2019-04-12: Social Media Postees

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Protesters Call on UK to #FreeAssange Outside British Embassy in DC
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-12
"It's totally backwards and we're calling for him to be freed. And I would like the people who got us into the wars to be the ones behind bars." – Codepink co-founder Medea Benjamin…
mintpressnews.com/protest-call-on-uk-to-freeassange-outside-british-embassy-in-dc/257345/

Yellow Vest Movement Struggles to Reinvent Democracy as Macron Cranks Up Propaganda and Repression
Richard Greeman | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
After five months of constant presence at traffic circles, toll-booths and hazardous Saturday marches, the massive, self-organized social movement known as the Yellow Vests has just held its second nationwide "Assembly of Assemblies." Hundreds of autonomous Yellow Vest activist groups from all over France each chose two delegates (one woman, one man) to gather in…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/yellow-vest-movement-struggles-to-reinvent-democracy-as-macron-cranks-up-propaganda-and-repression/

Pardoning Assange Would be the First Step Back Toward Rule of Law
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
On April 11, the ongoing saga of journalist and transparency activist Julian Assange took a dangerous turn. Ecuador's president, Lenin Moreno, revoked his asylum in that country's London embassy. British police immediately arrested him — supposedly pursuant to his "crime" of jumping bail on an invalid arrest warrant in an investigation since dropped without charges…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/pardoning-assange-would-be-the-first-step-back-toward-rule-of-law-2/

Sudan Coup Leader Steps Down After One Day
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-12
Sudanase Defense Minister Mohammed Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf was supposed to lead the Military Transitional Council (MTC) that is supposed to run the country for up to two years until new presidential elections are had. | Just a day after overthrowing former autocratic president Omar al-Bashir who was in power since 1989, Ibn Auf stepped down as the council leader. Protesters say Ibn Auf is too close to the now former regime. | At least 38 people have been killed so far in the protests to oust Bashir that began last December. | More news to follow. | former autocratic president Omar al-Bashir…
telesurenglish.net/news/Sudan-Coup-Leader-Steps-Down-After-One-Day–20190412-0018.html

Sudan military committed to 'ensuring stability' and 'peaceful transition' says senior diplomat, as UN rights chief appeals for protesters' rights to be upheld
United Nations | un.org | 2019-04-12
Sudan's military has an "overarching duty" to refrain from using violence against protesters and ensure that their human rights are protected amid concerns of a further escalation, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said on Friday.
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Sudan: Military Council Promises a Civilian Government in 2021
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-12
General Omar Zein Alabidin said Friday that the Military Transitional Council (MTC) only wants to organize a y civilian government within the next two years. Meanwhile Sudanese citizens continued protesting in the capital city against the old regime and MTC who they say are incapable of "creating change." | RELATED: | Sudan's Army Arrests Bashir, Declares 3 Months Emergency Period | The council that now runs Sudan under Defence Minister Mohammed Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf, said it hopin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Sudan-Military-Council-Promises-a-Civilian-Government-in-2021-20190412-0012.html

Roaming Charges: Tongue-Tied and Twisted
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
The main difference between the anonymous leaks from US intelligence officials about RussiaGate peddled nightly on MSDNC, CNN, the NYT and the Washington Post and Julian Assange's exposure of US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan is that what Wikileaks published turned out to be true. In this system, you're only held accountable for exposing the truth about imperial power.
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/roaming-charges-tongue-tied-and-twisted/

Selected Articles: Assange's Extradition to the US Is Imminent
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer". | . | . | | | If, like us, this is …
globalresearch.ca/assanges-extradition-us-imminent/5674235

Why Julian Assange's Extradition Must Be Opposed at All Costs
Nozomi Hayase | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
On Thursday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by the UK police inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he was granted political asylum in 2012. This termination of asylum by Ecuador in violation of international law comes a week after WikiLeaks warned the public it had received information from two high-level Ecuadorian government sources…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/why-julian-assanges-extradition-must-be-opposed-at-all-costs/

Shredding Asylum: the Arrest of Julian Assange
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
The man seemed like a bearded emissary, a holy figure nabbed in his sleep. He looked similarly pale as to how he did in 2013, but he cut a more shocking figure. Most prisoners would have had room to move in a compound. The Ecuadorean embassy in London only offered modest space and access to…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/shredding-asylum-the-arrest-of-julian-assange/

Free Julian Assange! Stand Up for Press Freedom!
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
The arrest by British Metropolitan Police of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, dragged unceremonially out of the Ecuadoran Embassy in London on a charge of failure to appear for a court hearing on an expired (and trumped-up) accusation in Sweden of sexual assault, is a grave and terrible threat to independent journalism and to the US Constitution's First…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/free-julian-assange-stand-up-for-press-freedom/

