2019-04-16: Social Media Postees

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US Military Attack on Venezuela Mulled by Top Trump Advisors and Latin American Officials at Private DC Meeting
Max Blumenthal | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-military-attack-venezuela-mulled-top-trump-advisors-latin-american-officials-private-dc-meeting/5674609

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

More American Troops to Afghanistan, To Keep the Chinese Out? Lithium and the Battle for Afghanistan's Mineral Riches
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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.
globalresearch.ca/more-american-troops-to-afghanistan-to-keep-the-chinese-out-lithium-and-the-battle-for-afghanistans-mineral-riches-2/5605456

The Spoils of War: Afghanistan's Multibillion Dollar Heroin Trade
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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".
globalresearch.ca/the-spoils-of-war-afghanistan-s-multibillion-dollar-heroin-trade/91

Defending Julian Assange; Defending the Truth
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/defending-julian-assange-defending-truth/5674588

Julian Assange Arrested — Murdering Human Rights, Freedom of Speech — Murdering Freedom
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-arrested-human-rights-freedom-speech/5674581

Julian Assange's Life Is in Danger
Eric London | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assanges-life-danger/5674603

Assange Used Ecuadorian Embassy for Spying? Lenin Moreno
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/assange-used-ecuadorian-embassy-spying/5674622

The Ordeal of Julian Assange
Denis Rogatyuk | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-16
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/16/the-ordeal-of-julian-assange/

A Land Uncharted: the Persecution of Julian Assange
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-16
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/16/a-land-uncharted-the-persecution-of-julian-assange/

Manning, Assange, WikiLeaks and U.S. war crimes
Taryn Fivek | workers.org | 2019-04-16
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…
workers.org/2019/04/16/manning-assange-wikileaks-and-u-s-war-crimes/

If Your Country Were Committing War Crimes Would You Want to Know?
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-16
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 ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/16/if-your-country-were-committing-war-crimes-would-you-want-to-know/

Julian and Martin: Reflections on the Arrest of Assange
Richard Rubenstein | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-16
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/16/julian-and-martin-reflections-on-the-arrest-of-assange/

Assange's Judge a Disgrace to the Bench, Former UK Ambassador Says
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-16
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 ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/15/assanges-judge-a-disgrace-to-the-bench-former-uk-ambassador-says/

Ecuador Gov't Violating Ola Bini Rights, His Father Warns
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-16
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ecuador-Govt-Violating-Ola-Bini-Rights-His-Father-Warns-20190416-0019.html

Women Activists Wary of Female Presence in Taliban Peace Talks
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-16
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Afghan-Women-Activists-Wary-of-Superficial-Presence-of-Women-in-Taliban-Peace-Talks-20190416-0016.html

Why Won't the Mainstream Media Acknowledge Our Forever Wars?
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-16
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…
truthdig.com/articles/why-wont-the-mainstream-media-acknowledge-our-forever-wars/

African Union Presses Sudan's Army to Transfer Power in 15 Days
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-16
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/African-Union-Presses-Sudans-Army-to-Transfer-Power-in-15-Days-20190416-0012.html

Taliban Team at Afghan Peace Talks to Include Women: Spokesman
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-16
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Taliban-Team-at-Afghan-Peace-Talks-to-Include-Women-Spokesman-20190416-0006.html

Defining Endless War Down – How corporate media factcheckers dismiss nearly three decades of combat in Iraq
Reed Richardson | fair.org | 2019-04-16
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…
fair.org/home/defining-endless-war-down/

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump & the Bolton-Pompeo Axis
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-16
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 ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/16/patrick-lawrence-trump-the-bolton-pompeo-axis/

UN Security Council condemns Taliban offensive as a blow against 'sustainable peace'
United Nations | un.org | 2019-04-16
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".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/04/1036741

Protest Song Of The Week: 'Declaration Of War' By Rumours Of War
Kevin Gosztola | shadowproof.com | 2019-04-16
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.
shadowproof.com/2019/04/16/protest-song-of-the-week-declaration-of-war-by-rumours-of-war/

