19 April 2019 — Electronic Intifada
“He’s a very naughty boy.” TNS
Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, has been busy.
Day: April 20, 2019
US Defeat in Syria Transforms into Campaign of Spite By Tony Cartalucci
20 April 2019 — New Eastern Outlook
The US-engineered proxy war against Syria, beginning in 2011 and the crescendo of the so-called “Arab Spring,” has ended in all but absolute defeat for Washington.
Its primary goal of overthrowing the Syrian government and/or rendering the nation divided and destroyed as it has done to Libya has not only failed – but triggered a robust Russian and Iranian response giving both nations an unprecedented foothold in Syria and unprecedented influence throughout the rest of the region.
Brexit Delay: the Soviets Would Have Understood It By Seth Ferris
20 April 2019 — New Eastern Outlook
So the Brexit saga has taken another twist, and become even more confusing and uncertain. All we can predict is that whatever the UK government says will happen is the one thing which won’t. May has failed to deliver Brexit. Instead she keeps coming back to parliament with an appalling deal. She’s now delaying Brexit and trying to get her deal passed again.
China’s Belt and Road Continues to Win Over Europe While Technocrats Scream and Howl By Matthew Ehret
20 April 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation
On April 10th, China’s Premier Li Keqiang celebrated the completion of the 1st phase of the 2.5 kilometer Chinese-built Pelgesac Bridge in Croatia across the Bay of Mali Ston alongside Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic. This ceremony marked a striking victory as the following day ushered in an important 16+1 Heads of State summit that saw Greece inducted as the newest member of a new alliance of Central and Eastern European nations who wish to cooperate with China. At this summit held on April 12, Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras stated that this was “a very crucial moment for global and regional developments” and “we have to leave behind the crisis and find new models of regional and global cooperation.”
UK home secretary demands climate change protesters face “full force of the law” By Laura Tiernan
20 April 2019 — WSWS
Mass arrests of climate change protesters continued in London yesterday, after the Conservative government’s Home Secretary Sajid Javid demanded police “use the full force of the law.”
More than 682 protesters have been arrested since Monday.
US Aggression Against Venezuela and How do You “Eat” That
5 April 2019 — Orinoco Tribune
As a result of different requests from friends of Venezuela in the US and also as a simplification exercise Orinoco Tribune’s staff decided to make an easy to follow timeline about the more than documented United State Aggression/Sanctions against the Bolivarian Revolution, starting with Hugo Chavez and continued/magnified with Nicolas Maduro.
As a result of different requests from friends of Venezuela in the US and also as a simplification exercise Orinoco Tribune’s staff decided to make an easy to follow timeline about the more than documented United State Aggression/Sanctions against the Bolivarian Revolution, starting with Hugo Chavez and continued/magnified with Nicolas Maduro.
Julian Assange Newslinks 20 April 2019
20 April 2019 — The New Dark Age
Venezuela: Still on the Brink?
https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/venezuela-still-on-the-brink/
Julian Assange As Neuroses
https://orientalreview.org/2019/04/20/julian-assange-as-neuroses/
Update #5 – Police turn Pirates: The Pink Boat is Lost!
20 April 2019 — extinction/rebellion
Photo: Lola Perrin, Oxford Circus
Friday 19th Apr – Day 5 of International Rebellion
It was a sad day for London’s Rebellion, as the beloved pink boat was lost amid a stormy sea of police- men and women. The neverending party was at last put on hold… for a few hours at least, until we retook Oxford Circus and the new sound-system arrived!
Climate catastrophe and extinction rebellion By Paul Street
20 April 2019 — MROnline
Originally published: The Official Website of Paul Street (April 10, 2019)
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 noting the dangerous rise of a new national and global fascism linked to the presidency of a malignant racist who glories in accelerating humanity’s environmental self-destruction while the media obsesses over matters of far slighter relevance.
The New Dark Age 