software developer arrested in Ecuador earlier this week, gave a press conference in Ecuador's capital Quito Tuesday a day after they arrived into the country. | RELATED: | WikiLeaks 'Collaborator' Ola Bini in Preventative Custody | During the press conference, Ola Bini's father Dag Gustafsson rejected allegations against the activist, and requested that "the authorities support them and stop with the accusations." He said that Lenin Moreno's gover…

teleSUR (2019-04-16). Women Activists Wary of Female Presence in Taliban Peace Talks. telesurenglish.net Women will be included in the Taliban delegation to peace talks in Qatar this month, the movement's main spokesman said Monday, ahead of the latest round of meetings aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan, news that Afghan women activists are warning might not mean real progress. | RELATED: | 'Thuggish': Trump Imposes Visa Bans on ICC Staff Probing US War Crimes in Afghanistan | The April 19-21 meeting in Doha will be between the Taliban and a delegation com…

STAFF (2019-04-16). Why Won't the Mainstream Media Acknowledge Our Forever Wars? truthdig.com Taking a country to war is the most consequential step political leaders can take. So it would follow that a free press tasked with holding political leaders accountable for such a fateful decision would exercise the utmost scrutiny when it comes to reporting on the costs—both financial and human. | This necessarily rigorous journalistic oversight should never be satisfied with repeating vague claims of progress or accepting easily contradicted evidence about having achieved peace. Literal human lives, both civilian and military, hang in the balance, and so as a war drags on, it becomes increasingly importa…

teleSUR (2019-04-16). Taliban Team at Afghan Peace Talks to Include Women: Spokesman. telesurenglish.net Women will be included for the first time in the Taliban delegation to peace talks in Qatar this month, the movement's main spokesman said on Monday, ahead of the latest round of meetings aimed at ending the war in Afghanistan. | RELATED: | Excluded Afghan President Claims Last Word on Any Peace Deal | For a group notorious for its strictly conservative attitude to women's rights, the move represents a step towards addressing demands that women be included in the talks, intended…

teleSUR (2019-04-16). African Union Presses Sudan's Army to Transfer Power in 15 Days. telesurenglish.net The African Union (AU) warned Sudan's military that they have 15 days to install a civilian government, otherwise they will be kicked out of the 55 member bloc. | RELATED: | Sudan's Protesters Vow to Continue Demanding Civilian Gov't | AU's Peace and Security Council said in a statement Monday that Sudan must aim to hold "free, fair and transparent elect…

Reed Richardson (2019-04-16). Defining Endless War Down – How corporate media factcheckers dismiss nearly three decades of combat in Iraq. fair.org by Reed Richardson | Taking a country to war is the most consequential step political leaders can take. So it would follow that a free press tasked with holding political leaders accountable for such a fateful decision would exercise the utmost scrutiny when it comes to reporting on the costs—both financial and human. | This necessarily rigorous journalistic oversight should never be satisfied with repeating vague claims of progress or accepting easily contradicted evidence about having achieved peace. Literal human lives, both civilian and military, hang in the balance, and so as a war drags on, it becomes…

Consortiumnews (2019-04-16). PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump & the Bolton-Pompeo Axis. consortiumnews.com Patrick Lawrence eyes the U.S. president's difficulties with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor John Bolton as he tries to resume peace talks with Pyongyang. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News Moon Jae-in's Oval Office meeting… Read more →

United Nations (2019-04-16). UN Security Council condemns Taliban offensive as a blow against 'sustainable peace'. un.org The United Nations Security Council has condemned the announcement by Taliban militants in Afghanistan of its spring offensive, saying it will result in more "unnecessary suffering and destruction for the Afghan people".

Kevin Gosztola (2019-04-16). Protest Song Of The Week: 'Declaration Of War' By Rumours Of War. shadowproof.com The anarcho-punk track depicts a world of politicians hiding in bunkers and locked down palaces. The elites fear what the rabble may do to them as they fight back against their poverty and repression.

