April 2019
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The European elections and the revival of class struggle By Ulrich Rippert
Four weeks before the European elections are due to take place in late May, there is very little of any campaign in many European countries. In Germany, the various parties represented in the German parliament are hanging up election posters that are virtually identical. The demands raised are largely interchangeable. Election meetings are not taking… Continue reading
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Statewatch News Online, 29 April 2019 (10/19)
29 April 2019 — Statewatch Also available as a pdf file: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2019/apr/email-29-april.pdf Please to support our work STATEWATCH NEWS 1. EU: Police press ahead with efforts to automate cross-border information-sharing 2. EU: National security and fundamental rights: problems with definitions and the rule of law 3. SPAIN: Ethnic profiling in Catalonia: for every police identity check on a Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 28-29 April 2019
29 April 2019 — The New Dark Age White House correspondents’ tribute to press freedom silent on Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/29/whcd-a29.html UK’s Julian Assange Defence Committee holds public meeting http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/29/assg-a29.html Continue reading
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Declare a National Climate Emergency Now
This Wednesday MPs will vote on whether to declare a national climate emergency. After months of grassroots actions across the country from school students striking to Extinction Rebellion mobilising thousands across London, politicians have now begun to react to the urgency of the climate and ecological crisis. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 28-29 April 2019
29 April 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Waivers Over – Bolton Gets His Way https://www.strategic-culture.org/cartoon/2019/04/29/waivers-over-bolton-gets-his-way/ Battle for Venezuelan Embassy Continues https://www.globalresearch.ca/battle-venezuelan-embassy-continues/5675932 Continue reading
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Enough with threats, ultimatums, Cuba tells US
“Enough threats and deadlines against the Cuban Revolution. They could not, cannot and will not (work),” said Miguel Diaz-Canel, the President of Cuba. Continue reading
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Russia Think Tank Study Shows How To Overextend And Unbalance The U.S. of A.
The Russian institute for Research and Analysis for National Defense (RAND) recently assessed how to further damage the United States: Continue reading
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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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Libyan National Army Press Conference on Developments in the Battle to Liberate Tripoli
An extraordinary press conference by the Spokesman for the Libyan National Army, Ahmed Al-Mesmari with English translation included. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 25-26 April 2019
26 April 2019 15:34 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting UN official visits Julian Assange, investigating Ecuador’s illegal surveillance Assange Expected to confirm Wikileaks source of DNC Emails was Seth Rich not Russians Continue reading
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Reuters Bites Off Tongue in US War Against Venezuela – Rosneft Forces Withdrawal of News Fabrication By John Helmer
The Reuters news agency has published a retraction of an “exclusive” report on operations between the Venezuelan and Russian state oil companies, PDVSA and Rosneft, after disavowing the US-supplied source. Reuters has also acted after Rosneft applied for a criminal investigation of the media company’s operations in Russia by Moscow prosecutors. Continue reading
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