Netanyahu's Victory in Israel Tells Us About the Balance of Power in the Middle East
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-16
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/16/netanyahus-victory-in-israel-tells-us-about-the-balance-of-power-in-the-middle-east/

Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela? What Crisis?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/humanitarian-crisis-venezuela-what-crisis/5674525

Trump Dances to Israel's Tune
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/trump-dances-israels-tune/5674598

No More Excuses: Israeli Voters Have Chosen a Country that Will Mirror the Brutal Regimes of its Arab Neighbours
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-16
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/16/no-more-excuses-israeli-voters-have-chosen-a-country-that-will-mirror-the-brutal-regimes-of-its-arab-neighbours/

Saudi Arabia, Israel, US All Sought Bashir's Ouster: So How Real Was the Sudan Revolution?
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-16
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.
mintpressnews.com/saudi-arabia-israel-us-all-sought-bashirs-ouster-how-real-was-sudan-revolution/257417/

Self-Censorship is Credibility Suicide
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-16
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/16/self-censorship-is-credibility-suicide/

Is Russian 'Meddling' an Attack on America? — RAI with Stephen Cohen
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-16
"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…
therealnews.com/stories/is-russian-meddling-an-attack-on-america-rai-with-stephen-cohen

Bernie Sanders' Foreign Policy Vision is Incoherent and Dangerous
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-16
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.
mintpressnews.com/here-is-why-bernie-sanders-foreign-policy-vision-is-incoherent-and-dangerous/257480/

Iranian FM Arrives in Damascus to Meet with Assad
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-16
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iranian-FM-Arrives-in-Damascus-to-Meet-with-Assad-20190416-0005.html

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard and the Qods Force
Dr. Dennis M. Nilsen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/iranian-revolutionary-guard-qods-force/5674594

Jo Cox: A Tragedy Twisted into a Bogus 'Terror Plot'?
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/jo-cox-tragedy-twisted-bogus-terror-plot/5674602

No, Assad Didn't "Win" the War, He Was Compelled by Putin to "Compromise"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/assad-didnt-win-war-compelled-putin-compromise/5674600

Passing the Parcel: The European Union and Refugees in the Mediterranean
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/passing-the-parcel-the-european-union-and-refugees-in-the-mediterranean/5674590

From Tribe, to King, to 'Democracy' to Mafia. The Criminalization of US Politics
Deena Stryker | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
The problem is no …
globalresearch.ca/tribe-king-democracy-mafia/5674526

US and NATO's Ongoing Support for Neo-Nazis in the Ukraine
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-natos-ongoing-support-neo-nazis-ukraine/5674577

No War No NATO: Support the Anti-War Movement
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 | …
globalresearch.ca/no-war-no-nato-support-the-anti-war-movement/5674567

Libya and the Scramble for Africa
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
North Africa is in turmoil again and the cause of it can be found in the plots of the Europeans and Americans to break nations states into pieces in order to control the oil and gas producing areas of the …
globalresearch.ca/libya-scramble-africa/5674524

70 Anni della Nato: Di Guerra in Guerra. Dichiarazione di Firenze
Comité No Guerra no Nato | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
Il rischio di una grande guerra che, con l'uso delle armi nucleari potrebbe segnare la fine dell'Umanità , è reale e sta aumentando, anche se non è percepito dall'opinione pubblica tenuta all'oscuro dell'incombente pericolo. | àà di vitale importanza il massimo impegno …
globalresearch.ca/70-anni-della-nato-di-guerra-in-guerra-dichiarazione-di-firenze/5674639

International Criminal Lawyer: ICC Is Controlled by the US and EU
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/international-criminal-lawyer-icc-controlled-us-eu/5674573

Reminder: French Catholic Churches Were Being Desecrated Weeks Prior to Notre Dame Cathedral Fire
The Clover Chronicle | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
While the world watched in horror at Paris' historic Notre Dame Cathedral erupting in flames Monday, the fire is only the latest in a series of incidents that have left social media awash in images of heavily damaged churches. | France …
globalresearch.ca/reminder-french-catholic-churches-desecrated-prior-notre-dame-cathedral-fire/5674606

