20 May 2018 — TRNN
As the Israeli military mows down unarmed Palestinian protesters, arms trade expert Andrew Feinstein explains how weapons companies use Gaza as a laboratory to test new products and rake in profits Continue reading
Day: May 21, 2018
UK: Tories seek to defuse anger over Grenfell fire ahead of official public inquiry By Robert Stevens
18 May 2018 — WSWS
Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety has evoked widespread outrage for failing to recommend that the type of highly flammable cladding installed on Grenfell Tower—and many other public and private buildings around the UK—should be banned.
Venezuela News Links 21 May 2018
21 May 2018 — williambowles.info
Venezuela’s Maduro wins presidential vote boycotted by opposition
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/05/venezuela-maduro-wins-presidential-vote-boycotted-opposition-180521024447255.html
Venezuela election result: Socialist leader Nicolas Maduro wins by landslide in vote criticised as illegitimate
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/venezuela-election-latest-results-maduro-vote-win-landslide-turnout-a8360791.html
The Rich Have an Escape Plan – RAI with Rana Foroohar (5/6)
9 May 2018 — TRNN
On Reality Asserts Itself, Ms. Foroohar says many wealthy people understand that the climate crisis, deep recession and war are real threats, but they believe “apres moi le deluge [after me comes the floods];” the Financial Times columnist and author of “Makers and Takers” says many of the rich have escape plans thinking “they can avoid the apocalypse” – with host Paul Jay Continue reading
Iran News Links 20-21 May 2018
21 May 2018 — williambowles.info
Europe Has the Potential to Preserve the JCPOA, But Does It Have the Political Will as Well?
http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Europe-Has-the-Potential-to-Preserve-the-JCPOA-But-Does-It-Have-the-Political-Will-as-Well-.htm
Europe’s Efforts to Preserve the JCPOA and Political Identity
http://www.iranreview.org/content/Documents/Europe-s-Efforts-to-Preserve-the-JCPOA-and-Political-Identity.htm
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Gaza News Links 17-21 May 2018
21 May 2018 10:04:43 — williambowles.info
Zionism: the history of a contested word
https://www.opendemocracy.net/jonathan-shamir/zionism-history-of-contested-word
The UK Is Complicit in Israel’s Violence
http://novaramedia.com/2018/05/21/the-uk-is-complicit-in-israels-violence/
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The New Dark Age 