2019-04-02: Social Media Postees

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Comedian Volodomyr Zelenskiy leads first round of Ukraine Presidential Elections
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-03
Zelenskiy's vote is an overwhelming rebuke to the right-wing nationalist regime of Poroshenko brought to power in the 2014 imperialist-backed coup.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/02/ukra-a02.html

Selected Articles: Lawyers Worldwide: Investigate Israeli Crimes
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-02
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/lawyers-worldwide-urge-international-court-investigate-israeli-crimes-2/5673448

Minnesota joins national protests for end to U.S. intervention in Venezuela, around the world
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-04-02
Minneapolis, MN – On March 30 around 100 people gathered at the busy intersection of Minnehaha Avenue and Lake Street in Minneapolis to participate in the national call for action issued by the United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC). UNAC's original call was to draw attention to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO's) 70th anniversary but as the United States' attempts to force Juan Guiado into power in Venezuela became more aggressive, the focus of the protest shifted more to #HandsOffVenezuela. | Kim DeFranco, a member of Women Against Military Madness and the Minnesota Peace Action Coalition, open…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/4/2/minnesota-joins-national-protests-end-us-intervention-venezuela-around-world

Sarah Martin reports from Venezuela, opposes U.S. intervention
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-04-02
Minneapolis, MN – On March 27, 80 people filled 4200 Cedar to witness a report on the conditions in Venezuela delivered by Sarah Martin. Martin, a longtime peace activist and member of Women Against Military Madness (WAMM), joined members of organizations such as International Action Center, Veterans for Peace, Canadian Peace Council, and United National Antiwar Coalition as part of an international peace delegation organized by the U.S. Peace Council and Black Alliance for Peace. The delegation's stated intention was to bring a message of solidarity to the Venezuelan people, to witness firsthand the effects…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/4/2/sarah-martin-reports-venezuela-opposes-us-intervention

Chile: Mapuche Call for Marches Against Police Militarization
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-02
Indigenous Mapuche communities of Ercilla, Chile, called for a solidarity demonstration Wednesday, April 3, in Temuco. A march for Peace-Demilitarization and Mapuche Self-Determination is due to be held in Santiago the same day. | RELATED: | Chile: Mapuche March to End Militarization of Their Region | The community action intends to reaffirm "the rights that legitimately assist us, on this day we will announce the issues…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Mapuche-Community-Call-for-Marches-Against-Police-Militarization-20190402-0008.html

Global Arms Trade: USA Increases Dominance; Arms Flows to the Middle East Surge, Says SIPRI
SIPRI | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-02
The volume of international transfers of major arms in 2014–18 was 7.8 per cent higher than in 2009–13 and 23 per cent higher than in 2004–2008, according to new data on arms transfers published today by the Stockholm International Peace …
globalresearch.ca/global-arms-trade-usa-increases-dominance-arms-flows-middle-east/5673419

Sorry Wapo, the Great March of Return Protests Are About More Than Food and Medicine
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-02
What is largely missing from the discussion on Gaza is the collective psychology behind this kind of mobilization, and why it is essential for hundreds of thousands of besieged people to rediscover their power…
mintpressnews.com/sorry-wapo-the-great-march-of-return-protests-are-about-more-than-food-and-medicine/256843/

Saudi Arabia Executes Nigerian Woman Over Drug-Related Charges
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-02
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia executed a Nigerian woman and two Pakistani men on Monday after a Meccan court found them guilty of trafficking drugs, the AFP News Agency said, citing state media reports. | RELATED: | Saudi Women Activists Stand Trial in Criminal Court | In response to the executions, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Diasporan Matters Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa doubted the validity of the claims made by the Saudi authorities. | Speaking at the Presidential Palac…
telesurenglish.net/news/Saudi-Arabia-Executes-Nigerian-Woman-Over-Drug-Related-Charges–20190402-0017.html

"Massive Win for the Environment": New York State Bans Single-Use Plastic Bags
STAFF | truthout.org | 2019-04-02
In a move celebrated by activists as a " massive win for the environment," New York state lawmakers agreed to ban most single-use plastic bags statewide as part of a $175.5 billion budget deal announced Sunday. | New York is the third state to outlaw plastic bags. California voters ratified a state law in 2016, and all of Hawaii's counties have enacted simila…
truthout.org/articles/massive-win-for-the-environment-new-york-state-bans-single-use-plastic-bags/

Paris Will Have a Public Space Named After Activist Marielle Franco
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-02
The Municipal Council of Paris unanimously approved Monday a motion to name a public space after Marielle Franco, a Brazilian leftist politician and human rights activist who was murdered in Rio de Janeiro on March 14, 2018. | RELATED: | Brazil: 2 Former Police Arrested in Marielle Franco Murder | "This is a tribute to Marielle but also a way of support…
telesurenglish.net/news/Paris-Will-Have-a-Public-Space-Named-After-Activist-Marielle-Franco-20190402-0011.html

