2019-03-26: Social Media Postees

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Brazilian officer a 'stellar example' of why more women are needed in UN peacekeeping
United Nations | un.org | 2019-03-26
Training gender advisors and focal points in the Central African Republic (CAR) has earned a Brazilian United Nations peacekeeper a special gender advocate award, it was announced on Tuesday.
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'Negative forces' at work in DR Congo threaten 'largely peaceful' relations across Great Lakes region, says outgoing UN envoy
United Nations | un.org | 2019-03-26
The UN's outgoing Special Envoy for Africa's Great Lakes region on Tuesday said countries there had made "important steps towards durable peace and stability" in the last 20 years, resulting in a region that is now "largely peaceful".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/03/1035521

Protest demands justice for the wrongfully convicted
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-03-26
Chicago, IL – A crowd of 20 rallied outside the office of 30th Ward Alderman Ariel Reboyras on March 20 to condemn his record of covering for police crimes and preventing justice for those victimized by police violence. | Protesters included residents of the 30th Ward, members of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Chicago Boricua Resistance (CBR), and Innocent Demand Justice. Addressing the crowd, Jazmine Salas, co-chair of the Chicago Alliance, said "Reboyras has done nothing for the survivors of Guevara's crimes and instead made sure to protect dirty cops. He has turned his back on Bl…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/3/25/protest-demands-justice-wrongfully-convicted

Venezuela, US Solidarity, and the Future of Socialism
Steve Striffler | commondreams.org | 2019-03-26
Protestors rally in support of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro outside the Venezuelan Consulate in Midtown Manhattan, January 24, 2019 in New York City. The Trump administration, along with several other governments in the region, had just recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as "Interim President" of the Latin American nation. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/venezuela_solidarity_socialism.jpg…
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Brazilian Government Threatens to End Indigenous Health System
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-26
As a response to the Brazilian government's proposal to municipalize Indigenous health, hundreds of protestors took the streets Monday and Tuesday to defend the current Subsystem under the Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health (Sesai). | RELATED: | Brazil: President Bolsonaro Deepens Anti-Indigenous Policies | On Tuesday morning, Indigenous people occupied the building of the Ministry of Health in Curitiba, joining other protests in Bahia, Porto Velho, Brasilia, and all over…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazilian-Government-Threatens-to-End-Indigenous-Health-System–20190326-0028.html

Democrats' Russia Obsession Let Trump Abandon Nuclear Treaties–Wilkerson and Jay
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-26
While there's ample evidence to indict Trump for obstruction and Democrats naively trusted Mueller, more crucial issue is the missed opportunity to negotiate stronger nuclear weapons treaties–Larry Wilkerson joins Paul Jay…
therealnews.com/stories/russia-obsession-let-trump-abandon-nuclear-treaties-wilkerson-and-jay

Democrats' Russophobia Hid Trump's Real Crimes
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-26
Gerald Horne and Jeff Cohen join host Paul Jay to unpack the Democrat and corporate media obsession with Russiagate, the foreign policy implications, and how it let Trump off the hook on major policy issues…
therealnews.com/stories/democrats-russophobia-hid-trumps-real-crimes

Democrats' Russiagate Fixation Has Obscured Trump's True Crimes
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-26
What follows is a conversation between author Gerald Horne, Truthdig contributor Jeff Cohen and Paul Jay of the Real News Network. Read a transcript of their conversation below or watch the video at the bottom of…
truthdig.com/articles/democrats-russiagate-fixation-has-obscured-trumps-true-crimes/

How ISIS's Brutal Project in the Middle East was Finally Overthrown
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-26
Up to its dying days the self-declared Islamic State has retained the ability to top the news agenda, even as its fighters were losing their last battle for bomb-shattered villages in the deserts of eastern Syria. When their spokesman promised retaliation for the massacre of Muslims in the Christchurch mosques his threat was taken seriously.
counterpunch.org/2019/03/26/how-isiss-brutal-project-in-the-middle-east-was-finally-overthrown/

Ardern's Response to Christchurch has Put Other Leaders to Shame, But Not for Its Compassion Alone
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-26
Cometh the hour, cometh the woman. Jacinda Ardern won her spurs last week with her response to the Christchurch atrocity. But the world's praise for her eloquence and compassion missed the point. Ardern was different. She fought from the start like a real politician, scorning the killer, attacking racism and slapping back at Turkish president Erdogan's revolting election propaganda…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/26/arderns-response-to-christchurch-has-put-other-leaders-to-shame-but-not-for-its-compassion-alone/

War or Uneasy Truce in Gaza? Renewed Bombing ordered by Netanyahu
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
Aiming to show toughness against defenseless Gazans ahead of the April 9 elections, Netanyahu ordered the Strip terror-bombed on Monday — affirming his ruthlessness once again, after countless previous times. | For hours during day and nighttime hours on Monday, IDF …
globalresearch.ca/war-or-uneasy-truce-in-gaza-renewed-bombing-ordered-by-netanyahu/5672672

