2019-03-29: Social Media Postees

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War, Peace and Presidential Candidates
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Forty-five years after Congress passed the War Powers Act in the wake of the Vietnam War, it has finally used it for the first time, to try to end the U.S.-Saudi war on the people of Yemen and to recover its constitutional authority over questions of war and peace. This hasn't stopped the war yet,…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/war-peace-and-presidential-candidates/

Pelosi and McConnell: Cranking Up Bipartisan Madness for NATO
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
When Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell teamed up to invite NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to address a joint session of Congress, they had every reason to expect the April 3 speech to be a big hit with U.S. media and political elites. The establishment is eager to affirm the sanctity of support for the…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/pelosi-and-mcconnell-cranking-up-bipartisan-madness-for-nato-2/

Russia Defies US Threats Over Venezuela
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-29
Trump insists Russia 'get out' of Venezuela; Vijay Prashad says Russia is protecting its own economic interests, billions in outstanding loans…
therealnews.com/stories/russia-defies-us-threats-over-venezuela

Stand By for Space Wars
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
There was much international news in mid-March, although little of it was encouraging for those who prefer peace to war, handshakes to saber-rattling, and cooperation to confrontation. On March 27 India's Prime Minister Modi tweeted with nauseating smugness that his forces had destroyed a satellite in earth orbit at a height of 300 kilometers (the International Space…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/stand-by-for-space-wars/

A Dangerous Precedent: US Recognition of Israel's Annexation of the Syrian Golan
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-29
Phyllis Bennis explains that Trump's decision is a setback for peace all over the world. The US has isolated itself diplomatically in support of Netanyahu's campaign to win the elections, but recovery will be long…
therealnews.com/stories/a-dangerous-precedent-us-recognition-of-israels-annexation-of-the-syrian-golan

Guterres lauds UN peacekeeping, highlights need to bridge 'critical' gaps
United Nations | un.org | 2019-03-29
United Nations Peacekeeping missions are working flat out and need to be made "stronger and safer", Secretary-General António Guterres told a major ministerial pledging conference on Friday, stressing that "critical" gaps must be bridged, so they can deliver better, on behalf of the people they serve.
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Kamala Harris Calls for Teacher Raises–An Anomaly in Presidential Politics
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-29
Democratic frontrunner calls for $315 billion investment–education activists, such as Lois Weiner, say it's still not enough…
therealnews.com/stories/kamala-harris-calls-for-teacher-raises-an-anomaly-in-presidential-politics

Sudan: Anti-Government Protesters Teargassed By Riot Police
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-29
Sudanese protesters demonstrating in the Burri and Bahri and Omdurman regions of the capital Khartoum were reportedly teargassed by riot police Thursday, according to AFP citing witnesses. | RELATED: | Human Rights Org Urges Tunisia to Turn Over al-Bashir to ICC | "Protesters chanted anti-government slogans as they gathered in Madani's main market, but…
telesurenglish.net/news/Sudan-Anti-Government-Protesters-Teargassed-By-Riot-Police-20190329-0002.html

Gaza, Stonewall: Izzy Mustafa on Why People Rise Up
Susie Day | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Every Friday since March 30, 2018, in what's known as the Great March of Return, Palestinians in Gaza come to the Israeli border fence to protest nearly twelve years of a blockade that has made Gaza into what's often called the world's largest open-air prison. They also come to invoke UN Resolution 194, their right…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/gaza-stonewall-izzy-mustafa-on-why-people-rise-up/

Palestinians Commemorate Land Day 2019. Gazans Protest against Israeli Aggression and Suffocating Blockade
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-29
Since last weekend, Israeli warplanes preemptively terror-bombed Gaza and Aleppo's Sheikh Najar region overnight, causing material damage, according to Syria's Defense Ministry. | For Netanyahu, it's all about wanting his resume as a warrior burnished ahead of upcoming April 9 elections …
globalresearch.ca/palestinians-commemorate-land-day-2019-gazans-protest-against-israeli-aggression-and-suffocating-blockade/5673069

Redacted Tonight Highlights New Laws That Target Pipeline Protesters with $Millon Fines, 10 Years in Jail
Nick Rehwaldt | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-29
Big Oil, working through ALEC in at least eight states, decided to up the ante in an attempt to ensure that no other massive petroleum or natural gas project ever gets canceled because of protesters risking life, limb, and lengthy prison time and fines.
mintpressnews.com/big-oil-targeting-pipeline-protesters/256733/

EU's Parliament Signs Off on Disastrous Internet Law: What Happens Next?
Danny O'Brien | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-29
In a stunning rejection of the will of five million online petitioners, and over 100,000 protestors this weekend, the European Parliament has abandoned common-sense and the advice of academics, technologists, and UN human rights experts, and approved the Copyright …
globalresearch.ca/eus-parliament-disastrous-internet-law/5672857

Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Great Return March
Canadian Boat to Gaza | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-29
On the first anniversary of the beginning of the #GreatReturnMarch protests by Palestinians in Gaza to mark #LandDay on March 30, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition stands in solidarity with our Palestinian friends who are demanding full freedom of movement, including …
globalresearch.ca/freedom-flotilla-coalition-shoulder-shoulder-great-return-march/5673079

Russiagate: A Trump-Boosting Triumph of Diversion and Inauthentic Opposition?
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Did the Russian government make some efforts to intervene on Donald Trump's behalf in the 2016 United States presidential election? Has Trump's behavior toward Russia been odd, to say the least, for a U.S. president? Has Trump had significant financial ties to Russian oligarchs linked to Vladimir Putin? Does Putin very possibly have something on Trump?
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/russiagate-a-trump-boosting-triumph-of-diversion-and-inauthentic-opposition/

Syria's Rukban Now Little More than a US-Controlled Concentration Camp — and the Pentagon Won't Let Refugees Leave
Whitney Webb | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-29
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a concentration camp is defined as "a place where large numbers of people are kept as prisoners in extremely bad conditions, especially for political reasons." It is undeniable that the Rukban camp fits this definition …
globalresearch.ca/syrias-rukban-us-controlled-concentration-camp-pentagon-wont-let-refugees-leave/5673032

Guaido Set to Enact Uprising Rooted in US Regime-Change Operations Manual
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-29
With its hands tied when it comes to military intervention, only covert actions — such as those described in the RED Team document — are likely to be enacted by the U.S. government, at least at this stage of its ongoing "regime change" effort in Venezuela.
mintpressnews.com/guaido-us-regime-change-venezuela/256747/

On My Visit to New Zealand: Can Christchurch Heal Our Collective Wounds?
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
I visited the city of Christchurch on May 23, 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in New Zealand that also took me to Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and Dunedin. New Zealand is an exceptional country, different from other countries that are often lumped under the generalized designation of the 'western world.' Almost immediately after…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/on-my-visit-to-new-zealand-can-christchurch-heal-our-collective-wounds/

Reentry to the Iran Nuclear Deal Emerging as Consensus Position
commondreams | commondreams.org | 2019-03-29
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Healthcare for Everyone and It Will Cost Less: The Economic Case for Medicare for All
Robert Pollin | commondreams.org | 2019-03-29
"Other countries currently provide good health care to residents at a fraction of the U.S. cost," writes Pollin. "As of 2017, the U.S. spent $3.3 trillion on health care—17% of gross domestic product. Germany, France, Japan, Canada, the U.K., Australia, Spain and Italy spent between 9% and 11% of GDP on health care. Yet some measures—like those based on the amenable mortality rate, which tracks medically preventable deaths—rank the U.S. well below those countries." (Photo: National Nurses United/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/…
commondreams.org/views/2019/03/29/healthcare-everyone-and-it-will-cost-less-economic-case-medicare-all?cd-origin=rss

Pentagon Audit: Evidence Proving $21 Trillion Unaccounted For — Opening Statement
David DeGraw | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-29
According to United States government documents, since 1998, the Office of the Inspector General has reported $21 Trillion in unaccounted for money. | As unbelievable and absurd as that sounds, the actual total of unaccounted for money at the Pentagon is …
globalresearch.ca/pentagon-audit-evidence-proving-21-trillion-unaccounted-for-opening-statement/5669206

Brazilian president to commemorate 1964 fascist military coup
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-03-29
Brazilians took to social media following the news calling out Bolsonaro for "celebrating" the military dictatorship and its coup using the hashtag #DitaduraNuncaMais (No More Dictatorship). | Source…
mronline.org/2019/03/28/brazilian-president-to-commemorate-1964-fascist-military-coup/

Brazil Judge Takes on Fresh Corruption Compliant Against Temer
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-29
A Brazilian judge has taken on a new case of corruption against the country's former President Michel Temer Thursday. | RELATED: | Brazilian Ex-President Temer Released by Appeals Court | The decision of Judge Rodrigo Bentemuller is bas…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Judge-Takes-on-Fresh-Corruption-Compliant-Against-Temer-20190329-0010.html

Brazil: 55 Years after the Overthrow of Democratically Elected President Joao Goulart, the New Far-right President, Jair Bolsonaro Has Announced a Celebration of the 1964 Military Coup
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-29
Brazil: 55 years after the army staged a coup on 31 March 1964 and overthrew President Joao Goulart, the new far-right President, Jair Bolsonaro has announced a celebration of this said event. There can be no doubt about the active …
globalresearch.ca/brazil-overthrow-president-joao-goulart-far-right-president-jair-bolsonaro-celebration-1964-military-coup/5673022

Me and the Maoists
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
As I was reading through You Say You Want a Revolution: SDS, PL, and Adventures in Building a Worker-Student Alliance for a review in last week's CounterPunch, I kept emailing co-author John Levin about my connections to a number of the 23 mini-memoir contributors to this essential volume. It got to the point when John asked…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/me-and-the-maoists/

