April 2019
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Ecuador twists embarrassing INA Papers into pretext to oust Assange
On 26 March, WikiLeaks’ Twitter account announced that President Moreno is being investigated by Ecuador’s Congress for corruption, sparked by the INA Papers leak. The same tweet referenced President Moreno’s attempt to surrender Assange in exchange for US debt relief, a fact that had been reported by The New York Times. Continue reading
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The Ukrainian Election: Poroshenko Loses, the Regime Survives By Dmitry Babich
Anyone covering the Ukrainian presidential election for the Western media during the last few days has had to perform a complicated balancing act. How else could you explain President Poroshenko’s underwhelming finish to a trusting reader of the New York Times or the Washington Post, despite the fact that the president was proclaimed a hero in both the… Continue reading
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Ecuadorian president threatens to evict Julian Assange from London embassy By Oscar Grenfell
In a clear threat to expel Julian Assange from Ecuador’s London embassy, the country’s President Lenín Moreno declared in an interview yesterday that the WikiLeaks founder had “repeatedly violated the conditions of his asylum.” Moreno stated that his government would “take a decision” “in the short term” on Assange’s circumstances. Continue reading
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From Brexit to Trump, it’s death by 1,000 cuts By Jonathan Cook
Our attention is being diverted away from the political to the cultural, medical and technical. When our elites have no solutions to the most pressing problems of the day, when all the objective evidence indicates that the political system they oversee and have designed to enrich themselves is driving us over a cliff edge, with… Continue reading
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Open Rights Group Newsletter 3 April 2019
3 April 2019 — Open Rights Group Open Rights Group has announced ORGCon is back on 13 July 2019 with Edward Snowden as our keynote speaker! From the use of data in the democratic process to the impact of algorithms on free expression, we’ll be covering all things digital at our London conference. Early bird tickets are Continue reading
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The Origins of Venezuela’s Economic Crisis
Venezuela has become a popular argument against socialism amongst conservatives because of the deep economic crisis it is currently traversing. Defenders of the Bolivarian project, though, say that US sanctions and economic war are to blame for the crisis. Greg Wilpert presents an analysis that tries to take all the factors into account Continue reading
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Julian Assange: Socialists and Liberals Must Now Choose Their Side By Craig Murray
Cassandra Fairbanks’ account of her visit to Julian in the Ecuadorean Embassy paints a truly harrowing picture of the conditions in which he is being held. Last week after receiving a message from Julian I applied to the Ecuadorean Embassy to go and see him. I have done this many times but a new regime… Continue reading
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May offers Corbyn “national unity” Brexit agreement talks By Chris Marsden
Prime Minister Theresa May emerged from a fractious seven-hour cabinet meeting of her Conservative Party with an unprecedented offer to collaborate with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to secure an agreement on Brexit they could jointly recommend to parliament. If agreed, this would then be put to the European Union. Continue reading
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American Political Circus is Rocked Again By Viktor Mikhin
The American political circus is trembling violently again, in a ring where vultures of every stripe have been caught in a chokehold. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is not thinking of finding a dignified solution anymore – he is simply trying to find a way out of a very difficult situation. Like the mythical Sisyphus, Mueller… Continue reading
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UK “knife crime” hysteria used to push repressive police measures By Thomas Scripps
The new powers follow a “knife crime summit” held at Downing Street Monday, overseen by Prime Minister Theresa May. They make it easier for officers to search anyone they choose within a certain area under a “section 60” check. Continue reading
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Russiagate implodes, pleasing Trump but leaving the left in the cold By Glen Ford
The “Deep State” escalated a dispute within the U.S. corporate electoral duopoly into a geopolitical crisis, an “attack on America”. Robert Mueller has finally put a plug in the noxious fart that has oozed for almost three years from the conjoined bowels of the Democratic Party and the national security state—but the stain remains, and… Continue reading
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The south, the blackout and beyond: As chavismo mobilizes in Venezuela, the U.S. increases pressure
Without electricity again. Sitting on the terrace, we saw some lights coming on in buildings, candles, lanterns, a few cooking pots for a few minutes, then silence, the great silence of Caracas, its valley, its hills and neighborhoods. It was 19.10, the third blackout of the week, although it is diffuse, the light sometimes goes… Continue reading
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The UNO destroyed by US « exceptionalism » By Thierry Meyssan
Now weakened in comparison with their Russian and Chinese competitors, the United States have returned to their historical reflexes. In terms of foreign relations, they have abandoned the liberal international order and returned to the doctrine of exceptionalism. By questioning their own engagement with the Security Council, they have opened the way to the deconstruction… Continue reading
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Muellergate and the Discreet Lies of the Bourgeoisie By Craig Murray
The capacity of the mainstream media repeatedly to promote the myth that Russia caused Clinton’s defeat, while never mentioning what the information was that had been so damaging to Hillary, should be alarming to anybody under the illusion that we have a working “free media”. There are literally hundreds of thousands of mainstream media articles… Continue reading
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Schools and universities to reopen: Venezuela ROUNDUP – 13
2 April 2019 — Countercurrents Maduro reactivates power supply headquarters Electric coup d’état is in full swing, says Maduro S. sanctions impact electricity generation Schools are reopening in Venezuela after a brief period of closure amidst repeated electricity outages by interventionists’ series of sabotages. To take effective measures against sabotage, electricity supply authority has been reactivated. Continue reading
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Chelsea Manning Again Takes Fall for Defending Public’s Right to Know By Janine Jackson
Manning isn’t just in prison, she’s in solitary confinement—it’s supposedly not punitive because she won’t help the government make its case; no, it’s “administrative segregation,” generally understood to be for prisoners who might be in danger in the general prison population. US media talk about solitary confinement as though it were like a “time out”… Continue reading
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Podemos could lose half its seats in Spain’s general election By Alejandro López and Paul Mitchell
Support for Spain’s pseudo-left Podemos party has slumped ahead of the April 28 general election as a result of its pro-austerity, pro-Socialist Party (PSOE) policies. Continue reading
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CNN And WaPo Demand That Trump Further Escalate Tensions With Russia by Caitlin Johnstone
CNN has aired a segment in which pundit Fareed Zakaria tells the network’s audience that the US president has “been unwilling to confront Putin in any way on any issue” and asks “will Venezuela be the moment when Trump finally ends his appeasement?” Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 2 April 2019
2 April 2019 16:30 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Schools and universities to reopen: Venezuela ROUNDUP – 13 https://williambowles.info/2019/04/02/schools-and-universities-to-reopen-venezuela-roundup-13/ Breakthrough Energy Ventures: Our Malevolent Benefactors and Their Master Plan for Humanity https://www.mintpressnews.com/breakthrough-energy-ventures-our-malevolent-benefactors-and-their-master-plan-for-humanity/256806/ Continue reading
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Empire of Chaos in Hybrid War Overdrive By Pepe Escobar
The Trump administration’s foreign policy may be easily deconstructed as a crossover between The Sopranos and late-night comedy, writes Pepe Escobar. Continue reading
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