Third Trump Regime Sabotage of Venezuela's Electrical Grid Foiled
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
Unbowed after over two months of failed efforts to topple Maduro, failure to win over its military or gain popular support, its paramilitary attack scheme and other tactics foiled so far — the Trump regime cyberattacked Venezuela's electrical power grid …
globalresearch.ca/third-trump-regime-sabotage-venezuelas-electrical-grid-foiled/5672679

"Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East
Israel Shahak | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…
globalresearch.ca/greater-israel-the-zionist-plan-for-the-middle-east/5324815

Historically Huge Anti-Saudi Rallies Across Yemen on War's Fourth Anniversary
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-26
Unprecedented numbers of Yemenis took part in the anti-Saudi demonstrations on the fourth anniversary of the war in Yemen this year, indicating a growing opposition to the Saudi-led presence in their country.
mintpressnews.com/historically-large-anti-saudi-rallies-across-yemen-on-wars-fourth-anniversary/256575/

Watch | US Foists "Humanitarian Aid" on Venezuela, Helps Create a Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
Kei Pritsker | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-26
(Transcript) –This video was produced as part of a MintPress News and Grayzone collaboration — There's been nonstop talk about the humanitarian situation in Venezuela. | In case you haven't heard, U.S. politicians are really concerned for the Venezuelan people's well-being — screaming their all-too-familiar code words that justify U.S. intervention, like "a humanitarian crisis … socialist dictator starving his own people." | Fine. | But if the United States really wants to save people from a dire humanitarian crisis, why aren't we…
mintpressnews.com/watch-us-foists-humanitarian-aid-on-venezuela-helps-create-a-humanitarian-crisis-in-yemen/256557/

Lessons for the Progressive Left From the 'Failed' Mueller Inquiry
Jonathan Cook | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-26
In the combined success-failure of the Mueller inquiry, the progressive left has an opportunity to understand in a much more sophisticated way how real power works and in whose favor it is exercised.
mintpressnews.com/lessons-for-the-progressive-left-from-the-failed-mueller-inquiry/256542/

The Mueller Report Was Never Going to Save Us. We Must Fight Collusion Ourselves
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II | commondreams.org | 2019-03-26
Special counsel Robert Mueller (C) leaves after a closed meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee June 21, 2017 at the Capitol in Washington, DC. The committee meets with Mueller to discuss the firing of former FBI Director James Comey. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mueller_wont_save_us.jpg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/03/26/mueller-report-was-never-going-save-us-we-must-fight-collusion-ourselves?cd-origin=rss

Don't Trust a Hand that Feeds the "Fascist Beast". People Around the World Are Rising Up against Their Government
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
The "Mueller Report" is out and as it was expected, it was disastrous news to the Democrats and pushed the fascistic minded President a little closer to his dream of creating a police state in the U.S. In this regard, …
globalresearch.ca/dont-trust-a-hand-that-feeds-the-fascist-beast-people-around-the-world-are-rising-up-against-their-government/5672670

Between the lines of the Mueller Report
Deirdre Griswold | workers.org | 2019-03-26
The relationship between the law and politics is once again the subject of oceans of ink — and their electronic equivalents in this digital age — as the Mueller Report is being analyzed, down to the last comma, by people who have not read it and are not allowed to . . . | Continue reading Between the lines of the Mueller Report at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/03/25/between-the-lines-of-the-mueller-report/

Editorial: Stop waiting for Mueller's report to save us
People's World Editorial Board | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-26
Wait for the Mueller report, many said, it will reveal everything. The Republicans conspired with the Russians. The election was hacked. Trump will be toast. Well, we waited. And now the report is in…sort of. It's in the hands of Attorney General William Barr, who so far has not seen fit to share its contents …
peoplesworld.org/article/editorial-stop-waiting-for-muellers-report-to-save-us/

Mueller Report Does Not Disprove that Trump Is a Crook
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2019-03-26
The truth is less dramatic, but more sordid.
progressive.org/dispatches/mueller-report-does-not-disprove-trump-is-a-crook-conniff-190326/

Robert Reich: The Real Trump Scandal Was Never Collusion
Robert Reich | truthdig.com | 2019-03-26
We may never know for sure whether Donald Trump colluded with Vladimir Putin to obtain Russia's help in the 2016 election, in return for, say, Trump's help in weakening NATO and not interfering against Russian aggression in Ukraine. | Trump and his propaganda machine at Fox News have repeatedly conjured up a "witch hunt" and maintained a drumbeat of "no collusion," which already has mired Robert Mueller's report in a fog of alt-interpretation and epistemological confusion. | What's "collusion?" What's illegal? Has Trump obstructed justice? Has he been vindicated? What did Mueller conclude, exactly? What did he me…
truthdig.com/articles/robert-reich-the-real-trump-scandal-was-never-collusion/

