May 17, 2019
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Venezuela Newslinks 16-17 May 2019
17 May 2019 20:15 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Venezuela ROUNDUP: U.S. raid Venezuela embassy a brutal act against international law, says Maduro Who’s Behind the Pro-Guaidó Crowd Besieging Venezuela’s D.C. Embassy? https://www.mintpressnews.com/whos-behind-the-pro-guaido-crowd-besieging-venezuelan-embassy-in-dc/258533/ Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 16-17 May 2019
17 May 2019 20:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated through the day Foreign Office warns against Iran travel for British-Iranians https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48314799 Top Ten Differences Between the Iraq War and Trump’s Proposed Iran War https://www.globalresearch.ca/top-ten-differences-iraq-war-trumps-proposed-iran-war/5677742 Continue reading
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Extinction Rebellion and the Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism
Exactly a month on from the beginning of Extinction Rebellion’s demonstrations in London, the British Parliament has approved Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s motion to declare a national ‘climate emergency’ – being one of the group’s three demands. This comes two days after pro-Corbyn campaign group Momentum declared its ‘union’ with Extinction Rebellion in the… Continue reading
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NHS: Staffing challenges now “bigger threat to the future of the NHS than funding cuts”
Two interesting facts not published that emerged from this report. One is that doctors are now so overworked that approximately 80 per cent are at threat of ‘burnout.’ The term “burnout” was coined in the 1970s by the American psychologist Herbert Freudenberger. He used it to describe the consequences of severe stress and high ideals… Continue reading
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Don’t Iraq Iran by David Swanson
If Iran had spent the last few decades lying about and threatening the United States, and had attacked and built military bases in Canada and Mexico, and had imposed sanctions on the United States that were creating great suffering, and then a lying scheming war-crazed Iranian official announced that he believed the United States had… Continue reading
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Target Iran! By Francis Boyle
The author delivered this speech at the Perdana Global Peace Forum 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 22, 2006. That year the U.S. had deployed aircraft carriers to the Persian Gulf and tensions then, as now, were high. Continue reading
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Sustainable Pulse: Glyphosate, GMOs and Pesticides – Weekly Global News Bulletin 16 May 2019
16 May 2019 — Sustainable Pulse Brands Set to March on US EPA over Glyphosate Concerns – Interview with MegaFood On May 23 a group of top brands and members of the public are set to march to the offices of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deliver a vital petition, which aims to Continue reading
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An open letter to Extinction Rebellion
This letter was collaboratively written with dozens of aligned groups. As the weeks of action called by Extinction Rebellion were coming to an end, our groups came together to reflect on the narrative, strategies, tactics and demands of a reinvigorated climate movement in the UK. In this letter we articulate a foundational set of principles… Continue reading
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Why Many Venezuelans Are Still Chavistas
Over the past five years Venezuelans have gone through one of the harshest declines in living standards in Latin American history. There are things in the shops but hyperinflation has wiped out people’s purchasing power. Yet in the 23rd of January neighbourhood in Caracas most voters still support the government Are they nuts? Continue reading
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During Protests in Commemoration of 71st Anniversary of Palestinian Nakbah: Israeli Forces Wound 144 Civilians
On Wednesday, 15 May 2019, Israeli forces wounded 144 Palestinian civilians, including 49 children, 4 women, and 1 paramedic, in excessive use of force against the peaceful participants in the protests organized in commemoration of the 71st anniversary of the Palestinian Nakbah. Continue reading
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The latest multi-billion pound move in NHS privatisation – is the endgame in sight?
“No privatisation of the NHS on my watch,” said Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health, shortly after taking up his post. But this week the Health Services Journal (HSJ) revealed that “Providers offered control of NHSE budgets worth billions” (paywall). The article is explicit that the private healthcare sector is central among those now… Continue reading
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France hosts “Christchurch call” summit to intensify internet censorship By Will Morrow
The international “Christchurch call” summit held Wednesday in Paris, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinta Ardern, marked a further step in the drive by the world’s capitalist governments and the corporate technology giants to censor social media and muzzle rising social opposition in the working class and among young… Continue reading
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‘How Does the US Compensate the World for the Damage It Has Done?’ – CounterSpin interview with Basav Sen on beyond the Paris Accord
Janine Jackson interviewed Basav Sen about going beyond the Paris Climate Accord for the May 3, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Continue reading
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