Brzezinski's Warning to America. The Liberal World Order is Falling Apart. America's Unavoidable Decline
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-16
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 …
globalresearch.ca/brzezinskis-warning-to-america-the-liberal-world-order-is-falling-apart-americas-unavoidable-decline/5674584

New series: 100 Years of the Communist Party USA
People's World | peoplesworld.org | 2019-04-16
"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 …
peoplesworld.org/article/new-series-100-years-of-the-communist-party-usa/

Stephen Miller and the White Nationalist Takeover of the White House
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-16
The rise of the far right has put us at a dangerous crossroads in our nation's history, warn journalists Jeff Cohen and Jacqueline Luqman.
truthdig.com/articles/stephen-miller-and-the-white-nationalist-takeover-of-the-white-house/

The Making and Unmaking of Brazilian Democracy
Alex Cuadros | thenation.com | 2019-04-16
The Making and Unmaking of Brazilian Democracy…
thenation.com/article/brazil-a-biography-lilia-schwarcz-heloisa-starling-book-review/

A chronicle to define what collectives are in Venezuela
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-04-16
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…
mronline.org/2019/04/16/a-chronicle-to-define-what-collectives-are-in-venezuela/

The Divisive Center vs. The Unifying Left
Peter Bloom | commondreams.org | 2019-04-16
This line of Centrist critique is quite revealing. It perpetuates a prevailing discourse that progressives exist at the political extreme and therefore would like to further split the nation into warring camps. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1137452891.jpg…
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Was Ending the Draft a Grave Mistake? No
Rory Fanning | truthdig.com | 2019-04-16
We appreciate Danny Sjursen's April 3 article " Was Ending the Draft a Grave Mistake?" He raises some key questions that many people have also considered about the draft and about whether or not it is a viable way to curb American militarism and adventurism. Sjursen is an important voice in the small antiwar movement in the U.S. at present, and we are glad to see more public discussion challenging U.S. imperialism. That said, we wanted to pose a few questions a…
truthdig.com/articles/was-ending-the-draft-a-grave-mistake-no/

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-04-16 21:48 GMT (17:48 EST)

2019-04-15: News Headlines

Norman Solomon (2019-04-15). Progressives Push Democrats to Prioritize People Over the Pentagon. truthdig.com 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 — and, so far, they've been able to stall the leadership's bill that includes a $17 billion hike in military spending for 2020. | An ostensible solution is on the horizon. More funds for domestic programs could be a quid pro quo for the military incr…

Chris Hedges (2019-04-15). Saying Goodbye to Planet Earth. truthdig.com Editor's note: The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed a former oil and mining industry lobbyist as secretary of the interior. President Donald Trump's nomination of David Bernhardt, a government official during the George W. Bush administration, easily survived challenges by environmentally minded senators and others. It came amid rapidly mounting scientific evidence that global warming is an existential threat to huge numbers of species, including Homo sapiens. | In the reposted column below, first published on Truthdig on Aug. 19, 2018, Chris Hedges writes about climate change and interviews a scientist who is a…

teleSUR (2019-04-15). Iran Calls Pompeo's Accusations of Meddling in Venezuela 'Ridiculous'. telesurenglish.net The Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Mousavi responded on Sunday to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's allegations of meddling in Venezuelan internal affairs. | RELATED: | Iran Orders 60,000 to Evacuate Flood-hit Oil City | Mousavi called Pompeo's accusations of Iran's alleged meddling in Venezuelan affairs 'ridiculous', while maintaining his country's support for a peaceful settlement, absent of foreign intervention. | "Donald Trump's U.S. wants to turn Latin…

John Nichols (2019-04-15). Beto Talks About the Costs of War. thenation.com Beto Talks About the Costs of War…

teleSUR (2019-04-15). Trump's 'Deal of the Century' to Not Include Palestinian State. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict will be absent of a Palestinian state, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. | RELATED: | Bolivian Lawmakers Ask for US Intervention in a Letter to Trump | The Washington Post article said Trump's deal promises to improve the lives of Palestinians, but will not recognize a fully sovereign Palestinian state. | This peace deal is expected to be rolled out some time in late Spring or earl…

