Why Does the US Continue to Grovel to Israel?
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-01
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/01/why-does-the-us-continue-to-grovel-to-israel/

Lawyers Worldwide Urge International Court: Investigate Israeli Crimes
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-01
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 …
globalresearch.ca/lawyers-worldwide-urge-international-court-investigate-israeli-crimes/5673234

Israeli Accountability Begins Now
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-01
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 …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-accountability-begins-now/5673262

America's Dirty War on Immigrant Children
Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco — Nancy Scheper-Hughes | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-01
"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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/01/americas-dirty-war-on-immigrant-children/

Big Government and Big Tech Versus the Internet and Everyone
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-01
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/01/big-government-and-big-tech-versus-the-internet-and-everyone/

As a Dead Canary in the Twitter Coal Mine
Elizabeth Keyes | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-01
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/01/as-a-dead-canary-in-the-twitter-coal-mine/

The Public Library: Antidote to Everyday American Banality
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-01
"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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/01/the-public-library-antidote-to-everyday-american-banality/

Putting Numbers in Context: a Winnable Battle Our Side Doesn't Want to Fight
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-01
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/01/putting-numbers-in-context-a-winnable-battle-our-side-doesnt-want-to-fight/

Angles of Tolerance: Yusuf Islam in Christchurch
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-01
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/01/angles-of-tolerance-yusuf-islam-in-christchurch/

Bombing Gaza as a Campaign Slogan
Daniel Falcone | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-01
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/01/bombing-gaza-as-a-campaign-slogan/

Why Nobody in the Future Will Think Obama Was Wonderful
Geoff Beckman | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-01
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.
counterpunch.org/2019/04/01/why-nobody-in-the-future-will-think-obama-was-wonderful/

Video: Hunger Games: Four Years of Saudi/US Aggression in Yemen
Daniel McAdams | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-01
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 …
globalresearch.ca/video-hunger-games-four-years-of-saudius-aggression-in-yemen/5673266

Judge Rules Trump Plans to Open Up Swathes of Arctic, Atlantic Oceans for Drilling Illegal
Tom McKay | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-01
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 …
globalresearch.ca/judge-rules-trump-plans-to-open-up-swathes-of-arctic-atlantic-oceans-for-drilling-illegal/5673284

Russia's Response to India's ASAT Missile Test Wasn't What New Delhi Expected
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-01
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 …
globalresearch.ca/russias-response-to-indias-asat-missile-test-wasnt-what-new-delhi-expected/5673254

Unnecessary Expansions: The Australian War Memorial
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-01
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 …
globalresearch.ca/unnecessary-expansions-the-australian-war-memorial/5673269

Fighting in the Forever Wars Turned Me Into a Progressive
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-04-01
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.
truthdig.com/articles/the-forever-wars-turned-this-soldier-into-an-unabashed-progressive/

How Big Tech Has Helped Big Oil Automate the Climate Crisis
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-01
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…
therealnews.com/stories/how-big-tech-has-helped-big-oil-automate-the-climate-crisis

Vietnam Woman Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge in Kim Killing
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-01
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.
truthdig.com/articles/vietnam-woman-pleads-guilty-to-lesser-charge-in-kim-killing/

Maradona Dedicates Soccer Win to Venezuelan President Maduro
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-01
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Maradona-Dedicates-Soccer-Win-to-Venezuelan-President-Maduro-20190401-0001.html

Call of Duty: Resisting War in Venezuela
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-01
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/call-of-duty-resisting-war-in-venezuela/

Solidarity, Survival and Sabotage: Reconstructing the History of the Blackouts Tormenting Venezuela
Mision Verdad | thegrayzone.com | 2019-04-01
While Venezuela's government and the Chavista movement proclaimed victory over the worst blackouts to plague the country, Washington's coup masters…
thegrayzone.com/2019/04/01/solidarity-survival-and-sabotage-reconstructing-the-history-of-the-blackouts-tormenting-venezuela/

She Helped Convict Her Rapist. ICE Deported Her Anyway
Isabela Dias | thenation.com | 2019-04-01
She Helped Convict Her Rapist. ICE Deported Her Anyway.
thenation.com/article/u-visa-immigration-ice-uscis/

The New Arab OTAN — Serving Who?
Margherita Furlan | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-01
"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 …
globalresearch.ca/the-new-arab-otan-serving-who/5673258

Disturbing the Peace
RWMDLFF | indybay.org | 2019-04-01
Live Oak Grange, 1900 17th Ave, Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/03/31/18822391.php

Trump Moves the World Closer to "Doomsday"
Marjorie Cohn | zcomm.org | 2019-04-01
It is incumbent upon all of us to resist the inexorable march toward nuclear winter…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/trump-moves-the-world-closer-to-doomsday/