Democracy Now! (2019-04-16). Headlines for April 16, 2019. democracynow.org Flames Engulf Historic Notre-Dame Cathedral as France Vows to Rebuild, Jerusalem: Firefighters Put Out Blaze at Al-Aqsa Mosque, Dems Subpoena Deutsche Bank as They Probe Trump Finances, DOJ: Redacted Mueller Report Will Be Released April 18, Measles on the Rise Around the World, Up 300% from 2018, Man Charged with Hate Crimes over Fires at 3 Black Louisiana Churches, Bernie Sanders Releases Tax Returns in Run-up to 2020, Ex-MA Governor William Weld Enters Race for 2020 GOP Nomination, Trump's Transgender Military Ban Goes into Effect, Chicago Police Arrest Loyola Grad Workers Protesting Unfair Wages, Interior Dep…

Patrick Cockburn (2019-04-16). Netanyahu's Victory in Israel Tells Us About the Balance of Power in the Middle East. counterpunch.org Benjamin Netanyahu is an early version of the nationalist populist leaders that have come to power in country after country in recent decades. He has an acute sense of who holds — and does not hold — power and how to manipulate it. No wonder he gets on well with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. His political More

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-16). Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela? What Crisis? globalresearch.ca Will the Trump regime order military action against Venezuela on the phony pretexts of humanitarian intervention and responsibility to protect (R2P)? | Though highly unlikely, we've seen it many times before — "humanitarian" naked aggression, raping and destroying nations for their …

Philip Giraldi (2019-04-16). Trump Dances to Israel's Tune. globalresearch.ca So newly reelected Israeli monster-in-chief Benjamin Netanyahu has boasted, with a grin, that America's President Donald J. Trump followed through on his proposal to declare the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist group. Bibi was smiling because the …

Robert Fisk (2019-04-16). No More Excuses: Israeli Voters Have Chosen a Country that Will Mirror the Brutal Regimes of its Arab Neighbours. counterpunch.org So now I guess we've all run out of excuses. Bibi Netanyahu's Israel will not be a new and more right-wing Israel. It's been that for a long time. It's the propaganda that's going to fall to bits. The only democracy in the Middle East? Give me a break. I think Israel now looks much More

Whitney Webb (2019-04-16). Saudi Arabia, Israel, US All Sought Bashir's Ouster: So How Real Was the Sudan Revolution? mintpressnews.com Last week's events in Sudan appear to be yet another example of foreign governments manipulating real dissent against an authoritarian government in order to install yet another authoritarian government more friendly to their interests but to the detriment of the people.

Ted Rall (2019-04-16). Self-Censorship is Credibility Suicide. counterpunch.org What is the job of the news media? To report the news. Everyone agrees about that. But some well-intentioned self-imposed ethical guidelines that members of the news media take for granted are getting in the way of the industry's fundamental mission: telling everything they know to a public whose right to know is sacred. You know More

Alexander Rubinstein (2019-04-16). Bernie Sanders' Foreign Policy Vision is Incoherent and Dangerous. mintpressnews.com While Sanders positions himself as an anti-war candidate, so too did Trump. Sanders even echoes the Trump talking points: China and Russia are our enemies; Maduro won his presidency through election fraud; and Iran is a sponsor of terror.

Eds. (2019-04-16). A chronicle to define what collectives are in Venezuela. mronline.org The first time I saw a collective in action and what it's capable of, I was just a little kid. I'd been, about nine, maybe ten. That takes us back to 1969, in the hills of Los Frailes in Catia, in the upper part of the Macayapa neighbourhood, at the foot of the Waraira Repano. | Source

People's World (2019-04-16). New series: 100 Years of the Communist Party USA. peoplesworld.org "The world is on the verge of a new era. Europe is in revolt. The masses of Asia are stirring uneasily. Capitalism is in collapse. The workers of the world are seeing a new life and securing new courage. Out of the night of war is coming a new day… The class war rages fiercely …

Alexander Rubinstein (2019-04-16). Few Good Men in Post-NATO Libyan Quagmire as Jihadists Battle Former CIA Asset's Forces. mintpressnews.com It is likely that Saudi Arabia sees Libya's Khalifa Haftar as a means of beating down the Muslim Brotherhood, which has a notoriously hostile relationship with the Wahhabi kingdom.

CP Editor (2019-04-16). Steve Miller and the Nationalist Takeover of the White House. counterpunch.org …

Jonah Raskin (2019-04-16). The French (Bread) Connection in a Bourgeois California Town. counterpunch.org "It's curious, but often true, that the further one travels from Paris, the closer one gets to French traditions." Bread has a bad rap these days and rightly so. Not all of it, but way too much of it tastes like cardboard and has little if any nutritional value. That's true in the U.S. and More

Geoff Dutton (2019-04-16). Talking Trash: Unfortunate Truths About Recycling. counterpunch.org When I first lobbied for recycling more household waste in the 1980s, few types of rubbish could be handled by recycling facilities—if you or your department of public works could find one. A lot has changed for the better since then. Accordingto the economic consulting firm John Dunham & Associates, by 2017 the US recycling industry had an economic impact of $117 billion and directly or indirectly employed more than 534,500 workers to collect, haul, process, and furnish facilities, equipment, transportation, and supplies.[2]But how can we tell if that money is well spent, how well are towns, cities, s…

Ricardo Vaz (2019-04-16). Mike Pompeo Continues Venezuela Regime Change Tour — Vows to 'Tighten Noose'. mintpressnews.com UN Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy has criticized the use of sanctions to promote regime change, while former UN Expert Alfred de Zayas likened sanctions to "medieval sieges," meant to bring countries "to their knees."

