Why Is Barbara Lee Helping Fund Our Forever Wars?
Norman Solomon | truthdig.com | 2019-04-08
What Barbara Lee did on the House floor three days after 9/11 — speaking prophetic words and casting t…
truthdig.com/articles/why-is-barbara-lee-helping-fund-our-forever-wars/

Rep. Barbara Lee's Startling Vote to Boost Military Spending
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2019-04-08
Barbara Lee has been a stalwart opponent of endless war. (Photo by Leigh Vogel/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/barb.jpeg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/04/08/rep-barbara-lees-startling-vote-boost-military-spending?cd-origin=rss

Libya's Incoming Strongman Haftar Will Send the Oil Out to Europe—and Keep Its Migrants In
Vijay Prashad | commondreams.org | 2019-04-08
General Khalifa Haftar attends the Conference for Libya at Villa Igiea on November 12, 2018 in Palermo, Italy. (Photo: Tullio Puglia/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1060719214.jpg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/04/08/libyas-incoming-strongman-haftar-will-send-oil-out-europe-and-keep-its-migrants?cd-origin=rss

Reckoning With Failure in the War on Terror
Chris Hedges | commondreams.org | 2019-04-08
The methods used on a wary public by the national security state, especially the FBI and the intelligence agencies, to justify and advance these wars are increasingly unsavory. (Photo: Mr. Fish) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-04-08_at_8.49.05_am.png…
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The Syrian American Council's Pressure Campaign to Censor One of Its Major Critics
Alexander Rubinstein | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
The Syrian American Council and a collection of pro-war lobbyists have led an intimidation campaign aimed at bullying a major Washington-based bookstore, Politics and Prose, into canceling award-winning journalist and author Max Blumenthal's launch event for his new book …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-american-councils-pressure-campaign-censor-one-major-critics/5673878

Kings Bay Plowshares: Peace Activists Face 25 Years for Action at U.S. Nuclear Submarine Base
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-08
A group of peace activists have been jailed for over a year before trial for entering the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia last April to protest U.S. nuclear weapons. The action took place on April 4, 2018–the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination. Armed with hammers, crime scene tape and baby bottles containing their own blood, seven anti-nuclear activists secretly entered Kings Bay–one of the largest nuclear submarine bases in the world–under the cover of night. Their goal was to symbolically disarm the six nuclear ballistic missile submarines kept there. Each submari…
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/8/kings_bay_plowshares_peace_activists_face

President Moon's Unenviable Task
Peace Action | peaceaction.org | 2019-04-08
This article was originally published on Common Dreams. When President Moon Jae-in of South Korea meets with President Donald Trump at the White House this week, he may find himself fighting the urge to pour cold water all over Trump, because that's what Trump did to the Korea peace process when he met with Kim …
peaceaction.org/2019/04/08/president-moons-unenviable-task/

Reflections of a MEChista by a Chicano Scholar Activist
Alvaro Huerta | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-08
I first learned about MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicana/o de Aztlán) during UCLA's Freshman Summer Program (FSP) in 1985, as a 17-year-old freshman. Many moons later, when I became a member, I still stand by MEChA's mantra: "Once a MEChista, always a MEChista." (To pretend to be younger, I usually joke that I was "actually" a…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/08/reflections-of-a-mechista-by-a-chicano-scholar-activist/

A New Nuclear Arms Race: As NATO Marks 70th Anniversary, Threat of Nuclear Confrontation Grows
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-08
Commemorations–as well as protests–were held last week to mark the 70th anniversary of the formation of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. President Trump used the anniversary to push for NATO countries to increase military spending. During an Oval Office meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Trump demanded Germany and other NATO countries increase their military spending from 2 to 4 percent of GDP. The push for more military spending could benefit U.S. weapons manufacturers including Boeing. This comes as Acting Pentagon Chief Patrick Shanahan is under investigation for imp…
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/8/trump_calls_for_growing_nato_budgets