After 7 Years of Deceptions About Assange, the US Readies for Its First Media Rendition
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
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 Assange's extradition to the United States, that it was all in our fevered imaginations. For…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/after-7-years-of-deceptions-about-assange-the-us-readies-for-its-first-media-rendition/

The Assange Arrest is a Warning From History
John Pilger | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
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 London, in the land of Magna Carta, ought to shame and anger all who fear for "democratic" societies. Assange is a political refugee protected by international law, the recipient of asylum under a strict covenant to which Britain is a signatory. The United Nations made this clear…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/the-assange-arrest-is-a-warning-from-history/

Espionage? Computer Crimes? The DOJ's Cast Against Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange
Kevin Gosztola | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-12
The United States Justice Department dramatically escalated its political prosecution of WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange. Their efforts are aimed at criminalizing a journalist–and more broadly, a media organization–for allegedly aiding and abetting the disclosure of classified information and publishing that information on the internet. | Assange was expelled from the Ecuador embassy in the United Kingdom and arrested by British police on April 11. The expulsion and arrest was linked to an indictment and extradition request that was filed many months ago by the United States government. | He…
mintpressnews.com/espionage-computer-crimes-the-dojs-cast-against-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange/257353/

John Pilger: The Assange Arrest Is a Warning From History
John Pilger | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-12
That this outrage happened in the heart of London, in the land of Magna Carta, ought to shame and anger all who fear for "democratic" societies, writes John Pilger,…
mintpressnews.com/john-pilger-julian-assange-arrest-warning-history/257337/

Open Letter to President Trump on the Arrest of Julian Assange
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
Mr. President, | Your Deep State handlers have finally managed to have WikiLeaks publisher and editor Julian Assange dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London and arrested. He faces extradition to the United States where more than a few people …
globalresearch.ca/open-letter-president-trump-arrest-julian-assange/5674203

British Government Arrests WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange on Behalf of the American Empire
Dr. Leon Tressell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
Today the UK government broke international law by arresting Julian Assange in the embassy of Ecuador at the behest of the United States. The British government has been ignoring for years demands from UN human rights experts to release Assange …
globalresearch.ca/british-government-arrests-wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-behalf-american-empire/5674195

The Assange Arrest Is a Warning from History
John Pilger | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
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 …
globalresearch.ca/assange-arrest-warning-history/5674239

Julian Assange Message Is to "Resist!"
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
In a shameful public lynching of Julian Assange after his arrest, ladies and gentlemen of the media in "civilized" America are carrying their torches high and calling him the "America's number one enemy". | The fact is that these media mercenaries …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-resist/5674230

Video: Assange's Lawyer Says Wikileaks Founder's Life in Danger if Extradited to the U.S
Defend Democracy Press | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
According to a report by Reuters, on Thursday, Julian Assange's lawyer said that the life of the Wikileaks founder would be in danger if he is extradited to the United States following his arrest in London. Assange's lawyer, Carlos Poveda…
globalresearch.ca/assanges-lawyer-says-wikileaks-founders-life-danger-extradited-u-s/5674257

USA v. Julian Assange: DOJ Indictment on Phony Charge Revealed
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
Following Assange's Thursday arrest by UK police in Ecuador's London embassy after his asylum status was illegally rescinded by President Lenin Moreno, acting in cahoots with the US and Britain, the DOJ confirmed what's widely known. | Its spokeswoman Nicole …
globalresearch.ca/usa-julian-assange-doj-indictment-phony-charge-revealed/5674255

Shredding Asylum: The Arrest of Julian Assange
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
The man seemed like a bearded emissary, a holy figure nabbed in his sleep. He looked similarly pale as to how he did in 2013, but he cut a more shocking figure. Most prisoners would have had room to move …
globalresearch.ca/arrest-julian-assange/5674217

Julian Assange Should be Lauded and Protected, Not Persecuted and Destroyed
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
Julian Assange is a hero. He defied the globalizing apparatus of fascist repression to expose the war criminals in our midst. Now, the same war criminals and their agencies who commit supreme international war crimes as policy have apprehended him….
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-lauded-protected-not-persecuted-destroyed/5674246

Julian Assange: The Age of Injustice
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
April 11, 2019, brought us a new word for Judas: Moreno–the puppet president of Ecuador who sold Julian Assange to Washington for his 30 pieces of silver. | This morning's arrest of Assange inside the Ecuadorean embassy in London is the …
globalresearch.ca/age-injustice/5674215

Assange's Arrest Criminalizes Truth-Telling Journalism
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
In August 2012, Assange sought and was granted asylum in Ecuador's London embassy (by then-President Correa) to avoid arrest, extradition to Sweden on phony rape and sexual assault charges. | They were all about wanting him handed over to the US …
globalresearch.ca/assanges-arrest-criminalizes-truth-telling-journalism/5674248

