19 May 2019 — TRNN
Vijay Prashad says the very dangerous statements, economic sanctions and military aggression unleashed by Washington this week against Iran was countered by cool headed diplomacy by Japan, Russia, EU and China (inc. transcript)
The likelihood of a U.S. war with Iran is increasing, despite alternately isolationist and provocative messages coming from Trump administration officials.
19 May 2019 — Truthout
Even before it gets worn once, that new T-shirt you bought is already dirtier than you can imagine. It’s soaked through with toxic waste, factory smog and plastic debris—all of which is likely just a few spin cycles away from an incinerator, or maybe a landfill halfway around the world. Our obsession with style rivals our hunger for oil, making fashion the world’s second-most polluting industry after the oil industry.
19 May 2019 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day
Trump-Bolton Aggression Against Iran Contained by Russia, Japan, China, and EU
https://williambowles.info/2019/05/19/trump-bolton-aggression-against-iran-contained-by-russia-japan-china-and-eu/
Iran and Why It Would be Insane for America to Go to War There
https://www.globalresearch.ca/iran-why-insane-america-go-war-there/5677879
19 May 2019 — Moon of Alabama
During the last days a right wing politician in Austria was taken down by using an elaborate sting. Until Friday Christian Strache was leader of the far right (but not fascist) Freedom Party of Austria (FPOe) and the Vice Chancellor of the country. On Friday morning two German papers, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung and Der Spiegel published (German) reports(English) about an old video that was made to take Strache down.
19 May 2019 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day
Differences on Venezuela have no impacts on Russia-Argentina relations – Russian MP
http://tass.com/politics/1058983
Venezuela in “Misery” – Lies and Deceit by the Media Open Letter to the New York Times
http://thesaker.is/venezuela-in-misery-lies-and-deceit-by-the-media-open-letter-to-the-new-york-times/
19 May 2019 — TruthOut
Renewable energy is expanding rapidly all around the world. The energy capacity of newly installed solar projects in 2017, for instance, exceeded the combined increases from coal, gas and nuclear plants. During the past eight years alone, global investment in renewables was $2.2 trillion, and optimism has soared along with investments.
19 May 2019 — FAIR
Once again the Washington Post (
5/14/19) presents the United States as “drifting toward war”—this time with Iran.
The Washington Post editorial’s headline (5/14/19) had the US “drifting” toward war with Iran—another example, as analyst Nima Shirazi quipped, of the “world’s superpower somehow having no agency over its own imperialism.”
19 May 2019 — Tim Hayward
“A huge international news story broke last week,” writes Peter Hitchens, in the Mail on Sunday today, “but I doubt you will hear about it anywhere else.”
19 May 2019 — London Green Left
Written by Eric Toussaint and first published at CADTM
While the campaign for the European elections on 26 May (on the 23 May in the UK) draws very little interest outside of the UK, the initiative launched by ReCommonsEurope with its ‘Manifesto for a new popular internationalism in Europe’ is on to a promising start.
17 May 2019 — Global Research
By Richard Gale and Dr. Gary Null
The New York Times continues to descend further into spewing fiction masquerading as news. Its most recent analysis challenges Judith Miller‘s delusional screed about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction as sheer nonsense. Evidently the Times has a propensity for disgracing itself. Now the newspaper’s latest low is William Broad’s essay, “Your 5G Phone Won’t Hurt You But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise,” touting a wild conspiracy theory that 5G technology’s severe risks to human health and the environment is a covert Russian plot intended to sow confusion into the minds of the American public.
17 May 2019 — Mint Press
New information released by the FBI has brought fresh scrutiny to the possibility that the “Dancing Israelis,” at least two of whom were known Mossad operatives, had prior knowledge of the attacks on the World Trade Center.
19 May 2019 — Terry Bell Writes
Most South Africans are probably more than ready for an alternative political dispensation. That much seems clear, given the results of last week’s national and provincial elections where the gatvol [fed up] factor was in full play.
18 May 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has begun responding to queries by the press about a leaked document which contradicts official OPCW findings on an alleged chemical weapons attack last year in Douma, Syria. The prepared statement they’ve been using in response to these queries confirms the authenticity of the document.
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