April 2019
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Liberating Tripoli
The United Nations and media are portraying the current situation in Libya as a conflict between disputing parties that requires diplomacy, peaceful negotiations and various forms of foreign interference, whether through diplomatic or military intervention. Continue reading
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“Assange Is Not A Journalist!” Yes He Is, Idiot By Caitlin Johnstone
As we discussed yesterday, whenever Assange is in the news and people are defending him you always see a bunch of hyper-emotional empire loyalists running around online trying to manage the narrative about him. One of the most common talking points which comes up is that Assange is “not a journalist”. Continue reading
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Libya – From Ghaddafi To Hafter
In March 2011 the United Kindom, France and the U.S. set out to destroy the government of Libya. Muslim Brotherhood militia and al-Qaeda aligned forces, equipped by Qatar and supported by Britain, took the easten city of Benghazi. The U.S. airforce destroyed government troops on the ground and helped the militants to capture and murder… Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 5-6 April 2019
6 April 2019 20:48 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting U.S. Admits It Cannot Attack Venezuela – Confirmed S-300 Anti-Air Systems https://www.globalresearch.ca/u-s-admits-cannot-attack-venezuela/5673251 Trump Regime Considering Aggression against Venezuela? https://www.globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-considering-aggression-venezuela/5673747 Continue reading
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Chelsea Manning Released from Solitary Confinement
After 28 days of incarceration, United States Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been released from solitary confinement and moved into the general population unit of the Truesdale Detention Center in Northern Virginia. Continue reading
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No Alarms and No Surprises? What Lyft’s Slump Tells Us About Modern Capitalism by James Meadway
Ride-hailing app Lyft’s initial public offering (IPO) last week saw the company valued at $24.3bn in its first day of trading shares – before crashing back below its $72-a-share initial purchase price, where it has knocked around for the rest of the week. Short-sellers (those betting on further price falls) have reportedly gone into “overdrive”,… Continue reading
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Q&A: Manipulators, Optimism, Utopia, Trump, Writing Tips & More By Caitlin Johnstone
While we’re all waiting to find out what’s happening with Julian Assange, I thought it might be fun to do a little Q & A with my readers to pass the time while that singularly important crisis resolves. I asked for some questions on social media and got way more than I had expected. Here are a few of the ones that… Continue reading
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It’s all about Assange… and it’s not
In one sense, this special digest is all about Julian Assange. And in another sense, it’s not. Continue reading
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Venezuela: Defending the Revolution
Trump is threatening Venezuela with military intervention, Venezuelans are not waiting to organise themselves to be ready to confront any threats that they may face, both from inside and outside the country.redfish got exclusive access to the People’s Militia in Venezuela to hear from those prepared to defend their revolution. Continue reading
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Samir Amin – organic internationalist
Taking as its point of departure this observation, itself a feature of 50 books by Samir Amin, the film depicts the audacious struggles of, as well as interviews with, addresses by and special moments involving this most outstanding intellectual of the South. In the film Samir Amin discusses the political economy of development, capitalism and… Continue reading
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Mass Manufacturers of Slander and Lies By Glen Ford
Chastened by the long-awaited Mueller report — or at least what we’ve learned about the two-year probe into “Russiagate” from Attorney General William Barr — the U.S. corporate media have been forced to partially abandon their ludicrous claim of “collusion” between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Or maybe the hysteria-makers were finally exhausted by their marathon of… Continue reading
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Guaido Set to Enact Uprising Rooted in US Regime-Change Operations Manual By Whitney Webb
With its hands tied when it comes to military intervention, only covert actions — such as those described in the RED Team document — are likely to be enacted by the U.S. government, at least at this stage of its ongoing “regime change” effort in Venezuela. Continue reading
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Invisible Leviathan – Marx’s law of value in the twilight of capitalism By michael roberts
The message of Murray Smith’s book is aptly portrayed by its title, Invisible Leviathan. The book sets out to explain why Marx’s law of value lurks invisibly behind the movement of markets in modern capitalism and yet ultimately explains the disruptive and regular recurrence of crises in production and investment that so damage the livelihoods (and… Continue reading
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Surrounding land left highly toxic after Grenfell Tower inferno By Thomas Scripps
The preliminary findings of a study into the widespread presence of toxic substances in the area around the fire that destroyed Grenfell tower in London were published in the journal Chemosphere. Continue reading
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Everything on Bellingcat and the official inquiry into the destruction of Flight MH17 by Jürgen Cain Külbel
Jürgen Cain Külbel is an ex-investigator for the criminal police of the Democratic Republic of Germany. He became a journalist after the reunification of Germany. He has managed to identify the author of the reports posted on the Bellingcat site which influenced the international police team tasked by Ukraine with establishing the cause of the… Continue reading
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Julian Assange/Wikileaks Newslinks 5 April 2019
5 April 2019 — The New Dark Age WikiLeaks warns that Julian Assange faces imminent eviction from Ecuador’s London embassy by Oscar Grenfell https://countercurrents.org/2019/04/05/wikileaks-warns-that-julian-assange-faces-imminent-eviction-from-ecuadors-london-embassy/ Protecting Julian Assange: A Must for People of Conscience https://www.globalresearch.ca/protecting-julian-assange/5673698 Continue reading
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Events in Venezuela are similar to Syria’s, says Assad: Venezuela Roundup – 15
5 April 2019 — Counter Currents Colectivos Venezuelan, Syrian people resisting the same US imperialism, says Arreaza Venezuelan right promotes violence, death Venezuelan troops on high alert Maduro accuses US of rehearsing new form of warfare in Venezuela Who are the colectivos demonized by the imperialist media? NATO discusses Russian military staff visit to Venezuela Venezuela-Russia working Continue reading
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‘Caesar’ evidence for atrocities in Syria: what does justice require?
The photos brought to public attention in January 2014 by the anonymous witness codenamed ‘Caesar’ show corpses, thousands in number, deceased from violent causes, some bearing signs of torture and many having suffered starvation and neglect.[1] The dead are said to be victims of Syrian state detention facilities, but it is now known that many were… Continue reading
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Media Lens: Fake News Tsunami – Trump’s ‘Collusion’ And Corbyn As ‘Dangerous Hero’
According to corporate journalism, a tidal wave of ‘fake news’ has long been threatening to swamp their wonderful work reporting real news. The ProQuest media database finds fully 805,669 hits for newspaper articles mentioning the term ‘fake news’. The key sources of such fakery are said to be social media, and above all, of course, Russia. Continue reading
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