Preparing for "tomorrow's wars," India shoots down satellite
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-01
Modi's order that India demonstrate its "space war" capabilities was driven by both strategic and immediate electoral considerations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/01/spac-a01.html

Germany: Links found between right-wing network inside army and police officer murdered by far-right terrorists
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-01
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."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/01/kies-a01.html

Dearborn, Michigan residents protest on four-year anniversary of US-backed Saudi war on Yemen
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-01
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/01/demo-a01.html

Ford confirms its target of 5,000 layoffs in Germany
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-01
The axing of 5,000 jobs is part of a global cost-cutting program by Ford intended to save up to $14 billion.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/01/ford-a01.html

Hungarians in Ukraine will obtain autonomy in exchange for voting for Poroshenko
William Ward | indybay.org | 2019-04-01
This weekend the presidential elections are being held in Ukraine…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/01/18822410.php

Lyft IPO: Wall Street rakes in billions from the growth of casualized labor
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-01
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/01/lyft-a01.html

Syria — The West Destroyed Our Homes but Not Our Dreams
Sumaya AlEssmael | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-31
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 …
globalresearch.ca/syria-west-destroyed-homes-not-dreams/5673158

Why Was Guaido Barred from Holding Public Office for 15 Years?
Kevin Zeese | popularresistance.org | 2019-03-31
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…
popularresistance.org/why-was-guaido-barred-from-holding-public-office-for-15-years/

Chileans Take to the Streets to Reject Current Pension Model
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-31
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chileans-Take-to-the-Streets-to-Reject-Current-Pension-Model-20190331-0021.html

US Blasted At UN For Recognising Israeli Sovereignty Over Golan
Kevin Zeese | popularresistance.org | 2019-03-31
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…
popularresistance.org/us-blasted-at-un-for-recognising-israeli-sovereignty-over-golan/

All About the Oil: Daniel Kovalik on U.S. Intervention in Venezuela
Millennial Politics Team | millennialpolitics.co | 2019-03-31
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…
millennialpolitics.co/daniel-kovalik-venezuela/

Deep Faith in the Deep State Gives Dems a Set Back
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-31
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…
therealnews.com/stories/deep-faith-in-the-deep-state-gives-dems-a-set-back

China — and Macron's U-Turn
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-31
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 …
globalresearch.ca/china-and-macrons-u-turn/5673204

Venezuela Under Siege
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-31
"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 …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-under-siege/5673179

DoD Orders $250 Million of Gas Masks — What Do They Know?
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-31
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 …
globalresearch.ca/dod-orders-250-million-of-gas-masks-what-do-they-know/5673186

Selected Articles: NATO Expansion Could Trigger Nuclear War
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-31
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 …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-nato-expansion-could-trigger-nuclear-war/5673209

Cyclone Idai Causes Devastation Compounding Economic Challenges in the Southern Africa Region
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-31
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 …
globalresearch.ca/cyclone-idai-causes-devastation/5673176

Golan Heights, Kosovo and Crimea: A Case Study in Hypocrisy and Double Standards
James ONeill | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-31
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 …
globalresearch.ca/golan-heights-kosovo-and-crimea-a-case-study-in-hypocrisy-and-double-standards/5673192

Why There'll Be No US-Russia Reset Post-Mueller
Kevin Zeese | popularresistance.org | 2019-03-31
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…
popularresistance.org/why-therell-be-no-us-russia-reset-post-mueller/

Brazilians March Against 'Commemoration' of Military Coup
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-31
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazilians-March-Against-Bolsonaros-Commemoration-of-Military-Coup-20190331-0006.html

Bolsonaro To Netanyahu At Start of 4-Day Tour: 'I Love Israel'
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-31
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaro-To-Netanyahu-At-Start-of-4-Day-Tour-I-Love-Israel–20190331-0003.html

The Amateur Hour
Christopher Brauchli | commondreams.org | 2019-03-31
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…
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Killers of Saudi Journalist Khashoggi Trained in US: Report
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-31
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Killers-of-Saudi-Journalist-Khashoggi-Trained-in-US-Report-20190331-0009.html

Ukraine: Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky Leads Presidential Vote
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-31
According to the Central Election Commission, based on voting up to 18: 00 (Ukraine), Volodymyr Zelenskiy received 30.4 percent of the vote and current leader Petro Poroshenko in a distant second place collected 17.8 percent. Ukrainians had to choose among 39 candidates. | RELATED: | 'Ukrainian Donald Trump' Leads Presidential Election | "I would like to say 'thank…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ukraine-Comedian-Volodymyr-Zelensky-Leads-Presidential-Vote-20190331-0013.html

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