23 January 2019 — TRNN
From economic sanctions to international pressure, how has the US strategy for regime change in Venezuela worked until now? An analysis with CEPR’s Alex Main and TRNN’s Greg Wilpert (inc. transcript)
Day: January 24, 2019
A message from Big Brother Watch
24 January 2019 — True Publica
Here is a quick look back at the highlights of 2018, as we prepare for the big challenges to come in 2019.
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Brexit Britain – Government negotiating ‘Singapore on Thames’ right now
24 January 2019 — True Publica
In the book Brexit – A Corporate Coup D’etat, one chapter is dedicated to the threat of EU regulation, due to be enforced in 2019, which would have all but destroyed Britain’s dominance as a global leader in the tax haven and money laundering business. Over the years, Britain has consistently voted against creating a globally representative inter-governmental body to shape a framework of rules to strengthen international cooperation on tax matters and has successfully resisted international pressure to take effective action against its tax havens in the Channel Islands, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, and other British dependencies. In this article, the Tax Justice Network not only confirms this threat but highlights the ongoing efforts the British government are having in the background to create what they themselves are calling the – ‘Singapore-on-Thames’ development strategy.
UK: More troubling questions emerge in the Skripal case By Robert Stevens
24 January 2019 — WSWS
It emerged this week that the first person to give first aid to the Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia—poisoned in still unexplained events in Salisbury last March—was the most senior nurse in the British Army, Alison McCourt.
Julian Assange issues “urgent” legal challenge against US extradition plans By Mike Head
24 January 2019 — WSWS
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose web site is continuing to expose war crimes, coup plots and mass surveillance by Washington and its allies, has made a new legal bid to block a concerted operation to extradite him to the US, where he could be imprisoned for life, or even sentenced to death.
US Erodes Russia-Turkey Axis In Syria by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR
24 January 2019 — Oriental Review
Through the past month since US President Donald Trump tweeted his fateful decision to withdraw troops from Syria, a familiar pattern began appearing – no sooner than Trump makes a foreign-policy decision, those around him scramble to try to delay that decision.
Is foreign military intervention in Venezuela imminent? By James Jordan
24 January 2019 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal
According to conventional wisdom, there should be no serious talk of foreign military intervention in Venezuela. But these aren’t conventional times. The conventional playbook would adopt a strategy of foreign coordination of the Venezuelan opposition, economic sabotage, infiltration of the military, and manipulation of popular movements against the elected government. All this is being done, but, so far, unsuccessfully. The frustrations of the Bolivarian movement’s enemies are palpable. Does this mean intervention is imminent? And what would such an intervention look like?
Global Economy on the Brink as Davos Crowd Parties On: Selected Stories
23 January 2019 — Global Research
Global Economy on the Brink as Davos Crowd Parties On
On the eve of this year’s World Economic Forum gathering, some of the most powerful, wealthy, and more prescient capitalists have begun to speak out to their capitalist cousins, raising red flags about what they believe is an approaching crisis. Read more…
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The New Dark Age 