2019-04-15: Social Media Postees

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Progressives Push Democrats to Prioritize People Over the Pentagon
Norman Solomon | truthdig.com | 2019-04-15
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…
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Saying Goodbye to Planet Earth
Chris Hedges | truthdig.com | 2019-04-15
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…
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Iran Calls Pompeo's Accusations of Meddling in Venezuela 'Ridiculous'
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-15
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Calls-Pompeos-Accusations-of-Meddling-in-Venezuela-Ridiculous-20190415-0003.html

Trump's 'Deal of the Century' to Not Include Palestinian State
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-15
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trumps-Deal-of-the-Century-to-Not-Include-Palestinian-State-20190415-0001.html

Beto Talks About the Costs of War
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-04-15
Beto Talks About the Costs of War…
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It's Time for $15 and a Union
Negin Owliaei | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-15
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/15/its-time-for-15-and-a-union/

The Prosecution Of Julian Assange Is A Threat To Journalists Everywhere
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-15
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/the-prosecution-of-julian-assange-is-a-threat-to-journalists-everywhere/

A Marriage of Conscience: Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
"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 …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-chelsea-manning/5674446

Chomsky: Assange and Lula the Same Case to Silence Their Voices
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-15
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…
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The Assange Arrest is a Warning from History
John Pilger | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-15
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 …
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ILPS condemns arrest of Julian Assange, Demands his immediate release as journalist
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-04-15
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…
fightbacknews.org/2019/4/14/ilps-condemns-arrest-julian-assange-demands-his-immediate-release-journalist

Punishing the Past, Impeding the Future: the Arrest of Assange
Giorgio Agamben | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-15
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/15/punishing-the-past-impeding-the-future-the-arrest-of-assange/

Victor Laszlo: Role Model for Assange, Manning and Snowden
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
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. …
globalresearch.ca/victor-laszlo-role-model-for-assange-manning-and-snowden/5674444

Julian Assange Is Guilty Only of Revealing the Evil Soul of US Imperialism
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
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, …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-guilty-revealing-us-imperialism/5674433

Why the Assange Allegation Is a Stitch-up
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/assange-allegation-stitch-up/5674521

Is Assange to be the Sacrificial Lamb to the Slaughter?
Britt Bartenbach | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/assange-sacrificial-lamb-slaughter/5674441

The Prosecution of Julian Assange Is a Threat to Journalists Everywhere
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
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 | …
globalresearch.ca/prosecution-julian-assange-threat-journalists-everywhere/5674505

Delegitimising Journalism: The Effort to Relabel Julian Assange
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
"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 …
globalresearch.ca/effort-relabel-julian-assange/5674460

What Happened to "Journalism" in the "Greatest Democracy on Earth"?
Richard Galustian | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/what-happened-journalism-greatest-democracy-earth/5674463

Bully Donald's Firings: Why do They Slink Away & Stay Silent?
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-15
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/15/bully-donalds-firings-why-do-they-slink-away-stay-silent/

Wikileaks Reveals: CIA's UMBRAGE Allows Agency to Carry out 'False Flag' Cyber Attacks
Whitney Webb | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/wikileaks-reveals-cias-umbrage-allows-agency-to-carry-out-false-flag-cyber-attacks/5578786

International Criminal Court: US/NATO Imperial Tool
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/international-criminal-court-usnato-imperial-tool/5674437

Omar Says More Death Threats Coming Since Trump Pushed Video
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-15
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…
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ICC Refuses to Investigate Crimes in Afghanistan, U.S. Torture

| globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/icc-refuses-investigate-crimes-afghanistan-u-s-torture/5674431

'Pompeo has Lost His Mind': Chinese Ambassador to Chile
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-15
telesurenglish.net/news/Pompeo-has-Lost-His-Mind-Chinese-Ambassador-to-Chile-20190415-0005.html

Syria's Assad meets with Iraqi security adviser in Damascus
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-15
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Syrias-Assad-meets-with-Iraqi-security-adviser-in-Damascus-20190415-0002.html

The mountain of corporate debt will be the seed of the next financial crisis
Éric Toussaint | mronline.org | 2019-04-15
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…
mronline.org/2019/04/15/the-mountain-of-corporate-debt-will-be-the-seed-of-the-next-financial-crisis/

Humanity's shame: 113 million people on the verge of starvation
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-04-15
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 …
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Trump Building Up a Campaign Cash Advantage
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-15
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…
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Preparing for "Tomorrow's Wars," India Shoots Down Satellite
Deepal Jayasekera | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/india-shoots-down-satellite/5674470

