April 15, 2019
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Assange BULLETIN – 2: 15 April 2019
15 April 2019 — Countercurrents Assange and Lula the same case to silence their voices, says Chomsky If Assange is criminalized & incarcerated, you’ll never be free again, says George Galloway Assange must face Swedish justice first: 70 UK MPs and peers The US case against Assange could change the future of journalism Journalists in the Continue reading
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Is the U.S. Prepared to Accept a Defeat in Venezuela?
The attack should have been short since the Maduro administration was not strong enough to resist. This was the conviction of the United States as they carried out a strategy to overthrow him: they built a President 2.0 Juan Guaido; they gave him a fictionalized government, international recognition, a collective narrative among mass media companies,… Continue reading
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New book: “Latin America in the Vortex of Social Change”
The first decade of the new millennium opened, and threatened to close, with an involution in the system of global capitalist production—a multiple crisis of global proportions in the first instance and a region-wide crisis in Latin America in the second. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 14-15 April 2019
15 April 2019 18:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Demonstrators denounce the arrest of Julian Assange outside Belmarsh prison http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/bafDE32BJuE/ Today’s links http://mikewhitneysgraspingatstraws.blogspot.com/2019/04/todays-links_15.html Continue reading
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Glyphosate Worse Than We Could Imagine By F. William Engdahl
As new studies continue to point to a direct link between the widely-used glyphosate herbicide and various forms of cancer, the agribusiness lobby fights ferociously to ignore or discredit evidence of human and other damage. A second US court jury case just ruled that Monsanto, now a part of the German Bayer AG, must pay… Continue reading
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In his own words: Assange’s statement By Philip Roddis
Do you know the Swedish Chief Prosecutor initially handling the allegations of rape against Julian Assange found no case to answer? Are you aware she was succeeded by Marianne Ny, who has pursued a legally dubious course? Have you read Assange’s detailed statement? Continue reading
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Welfare Weekly Issue: 14 April, 2019
14 April 2019 — Welfare Weekly Benefit claimant with broken back killed himself after being found ‘fit for work’ by DWP He was left pennniless and unable to pay the rent or top up his electricity meter. Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 15 April 2019 (09/19)
15 April 2019 — Statewatch Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/apr/email-15-april.pdf Please to support our work ANALYSIS Statewatch: Italy’s redefinition of sea rescue as a crime draws on EU policy for inspiration STATEWATCH NEWS 1. EU: Europol’s anti-terrorist unit demands removal of adverts, books, and more from web archives 2. EU: Council wants a “comprehensive study” on Continue reading
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Brexit – The truth about the economy and what’s next
Last December, TruePublica broke the news that the mainstream media had either misunderstood or blatantly misquoted a very particular study about the real cost of Brexit. The most accurate of reports of that study in the MSM stated that –“Theresa May’s Brexit deal is expected to cost the UK economy as much as £100bn over the next… Continue reading
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Annexation may provide the key to unlocking Netanyahu’s legal troubles
After winning the Israeli election with a slim majority, in a campaign that grew more sordid and vilifying by the day, Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to begin his fifth term as Israeli prime minister. Continue reading
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US Military Attack on Venezuela Mulled by Top Trump Advisors and Latin American Officials at Private DC Meeting
EXCLUSIVE: Away from the public eye, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) think tank hosted a top-level, off-the-record meeting to explore US military options against Venezuela. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 14-15 April 2019
15 April 2019 — The New Dark Age US Military Attack on Venezuela Mulled by Top Trump Advisors and Latin American Officials at Private DC Meeting https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/04/15/us-military-attack-venezuela-mulled-top-trump-advisors-latin-american-officials-private-dc-meeting.html Venezuela has not yet transferred debt payment to Russia, says deputy minister http://tass.com/economy/1053694 Continue reading
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Hands Off Venezuela: Pence Bullies Venezuela at UN Security Council. U.S. Peace Council Contradicts Western Media Distortions By Carla Stea
In a March 26 United Nations press briefing strong on fact and devoid of bigotry, the United States Peace Council, headed by Bahman Azad, just returned from their recent visit to Venezuela, presented an eyewitness account of realities on the ground in Venezuela. Their factual information drastically contradicted Western media distortions and propaganda intended to discredit… Continue reading
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Why Venezuela has not been Defeated
Introduction: Over the past half decade, a small army of US analysts, politicians, academics and media pundits have been predicting the imminent fall, overthrow, defeat and replacement of the Venezuelan government. They have been wrong on all counts, in each and every attempt to foist a US client regime. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 