Julius Jones's Hail Mary to Avoid a 21st-Century-Style Lynching
Stephen Cooper | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Recently, by filing a petition for certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States, Julius Jones, a black man condemned to death in Oklahoma, threw the legal equivalent of a Hail Mary pass in football: one last desperate, prayerful attempt imploring our legal system to give him a chance — before he's executed — to…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/julius-joness-hail-mary-to-avoid-a-21st-century-style-lynching/

Can You Spare $11.6 Billion? Lebanon's Loans and Luxury Car Sales Paradox
Paul Cochrane | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Lebanon managed to borrow $11.6 billion at the Cedre donor conference last year, the majority from the World Bank and Europe. After a nine month wait to form a government, Beirut now has to implement the lenders' conditionalities: economic reforms. What do you do as, say, a European institutional lender if Lebanon renegades on its…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/can-you-spare-11-6-billion-lebanons-loans-and-luxury-car-sales-paradox/

Of Estella Leopold and a "Fierce Green Fire" for the Earth
Louisa Willcox | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
This week, I am thrilled to launch the first of a four-part podcast featuring Estella Leopold, daughter of conservationist, writer, and philosopher Aldo Leopold. Last summer I traveled to Seattle for a conversation about her amazing life and adventures. At 92 years of age, and still frequenting her lab at the University of Washington's Quaternary…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/of-estella-leopold-and-a-fierce-green-fire-for-the-earth/

The Coldest Spot on Earth, Melting
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Global warming is a fact of life that haunts society with consequences that hit hard, exponentially, but where nobody lives. It is happening hyper fast, and it's downright scary as major ecosystems of the planet turn upside down in nasty fashion. But none of the ecosystems has the punch of East Antarctica. Its clout is…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/the-coldest-spot-on-earth-melting/

Mueller, Russiagate and the 2020 Elections
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
In horror movies, the monster can usually be dispatched in only one way. A werewolf requires a silver bullet. A vampire will only stay dead with a stake through the heart. The Blob shrivels in contact with the icy cold. For many opponents of Donald Trump, the report by special counsel Robert Mueller was supposed…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/mueller-russiagate-and-the-2020-elections/

Russiagate and the 1980s Crack Epidemic
Jeremy Kuzmarov | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
The release of the Mueller report and its conclusion that President Donald J. Trump and his top aides did not collude with Russia has prompted some important critical reflection on the American media and its penchant for sensationalism. Sean Davis, a cofounder of The Federalist, published an article in the Wall Street Journal on March 26thtitled…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/russiagate-and-the-1980s-crack-epidemic/

We're All Lab Rats in the Government's Secret Experiments
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
"But these weren't the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around–they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don't recognize them for what they are until it's too late." — Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine's…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/were-all-lab-rats-in-the-governments-secret-experiments/

The Revolution Must be Fun
Susan Babbitt | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Tony Perrottet's Cuba Libre! Che Fidel and the Improbable Revolution that Changed the World is a "colourful page turner".[i] Perrottet wanted a book that is "entertaining and readable, unsaturated by ideology". He succeeds in the first, not the second. It'sabout a…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/the-revolution-must-be-fun/

Russia Was Never the Real Scandal
Peter Certo | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Robert Mueller won't be filing any more indictments related to the "Russiagate" investigation. Though the search unearthed ample evidence that Russia wanted Trump to become president — and hints that some members of Trump World were perhaps aware of this — the recent summary declared no concrete findings that the two camps knowingly "colluded." The…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/russia-was-never-the-real-scandal/

Woodstock at 50
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
In a few, short months, on August 15, 50 years will have passed since Woodstock (known formally as the Woodstock Music & Art Fair, An Aquarian Exposition), a defining cultural event of the 1960s and a defining event of the baby boom generation, took place. It took 43 years for me to get to the…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/woodstock-at-50/

Democratic (Party) Socialism
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
No sooner had last November's midterm election concluded than the next round in the electoral circus, focused on choosing the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 2020, got underway. After having worked triple overtime for nearly two seemingly endless years (since even before Trump's Inauguration), by New Year's Day, the nation's junk mailboxes were full of it again, gathering in candidates' pleas for money full throttle, along with the usual never-ending spam.
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/democratic-party-socialism/

Re: The Green New Deal: First, Shoot the Economists
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Soon to be released research from the United Nations is expected to place species loss, a/k/a mass extinction, as an environmental threat equal to or greater than climate change. Industrial agriculture— vast expanses of monoculture crops managed with chemical fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, will feature prominently as a cause. This plant agriculture supplies people with increasingly toxic and processed food and antibiotic and hormone dependent factory farms with animal feed. Together, these link the model of capitalist efficiency economists have been selling for the last two centuries to environmental c…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/re-the-green-new-deal-first-shoot-the-economists/

Cold War in the Land of Oil
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Ever since oil became the defining energy source for wartime militaries during World War Two, the world's politically and economically dominant nations have done their best to control those nations where oil is located. This control was originally achieved through arrangements that were essentially colonial n nature. The host governments in the oil-rich nations agreed…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/cold-war-in-the-land-of-oil/