Mueller Didn't Exonerate Trump of Obstruction of Justice
STAFF | truthout.org | 2019-03-26
The Mueller report is finally done. On March 23, Special Counsel Robert Mueller sent the confidential report of his 22-month investigation to Attorney General William Barr. Less than 48 hours later, Barr released a four-page letter outlining Mueller's conclusions and jumping to one as well. | In response to Barr's letter, Donald Trump claimed, "There was no obstruction, none whatsoever, and it was a complete and total exoneration." But Mueller did not exonerate Trump of obstruction…
truthout.org/articles/mueller-didnt-exonerate-trump-of-obstruction-of-justice/

Three Lessons From 'Failed' Mueller Inquiry
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-26
Jonathan Cook analyzes what progressives can glean from a major squabble between different wings of the same neoliberal establishment. By JonathanCook Jonathan-Cook.net Here are three important lessons for the progressive left to consider now that it is clear the inquiry… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/26/three-lessons-from-failed-mueller-inquiry/

Judicial Watch Statement on Mueller Report
Judicial Watch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement in response to the Mueller special counsel report summary made public by Attorney General Barr today: | The long, national nightmare is over and President Trump has been vindicated. The corruptly-created and …
globalresearch.ca/judicial-watch-statement-mueller-report/5672693

Selected Articles: RussiaGate and the Mueller Report
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…
globalresearch.ca/mueller-report-trump-netanyahu-war-agenda-venezuela-regime-change/5672725

Don't Believe Trump or Barr. The Investigations Are Just Beginning
STAFF | truthout.org | 2019-03-26
Well, that didn't take long. | The ink wasn't dry on Attorney General William Barr's laughably porous "summary" of the Mueller report before Donald Trump and his allies declared war on all who have displeased them. This included a demand from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) that Bill Clinton be investigated for his 2016 airport tarmac meeting with then-Attorney General Lore…
truthout.org/articles/dont-believe-trump-or-barr-the-investigations-are-just-beginning/

The President Has Not Been Exonerated
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-03-26
The President Has Not Been Exonerated…
thenation.com/article/mueller-barr-exoneration-trump-nadler/

Three Lessons for the Progressive Left from the Mueller Inquiry
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
Here are three important lessons for the progressive left to consider now that it is clear the inquiry by special counsel Robert Mueller into Russiagate is never going to uncover collusion between Donald Trump's camp and the Kremlin in | …
globalresearch.ca/three-lessons-mueller-inquiry/5672704

To Celebrate or to Not? The Mueller Question
Joshua Frank | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-26
Finally, it's over. Well, sort of, anyway. Late Sunday afternoon, Attorney General Bill Barr released his much-anticipated summary of Bob Mueller's Russia investigation. The big news, of course, was that nobody in Trump's orbit "knowingly" coordinated with Russian efforts to disrupt the 2016 election. Trump won't be charged with obstruction of justice and not a single American was indicted for conspiracy.
counterpunch.org/2019/03/26/to-celebrate-or-to-not-the-mueller-question/

UNICEF: Yemen is Today's Worst Humanitarian Crisis in World
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-26
At the four year anniversary of the Saudi war on Yemen as many as 56,000 Yemeni, mainly civilians, have been killed in the conflict fueled by arms from the United Kingdom, United States and France. | RELATED: | US and UK Weapons Caused Nearly 1,000 Civilian Casualties in Yemen: Report | The United Nations has categorized the situation in Yemen as the world's current worst humanitarian crisis. | In what factions thought would be a six month conflict has instead dragg…
telesurenglish.net/news/UNICEF-Yemen-is-Todays-Worst-Humanitarian-Crisis-in-World-20190326-0006.html

Four years on, UK arms sales are still propping up the Saudi-led bombing of Yemen
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-03-26
26 March marks "four years since Saudi-led forces began bombing Yemen". Despite tens of thousands of deaths from bombs and thousands more from what … | Read more Four years on, UK arms sales are still propping up the Saudi-led bombing of Yemen | By Fréa Lockley…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/03/26/four-years-on-uk-arms-sales-are-still-propping-up-the-saudi-led-bombing-of-yemen/

Anti-Semitism and Double Standards
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-26
Criticizing Israel is considered bad form, writes Daniel Lazare, but keeping mum about Saudi crimes is fine as long as the donations continue to flow. By Daniel Lazare Special to Consortium News In a week when the GOP flaunted its… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/26/anti-semitism-and-double-standards/

War Crimes: 10 Children Killed by US Airstrike in Afghanistan. UN
Asharq Al-Awsat | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
Ten children, part of the same extended family, were killed by a US airstrike in Afghanistan, along with three adult civilians, the United Nations said on Monday. | The airstrike early on Saturday was part of a battle between the Taliban | …
globalresearch.ca/10-children-killed-us-airstrike-in-afghanistan/5672715

The World Crisis: Can Chickens Swim?
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
Need I say it, extraordinary things are going on all over this World, and it turns out that having to resort to a survival formula in order to cope with them, is not necessarily the best way forward. In fact, …
globalresearch.ca/the-world-crisis-can-chickens-swim/5672632