"Stunning and Revealing" — DCCC Demands Loyalty Oath From Political Consultants
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-15
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…
therealnews.com/stories/stunning-and-revealing-dccc-demands-loyalty-oath-from-political-consultants

America Just Declared War on Iran and Nobody Blinked
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/america-declared-war-iran/5674508

The American War Machine Is Out of Control
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-15
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.
truthdig.com/articles/the-american-war-machine-has-been-completely-unleashed/

US Pushing for War with Venezuela: Moncada
teleSUR, LA | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-15
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Pushing-for-War-with-Venezuela-Moncada-20190415-0007.html

US Threatens Venezuela at UNSC as IMF Freezes Funds
Ricardo Vaz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-threatens-venezuela-unsc-imf-freezes-funds/5674428

Terrorist Designations: Trump and Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-15
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/15/terrorist-designations-trump-and-irans-revolutionary-guard-corps/

Trump, Climate Change and the Parable of the Two Dogs
Christopher Brauchli | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-15
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/15/trump-climate-change-and-the-parable-of-the-two-dogs/

The Border, Trumpian Madness and the Clash of Demographics
Bruce Neuburger | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-15
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.
counterpunch.org/2019/04/15/the-border-trumpian-madness-and-the-clash-of-demographics/

Medicare for All 64-Year-Olds
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-15
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)…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/15/medicare-for-all-64-year-olds/

Diego Garcia: The "Unsinkable Carrier" Springs a Leak
Conn Hallinan | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-15
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.
counterpunch.org/2019/04/15/diego-garcia-the-unsinkable-carrier-springs-a-leak/

State of Apocalyptic Nature: A Contract with Gaia
Dan Corjescu | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-15
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/15/state-of-apocalyptic-nature-a-contract-with-gaia/

As Earth Day Falls During Passover
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-15
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…
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Climate Change Parallax
William Gudal | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-15
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/15/climate-change-parallax/

The Government is Hard at Work Keeping Tax Preparation Complicated and Expensive
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-15
"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"
counterpunch.org/2019/04/15/the-government-is-hard-at-work-keeping-tax-preparation-complicated-and-expensive/

Down the Rabbit Hole–Leary as Fiction
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-15
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/15/down-the-rabbit-hole-leary-as-fiction/

'I Don't Want to Stay in a Country That Doesn't Want Me As Badly as I Want It'
John Washington | thenation.com | 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/article/ananya-visa-immigration-migrant-voices/

Moving Stories: From Poverty to Despair, Refugees Moved from Greece's Samos Island to the Mainland
Chris Jones | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/moving-stories-from-poverty-to-despair-refugees-moved-from-greeces-samos-island-to-the-mainland/5674487

The Western Left Needs to Stop Commusplaining to China and Russia
Andre Vltchek | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-15
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?
mintpressnews.com/the-western-left-needs-to-stop-commusplaining-to-china-and-russia/257376/

"The Russians Are Coming" to Canada? Election Meddling? Who to Vote for?
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
Chrystia Freeland, jumps on the anti-Russia bandwagon, mimicking the rhetoric stemming from Hillary Clinton's failed presidential run and the fabrications of the DNC, the FBI, CIA, Christopher Steele, and a whole menagerie of other …
globalresearch.ca/russians-coming/5674485

Glyphosate Worse than We Could Imagine. "It's Everywhere"
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
As new studies continue to point to a direct link between the widely-used glyphosate herbicide and various forms of cancer, the agribusiness lobby fights ferociously to ignore or discredit evidence of human and other damage. A second US court jury …
globalresearch.ca/glyphosate-worse/5674472

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2019-04-14: News Headlines

Max Blumenthal (2019-04-14). US Military Attack on Venezuela Mulled by Top Trump Advisors and Latin American Officials at Private DC Meeting. thegrayzone.com EXCLUSIVE: Away from the public eye, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank hosted a top-level, off-the-record…

Mairead Maguire (2019-04-14). Mairead Maguire Requests Permission to Visit Assange, Nominated for Nobel Prize. globalresearch.ca Mairead Maguire has requested UK Home Office for permission to visit her friend Julian Assange whom this year she has nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. | "I want to visit Julian to see he is receiving medical care and to …