No to NATO: Time to End Aggressive Militarism
Margaret Flowers | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
This week, the Foreign Ministers of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries met in Washington, DC. NATO was greeted with bi-partisan support from Congress and by protesters who held actions and events from Saturday, March 30 through their meeting …
globalresearch.ca/no-nato-end-aggressive-militarism/5673893

It's Time to End U.S. Military Aid to the Philippines
Amee Chew | commondreams.org | 2019-04-08
Protestors demonstrate against drug war killings outside the Philippine consulate in New York. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/phili.jpeg…
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Assange Faces Ongoing Threats at Ecuador's London Embassy
Oscar Grenfell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Over the weekend, the Ecuadorian government issued a statement denying that it was going to "imminently" expel Julian Assange from its London embassy. This followed mounting opposition to its threats to terminate the WikiLeaks founder's political asylum, including from United …
globalresearch.ca/assange-faces-ongoing-threats-ecuadors-london-embassy/5673868

There's Something Rotten in Virginia: Israel Is a Malignant Force in Local Politics
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
One of the more interesting aspects of the relentless march of the Israel Lobby in the United States is the extent to which it has expanded its reach down into the state and even local level. Previously, the American Israel …
globalresearch.ca/virginia-israel-malignant-force-local-politics/5673823

Is Trump's Designation of Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps as Terrorist Organization a Set-Up for War?
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-08
With the IRGC now officially labeled a "foreign terrorist organization" by the U.S. government, the march to war with Iran — long a goal of top Trump administration officials — is closer than ever.
mintpressnews.com/is-trumps-designation-of-iran-revolutionary-guard-corps-as-terrorist-organization-a-set-up-for-war/257075/

Headlines for April 8, 2019
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-08
Kirstjen Nielsen Steps Down as DHS Secretary, Gov't: It May Take 2 Years to Reunite Separated Migrant Families, NY Man Arrested for Threatening to Murder Rep. Ilhan Omar, Trump Attacks Migrants, Rep. Omar in Speech to Conservative Jewish Group, Arizona: Man Dies in ICE Custody After Exhibiting Flu Symptoms, Yemen: Air Raid Kills At Least 13 Civilians, Incl. 7 Children in Sana'a, Netanyahu Says He Will Annex West Bank Settlements If Re-elected, Libya: 21 People Killed as Renegade Force Advances on Tripoli, Sudan: Security Forces Crack Down on Growing Popular Uprising, U.S. Labels Iran Revolutionary Guard as Terror…
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/8/headlines

Are Death Threats the New Norm for Zionists and the Rampaging Right?
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-08
Ilhan Omar is not the first prominent politician to challenge Zionism or its methods of shoring up support in the U.S. She is, however, the first Hijabi in Congress.
mintpressnews.com/death-threats-new-norm-zionists-rampaging-right/257103/

Endless War and Chaos in Libya
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
US-led NATO aggression raped and destroyed Libya, transforming Africa's most developed nation into a cauldron of endless violence, chaos and human misery — what happens virtually wherever US forces show up. | In 2011, Libya was terror-bombed and attacked on the …
globalresearch.ca/endless-war-chaos-libya/5673861

Trump Sacks DHS Secretary Nielsen
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
The USA Patriot Act was written months before 9/11, kept on the shelf, ready to be enacted into law following the mother of all false flags. | Numerous other police state laws, executive orders, presidential and homeland security directives, congressional authorization …
globalresearch.ca/trump-sacks-dhs-secretary-nielsen/5673865

Sec. of State Pompeo Protecting Bush Jr. from War Crimes Prosecution (Pt 1/2)
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-08
With the revocation of the ICC Chief Prosecutor's US visa, Pompeo and Bolton are trying to make sure that high-level US government officials are never prosecuted for war crimes committed in Afghanistan or elsewhere, says Law Prof. Francis Boyle…
therealnews.com/stories/sec-of-state-pompeo-protecting-bush-jr-from-war-crimes-prosecution-pt-1-2

Sec. of State Pompeo Protects Bush Jr. from War Crimes Prosecution (Pt 2/2)
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-08
With the revocation of the ICC Chief Prosecutor's US visa, Pompeo and Bolton are trying to make sure that no high-level US government officials are ever prosecuted for war crimes in Afghanistan and elsewhere, says Law Prof. Francis Boyle…
therealnews.com/stories/sec-of-state-pompeo-protects-bush-jr-from-war-crimes-prosecution-pt-2-2