Negin Owliaei (2019-04-15). It's Time for $15 and a Union. counterpunch.org Last month, McDonald's announced a dramatic about-face in its political priorities. After years of strikes and protests from labor activists, the burger giant has decided to end its involvement in lobbying campaigns against increasing America's paltry $7.25 federal minimum wage. It's a big victory for the Fight for $15. It's been less than a decade More

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-04-15). The Prosecution Of Julian Assange Is A Threat To Journalists Everywhere. dissidentvoice.org Supporters of Julian Assange gather outside Westminster Court after Assange's arrest (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz for AFP-NurPhoto) Take action to protect Julian Assange. Click here to read about what you can do. Support the Embassy Protection Collective. The United States is recognizing its fake coup president, Juan Guaido, in Venezuela and we understand that his people …

John Pilger (2019-04-15). The Assange Arrest is a Warning from History. dissidentvoice.org The glimpse of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London is an emblem of the times. Might against right. Muscle against the law. Indecency against courage. Six policemen manhandled a sick journalist, his eyes wincing against his first natural light in almost seven years. That this outrage happened in the heart of …

Fight Back (2019-04-15). ILPS condemns arrest of Julian Assange, Demands his immediate release as journalist. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following April 14 statement from the Office of the Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS). | We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), strongly condemn the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange by British authorities under the direction of the US government. We defend his rights as a journalist and demand his immediate release. | Assange has earned the ire of the US for exposing the truth about US behind-the-scenes machinations in its drive to carry out foreign interventions and launch wars of aggression for regime chang…

teleSUR (2019-04-15). Chomsky: Assange and Lula the Same Case to Silence Their Voices. telesurenglish.net U.S. intellectual Noam Chomsky voiced his concerns Friday over the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during an interview with Democracy Now, calling the situation a "scandalous in several respects." | RELATED: | The Assange Arrest is a Warning From History | The world-renowned linguist and academic said that this is just a new case of "efforts to silence" dissident voices. Chomsky compared Assa…

Edward Curtin (2019-04-15). A Marriage of Conscience: Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning. globalresearch.ca "About suffering they were never wrong," wrote W. H. Auden in the poem "Musée Des Beaux Arts." | These lines occurred to me last week when all eyes were focused on the brutal British seizure of Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian …

Giorgio Agamben (2019-04-15). Punishing the Past, Impeding the Future: the Arrest of Assange. counterpunch.org I met Assange two years ago at the Embassy of Ecuador in London, and remembering what he had told me during our encounter I think one can understand why he was arrested today. Assange mentioned to me that he was investigating how Google was planning to make use of the immense quantity of information at More

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-04-15). Delegitimising Journalism: The Effort to Relabel Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca "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 …

Federico Pieraccini (2019-04-15). Julian Assange Is Guilty Only of Revealing the Evil Soul of US Imperialism. globalresearch.ca Julian Assange was bundled away by British police after Lenin Moreno, the president of Ecuador, gave the green light for the expulsion of the Wikileaks publisher from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Assange's arrest represents an abuse of power, …

Kevin Zeese (2019-04-15). The Prosecution of Julian Assange Is a Threat to Journalists Everywhere. globalresearch.ca The arrest of Julian Assange not only puts the free press in the United States at risk, it puts any reporters who expose US crimes anywhere in the world at risk. As Pepe Escobar wrote | "Let's cut to the …

Craig Murray (2019-04-15). Why the Assange Allegation Is a Stitch-up. globalresearch.ca I am slightly updating and reposting this from 2012 because the mainstream media have ensured very few people know the detail of the "case" against Julian Assange in Sweden. The UN Working Group ruled that Assange ought never to have …

Britt Bartenbach (2019-04-15). Is Assange to be the Sacrificial Lamb to the Slaughter? globalresearch.ca With the unlawful seizure of the Wikileaks publisher and founder Julian Assange the powerful have established an ominous prelude to this year's upcoming Easter holidays. | And how is the world reacting to this demonstration of power? Those who question the …

