February 22, 2019
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Venezuela Newslinks 22 February 2019
22 February 2019 19:09 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Venezuela crisis: Border clashes as aid row intensifies https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-47329806 Abby Martin: US Sanctions are Crimes Against Humanity + The War On Venezuela Is Built On Lies by John Pilger https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2019/02/22/abby-martin-us-sanctions-are-crimes-against-humanity-the-war-on-venezuela-is-built-on-lies-by-john-pilger/ Continue reading
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The War on Venezuela is Built on Lies By John Pilger
In this analysis, John Pilger looks back over the Chavez years in Venezuela, including his own travels with Hugo Chavez, and the current US and European campaign to overthrow Nicolas Maduro in a ‘coup by media’ and to return Latin America to the 19th and 20th centuries. Continue reading
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Trump’s Contra War Redux in Latin America By Wayne Madsen
A largely ignored story reported by the Lebanese magazine “Ash Shiraa” on November 3, 1986, soon blossomed into a major scandal involving the covert sale of US weapons to the government of Iran and the illegal supply of weapons to right-wing Nicaraguan rebels. The Lebanese magazine was the first to reveal that the Ronald Reagan administration… Continue reading
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Mercenaries flown back to US after their arrest in Haitian capital By John Marion
The threat of a military intervention in Haiti was demonstrated last Sunday afternoon, when five Americans, two Serbians, and one Haitian were arrested under circumstances that have no innocent explanation. Armed with pistols, assault rifles, drones, a telescope and three satellite phones, they were trying to gain access to the roof of the Banque de… Continue reading
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US Defeat in Syria: The Wrong End of “Might Makes Right” By Tony Cartalucci
With Damascus and its allies firmly in control of Syria and its future – the war having been decided on the ground rather than “politically” as envisioned by Western politicians, media, and policymakers – the US proxy war against Syria has all but failed. Continue reading
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US psychological warfare techniques being used to overthrow British democracy
There have always been lobbyists and PR people involved in politics. We have always had think tanks that have leaned in a certain direction and provided research and speakers partial to their side of the debate. So what are the special concerns that cause us to claim that our system is developing in such a… Continue reading
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San Agustín: Popular Power Striking Back Against the Coup and the Crisis
In recent weeks, the mainstream media has bombarded us with selective images of Venezuela, with Venezuelans portrayed either as passively suffering from the devastating crisis or desperately wanting to be rid of the elected government of Nicolas Maduro. When Chavistas are depicted they are presented as fanatical red-clad drones mindlessly following a “socialist dictator.” Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 21 February 2019: Bernie Tries To Steal the Rich Man’s Party; Kamala Harris: The Fix is In; Socialism is the Answer to Trumpism:
21 February 2019 — Black Agenda Report Bernie Tries to Steal the Rich Man’s Party – Glen Ford , BAR executive editor The plutocrats did not invest billions of dollars every election cycle in the Democratic Party to see it used as a tool of their disempowerment. Freedom Rider: Kamala Harris: The Fix is In – Continue reading
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