Eight Years Ago, March 2011. The Day before Daraa: How the War Broke Out in Syria
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
This article was originally published on August 2016. | The day before September 11, 2001 was like any normal day in New York City. September 10, 2001 was unaware of the earthshaking events which would happen the next day. | Similarly, one …
globalresearch.ca/deraa-how-war-broke-syria/5672626

Quentin Crisp's Posthumous Book, the Sequel
Jenna Orkin | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-26
Those of us lucky enough, by which I suppose I mean old enough, to have known Quentin Crisp's work while he was alive, are probably aware of the third volume of his autobiography, The Last Word, published posthumously in 2017, on the 18th anniversary of his death. That wonderful book, simpler and more direct than had been his custom, introduced…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/26/quentin-crisps-posthumous-book-the-sequel/

Democrats Ignore a Progressive Foreign Policy at Their Peril
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-03-26
This piece originally appeared on anti-war.com. | The 2020 election will not turn on global issues — and more's the pity. After all, thanks to decades upon decades of accumulating executive power in an increasingly imperial presidency, it is in foreign affairs that the commander-in-chief possesses near dictatorial power. Conversely, in domestic policy, a hostile Congress can…
truthdig.com/articles/democrats-ignore-a-progressive-foreign-policy-at-their-peril/

#MeToo Movement Spreads to Mexico's Various Industries
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-26
In Mexico, in a wave of #metoo, women are coming forward with their experiences of sexual harassment while exposing the perpetrators in several industries across the country. | RELATED: | #MeToo Graffiti Spray-painted on Famous WWII 'Kiss' Statue | The movement started Thursday when a political commentator, Ana Ge tweeted, "a powerful man within the literature ci…
telesurenglish.net/news/MeToo-Movement-Spreads-to-Mexicos-Various-Industries-20190326-0014.html

'Revved up climate action' needed to counter 'prolonged' and deadly storms like Cyclone Idai: Guterres
United Nations | un.org | 2019-03-26
Cyclone Idai and the mounting death toll is "yet another alarm bell about the dangers of climate change" UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, warning that vulnerable countries like Mozambique, would be hit the hardest unless urgent action is taken by nations across the world.
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'Provocative actions and inflammatory rhetoric' destabilizing Middle East, warns top UN official
United Nations | un.org | 2019-03-26
Against a backdrop of rising tensions in Israel and Palestine, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East, painted a bleak picture once again in the Security Council on Tuesday, cataloguing further terrorist acts, attacks against civilians, reprisals against demonstrators, unlawful demolitions and settlement expansions, and a funding crisis which could have dramatic consequences for the stability of an already volatile region.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/03/1035461

Flooding Kills at Least 19, Injures over 100 Across Iran
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-26
The Ministry of Interior advised Iranians Monday evening to cancel any trips and take the warnings seriously with the Disaster Management Organisation sending nationwide text messages to warn people about taking routes that are prone to flooding, including those in mountains and river banks. | RELATED: | Indonesia Flash Flood Death Toll Rises to 89, 74 Still Missing | The disaster comes during Iranian New Year, Nowruz, holidays when many Iranians travel within the country. | "T…
telesurenglish.net/news/Flooding-Kills-at-Least-19-Injures-over-100-Across-Iran-20190326-0012.html

Eric Holder and Arnold Schwarzenegger Sign the End Gerrymandering Pledge
commondreams | commondreams.org | 2019-03-26
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/03/26/eric-holder-and-arnold-schwarzenegger-sign-end-gerrymandering-pledge?cd-origin=rss

My Russia Hot-Air Balloon
Elizabeth Keyes | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-26
Wouldn't you like to ride in my Russia hot-air balloon? Wouldn't you like to malign in my Russia hot-air balloon? We'll rig the vote with media folk together, you and I, For we can LIE!!! Up, up and unaware in my propaganda tool, my Russia hot-air balloon! The world's a surreal place in my propaganda…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/26/my-russia-hot-air-balloon/

Become a Member of Global Research — Receive Free Books!
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
At Global Research, our mandate is to increase awareness on the broadest possible level while maintaining full independence in our reports and analyses. Our commitment is to make our articles and videos available to the broadest possible readership, on a …
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UK's Secret War: British Elite Commandos Wounded in Yemen
Press TV | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
A number of elite British commandos have sustained injuries in direct gunfights with Yemeni forces as part of what appears to be a secretive UK military campaign in Yemen, a new report says, adding a major twist to London's involvement …
globalresearch.ca/uks-secret-war-british-commandos-wounded-yemen/5672719

Honduran Journalist Barricades in Radio Station to Avoid Arrest
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-26
The director of Radio Globo, David Romero Ellner, stayed overnight at the station in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Monday to avoid arrest from police waiting outside with an arrest warrant on counts of defamation, libel, and slander over a corruption scandal he exposed. | RELATED: | Honduran Journalist Gunned Down Outside Home | The National Commissioner for Human Rights in…
telesurenglish.net/news/Honduran-Journalist-Barricades-in-Radio-Station-to-Avoid-Arrest-over-Criticism-of-President-20190326-0016.html