Daniel Ellsberg: Assange's Arrest Is the Beginning of the End
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-12
The famed whistleblower and author warns that we are witnessing an assault on the First Amendment that spells the demise of a free press.
truthdig.com/articles/daniel-ellsberg-assanges-arrest-is-the-beginning-of-the-end/

Assange Arrested for Exposing U.S. War Crimes — Paul Jay
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-12
Wikileaks released Manning's leaked documents and exposed multiple crimes committed by the U.S. government and armed forces — Jay says this is getting lost in the corporate media coverage of Assange's arrest; when he was arrested, Assange carried a copy of TRNN's book "Gore Vidal on the History of the National Security State" which was…
therealnews.com/stories/assange-arrested-for-exposing-u-s-war-crimes-paul-jay

Julian Assange arrested: The warmakers' assault on free press
ANSWER Coalition | liberationnews.org | 2019-04-12
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's arrest by UK authorities on behalf of the United States is a craven attempt by the Pentagon war machine and the rest of the imperial establishment to silence one of their most prominent critics.
liberationnews.org/julian-assange-arrested-the-warmakers-assault-on-free-press/

The Assange Arrest is a Warning From History
John Pilger | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-12
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. | RELATED: | Ecuador Failed to Notify Assange's Defense of Asylum Withdrawal: Lawyer | That this outrage happened in the heart of London, in the land of Magna Carta, ought to sh…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-Assange-Arrest-is-a-Warning-From-History-20190412-0017.html

JOHN PILGER: Assange Arrest a Warning from History
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-12
Real journalism is being criminalized by thugs in plain sight, says John Pilger. Dissent has become an indulgence. And the British elite has abandoned its last imperial myth: that of fairness and justice. By John Pilger The glimpse of Julian… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/12/assange-arrest-a-warning-from-history/

What Ivanka Told Us About Trump's Meeting With el-Sisi
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
Ivanka Trump, daughter of the US president and wife of Middle East "expert" Jared Kushner — he who has supposedly produced a Middle East "peace plan" to be revealed after Benjamin Netanyahu wins the Israeli elections — has just given her support to a regime which has locked up women political prisoners, "disappeared" others, and whose army forcibly carried out virginity tests…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/what-ivanka-told-us-about-trumps-meeting-with-el-sisi/

Civil Rights Groups and Pro-war Republicans–An unholy Alliance in the Soft War Against China
Julia Kassem | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
Last month, Mike Pompeo, amidst his soft war campaign to undermine the governments of Venezuela, Iran, and Lebanon, expressed concern for the 'abhorrent' allegations of Chinese Muslim internment. Pompeo, currently working to destabilize a number of Global South nations and groups, did not suddenly develop a moral consciousness for the plight of Muslims. Rather, his…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/civil-rights-groups-and-pro-war-republicans-an-unholy-alliance-in-the-soft-war-against-china/

Noam Chomsky: We Must Confront the "Ultranationalist, Reactionary" Movements Growing Across Globe
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-12
On Thursday night, hundreds of people packed into the Old South Church in Boston to hear the world-renowned dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky speak. He looked back at the rise of fascism in the 20th century and the growing ultranationalist movements of today, from Brazil and the United States to Israel and Saudi Arabia.
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/12/noam_chomsky_we_must_confront_the

Chomsky: Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change & the Undermining of Democracy Threaten Future of Planet
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-12
As President Trump pulls out of key nuclear agreements with Russia and moves to expand the U.S. nuclear arsenal, Noam Chomsky looks at how the threat of nuclear war remains one of the most pressing issues facing mankind. In a speech at the Old South Church in Boston, Chomsky also discusses the threat of climate change and the undermining of democracy across the globe.
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/12/chomsky_nuclear_weapons_climate_change_the

The Unfinished Gaza War: What Netanyahu Hopes to Gain from Attacking Palestinian Prisoners
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
The current violence targeting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails dates back to January 2. It was then that Israel's Public Security Minister, Gilad Erdan declared that the "party is over." "Every so often, infuriating pictures appear of cooking in the terrorist wings. This party is coming to an end," Erdan was quoted in the Jerusalem…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/the-unfinished-gaza-war-what-netanyahu-hopes-to-gain-from-attacking-palestinian-prisoners/