The Other Reason Biden Shouldn't Run
Stephen Zunes | commondreams.org | 2019-04-02
Violent deaths resulting from the war in Iraq are estimated at over 180,000 by the Iraq Body Count project, including over 4,400 dead U.S. armed forces. Over 34,000 members of U.S. armed forces were wounded. (Photo: Alicia M. Anderson, USMC) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/shirts.jpeg…
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Egypt's Brutal Crackdown on Workers' Rights
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-02
Khaled Abol Naga — an outspoken critic of the Egyptian government — stands accused of treason (AFP). It was comical, farcical, droll. An actor's dream if you were going to put the drama on stage or screen — but the three principal characters were actors themselves. The lead player, as usual in Egypt, was His Excellency Field Marshal…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/02/egypts-brutal-crackdown-on-workers-rights/

Venezuela's Chief Supreme Court Justice Calls for Stripping Guaido of Immunity
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-02
Trump regime designated puppet/usurper in waiting Guaido is a serial law breaker. | He's Trump regime front man for the ongoing coup attempt to topple democratically elected and reelected President Maduro, along with aiming to replace Bolivarian social democracy with US-controlled …
globalresearch.ca/venezuelas-chief-supreme-court-justice-calls-stripping-guaido-immunity/5673426

Electoral Dirty Tricks in Israel. Fake Social Media Promoting Likud and PM Netanyahu
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-02
Why not! Elections in the US, other Western countries and Israel are rife with dirty tricks. | According to Haaretz, the Times of Israel, the Jerusalem Post and other Israeli media, hundreds (maybe thousands) of fake social media accounts are promoting …
globalresearch.ca/electoral-dirty-tricks-israel/5673428

Guatemala: Thelma Aldana Appeals Ruling Blocking Her Candidacy
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-02
Guatemala's former attorney general, Thelma Aldana, will seek to overturn a decision from the country's Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) preventing her from running for president, Aldana's campaign manager said on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Guatemala Issues Arrest Warrant for Former Attorney General Thelma Aldana | The electoral authority rejected the candidacy in a decision announced Monday that cited an arrest warrant issued against her, which alleged irregularities dur…
telesurenglish.net/news/Guatemala-Thelma-Aldana-Appeals-Ruling-Blocking-Her-Candidacy-20190402-0022.html

The CIA Takeover of America in the 1960s Is the Story of Our Times. The Killing of the Kennedys and Today's New Cold War
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-02
"'We're all puppets,' the suspect [Sirhan Sirhan] replied, with more truth than he could have understood at that moment." — Lisa Pease, quoting from the LAPD questioning of Sirhan | When Senator Robert Kennedy was assassinated on June 5, 1968, …
globalresearch.ca/cia-takeover-america-1960s/5673387

'I Love Israel': Bolsonaro Nudged by Netanyahu to Recognize Embassy Move During Visit
Julia Kassem | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-02
Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro was received warmly by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday during his first visit to Israel, greeting Netanyahu with a Hebrew "I love Israel" at a welcoming ceremony in the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv….
globalresearch.ca/i-love-israel-bolsonaro/5673405

Jewish Groups Accuse GOP of Weaponizing Anti-Semitism to Prolong Slaughter in Yemen
Jake Johnson | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-02
"Just as they did earlier this year, Republican leaders may again shamefully exploit concerns over bigotry against Jews to stall a totally unrelated bill that would help put an end to U.S. support for the war in Yemen."
mintpressnews.com/outrageous-stunt-jewish-groups-accuse-gop-weaponizing-anti-semitism-prolong-slaughter-yemen/256815/

Did the Saudi Hackers who Trapped Khashoggi Target Jeff Bezos for Nude Photos?
Juan Cole | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-02
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos' security team has alleged in The Daily Beast that Saudi Arabian intelligence hacked his phone and passed to the National Enquirer intimate photos that the married Bezos had sent to his lover, Lauren Sanchez. Although the Enquirer's parent company, AMI, has alleged that it received the material from Sanchez's brother, this allegation may be a cover story intended to deflect attention from the Saudi role (of which AMI may or may not have been aware. AMI reiterated its denials…
mintpressnews.com/saudi-hackers-trapped-khashoggi-target-jeff-bezos-nude-photos/256835/

Acute food insecurity 'far too high' UN agency warns, as 113 million go hungry
United Nations | un.org | 2019-04-02
Approximately 113 million people in 53 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity last year, according to a new joint UN and European Union (EU) report released on Tuesday, which warns that these crises are primarily driven by conflict and climate-related disasters.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/04/1035921

'Counter and reject' leaders who seek to 'exploit differences' between us, urges Guterres at historic mosque in Cairo
United Nations | un.org | 2019-04-02
Speaking in Cairo's historic al-Azhar mosque on Tuesday, UN chief António Guterres issued a call for societies, faiths and cultures everywhere to "focus on what unites us", urging everyone to work together towards realizing the 2030 Agenda "for the collective benefit of all".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/04/1035881