The Cuban Nationalization of US Property in 1960: the Historical and Global Context
Charles McKelvey | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
In moving toward at least partial implementation of Title III of the 1996 Helms-Burton Act, the Trump administration has resurrected the issue of Cuban nationalization of U.S. properties in Cuba in 1960. The conflict between the United States and Cuba over the nationalized U.S. properties is a particular case in a historic and still unfolding…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/the-cuban-nationalization-of-us-property-in-1960-the-historical-and-global-context/

Why Recycling is a 'Pseudo-Solution' to Reducing Plastic Waste
Anna Buss | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Decades of consumerism, fueled by the concept of short-term convenience, has left our planet drowning in plastic waste. Much of it is used just once and then thrown away, polluting oceans and contaminating our bodies. At the center of this problem lies the effectiveness of eliminating plastic while its production remains high and there are…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/why-recycling-is-a-pseudo-solution-to-reducing-plastic-waste/

Russiagate: Tragedy, Not Farce
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
The left is an uplifting space of solidarity because it is a place that keeps track of the least of us in a way the mainstream media will not. It is very hard to find anything beyond opportunism in a mainstream media who is obsessed over a non-story like Russiagate. One has to wonder though…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/russiagate-tragedy-not-farce/

Adam Schiff Delivers Massive Smackdown on Trump
STAFF | truthout.org | 2019-03-29
President Trump held his first rally since mid-February on Thursday in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sounding alternately buoyant and furious, he took a big victory lap and declared himself to have "won" against the witch hunt. In an extended rant right out of the gate he proclaimed: | After three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead. The collusion delusion is over. The Special Counsel has completed his report and found no collusion, no obstruction … Total exoneration, complete vindication. … | The Russia witch hunt was a plan by those who lost the election to take power by frami…
truthout.org/articles/adam-schiff-delivers-massive-smackdown-on-trump/

Video: Lider-class Destroyer — A New Face of Russian Surface Fleet
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-29
The Russian military leadership continues employing its maritime doctrine, an important part of which is the strengthening of the surface fleet. | As was recently revealed, Moscow is planning to build two units of project 23560 (i.e. Lider-class nuclear-powered destroyers) by …
globalresearch.ca/lider-class-destroyer-russian-surface-fleet/5672937

A socialist orientation: The collapse of the Trump-Russia hoax and the need for an independent movement
Party for Socialism and Liberation | liberationnews.org | 2019-03-29
The Trump-Russia conspiracy hoax promoted by the "liberal" wing of the capitalist establishment has collapsed with the core conclusion of the Mueller investigation that no such conspiracy existed.
liberationnews.org/a-socialist-orientation-the-collapse-of-the-trump-russia-hoax-and-the-need-for-an-independent-movement/

Republicans are obstructing attempts to get the full Mueller report
Associated Press | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-29
WASHINGTON — Democrats intensified their demands for Robert Mueller's full report Thursday after learning the special counsel's findings from his Trump-Russia investigation run to more than 300 pages, while President Donald Trump boasted of total exoneration based on a four-page summary by his attorney general. House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler was told by Attorney General …
peoplesworld.org/article/republicans-are-obstructing-attempts-to-get-the-full-mueller-report/

Consortium News' Record on Russia-gate–How CN Covered the 'Scandal': No. 3–'The Tangled Threads of Russia-gate'
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-29
Once a Washington groupthink takes hold, as it has in the fervent belief about Russia-gate, respect for facts and logic fly out the window since all these important people can't be wrong, wrote Robert Parry on Dec. 5, 2017. The… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/28/consortium-news-record-on-russia-gate-how-cn-covered-the-scandal-no-3-the-tangled-threads-of-russia-gate/

Russia Officially Rubbished Alt-Media's False Reports About a Venezuelan Base. Reality Check
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-29
Contrary to the high hopes that many in the Alt-Media Community had for a Russian base in Venezuela after false reports and "analytical" innuendo were spread about this possibility, Moscow officially denied that it's planning to permanently base its military …
globalresearch.ca/russia-false-reports-venezuelan-base/5673001

UN Official: Secret Khashoggi Trial Violates International Law
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-29
The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, Agnes Callamard, has called out Saudi Arabia on holding secretive judicial hearings for the 11 suspects accused of the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. | RELATED: | MBS Approved 'Intervention' Against Dissidents Before Khashoggi Murder: Report | Callamard, who is leading the international inquiry regarding Khashoggi's death, said that unless the hearings are open to the public, t…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Official-Secret-Khashoggi-Trial-Violates-International-Law-20190329-0007.html

Trump Admin Complementing Israeli Effort to Give Nuclear Weapons to Saudi Arabia
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-29
Already seven of the 10 countries in the world with the highest military budgets are in the Middle East. The development of nuclear weapons in Saudi Arabia has many speculating that it could mark the beginning of an even more dangerous era for the war-torn region.
mintpressnews.com/israel-saudi-arabia-nuclear-weapons-2/256761/