Why Designating the Iranian Rev. Guards Terrorists Would Paint a Big Red Target on US Troops in Iraq
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
The Trump administration is considering designating the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization. This is an old Joe Lieberman idea from 2007, and it is a very bad idea. It keeps being done rhetorically (2007, 2017), and then …
globalresearch.ca/designating-iranian-rev-guards-terrorists-paint-big-red-target-us-troops-iraq/5673870

NATO — 70 Years Too Many
Kate Hudson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
As we head for NATO's 70th birthday, it's time to assess the nuclear-armed military alliance that came into being to ensure western military superiority during the Cold War. Most strikingly, during its first 40 years of existence — namely …
globalresearch.ca/nato-70-years-too-many/5673817

Yemen: 11 more 'terrible, senseless' civilian deaths reported, following attack in Sana'a – top UN official
United Nations | un.org | 2019-04-08
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, Lise Grande, has expressed her outrage at the 'terrible, senseless deaths' of 11 civilians in the capital, Sana'a on Sunday, in which scores were also injured.
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As House Votes US Out of Yemen, Saudis Bombs Leave Scores of Schoolchildren Dead
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-08
This latest attack came just two days after the U.S. House of Representatives approved a joint resolution invoking congressional authority under the War Powers Resolution to direct the president to end U.S. participation in the devastating Saudi-led war against Yemen.
mintpressnews.com/as-house-votes-us-out-of-yemen-saudi-bombs-leave-scores-of-schoolchildren-dead/257090/

Secret Document Reveals Plans for Civil War in Lebanon, Israeli False Flags, and Invasion
Randi Nord | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
During his visit with US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, Lebanese President Michael Aoun reportedly received a US-Israeli document detailing plans for creating a civil war in Lebanon with covert false flag operations and possible Israeli invasion. | Although the …
globalresearch.ca/secret-document-reveals-plans-civil-war-lebanon-israeli-false-flags-invasion/5673906

The Last Battle for Libya
Richard Galustian | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
The prize is Tripoli, for anyone that can take it and secure it by this summer. That will, it's felt by many, stabilise Libya or, conversely, at worse, make Her descend into a greater quagmire resulting in a new phase …
globalresearch.ca/last-battle-libya/5673885

The US' Plans to Designate the Iran Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as "Terrorists" Aren't Just for Show
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
The US plans to use this possibly impending designation as the basis upon which to "justify" forthcoming Hybrid War measures against the Islamic Republic aimed at dismantling its "deep state" network in the Mideast, including through possible strikes against the …
globalresearch.ca/us-plans-designate-irgc-terrorists/5673900

Easternization — Asia's Rise and America's Decline — From Obama to Trump and Beyond
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Rachman's …
globalresearch.ca/easternization-asias-rise-and-americas-decline-from-obama-to-trump-and-beyond-2/5673836

Libya: There's a Reason Why the West Is Portraying Haftar as a "Russian-Backed" Bogeyman
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
The Mainstream Media's deliberate misportrayal of Libyan National Army General Haftar as "Russian-backed" is meant to turn him into a bogeyman for the purpose of discrediting his military gains after he turned on his American patron. | Haftar "Goes Rogue" | Much …
globalresearch.ca/reason-why-west-portraying-haftar-russian-backed-bogeyman/5673897

On the Pavement with Wikileaks
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Entirely unexpectedly, I have been down in London this last three days outside and around the Ecuadorean Embassy, following WikiLeaks' announcement that their sources indicate Julian might be expelled within hours or days. Plainly Julian's position within the Embassy has …
globalresearch.ca/pavement-wikileaks/5673873

West Finds New Anti-China Puppet in Wake of Thai Elections
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Western political meddling abroad faced another serious setback — this time in the Southeast Asian country of Thailand. | With a population of 70 million people, the 2nd largest economy in Southeast Asia, and transforming into a key regional partner for …
globalresearch.ca/west-finds-new-anti-china-puppet-thai-elections/5673857

