April 1, 2019
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Getting longer but lower By Michael Roberts
We’ve had falling economic activity indicators in many major economies; and contracting industrial production in Europe and Japan. The business activity indicators in the US are the highest among the G7 top capitalist economies, but even there, they are beginning to fall back. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 1 April 2019
1 April 2019 20:40 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting The coup failed. Venezuelans now brace themselves for slow, punishing economic warfare. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/oUtdmhsdL0c/ Tensions in Venezuela may escalate soon, warns expert http://tass.com/politics/1051630 Continue reading
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“Who are these Yankees?” Maradona blasts U.S. meddling: Venezuela Roundup – 12
1 April 2019 — Countercurrents Maduro announces power rationing, blames opposition for violence and chaos Guaido awaits army support, informs BBC Guaido dismisses report of Russian troops in Venezuela No one is showing up for pro-Guaido protests Very happy, says U.S. envoy on India cutting Venezuela oil import “Who are these Yankees?” Maradona blasts U.S. meddling in Continue reading
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Ten Years Since the Death of Ian Tomlinson, the Police Have Done Nothing to Regain Public Trust by Sam Walton
On 1 April 2009, in the midst of a huge protest against the G20 summit in London, newspaper seller Ian Tomlinson was violently assaulted by Metropolitan police officer Simon Harwood. This was an unprovoked attack, causing severe internal bleeding that led to Tomlinson’s death. Continue reading
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Is Washington Preparing the Groundwork for a Maidan Scenario in Venezuela? By Robert Bridge
Venezuela is home to the largest oil deposits in the world, which makes the political stakes involved much higher than they would be otherwise. Enter Juan Guaidó, Washington’s puppet leader in Caracas, who will be attempting to rally the country against legitimate (i.e., democratically elected by the people) President Nicolas Maduro next month. Continue reading
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China – and Macron’s U-Turn By Peter Koenig
Less than a week ago, President Macron was lambasting Italy for signing agreements with China in the context of their New Silk Road, alias President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), in the same breath he was criticizing China for attempting to undermine Europe with new trade individual country deals under the pretext of… Continue reading
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Class struggle and socialism are the only answer to the Brexit crisis
The prospect of leaving the European Union has provoked the deepest crisis of rule in the post-war history of British imperialism. But the great danger is that the working class is not only being prevented from intervening in its own interests, it is being divided against itself and politically subordinated to one or the other… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 1 April 2019 (08/19)
1 April 2019 — Statewatch Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/mar/email-1-apr.pdf Please to support our work STATEWATCH NEWS 1. EU: New Roles for Frontex agreed – including returning non-EU nationals to non-EU countries 2. Refugee crisis: latest news from across Europe (19-25.3.18 3. EU: “Policing in a Connected World”: Council to help police access “Novel Actionable Information” Continue reading
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How Israel is working to remove Palestinians from Jerusalem
The 350,000 Palestinian inhabitants of occupied East Jerusalem are caught between a rock and hard place, as Israel works ever harder to remove them from the holy city in which they were born, analysts and residents warn. Continue reading
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Welfare Weekly 31 March 2019
31 March 2019 — Welfare Weekly Thousands call on DWP to stop telling GPs not to give sick notes to benefit claimants Read more Continue reading
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THE WEAPONIZING OF ANTI-SEMITISM AGAINST THE LEFT
Israeli sponsored Zionism excels in political white noise. Every-time the State of Israel engages in an atrocity or is being accused of an atrocity, the anti-Semitic volume control is turned up to drown out what is happening. When the brave Palestinians in Gaza decided to rattle their cage to draw the world’s attention to their… Continue reading
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