18 March 2019 — Defend Wikileaks
THE “ASSANGE PRECEDENT”:
A precedent with profound implications for press freedom
Day: March 18, 2019
The Assault On UK Food and Environment Rules in Brexit Trade Deal With USA
18 March 2019 — True Publica
By Lawrence Carter – Unearthed: US agribusiness lobby calls on Trump to target UK food and environment rules in Brexit trade deal. American agriculture interests have flooded the US government’s trade agency with demands to pressure the UK into slashing food standards after Brexit, official documents show.
Venezuela Newslinks 18 March 2019
18 March 2019 16:00 — The New Dark Age
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Tragicomedy of Errors
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/03/18/tragicomedy-of-errors/
Who’s to Blame for the Crisis in Venezuela? A Response to Gabriel Hetland
https://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/14392
Venezuela: Westerners have lost the ability to reason! (PART 2) by Luis Garcia
18 March 2019 — Counter Currents
Dictatorship
Strange “dictatorship” in which the Parliament is controlled by the opposition.
Strange “dictatorship” where elections are held all the time.
Strange “dictatorship” in which “dictators” lose elections and respect the results.
The guilty silence over the jailing of Chelsea Manning By Andre Damon
18 March 2019 — WSWS
It has been ten days since a federal judge imprisoned whistleblower Chelsea Manning for refusing to testify before the secret grand jury in Virginia, which is preparing an indictment against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.
Statewatch News Online, 18 March 2019 (07/19)
18 March 2019 — Statewatch.org
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Yankees go home! Global mobilizations in solidarity with Venezuela
18 March 2019 — Peoples Dispatch
From Malaysia to the Argentina, peoples movements and organizations mobilized on Saturday March 16, to express their solidarity with Venezuela amid one of the most brutal attacks on the country by the US and its allies
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