Paul Antonopoulos (2019-04-14). Major Revelation: Assange Was Bought for $4.2 Billion — Former Ecuadorian President Confirms IMF Loan In Exchange For Assange. globalresearch.ca Former and much loved Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has accused Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno of suspending the asylum of cyber-activist Julian Assange in order to obtain a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). | Correa said that there is evidence …

Julian Vigo (2019-04-14). Why Julian Assange Matters for the Freedom of the Press. dissidentvoice.org There is no one issue that unites those of us on the left so firmly with the right as the topic of freedom of the press. And the case of Julian Assange, Wikileaks co-founder, encapsulates perfectly this dilemma that seems to have many drinking the Kool-Aid of Russiagate which seems to have an endless season …

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2019-04-14). Assange's Indictment Treats Journalism as a Crime. globalresearch.ca After living under a grant of asylum in London's Ecuadorian embassy for nearly seven years, WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange was forcibly ejected and arrested by British police on April 11. Ecuador's president, Lenin Moreno, accused Assange of "repeated violations …

Massoud Nayeri (2019-04-14). Drop Invalid Charges Against Julian Assange! globalresearch.ca Right after Julian Assange was arrested by the U.K. secret police at the Ecuadorian embassy in London which was his refuge for almost 7 years, the corrupted media in the U.S. joyfully gloated about this arrest. Their message to the …

Kim Petersen (2019-04-14). What Should People of Conscience Do to Protect Julian Assange? globalresearch.ca Several headlines have blared "Julian Assange Arrested." This is misleading because Assange has been under de facto arrest ever since the Swedish authorities sought his extradition regarding sex-related allegations. | Assange always stated that he was amenable to going to Sweden …

Jonathan Cook (2019-04-14). After 7 Years of Deceptions About Assange, the US Readies for Its First Media Rendition. globalresearch.ca For seven years, from the moment Julian Assange first sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, they have been telling us we were wrong, that we were paranoid conspiracy theorists. We were told there was no real threat of …

Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War (2019-04-14). The Arrest of Julian Assange: "Send a Chill into the Bones of Investigative Journalists and Whistle-Blowers around the Globe" globalresearch.ca The Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War condemns the governments of Ecuador, the UK, and USA, for their collaboration in arresting and extraditing journalist Julian Assange. This was not a secretive operation carried out under the cover of darkness. …

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-14). Assange's Arrest Affirms US/UK Speech, Media, and Academic Freedoms Are Null and Void. globalresearch.ca The US First Amendment affirms fundamental speech and media rights without which all others are threatened. No society is free without them. Eliminating them assures totalitarian rule. | In her 1951 book, titled "The Origins of Totalitarianism," Hannah Arendt said it's …

Pepe Escobar (2019-04-14). The Assange Arrest: You Have the Right to Remain Silent. globalresearch.ca The date — April 11, 2019 — will live in infamy in the annals of Western "values" and "freedom of expression." The image is stark. A handcuffed journalist and publisher dragged out by force from the inside of an embassy, …

Simon Garcia (2019-04-14). In Solidarity with Venezuela: 60 Countries Create Group for the Defense of Peace and the Principles of the UN Charter. globalresearch.ca This Friday, from the headquarters of the United Nations (UN), a group of 60 member states advocated for the Defense of Peace and the Principles of the UN Charter. The name of the coalition is still in discussion, however, they …

Carla Stea (2019-04-14). Hands Off Venezuela: Pence Bullies Venezuela at UN Security Council. U.S. Peace Council Contradicts Western Media Distortions. globalresearch.ca In a March 26 United Nations press briefing strong on fact and devoid of bigotry, the United States Peace Council, headed by Bahman Azad, just returned from their recent visit to Venezuela, presented an eyewitness account of realities on …

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-14). Longstanding US-Russia Bashing. globalresearch.ca Except during WW II, the neoliberal 90s when Boris Yeltsin was Kremlin leader, and end of the Reagan era, Russia bashing has been intense since its 1917 revolution — notably throughout Vladimir Putin's tenure, especially since Trump triumphed over media …

teleSUR, LA (2019-04-14). Eastern Libya Parliament Head Says Forces Will Push to Tripoli. telesurenglish.net Eastern Libyan forces will pursue their advance on the capital Tripoli, the head of the eastern parliament in the divided country said on Saturday, despite international calls for a halt in an offensive that risks causing many civilian casualties. | RELATED: | Saudis Offer Libya Millions Ahead of Offensive in Tripoli | His comments came an eastern air strike hit the yard of a school on the southern outskirts of Tripoli, where eastern forces have been confronted by forces allied to…

teleSUR (2019-04-14). Mexico to Protect Pemex with Stabilization Funds. telesurenglish.net Mexico's Ministry of Finance reported on Saturday that the Government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) is seeking to use its stabilization funds to support Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex). | RELATED: | Another Pemex Pipeline Explosion, This Time in Guanajuato | The stabilization funds, which are the equivalent of US$5 billion, were initially put aside in case of an emergency. | The Ministry of Finance denied that the government will absolve Pemex's total debt, since it i…

