February 9, 2019
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Venezuela Newslinks 8-9 February 2019
9 February 2019 16:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting. Former British Foreign Secretary William Hague Attacks Corbyn on Venezuela, Exposes Barbarism of Regime Change Policy https://www.globalresearch.ca/former-british-foreign-secretary-william-hague-attacks-corbyn-on-venezuela-exposes-barbarism-of-regime-change-policy/5668063 An Open Letter to the People of the United States from President Nicolas Maduro https://www.globalresearch.ca/an-open-letter-to-the-people-of-theunited-states-from-president-nicolas-maduro/5668092 Continue reading
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Amazon Facial Rekognition App Sets Off Alarm Bells by Alexander Rubinstein
Jeff Bezos’ ties to the national security state through Amazon Web Services are formidable, but the triple-digit billionaire’s furnishing of surveillance tools to the police state are no less disturbing. Continue reading
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Corbyn leadership bows before Blairite’s anti-Semitism witch-hunt By Robert Stevens
Labour’s Blairite right-wing has doubled down on its smear campaign against party leader Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters, citing bogus claims of widespread anti-Semitism on “the left.” Continue reading
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Venezuela as the pivot for New Internationalism?
There is a great deal of controversy about the true shape of the Venezuelan economy and whether Hugo Chavez’ and Nicholas Maduro’s reform and policies were crucial for the people of Venezuela or whether they were completely misguided and precipitated the current crises. Continue reading
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Britain and the Iranian Revolution: Arms & Secret Deals By Mark Curtis
While Iran now poses the biggest challenge to Western power in the Middle East, British relations with Islamic Iran were not always so antagonistic. Britain dropped its support for the Shah before the 1979 revolution, seeking to ingratiate itself with Iranian opposition forces led by Khomeini. Once his regime was in power, Whitehall went so… Continue reading
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Smeared Labour candidate fights back By Asa Winstanley
Local party members are resisting a decision by Labour’s ruling body to bar a pro-Jeremy Corbyn activist from standing for Parliament, after false allegations of anti-Semitism were leveled against her. Continue reading
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SONA 2019: Mbeki without the poetry By Terry Bell
South Africa is again in the midst of that five-yearly cycle when politicians make extravagant promises that, on even cursory examination, ignore reality. And that does not even mean looking ahead to the consequences of the fourth industrial revolution that the world has already embarked on. Continue reading
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Why I Hope Maduro Wins And North Korea Keeps Its Nukes by Caitlin Johnstone
A second summit meeting for the US and North Korea is reportedly scheduled to take place in Vietnam at the end of the month. Expert opinions on where these negotiations are headed range from the insightful to the incredibly naive, with mainstream media consumers consistently finding themselves in the latter category. Trump supporters believe their… Continue reading
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