Lebanon Decides to Confront Israel and the US in Shebaa, Kfarshouba and Syria
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-29
Lebanese Judge Ahmad Mezher has given orders that a survey be conducted of Lebanese occupied territories in the Shebaa Farms, Kfarshouba, Huneen, Ideise and Bleeda. These villages are bordering Hasbaiya, Rashaya al-Fukhar and Kiyam and have been under Israeli occupation …
globalresearch.ca/lebanon-decides-confront-israel-us-shebaa-kfarshouba-syria/5673047

Ambassador Jaafari Crushes Trump's Tweet on Syria's Golan, Flagrant Violation, Contempt for International Law
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-29
His Excellency Bashar al Jaafari issued an urgent statement on Syria's Golan, via a UN stake out, 22 March 2019. While maintaining his immaculate standard of professional diplomat, the Syrian ambassador crushed US President Donald J. Trump's " irresponsible …
globalresearch.ca/jaafari-golan-trump-tweet-international-law/5673010

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-03-29 21:37 GMT (17:37 EST)

2019-03-28: News Headlines

Eric Draitser (2019-03-28). It's Opening Day: Here Are Three Political Storylines to Watch in Baseball This Year. counterpunch.org For many Americans, Opening Day of the Major League Baseball season elicits memories of childhood: playing with friends in the waning daylight hours, the crack of leather on leather as ball meets glove, and the feel of the sun on skin as it finally melts away the ossified remnants of the cold, dark winter. Baseball More

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-03-28). "The Russians are Still Coming" without RussiaGate. "Fake News" and US Foreign Policy under Trump. globalresearch.ca From one day to the next, following the release of the Mueller report, the shaky RussiaGate consensus created by the corporate media has collapsed. | What the Mueller investigation contends is that there is no proof that the Kremlin interfered …

Norman Solomon (2019-03-28). Pelosi and McConnell Are Inching Us Closer to Nuclear War. truthdig.com Bipartisan reverence for NATO is matched by how dangerous the organization has become as it increases the chances of a conflict with Russia.

STAFF (2019-03-28). Venezuela Is in Economic Crisis, Not Humanitarian Crisis. therealnews.com Max Blumenthal describes his experience on the ground in Venezuela to host Paul Jay, and talks about how the depiction of the country in broad humanitarian crisis is being used as a rationale for intervention in its domestic politics…

Medea Benjamin (2019-03-28). CODEPINK Ranks the 2020 Presidential Candidates on War, Peace and Military Spending. mintpressnews.com Medea Benjamin and Nicole Davies of CODEPINK look at a new crop of presidential candidates and examine their views — and, when possible, voting records — on issues of war and peace.

Middle East Eye (2019-03-28). Rights Groups Urge UN to Protect Palestinians on 'Great March' Protest Anniversary. globalresearch.ca Almost 20 Palestinian rights groups — both regional and international — urged the United Nations to protect Gazans who participate in the anniversary of the "Great March of Return" protests this coming Saturday. | In a letter sent to UN Secretary-General …

ACLU (2019-03-28). When Taking a Walk At Night Was an Act of Civil Disobedience. aclu.org Oregon remembers Minoru Yasui, a civil rights icon who broke the law to protest the curfews put on Japanese Americans at the start of World War II. | Seventy-six years ago, Minoru "Min" Yasui sat in a cell at the Multnomah County Jail in Oregon when he read a newspaper article detailing how Walter Pierce, the state's former governor and U.S. congressman, called for Japanese immigrants in the United States to be sent to Japan. Ever the racist and xenophobe, Pierce wasn't done. He even suggested revoking birthright citizens…

Special to PeoplesWorld (2019-03-28). San Francisco Art Institute hosts Hollywood Blacklist festival and panel. peoplesworld.org SAN FRANCISCO—As the FBI makes headline news again, a San Francisco filmfest and panel recalls when, starting in 1947, the FBI and U.S. government persecuted artists and activists, driving many into exile during the Hollywood Blacklist/McCarthyism Cold War era. Despotic Senator Joe McCarthy's right-hand man was Roy Cohn—the young Donald Trump's attorney and mentor—who helped …

Global Research News (2019-03-28). Selected Articles: NATO's Anti-Democratic Roots. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Lucas Koerner (2019-03-28). After Debunking Lies About Humanitarian Aid" Trucks, NYT Inverts Reality on Venezuela's Cuban Doctors. mintpressnews.com After debunking Washington's lies about the burning of "humanitarian aid" trucks on the Venezuelan/Colombian border (more than two weeks after being scooped by independent journalists), the New York Times quickly reverted to form in an article by Nicholas Casey headlined "'It is Unspe…

Whitney Webb (2019-03-28). Syria's Rukban Now Little More Than a US-Controlled Concentration Camp — and the Pentagon Won't Let Refugees Leave. mintpressnews.com According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a concentration camp is defined as "a place where large numbers of people are kept as prisoners in extremely bad conditions, especially for political reasons." It is undeniable that the Rukban camp fits this definition to the letter.