Venezuela Under Siege
Hugo Turner | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
America's war on the world continues to escalate. The arrogance of mad emperor Trump and his minions seemingly knows no bounds. The cowardice and insanity of the "resistance" is revealed yet again in their support for Trump's plot to destroy …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-siege/5673846

Is this the Epicentre of Corbyn's Antisemitism Story?
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
The British-American Project for the Successor Generation, to give it its full title, was officially founded in 1985 — "to perpetuate the close relationship between the United States and Britain," and in the words of BAP's official history, through "transatlantic …
globalresearch.ca/epicentre-corbyns-antisemitism-story/5673905

Let the People See: Emmett Till, and Why They Don't See
Prof Susan Babbitt | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
A new book about Emmett Till, Let the People See,[i] aims to explore "not just history but memory". Elliott J. Gorn says Emmett Till's story "keeps resurfacing in unexpected times and places … [and] like the dark Tallahatchie river, …
globalresearch.ca/let-people-see-emmett-till-why-they-dont-see/5673840

This Israeli Election Is Between the Right Wing and the Even More Right Wing
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Israel's election campaign, now in its last days, must be the first in which a sitting Israeli prime minister has sought to win over voters by boasting about how much he insulted a president of the United States. | One of …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-election-between-right-wing-more-right-wing/5673860

Trump's Neocons See Erdogan as Their Ticket to a Region-Wide Middle East War
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Turkish troops and armored units are massed along Turkey's southern border awaiting orders to invade northern Syria. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to clear a ten mile-deep swath of land east of the Euphrates River in order to remove …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-neocons-see-erdogan-ticket-region-wide-middle-east-war/5673848

ISIS/Al Qaeda in the Middle East and Ukraine's "Neo-Nazis": Two Sides of the Imperial Coin
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
Western-supported ISIS/al Qaeda and western-supported neo-Nazis are two sides to the same Imperial coin. | They are the product of the West's moral degradation, its disdain for international law, and its anti-Life core. A rotten apple by any measure. | Imperial strategies …
globalresearch.ca/isisal-qaeda-neo-nazis-two-sides-imperial-coin/5673819

The World Watches as Netanyahu First Annexes Jerusalem, then the Golan, Now the Occupied Territories
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
In an orgy of illegal land expropriations that makes a mockery of the United Nations and treats Europe and the international community, as a bunch of fools. | What will it take to rid politics of this puffed-up, power-seeking politician? | Without …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-annexes-jerusalem-golan-occupied-territories/5673841

Rwanda: 25 Years On, U.S. Taxpayers Paying Millions for Homeland Security's Sham 'Genocide Fugitive' Trials in Boston
Keith Harmon Snow | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-08
On 6 April 1994, the Hutu presidents of Rwanda and Burundi, their top military staff and six French crew members were assassinated when surface-to-air missiles shot down the Rwandan presidential jet on approach to Kigali airport. It is now well …
globalresearch.ca/rwanda-25-years-on-u-s-taxpayers-paying-millions-for-homeland-securitys-sham-genocide-fugitive-trials-in-boston/5673791

UN Rapporteur: US Sanctions Against Venezuela Are 'Blunt' Way to Engineer Regime Change, Causing Blanket Starvation
Michael Selby-Green | thegrayzone.com | 2019-04-08
US sanctions against Venezuela are like "going into microsurgery with a kitchen knife" and are holding an entire population hostage,…
thegrayzone.com/2019/04/07/un-rapporteur-says-us-sanctions-against-venezuela-are-the-bluntest-way-to-engineer-regime-change-and-are-causing-blanket-starvation/

Hear the Venezuelan voices that the corporate media chooses to ignore
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2019-04-08
This is the latest in The Canary's series of on-the-ground articles from Venezuela. Over past weeks, life in Venezuela has become increasingly difficult. … | Read more Hear the Venezuelan voices that the corporate media chooses to ignore | By John McEvoy…
thecanary.co/feature/2019/04/08/hear-the-venezuelan-voices-that-the-corporate-media-chooses-to-ignore/

