May 18, 2019
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New Zealand PM leads global Internet censorship campaign By Tom Peters
The so-called “ Christchurch Call ” summit in Paris on Wednesday, led by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron, marked a significant escalation of the drive by governments throughout the world to censor the Internet. Continue reading
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Conservative Party implodes over Brexit crisis as May agrees to stand down next month By Robert Stevens
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is set to stand down as Tory party leader and prime minister after her European Union Withdrawal Agreement Bill goes before Parliament in the first week of June. Since May reached a deal with the EU in November, she has been unable to secure agreement from a deeply divided parliament. Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 17-18 May 2019
18 May 2019 21:50 — The New Dark Age Freedom Rider: U.S. Wages War Against the World https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/05/18/freedom-rider-u-s-wages-war-against-the-world/ Venezuela: Amnesty International in Service of Empire https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/venezuela-amnesty-international-in-service-of-empire/ Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 17-18 May 2019
18 May 2019 — The New Dark Age US warns airlines risk ‘miscalculation or misidentification’ over Persian Gulf https://www.rt.com/news/459679-us-iran-miscalculation-warning/ Chinese purchases of Iranian oil raise tantalizing questions Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 17 May 2019: US Eclipsed in Every Sphere But War; US Wages War Against the Planet; It’s the Military Budget, Stupid
17 May 2019 — Black Agenda Report The U.S. Has Been Eclipsed in Every Sphere But War – Glen Ford , BAR executive editor US rulers promised that technology would bring the return of the millions of jobs that were outsourced to low-wage countries, but America has lost the hi-tech race and excels only in Continue reading
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Embracing industrial policy and economic planning is essential to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and environmental damage. By Kevin Cashman
One of Margaret Thatcher’s often-used slogans was TINA, or “there is no alternative.” There is no alternative, she meant, to the neoliberalism that became dominant in the 1970s and 1980s. After a coup led to the demise of the Soviet Union in 1991, this idea led to even more smug declarations of victory for the… Continue reading
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Fine dust and fossil capital in Korea
There is a good reason why there are blue skies in much of the United States while those of us living in Northeast Asia are choking — most of their factories have moved over here. Continue reading
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