Democracy Now! (2019-03-28). Headlines for March 28, 2019. democracynow.org Boeing to Update Software Implicated in Crashes of 737 MAX Jets, Federal Judge Strikes Down Medicaid Work Requirements, Migrant Asylum Seekers in El Paso Detained in Open-Air Parking Lot, Trump Says Puerto Rico Received Too Much Aid After Hurricane Maria, Florida Police Identify Second Parkland Survivor Who Died by Suicide, Rep. Ilhan Omar Challenges Trump Admin Rule Easing Overseas Gun Sales, NRA Advised Far-Right Australian Party on Overturning Gun Controls, NRA Official Reached Out to Sandy Hook Conspiracy Theorist, Charlottesville Murderer James Alex Fields Pleads Guilty to Hate Crimes, Facebook to Ban White…

Stephen Lendman (2019-03-28). Russia Rejects Trump Regime Demand to Leave Venezuela. globalresearch.ca On Wednesday, Trump demanded around 100 Russian military forces leave the Bolivarian Republic, repeating his warning about "all options…open." | Moscow is undeterred by his threat, acting in support of Venezuela and President Maduro. | John Bolton repeated Trump's warning, saying "(a)s …

Philip Giraldi (2019-03-28). Now It's Official: God, Not the Russians, Elected Trump. globalresearch.ca Governments that pride themselves on being either democratic or republican in nature claim that they are empowered by the will of the people, but the sad reality is that most regimes come to power based on promises that they have …

Bruce Neuburger (2019-03-28). Braceros Then and Now: Brutality and Pathological Dishonesty Greet Immigrants in the Age of Trump. counterpunch.org Do a Google search of braceros and you'll find a picture of a line of shirtless young men being sprayed with DDT as they pass through a gate of a farm labor intake center. In another photo, naked men are lined up in a large room being inspected by men in white coats. The photos tell a story the name bracero (from the word brazos, or arms) itself implies. More

Stuart A. Newman (2019-03-28). Why the Mueller Investigation was Good for the Country. counterpunch.org The Mueller investigation was fully worth it, despite its conclusions. In early 2017, with a clearly corrupt president in place, but both houses of Congress dominated by the Republicans, there would have been no way to launch a legislative-branch inquiry into his misdeeds. The Special Prosecutor's probe served as a fortuitous substitute. Even though it More

George Wuerthner (2019-03-28). Bleeding Trees for Forest Health? counterpunch.org The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation is arguing that we need more logging/thinning as a panacea for wildfire and forest health. It reminds me of the same approach that Medieval doctors took to illness. If a patient was sick, the solution was to "bleed" the "bad" blood from the individual. If the patient More

Conn Hallinan (2019-03-28). Europe Confronts a Cliff. counterpunch.org As the campaigns for the European Parliament get underway, some of the traditional lines that formerly divided left, right, and center are shifting, making it harder to easily categorize political parties. In Italy, a right-wing coalition calls for a guaranteed income, larger pensions, and resistance to the heavy-handed austerity programs enforced by the European Union More

Rebecca Gordon (2019-03-28). How to Make Yourself an Exception to the Rule of Law. counterpunch.org John Bolton and Mike Pompeo Defy the International Criminal Court Events just fly by in the ever-accelerating rush of Trump Time, so it's easy enough to miss important ones in the chaos. Paul Manafort is sentenced twice and indicted a third time! Whoosh! Gone! The Senate agrees with the House that the United States should More

STAFF (2019-03-28). America's Menacing Defiance of International Justice. truthdig.com Events just fly by in the ever-accelerating rush of Trump Time, so it's easy enough to miss important ones in the chaos. Paul Manafort is sentenced twice and indicted a third time! Whoosh! Gone! The Senate agrees with the House that the United States should stop supporting S…

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-03-28). Documents Reveal Saudi-Backed Gov't in Yemen Granted Citizenship to Charlie Hebdo Attacker Peter Cherif. mintpressnews.com Cherif is just one of the dozens of foreigners — mostly former al-Qaeda and ISIS fighters — who have been granted Yemeni citizenship by the Coalition-allied Yemeni Passport Authority, under pressure from high-ranking leaders in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2019-03-28). A socialist orientation: The collapse of the Trump-Russia hoax and the need for an independent movement. liberationnews.org The Trump-Russia conspiracy hoax promoted by the "liberal" wing of the capitalist establishment has collapsed with the core conclusion of the Mueller investigation that no such conspiracy existed.