Richard Galustian (2019-04-15). What Happened to "Journalism" in the "Greatest Democracy on Earth"? globalresearch.ca Before discussing the arrest of Assange in some depth, by way of an introduction, its important to mention a Gore Vidal observation | "We Americans should stop going around babbling about how we're the greatest democracy on earth, when we're not …

Philip A Farruggio (2019-04-15). Victor Laszlo: Role Model for Assange, Manning and Snowden. globalresearch.ca This writer's favorite film of all time, right ahead of Seven Days In May and JFK is of course Casablanca. The film had it all, from WW2 suspense to old fashioned romance… with a good dose of twists and turns. …

STAFF (2019-04-15). "Stunning and Revealing" — DCCC Demands Loyalty Oath From Political Consultants. therealnews.com As Jeff Cohen points out, political fear of progressives and corporate power have pushed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) towards strategies for stopping primary challenges…

Éric Toussaint (2019-04-15). The mountain of corporate debt will be the seed of the next financial crisis. mronline.org What have they done with the money? Have they invested in research and development, in production, in the ecological transition, in creating descent jobs, warding off climate change? Not at all! | Source

unitedEditor (2019-04-15). Humanity's shame: 113 million people on the verge of starvation. uwidata.com According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) report on global food crisis, two-thirds of the world's population are faced with hunger, most of whom are simultaneously trying to survive the wars that led to scarcity in the first place. It's difficult to emotionally distance yourself enough from the terrifying and …

STAFF (2019-04-15). The American War Machine Is Out of Control. truthdig.com From Somalia to Syria, U.S. wars are off the charts. With the 2020 election around the corner, there might be yet another war on the horizon.

Ron Jacobs (2019-04-15). Down the Rabbit Hole—Leary as Fiction. counterpunch.org 1962 was a year on the cusp. John F. Kennedy and his promise of a United States leading the world into a future of liberty and justice for all guided the liberal masses in the Midwest, California and Harvard Square. Critiques of this brave new world driven by a profit-based idealism had yet to become More

Marco Teruggi (2019-04-15). Venezuelan right wing runs out of cards to play. workers.org This article was published on April 12 on pagina12.com.ar. Translation by Michael Otto. For the third time since January, the United States has convened a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to address the issue of Venezuela. The goal this time was to get Juan Guaidó recognized as the . . . | Continue reading Venezuelan right wing runs out of cards to play at Workers.org

Eds. (2019-04-15). Defiant resistance: the Venezuelan crises and the possibility of another world. mronline.org Bob Dylan once said, "Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." February 23rd, 2019, was the day that Juan Guaidó, the self-proclaimed President of Venezuela, had "authorized" "humanitarian aid" to enter Venezuela, an attempt to force the Maduro government, and thus the Venezuelan people, to their knees. | Source

Ralph Nader (2019-04-15). Bully Donald's Firings: Why do They Slink Away & Stay Silent? counterpunch.org Snarling Donald Trump, after being selected as President by the Electoral College, brought one undeniable quality to the office — a lifetime of bullying people below him. During his career as a failed gambling czar and corporate welfare king, deceitful Donald bullied his employees, (many of whom are undocumented), consumers, and creditors (profitably jumping ship More

Whitney Webb (2019-04-15). Wikileaks Reveals: CIA's UMBRAGE Allows Agency to Carry out 'False Flag' Cyber Attacks. globalresearch.ca This Mint Press article was first posted on Global Research on March 10, 2017 | A new release of CIA documents by Wikileaks indicates that the intelligence agency has the means and the intent to mask the cyber-attacks it commits by …

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-15). International Criminal Court: US/NATO Imperial Tool. globalresearch.ca Time and again, the ICC breaches its mandate, calling for "end(ing) impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern." | The court consistently ignores US/NATO imperial war crimes, prosecuting their victims instead. | Established by the Rome Statute of …

