May 2019
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Distorting ‘Democracy’ in Venezuela Coverage By Gregory Shupak
Writing of the failed US-sponsored coup attempt in Venezuela on April 30, Uri Friedman of The Atlantic (5/1/19) referred to the Venezuelan branch of the coup as Juan “Guaidó’s pro-democracy movement.” The logical contradiction could scarcely be more pronounced: A wave of Friedman’s wand transforms a political force seeking the military overthrow of Venezuela’s elected government into… Continue reading
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John Pilger Interview: The wars on Julian Assange and Venezuela: It’s the same assailant
In this interview with the Australian Broadcasting Commission, John Pilger discusses the issue of political and media disinformation that blights Julian Assange and Venezuela and whose source they – and much of the world – share as a common enemy. Continue reading
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Government Now Implicitly Accepts Liability for 72 Deaths in Grenfell Tower, West London By Hans Stehling
After two years of denial, evasion and procrastination, this government has finally accepted ultimate responsibility for the atrocity of multiple deaths in Grenfell Tower, North Kensington, West London on 14th June 2017. Continue reading
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Video: 5G Apocalypse, The Imminent Dangers
Scientists, environmental groups, medical doctors and citizens around the world are appealing to all governments to halt telecommunications companies’ deployment of 5G (fifth generation) wireless networks, which they call “an experiment on humanity and the environment that is defined as a crime under international law.” Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 9-10 May 2019
10 May 2019 20:44 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Humanitarian Aid Blocked from Entering Venezuelan Embassy in Washington D.C. by David Swanson + Medea Benjamin: Venezuelan Embassy’s Power Cut https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2019/05/10/humanitarian-aid-blocked-from-entering-venezuelan-embassy-in-washington-d-c-by-david-swanson/ MintCast Interviews Matt Kennard: The Real Powers that Run the World and the Future of Truth-Telling https://www.mintpressnews.com/mintcast-interviews-matt-kennard-the-real-powers-that-run-the-world-and-the-future-of-truth-telling/258376/ Continue reading
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UK Constitution Committee: Brexit Trade Deals “keeping public in the dark” and “fundamentally undemocratic”
This is the sixth report in a series from the UK Parliament’s Constitution Committee does not reflect this view in the slightest – which has additionally slammed the government’s secretive trade deal negotiations as nothing more than “anti-democratic.” The language used by expert witnesses in these reports speak for themselves; “seriously inadequate, undemocratic, not fit… Continue reading
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Chelsea Manning released, faces new imprisonment for refusing to testify against Assange
After 62 days locked away in a jail cell in Virginia, whistleblower Chelsea Manning was released from detention on Thursday morning. Even before she got out of jail, however, the courageous whistleblower was served with a new subpoena to demand her testimony before another grand jury on May 17. Thus, she could be returned to… Continue reading
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Summer of Discontent? Your Legal Protest Rights
By Ian Browne– advice and information officer at Liberty: Unless you’ve stayed away from all forms of news and social media recently, you’re probably aware that hundreds of people have taken to the streets for multiple simultaneous climate change protests. Continue reading
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A first-hand account from Caracas from the day of the coup through May Day
The following account is by our comrade, Peter Lackowski, a retired teacher living in Burlington, Vermont, who was part of a delegation on a visit to Venezuela during and after the failed right-wing coup d’état on April 30, 2019. Continue reading
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Dossier 16: Resource sovereignty—the Agenda for Africa’s exit from the state of plunder
In May 2011, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a Working Paper by Burcu Aydin called ‘Ghana: Will It Be Gifted Or Will It Be Cursed?’ (WP/11/104). Oil had just been discovered off the shore of Ghana. This anticipated a bounty of revenue for the country. Aydin asks whether Ghana will face the ‘resource curse’.… Continue reading
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Waging War on Iran without Turkey? Is Turkey Sleeping with the Enemy? The Russia -Turkey -Iran “Triple Entente” By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Recent reports suggest that Trump’s National Security Advisor John Bolton, together with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, are “doing everything possible to instigate a war with Iran”. Will they succeed? Continue reading
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Blackgenda Report 9 May 2019: Black Mothers Are Dying; Facebook and the Farrakhan Distraction ; Assange Is Not a Journalist (If Journalists
9 May 2019 — Black Agenda Report Black Mothers Dying in US – Glen Ford , BAR executive editor Only a social and economic transformation can lift Black America to a First World state of well-being. Black health requires Black Power. Continue reading
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Is leaked document Trump’s ‘deal of the century’? By Jonathan Cook
A report published this week by the Israel Hayom newspaper apparently leaking details of Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” reads like the kind of peace plan that might be put together by an estate agent or car salesman. Continue reading
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Killing nature while playing geopolitics By Pepe Escobar
The latest comprehensive report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), associated with various UN agencies (UNEP, UNDP, Unesco, FAO), is a stark reminder of where global priorities should concentrate. Continue reading
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The Real Muellergate Scandal By Craig Murray
I did not comment instantly on the Mueller Report as I was so shocked by it, I have been waiting to see if any other facts come to light in justification. Nothing has. I limit myself here to that area of which I have personal knowledge – the leak of DNC and Podesta emails to Wikileaks. On… Continue reading
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Global Breaking News on GMOs and Pesticides 9 May 2019
9 May 2019 — Sustainable Pulse Editors’ picks White House Has “Monsanto’s Back on Pesticides,” Newly Revealed Document Says Internal Monsanto records just filed in court show that a corporate intelligence group hired to “to take the temperature on current regulatory attitudes for glyphosate” reported that the White House could be counted on to defend… Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 9 May 2019
9 May 2019 17:48 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Venezuela: It’s Only a Coup if the US Government Says So – Media side with Trump cronies rather than common sense in labeling coup a ‘protest’ Humanitarian Aid Blocked from Entering Venezuelan Embassy in Washington D.C. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 9 May 2019
9 May 2019 — The New Dark Age Assange BULLETIN: Bay Watch star Pamela Anderson fears for Assange’s Life https://williambowles.info/2019/05/09/assange-bulletin-bay-watch-star-pamela-anderson-fears-for-assanges-life/ ICFI supporters in India to hold picket to free Assange http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/09/asan-m09.html Continue reading
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The UK is ‘getting worse’ on torture and ill-treatment both at home and abroad
This week, the UK is facing UN scrutiny for its record on torture and ill-treatment at home and abroad. The UN Committee against Torture, the expert body that monitors implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment, will meet in Geneva to examine the UK’s record. Continue reading
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The London Climate Protests – Raising The Alarm
9 May 2019 — Media Lens The feeling is often there at night, of course, in the wee small hours. But it can arise at almost any time – looking at someone we care about, listening to birdsong on an unusually warm spring morning, shopping. It is like being trapped on a sinking ship, with the… Continue reading
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