Michelle Zacarias (2019-03-28). Pentagon will hand over $1 billion for 57 miles of Trump's border wall. peoplesworld.org …

Ted Rall (2019-03-28). The Actual Collusion. counterpunch.org In 2002 and 2003 corporate media idiots speculated that secular socialist Saddam Hussein might give nukes that he didn't and couldn't have to radical Islamists who wanted to kill him. That story wasn't true. Worse than that, it couldn't have been true. I said it over and over and over. So did others. But we More

True Publica (2019-03-28). Gaddafi Spy Chief — Libya Gave Ex-French President Sarkozy $8million Bribe. globalresearch.ca The Independent's multi-award-winning Middle East correspondent Robert Fisk, reports that the execution order for Gadaffi's spymaster was simply a perversion of justice that suited the Western security services just fine. | "Shutting them up. That's what it's about. The hangman's drop, …

Jesse Jackson (2019-03-28). Florida's Poll Tax is a New Low. counterpunch.org Until 2018, Florida — the state vital to the presidential victories of George Bush and Donald Trump — deprived one in 10 voters, and two in 10 African Americans, of the right to vote with a constitutional provision banning felons from voting, even after they had fulfilled their sentences. Many with nonviolent drug felonies, enforced by a More

Elliot Sperber (2019-03-28). My Favorite Conspiracy Theory. counterpunch.org My favorite conspiracy theory — Which was Blaise Pascal's as well — is that The planet's not round And the planet's not flat The planet's not even a planet Goddamnit. What just may be the way things are's That you and I and everyone — Connie and Maury, and Robert Horry — We are all More

Jeff Hauser (2019-03-28). Mueller's End Increases Pressure on Rep. Richard Neal to Request Trump's Taxes. counterpunch.org In the coming days, advocates and lawmakers will fight to ensure that the findings of Mueller's team are made public so that the American people may assess for themselves the results of the Special Counsel's two-year investigation. Even as this important work unfolds, however, we must also acknowledge the limitations of the Special Counsel's investigation. More

John McEvoy (2019-03-28). Living through blackouts: Venezuelan government accuses opposition of 'sabotage'. thecanary.co The Canary is currently in Venezuela. This is the latest in our series of on-the-ground articles. According to authorities, Venezuela suffered a "double attack" at … | Read more Living through blackouts: Venezuelan government accuses opposition of 'sabotage' | By John McEvoy

teleSUR (2019-03-28). Venezuelan Gov't Reveals Evidence Related to Electric Sabotage. telesurenglish.net Minister of Communication and Tourism Jorge Rodríguez gave a press conference Wednesday showing evidence related to the recent attacks on the national electricity system (SEN) which he said were intended to cause chaos by leaving the Venezuelan people without electricity for weeks. | "In the last two years, the Venezuelan fascist opposition has perpetrated more than 250 attacks on the National Electric System," said Rodríguez adding that such attacks have been foiled by the Venezuelan government on different occasions. | While the attack intended to leave the country with no electricity for weeks, the ministe…

Paul Dobson (2019-03-28). Venezuela: Guaido Barred from Public Office as Maduro Announces Temporary Electricity Rationing. venezuelanalysis.com Workers from other industries have flocked to the Guri Dam to help repair the fire damage.

Fight Back (2019-03-28). FRSO mobilizes against U.S. wars and racism. fightbacknews.org Washington D.C. – The Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is building for a rally and march against U.S. wars and racism in Washington D.C. this Saturday, March 30. | "Oppose NATO, War, and Racism! Oppose U.S. intervention in Venezuela!" is the theme for a rally starting at 1 p.m. across from the White House in LaFayette Park. | The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is set to 'celebrate' 70 years on April 4. April 4 is also the anniversary of the day Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. So, a large coalition of anti-war, international solidarity, and anti-racist organizations are gathering to…

teleSUR (2019-03-28). Biggest Migrant Caravan Forming Amidst Broken US Border Patrol. telesurenglish.net A "mother of all caravans" is building up in Honduras, the federal interior secretary said Wednesday while the United States Office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said the immigration system at the U.S. southern border has reached a breaking point. | RELATED: | Negligence Leaves ICE Detention Facilities Overrun With Mumps | "We are aware that a new caravan is forming in Honduras that they're calling the mother of all caravans . . . and which could be [made up of] more th…

teleSUR (2019-03-28). Brazil's Vale Activates Alarm Near Dams in Risk of Rupture. telesurenglish.net Brazilian mining company Vale SA activated alarms in areas below three tailings dams Wednesday night due to an elevated risk of rupture, amid a tense atmosphere in Minas Gerais state where a dam burst in January killed about 300 people. | RELATED: | Brazil: Another Vale Group Dam at 'Highest Threat' of Collapse | The company activated alarms in areas downstream of the B3/B4 dam and the Forquilha I and Forquilha III dams as a "preventative measure," after the structures failed to r…

Bill Wirtz (2019-03-28). France Activates 7,000 Troops to Quell Yellow Vest "Terrorists" globalresearch.ca Last week, France's Yellow Vest movement entered its 23rd week. While the movement's ranks have thinned, the government's reaction to hasten its demise have been Orwellian. On Saturday, things got worse. | Macron's Pain | The Yellow Vest (in French: "gilets jaunes") …

(2019-03-28). Conflict of Interest, Corporations and the Environment: More than 160 Groups Urge Senate to Reject David Bernhardt for Top Interior Post. globalresearch.ca More than 160 conservation groups sent a letter to U.S. senators today urging them to oppose the nomination of fossil fuel lobbyist David Bernhardt as Interior secretary, citing his efforts to enrich corporations at the expense of the environment. | Bernhardt's …