STAFF (2019-04-15). Omar Says More Death Threats Coming Since Trump Pushed Video. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan Omar says she's faced increased death threats since President Donald Trump spread around a video that purports to show her being dismissive of the 2001 terrorist attacks. "This is endangering lives," she said, accusing Trump of fomenting right-wing extremism. "It has to stop." | Her statement late Sunday followed an announcement by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that she has taken steps to ensure the safety of the Minnesota Democrat and the speaker's call for Trump to take down the video. | Soon after Pelosi's statement, the video disappeared as a pinned tweet at the top of Trump's Twitt…

(2019-04-15). ICC Refuses to Investigate Crimes in Afghanistan, U.S. Torture. globalresearch.ca In what human rights groups call an appalling decision, the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II decided not to grant the Prosecutor's request to open an investigation into alleged crimes committed in Afghanistan and on the territory of other States Parties implicated …

teleSUR (2019-04-15). 'Pompeo has Lost His Mind': Chinese Ambassador to Chile. telesurenglish.net "There are numerous examples, including the relentless blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba for more than half a century, President Trump's construction of a separation wall along the border between the United States and Mexico, and the very little assistance provided by the United States to Haiti and Central American countries. Chileans are also well aware that Chile's development achievements are not the result of American charity."

teleSUR (2019-04-15). Syria's Assad meets with Iraqi security adviser in Damascus. telesurenglish.net Syria's President Bashar al-Assad held a meeting with Iraq's top security official in Damascus on Sunday (April 14). | RELATED: | Arreaza Meets Syria's Assad, Says Venezuelan Right Promotes 'Violence, Death' | Assad's meeting with Iraq's National Security Adviser Faleh al-Fayyad focused on regional and bilateral issues, according to SANA news agency. | Syrian ambassador to Iraq Sattam al-Dandah was also present in the meeting. | The meeting comes one day after the…

STAFF (2019-04-15). Trump Building Up a Campaign Cash Advantage. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is set to report that it raised more than $30 million in the first quarter of 2019, edging out his top two Democratic rivals combined, according to figures it provided to The Associated Press. | The haul brings the campaign's cash on hand to $40.8 million, an unprecedented war chest for an incumbent president this early in a campaign. | The Trump campaign said nearly 99% of its donations were of $200 or less, with an average donation of $34.26. | Trump's fundraising ability was matched by the Republican National Committee, which brought in $45.8 mill…

teleSUR, LA (2019-04-15). US Pushing for War with Venezuela: Moncada. telesurenglish.net The President of the United States (US), Donald Trump, is secretly preparing for a war against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's Ambassador to the United Nations (UN), Samuel Moncada, said on his Twitter account. | RELATED: | US Forces Ready to Attack Venezuela: Southern Commander | "Trump's war against Venezuela is in full swing even if its leaders deny it publicly. It is a clandestine multi-national operation, a crime on a large-scale that was planne…

Deepal Jayasekera (2019-04-15). Preparing for "Tomorrow's Wars," India Shoots Down Satellite. globalresearch.ca Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a special "address to the nation" last Wednesday to boast that India had become only the fourth ever country to shoot down a satellite. | The Defence Research and Development Organisation's success in using an …

Scott Ritter (2019-04-15). America Just Declared War on Iran and Nobody Blinked. globalresearch.ca It is no longer a question of if Americans will die in a conflict with Iran, but when. | The United States has long been engaged in a secret shadow war with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), dating back to …

Ricardo Vaz (2019-04-15). US Threatens Venezuela at UNSC as IMF Freezes Funds. globalresearch.ca The United States pressured the United Nations to recognize self-proclaimed "Interim President" Juan Guaido during a Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Wednesday. | US Vice President Mike Pence told the UNSC that "the time has come" for the UN to recognize …

Binoy Kampmark (2019-04-15). Terrorist Designations: Trump and Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps. counterpunch.org It's designed to give the US more leg room in the sanction stakes but may end up having its own hemming consequences. The designation by the Trump administration of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organisation was meant to expand options for the US while shutting others out. While Trump attempts to More