It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War
Katrina vanden Heuvel | thenation.com | 2019-03-26
It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War…
thenation.com/article/it-is-long-past-time-for-a-national-reckoning-with-the-catastrophic-costs-of-endless-war/

Trump Recognizes Israeli Annexation of Golan Heights: Green Light for Global War
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-26
The hastily completed White House ceremony in which President Donald Trump signed a decree granting official US recognition to Israel's illegal annexation of Syria's Golan Heights is an act which, on its surface, appears to change few facts on the …
globalresearch.ca/trump-recognizes-israeli-annexation-golan-heights-global-war/5672717

The Poisonous History of Neo-Classical Economics
James C. Kennedy | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-26
"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 of our country." — Edward Bernays The U.S. and other western nations are blindly marching themselves…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/26/the-poisonous-history-of-neo-classical-economics/

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2019-03-27 02:14 GMT (22:14 EST)

2019-03-25: News Headlines

Max Blumenthal (2019-03-25). The Grayzone testifies at the UN: 'Humanitarian crisis in Venezuela: propaganda vs. reality'. mronline.org The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Anya Parampil spoke about Venezuela at a side event at a United Nations Human Rights Council session in Geneva on March 19. They joined former special rapporteur Alfred de Zayas on a panel titled "Humanitarian crisis in Venezuela: Propaganda vs. reality." | Source

Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet (2019-03-25). TUNE IN: 50th NAACP Image Awards Airs Live this Saturday, March 30 on TV One. naacp.org On Saturday, March 30, 2019, the best and brightest in Black Hollywood will gather at the Dolby Theatre to celebrate the 50th NAACP Image Awards. Shaping up to be a night to remember, NAACP, the nation's foremost civil rights organization, will award activists and entertainers alike for their contributions to the culture over the past …

Special to PeoplesWorld (2019-03-25). Joyce Provost Wheeler, distinguished teacher and lifelong activist, dies at age 78. peoplesworld.org SEQUIM, Wash.—Joyce Provost Wheeler, a gifted school teacher who served as Treasurer of the Baltimore Teachers Union (AFT Local 340) and BTU "Building Rep" at the elementary school where she taught for thirty years, died peacefully at her home here March 21. She was 78. The cause of death was Alzheimer's disease, which she fought …

unitedEditor (2019-03-25). Discrediting the Yellow vests: why Macron will not resign so easily. uwidata.com In France, on Saturday, March 23, the Yellow Vests held another demonstration — Act XIX. According to the French Ministry of Internal Affairs, at least 40,500 people protested across France (5000 of them in Paris). Clashes with the police occurred in Nice, Lyon, Toulouse, Montpellier and Paris. 19th week of #GiletsJaunes protests across France 'Peaceful …

Tanya Golash-Boza — Michael Golash (2019-03-25). Epifanio Camacho: a Militant Farmworker Brushed Out of History. counterpunch.org Cesar Chavez is perhaps best known for his role in the 1965-1970 Delano grape strike and boycott and his nonviolent tactics in those protests. Although Chavez insisted on nonviolence, there was dissent within the National Farmworkers Association as some workers believed more militant tactics were necessary. One of these workers was Epifanio Camacho. With Cesar More

Stephen Lendman (2019-03-25). Russia Sends "Peacekeeping" Troops to Venezuela. Joint Military Exercises. globalresearch.ca According to Reuters on Sunday, Russia sent around 100 troops to Caracas, saying the following: | "A flight-tracking website showed that two planes left from a Russian military airport bound for Caracas on Friday, and another flight-tracking site showed that one …

Federico Pieraccini (2019-03-25). Can Japan Join the Multipolar Revolution — Or Will US Imperialism Bring It to Heel? globalresearch.ca Relations between Japan and Russia have long been the subject of discussion within international-relations circles. The meetings between Prime Minister Abe and President Putin have been going on for years, yet the situation regarding the peace treaty between the two …

Adam Garrie (2019-03-25). 20 Years Since He Destroyed Yugoslavia and 16 Years Since He Destroyed Iraq, Tony Blair Remains a Menace to Peace. globalresearch.ca When it comes to the art of deception, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is a genius worthy of the worst nightmares of Eric Blair (known more commonly by his pen name George Orwell). But while Eric Blair once wrote …

John Catalinotto (2019-03-25). Veterans For Peace highlight U.S. war crime, the My Lai massacre. workers.org J.J. Johnson of the 'Fort Hood 3' speaks at the My Lai massacre commemoration, March 22, New York Veterans For Peace, New York Chapter, presented an art installation in Manhattan on March 22 that exposed the U.S. war crime known as the My Lai massacre. In the three-day exhibit at . . . | Continue reading Veterans For Peace highlight U.S. war crime, the My Lai massacre at Workers.org