Andrew Korybko (2019-04-14). After Brazil, India Might be the Next BRICS Country Invited to Join NATO. globalresearch.ca Trump is poaching BRICS countries one by one, first extending an offer to Brazil to become a "Major Non-NATO Ally" and now a bipartisan group of American lawmakers wants him to do the same with India, a proposal that by …

Tom Burghardt (2019-04-14). The WikiLeaks 2010 Release: U.S. Complicity and Cover-Up of Iraq Torture Exposed. globalresearch.ca This article which reveals the historical background of the Wikileaks affair was first published by Global Research on October 24, 2010 | On October 22nd [2010], the whistleblowing web site WikiLeaks released nearly 400,000 classified Iraq war documents, the largest leak …

Michael Snyder (2019-04-14). The Weakening of Earth's Magnetic Field Has Greatly Accelerated, Could Have Apocalyptic Implications for All of Us. globalresearch.ca Earth's magnetic field is getting significantly weaker, the magnetic north pole is shifting at an accelerating pace, and scientists readily admit that a sudden pole shift could potentially cause "trillions of dollars" in damage. Today, most of us take the …

teleSUR (2019-04-14). North Korea Holds Mass Rally to Celebrate Leader's Re-Election. telesurenglish.net North Korea held a mass rally on Saturday (April 13) in Pyongyang to celebrate its leader Kim Jong Un's re-election as Chairman of the State Affairs Commission at First Session of the 14th Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) earlier this week. | RELATED: | North Korea Wants to Investigate Raid on Embassy in Spain | In a video provided by the North's official news agency KCNA to Reuters, which cannot be independently verified, thousands of people including the state's high-ranking offic…

Renee Parsons (2019-04-14). In the Wake of RussiaGate: A Moral Reckoning Is Due. globalresearch.ca With Russiagate, the Democrats created some powerful karma to answer for; especially for the likes of Rep. Adam Schiff and Rep. Eric Swalwell, (D-Calif.), both of whom persist in the mindless search for the Holy Grail. After cheating Bernie …

True Publica (2019-04-14). Another Example of How a Trade Deal with America Will Harm British People. globalresearch.ca A trade deal with America may be really important from an economic point of view but it is also going to be a bad thing for the health of British people. If you have not experienced the American way of …

(2019-04-14). Amid Pesticide Scandal, Senate Confirms David Bernhardt as Interior Secretary. globalresearch.ca Despite an unfolding controversy over the suppression of scientific evidence of pesticide dangers, David Bernhardt was confirmed today to become the next secretary of the Interior. The final Senate vote, largely along party lines, was 56-41. | The vote comes as …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-04-14). Clashes of Management: Rugby Australia's Israel Folau Problem. globalresearch.ca There was no hearing, no semblance of trial. But there was swift summary judgment: Israel Folau, a star member of the Australian Rugby Union team, had been banished from the national team. There was only one problem: he was …

Philip A Farruggio (2019-04-14). Polanski's Devil's Disciples. The 'Bad Guys' always Get Away with It! globalresearch.ca Just finished viewing, for the umpteenth time, one of my favorite films, Chinatown (1973), directed by Roman Polanski and starring Jack Nicholson. At the end of the film, when the bad guy, played by John Huston, gets away with his …

Nabi Sonboli (2019-04-14). Trump and "America Last" Policy in the Middle East. globalresearch.ca Brian Hook, the United States Special Representative for Iran, in an Opinion published in the New York Times, raises the question that: "Isn't it time to abandon the policies that have kept the people of Iran and the United …

Marjorie Boyet (2019-04-14). Monsanto Loses Appeal in French Farmer's Poisoning Case (Update). globalresearch.ca A French court on Thursday upheld a guilty verdict against chemicals giant Monsanto over the poisoning of a farmer who suffered neurological damage after using one of its weedkillers, the latest legal setback for the company over its controversial pesticides….

teleSUR, LA (2019-04-14). US Man Killed by Exotic Bird He Owned. telesurenglish.net Marvin Hajos, a 75-year-old man from Alachua, Florida, was killed on Friday when a large, flghtless bird he owned attacked him outside of his home. | RELATED: | Bird Advocates Pressure France by Taking Complaints to EU | The bird, which was identified as a cassowary, attacked and badly wounded Hajos after he fell in its vicinity. | The Alachua County Sheriff Department told the BBC they were called to the man's prope…

RT (2019-04-14). Giant flightless bird RIPS its Florida owner to death with dagger-like talons. rt.com A Florida man has been attacked and killed by a close relative of the emu, the cassowary, a human-sized flightless bird feared for its huge claws and swift powerful movements. The man was reportedly a breeder of the exotic birds.

