12 March 2019 — RT
The OPCW could not come up with an unbiased report on the alleged 2018 chemical attack in Douma, as acknowledging that it was faked would’ve made the US strikes against Syria illegitimate, the Russian envoy to the OPCW told RT.
Day: March 12, 2019
The ICC intends to violate the decision of the Security Council and try Bachar el-Assad By Thierry Meyssan
12 March 2019 — Voltaire Network
The deception of international penal Justice
Everyone believed it to be impossible for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to try the Syrians, since China and Russia exercised their vetos against a Western draft resolution to do so. But no! A piece of legal sleight of hand may make it possible to dodge the decision of the Security Council. The Court hopes to incriminate President Bachar el-Assad, not for the murder of Rafic Hariri (that lie fizzled out some time ago), but for « crimes against humanity ».
Labour Party investigates Electronic Intifada journalist By Ali Abunimah
12 March 2019 — Electronic Intifada
Asa Winstanley
Labour has initiated disciplinary proceedings against Asa Winstanley, a reporter with The Electronic Intifada who is also a member of the UK’s main opposition party.
Venezuela: Roundup – 3- Details of Electricity War exposed, saboteurs detained, imperialist economic war widens
12 March 2019 — Countercurrents
Details of the Electricity War, part of a plan to incite unrest against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and the ruling party, have been exposed. President Maduro has presented details of the attacks on the country’s electricity supply system.
Japanese government misleading UN on impact of Fukushima fallout on children, decontamination workers
8 March 2019 — Greenpeace International
Tokyo, Japan – The Japanese government is deliberately misleading United Nations human rights bodies and experts over the ongoing nuclear crisis in areas of Fukushima, according to a new investigation released by Greenpeace Japan today.[1]
Mark Zuckerberg’s “Privacy Manifesto”: A brief for intensifying Internet and social media censorship By Kevin Reed
12 March 2019 — WSWS
On March 6, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a statement entitled “A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking” on the Notes tab of his personal page. Widely described as a “manifesto,” the document is a brief for ending the mass public exchange of ideas on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, as well as across the Internet as a whole, under the guise of “protecting privacy.”
The “Museum of Communist Terror”: Institute of historical falsification planned for London By Thomas Scripps
12 March 2019 — WSWS
A network of extreme Brexiteer Tories and right-wing media figures plan to establish a “Museum of Communist Terror” in London.
This would be the first such project outside of a former Stalinist state, marking a major right-wing offensive in British politics. Its proponents hope to bury the popular appeal of socialism under a mountain of lies, to legitimate the far right and provide a spur to a devastating programme of social counterrevolution.
Global Glyphosate Study Pilot Phase Shows Reproductive and Developmental Effects at ‘Safe’ Dose
12 March 2019
A new study has found that exposure to glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs), including Roundup, caused reproductive and developmental effects in both male and female rats, at a dose level currently considered safe in the U.S. (1.75 mg/kg bw/day).
Exposure to GBHs was associated with androgen-like effects, including a statistically significant increase of anogenital distance (AGD) in males and females, delay of first estrous and increased testosterone in females.
Desperate Netanyahu openly embraces Jewish extremists
11 March 2019 — Jonathan Cook
The decision to ally with the Jewish equivalent of the Ku Klux Klan lays bare where the Israeli right plans to head next
Middle East Eye – 11 March 2019
After a decade of coalition governments in Israel led by Benjamin Netanyahu, the language needed to describe them has necessarily grown more extreme.
At first, they were right-wing. Then ultra-nationalist. Recently, analysts have started to talk of Netanyahu leading a far-right coalition. Now it seems we may have to go further still.
Venezuela Newslinks 11-12 March 2019
12 March 2019 16:05 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting
Truth heroes: Dispelling the daily media bullshit on Venezuela
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/03/12/truth-heroes-dispelling-the-daily-media-bullshit-on-venezuela/
Lavrov lambasts Pompeo’s remarks about Rosneft
http://tass.com/economy/1048340
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