Michael Lighty (2019-03-25). Medicare for America. commondreams.org Very quickly, peace of mind will overwhelm that forgotten desire to keep your private insurance.(Photo: Joe Newman via Public Citizen/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/single_0.jpeg…

Dave Lindorff (2019-03-25). The TSA's Role as Journalist Harasser and Media 'Watchdog'. counterpunch.org Sometimes you have to leave the United States to understand how far this country has evolved towards becoming a police state. I got a good example of this just last week on a trip with my harpsichordist wife Joyce to Vienna where she had been contracted to perform a concert of music by a leftist Jewish composer who fled Austria just ahead of the Nazi Anschluss that took over and incorporated that country into Germany, eventually settling in the US. More

Whitney Webb (2019-03-25). Trump Admin Proposes New $8 Billion Loan Fund to Subsidize Foreign Weapon Sales. mintpressnews.com The revival of the FMF grant program is part of a wider effort by the Trump administration to push US weapon sales and persuade foreign nations to "buy American."

Robert Fisk (2019-03-25). Don't Believe the Hype: Here's Why ISIS Hasn't Been Defeated. counterpunch.org After all the headlines about the supposed defeat of Isis, anyone who doesn't believe a word of it may seem a bit of a spoilsport. But whenever I read that victory has been declared — whether it be of the Bush "mission accomplished" variety or the "last Isis stronghold about to fall" fantasy — I draw in my More

Consortiumnews (2019-03-25). Consortium News' Record on Russia-gate—A Series of Articles on How CN Covered the 'Scandal': No. 1—'The Sleazy Origins of Russia-gate'. consortiumnews.com From the "scandal's" outset, Consortium News adopted journalistic skepticism, led by founding editor, the late Robert Parry, with Ray McGovern, Daniel Lazare, Patrick Lawrence, Gareth Porter, Joe Lauria & VIPS debunking much of the mania that seized the land. In the wake… Read more →

Alison Weir (2019-03-25). America Gets yet Another Israel Lobby Group. mintpressnews.com While the Israel lobby, which consists of hundreds of organizations, is known for billionaire donors such as Sheldon Adelson, Haim Saban, Norman Braman, Paul Singer and others, Pro-Israel America (PIA) will be specifically targeting smaller donors.

Democracy Now! (2019-03-25). Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Coordination, But "Does Not Exonerate" Trump of Obstruction of Justice. democracynow.org There was no collusion. That was the key finding of special counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited report into whether President Trump and members of his campaign conspired with the Russian government to win the 2016 election. While the full report on Mueller's 22-month investigation has not yet been made public, Attorney General William Barr sent a four-page letter to congressional leaders on Sunday laying out his interpretation of Mueller's findings. Barr wrote that the report concluded Russia meddled in the 2016 election but that "the Special Counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyon…

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2019-03-25). Barr issues Mueller report summary that pleases the president. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—After 22 months of investigation of the links between 2016 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign and secret manipulation of that election by Russian individuals and entities, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report is in. Attorney General William Barr released a summary letter yesterday that does much more to validate President Trump's claims about the probe …

Jonathan Cook (2019-03-25). Three Lessons for the Left from the Mueller Inquiry. counterpunch.org The left never had a dog in this race. This was always an in-house squabble between different wings of the establishment. Late-stage capitalism is in terminal crisis, and the biggest problem facing our corporate elites is how to emerge from this crisis with their power intact. One wing wants to make sure the pig's face remains painted, the other is happy simply getting its snout deeper into the trough while the food lasts. More

James Ridgeway (2019-03-25). Good Agent, Bad Agent: Robert Mueller and 9/11. counterpunch.org This profile of Robert Mueller originally ran in CounterPunch on June 21, 2017. Robert Mueller, the former FBI director named special counsel for the investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election, is depicted as an iconic G-man: serious, patrician, and totally incorruptible. But in reality, it's a little different. As with FBI Agent Dale More

Democracy Now! (2019-03-25). As Mueller Finds No Collusion, Did Press Overhype Russiagate? Glenn Greenwald vs. David Cay Johnston. democracynow.org As congressional Democrats call on the Justice Department to release the full Mueller report, we speak to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who have closely followed the probes into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election: Glenn Greenwald, a founding editor of The Intercept and a leading critic of the media coverage of alleged Russian collusion, and David Cay Johnston, formerly of The New York Times, now founder and editor of DCReport.org, who has written critically about Donald Trump for decades. His most recent book is "It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America."

Gloria La Riva (2019-03-25). Terrorist plot in Venezuela thwarted. liberationnews.org Venezuelan authorities arrest Roberto Marrero, "chief of staff" of U.S.-backed imposter Juan Guaidó.

