25 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
The National Endowment for Democracy – Supporting America’s Democratic Agenda
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tTbKB/~3/lluXbrTcBrU/the-national-endowment-for-democracy.html
Venezuela Newslinks 19-24 June 2019
https://williambowles.info/2019/06/25/venezuela-newslinks-19-24-june-2019/
25 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand) calls rally to demand freedom for Julian Assange
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/25/segn-j25.html
Parti de l’égalité socialiste meeting in Paris demands freedom for Julian Assange
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/25/pesp-j25.html
25 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
Cost of potential US war with Iran? $250 oil & another [much much bigger] Afghanistan
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/06/25/cost-of-potential-us-war-with-iran-250-oil-another-much-much-bigger-afghanistan/
Will the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Extend into the Middle East?
https://www.globalresearch.ca/trumps-tweet-good-pretext-operationalize-arabian-aspect-w-cpec/5681679
25 June 2019 — Voltaire Network
Even more than Syria, Iran is now at the heart of the confrontation between East and West. The astounded public is witnessing Washington’s daily about-turns in what seems – mistakenly – to be an escalation towards war between the two countries. But this is not what it is about. Fortunately, the two Great Powers have demonstrated for the last 75 years that they are reasonable, and have always managed to stand down before they arrive at the point of mutual destruction.
20 June 2019 — Black Agenda Report
– Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The whole point of the austerity project is to disempower workers and concentrate wealth at the top. The rulers will kill to keep that dream alive.
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24 June 2019 — Global Research
Parts of the documentary Modified are spent at the kitchen table. But it’s not really a tale about wonderful recipes or the preparation of food. Ultimately, it’s a story of capitalism, money and power and how our most basic rights are being eroded by unscrupulous commercial interests. Read more…
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24 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
The Economic Entrails at the Heart of the ‘Deal of the Century’
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/06/25/economic-entrails-at-heart-of-deal-century/
As Conflict With Iran Escalates, Path To Peace Can Be Found
https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/as-conflict-with-iran-escalates-path-to-peace-can-be-found/
24 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
Lying by Omission Is Still Lying
https://www.globalresearch.ca/lying-omission-still-lying/5681538
The Crisis of Multilateralism and the War Against Venezuela
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/the-crisis-of-multilateralism-and-the-war-against-venezuela/
Commune of Che Guevara: Model of Self-Government and Productivity
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/commune-of-che-guevara-model-of-self-government-and-productivity/
20 June 2019 — Media Lens
Last week, UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid signed the US extradition request to hand over Julian Assange, who is charged with 18 counts of violating the US Espionage Act. Assange’s immediate fate now lies in the hands of the British justice system.
Following the announcement last week by the US Defense Department of its biggest ever arms deal involving the purchase of nearly 500 F-35 fighters, Europe replied in kind on Monday. At the world’s largest air show in Le Bourget near Paris, the German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen, together with her colleagues from France, Florence Parly, and Spain, Margarita Robles, signed major agreements to develop a joint European air combat system (Future Combat Air System—FCAS).
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22 June 2019 — WSWS
Minutes of Ministry of Defence (MoD) meetings have confirmed the role of Britain’s Guardian newspaper as a mouthpiece for the intelligence agencies.
24 June 2019 — WSWS
A series of recent reports—based on documents obtained from Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) filings and other leaked information—have revealed that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is violating the First Amendment right to free speech and assembly by gathering social media data for surveillance purposes and targeting organizations and individuals for harassment, intimidation, deportation and arrest.
24 June 2019 — WSWS
On June 19, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) set up in 2014 to investigate the crash of the MH-17 Malaysian Airlines flight over East Ukraine on July 17, 2014, which resulted in 298 deaths, announced the criminal prosecution of four individuals for murder by the Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands.
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