February 1, 2019
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Venezuela Newslinks 1 February 2019
1 February 2019 18:15 — The New Dark Age Note: There maybe duplication due to cross-posting. Are we meddling?’ Max Blumenthal confronts lawmakers on what America’s doing in Venezuela (VIDEO) https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/02/01/are-we-meddling-max-blumenthal-confronts-lawmakers-on-what-americas-doing-in-venezuela-video/ Venezuela – Coup Attempt Part Of A Larger Project – Military Intervention Likely To Fail https://williambowles.info/2019/02/01/venezuela-coup-attempt-part-of-a-larger-project-military-intervention-likely-to-fail/ Continue reading
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Bayer-Monsanto Merger: Endangering Our Health, Food, Farms & Planet
The US Department of Justice finalized its approval of the Bayer and Monsanto merger. A new monopoly will be created over agricultural pesticides and industrial seed production, with farmers locked into industrial farming and of our health endangered (Inc. transcript) Continue reading
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A New Phase in the Great Game: U.S., Soviets, India, Pakistan vied to shape a new Afghanistan in late 1980s
Two U.S. ambassadors in the late 1980s warned the U.S. government about potentially detrimental developments in Afghanistan in the wake of a Soviet military withdrawal, according to declassified documents obtained by the National Security Archive at The George Washington University Continue reading
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Venezuela – Coup Attempt Part Of A Larger Project – Military Intervention Likely To Fail
The plan includes regime change in Venezuela, Nicaragua and eventually Cuba. The removal of any Russian or Chinese interest is another point. It is a multiyear project that has bipartisan support. It will likely require military force. Continue reading
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Dishonesty, omissions and lies in reporting on the Venezuelan economic crisis by Jón Karl Stefánsson
Since 2015 Venezuela has endured gruesome economic hardships. Inflation rates have spiraled out of control, and the public is facing a recession that is tearing the country apart. Now, Venezuelans not only face economic turmoil, but also direct military aggression. A sane response of anyone who wishes to help Venezuelans through these troubles is to… Continue reading
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The NHS Ten Year Plan neglects the human side of healthcare David Zigmond
Markets, machines and micromanagement are turning healthcare into officious, insensitive practice that demoralises staff and patients. Continue reading
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Pompeo’s ‘Pandora’s Box’ By Wayne Madsen
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, taking advantage of political bedlam inside the Donald Trump White House, has busied himself with “regime change” in Venezuela. Pompeo, working with National Security Adviser John Bolton and Iran-contra felon and arch-neo-conservative Elliott Abrams, worked secretly with Venezuela’s self-proclaimed “interim president,” Juan Guaido, to overthrow that nation’s duly-elected president, Nicolas… Continue reading
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Nora Barrows-Friedman The Electronic Intifada Podcast 1 February 2019
This week we take a deeper look at Asa’s latest investigative article, “Fake Labour accounts fueling ‘anti-Semitism crisis’,” which went viral soon after publication. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 31 January 2019: The Racist Imperialist and Bipartisan War Against Venezuela: Ater the Congo Elections
31 January 2019 — Black Agenda Report The Racist, Imperialist War on Venezuela – Glen Ford , BAR executive editor Donald Trump is simply exercising an imperial mandate handed down to him by Obama, who put “humanitarian” lipstick on the white supremacist pig of American exceptionalism. Freedom Rider: Trump, Democrats, and International Fascists Attack Venezuela Continue reading