Strengthen inclusion, participation of people with autism to 'achieve their full potential' says UN chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-04-02
On World Autism Awareness Day, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres underscored in his message on Tuesday, the importance of technology which helps people living with autism "achieve their full potential".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/04/1035931

Young Black Excellence at 50th Image Awards
Austyn Ross | naacp.org | 2019-04-02
Over the weekend we celebrated 50 years of the NAACP honoring black images at the 50th Image Awards in Los Angeles, California. Black excellence radiated through the theater as the stars celebrated their achievements over the past year. There was huge presence of young talent in the room eager to celebrate one another. Our Youth …
naacp.org/latest/young-black-excellence-50th-image-awards/

The Forever Wars Will Go On Without Me
Danny Sjursen | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-02
"Patriotism, in the trenches, was too remote a sentiment, and at once rejected as fit only for civilians, or prisoners." — Robert Graves, Goodbye To All That (1929) I'm one of the lucky ones. Leaving the madness of Army life with a modest pension and all of my limbs intact feels like a genuine escape. Both…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/02/the-forever-wars-will-go-on-without-me/

Supreme Court's Death Penalty Ruling Leaves Legal Experts Aghast
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-02
Critics on Tuesday said the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in a case brought by a Missouri death row inmate fundamentally erodes protections against torture enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. | Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion for the court's right-wing majority in the 5-4 decision, ruling that Russell Bucklew can be executed by lethal injection despite his medical condition, cavernous hemangioma. The disease, warn his legal team and medical experts, will cause Bucklew to choke for several minutes on his own blood be…
truthdig.com/articles/supreme-courts-death-penalty-ruling-leaves-legal-experts-aghast/

I'm Leaving the US Army, But the Forever Wars Will Go On Without Me
STAFF | truthout.org | 2019-04-02
"Patriotism, in the trenches, was too remote a sentiment, and at once rejected as fit only for civilians, or prisoners." –Robert Graves, Goodbye To All That (1929).I'm one of the lucky ones. Leaving Army life with a modest pension and all of my limbs intact feels like a genuine escape. Both the Army and I knew it was time for me to go. I'd tired of carrying water for empire and they'd grown weary of dealing with my dissenting articles and footing the bill for my seemingly never-ending PTSD treatments. Now, I'm societ…
truthout.org/articles/im-leaving-the-us-army-but-the-forever-wars-will-go-on-without-me/

As Trump Threatens Another Obamacare Repeal, Mother Warns That Losing ACA Would "Wipe Me Out"
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-02
Just a week after President Trump's Justice Department supported a federal court ruling to wipe out the Affordable Care Act, Trump changed course in a series of tweets Monday and said he is willing to wait until after the 2020 presidential election for Congress to vote on a new healthcare plan. Trump has vowed to replace the ACA so that the Republican Party will be known as "the party of healthcare." We speak with Jamie Davis Smith, a mother of four, civil rights attorney and member of Little Lobbyists and Health Care Voter. Her daughter Claire has multiple severe disabilities. In a recent op-ed for The Washingto…
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/2/as_trump_threatens_another_obamacare_repeal

NATO Propaganda Promotes War, Military Spending
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-02
Third in a four-part series on the 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. | The first two installments of the series showed how NATO was set up to blunt the European left and to justify European/North American …
globalresearch.ca/nato-propaganda-promotes-war-military-spending/5673416

Those Boeing Crashes and Donald Trump
Robert Kuttner | commondreams.org | 2019-04-02
A Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane sits on the assembly line in an assembly facility in Renton, Washington. (Photo: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/plane.jpeg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/04/02/those-boeing-crashes-and-donald-trump?cd-origin=rss

Prospect of a nuclear war 'higher than it has been in generations', warns UN
United Nations | un.org | 2019-04-02
In a world defined by "competition over cooperation, and the acquisition of arms, prioritized over the pursuit of diplomacy", the threat of a nuclear weapon being used is "higher than it has been in generations," the Security Council heard on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/04/1035941

Congress and Trump Discover Bipartisanship on Immigration—But Only to Increase H-2B Visas for Captive and Underpaid Migrant Workers
Daniel Costa | commondreams.org | 2019-04-02
Rodolfo Godinez, from left, Alfredo Rosas Mendoza and Samuel Jimenez, who are all working in the U.S. on H-2B visas, haul gravel July 20, 2017, for Jimenez & Sons Landscaping at a project at a home in Lemont. (Photo: Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/hb2.jpg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/04/02/congress-and-trump-discover-bipartisanship-immigration-only-increase-h-2b-visas?cd-origin=rss

Trump Is Laying a Trap for Democrats on Immigration
Jeff Faux | thenation.com | 2019-04-02
Trump Is Laying a Trap for Democrats on Immigration…
thenation.com/article/trump-immigration-democrats-2020-election/