Jenny Farrell (2019-03-25). 100 years of Bauhaus: Building for a society of equals. peoplesworld.org Inspired by Germany's November 1918 Revolution, which was ultimately crushed by the Social Democratic Party leadership and the military, artists and intellectuals, anti-militarists, and pacifists hoped for a new society for the common good. Many, however, had no clear political orientation or a full understanding of the causes of the world war that had just …

Eds. (2019-03-25). Traces of the CIA in Venezuela's nationwide power outage. mronline.org A CIA has had its eyes on the country's vulnerability for years, looking to use an electrical failure to promote destabilization and put an end to the Bolivarian Revolution. | Source

Dean Baker (2019-03-25). Trillion dollar Wall Street bailouts, Bernie Sanders, and the Washington Post. mronline.org The newspaper's fact-checker might need to work on his own understanding of the facts, because Sanders seems on pretty solid ground here | Source

STAFF (2019-03-25). Trump Is Destroying the Very Concept of U.S. Citizenship. truthdig.com It turns out that walls can't always be seen. Donald Trump may never build his " great, great wall," but that doesn't mean he isn't working to wall Americans in. It's a story that needs to be told. | This past month, for instance, claims of ISIS's near total defeat in Syria have continued to mount. As a result, numerous foreigners who had traveled there to fight for, or support, th…

Jack Rasmus (2019-03-25). The Capitulation of Jerome Powell and the Fed. counterpunch.org This past week, on March 20, 2019, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell announced the US central bank would not raise interest rates in 2019. The Fed's benchmark rate, called the Fed Funds rate, is thus frozen at 2.375% for the foreseeable future, i.e. leaving the central bank virtually no room to lower rates in the event of the next recession, which is now just around the corner. More

Lawrence Davidson (2019-03-25). Israel's Moves to the Right. counterpunch.org An article published in the Israeli news blog +972 on 19 November 2018 posed the question: Why does the right keep winning elections in Israel? The answer offered was "because Israelis are right wing." Simple enough, and apparently, quite true. The article estimates that over half of Israeli Jews think of themselves as "right wing." Self-defined centrists are about More

Stephen Cooper (2019-03-25). "I'm a Nine-Star General Now": an Interview with Black Uhuru's Duckie Simpson. counterpunch.org After watching legendary reggae band Black Uhuru perform in September of 2016, I wrote: "Duckie Simpson is an ageless, still spry reggae icon; like fine wine, his artistic beauty and complete mastery of reggae music has only matured over the years, ripening and deepening in its richness and maturity." Over two years later and coming off More

Joe Emersberger, The Canary (2019-03-25). Trump's Sanctions Kill Venezuelan People. Why Can't UN Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet 'Fully Acknowledge' That? venezuelanalysis.com Joe Emersberger takes apart Bachelet's recent comments on Venezuela and US-led sanctions.

Alan Macleod (2019-03-25). There Will Be No Repercussions for the Media's RussiaGate Conspiracy Theorists. mintpressnews.com The Mueller report's conclusions are bound to fuel conservative critics of the media and make any exposures of actual wrongdoing less impactful, as the president will be able to brush it off as another example of fake news.

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-03-25). As Yemen War Turns Four, Houthi Forces Take the Battle To Saudi Arabia's Doorstep. mintpressnews.com Yemen forces loyal to the Houthis launched a series of weekend attacks against military targets in Saudi Arabia. The Houthis have vowed to take the war to the Saudi Coalition's own doorstep until they withdraw from Yemeni territory.

STAFF (2019-03-25). Bolsonaro's Brazen Meeting With the CIA. truthdig.com On March 18, Brazil's extreme-right President Jair Bolsonaro made history. Outside the official agenda of his first official trip to the United States he paid a visit to CIA Headquarters, becoming the first ever Brazilian President to do so. In contrast, Bolsonaro has never visited ABIN, Brazil's moribund equivalent of the CIA. | On the agenda, it is assumed, were the ongoing coup attempt in Venezuela, in which the United States wants further Brazilian assistance, unrest in Nicaragua, Cuba, and Bolivia's co…

Juan Cole (2019-03-25). Robert Mueller Was Never Going to Save Us. truthdig.com This piece originally appeared on Informed Comment. | Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Mueller report, at least as Trump's AG describes it, was not able to prove that Trump colluded with Russia during the 2016 campaign. It did not prove he did not. Mueller obviously did find evidence of Russia supporting Trump, but that is different. The attraction of the theory embraced by many pundits and politicians that Trump became president by colluding with Vladimir Putin is that it gets the American public off the hook. | But we don't des…

Aaron Maté (2019-03-25). VIDEO: Russiagate Implodes: Aaron Maté Buries the Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theory. thegrayzone.com Russiagate has imploded after Robert Mueller's investigation found no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion. The Grayzone's Aaron Maté explains why the…

Jeffrey C. Isaac (2019-03-25). Trump, The Mueller Report, and Democracy. commondreams.org Impeachment, then, is an unlikely outcome, unless there are revelations so explosive that they can generate some combination of widespread public outrage and substantial Senate Republican defection from Trump. (Photo: Brendan Hoffman/Getty) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bob_mueller_2.png…