Erica Jung (2019-04-16). Africa as Colonial as Ever: US "New Africa Strategy" Old Oil in New Bottles. mintpressnews.com Months after U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton announced the "New Africa Strategy" at the Heritage Foundation, the US' new policy has killed civilians, exploited Africa's resources and used the continent as a battleground for provoking tensions with Russia and China.

STAFF (2019-04-16). Is Russian 'Meddling' an Attack on America? — RAI with Stephen Cohen. therealnews.com "The claim that Russia attacked America during the 2016 presidential election is both exceedingly dangerous and a complete falsehood," says Stephen Cohen on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay…

Dr. Dennis M. Nilsen (2019-04-16). The Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Qods Force. globalresearch.ca When the Islamic Revolution occurred in February 1979 with the return to Iran of the Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a political earthquake in the Middle East very visibly began. Until this year, the Iranians had only experienced the rule …

teleSUR (2019-04-16). Iranian FM Arrives in Damascus to Meet with Assad. telesurenglish.net The Foreign Minister of Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif, arrived in Damascus on Tuesday to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, Prime Minister Imad Khamis, and Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, the Sputnik News Agency reported. | RELATED: | Iran Calls Pompeo's Accusations of Meddling in Venezuela 'Ridiculous' | Zarif is meeting with the Syrian government on behalf of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. | The Iranian Foreign Minister landed in Damascus this afternoon, where…

The Global Research Team (2019-04-16). No War No NATO: Support the Anti-War Movement. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | April 7th, 2019 marked the adoption of the Florence Declaration, drafted by Italy's Anti-war Committee and the Centre for Research on Globalization during the Florence No War No NATO Conference. | The declaration states that | The risk of …

Christopher Black (2019-04-16). International Criminal Lawyer: ICC Is Controlled by the US and EU. globalresearch.ca An International Criminal Lawyer has underscored that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has fallen under the influence of those who fund it mainly the EU, and US and private corporations who donate to it and who are very willing to …

Deena Stryker (2019-04-16). From Tribe, to King, to 'Democracy' to Mafia. The Criminalization of US Politics. globalresearch.ca The problem is no …

Andrew Korybko (2019-04-16). No, Assad Didn't "Win" the War, He Was Compelled by Putin to "Compromise" globalresearch.ca It's misleading to assert that Assad "won" the war even though he still remains in office as the country's democratically elected and legitimate leader since Putin compelled him to "compromise" on several important issues after the Liberation of Aleppo and …

Mike Whitney (2019-04-16). Brzezinski's Warning to America. The Liberal World Order is Falling Apart. America's Unavoidable Decline. globalresearch.ca The liberal world order, which lasted from the end of World War 2 until today, is rapidly collapsing. The center of gravity is shifting from west to east where China and India are experiencing explosive growth and where a revitalized …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-04-16). Passing the Parcel: The European Union and Refugees in the Mediterranean. globalresearch.ca The modern UN Refugee Convention is now so flea-bitten it's been put out to the garbage tip of history. At least the enthusiastic fleas think so, given their conduct as political representatives across a range of parliaments keen on barbed …

True Publica (2019-04-16). Jo Cox: A Tragedy Twisted into a Bogus 'Terror Plot'? globalresearch.ca The Guardian reported it as — Far-right terrorist Thomas Mair jailed for life for Jo Cox murder. "The judge said Mair would have to serve a whole-life sentence due to the "exceptional seriousness" of the offence: a murder committed to …

Shane Quinn (2019-04-16). US and NATO's Ongoing Support for Neo-Nazis in the Ukraine. globalresearch.ca Over the past few months, NATO's Jens Stoltenberg has continued outlining his organization's "recognition" for the Ukraine "to become a member of NATO". Two weeks ago Stoltenberg pronounced publicly in Washington that "we work with Ukraine to help Ukraine move …

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