Day: February 1, 2019

Venezuela Newslinks 1 February 2019

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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/

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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

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1 February 2019 — National Security Archive

U.S. Ambassadors Dean and Raphel warned Washington unconditional support to Pakistan and fundamentalist factions of mujahedin was destabilizing the region

Reagan administration supported India’s active role in connection with Soviet withdrawal, but changed position when Delhi tried to keep extreme fundamentalists from coming to power

Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program was major Indian concern in connection with U.S. aid to Islamabad; New Delhi and Washington consulted closely on arms control, cables show
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Venezuela – Coup Attempt Part Of A Larger Project – Military Intervention Likely To Fail

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31 January 2019 — Moon of Alabama

The Trump administration has launched a large political project to remake several states in Latin America. The Wall Street Journal headlines:

U.S. Push to Oust Venezuela’s Maduro Marks First Shot in Plan to Reshape Latin America
The Trump administration’s broader aim is to gain leverage over Cuba and curb recent inroads in the region by Russia, Iran and China

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Dishonesty, omissions and lies in reporting on the Venezuelan economic crisis by Jón Karl Stefánsson

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1 February 2019 — Counter Currents

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 try to understand why this is happening.

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The NHS Ten Year Plan neglects the human side of healthcare David Zigmond

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1 February 2019 — OurNHS

Markets, machines and micromanagement are turning healthcare into officious, insensitive practice that demoralises staff and patients.

Early in this new year, on 7 January, the Prime Minister proudly announced a hopeful tonic for these troubled times: a Ten-Year Plan for our NHS, to transform it into a ‘world class service’. More money, better systems and state-of-the-art technology will all assure this, she said.

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Pompeo’s ‘Pandora’s Box’ By Wayne Madsen

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1 February 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation

Pompeo’s ‘Pandora’s Box’

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 Maduro.

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Nora Barrows-Friedman The Electronic Intifada Podcast 1 February 2019

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1 February 2019 — Electronic Intifada

Welcome to a new era and a new format for The Electronic Intifada Podcast!

Joining Nora Barrows-Friedman as co-host for the first time is her colleague and fellow reporter Asa Winstanley.

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.

We discuss how the story came about and the wider background of events in the UK Labour Party over the last few years.

Who is behind the “anti-Semitism crisis” in Labour? Is this media narrative having an effect? How is Israel like ISIS? Has there been any official response to the story?

What would Asa say to Jeremy Corbyn if he had another chance to interview him? And why do people who try to ban the term “Israel lobby” annoy the hell out of us?

Black Agenda Report 31 January 2019: The Racist Imperialist and Bipartisan War Against Venezuela: Ater the Congo Elections

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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

– Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Trump’s attempt to overthrow the Venezuelan government has been joined by fellow fascists around the world, including most of the Democratic Party.
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