Day: February 6, 2020

A Neoliberal Legacy: America’s Fascism Problem Runs Much Deeper Than Trump

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6 February 2020 — Mint Press

Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton, center at podium, uses the back-drop of a boot camp-style prison to underscore a call to get a tough on young drug offenders, but give them an opportunity for improvement, Monday, March 3, 1992, Stone Mountain, GA. Clinton was joined at the campaign stop by U.S. Rep. Ben Jones, D-Ga., left, Georgia Gov. Zell Miller, center, and U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga. (AP Photo/Greg Gibson)

In recent years, the press reports of racist young whites attracted to far-right persuasions including flirting with fascism. But are they the cause or the consequence?

Venezuela News Links 26 January – 6 February 2020

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6 February 2020 — The New Dark Age

There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back

International Peoples’ Assembly Prepares for Week of Action against Imperialism
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2020/02/06/international-peoples-assembly-prepares-for-week-of-action-against-imperialism/

Russia moving towards greater pragmatism in relations with Latin America, says expert
https://tass.com/politics/1117381

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Bolivia News Links 1-6 February 2020

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6 February 2020 — The New Dark Age

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A Neoliberal Legacy: America’s Fascism Problem Runs Much Deeper Than Trump
https://www.mintpressnews.com/neoliberal-legacy-america-fascism-problem-runs-deeper-trump/264692/

Trudeau Government’s Effort to Overthrow Venezuelan Government
https://dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/trudeau-governments-effort-to-overthrow-venezuelan-government/

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Julian Assange News Links 6 February 2020

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6 February 2020 — The New Dark Age

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‘All Journalists at Risk’ if Assange Handed to US Jailers
https://www.globalresearch.ca/all-journalists-risk-assange-handed-us-jailers/5702932

Don’t Extradite Assange meeting in London: The political issues
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/06/deam-f06.html

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Acronym group that sabotaged Iowa caucus birthed by billionaire who funded Alabama disinformation campaign

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6 February 2020 — The Grayzone

By Max Blumenthal

Silicon Valley billionaire Reid Hoffman not only funded the group that sabotaged the Iowa caucus, he bankrolled the notorious online “false flag operation” in Alabama’s 2017 senate campaign, reports Max Blumenthal.

At the time of publication, the winner of the state’s Democratic Party caucuses is still unknown. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the clear winner in virtually every exit poll, is currently ahead in votes. Yet somehow Pete Buttigieg, a favorite of the party establishment who was unknown to most voters until last year, has claimed victory.

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This Is the Time for Solidarity, Not Stigma: The Sixth Newsletter (2020)

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6 February 2020 — Tri-Continental

Barefoot Doctors

Barefoot Doctors.

This Is the Time for Solidarity, Not Stigma: The Sixth Newsletter (2020).

Dear Friends,

Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.

In December 2019, several people began to develop infections in Wuhan (People’s Republic of China); early signs indicated that the virus had emerged out of the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, but there is no certainty about that verdict. This 2019-nCoV – or novel coronavirus – infected hundreds of people in the first month. The authorities declared that thirty cities would be under Level 1 Emergency, and large parts of the country – including Wuhan (population 11 million) – would be entirely quarantined. By 30 January, when the confirmed cases of the infected rose to almost 10,000 people, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global health emergency.

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Sign the Petition! Stop all charter flight deportations to Jamaica and other Commonwealth countries

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6 February 2020 — Change.org

ZITA HOLBOURNE started this petition to Boris Johnson MP (Prime Minister) and 1 other

Given the  Windrush scandal : the apology by the Government, promises of justice and compensation to people of the Windrush generation and others who came to the UK from Commonwealth countries threatened with deportation, there should be no mass deportations of anybody  to those countries.

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The Myth Of Incompetence: DNC Scandals Are A Feature, Not A Bug

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6 February 2020 — Caitlin Johnson

The Iowa caucus scandal has continued to get more egregious by the hour, with new revelations routinely pouring in about extremely suspicious manipulations taking place which all just so happen to disadvantage the campaign of Bernie Sanders in the first Democratic electoral contest of 2020. By the time you read this article, there will likely have been more.

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Blue Acceleration: Capitalism’s growing assault on the oceans

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5 February 2020 — Climate & Capitalism

Profit versus life

“A new phase in humanity’s relationship with the biosphere, where the ocean is not only crucial but is being fundamentally changed”

by Ian Angus

Capitalism’s inherent drive to expand went into overdrive in the mid-20th century. Long-term socioeconomic and Earth System trends, graphed fifteen years ago and updated in 2015, show nearly simultaneous hockey stick upturns in about 1950.

GREAT ACCELERATION, 2015 update

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Democrats impeached Trump for withholding arms- to Neo-Nazis

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6 February 2020 — Off Guardian

Max Parry

Please note flags of the Azov Battalion, centre, NATO left, and Nazi, right.

As this article was going to press, it was formally confirmed – as was long expected – that the Senate had found Donald Trump not guilty of both abuse of power and obstruction of congress. – Ed

On December 18th, Donald Trump became the third U.S. president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives. The second to be indicted before completing a first term, the 45th commander-in-chief must now survive a Senate trial before seeking reelection later this year.

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