On False Dichotomies, Real and Fake, at MSDNC
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
Photograph Source Spud of Inside Cable news — CC BY 2.0 | Not a False Dichotomy: (Eco-)Socialism or Exterminist Capitalism | Antonio Gramsci would be impressed by the "liberal" Democratic Party broadcast network MSNBC, whose function is to advance the political hegemony of finance capital between drug, car, business consulting, insurance, and financial services commercials for affluent Baby Boomers. | Last Wednesday the discussion became spirited on an "expert panel" convened by MSDNC morning host Stephanie Ruhle, a former leading global derivatives trader. The topic that animated Ruhle and her guests was Am…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/on-false-dichotomies-real-and-fake-at-msdnc/

Russia Warns Bolton: 'Monroe Doctrine' Remarks Insulting to Latin America
Andre Vltchek | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-12
The Trump administration is re-deploying old and fatal Cold War warriors, elevating them to high positions. The same people who were murdering, plotting and cheering assassins. The list reads like a "Wanted for Genocide" catalog: Elliott Abrams, Michael Pompeo and yes: John Bolton.
mintpressnews.com/russia-warns-bolton-monroe-doctrine-remarks-insult-latin-america/257331/

Nuclear Weapons Ruined My Life…and I Wouldn't Have It Any Other Way
Frida Berrigan | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
I want to offer you something different than the barrage of facts and figures around nuclear weapons. But let's establish the basics. There are nine countries that possess them: France, China, the United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, Israel, North Korea and — of course — Russia and the United States. Together these nine countries possess a total…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/nuclear-weapons-ruined-my-life-and-i-wouldnt-have-it-any-other-way/

Video: Turkey Aims to Seize Tell Rifaat after Russian Forces Withdrawal
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
On April 11, the Syrian Military Intelligence Directorate prevented a terrorist attack in the city of Homs. Local sources said that intelligence agents dismantled a remotely-controlled heavy improvised-explosive device, which was attached to a civilian vehicle near the Akramah al-Makhzomeh …
globalresearch.ca/turkey-aims-seize-tell-rifaat-russian-forces-withdrawal/5674269

Survivors of War Crimes in Afghanistan Denied Justice
commondreams | commondreams.org | 2019-04-12
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Afghanistan: ICC Refuses to Authorize Investigation, Caving Into USA Threats
commondreams | commondreams.org | 2019-04-12
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ICC Refuses to Investigate Crimes in Afghanistan, Including U.S. Torture
commondreams | commondreams.org | 2019-04-12
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UK Government Defends Arming Saudi Arabia: Secret Court Hearing. Are British Forces in Yemen?
Phil Miller | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
The government refuses to confirm or deny the presence of British special forces in Yemen. | Its missions are exempt from freedom of information and even Parliament's defence committee. | This wall of secrecy cracked slightly after five SBS members were injured …
globalresearch.ca/government-defends-arming-saudi-arabia-secret-court-hearing/5674279

Washington's Selective Sanctions
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
On April 3 US Vice President Pence told Germany and Turkey to stop cooperating with Russia. In a speech in Washington marking the 70thAnniversary of the US-NATO military alliance he declared…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/washingtons-selective-sanctions/

Will RussiaGate Junta-Mastermind, John Brennan, Ever Face the Music?
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
The Great RussiaGate Deception all began with John Brennan. It was Brennan who reported "contacts… between Russian officials and persons in the Trump campaign", just as it was Brennan who first referred the case to former FBI Director James Comey. …
globalresearch.ca/will-russiagate-junta-mastermind-john-brennan-ever-face-the-music/5674261

Investigation Nation: Mueller, Russiagate, and Fake Politics
Jim Kavanagh | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
So the Mueller investigation is over. The official "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election" has been written, and is in the hands of Attorney General William Barr, who has issued a summary of its findings. On the core mandate of the investigation, given to Special Counsel Mueller by Rod Rosenstein as Acting Attorney General in May of 2017–to investigate "any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump"–the takeaway conclusion stated in the Mueller report, as quoted in th…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/investigation-nation-mueller-russiagate-and-fake-politics/

"Putinyahu's Rusrael": The Putin-Netanyahu Relationship, A Deep Personal Bond?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
President Putin and "Israeli" Prime Minister Netanyahu are brothers-in-arms after the former helped the latter win his historic reelection with a last-minute photo-op stunt that ultimately proved pivotal to his victory, and with Russia and "Israel" now proceeding along the …
globalresearch.ca/putinyahus-rusrael-the-putin-netanyahu-relationship-a-deep-personal-bond/5674200

Major Confession: Kosovo's PM — 'I Only Carry Out U.S Orders, I'm an American Soldier'
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
In a major confession revealed on Friday April 5th, Kosovo's Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said his government's policies serve US interests against Serbia and Russia, and he is only following Washington's orders. | "The Albanian people in all our lands are | …
globalresearch.ca/kosovos-pm-i-only-carry-u-s-orders-american-soldier/5674285

