Day: February 26, 2019

New Studies Confirm Dangers of Glyphosate By F. William Engdahl

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26 February 2019 — New Eastern Outlook

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Since the 1960s uproar over the dangers of widespread agriculture use of the weed killer, DDT, no other herbicide or agriculture chemical has stirred as much widespread opposition as glyphosate. Glyphosate is the main and only publicly disclosed ingredient in the world-leading herbicide, Roundup from Monsanto/Bayer. With fierce opposition from many EU member states, in 2018 owing to a sly maneuver by the former German Minister of Agriculture, the EU Commission ruled to continue allowing the controversial pesticide. Now recent tests have added to the body of evidence that glyphosate is carcinogenic and should be banned immediately.

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Venezuela Newslinks 25-26 February 2019

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26 February 2019 21:10 — The New Dark Age

There may be some duplication due to cross-posting

Max Blumenthal: What Really Happened on the Colombian-Venezuelan Border + Wilkerson: The Permanent War State Aims to Plunder Venezuela
https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2019/02/26/max-blumenthal-what-really-happened-on-the-colombian-venezuelan-border-wilkerson-the-permanent-war-state-aims-to-plunder-venezuela/

Former UN expert slams the media for ‘manufacturing consent’ for regime change in Venezuela
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/EoVGojapyFM/

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“They Just Want Me in Prison”: Mint Press Contributor Eva Bartlett Interviews Jailed Ukrainian Journalist Kirill Vyshinsky By Eva Bartlett

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26 February 2019 — In Gaza

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“The Ukraine courts are still dependent on political authorities, and the special service is used to carry out political schemes and to fight inconvenient points of view and dissent, rather than to protect national security.” — Imprisoned Ukrainian-Russian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky tells Eva Bartlett. -by Eva Bartlett, February 25th, 2019, Mint Press News

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Final Steps of the Multipolar Revolution: Containing the US in Europe By Federico Pieraccini

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26 February 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation

We discussed in the previous article how China and Russia are using diplomatic, economic and military means in areas like Asia and the Middle East to contain the belligerence and chaos unleashed by the United States. In this analysis, we will examine the extent to which this strategy is working in Europe. In the next and final article, we will look at the consequences of the “America First” doctrine in relation to South America and the Monroe Doctrine.

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Venezuela – No, The “Responsibility To Protect” Does Not Apply

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25 February 2019 — Moon of Alabama

Richard Haass is the president of the Council of Foreign Relations. On Friday, before the failed delivery of fake “humanitarian aid” to Venezuela, he opined that the rejection of the “aid” would justify an intervention based on the dubious doctrine of a Responsibility to Protect (R2P):
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The Military Industrial State Confronts Russia and China By Brian Cloughley

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26 February 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation

The swaggering arrogance of Washington’s Military-Industrial Complex never ceases to intrigue the rest of the world, much of which shrugs collective shoulders but has to acknowledge that the swaggering reflects the US National Defence Strategy which informs us that the military is going to concentrate on confronting Russia and China.

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People’s Vote: Corbyn Signs His Own Death Warrant By Kit Knightly

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25 February 2019 — Off Guardian

Throughout his leadership of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn has disappointed some of his most ardent admirers by his refusal to hang tough. Yes, he has played many situations with canniness and subtlety, but too often he has been soft, appeased and conciliated where it is either unnecessary, or worse, entirely counter productive.

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