April 27, 2019
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XR: Update #7 – To Parliament, and Beyond
The London Rebellion, after ten unbelievable days, will relinquish its final location on Thursday. We’ll be coming back to a different world. Continue reading
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War by other means: US/EU sanctions aimed at crippling Syria By Jean Shaoul
The fuel shortage has become far worse than during the war—bringing commercial life almost to a standstill. With domestic oil production down as a result of war damage and disruption to only 24,000 barrels per day (BPD), far less than the 136,000 bpd it needs, the government has rationed petrol. Private cars are allowed 20… Continue reading
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So Where is the Swedish Warrant? By Craig Murray
If the Swedish allegations against Julian Assange were genuine and not simply a ruse to arrest him for extradition to the United States, where is the arrest warrant now from Sweden and what are the charges? Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 27 April 2019
27 April 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting ‘Vulgar maneuver’: Maduro slams Abrams for trying to co-opt legacy of Hugo Chavez https://www.rt.com/news/457699-maduro-chavista-abrams-venezuela/ Canada Gets Cozy with Repressive Middle East Monarchies https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/canada-gets-cozy-with-repressive-middle-east-monarchies/ Continue reading
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Amid mass beheadings, Wall Street scrambles for Saudi profits
The hideous public beheadings of 37 men in a single day in Saudi Arabia last Tuesday have provoked scant protest from Western governments and the corporate media. Continue reading
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Half of all land in England owned by less than one percent of the population By Margot Miller
The UK is one of the most unequal societies on the planet. The scale of this is effectively documented in new research revealing that one half of all the land in England is the private property of less than one percent of the population. This equates to just 25,000 people. England accounts for just over… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 26 April 2019: ADOS Opposes Free Tuition, Debt Forgiveness; Dems Want to Stop Sanders; Pompeo’s Truth About Lies
26 April 2019 — Black Agenda Report Why ADOS “Reparationists” Oppose Free Tuition and Student Debt Forgiveness – Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor The latest foolishness from the ADOS “reparationists” exposes the real purpose of their shtick, to substitute reparations chatter for productive class analysis and organizing Continue reading
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Progressive capitalism – an oxymoron By Michael Roberts
Joseph Stiglitz is a Nobel (Riksbank) prize winner in economics and former chief economist at the World Bank, as well as an adviser to the leftist Labour leadership in the UK. He stands to the left in the spectrum of mainstream economics. Continue reading
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If war is an industry, how can there be peace in a capitalist World? By Vijay Prashad
On 26 April 1937, twelve bombers of the German Condor Legion and the Italian Aviazione Legionaria flew low over the Basque country of Spain in the midst of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). They tore down over the small town of Guernica, where they let loose their fiery arsenal. Almost two thousand people died in… Continue reading
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Assange Expected to confirm Wikileaks source of DNC Emails was Seth Rich not Russians By Dr Michael Salla
The April 11 arrest of Julian Assange has resurrected the narrative that emails stored on the Democratic National Committee (DNC) were not hacked by Russia, but leaked by a disenchanted employee, Seth Rich, who wanted to expose how Bernie Sanders was systematically undermined during the 2016 primaries by the DNC. According to this narrative, Rich… Continue reading
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