16 July 2019 — The New Dark Age
Venezuelan government, opposition resume talks in Barbados
The Venezuelan government and the opposition are resuming talks aimed at ending the political crisis in their country, the country’s information …
EU is Preparing for More Venezuela Sanctions | Voice of America – English
BRUSSELS – The European Union is preparing to impose more sanctions on Venezuela targeting officials who are accused of being involved in …
16 July 2019 — Off Guardian
OffGuardian already covered the Global Media Freedom Conference, our article Hypocrisy Taints UK’s Media Freedom Conference, was meant to be all there was to say. A quick note on the obvious hypocrisy of this event. But, in the writing, I started to see more than that. This event is actually…creepy.
16 July 2019 — 21st Century Wire
Since 2012, western political and media establishments have been aggressively propping-up cutout organizations like Bellingcat, portraying them as the ‘unlikely amateur’ sleuth-heroes, running their world-beating ‘open source’ (OSINT) investigations from their laptops in the UK and the Netherlands. In every instance, their OSINT ‘findings’ will implicate the geopolitical adversaries of the US and its allies.
15 July 2019 — The Electronic Intifada
Bassam Abu Obaid with his daughter Ibtisam. Photo credit: Abed Zagout
Nasser al-Buhaisi had just graduated from college.
The 22-year-old obtained a degree in religious law from Gaza’s Al-Azhar University during June. One day later, he died.
13 July, 2019 — Global Research
Turkey is taking delivery of Russia’s S 400 missile defence system. What this signifies is that Turkey and Russia are now “officially” allies. The first shipment of the S-400 landed in Ankara on July 12, according to Turkey’s Ministry of Defense. (see image below)
16 July 2019 — WSWS
London’s Metropolitan Police threatened journalists with prosecution under the Official Secrets Act last Friday in an unprecedented attack on media freedom.
16 July 2019 — The New Dark Age
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President Manuel Zelaya: The US-backed Coup d’etat Turned Honduras Into Hell + Honduras Now Ruled By A Criminal Gang
https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2019/07/15/president-manuel-zelaya-the-us-backed-coup-detat-turned-honduras-into-hell-honduras-now-ruled-by-a-criminal-gang/
War by Other Means: Understanding and Challenging U.S. Sanctions Policies
https://williambowles.info/2019/07/15/war-by-other-means-understanding-and-challenging-u-s-sanctions-policies/
16 July 2019 — True Publica
By TruePublica: There is a lot going wrong in the world today and big tech is driving much of it in its indomitable thirst for ever greater global influence and markets to profit from. In the meantime, the British government is already making many moves to ‘Americanise’ society and continues towards its unpopular privatisation model in healthcare. These are not the musings of TruePublica’s editor. Professionals at the heart of the artificial intelligence community, privacy, civil liberty and healthcare are alarmed the NHS has teamed up with certain tech firms with scant care for patient outcomes especially with the latest announcement of American behemoth Amazon giving health advice.
16 July 2019 — WSWS
The tirades by President Donald Trump over the past three days have no precedent in the history of the US presidency. Trump, backed by a cabal of advisors in the White House, speaks openly as a fascist, demonizing people of different races and national origins, vilifying socialism, and declaring that those who oppose his administration’s policies are disloyal to the country and should leave it.
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