28 January 2019 21:42 — The New Dark Age
Note: There may some duplication with previous posts due to cross-posting of articles.
US hits ‘corrupt’ Venezuela oil firm PDVSA with sanctions
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47036491
Eva Golinger: Venezuela is in the Center of a Geopolitical Battlefield
https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2019/01/28/eva-golinger-venezuela-is-in-the-center-of-a-geopolitical-battlefield/
28 January 2019 — Asia Times
Former Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim: ‘When President Trump says all options are on the table, that is very dangerous.’ Photo: AFP
Brazil is once again in the eye of a political hurricane, after President Jair Bolsonaro’s appearance at Davos and explosive revelations directly linking his clan to a criminal organization in Rio de Janeiro.
27 January 2019 — Electronic Intifada
Relatives of Hamdi Naasan, who was killed during a settler incursion into the occupied West Bank village of al-Mughayyir a day earlier, mourn during his funeral on 27 January. – Ahmad Arouri APA images
A Palestinian father of four was fatally shot on Saturday as Israeli settlers, protected by soldiers, stormed the village of al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
27 January 2019 — Youtube
27 January 2019 — Yves Engler
Most Canadians think of their country as a force for good in the world, but recent efforts by Justin Trudeau’s government to overthrow Venezuela’s elected government have once again revealed the ugly truth about the Great White North. We are an important partner in imperialism, willing to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, up to and including the use of military force, to benefit the perceived self-interest of our elites.
28 January 2019 — New Eastern Outlook
The only thing more sinister than intentionally creating refugees, is weaponizing them as leverage to further coerce nations and advance hegemonic ambitions.
28 January 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation
Antonio Gramsci described an interregnum as a time “when the old is dying and the new cannot be born… in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms pertain.” In such periods, the new is perceived as mad, bad and dangerous to contemplate.
January 2018 — Global Research
This article was first published in January 2018.
What is the position of the West’s “Progressives” with regard to regime change in Venezuela?
Several prominent intellectuals are calling for a “negotiated settlement” between the Maduro government and “the opposition” led by the self proclaimed interim president Juan Guaido . It should be obvious that this proposal is redundant and contradictory. The leader of the National Assembly Juan Guaido is a US proxy (instrument of a foreign government) who will be “negotiating” on behalf of Washington.
Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, January 28, 2019
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28 January 2019 — Drone Wars
SkyGuardian MQ-9B, dubbed ‘Protector’ by UK MoD
Drone manufacturer, General Atomics, hosted an event in London on 24 January in order – as its press release put it – “to recognize UK companies that are contributing to operational systems such as MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1C Gray Eagle, and the new MQ-9B SkyGuardian RPA program” (which the UK MoD is calling ‘Protector’).
27 January 2019 — Alternative Information and Development Centre
The end of the human race is a very real prospect in the context of climate change and ultimately a heating world. Global warming at increases of 3, 4 or 5 degree Celsius means planet earth will no longer be habitable for human and most non-human life. There is scientific evidence that this has happened to other planets like Venus but was caused through natural processes. Our end is not inevitable and neither can it be prevented by false solutions. As a scientific process, climate change is the result of the sun’s rays (energy flows) being trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere by greenhouse gases (such as carbon and methane). This is creating a heating planet. This article engages with this challenge from a climate justice perspective.
27 January 2019 — Global Research
This morning Venezuelan Foreign Minister presented a brilliant defense of President Maduro’s government, against the attempted coup d’etat engineered by the United States and its proxies in Europe and newly right-wing Latin American countries Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Ecuador. The United States called this “emergency” meeting, seeking the authorization of the United Nations Security Council for intervention in Venezuela’s internal affairs, and the infamous regime change similar to that which spread chaos in Libya and Iraq after the UN authorized military intervention to overthrow the governments of Saddam Hussein and Omar Khadaffy.
27 January 2019 — New Eastern Outlook
Sir Oswald Mosley and the Union of British Fascists
Back in the early days of mankind, warriors would paint their faces to intimidate their enemies on the field of battle. This example serves as a clear indicator that psychological warfare is just as old as the conventional one. It’s the strategies that are changing, while basic concepts remain the same. So is it any wonder that charging ranks of men would be shouting at the top of their lungs to render the defending side weakhearted for centuries.
27 January 2019 — Moon of Alabama
The U.S. mainstream media is suddenly discovering Venezuela. Without having any actual knowledge of the country, all dirt the writers can think of is thrown against its government. Don’t expect to get any facts from them. Most is just propaganda in a media build for a war.
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