Venezuela Walks from OAS as Body Violates Charter in Support of US-Backed Coup
Alexander Rubinstein | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
"You have converted the OAS into an empty shell that has violated its own principles and you're now proving that our decision to resign was the correct one. We are leaving the OAS and we will never come back. — …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-oas-body-violates-charter-support-us-backed-coup/5674210

CounterPunch on Stage: The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda
Ishmael Reed | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
My real purpose for traveling to the East in January was to attend the showing of a two hour and forty-five-minute film that Steve Cannon, Walter Cotton and I produced in 1980, "81," that was scheduled to be shown Washington's National Gallery. Since Kino Lorber restored the film, it has been shown at museums and…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/counterpunch-on-stage-the-haunting-of-lin-manuel-miranda/

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-04-12 20:44 GMT (16:44 EST)

2019-04-11: News Headlines

Robert Scheer (2019-04-11). Daniel Ellsberg on the Importance of Julian Assange. truthdig.com Editor's Note: In light of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange's recent arrest, Truthdig is re-posting a timely conversation between Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer and legendary whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, both of whom have been vocal defenders of Assange and his work. A letter that Ellsberg co-signed outlines the Pentagon Papers author's position on the attacks on Assange: | As part of their attempt to blacken WikiLeaks…

Chris Hedges (2019-04-11). The Martyrdom of Julian Assange. truthdig.com The arrest Thursday of Julian Assange eviscerates all pretense of the rule of law and the rights of a free press. The illegalities, embraced by the Ecuadorian, British and U.S. governments, in the seizure of Assange are ominous. They presage a world where the internal workings, abuses, corruption, lies and crimes, especially war crimes, carried out by corporate states and the global ruling elite will be masked from the public. They presage a world where those with the courage and integrity to expose the misuse of power will be hunted down, tortured, subjected to sham trials and given lifetime prison terms in soli…

G. Dunkel (2019-04-11). Mali: Thousands demand peace and removal of French troops. workers.org At the call of imams and civic associations on April 5, thousands of protesters marched in Bamako, the capital of Mali, to demand the end of violence between ethnic communities in central Mali, the removal of French troops, which have been in Mali since 2013 fighting "Islamic extremist," and aid . . . | Continue reading Mali: Thousands demand peace and removal of French troops at Workers.org

STAFF (2019-04-11). Sudan's Military Overthrows President Amid Bloody Protests. truthdig.com CAIRO — Sudan's military overthrew President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday amid increasingly bloody protests over his repressive 30-year rule and the deteriorating economy. But pro-democracy demonstrators were left angry and disappointed when the defense minister announced the armed forces will govern for the next two years. | Al-Bashir's fall came just over a week after protests in Algeria forced the resignation of that North African country's long-ruling, military-backed president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika. | Together, the developments represent a second generation of street protests eight years after the Arab S…

Democracy Now! (2019-04-11). Sudanese Military Topples Omar al-Bashir as Anti-Government Protesters Vow to Stay in Streets. democracynow.org After months of protest, the Sudanese military ousted President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday, ending his nearly 30 years of authoritarian rule. Tens of thousands of protesters marched in celebration on the streets of Sudan. The military has set up a transitional military council to rule the country for two years, according to a televised statement by Sudan's minister of defense. The news comes after months of protests demanding al-Bashir's resignation. Protesters have been staging a massive sit-in in the capital, Khartoum, since Saturday. Rights groups say at least 50 people have been killed in Sudanese protests si…

Whitney Webb (2019-04-11). Assange Arrest: The Turning Point is Here — Don't Let Them Win. mintpressnews.com Will we wait until they come for us because our homes are built atop resources they wish to plunder, because we shared information online they found objectionable, because we dared to question why madmen are in control of our country and much of the world?

Jimmysllama (2019-04-11). Assange Ecuadorian Extradition Noose Tightens with INA Papers as Latest Slipknot. mintpressnews.com There has been an undeniable string of red flags indicating that Ecuador's Moreno is indeed working with both the U.K. and U.S. to hand Assange over to authorities.