Russia Establishes Attack Helicopter School in Venezuela
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-02
A military helicopter training facility, constructed by Russia's Rosoboronexport, was revealed in Venezuela Friday, several days after Moscow deployed troops and equipment to the crisis-stricken South American country, reported TASS News. | "A modern helicopter training center was built under | …
globalresearch.ca/russia-establishes-attack-helicopter-school-venezuela/5673413

Washington Concerned Over Maduro's Stay in Power
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-02
Maduro's stay in power has Washington as well as various regional neighbor countries worried about the situation. It seems that Venezuela's neighbors followed a false promise to get rid off the Venezuelan President rather quickly. According to the report, allies of the U.S. are disappointed with the result and are now questioning their decision to recognize Juan Guaido as interim President. | RELATED: | Nicolas Maduro: Electric Coup D'éTat Is in Full Swing | A military invasion seems to b…
telesurenglish.net/news/Washington-Concerned-Over-Maduros-Stay-in-Power-20190402-0021.html

New Report Spurs Congress to Question Up to $1 Billion Wasted on Charter Schools
Jeff Bryant | progressive.org | 2019-04-02
Congress members confronted Education Secretary Betsy DeVos over a proposed budget increase for a program funding charter schools that quickly closed, or never opened at all.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/new-report-spurs-congress-to-question-charter-grants-bryant-190402/

A Russiagate Requiem
C. J. Hopkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-02
So the Mueller report is finally in, and it appears that hundreds of millions of Americans have, once again, been woefully bamboozled. Weird, how this just keeps on happening. At this point, Americans have to be the most frequently woefully bamboozled people in the entire history of woeful bamboozlement. If you didn't know better, you'd …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/a-russiagate-requiem/

The Russians Are Not Coming!
Eric Margolis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-02
Not since the witchcraft hysteria of the Middle Ages have we seen such a display of human idiocy, credulity and absurdist behavior. I refer, of course, to the two-year witch hunt directed against President Donald Trump which hopefully just concluded …
globalresearch.ca/the-russians-are-not-coming/5673422

We Were Right on Russia-gate; Now Help Us Keep Our Work Going
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-02
For more than two years, led by our founding editor, Bob Parry, Consortium News consistently challenged the Russia-gate "collusion" story, which has now been officially dismissed. Please support us to keep our record of unique journalism going as we launch… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/02/we-were-right-on-russia-gate-now-help-us-keep-our-work-going/

Commander in Cheat? New book recounts golf misdeeds by Trump
Zeke Miller | peoplesworld.org | 2019-04-02
WASHINGTON (AP) — Colluding with Russia? The special counsel says no. Cheating at golf? Well, that's something else. From pulling a fast one on Tiger Woods to exaggerating his handicap, Donald Trump's alleged misdeeds on and around the golf course are the subject of a new book by former Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, "Commander …
peoplesworld.org/article/commander-in-cheat-new-book-recounts-golf-misdeeds-by-trump/

God and U.S. Foreign Policy: an Analysis
Lawrence Davidson | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-02
Well, here we go again. God is back at work in support of the foreign policy of the United States. In fact, this time around, God has apparently gone so far as to rig the 2016 U.S. presidential election (and you thought it was the Russians!) in order to assure Donald Trump's election. And why did the deity do so? To protect Israel from the bad guys in Teheran.
counterpunch.org/2019/04/02/god-and-u-s-foreign-policy-an-analysis/

Consortium News' Record on Russia-gate–How CN Covered the 'Scandal': No. 4–'The Democratic Money Behind Russia-gate'
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-02
As Russia-gate continues to buffet the Trump administration, we now know that the "scandal" started with Democrats funding the original dubious allegations of Russian interference, wrote Joe Lauria on Oct. 29, 2017. The Democratic Money Behind Russia-gate By Joe Lauria… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/02/consortium-news-record-on-russia-gate-how-cn-covered-the-scandal-no-4-the-democratic-money-behind-russia-gate/

Interview With Journalist Aaron Maté: On The Collapse Of Russiagate Conspiracy Theory
Kevin Gosztola | shadowproof.com | 2019-04-02
Hosts Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola were joined by journalist Aaron Maté to talk about the end of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Mueller was unable to establish that "members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference…
shadowproof.com/2019/04/01/interview-with-aaron-mate-collapse-of-russiagate-conspiracy-theory/

Political Economy of the Squirrel
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-02
Sweet potato Joe's crow, Flo, flew up to the heights, where the squirrels reside sharing and storing their nuts, In the branches where Each has a nest, yes, a little apartment though none of them own these so nobody pays rent. As such, squirrels don't work that much They gather their nuts Which are amply…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/02/political-economy-of-the-squirrel/

