January 30, 2019
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Venezuela Newslinks 30 January 2019
30 January 2019 21:32 — The New Dark Age When Is a Democracy not a Democracy? When It’s Venezuela and the US is Pushing Regime Change https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14275 Venezuela Speaks Out against the Coup https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14273 Continue reading
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New Oil Sanctions on Venezuela: “Would Destroy What’s Left of its Economy”
National Security Advisor John Bolton announced that the US will freeze Venezuelan assets and block oil payments for Venezuelan oil imports to the US. This would not only be illegal, but would also be yet another crippling blow to the country, says CEPR’s Mark Weisbrot Continue reading
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The Political Economy of Half-Earth By Troy Vettese
31 January 2019 — Socialist Project – The Bullet That the “extermination, enslavement, and entombment of the aboriginal population in mines […and] the transformation of Africa into a warren for the commercial hunting of black skin” was essential to capitalism’s emergence has long been recognized. Few, however, realise that capitalism has been changing the climate Continue reading
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Gaza: Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide Ola Mousa
30 January 2019 — The Electronic Intifada Where can you hide when you can’t run? This is the question Gaza’s two million inhabitants ask themselves after every Israeli assault. Continue reading
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HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2019
31 January 2019 — Housmans Books NEWS /ACTIONS 1. Bernard Franks Memorial Book Sale 2. No Pasaran – A European Conference Against the Rise of the Far-Right Continue reading
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Germany and EU support US-engineered coup in Venezuela By Peter Schwarz
The governments of Germany, France, Spain, Great Britain and the Netherlands, as well as European Union Foreign Affairs Commissioner Federica Mogherini, gave the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, an ultimatum on Saturday: either he calls “free, transparent and democratic elections” within eight days, or Juan Guaidó, who appointed himself head of state last week with… Continue reading
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Britain Lurches Deeper into Brexit Crisis: Its Population Remains Deeply Alienated from the Political Establishment By Dr. Leon Tressell
The British political establishment is experiencing an unprecedented crisis over the issue of exiting the European Union. The Conservative government staggers from crisis to crisis over its Brexit deal while politicians off all colours bicker and argue as the UK lurches towards a potentially devastating No Deal scenario. This had lead to a huge distrust… Continue reading