Joshua Holland (2019-03-25). No, the Media Didn't Over-Hype 'Russiagate'. thenation.com No, the Media Didn't Over-Hype 'Russiagate'

STAFF (2019-03-25). Trump and Barr Could Stretch Executive Privilege and Grand Jury Secrecy Claims. truthout.org Attorney General William Barr's letter to Congress, delivered Sunday, purports to brief lawmakers about the Mueller report. | What it really does is set the stage for a battle royale with Trump and Barr doing everything in their power to keep secret the full report and, equally important, the materials underlying the report. They're likely to fight Democrats in Congress, i…

Andrew Korybko (2019-03-25). Everyone Will Remember that the Media Made a Mockery of Itself over Russiagate. globalresearch.ca It's self-explanatory why everyone will remember that the media made a mockery of itself over Russiagate, but the implications will be far-reaching and deserve to be elaborated upon. | It's official — Trump and his team didn't "collude" with Russia, and …

Mark Taliano (2019-03-25). "Big Lies" and "Humanitarian Warfare": On the Need for A "Legitimate", Rather Than An "Enabling" Opposition. globalresearch.ca A neutered, "controlled Left/Progressive" opposition is a necessary adjunct to the prevailing neocon ideology. If we are to be effective, rather than complicit opposition, the Canadian and U.S. governments need to be exposed as the international rogue states that they …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-03-25). Trump Is America's First Zionist President. globalresearch.ca It is impossible not to feel some sympathy for President Donald Trump. His agenda to restore normal relations with Russia and to end Washington's gratuitous wars has been frustrated by the "Russiagate hoax" that the military/security complex and corrupt …

The Palestinian Information Center (2019-03-25). Mahathir: Israel Is a State of Thieves. globalresearch.ca Dubbing Israel as "a state of thieves", Malaysian premier Mahathir Mohamed on Friday said his country enjoys friendly relations with every country in the world except for Israel. | "We are not against Jews, but we cannot recognize Israel because of …

Scott Ritter (2019-03-25). US Invasion of Iraq (2003) and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Ari Fleischer Lied, and People Died. globalresearch.ca Ari Fleischer, the former White House Press Secretary under President George W. Bush, ignited a firestorm of controversy Wednesday when, while commenting on the 16th anniversary of the U.S invasion of Iraq, he sought to defend the reputation of …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-03-25). US Policy Failure Reopens Iraqi-Syrian Borders and the Iran-Beirut Road. globalresearch.ca "A dinosaur with a bird's brain". This is how the ex-President of Iran Hashemi Rafsanjani described the United States of America, evoking its great military strength but lack of strategic intelligence in foreign policy. Indeed, the very unusual meeting of …

Miri Wood (2019-03-25). Crimes against Humanity: America's Rubkan Concentration Camp in Southern Syria: 40,000 Held Hostage. globalresearch.ca US occupier forces again show their ugly political face in recreating the SS at al Rukban Camp in Syria, holding approximately 40,000 Internally Displaced Persons hostages, despite the opening of two humanitarian corridors for their safe passage. US temp …

All That's Interesting (2019-03-25). The President's "Nuclear Button" Isn't Actually a Button, but a Briefcase Called the Nuclear Football. globalresearch.ca When North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said in his annual address that "a nuclear button is always on my desk" and that the U.S. was within range, it was only a matter of time before President Trump responded to "Rocket …

Andrew Korybko (2019-03-25). The Consequences of Mozambique's Cyclone Tragedy Might Lead to Regime Change. globalresearch.ca There's a credible chance that the ruling FRELIMO party that's been in power since Mozambique's 1975 independence could lose this October's general elections as a result of a multibillion-dollar corruption scandal that might have inadvertently worsened the humanitarian consequences of …

Edward B. Winslow (2019-03-25). Operation Condor and the United States: Torture, Death Squads and Echoes in the New Millennium. globalresearch.ca On December 2, 1823 in the wake of rebellions in Latin America that had ended Spanish rule in the Western Hemisphere, US President James Monroe announced that European colonial powers that attempted to assert influence in the region would be …

Janus Putkonen (2019-03-25). "Ukraine Faces Fake Elections, Poroshenko Must Leave!" globalresearch.ca At the end of March, the first round of the presidential elections will take place in Ukraine, and not everyone is happy about it. The international petition called "Stop Fake Elections in Ukraine!" was launched on 12.3 and over 5,500 …

Andrew Korybko (2019-03-25). Boko Haram Attacks. Is Chad Losing Control of the Central African Pivot Space? globalresearch.ca The geostrategically pivotal Central African country of Chad is dangerously losing control of the region after recent developments despite having one of Africa's most powerful militaries, with Boko Haram's deadliest-ever attack against its forces last Friday proving why the government …

commondreams (2019-03-25). Investors Beware: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Faces Multiple Legal, Regulatory Threats. commondreams.org ______________________________…

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