U.S. 'Terrorist' Designation Amps Up Pressure on Iran
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-08
WASHINGTON–The United States on Monday designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard a "foreign terrorist organization" in a move to increase pressure on the country that could also have significant military, diplomatic and economic implications throughout the Middle East and beyond. | It is the first time that the U.S. has designated a part of another government as a terrorist organization. The designation could spark Iranian retaliation as well as open hundreds of foreign companies and business executives to U.S. travel bans and possible prosecution for sanctions violations. It may also affect the ability of Amer…
truthdig.com/articles/u-s-terrorist-designation-amps-up-pressure-on-iran/

Under Trump, US Pushes"Let 'Em All Die" Policy Towards Iran Flood Victims
Ivan Kesic | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-08
Since 19 March 19, devastating floods swept across large areas of Iran, triggered by the heaviest downpours in many years. Heavy rainfall began two and a half weeks ago, overflowing rivers, washing away bridges, inundating houses and destroying infrastructural establishments in the northern, western and central parts of the country. According to the Iran Legal Medicine Organization, at least 62 people have been killed nationwide in the natural disaster so far, which has also forced tens of thousands of people, mostly in villages, to evacuate their homes and move to emergency shelters. Hundreds of people have also…
mintpressnews.com/under-trump-us-pusheslet-em-all-die-policy-towards-iran-flood-victims/257056/

American Internet Companies are Privatized Instruments of American Geopolitical Power, and They're Not Even Hiding It
Yasha Levine | thegrayzone.com | 2019-04-08
Perhaps the one positive thing that's come out of RussiaGate is that no one believes Silicon Valley's global utopianism…
thegrayzone.com/2019/04/07/american-internet-companies-are-privatized-instruments-of-american-geopolitical-power-and-theyre-not-even-hiding-it/

9 Ways the Media Blew It in Its 'Russiagate' Coverage
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-08
So many got so much wrong over the past two years. If the press hopes to meet its basic responsibilities, it must learn from these mistakes.
truthdig.com/articles/9-ways-the-media-blew-it-in-its-russiagate-coverage/

The DWP admits destroying its own report into dangerous conduct towards welfare claimants
James Wright | thecanary.co | 2019-04-08
The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) has admitted destroying its own report into its failure to keep social security recipients safe at job … | Read more The DWP admits destroying its own report into dangerous conduct towards welfare claimants | By James Wright…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/04/08/the-dwp-admits-destroying-its-own-report-into-dangerous-conduct-towards-welfare-claimants/

What Will You Say to Your Grandchildren?
Jeremy Lent | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-08
Facing oncoming climate disaster, some argue for "Deep Adaptation"–that we must prepare for inevitable collapse. However, this orientation is dangerously flawed. It threatens to become a self-fulfilling prophecy by diluting the efforts toward positive change. What we really need right now is Deep Transformation. There is still time to act: we must acknowledge this moral…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/08/what-will-you-say-to-your-grandchildren/

Behind the Electoral College Debate, a Flourishing Effort to Advance Democracy
Adam Eichen | progressive.org | 2019-04-08
Elizabeth Warren, by taking a stand for a democracy solution, sparked a much-needed debate and spread the word about a concrete policy ideas that Americans can immediately act on.
progressive.org/dispatches/behind-the-electoral-college-debate-democracy-reform-effort-s-eichen-190408/

Thousands flee fighting in Libya as UN renews call for halt to military escalation
United Nations | un.org | 2019-04-08
More than 3,400 people have fled fighting near the Libyan capital Tripoli in recent days, the UN warned on Monday, in a call to warring parties to halt military activities so that emergency services can rescue trapped civilians.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/04/1036261

Libya Risks Being Torn to Shreds — Again — by Former CIA Asset Turned Warlord
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-08
Already, the usual suspects are clamoring for U.S. intervention as Haftar's forces advance on the capital. With not just al-Qaeda, but now ISIS, a threat to stability in the country, the New York Times is calling on the Trump administration to "act fast."
mintpressnews.com/257066-2/257066/