February 2019
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Declaration by the Republic of Cuba: Stop U.S. Imperialist Military Aggression Against Venezuela
The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba condemns the escalation of pressures and actions of the U.S. government in preparation for a military adventure under the guise of a “humanitarian intervention” in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and calls on the international community to mobilize in order to prevent its consummation. Continue reading
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DWP tells GPs not to support benefit claimants with sick notes By Sue Jones
Yesterday on Twitter, I posted one of my previous posts –Jobcentre tells GP to stop issuing sick notes to patient assessed as ‘fit for work’ and he died–in which I discuss a letter addressed to a GP regarding a seriously ill patient. Continue reading
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Ukraine’s Neo-Nazis “Suddenly” a Problem as Power Grows By Ulson Gunnar
The central role right-wing extremists and literal Neo-Nazis played in Ukraine’s “Euromaidan” protests was obvious from the beginning. The square in Kiev the protests unfolded in were filled with the flags of ultra-right party, Svoboda as well as the red and black banners of the Neo-Nazi Right Sector movement. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 17 February 2019
17 February 2019 22:08 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting. Jimmy Dore: American reporter in Venezuela contradicts US News Coverage https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/02/17/jimmy-dore-american-reporter-in-venezuela-contradicts-us-news-coverage/ David Swanson: The Dirty Truth About NATO https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2019/02/17/david-swanson-the-dirty-truth-about-nato/ Continue reading
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Can Maduro Emulate Castro and Assad to Keep NATO’s Imperialist Hands Off Venezuela?By Gilbert Mercier
Empires with internal problems tend to create external crises to distract the public opinion and unite their political and economical ruling class in a fictitious nationalistic fervor. The current United States policy of overt regime change in Venezuela, backed entirely by its NATO vassals, follows an evergreen imperial playbook of creating new crises to obscure… Continue reading
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Inside the neoliberal laboratory preparing for the theft of Venezuela’s economy By Justin Podur
As we watch a US-backed coup unfold in a distant country, as in Venezuela today, our eyes are drawn to the diplomatic, military, and economic elements of the US campaign. The picture of a scowling John Bolton with a big yellow notepad with the message “5,000 troops to Colombia” reveals the diplomatic and military elements.… Continue reading
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Imperialist intervention in Venezuela: UPDATE 11
17 February 2019 — Counter Currents Venezuela Regime Change ‘Made in the USA and Canada’ (photo: venezuelanalysis.com) US military planes deliver cargo in Colombian town bordering Venezuela Stop US military adventure against Venezuela: Cuba Latin American left-wing parties call for peace The US is afraid of truth: FM of Venezuela US orders Venezuelan envoy to Continue reading
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Britain’s Dire Economic Situation is of Little Concern for Theresa May By Grete Mautner
British residents are facing longest decline in living standards in modern history. As it’s been pointed out by the Resolution Foundation, their real incomes will not return to the peak pre-2008 level in the foreseeable future. Even the most optimistic evaluation of the economic situation in England shows that its GDP may start growing again… Continue reading
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A phenomenal anti-war movement?
As per the Daily Mail, “Blair dismissed London anti-war march as ‘millions of liberal-minded people taking to the streets to defend the most illiberal regime on earth’”. One million people expressed their voice and were cavalierly ignored. Continue reading
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What Is Vladimir Putin Really Threatening? By Phil Butler
Half a century from now historians and social scientists will wrestle with the defining questions at the dawn of the 21st-century. And unless I miss my guess, lucid researchers, philosophers, and professors will discuss what exactly it was that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened. This should also be the most imperative question for today. Continue reading
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On Bolton’s Orders, US Ambassadors Chastise Governments By Wayne Madsen
US National Security Adviser John Bolton may be known for a lot of things, but “diplomat” is not one of them. In 2005, Bolton was never confirmed by the US Senate to be George W. Bush’s ambassador to the United Nations because the walrus-mustachioed neo-conservative ideologue had made past comments deriding the UN as a… Continue reading
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Laughter for All (Financial) Times By James Petras
In these times, when the United States pursues an unprecedented military build-up, promotes coups and trade wars, breaks weapons agreements, organizes the illegal seizure of overseas financial accounts, building barriers and walls along the southern border, Washington can count on the mass media to provide a variety of propaganda messages, ranging from the predictable ‘yellow… Continue reading
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The ‘lost’ Archives
17 February 2019 — The New Dark Age This version of my online life kicked off in March 2003, coincident with the invasion of Iraq by the barbarians. WordPress didn’t exist then, most ‘blogs’ were handcrafted as was mine. I wrote every page in HTML using a piece of software called Cyber Studio, every page Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 15-16 February 2019
16 February 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting. Can Maduro Emulate Castro and Assad to Keep NATO’s Imperialist Hands Off Venezuela? http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/newsjunkiepost/cIWy/~3/ehFrJuRPc4g/ Leaked documents reveal US is sending ‘military aircraft’ to Venezuelan border http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/bt5XurV9no4/ Continue reading
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Putin’s Lasting State (translated by Dmitry Orlov)
14 February 2019 — The Saker [This is an important document. It sets out the Russian government’s view on the state of the nation and its future and I think anyone who is interested in having a future on this planet, needs to read it. See also, Moon of Alabama’s take on Surkov’s essay. WB] Modern Continue reading
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Frayed Colonial Media Propaganda Transmission Lines. Fake Atrocities Used to Justify “Humanitarian War Crimes” By Mark Taliano
Colonial media traffics in war lies as policy. It advances anglo-zionist imperial projects of global war and poverty. Powerful interests benefit from global warfare as target countries are destroyed and domestic populations are impoverished. Continue reading
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Malaysian Airlines MH17 Brought Down by Ukrainian Military Aircraft. The BBC Refutes its Own Lies? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
16 February 2019 — Global Research This week, BBC reporter Riam Dalati confirmed that last year’s “Assad sarin attack” on Douma was indeed “staged”. After a “six month investigation” he concludes: “I can prove without a doubt that the Douma Hospital scene was staged.” Continue reading
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Venezuela’s Foreign Minister: “The US is in Front of the Coup Attempt, not Behind it”
Interview – in Spanish with English subtitles – with Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, who speaks about the likelihood of war with the US, the impact of the sanctions, and the way out of the conflict between Venezuela and the US and its allies in the opposition and in the region (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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The US Must Be Stopped in Venezuela By Andre Vltchek
Enough is enough! There have been plenty of empty talk and peace conferences, more than enough of begging: “Please, West, stop murdering people, stop your genocides, stop robbing all continents of their resources, stop enslaving billions!” Continue reading
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Hispaniola Rising: How the US Coup in Venezuela Is Taking Root in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
For more than a decade Venezuela has aided the governments of Haiti and the Dominican Republic through a preferential system known as Petrocaribe, and the people of those nations are not taking their governments’ support for the US coup in Venezuela lightly. Continue reading
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