Why Ain't We Peculiar? Anarchist Benefits of A "Neo-Parochialism"
Kim C. Domenico | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-02
Under the new conditions (i.e., of socialism) Individualism will be far freer, finer, and far more intensified than it is now. I am not talking of the great imaginatively-realised individualism of [the great poets.] but of the great actual Individualism latent and potential in mankind generally. Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism(1891) When…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/02/why-aint-we-peculiar-anarchist-benefits-of-a-neo-parochialism/

Los Angeles Diary: The Politics of Secular Faith
Adolf Alzuphar | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-02
It's raining in Los Angeles. I sit inside of Antigua's coffee in Cypress Park, where the motto is "community, progress, sustainable". It is a phenomenal place to sit and have tea. Today, I order the black jaguar, a black tea blend that needn't any milk to be creamy, delicious. I generally drink my tea with…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/02/los-angeles-diary-the-politics-of-secular-faith/

The Criminalization Of Teachers
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-02
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Mueller, Trump and Governance
Robert Fantina | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-02
Now that the Mueller investigation is over, can the elected officials of the United States government start governing? This writer understands that these august personages all believe that it isn't governing that is their role, but grandstanding, but couldn't a little time be allocated for the former? Let's look at a few things that might…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/02/mueller-trump-and-governance/

"The More Effective Evil"
Clark T. Scott | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-02
The old adage needs to be updated. It should now read as follows. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me scores and scores of times over decade after decade, I must be a democrat and a republican. A few years back, when Black Agenda Report's Glen Ford made the accurate assessment that Barrack Obama…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/02/the-more-effective-evil/

Trump-Barr's Manipulation of the Special Counsel Robert Mueller Report of March 22, 2019: The Political Cover-up of the Century?
Prof Rodrigue Tremblay | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-02
"The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government, which is the true ruling power …
globalresearch.ca/trump-barrs-manipulation-mueller-report-political-cover-up-century/5673442

Video: US Says Syrian Army Must Withdraw from Golan Heights' Contact Line
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-02
Over 50 ISIS members were eliminated by strikes of the US-led coalition in the outskirt of the town of al-Baghuz al-Fawqani in the Euphrates Valley over the past few days, local sources reported. The airstrikes were a part of the …
globalresearch.ca/video-us-says-syrian-army-must-withdraw-from-golan-heights-contact-line/5673396

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-04-03 02:39 GMT (22:39 EST)

2019-04-01: News Headlines

Robert Fisk (2019-04-01). Why Does the US Continue to Grovel to Israel? counterpunch.org Is there any other country on Earth with which America would dare collude on such a scale? Forget the "special relationship" with the crackpots in Britain, or the New World coming to the rescue of the Old World in the Second World War. There's only one special relationship that matters right now — and we all know what that is. Having given its blessing to all Jerusalem as Israeli property and having now handed Golan to Israel as a possession — for "to annex" means "to take possession", does it not? — Donald Trump has undermined the entire foundation of "land for peace" enshrined in Security Coun…

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2019-04-01). Lawyers Worldwide Urge International Court: Investigate Israeli Crimes. globalresearch.ca On the eve of the first anniversary of the "Great March of Return" at the Gaza border, lawyers and jurists around the world are calling on the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and prosecute Israeli crimes …

Geoff Beckman (2019-04-01). Why Nobody in the Future Will Think Obama Was Wonderful. counterpunch.org Obama prevented a depression? Great. His inaction—and mania about deficits established a recession that has lasted a decade—with permanent reductions in salary and wealth for the middle class. George W. Bush passed tax cuts for the wealthy; Barack Obama made them permanent. He demagoged against the tax rates Bill Clinton had put into place as vehemently as Ronald Reagan savaged the 90% tax bracket. More

Daniel Falcone (2019-04-01). Bombing Gaza as a Campaign Slogan. counterpunch.org On March 25, 2019 while the major media fixated on Trump and his potential indictments in regards to Russia, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, facing his own political opponents, an upcoming election and five potential indictments back home, stood with President Trump in Washington, DC. Trump signed an executive order that recognized Israel's sovereignty over the More

Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco — Nancy Scheper-Hughes (2019-04-01). America's Dirty War on Immigrant Children. counterpunch.org "These aren't people. These are animals" — Donald Trump, May 17, 2018 President Trump is right about one thing: there is an emergency; indeed we would call it a humanitarian catastrophe at the U.S. Southern Border.[1] It is also a demographic, political and moral catastrophe However, the chaotic 'solutions' devised by former Attorney General Sessions and More

Maj. Danny Sjursen (2019-04-01). Fighting in the Forever Wars Turned Me Into a Progressive. truthdig.com At the end of my military career, I now know my deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan are what kept me from becoming a full-blown neocon.

