April 2019
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Debunking Myths of ‘Red-Brown’ Alliances By Max Parry
Recently, a certain political concept has been resurrected that warrants interrogation. The notion of a ‘red-brown’ alliance has been thrown around so ubiquitously as a form of political slander that any substantive meaning to the term has been evacuated. Rather than accurately designating any associations that may exist between the left and far right, the… Continue reading
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Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the Moscow 2019 Conference on International Security by Sergey Lavrov
I am grateful for this invitation to once again speak at the Moscow Conference on International Security organised by the Russian Ministry of Defence. On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I would like to welcome its participants coming from various countries and multilateral organisations. Continue reading
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Trump Has Murdered Over 40,000 Venezuelans With Sanctions By Caitlin Johnstone
A new study from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) has found that tens of thousands of Venezuelans have died as a direct result of Trump administration sanctions put into effect in August 2017, and that tens of thousands more are expected to die as a result of additional sanctions put into place in January of… Continue reading
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UK: May unable to stem Tory crisis over Brexit, but still propped up by Corbyn By Robert Stevens
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has headed off a potential leadership challenge once again but faces demands from Conservative backbench MPs that she set a date for her departure. Continue reading
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Workers of the World Unite (At Last) By Ronaldo Munck
Once seen as the vanguard of a new social order, the contemporary labor movement has been written off by many progressive activists and scholars as a relic of the past. They should not be so hasty. Rather than spelling the beginning of the end for organized labor, globalization has brought new opportunities for reinvention, and… Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 25 April 2019
25 April 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Paper Flags, Tehran: City of Love and Belmonte—Alienation, loneliness and other problems http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/26/sff1-a26.html The Dilemma of Imran Khan https://journal-neo.org/2019/04/25/the-dilemma-of-imran-khan/ Continue reading
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Assange’s Imprisonment Reveals Even More Corruption Than WikiLeaks Did By Caitlin Johnstone
Consortium News has launched a new series titled “The Revelations of WikiLeaks”, geared toward helping readers come to a full appreciation of just how much useful information the outlet has made available to the world with its publications. Which is good, because there’s a whole lot of it. Understanding everything that WikiLeaks has done to shine light in areas… Continue reading
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From the BRICS countries to the townships: racial and social segregation continues
Over 25 years ago now the people of South Africa won the struggle to end the Apartheid regime.(1) Nevertheless, even though it is now against the law, de facto racial segregation is still apparent. Moreover the capitalist assault on the majority of the population is blatant. The class struggle is all the more clearly perceptible… Continue reading
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BRI Forum Shanghai: How Western “Reports” Smear China By Andre Vltchek
The second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation is about to open in Beijing. It will take place from 25th to 27th April, 2019. The Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to deliver the keynote address. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 26 April 2019
26 April 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Solidarity with Venezuela now! Protect the embassy US may soon attempt Venezuela-style ‘color revolutions’ in Nicaragua & Cuba – GRU chief https://www.rt.com/news/457571-us-venezuela-nicaragua-cuba-gru/ Abrams calls to ‘imagine’ Venezuela with billions of dollars from US and without Maduro https://www.rt.com/news/457565-abrams-imagine-venezuela-maduro/ Continue reading
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XR
25 April 2019 — extinction/rebellion There are a lot of brave people willing to risk imprisonment involved in XR, here’s one of them, an 82 year-old man camped out on top of a DLR train in London. Continue reading
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The Chelsea Manning Story- The Trailer
XY Chelsea tells the historic story of whistleblower Chelsea Manning, whose 35-year sentence in an all-male maximum security prison was commuted by President Obama in 2017. XY Chelsea is the journey of her fight for survival and dignity, and her transition from prisoner to a free woman. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 24-25 April 2019
25 April 2019 18:43 — The New Dark Age Russian Intel: West ‘Tearing Apart’ Venezuela Like Syria, Libya Venezuela’s Parallel Ambassador Seated at OAS as Activists Defend Embassy https://therealnews.com/stories/venezuelas-parallel-ambassador-seated-at-oas-as-activists-defend-embassy Continue reading
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Media trust ranker NewsGuard launches in UK by greenlighting tabloids, adding ex-NATO chief to board
NewsGuard, the trust-rating outfit that continues to approve of US media that spread the Russiagate conspiracy theory, has expanded operations to the UK and added a former NATO chief to its advisory board. Continue reading
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Book Review: Savagery and Its Promoters and Profiteers By David Swanson
Max Blumenthal’s new book, “The Management of Savagery: How America’s National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump,” is over 300 pages and wastes not a word. It also does far more than it claims. Continue reading
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Empire Files: Giants – Who Really Rules The World?
Abby Martin sits down with Peter Phillips, former director of Project Censored and professor of Political Sociology at Sonoma State University. His new book “Giants: The Global Power Elite” details the 17 transnational investment firms which control over $50 trillion in wealth—and how they are kept in power by their activists, facilitators and protectors Continue reading
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U.S. Ambassador to Russia Openly Boasts of ‘Gunboat Diplomacy’
Who remembers the good old days, where diplomats engaged in that thing called diplomacy. Remember – when it talk first, shoot second? Those days seem to be long gone by the looks of it, evidenced by this latest spate of bravado from US Ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman, extolling the virtues of ‘gunboat diplomacy.’ Continue reading
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COLDTYPE Issue 183 MAY 2019 – is now on line
24 April 2019 — Coldtype Issue Continue reading
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Yemeni Military Successes May Boost Secret Peace Negotiations with Saudis by Ahmed Abdulkareem
Ansar Allah leader Al-Houthi revealed secret negotiations between Ansar Allah and the Saudi regime to end the Saudi war against Yemen, but hinted that ending the war would require serious will from the Saudi regime to change its vision towards Yemen’s relationship with the kingdom after the war. Continue reading
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PEPE ESCOBAR: War on Iran & Calling America’s Bluff
Vast swathes of the West seem not to realize that if the Strait of Hormuz is shut down a global depression will follow, writes Pepe Escobar. Continue reading
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