February 7, 2019
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Venezuela Newslinks 6-7 February 2019
7 February 2019 14:54 — The New Dark Age Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, Trump and the State of Imperial Decline https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/02/07/ocasio-cortez-sanders-trump-and-the-state-of-imperial-decline/ BBC’s HARDtalk turned into a cosy chat about how to run a coup in Venezuela http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/c181MAM16Gk/ Continue reading
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‘5G Will Be a Global Catastrophe’: Activist Warns of Massive ‘Human Guinea Pigs’ Trial
As word begins to spread about the corporate-government collusion in what appears to be an increasingly reckless roll-out of the new military-grade 5G cellular technology, activists around the world are now beginning to elevate this issue to the level of a bona fide public health crisis. Not surprisingly, government officials and corporate sponsors are attempting… Continue reading
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It’s finally here: Worlds End!
These are common reactions when people learn about the reality of climate change. Similarly, when people think about capitalism it can seem as though nothing can be done to change it, that it’s too big, too strong. Maybe that’s just the way the world is. But things change. Worlds end… New ones begin. Continue reading
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IRR News (23 January – 6 February 2019)
This week, the IRR is among sixty-five signatories to a Guardian letter, including educational charities, human rights organisations, musicians, academics and lawyers, all calling for an end to the use of ‘gang injunctions’ that prevent black musicians making references to individuals, events and places. We are calling for clearer thinking about the impact of such… Continue reading
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What the CIA Tells Congress (Or Doesn’t) about Covert Operations:The Barr/Cheney/Bush Turning Point for CIA Notifications to the Senate
Attorney-General nominee William P. Barr figured prominently in arguments to limit CIA responsibility to provide notification to Congress about covert actions during the 1980s, according to a review of declassified materials published today by the National Security Archive at the George Washington University. As the Iran-Contra scandal played out, Barr, who held senior posts at… Continue reading
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Venezuela Blitz – Part 2: Press Freedom, Sanctions And Oil
In support of their claim that Maduro is a ‘tyrant’ who does not allow free elections, corporate media consistently point to a lack of press freedom. When British academic Alan MacLeod of Glasgow Media Group reviewed 166 Western media articles evaluating the state of press freedom between 1998-2014, he found that all depicted Venezuelan media… Continue reading
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Did The West “Finish” With Russia? by Vladislav B. SOTIROVIĆ
After the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia was becoming a less popular area of studying and dealing with in comparison before the end of the Cold War. In the West, it was believed that after 1991 Russia was simply “finished” as Moscow was not anymore the capital of a Great Power state… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 7 February 2019: Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, Trump and the State of Imperial Decline, HR 1 Sics the Homeland Security Dogs on the US Left
6 February 2019 — Black Agenda Report Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, Trump and the State of Imperial Decline – Glen Ford , BAR executive editor Bernie Sanders’ anticipated second run for the presidency is the 6-ton elephant in the Democratic boardroom. But the rich owners of the Party would rather lose to Trump again than win with Continue reading
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Twitter Greenlights Venezuela’s Pro-Opposition Online Blitz – Shuts Down Genuine Opponents by Alexander Rubinstein
Shady anonymous actors are waging an information war manipulating social media with automated posts in an apparent attempt to manufacture a faux consensus for regime change in Venezuela. Continue reading
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NHS 10-year plan: Recipe for further attacks on services and privatisation in UK By Ajanta Silva
As if everyone was oblivious to the last nine years of austerity, including huge cuts to the NHS budget and privatization of health services, May claimed the Tories would be the saviours of the NHS over the next decade with the launch of the Long Term Plan (LTP). Continue reading
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French National Assembly passes police state “anti-riot” law targeting protests By Will Morrow
The French National Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Monday to approve President Emmanuel Macron’s “anti-riot” law, undermining the right to protest and further expanding police powers. Continue reading
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Why I defend Jeremy Corbyn but don’t support him By William Bowles
The despicable hatred shown by the state/corporate media toward Corbyn has nothing to do with the man but with the state’s abject fear of Corbyn’s (remote) connection to socialism, made all the worse by airbrushing him out of what passes for a public debate on Corbyn’s politics. What are they afraid of? Clearly not Corbyn’s… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 