STAFF (2019-04-01). How Big Tech Has Helped Big Oil Automate the Climate Crisis. therealnews.com Companies such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft have triumphantly announced themselves as petroleum production partners, Gizmodo reporter Brian Merchant has documented in a recent report…

Philip Giraldi (2019-04-01). Israeli Accountability Begins Now. globalresearch.ca Recently returning to the U.S. on a flight from Venice, too-bored-to-read syndrome drove me to watch a movie. I chose "Bohemian Rhapsody," which recently won an Academy Award for lead actor Rami Malek, who truly did turn in a memorable …

Jonah Raskin (2019-04-01). The Public Library: Antidote to Everyday American Banality. counterpunch.org "The public library is one of the only spaces where people can spend all day without being expected to purchase something." — Sonoma County librarian Terra Emerson Tickets for the annual "Literary Lions" black-tie event that takes place this year on November 4th at the 42nd Street Library in New York—the capital of capital— start More

Binoy Kampmark (2019-04-01). Angles of Tolerance: Yusuf Islam in Christchurch. counterpunch.org Let's not be too churlish about this; but then again, let us not be ignorant. The singer once known as Cat Stevens (in pre-conversion state), and known as Yusuf Islam to others, made a considerable impression on the stage in Christchurch. The slaughter of fifty at two mosques in the New Zealand city had made enough More

Dean Baker (2019-04-01). Putting Numbers in Context: a Winnable Battle Our Side Doesn't Want to Fight. counterpunch.org Polls consistently show that the public hugely overestimates the share of the budget that goes to items like SNAP (food stamps), Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), and foreign aid. People will typically give answers in the range of 20 to 30 percent of the budget for these categories of spending. In reality, the shares More

Thomas Knapp (2019-04-01). Big Government and Big Tech Versus the Internet and Everyone. counterpunch.org Governments around the world began trying to bring the Internet under control as soon as they realized the danger to their power represented by unfettered public access to, and exchange of, information. From attempts to suppress strong encryption technology to the Communications Decency Act in the US and China's "Great Firewall," such efforts have generally More

Elizabeth Keyes (2019-04-01). As a Dead Canary in the Twitter Coal Mine. counterpunch.org Growing censorship was a given. How long for me in Twitter heaven? Like Paul Revere I spread the alarm. Countless cases of corp/government harm. My tweets to mass peeps found on-line. We citizen journalists of like mind. TWEET, RE-TWEET, LIKE, REPLY — four precious years. My missionary zeal enjoyed no fear. Twitter's ex-glorious platform of More

Tom McKay (2019-04-01). Judge Rules Trump Plans to Open Up Swathes of Arctic, Atlantic Oceans for Drilling Illegal. globalresearch.ca In a major blow to the Donald Trump administration's oil and gas policy, on Friday a federal judge ruled the president's order opening massive swathes of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans to oil and gas drilling operations illegal, the Washington …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-04-01). Unnecessary Expansions: The Australian War Memorial. globalresearch.ca War is not merely a matter of sowing death, much of it needless; it entails preserving a rationale to perpetuate it. The mistake often made about reading, consulting and listening to the harrowing tales of those who have perished in …

Daniel McAdams (2019-04-01). Video: Hunger Games: Four Years of Saudi/US Aggression in Yemen. globalresearch.ca For four years the Saudis (with US backup) have been bombing neighboring Yemen to force them to accept a Saudi-backed president that was overthrown. | Due to Saudi bombs and a total blockade, millions face starvation and tens of thousands of …

Andrew Korybko (2019-04-01). Russia's Response to India's ASAT Missile Test Wasn't What New Delhi Expected. globalresearch.ca India probably thought that Russia would enthusiastically accept its entry into the "space super league" as Prime Minister Modi described it, but Moscow is actually pretty critical of New Delhi's anti-satellite missile tests and urged it to join a Russian-Chinese …

STAFF (2019-04-01). Vietnam Woman Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge in Kim Killing. truthdig.com The original charge had alleged she and another woman colluded with four North Koreans to murder Kim Jong Un's brother with a nerve agent.

Paul Haeder (2019-04-01). Call of Duty: Resisting War in Venezuela. dissidentvoice.org Every war is a war against children. — Egalntyne Jebb, founder Save the Children a century ago. Responding to the British post-war blockade of Germany and Eastern Europe, Jebb participated in a group attempting to deliver food and medical supplies to children who were starving. In London's Trafalgar Square, she distributed a leaflet showing the emaciated …

Mision Verdad (2019-04-01). Solidarity, Survival and Sabotage: Reconstructing the History of the Blackouts Tormenting Venezuela. thegrayzone.com While Venezuela's government and the Chavista movement proclaimed victory over the worst blackouts to plague the country, Washington's coup masters…

teleSUR (2019-04-01). Maradona Dedicates Soccer Win to Venezuelan President Maduro. telesurenglish.net World renowned former Argentine soccer play who brought his team to victory at the 1986 World Cup, Diego Maradona took a jab at 'Yankee' interventionism in Latin America and dedicated the win of his Mexican team to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. | RELATED: | Maradona Shows Support To Koulibaly, 'I Too Suffered' Racism | "I want to dedicate this triumph to Nicolas Maduro and to all Venezuelans who are suffering. The sheriffs of the world—who are these Yankees?" asked the…

Isabela Dias (2019-04-01). She Helped Convict Her Rapist. ICE Deported Her Anyway. thenation.com She Helped Convict Her Rapist. ICE Deported Her Anyway.

