February 2019
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Facebook gives nod to secret pro-Israel campaign By Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada can exclusively reveal that Facebook has given a nod of approval to a network of secretive and deceptive pages set up by The Israel Project, a lobby group that collaborates with the Israeli government and with Israel’s military establishment to influence public opinion against Palestinians. Continue reading
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Confronting the Rise of the Far Right
The far-right is on the offensive: the biggest upsurge since the 1930s. They are increasingly internationalised, well-funded and well-organised. Bolsonaro’s victory in Brazil extends this wave into Latin America. Continue reading
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The Fake News about Humanitarian Aid and Venezuela By Alan McCloud
Virtually unreported in the humanitarian aid story are several inconvenient truths that contradict the official US government narrative the media is so closely parroting. Firstly, the “aid” is not recognized as such at all. For shipments to qualify as aid, they must be given indiscriminately. The US “aid” appears destined only for Juan Guaidó, the… Continue reading
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Imperialist intervention in Venezuela: UPDATE 13
21 February 2019 — Countercurrents.org Massive Bolivarian March for Peace and Sovereignty Venezuelan military reject Trump’s incitement to rebel: “Over Our Dead Bodies” Maduro controls situation in Venezuela, Russian ambassador Venezuela suspends flights, closes several borders amid intervention threats Venezuela protests violation of diplomatic accords after assault on embassy in Costa Rica Costa Rica slams Guaido Continue reading
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Danger of U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela Grows
The stakes could not be higher as people across the globe prepare to mobilize in solidarity with the Venezuelan people on February 23 and to oppose the growing imperialist threats of intervention and war. More than 100 cities plan to hold actions this weekend – find and join one near you.February 23 will be a… Continue reading
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Anti-semitism is cover for a much deeper divide in Britain’s Labour party By Jonathan Cook
The announcement by seven MPs from the UK Labour Party on Monday that they were breaking away and creating a new parliamentary faction marked the biggest internal upheaval in a British political party in nearly 40 years, when the SDP split from Labour. Continue reading
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‘We must live like people’: Chronicle of a red-hot Haiti
Lautaro Rivara, a sociologist and member of the Dessalines Brigade of Solidarity with Haiti, writes a reflection on the socio-political and economic crisis in Haiti and peoples resentment against the government of Jovenel Moïse Continue reading
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Venezuela’s Foreign Minister: “Washington Hijacked Guaidó”
In an exclusive interview with TRNN, Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza says Guaido has not accepted the Pope’s offer to negotiate since he is being directed by Washington (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Who Gains from Turning Europe into a Potential Nuclear Battlefield?
Claims that the Russian Federation has been violating the treaty have yet to be substantiated with anything resembling credible evidence. Also missing is any rational explanation as to why Russia would develop or deploy nuclear weapons capable of launching a nuclear strike on Europe without warning – a scenario the INF Treaty was created to… Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 20 February 2019
20 February 2019 15:45 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Russia delivers medicines, medical equipment to Venezuela, says source http://tass.com/society/1045654 Inside the Neoliberal Laboratory Preparing for the Theft of Venezuela’s Economy https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14337 Continue reading
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Joan Ryan, MP who fabricated anti-Semitism, quits Labour By Asa Winstanley
Lawmaker Joan Ryan quit Labour on Tuesday, citing party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s supposed “demonization and delegitimization” of Israel. Continue reading
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Unbelievable: Congress to Pass Sanctions Against Syria Reconstruction
The US/al-Qaeda regime-change onslaught failed so now posturing US politicians will do everything they can to make sure Syria goes through the same sanctions hell Iraq did 1990-2003: Continue reading
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The International Rogue Nation: America By Eric ZUESSE
In 2003, America (and its lap-dog UK) invaded and destroyed Iraq on the basis of lies to the effect that the U.S. (and UK) regime were certain that Saddam Hussein had and was developing weapons of mass destruction. These U.S. allegations were based on provable falsehoods when they were stated and published, but the regime’s ‘news’-media refused to publish… Continue reading
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What “community standards” did this comment breach? #18
The following comment – posted to twitter by Craig Murray – was censored by The Guardian. Which of the well-publicised CiF “community standards” did they breach? Continue reading
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Recently published at mronline.org
20 February 2019 — mronline.org The state and accumulation under contemporary capitalism Historically, capitalism develops institutions and ideologies that justify surplus extraction and capital accumulation. In the last decades of the twentieth century, the financialization of capitalism initiated a new era of accumulation which is known in academic contexts as finance-capital-driven neoliberalism. Continue reading
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Staged Chemical Attack Videos And Other Trends In Modern Propaganda
The scandal regarding the fake hospital video published by the White Helmets as a proof of the Douma chemical attack has reached its peak in the media and has caused reaction on the diplomatic level. Continue reading
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Alleging “Russian influence,” Facebook bans left-wing pages By Andy Thompson
On February 15 Facebook suspended four pages run by Maffick Media, including In the Now, Soapbox, Back Then and Waste-Ed, which posted content critical of US foreign and social policy.Facebook removed the articles after CNN ran a report alleging that the pages had connections with Russia Today, a broadcaster partially funded by the Russian government. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 18 February 2019 (04/19)
18 February 2019 — Statewatch Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/feb/email-18-feb.pdf Please DONATE to support our work STATEWATCH ANALYSIS EU: New criminal records database for non-EU nationals is “disproportionate and discriminatory”. Continue reading
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COLDTYPE Issue 178 Mid-February 2019 – is now on line
19 February 2019 — COLDTYPE Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 18-19 February 2019
19 February 2019 18:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting. COLDTYPE Issue 178 Mid-February 2019 – is now on line https://williambowles.info/2019/02/19/coldtype-issue-178-mid-february-2019-is-now-on-line/ The Saker interviews Jorge Valero, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela http://thesaker.is/the-saker-interviews-jorge-valero-ambassador-extraordinary-and-plenipotentiary-of-the-bolivarian-republic-of-venezuela/ Continue reading
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