Jubilee USA Network (2019-04-14). IMF Issues Debt and Financial Crisis Warnings. indybay.org As the Spring World Bank and IMF meetings begin, the IMF issued concerns over unsustainable debt and a possible financial crisis in two reports. African and Latin American debt experts are releasing new analysis of growing debt at the meetings.

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-04-14). Iran Allies in the Middle East: The Trigger Finger Is Ready in Case of US-Israeli War. globalresearch.ca When Trump designated the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist organisation, Iran hit back hours later by labelling the US Central Command 'CENTCOM' a supporter of terrorism. Now two governmental military entities have been designed terrorist supporters, putting …

Al-Thawra (2019-04-14). Basra struggles to tackle drug abuse problem filling prisons. indybay.org The southern Iraqi city of Basra is struggling to cope with a growing drug problem that has overcrowded prisons and strained police resources, only months after violent protests over poor municipal services. Basra's prison system is clogged up.

Text: RR Photos: Teri Vershel (2019-04-14). Demonstration in Palo Alto Raises Public Awareness About Mueller Report. indybay.org On April 4, a coalition of organizations activated a nationwide protest in response to Attorney General William Barr's failure to meet a deadline set by House Democrats to release special counsel Robert Mueller's full Russia report to Congress. Amongst many participating locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Palo Alto was one. | Photos by Teri Vershel, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.

T.P. Wilkinson (2019-04-14). Phoenix in Knightsbridge. dissidentvoice.org (Photo: Screengrab) If the circumstances surrounding the seizure of Mr Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy in London are correctly viewed, that is compared to appropriately comparable phenomena, then what we have is an audacious daylight act of state terrorism, comparable to the routines developed in Vietnam during the war the US waged against that …

Kate Zeller (2019-04-14). Somalia Leaders Call for Debt Cancellation. indybay.org In Somalia, 60 percent of the 15 million person population lives in extreme poverty. According to the United Nations Development Programme almost 10 million people live in extreme poverty or close to poverty in Somalia while the war-torn African nation wrestles with a $4.6 billion debt. On Friday, Somalia's Finance Minister Abdirahman Beileh will call for debt cancellation for humanitarian assistance.

Caitlin Johnstone (2019-04-14). Assange Has Been Arrested for US Extradition. indybay.org Extradited for journalism. In a blur, everything that Assange and WikiLeaks have been warning about for years has been proven correct, contrary to mountains of claims to the contrary by establishment loyalists everywhere. The same government which tortured Chelsea Manning is in the process of extraditing her publisher so that they can silence him forever.

Green Party (2019-04-14). What is really happening in Venezuela? indybay.org Niebyl-Proctor Library, 6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th in North Oakland | DIRECTIONS: One block north of Alcatraz on the West side of Telegraph, wheelchair accessible. Buses pass by regularly. Ashby BART is approximately 7 blocks away.

Robert Scheer (2019-04-13). Creating a Crucial Path Forward After Prison. truthdig.com Susan Burton, the co-author of " Becoming Ms. Burton: From Prison to Recovery to Leading the Fight for Incarcerated Women," says she never stood a chance in today's America. Her childhood was marked with abuse and racism, and the inexplicable death of her 5-year-old son—hit in a crosswalk by a car driven by a police detective who was never charged in the incident—drove her to alcoholism, which ultimately led to her incarceration. | Her tragic story reflects certain realities for those with similar backgrounds.

The Real News Network (2019-04-13). Ecuadorian President's Motives for Surrendering Assange: Vengeance & IMF Loan? dissidentvoice.org $4.2 billion IMF loan, submission to the US, and vengeance appear to have been President Moreno's true motives for revoking Assange's asylum in Ecuador's London embassy, says Ecuador's former foreign minister Guillaume Long.