WSWS (2019-04-01). Preparing for "tomorrow's wars," India shoots down satellite. wsws.org Modi's order that India demonstrate its "space war" capabilities was driven by both strategic and immediate electoral considerations.

William Ward (2019-04-01). Hungarians in Ukraine will obtain autonomy in exchange for voting for Poroshenko. indybay.org This weekend the presidential elections are being held in Ukraine…

RWMDLFF (2019-04-01). Disturbing the Peace. indybay.org Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz…

WSWS (2019-04-01). Dearborn, Michigan residents protest on four-year anniversary of US-backed Saudi war on Yemen. wsws.org Around a hundred people carried signs and flags, chanted slogans and heard speakers denounce the unrelenting assault on one of the poorest countries in the world.

WSWS (2019-04-01). Ford confirms its target of 5,000 layoffs in Germany. wsws.org The axing of 5,000 jobs is part of a global cost-cutting program by Ford intended to save up to $14 billion.

WSWS (2019-04-01). Lyft IPO: Wall Street rakes in billions from the growth of casualized labor. wsws.org A small layer of investors and company employees have become multimillionaires and billionaires, while hundreds of thousands of drivers struggle to make ends meet on poverty level wages.

Margherita Furlan (2019-04-01). The New Arab OTAN — Serving Who? globalresearch.ca "Iran is the main threat in the Middle East, and confronting the Islamic Republic is the key to achieving peace in the entire region". As American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pronounced these words in Poland, on February 13, Iran …

Marjorie Cohn (2019-04-01). Trump Moves the World Closer to "Doomsday" zcomm.org It is incumbent upon all of us to resist the inexorable march toward nuclear winter…

WSWS (2019-04-01). Germany: Links found between right-wing network inside army and police officer murdered by far-right terrorists. wsws.org According to research by weekly Die Zeit, the AfD parliamentary group employs at least 27 activists and supporters of right-wing organizations. Die Zeit speaks of a "Nazi network inside the German Bundestag."

Sumaya AlEssmael (2019-03-31). Syria — The West Destroyed Our Homes but Not Our Dreams. globalresearch.ca Time before the war, Syria was a peaceful place where we used to live at peace. Peace meant to us life. But now we lost life since we lost peace. My daughter, that little girl at that time of peace …

teleSUR (2019-03-31). Chileans Take to the Streets to Reject Current Pension Model. telesurenglish.net Thousands of Chileans rallied Sunday nation-wide to object the country's current pension system, emphatically demanding that "Chile deserves to age with dignity". | RELATED: | Voices Rise in Chile for the 'Right to Live in Peace' Concert | The march was organized by "No + AFP", which as its name indicates calls for the end of the privatized model, based on the individual capitalization of pensions run by the Administrators of pension funds (AFP). | Chileans in Valdivia, Antofagas…

Kevin Zeese (2019-03-31). US Blasted At UN For Recognising Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan. popularresistance.org The United States came under sharp criticism from 14 other United Nations Security Council nations for its decision to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights in violation of international law. | The Security Council met on Wednesday at the request of Syria, which in a letter to the council called the US move a "flagrant violation" of UN resolutions. Speaker after speaker at the council session supported Syria's sovereignty over the Golan Heights and opposed Israel's annexation after Trump's proclamation. | "This unilateral action does nothing to assist in finding a long-term peaceful solution to th…

Kevin Zeese (2019-03-31). Why Was Guaido Barred from Holding Public Office for 15 Years? popularresistance.org The imposter fraud Guaido is having a difficult time organizing people to support his coup against President Maduro. Our colleague, Eva K. Bartlett, who joined us on a recent peace delegation in Venezuela and has remained behind to continue to report on activities there. She has been trying to go to a Guaido opposition protest and yesterday went to several locations where they were supposed to take place. She was unable to find any opposition of significance and no Guaido. Venezuela's Comptroller General Elvis Amoroso announced Thursday that the opposition politician Juan Guaido has been barred from holding publi…

STAFF (2019-03-31). Deep Faith in the Deep State Gives Dems a Set Back. therealnews.com Our weekly panel discusses the Mueller Report, as the Democrats and their media allies put their eggs in the Russia-Gate basket and handed Trump a PR victory — Jacqueline Luqman, Jeff Cohen and host Paul Jay…

Liberation Staff (2019-03-31). Indianapolis rally to support Venezuela. liberationnews.org "No sanctions, no coup, Venezuela we stand with you!"