Thomas Knapp (2019-04-15). The Government is Hard at Work Keeping Tax Preparation Complicated and Expensive. counterpunch.org "Congressional Democrats and Republicans," reports ProPublica, "are moving to permanently bar the IRS from creating a free electronic tax filing system." Specifically, the House Ways and Means Committee just advanced a bill perversely called the "Taxpayers First Act." If passed by Congress and signed into law, it would become illegal for the IRS to "compete" More

Dean Baker (2019-04-15). Medicare for All 64-Year-Olds. counterpunch.org The push for universal Medicare was given new momentum by Bernie Sanders campaign for the 2016 Democratic nomination. While it is still quite far from becoming law in even an optimistic scenario, it is certainly now treated as serious political position. This is probably best demonstrated by the fact that the Medicare for All (M4A) More

Dan Corjescu (2019-04-15). State of Apocalyptic Nature: A Contract with Gaia. counterpunch.org As for the individual, every one is a son of his time; so philosophy also is its time apprehended in thoughts. It is just as foolish to fancy that any philosophy can transcend its present world, as that an individual could leap out of his time or jump over Rhodes. The very fact that something More

Bruce Neuburger (2019-04-15). The Border, Trumpian Madness and the Clash of Demographics. counterpunch.org Operation Wetback and its aftermath represented, it now seems from the perspective of history, a watershed moment. A threshold had been crossed. Low-wage, non-white labor (deprived of legal rights), long the mainstay of California's huge and profitable agriculture industry, had become an essential feature of the economy more broadly. And in subsequent years, this labor system, "pioneered" as it were, in California and the southwest, would become a crucial feature of the economy nationally. More

Conn Hallinan (2019-04-15). Diego Garcia: The "Unsinkable Carrier" Springs a Leak. counterpunch.org The recent decision by the Hague-based International Court of Justice that the Chagos Islands — with its huge U.S. military base at Diego Garcia — are being illegally occupied by the United Kingdom (UK) has the potential to upend the strategic plans of a dozen regional capitals, ranging from Beijing to Riyadh. More

Elliot Sperber (2019-04-15). As Earth Day Falls During Passover. counterpunch.org Hodology, they tell me, is the study of paths — Dirt or gravel, wide or narrow strip of bright brown earth through grass — the paths leading in are hodos in, and hodos out, ex hodos — that's your exodus — preceded by ten plagues, of which the first is blood — The rivers flood More

Christopher Brauchli (2019-04-15). Trump, Climate Change and the Parable of the Two Dogs. counterpunch.org Occasionally we are surprised by Mr. Trump when he makes pronouncements that none of us thought to be within his realm of expertise. Of course, those realms are so all inclusive, as we have learned during the course of his presidency, that we should not be surprised. His recent pronouncements on wind, and wind related More

William Gudal (2019-04-15). Climate Change Parallax. counterpunch.org There exists a very seductive delusion that once we cool (or heat) the planet to the proper temperature that the majority of our ecological ills will be over. This is a dangerous self-dectption. "Climate change" per se is not the problem. Temperature fluctuations (increases) reflect underlying carnage caused to nature by excessive human activity. Once More

John Washington (2019-04-15). 'I Don't Want to Stay in a Country That Doesn't Want Me As Badly as I Want It'. thenation.com 'I Don't Want to Stay in a Country That Doesn't Want Me As Badly as I Want It'

Chris Jones (2019-04-15). Moving Stories: From Poverty to Despair, Refugees Moved from Greece's Samos Island to the Mainland. globalresearch.ca Abshir's | Just over a week ago Abshir, from Somalia, was transferred from Samos to a mainland refugee camp at Nea Kavala in northern Greece. He was part of around 350 refugees taken that day from Samos as part of the …

Andre Vltchek (2019-04-15). The Western Left Needs to Stop Commusplaining to China and Russia. mintpressnews.com If the West is so concerned about Chinese and Russian citizens wanting to drive decent cars and to wear elegant clothes, why don't they push for an end to the production of these items in their own end: in France, Italy, the United States?

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