RTE (2019-04-11). WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Appears in London Court. globalresearch.ca Julian Assange faces extradition to the US after he was arrested and forcibly removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in London almost seven years after he sought refuge there. | Mr Assange was brought before Westminster Magistrates' Court this afternoon. | He made …

Sean Love (2019-04-11). Access to Medical Care, a Human Right, Must Also be Guaranteed to Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca This article which is of particular relevance to the arrest of Julian Assange was originally written in June 2018. | This week marks six years since Julian Assange entered the Ecuadorean embassy in London and nearly three years since the UN …

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-11). Police State Britain: UK Police Forcibly Arrest Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca What's going on is a developing story. Events are fast moving. Here's what's known so far. | Days earlier, WikiLeaks accused Ecuadorian embassy personnel in London of "extensive spying" on Assange, according to its editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson, saying: | It's been …

James Wright (2019-04-11). Edward Snowden puts in plain terms the terror of what really just happened to Julian Assange. thecanary.co On 11 April, whistleblower Edward Snowden put in plain terms the terror of what Julian Assange's arrest really means. Former CIA employee Snowden rose … | Read more Edward Snowden puts in plain terms the terror of what really just happened to Julian Assange | By James Wright

STAFF (2019-04-11). Edward Snowden Leads Chorus Condemning Assange's Arrest. truthdig.com Edward Snowden joined the chorus of advocacy groups, reporters, and critics as the NSA whistleblower described the arrest of WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange Thursday morning as a " dark moment for press freedom" that could have grave implications for journalism across the globe. | "Images of Ecuador's ambassador inviting the U.K.'s secret police into the embassy to drag a publisher of—…

United Nations (2019-04-11). UN experts warn Assange arrest exposes him to risk of serious human rights violations. un.org Independent UN rights experts on Thursday said the arrest of Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange by police in the United Kingdom, after the Ecuadorian Government decided to stop granting him asylum in their London embassy, exposed him to "the risk of serious human rights violations", if extradited to the United States.

United Nations (2019-04-11). Women must be at 'centre of peacekeeping decision-making', UN chief tells Security Council. un.org Women's rights, voices and participation must be at "the centre of peacekeeping decision-making", United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday, describing them as "central to sustainable solutions" to challenges facing the Organization worldwide.

Alan MacLeod (2019-04-11). Dictator: Media Code for 'Government We Don't Like'. fair.org by Alan MacLeod Most dictatorships in the world are supported by the United States (Truthout, 9/23/17)—but this isn't true of most governments described by US media as "dictatorships." | Let's start with a quiz: Quick! Name some dictators! | I'm willing to bet most of you responded with just a few of the same names: Assad, Putin, Castro, Kim Jong-un, Gaddafi, Maduro. This is not because they are the only dictators in the world (far from it), or that all of them even necessarily qualify for the…

Eds. (2019-04-11). Silicon Valley and "communication weapons of war" mronline.org What a Western Electric advert from 1944 can teach us about Google and Facebook. | Source

Christopher R. Martin (2019-04-11). Will Democrats reach rural workers in 2020? peoplesworld.org It should be easy to run against Trump's rural America record. Aside from his made-for-Fox-News rallies, he has little to brag about in rural policy except for self-inflicted wounds that risk returning rural America back to the farm crisis of the 1980s. Trump's misguided tariff wars and scuttling of NAFTA have exacerbated crop prices that …

Martha Rosenberg (2019-04-11). Consumer Drug Ads: 20 Years of Pushing Expensive Meds and Diseases People Probably Don't Have. counterpunch.org In 2015, the U.S.' American Medical Association (AMA) called for a ban on direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertising. The ads make patients demand expensive treatments from their doctors, said the AMA, when less costly drugs are often more effective. The AMA's efforts were unsuccessful. Most people realize that advertising directly to consumers has been a More

Lindsay Koshgarian (2019-04-11). Making a Killing: Tax Day as Pay Day for Military Contractors. counterpunch.org In tax season, most of us think more about getting our forms in on time — and getting our refunds — than about where our tax dollars actually go. It's probably no surprise that a significant portion — 24 cents out of every dollar — of your taxes go to the military. But where those More

CP Editor (2019-04-11). RIP Shawn Smith. counterpunch.org …

Teresa L. Ebert — Mas'ud Zavarzadeh (2019-04-11). What is Socialism? counterpunch.org As the presidential election of 2020 approaches and socialism is used to characterize the ideas and platforms of some of the candidates, a relatively large number of explanations of the concept have appeared in the press. Most of these explanations are really non-explanatory. Whether written as a list or in a more discursive form, they More

Vincent Navarro (2019-04-11). The Causes of the Growth of Populism on Both Sides of the North Atlantic. counterpunch.org One of the most influential documents of the 20th century—the Communist Manifesto—begins with the famous phrase: A specter is haunting Europe—the specter of Communism. All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this specter; Pope and Czar, Metternich and Guizot, French radicals and German police spies. Where is the More

Manuel García, Jr. (2019-04-11). What's Wrong With The United States? counterpunch.org In his 1995 book, The Demon-Haunted World: Science As A Candle in The Dark, Carl Sagan wrote: I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when More

Dean Baker (2019-04-11). Predicting the Next Recession and Other Ways to Waste Your Time. counterpunch.org The people who completely missed the housing bubble, the collapse of which sank the economy in 2008 and gave us the Great Recession, are again busy telling us about the next recession on the way. The latest item that they want us to be very worried about is an inversion of the yield curve. There More