Millennial Politics Team (2019-03-31). All About the Oil: Daniel Kovalik on U.S. Intervention in Venezuela. millennialpolitics.co With new domestic controversies breaking every day in the United States, it can be difficult to keep track of what's happening abroad, even when it comes to U.S. foreign policy. But it's essential for progressives to stand in solidarity with the Global South internationally to ensure that all people are guaranteed the right to self-determination in the face of imperialism and colonialism. Such a dynamic is present currently in Venezuela, where National Assembly President Juan Guaidó has been recognized by capitalist entities across the world, including the…

Michael Welch (2019-03-31). Venezuela Under Siege. globalresearch.ca "This opposition campaign has been one of what was called the other day in the media, circus. It's PR stunts. It's about media publicity. As ever, the opposition has not learned the fundamental key root to change that they want …

Abayomi Azikiwe (2019-03-31). Cyclone Idai Causes Devastation Compounding Economic Challenges in the Southern Africa Region. globalresearch.ca Governments throughout the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are working feverishly to provide relief to millions of people affected by cyclone Idai, a category three-to-four storm which has severely impacted three states, Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, with some damage extending …

Peter Koenig (2019-03-31). China — and Macron's U-Turn. globalresearch.ca Less than a week ago, President Macron was lambasting Italy for signing agreements with China in the context of their New Silk Road, alias President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), in the same breath he was criticizing …

Global Research News (2019-03-31). Selected Articles: NATO Expansion Could Trigger Nuclear War. globalresearch.ca Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …

James ONeill (2019-03-31). Golan Heights, Kosovo and Crimea: A Case Study in Hypocrisy and Double Standards. globalresearch.ca The recent announcement by United States President Donald Trump that the US will recognise Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights draws attention yet again to the double standards applied by NATO and its satraps including Australia to the issues of …

Zero Hedge (2019-03-31). DoD Orders $250 Million of Gas Masks — What Do They Know? globalresearch.ca The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded Avon Protection Systems Inc., Cadillac, Michigan, a $245,961,250 firm-fixed-price contract for production of M53A1 Chemical Biological Protective Mask systems, according to the DoD contract website. | The Army estimates M53A1 gas masks …

Kevin Zeese (2019-03-31). Why There'll Be No US-Russia Reset Post-Mueller. popularresistance.org President Donald Trump and his White House team may have been cleared of collusion with the Kremlin in the 2016 presidential election. That startling conclusion by Special Counsel Robert Mueller after nearly two years of investigation, might be viewed by some as giving Trump freedom to now get on with normalizing relations with Moscow. Don't bet on it. The fundamental issue for Washington is that Russia is not a vassal for American imperialism. That's why there will be no reset. There will only be reset when American imperialism is replaced by a law-abiding, genuinely democratic US government. Until then, expect…

teleSUR (2019-03-31). Bolsonaro To Netanyahu At Start of 4-Day Tour: 'I Love Israel'. telesurenglish.net Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro landed in the Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday reciting the Hebrew phrase "Ani ohev et Israel"—'I love Israel' in English. Prime Minister Netanyahu welcomed the Brazilian leader to his first official visit to Israel. | RELATED: | Israeli Ceasefire Condition: Cancel 'March of Return' | During his four day visit to the country that has been waging a rocket strike campaign on the Gaza Strip over the past week, Bolsonaro will also meet with President Reuve…

teleSUR (2019-03-31). Brazilians March Against 'Commemoration' of Military Coup. telesurenglish.net Several social organizations of Brazil were organizing Sunday various marches in the main cities of the country in opposition to President Jair Bolsonaro's order to commemorate the military dictatorship (1964-1985) which came to power through a coup on March 31, 1964 against democratically elected President Joà£o Goulart. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro To Netanyahu At Start of 4-Day Tour: 'I Love Israel' | Under the slogan "Dictatorship Never Again," the demonstrations will take place in Rio de…

Christopher Brauchli (2019-03-31). The Amateur Hour. commondreams.org Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, senior adviser Jared Kushner, and President Donald Trump at the White House. (Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/kushner_pompeo_trump.jpg…

teleSUR (2019-03-31). Killers of Saudi Journalist Khashoggi Trained in US: Report. telesurenglish.net Several members of the Saudi hit team which killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Turkey received their training in the United States, said a report by the Washington Post. | RELATED: | UN Official: Secret Khashoggi Trial Violates International Law | Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident journalist from Saudi Arabia went into a self-im…

teleSUR (2019-03-31). Turkey Goes to Polls for Key Local Elections. telesurenglish.net Turks voted Sunday in local elections which President Tayyip Erdogan has described as a matter of survival for Turkey and which were tarnished by violence that left two members of an Islamist party dead in the country's southeast. | RELATED: | Turkey: 'Venezuelan People Punished,' Coup Backers Fuel Crisis | Voting started at 7: 00 a.m. local time in eastern…

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