November 2019
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Police in Bolivia Pepper Spray Journalist ‘On Purpose’ During Live Coverage of Anti-Coup Protests
Teresa Bo, a senior correspondent for Al-Jazeera was sprayed directly in the face—clearly “on purpose,” she says—while covering anti-coup demonstrators in the city of La Paz, Bolivia on Friday, November 15, 2019. Continue reading
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Bolivian Army Massacres Peaceful Protesters in Cochabamba
I condemn and denounce before the world that the coup regime that took power by assault in my beloved Bolivia represses with bullets from the Armed Forces and the Police the people who demand pacification and replacement of the Rule of Law. Now they murder our brothers in Sacaba, Cochabamba. Continue reading
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Author Of “Keep The Oil” Mission Already Distances Himself From Its Foreseeable Failure
The neo-conservatives who have duped President Trump into the “steal the oil” scheme in Syria are already distancing themselves from the plan. They know that it will end in failure. Continue reading
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Bolivia News Links 16 November 2019
16 November 2019 • 11:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Evo Morales Overthrown, But Bolivian Socialism Will Be Victorious! Evo Morales: Victim of the Longing for Lithium and yes, the Chinese American Trade War Western Media Continue reading
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Bolivia’s New Puppet Regime Wastes No Time Aligning With US Foreign Policy
The Washington-recognized interim government which just ascended to power via US-backed military coup in Bolivia is already shifting the nation’s foreign policy into alignment with the US-centralized empire, severing important ties with two governments which have resisted absorption into the imperial blob. Continue reading
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Julian Assange’s judge and her husband’s links to the British military establishment exposed by WikiLeaks
The husband of Lady Emma Arbuthnot, the Westminster chief magistrate overseeing WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange’s extradition to the US, has financial links to the British military establishment, including institutions and individuals exposed by WikiLeaks. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Headlines 15 November 2019
15 November 2019 — Information Clearing House Israel’s relentless violence on Gaza met by global silence By The Gray Zone Anti-indigenous race-hatred has gripped the country since Evo’s October 20 re-election. – Continue ====== In case you missed it Continue reading
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Bolivia News Links 15 November 2019
15 November 2019 • 20:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Chilean Elites Cannot Be Trusted to Write New Constitution, Activists Say https://truthout.org/video/activists-say-chilean-elites-cannot-be-trusted-to-write-new-constitution/ Bolivia: Some Soldiers Have Rejected the Coup and March with the Protesters https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/11/15/bolivia-some-soldiers-have-rejected-the-coup-and-march-with-the-protesters/ Continue reading
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Trump, Clinton Show Russia How to Really Interfere
Never mind obscure troll farms and byzantine cyber-hacking (we’re being ironic here), Russia needs to really raise its game for “interfering” in other nations’ politics. Like, how about President Vladimir Putin going on a national radio show in Britain and telling voters how to vote in the forthcoming election? Now that’s what you call real,… Continue reading
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Business as Usual: Evo Morales and the Coup Condition
There is inherent bestiality in the politics of the Americas that signals coup, assassination and disruption. No state is ever allowed to go through what is weakly called a transition, except over corpses, tortures and morgues. Continue reading
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After Morales Ousted in Coup, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia
Bolivia’s President Evo Morales was overthrown in a military coup on November 10. He is now in Mexico. Before he left office, Morales had been involved in a long project to bring economic and social democracy to his long-exploited country. It is important to recall that Bolivia has suffered a series of coups, often conducted… Continue reading
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Syria News Links 14-15 November 2019
15 November 2019 • 13:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Syria to bring issue of Washington’s oil theft practices before UN Syrian Army, SDF Jointly Besiege Turkish-backed Militants In Northern Al-Hasakah Russia To Convert Former U.S. Continue reading
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As Lula Emerges From Prison, US Media Ignore How Washington Helped Put Him There
The Brazilian Supreme Court reversed a 2018 ruling on November 7, upholding the principle of innocent until proven guilty in the 1988 Constitution and declaring it illegal to jail defendants before their appeals processes have been exhausted. Within 24 hours, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was released to an adoring crowd of hundreds… Continue reading
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Israel Is Killing Children Asleep In Their Homes. Humans. Not Numbers.
The reign of terror, which we help fund, goes on. In the last two days of airstrikes over the open-air prison that is Gaza, where two million beleaguered people, almost half of them children, are packed and trapped, Israel has killed at least 34 Palestinians and injured more than 111. Many of the victims were… Continue reading
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New evidence that LibDems sold voter data – held back until after election
By James Cusick: New evidence which confirms that the Liberal Democrats sold voter data to the Remain campaign in 2016 for almost £100,000 is being withheld from public scrutiny by the UK’s information watchdog, openDemocracy has learned. Continue reading
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Ukraine News Links 15 November 2019
15 November 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Joint investigation team begins new witness appeal in MH17 crash case Trump And Zelensky Want Peace With Russia. The Fascists Oppose That. https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/11/14/trump-and-zelensky-want-peace-with-russia-the-fascists-oppose-that/ MH17 investigation team twists facts to Continue reading
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Extinction Rebellion: Rebellion against whom?
In the past year, we have seen an explosion of the environmental movement. Through the global climate strike and mass demonstrations for the planet launched by Greta Thunberg, an entire generation has gotten a taste of political action, understanding the need for dramatic change to deal with environmental degradation. It is in this context that… Continue reading
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Social Media Censorship Reaches New Heights as Twitter Permanently Bans Dissent
It’s an open secret. The deep state is working hand in hand with Silicon Valley social media giants like Twitter, Facebook and Google to control the flow of information. That includes suppressing, censoring and sometimes outright purging dissenting voices – all under the guise of fighting fake news and Russian propaganda. Continue reading