George Wuerthner (2019-04-11). Why Oregon Needs More Wilderness. counterpunch.org In the recent Public Lands legislation that was passed by Congress, Oregon got some new protected landscapes including the Devil's Staircase Wilderness, 250 miles of new Wild and Scenic River segments on the Rogue and Molalla rivers and measures such as a mining ban on the Chetco River. This legislation was a good but a More

Eds. (2019-04-11). The U.S. Government has been monitoring Venezuela's electricity system for over a decade. mronline.org The North American intelligence agencies and their government's attention and monitoring of the electricity situation in Venezuela is long-standing. This was confirmed by more than 1,000 documents released by Wikileaks which mention the status of the National Electric System in Venezuela and the Simón Bolívar Hydroelectric Plant located in Guri. | Source

Philip Giraldi (2019-04-11). Who Is Killing Whom in the Middle East? Blaming Iran Might be an Excuse for War. globalresearch.ca Newsweek is reporting a story regarding how Iran "was responsible for the deaths of at least 608 American troops in Iraq between 2003 and 2011." The account is sourced to a newly revised estimate prepared by analysts at the Pentagon …

Ramzy Baroud (2019-04-11). The Unfinished Gaza War: What Netanyahu Hopes to Gain from Attacking Palestinian Prisoners. dissidentvoice.org The current violence targeting Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails dates back to January 2. It was then that Israel's Public Security Minister, Gilad Erdan declared that the "party is over." "Every so often, infuriating pictures appear of cooking in the terrorist wings. This party is coming to an end," Erdan was quoted in the Jerusalem …

Andrew Korybko (2019-04-11). The Consequences of the Sudanese Coup. globalresearch.ca What just happened in Sudan was likely a military coup despite the "official" explanation being that President Bashir simply stepped down, and while this might appear on the surface to be a huge development, its immediate consequences will probably be …

Eric Toussaint (2019-04-11). The ReCommonsEurope Manifesto: A Left-wing Initiative in Europe. globalresearch.ca While the campaign for the European elections on 26 May 2019 draws very little interest, the initiative launched by ReCommonsEurope with its ' Manifesto for a new popular internationalism in Europe' is on to a promising start. The text …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-04-11). Environmental Snags in Australia: The Approval Process for Adani, India's Mining Giant. globalresearch.ca Much hot air is coming out from the public relations unit of Adani, and the language used is that of a hostage taker seeking to earn a rich and ill-deserved ransom. With the date for the Australian federal election looming, …

Andrew Korybko (2019-04-11). Like America with "Russiagate", India Is Now Obsessed with "Pakistangate" globalresearch.ca The Indo-American Strategic Partnership has rapidly progressed to such a point that the South Asian state is now copying some of the same conspiracy theories as its new patron, though instead of India being obsessed with suspected Russian interference in …

Andreas C Chrysafis (2019-04-11). EU Parliamentary Elections 2019. Aspiring Politicians, Fear of Nationalist Movements… globalresearch.ca The next Elections for the European Parliament scheduled on 23-26 May 2019 have already started with fervor! A total of 751 seats (MEPs) are currently up for grabs by those fortunate enough to secure a seat in one of the …

South Front (2019-04-11). Video: War on Russia? Growing Military Deployment of US-NATO in the Black Sea. globalresearch.ca NATO is preparing a package of measures to counter Russia in the Black Sea region. This package includes the deployment of NATO warships to the Black Sea to guarantee 'passage' of Ukrainian ships via the Kerch Strait, U.S. ambassador to …

Almasdar News (2019-04-11). Egypt Withdraws from Trump's 'Arab NATO' Group. globalresearch.ca Egypt has reportedly withdrawn from U.S. President Donald Trump's "Arab NATO" initiative following President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi's visit to Washington. | According to the Reuters News Agency, Egypt has made the decision to withdraw fro the U.S.-led "Middle East Security …

Yves Engler (2019-04-11). Canada's CIJA Selective About Which Hate Crimes It Condemns. globalresearch.ca The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs' response to the horrific attack on two mosques in New Zealand highlights tensions between promoting the most aggressive ongoing European settler colonialism and Jewish Canadian concern over hate crimes. | Forty-eight hours after the …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-04-11). The Problem with Wikipedia and the Digital Revolution. globalresearch.ca Yesterday (April 10, 2019) a reader alerted me to the fact that I am being smeared on Wikipedia as a "vocal supporter of the current Russian government and its policies." The reader also reports that an article in the Daily …

