13 February 2019 — Eric Walberg
Where’s the voting booth?
It’s time to think about the likely future of poor Afghanistan. It isn’t terribly bright, but we have to, so the sooner, the better.
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Day: February 13, 2019
Venezuela Newslinks 12-13 February 2019
13 February 2019 17:43 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting.
As US and EU Prove Unreliable Partners for Peace, Iran looks East
https://www.mintpressnews.com/as-us-and-eu-prove-unreliable-partners-for-peace-iran-looks-east/255039/
Imperialist Intervention in Venezuela: UPDATE 8
https://williambowles.info/2019/02/13/imperialist-intervention-in-venezuela-update-8/
Russiagate Is Finished By Moon of Alabama
13 February 2019 — Moon of Alabama
For more than two years U.S. politicians, the media and some bloggers hyped a conspiracy theory. They claimed that Russia had somehow colluded with the Trump campaign to get him elected.
Imperialist Intervention in Venezuela: UPDATE 8
13 February 2019 — Counter Currents
- Russia warns the US not to intervene in Venezuela
- The aim of the US coup in Venezuela is to dominate the country’s oil resources
- Arreaza slams indifference of UN members to US coup
- 80% of Venezuelans oppose intervention
- Maduro continues call for peace, dialogue, respect
- Canada Labour Congress with 3M members denounces Trudeau’s support for intervention
The imperialist intervention is Venezuela is increasingly facing resistance. Now, it is from Russia.
The observer mission in Hebron acted as a restraint on the settlers’ worst excesses. Now that has come to an end
13 February 2019 — Jonathan Cook
The National – 10 February 2019
You might imagine that a report by a multinational observer force documenting a 20-year reign of terror by Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers against Palestinians, in a city under occupation, would provoke condemnation from European and US politicians.
But you would be wrong. The leaking in December of the report on conditions in the city of Hebron, home to 200,000 Palestinians, barely caused a ripple.
Media Lens: Dump The Guardian!
13 February 2019 — Media Lens
We were sad to hear that the comedian Jeremy Hardy had died on 1 February. Typically, media reports and obituaries prefixed the label ‘left-wing’ before the word ‘comedian’ as a kind of government health warning. What they really meant was that he was ‘too far left’. Normally, the media don’t label entertainers as ‘extreme centrists’, ‘neocon sympathisers’ or ‘Israel supporters’, when perhaps they should.
Venezuela defines the future of the region By Claudio Katz
13 February 2019 — MROnline
by Claudio Katz
Originally published: Claudio Katz Blog – Translated by Nicolas Allen (February 8, 2019)
Guaidó’s self-proclamation as Venezuelan president is the most ridiculous and dangerous coup attempt in recent years. With the shameless backing of Washington, the Venezuelan rightwing intends to place a complete stranger at the helm of the state.
Twitter and the smearing of Corbyn and Assange: A research note on the “Integrity Initiative”
13 February 2019 — True Publica
By Mark Curtis: The UK government-financed Integrity Initiative, managed by the Institute for Statecraft, is ostensibly a “counter disinformation” programme to challenge Russian information operations. However, it has been revealed that the Integrity Initiative twitter handle and some individuals associated with this programme have also been tweeting messages attacking Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. [i] This takes on special meaning in light of the numerous UK military and intelligence personnel associated with the programme, documented in an important briefing by academics in Working Group on Syria Propaganda and Media. [ii]
UK mass surveillance challenge will go to Europe’s highest human rights court
13 February 2019 — True Publica
The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights will hear Big Brother Watch & others’ case against mass surveillance by the UK government.
In September 2018 the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the UK’s mass interception programmes breached the European Convention on Human Rights. The landmark judgment in September marked the Court’s first ruling on UK mass surveillance programmes revealed by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
John Bellamy Foster on the ‘Green New Deal’
12 February 2019 — Climate & Capitalism
Interviewed by by Vaios Triantafyllou
US Rep. Alexandria-Ocasio-Cortez introduces Greem New Deal resolution, Feb. 8, 2019
To bring about meaningful change, the resolution proposed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez must be part of an ecological revolution with a broad social base.
A professor of sociology at the University of Oregon, John Bellamy Foster is also the editor of the socialist magazine Monthly Review. He has written widely on capitalism, Marxism and ecological crises. In this interview, Foster discusses why a Green New Deal is just an entry point to an ecological revolution, and why any economic-social system that hopes to address the climate crisis must transcend capitalism. The interview that follows has been lightly edited for clarity and length.
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