April 10, 2019
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Military Situation In Libya On April 9, 2019 (Map Update)
10 April 2019 — South FRONT Forces loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA) recaptured Tripoli Airport and Swani from the Libyan National Army (LNA). Clashes in the area are ongoing as the LNA attempts to fend off the GNA counter-attack; LNA warplanes bombed a military runway of Tripoli’s Mitiga airport; LNA units kicked Continue reading
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Climate Catastrophe and Extinction Rebellion by Paul Street
In the last years of his life, Dr. Martin Luther King spoke against what he called “the triple evils that are interrelated” – economic inequality, racism, and militarism. If King were alive today, he’d be talking about the five evils that are interrelated, adding patriarchy and Ecocide, the destruction of livable ecology. He’d also be… Continue reading
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RAY McGOVERN: Unaccountable Media Faced with Dilemma in Next Phase of Deep State-gate
Readers of The Washington Post on Monday were treated to more of the same from editorial page chief Fred Hiatt. Hiatt, who won his spurs by promoting misleading “intelligence” about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and suffered no consequences, is at it again. Continue reading
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Assange Ecuadorian Extradition Noose Tightens with INA Papers as Latest Slipknot by Jimmysllama
On Monday, Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Jose Valencia denied recent allegations that his government is working with the U.K. to expel Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Last week, WikiLeaks announced that “a high-level source within the Ecuadorian state” had informed them that Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno was plotting to expel the publisher within… Continue reading
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Battlefield Libya: Fruits of US-NATO Regime Change By Tony Cartalucci
Forces under the control of Khalifa Haftar – a former Libyan general under the government of Muammar Qaddafi – turned opposition during the 2011 US-led NATO intervention – turned “opposition” again against the UN-backed “Government of National Accord” (GNA) seated in Tripoli – have most recently reached Tripoli’s airport. Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Paul Robeson!
Celebrate the life and legacy of singer, actor, civil rights activist, organizer, and scholar, Paul Robeson, on April 9th, the 121st anniversary of his birth. Egalitarian and anti-fascist, he was a victim of the House Committee on Un-American Activities and he was subsequently blacklisted in the entertainment industry for his leftist politics. Continue reading
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Haiti Facing Worst Crisis Since 1986? By Nancy Roc
“Here we go again in #Haiti. Another messy morning in #PAP where getting gas has become a matter of who you know because pumps are only delivering on a privilege basis. This station at Bois-Patate says it’s only giving diesel to intl organizations”. This tweet from Miami Herald’s Caribbean correspondent, Jacqueline Charles, on April 2,… Continue reading
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Washington’s Attempt to Impose its Will on the EU Stirs Anti-American Moods By Grete Mautner
The untamed desire of the Trump administration to impose all sorts of conditions and restrictions on the way that Europe operates is clearly leading to an abrupt increase in anti-American moods across various social layers of the European society. Practically speaking, there’s an avid hatred visible all across the EU towards Trump’s use of the… Continue reading
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Don’t expect US-Iran war before 2021 by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR
There is no reason to disbelieve the boast by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claiming credit personally for US President Donald Trump’s decision to designate Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a “foreign terrorist organisation” under American law. It is common knowledge that all major decisions and most minor decisions by Trump regarding the… Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 10 April 2019
10 April 2019 19:43 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting External players threaten Venezuela’s security, says Russia’s UN envoy http://tass.com/world/1053102 US caused billions of dollars in damage to Venezuela since 2013 – Russian envoy to UN https://www.rt.com/news/456151-nebenzya-venezuela-us-damage/ Continue reading
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