March 2019
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Venezuela Newslinks 28-29 March 2019
29 March 2019 17:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Today’s Links http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/03/todays-links_29.html US-Russian Escalation on Venezuela: A Background Perspective By William Serafino https://williambowles.info/2019/03/29/us-russian-escalation-on-venezuela-a-background-perspective-by-william-serafino/ Continue reading
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Waterstones paying millions to US ‘vulture fund’ owners while denying staff living wage
29 March 2019 — CorporateWatch Waterstones staff are demanding to be paid the living wage. Management say the company can’t afford it but an investigation by Corporate Watch has found: Continue reading
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US-Russian Escalation on Venezuela: A Background Perspective By William Serafino
The distant and sometimes evasive treatment of the international media with respect to the figure of Juan Guaidó, has made evident his erosion. Two months after having proclaimed himself “president of the Republic”, the deputy for the state of Vargas, invested by the United States and the Western media industry as a consensus figure with… Continue reading
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EXCLUSIVE: Ecuador Imprisons US Journalist In Room As Ambassador Tells Assange to ‘Shut up’ and Accept Spying
It was meant to be a routine visit by a journalist to another journalist. Instead, I found myself locked in a cold, surveilled room for over an hour by Ecuadorian officials, as a furious argument raged between the country’s ambassador and Julian Assange on Monday. Continue reading
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Brexit Has Ceased to be the “Will of the People”: Study By Jack Peat
National Centre for Social Research data found 55 per cent of Brits would vote Remain in a second referendum, with just six per cent of respondents saying they now think the UK will secure a good Brexit deal – a massive reduction from the 33 per cent who were optimistic about the outcome of negotiations when… Continue reading
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EU’s Parliament Signs Off on Disastrous Internet Law: What Happens Next? By Danny O’Brien
In a stunning rejection of the will of five million online petitioners, and over 100,000 protestors this weekend, the European Parliament has abandoned common-sense and the advice of academics, technologists, and UN human rights experts, and approved the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive in its entirety. Continue reading
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Britain’s mother of all crises By Rob Sewell
The Mother of Parliaments is now home to the mother of all crises. Brexit has tested the UK’s institutions and unwritten constitution to their limits. We are in uncharted waters – and in Theresa May’s case, in a rapidly sinking boat without a life vest. Continue reading
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UK Conservatives’ rampant Islamophobia and racism covered up by party tops, downplayed by media By Margot Miller
Ever since Jeremy Corbyn was elected as Labour Party leader in 2015, a hysterical witch-hunt against him and the wider left has been led by the Blairites, the media and the ruling Conservative Party equating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism. Continue reading
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Update on the Link Tax
On Tuesday the European Parliament in Strasbourg voted to approve the Copyright Directive including the highly controversial Article 13. This happened despite millions of people like you voicing their opposition online and in the streets. Continue reading
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Reconstructing the history of the electricity sabotage in Venezuela
This escalation of destabilization attempts against Venezuela on this new phase, since January of this year, has tried to push the country towards a war environment. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report for Thursday March 28 2019: RussiaGate Implodes; Julian Assange & Robert Miller; What the Rich Will Do
28 March 2019 — Black Agenda Report Russiagate Implodes, Pleasing Trump But Leaving the Left in the Cold – Glen Ford , BAR executive editor The “Deep State” escalated a dispute within the U.S. corporate electoral duopoly into a geopolitical crisis, an “attack on America” Continue reading
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New Zealand fascist killer had known Australian far-right links By Mike Head
Substantial evidence has emerged in recent days that Brenton Tarrant, the 28-year-old Australian who gunned down 50 people in a premeditated attack on two mosques in New Zealand on March 15, had intensive links with far-right groups in Australia. Continue reading
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Tensions rise between US, Russia and China over Venezuelan coup By Bill Van Auken
US President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House Wednesday that “Russia has to get out” of Venezuela. Asked how Washington would enforce this demand, he responded, “We’ll see. All options are open.” Continue reading
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Parliament rejects all alternatives as May’s offer to resign fails to stem Brexit crisis By Robert Stevens
Wednesday began with Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May informing her MPs that she will resign as party leader and prime minister if parliament passes the withdrawal deal she has agreed with the European Union (EU). It ended with a series of indicative votes on possible alternatives post-Brexit, none of which secured a majority. Continue reading
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Welcome to hell: The Peruvian mining city of La Rinconada
While the West attacks Venezuela, a country that improved the lives of many of its citizens, it overlooks horrors that are taking place in Peru and other ‘pro-market’ countries in Latin America. Continue reading
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Syria’s Rukban Now Little More Than a US-Controlled Concentration Camp – and the Pentagon Won’t Let Refugees Leave
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a concentration camp is defined as “a place where large numbers of people are kept as prisoners in extremely bad conditions, especially for political reasons.” It is undeniable that the Rukban camp fits this definition to the letter. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 27-28 March 2019
28 March 2019 16:56 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Russia Rejects Trump Regime Demand to Leave Venezuela https://www.globalresearch.ca/russia-rejects-trump-regime-demand-to-leave-venezuela/5672957 Kremlin calls on US to respect Russia’s right to cooperate with Venezuela http://tass.com/world/1051009 Continue reading
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Greg Palast: Koch Brothers Behind US Coup In Venezuela
For more on the role oil plays as well as the racial dynamic of the US attempt at a coup in Venezuela, we turn to investigative journalist Greg Palast. He discusses the latest developments with RT America’s Manila Chan. Continue reading
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