February 2019
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Venezuela Newslinks 27-28 February 2019
28 February 2019 18:55 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting The OPEN VEINS of VENEZUELA https://countercurrents.org/2019/02/28/the-open-veins-of-venezuela/ Imperialist intervention in Venezuela: UPDATE 20 https://williambowles.info/2019/02/28/imperialist-intervention-in-venezuela-update-20/ Continue reading
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The witchfinders are now ready to burn Corbyn By Jonathan Cook
McCarthyism is not just the hounding of someone because their views are unpopular. It is the creation by the powerful of a perfect, self-rationalising system of incrimination – denying the victim a voice, even in their own defence. It presents the accused as an enemy so dangerous, their ideas so corrupting, that they must be… Continue reading
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Imperialist intervention in Venezuela: UPDATE 20
28 February 2019 — Countercurrents.org US military intervention in Venezuela may begin very soon: Gen. Tata 92% of Venezuelans reject US military invasion Russia’s resolution in the UNSC reaffirms Maduro’s Role in coordinating aid CARICOM for peaceful solution of Venezuela problem Venezuela calmer than Brazil and Mexico, find Leftist Social Movements visiting Caracas S African unions Continue reading
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Imperialist intervention in Venezuela: UPDATE 19
27 February 2019 — Countercurrents.org US amasses special ops in Puerto Rico, army in Colombia Russian FM blasts US attempts to create pretext for military intervention No foreign soldier can tread our soil: Venezuela Venezuela’s FM terms US aim as the Politics of Death “Aid” trucks carried nails and wire for barricades Russia ready to Continue reading
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Owen Jones Unpersons Chris Williamson By Kit Knightly
Chris Williamson should never have been suspended from the Labour Party – he should never have been rebuked or chastised for his words at Sheffield. He told the truth, and those who have deliberately taken his words out of context to vilify him in smug, dishonest editorials, have a political axe to grind that is… Continue reading
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HOUSMANS NEWSLETTER MARCH 2019
28 February 2019 — Housmans NEWS /ACTIONS 1. Dream Nail’s Live Album – recorded at Housmans 2. No Pasaran – A European Conference 3. Bread & Roses – New Workers Beer Company bar & venue in King’s Cross 4. AFest 2019 – Get involved! Continue reading
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Returning Syrian Refugees Were Fleeing US Proxy War, Not “Assad” By Tony Cartalucci
The flood of returning refugees to government-held areas indicates Syrians were fleeing the US-backed proxy war against the Syrian government – not the Syrian government itself. Continue reading
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France’s Macron leads the way as western leaders malevolently confuse anti-Zionism with antisemitism
In 1975 much of the world broke ranks with the United States and Europe at the United Nations general assembly to declare that Zionism, Israel’s founding ideology, “is a form of racism and racial discrimination”. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 26-27 February 2019
27 February 2019 17:45 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Bombshell! Trump Era Over As Legalienate’s Editors Proclaim Themselves “Rightful Democratic Rulers” of U.S. https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/02/bombshell-trump-era-over-as-legalienates-editors-proclaim-themselves-rightful-democratic-rulers-of-u-s/ The War on Venezuela https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/02/the-war-on-venezuela/ Continue reading
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Illusion or Advance? Ecosocialists debate the ‘Green New Deal’
This is an essay in six voices, from long-time activists who participate in the North American ecosocialist network System Change Not Climate Change. Each was challenged to make their point in 500 words or less. We intend this as a constructive contribution to the wonderful storm of discussion that the Green New Deal has opened… Continue reading
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Israel lobby funders back breakaway British MPs By Asa Winstanley
A multi-millionaire pro-Israel lobbyist is funding the UK Parliament’s new Independent Group, it was revealed this week. Continue reading
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US amasses special ops in Puerto Rico, army in Colombia to oust Maduro – Russian Security Council
By deploying troops and special ops forces to Puerto Rico and Colombia, Washington is getting ready to intervene in Venezuela and topple its leader, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council said. Continue reading
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Psychopathic US Senator Openly Calls for Maduro to Suffer Gaddafi’s Fate Caitlin JOHNSTONE
Influential US Senator and 2016 presidential candidate Marco Rubio has tweeted a blatant death threat and incitement of violence against Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. As of this writing the post has 13 thousand shares and counting. Continue reading
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Media Lens: ‘We Don’t Do Propaganda’
Earlier this month, Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, author of ‘Utopia For Realists’, was interviewed by the high-profile Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson. During a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos in Janary, Bregman had bluntly told billionaires that they should stop avoiding taxes and pay their fair share: Continue reading
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Britain: Corbyn, no more concessions! By Adam Booth
Jeremy Corbyn has promised the possibility of a second referendum in an attempt to pacify the Blairites. But such compromises will only embolden the Labour right wing. These careerists must instead be shown the door.Brexit is beginning to take its toll on Britain’s political parties. Both Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are desperately attempting to… Continue reading
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UK Labour leader Corbyn endorses Blairite call for second Brexit referendum By Robert Stevens
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn announced Monday evening that he was ready to support a second referendum “to prevent a damaging Tory Brexit being forced on the country.” Continue reading
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New Studies Confirm Dangers of Glyphosate By F. William Engdahl
Since the 1960s uproar over the dangers of widespread agriculture use of the weed killer, DDT, no other herbicide or agriculture chemical has stirred as much widespread opposition as glyphosate. Glyphosate is the main and only publicly disclosed ingredient in the world-leading herbicide, Roundup from Monsanto/Bayer. With fierce opposition from many EU member states, in… Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 25-26 February 2019
26 February 2019 21:10 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Max Blumenthal: What Really Happened on the Colombian-Venezuelan Border + Wilkerson: The Permanent War State Aims to Plunder Venezuela https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2019/02/26/max-blumenthal-what-really-happened-on-the-colombian-venezuelan-border-wilkerson-the-permanent-war-state-aims-to-plunder-venezuela/ Former UN expert slams the media for ‘manufacturing consent’ for regime change in Venezuela http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/EoVGojapyFM/ Continue reading
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Imperialist intervention in Venezuela: UPDATE 18
26 February 2019 — Countercurrents.org US isolation increasing US allies – EU, Lima Group, Spain, Germany, Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru – against use of military force China wants constructive help for Venezuela Chile’s Communist Party rejects intervention Expired medicine in the “aid” Continue reading
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