Jonathan Cook (2019-04-13). UK Media, MPs Unveil Latest Assange Deception. dissidentvoice.org In my last blog post, I warned that the media and political class would continue with their long-running deceptions about Julian Assange now that he has been dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy. They have wasted no time in proving me right. The first thrust in their campaign of deceit was set out on the Guardian's …

Joe Emersberger (2019-04-13). Assange's 'Conspiracy' to Expose War Crimes Has Already Been Punished. commondreams.org A van with a billboard in support of American whistleblower Chelsea Manning and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is parked outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on April 5, 2019. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/freespeech_1.jpg…

Fight Back (2019-04-13). Stop & Shop workers strike across New England. fightbacknews.org Northampton, MA – On Friday night, April 12, over 20 Stop & Shop employees were gathered outside the King Street store for the second day of a strike called by United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) at stores across New England. Currently there are over 31,000 UFCW workers protesting proposed cuts to health care, take home pay and customer service. | According to the UFCW, "The proposed cuts by Stop & Shop, whose parent company earned $2 billion in profits in 2018, would devastate health care benefits, significantly increase health care costs, and decrease take home pay. Stop & Shop's proposed cuts would also h…

Greg Grandin, Noam Chomsky (2019-04-13). 'It Is Not Enough to Simply Oppose US Military Intervention': A Response to WOLA on Venezuela. commondreams.org Protestors rally in support of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as they hold a banner featuring the late former president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez, the current president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro and 19th century Venezuelan military and political leader Simon Bolivar, outside the Venezuelan Consulate in Midtown Manhattan, January 24, 2019 in New York City. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/hands_off_venezuela_0.jpg…

teleSUR (2019-04-13). Sudan's Intelligence Chief Quits, Protesters Keep up Pressure. telesurenglish.net Sudan's security and intelligence chief quits Saturday, one day after the defense minister stepped down abruptly as the nation's interim leader and following the military overthrow of autocratic president, Omar al-Bashir. | RELATED: | Sudan: Military Council Promises a Civilian Government in 2021 | Salah Abdallah Mohamed Saleh, known as Salah Gosh, who headed the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and was once the most influential person in the country after Bashi…

STAFF (2019-04-13). Sudan Army Removes Leader, Rejects Ousted President's Extradition. truthdig.com CAIRO—The Sudanese military on Friday swiftly replaced the country's transitional leader linked to the Darfur genocide after street rallies against him and said that it wouldn't hand over ousted President Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court, where he faces charges of crimes against humanity. | Thousands of jubilant protesters celebrated in the streets after Defense Minister Gen. Awad ibn Ouf, who was named de facto leader after overthrowing al-Bashir on Thursday, announced he was stepping down as transitional leader. He named a reputable army general as his successor. | Ibn Ouf said he would…

teleSUR (2019-04-13). Afghanistan: Taliban Attack in Kunduz Leaves 8 Dead, 60 Wounded. telesurenglish.net Taliban forces stormed the city of Kunduz, Afghanistan Saturday leaving at least eight people dead and over 60 wounded, local officials reported. | RELATED: | Excluded Afghan President Claims Last Word on Any Peace Deal | The echo of exploding bombs shook the northern Afghan city sending 62 armed fighters to nearby hospitals for treatment and at least…

Jan Oberg (2019-04-13). Denmark's PM Admires a Killing Soldier's Simplistic View of Good and Evil. dissidentvoice.org It's Friday, April 5, 2019, at 9 PM. An entertaining talk show, Skavlan. A dialogue between a prime minister and a special forces soldier who has no regret having kicked in doors and "killed a lot" in Afghanistan. He justifies himself by the most primitive and long-ago debunked theory about Good and Evil in this …

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Claudia Andrade (2019-04-13). Por qué las mujeres defienden la Revolución Bolivariana de Venezuela. liberationnews.org "Los dolores del mundo son más grandes para las mujeres … y aún más grandes para las mujeres de la clase popular, de la clase más pobre" dijo Hugo Chávez en un discurso en 2012.

teleSUR (2019-04-13). United States Forces Ready to Attack Venezuela. telesurenglish.net The United States is ready to attack Venezuela by the end of the year, according to U.S. Southern Commander Craig S. Faller. | RELATED: | President Maduro Rejects Bolsonaro's Military Invasion Threats | The U.S. is particularly concerned over growing Chinese, Russian and Cuban influence in its hemisphere. U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton stated in an interview that "President Trump is determined not to see Venezuela fall under the sway of foreign powers." He has a cus…

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