Almasdar News (2019-04-11). Iran Is Preparing to Link Tehran to the Mediterranean via a New Highway. globalresearch.ca The Islamic Republic of Iran is looking for new ways to link their capital, Tehran, with Syria ¥s Damascus and Iraq ¥s Baghdad. | One of the proposed actions they are taking to make this a reality is the construction of new highways …

Global Research (2019-04-11). "Voices from Syria" and "The Dirty War on Syria": Mark Taliano and Tim Anderson Analyze the War on Syria. globalresearch.ca Voices from Syria by Mark Taliano and The Dirty War on Syria by Tim Anderson: two essential books on Syria for . | *SPECIAL OFFER: Voices from Syria + The Dirty War on Syria: …

Phil Miller (2019-04-11). British Bombs Are Being Dropped from Saudi Jets onto Yemeni Schools, Mosques and Hospitals, Court Hears. globalresearch.ca A Yemeni city the size of Cambridge had just hours to evacuate before it was pummelled by Saudi war planes, the Court of Appeal in London heard today. | A panel of judges is reviewing a decision made by Sajid Javid…

European Wilderness Society (2019-04-11). Poisoning Wildlife — A Growing Threat in Europe. globalresearch.ca There are three main anthropogenic factors that pose a serious threat to European wildlife. These are causing the death of individuals by illegal poisoning, poaching, trapping or trading, reduced reproductive success due to habitat disturbance and habitat loss due to …

James Carden (2019-04-11). How 'Russiagate' Has Reshaped American and Russian Public Opinion. thenation.com How 'Russiagate' Has Reshaped American and Russian Public Opinion…

ACLU (2019-04-11). The American Public Deserves to See the Mueller Report With as Few Redactions as Possible. aclu.org Considering the "extraordinary public interest" in the Mueller report, any redactions made by Attorney General Barr must be limited and defensible. | Few matters are of greater public interest than the contents of the report produced by Special Counsel Robert Mueller on his recently completed investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election, alleged collusion with the Trump administration, and any interference with the Mueller investigation. Attorney General William Barr has conceded that there is extraordinary public interest in the report. Yet there remain grave concerns that he will r…

STAFF (2019-04-11). The F-35 Fighter Jet Will Cost $1.5 Trillion. It's Time for New Priorities. truthout.org U.S. taxpayers are no strangers to getting saddled with monstrously expensive weapons programs at the expense of basic needs like food, shelter and education. The Pentagon paid $44 billion for 21 very fragile B-2 stealth bombers, only one of which is still flying. The F-22 fighter, coming in at more than $350 million per plane, was built to combat Cold War adversaries who ceased to exist six years before the first jet rolled off the production line. The sticker price for Ronald Reagan's harebrained " …

Jesse Jackson (2019-04-11). The Politics Behind Trump's Threats to Close the Border. counterpunch.org Donald Trump's flailing on immigration and the Mexican border continue to spiral into chaos. First, he threatened to close the border with Mexico. One week later, he walked that back. He declares a national emergency about the "invasion" of people seeking asylum from Central American countries, and then says he's stopped all aid to those More

Bryan Wall (2019-04-11). Ireland's international neutrality should be in its constitution, argues Sinn Féin. thecanary.co Members of the Irish parliament have tabled a bill that would embed international neutrality in the Irish constitution. The bill has been put forward … | Read more Ireland's international neutrality should be in its constitution, argues Sinn Féin | By Bryan Wall

Khulood Badawi (2019-04-11). The Israeli Election Put the Bigotry of Its Political Class Front and Center. commondreams.org This bigotry isn't new for Netanyahu; on election day 2015, he rallied his supporters by warning on Facebook, "Arab voters are coming out in droves to the polls." (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bet.jpeg…

David Suzuki, Ian Hanington (2019-04-11). Rapid Warming Deserves More Than a Lukewarm Response. commondreams.org Canada's climate is warming at roughly twice the global average rate largely due to Arctic ice melt. Arctic ice is what keeps Earth's temperatures cool enough for human life to thrive and survive. (Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center via Flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/ice_2.jpeg…

Mel Gurtov (2019-04-11). Wealth, Stealth, and Boeing. counterpunch.org America is "the land of the free and the home of the brave." It is also the province of the wealthy. Regardless of administration but most especially now, wealth has been the great separator: the rich get richer, the poor stay poor, and the middle class keeps losing ground. Central to keeping matters that way More

Chelli Stanley (2019-04-11). With Release of More Detectives' Names, Entire Smollett Investigation Called Into Question. counterpunch.org After writing about the three detectives listed on Jussie Smollett's initial police report, more detectives' names were released when Chicago police rushed investigation records to the media after Jussie's charges were dropped. The media has not reported on these detectives' backgrounds, but they are certainly newsworthy — and call the entire investigation into question. 13 officers are More

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