April 2019
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The EU Is Tearing the UK Apart Over Brexit By Tom Luongo
Brexit has been a fascinating thing to watch. Despite all of the twists and turns, the incomprehensible motions, legal maneuvers and behavior of Prime Minister Theresa “I Surrender” May, for me there’s been a simple through-line to it all. Continue reading
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Another UK/US ‘deep state’ organisation working under cover as a British think tank
Think tanks can be dangerous organisations – and in Britain and America, many of them are just that. Their role is often to amplify a corporate message, to influence outcomes, which could be anything from climate science denial and greenwashing the crimes of fossil fuel and chemical Co’s, to dislodging public interest regulation with all… Continue reading
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UK local councils sell off billions of pounds in public assets due to austerity By Joe Mount
Local councils across Britain are selling off assets in property and land to the private sector on a huge scale. More than £9 billion in assets has been sold in just over the last five years. Continue reading
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The political implications of the Corbyn/May Brexit talks
The talks on an alternative Brexit deal between UK Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn decisively refute all claims that his election as leader of the Labour Party offered a way forward for working people. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks warns that Julian Assange faces imminent eviction from Ecuador’s London embassy By Oscar Grenfell
WikiLeaks today issued a warning that its founder, Julian Assange, faces imminent eviction from Ecuador’s London embassy, where he sought political asylum in 2012. The publishing organisation indicated that he would then be arrested by the British police. Continue reading
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PROSUR: A Return to Fascist Oligarchies in South America By Wayne Madsen
With more than a “wink and a nod” from their collegial “caudillo del Norte,” Donald Trump, seven right-wing South American leaders have launched the Forum for the Progress of South America (PROSUR), which aims to eradicate all vestiges of Venezuela’s late president, Hugo Chavez, and Brazil’s wrongfully-imprisoned past president, Inacio Lula da Silva. PROSUR seeks… Continue reading
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Brussels Becomes First Major City to Halt 5G Due to Health Effects By Josh del Sol
“I cannot welcome such technology if the radiation standards, which must protect the citizen, are not respected, 5G or not. The people of Brussels are not guinea pigs whose health I can sell at a profit. We cannot leave anything to doubt.” Continue reading
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Presidential Candidate Says ‘Ban Roundup!’
Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) is the first federal legislator and presidential candidate to call for a ban on Roundup weedkiller. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 3-4 April 2019
4 April 2019 21:25 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting American Exceptionalism is at the root of the Fake News Epidemic Attempting to Overthrow Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/04/04/american-exceptionalism-is-at-the-root-of-the-fake-news-epidemic-attempting-to-overthrow-venezuelas-bolivarian-revolution/ Mass Manufacturers of Slander and Lies https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/04/04/mass-manufacturers-of-slander-and-lies/ Continue reading
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Committee: Israel testing medicines on Palestinian prisoners
Head of High Follow up Committee for Arabs in Israel Mohammad Baraka has warned that Palestinians being held in Israeli jails are being used as guinea pigs for new medical trials, Arab48 reported yesterday. Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 4 April 2019
4 April 2019 — Sustainable Pulse Panera Bread Faces Lawsuit after Glyphosate Contamination in Products is Revealed Nonprofits Clean Label Project and GMO Free USA have filed a lawsuit against Panera Bread for deceptive marketing and sale of certain bread products, sandwiches and other goods as “clean,” after products tested positive for glyphosate, the main ingredient Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 4 April 2019: Manufactured Slander & Lies; Greens’ Howie Hawkins is 2020’s Peace Candidate; Remembering April 4
4 April 2019 — Black Agenda Report Mass Manufacturers of Slander and Lies – Glen Ford , BAR executive editor The U.S. has nothing to offer Africa but guns, drones and an extended half-life for the neocolonial order. Continue reading
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Books: Surpassing US Military Supremacy by Ron Ridenour
This is not a typical leftist or peace activist, but after reading his book and a piece on the website of the world’s most aggressive naval institution, I surmise that this Russian-American seeks to influence the avaricious eagle into realizing that warring against the cautious bear would not achieve success for anyone. Continue reading
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EU: ‘Fingerprinting Regulation’ approved now we need your help to monitor its implementation
On 4 April the European Parliament voted in favour of a Regulation that introduces a requirement for the mandatory fingerprinting of all national identity card holders in the EU – but this is not the end of the story, because now the measures will be implemented by national governments. We need your support to continue… Continue reading
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Amid rising tensions, NATO chief pitches confrontation with Russia to US Congress By Bill Van Auken
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg delivered the first-ever address by a leader of the US-led imperialist alliance to a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday, promoting a military buildup against Russia under conditions in which ever greater fissures are threatening to tear NATO itself apart. Continue reading
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Gangster Economics Against Huawei & Nordstream 2 By Caleb Maupin
Many Americans base their entire view of the world, and their understanding of the relationship of the United States to other countries, on the contents of a college-level “Economics 101” course. They view the world market as a land of “free competition” in which different countries and international corporations “compete.” They then believe that consumers,… Continue reading
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Australian government sets global precedent with online censorship bill By Mike Head
In the wake of the fascist attack in New Zealand, the Australian government is bulldozing unprecedented laws through parliament this week that will threaten all social media platforms with severe criminal penalties if they host what government authorities consider “abhorrent violent” material. Continue reading
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Media smoothed way to Corbyn target practice
It is time to stop believing these infantile narratives the political and media establishment have crafted for us. Like the one in which they tell us they care deeply about the state of British political life, that they lie awake at night worrying about the threat posed by populism to our democratic institutions. Continue reading
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Gossip Girls
Silvia Federici has been one of the most influential and widely cited Marxist feminist scholars of the last 50 years. Her landmark work, Caliban and the Witch, argued that witch hunts were an organized campaign of mass murder of women who defied the increasing implementation of a patriarchal, authoritarian order under a rapidly developing capitalist state.… Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 3 April 2019
3 April 2019 18:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Wealthy San Franciscans Raising Money to Block Homeless Shelter is Latest Example of Rich Disintegrating Society https://www.mintpressnews.com/wealthy-san-franciscans-raising-money-to-block-homeless-shelter-is-latest-example-of-rich-disintegrating-society/256874/ Like Libya and Syria, Venezuela Is Not “Just About Oil” https://www.globalresearch.ca/like-libya-syria-venezuela-not-just-about-oil/5673488 Continue reading
The New Dark Age 