John W. Whitehead (2019-03-28). The Making of a Monster: We're All Lab Rats in the Government's Secret Experiments. globalresearch.ca "But these weren't the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around—they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don't …

Kit Klarenberg (2019-03-28). Kosovo War at 20: How Britain and America Backed Jihadists Throughout Conflict. globalresearch.ca On 24 March 1999, NATO launched a 78-day-long bombing campaign against the then-Republic of Yugoslavia. Still hailed by the Western mainstream as a successful 'humanitarian intervention', the true story of the conflict's roots and legacy is far darker, and points …

Yves Engler (2019-03-28). On NATO's 70th Anniversary Important to Remember Its Anti-democratic Roots. globalresearch.ca " The power of the communists, wherever that power flourishes, depends upon their ability to suppress and destroy the free institutions that stand against them. They pi…

Prof Susan Babbitt (2019-03-28). Cuba: The Revolution "Must be Fun" globalresearch.ca Tony Perrottet's Cuba Libre! Che, Fidel and the improbable revolution that changed the world is a "colourful page turner".[i] Perrottet wanted a book that is "entertaining and readable, unsaturated by ideology". He succeeds in the first, not the second. | It…

Andrew Korybko (2019-03-28). Russia Should Take the US' "European Energy Security Act" More Seriously. globalresearch.ca Underestimating the potential of one's adversaries and expressing excessive self-confidence in one's own abilities oftentimes leads to the said party being unpleasantly surprised if events don't go exactly according to how they expect them to. | Russia would well to reconsider …

South Front (2019-03-28). Video: Special Forces Hunt Down ISIS Terrorists that Killed 3 Russians. globalresearch.ca 3 Russian service members were killed in a terrorist attack in Syria in late February, the Russian Defense Ministry said on March 25. The defense ministry added that following the attack the Russian Aerospace Forces and Special Operations Forces tracked …

Belgrade Forum (2019-03-28). Never to Forget: 1999 — NATO's War on Yugoslavia. The 2019 Belgrade Declaration. globalresearch.ca On the occasion of 20th anniversary of the aggression of NATO Alliance against Serbia (the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the FRY), on 22nd and 23rd March 2019 Belgrade was the venue of the International Conference under slogan …

Richard Gale (2019-03-28). America's "Medical Deep State". The Role of the CDC. globalresearch.ca For over two decades, American families have faced an unscrupulous foe that threatens the public health and welfare. It is a rogue, unmanageable institution within our federal government, now seemingly beholden solely to private interests. Citizens have been horribly mistaken …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-03-28). Believing the RussiaGate Conspiracy Tale: Are The Democrats Self-Destructing? globalresearch.ca The Democrats cannot stop making fools of themselves. Thom Hartmann is an example. He writes for Common Dreams and has a progressive talk radio program. During the George W. Bush regime I was a frequent guest on his program. It …

teleSUR (2019-03-28). UN Security Council Isolates US Over Golan Decision. telesurenglish.net The United States was isolated at the United Nations Security Council Wednesday over President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights as the other countries on the council opposed the move which they decried as a violation of the international resolution. | RELATED: | US Claims Golan as Israeli while Boosting Military Presence | In a letter requesting Wednesday's meeting, Syria described the U.S. decision as a "flagrant violation" of coun…

Salomeh Keyhani (2019-03-28). It's the For-Profit Health Care Industry Telling Us We Can't Afford Medicare for All. commondreams.org Medicare for All would mean that the proverbial "pigs at the trough" of the $3.5 trillion health care system each have something (in the form of stock prices and paychecks) to lose. (Photo: National Nurses United/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/loveit.jpeg…

teleSUR (2019-03-28). 750 Military Killed in Mexico Since 'War on Drugs' Began. telesurenglish.net Nearly 750 members of the Mexican military have reportedly died in service since Mexico's 'War on Drugs' began in 2006. | RELATED: | Central Americans, US Agree to Conduct Joint Police Operations | Last month Mexico's National Defense Secretariat (Secretaria de la Defensa Nacional — SEDENA) published a list of 543 names of army and air force personnel killed on duty since 2006, when then-president Felipe Calderon launched the 'War on Drugs' in Mexico. | Another 54 cases o…

John Ranson (2019-03-28). Book industry 'drawing up plans' to pulp May's memoirs. thecanary.co The end of a prime minister's reign is always an exciting time in the world of publishing. There's a bidding war to secure the … | Read more Book industry 'drawing up plans' to pulp May's memoirs | By John Ranson

splcenter (2019-03-28). SPLC: Conversion therapy provider continues to secretly operate nearly four years after jury finds practices unconscionable. splcenter.org The SPLC this week filed a motion asking a judge to institute contempt proceedings against JONAH (Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing), now known as JIFGA (Jewish Institute for Global Awareness), for violating an injunction entered over three years ago requiring that it permanently cease all operations and completely halt all elements of its fraudulent gay-to-straight "conversion therapy" program.

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