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Oil, Agriculture and Imperialism: Averting the Fast-Track to Armageddon? By Colin Todhunter
The US’s hand-picked supposed leader-in-waiting, Juan Guaido, aims to facilitate the process and usher in a programme of ‘mass privatisation’ and ‘hyper-capitalism’ at the behest of his coup-instigating masters in Washington, thereby destroying the socialist revolution spearheaded by the late Hugo Chavez and returning to a capitalist oligarch-controlled economic system. Continue reading
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Sanctions of Mass Destruction: America’s War on Venezuela By Garikai Chengu
American economic sanctions have been the worst crime against humanity since World War Two. America’s economic sanctions have killed more innocent people than all of the nuclear, biological and chemical weapons ever used in the history of mankind. Continue reading
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Britain Lurches Deeper into Brexit Crisis: Its Population Remains Deeply Alienated from the Political Establishment By Dr. Leon Tressell
The British political establishment is experiencing an unprecedented crisis over the issue of exiting the European Union. The Conservative government staggers from crisis to crisis over its Brexit deal while politicians off all colours bicker and argue as the UK lurches towards a potentially devastating No Deal scenario. This had lead to a huge distrust… Continue reading
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The Empire’s “Left Intellectuals” Call for Regime Change. The Role of “Progressives” and the Antiwar Movement By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
What is the position of the West’s “Progressives” with regard to regime change in Venezuela? Continue reading
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Hands Off Venezuela: Divided UN Security Council: Fierce Opposition to Violation of Venezuela’s Sovereignty By Carla Stea
This morning Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza presented a brilliant defense of President Maduro’s government, against the attempted coup d’etat engineered by the United States and its proxies in Europe and newly right-wing Latin American countries Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Ecuador. The United States called this “emergency” meeting, seeking the authorization of the United… Continue reading
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Regime Change and Speakers of the Legislature: Nancy Pelosi vs. Juan Guaido, Self-Proclaimed President of Venezuela By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
The President (Speaker) of the Venezuelan National Assembly and leader of the majority party (Democratic Unity Roundtable) Juan Guaido has been endorsed as (self-proclaimed) interim president of Venezuela by President Trump in the name of democracy Continue reading
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Global Economy on the Brink as Davos Crowd Parties On: Selected Stories
23 January 2019 — Global Research Global Economy on the Brink as Davos Crowd Parties On By Dr. Jack Rasmus On the eve of this year’s World Economic Forum gathering, some of the most powerful, wealthy, and more prescient capitalists have begun to speak out to their capitalist cousins, raising red flags about what they believe is Continue reading
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Selected Articles: Media Disinformation and The Protest Movement
10 January 2019 — Global Research In Pictures: The Largest Strike in History Is Happening in India Right Now By Ben Cowles, January 09, 2019 Around 150 million people began a two-day general strike in India today against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s anti-Labour and anti-trade union policies in India. Continue reading
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Global Economy, Geo-Politics, Militarization: Selected Stories
7 January 2019 — Global Research ‘The Decision Is Taken’: Brazil to Move Its Embassy to Jerusalem, Says Bolsonaro By Middle East Eye Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has confirmed that the South American country will move its embassy to Jerusalem, following an earlier statement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was in Brazil this week to attend the new Continue reading
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America’s Wars, Coups and Sanctions in 2019: Selected Stories
2 January 2019 — Global Research The New Year Past and Future. Multiple Wars, Coups, Sanctions and Trade Disputes By Prof. James Petras Multiple wars, coups, sanctions and trade disputes dominated the US political agenda. War budgets grew, military sales increased and frictions between the US and Saudi Arabia bubbled to the surface . . . and Continue reading
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Twitter and the Smearing of Corbyn and Assange: A Research Note on the “Integrity Initiative” By Mark Curtis
The UK government-financed Integrity Initiative, managed by the Institute for Statecraft, is ostensibly a “counter disinformation” programme to challenge Russian information operations. However, it has been revealed that the Integrity Initiative twitter handle and some individuals associated with this programme have also been tweeting messages attacking Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. [i] This takes on special… Continue reading
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Next Generation 5G and the US-China “Cellphone War”: Selected Stories
The unspoken US policy objective behind the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou on trumped up charges, consists in breaking China’s technological lead in wireless telecommunications. Continue reading
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Death and Extinction of the Bees. The Role of Monsanto? By Joachim Hagopian
12 December 2018 — Global Research This article was originally published in March 2014. What has been the role of Monsanto in the loss of of the global honeybee population. It is only recently that this issue has been the object of mainstream media coverage. Continue reading
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Selected Articles: George H. W. Bush, Yellow Vests, Trade Wars, Israeli Apartheid
5 December 2018 — Global Research George H.W. Bush’s Complicity in the 1991 “Highway of Death” Massacre. By Joyce Chediac When George H.W. Bush was president he ordered the massacre of Iraqi soldiers after the ceasefire in 1991, and after he had promised them safe passage out of Kuwait. Read more… Continue reading
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Emmanuel Macron: The Little Emperor and Humpty-Dumpty By Deena Stryker
After less than two years, France’s youngest President, Emanuel Macron, has become the de facto leader of Europe but the object of violence at home. Continue reading
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Ukraine: US-installed Fascist Tyranny in Europe’s Heartland By Stephen Lendman
Ukraine matters. It’s territory is Europe’s largest after Russia’s. It borders seven countries in Europe’s heartland – Belarus, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Russia. Continue reading
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Killing the Prospects for Arms Control: Selected Stories
2 December 2018 — Global Research US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Kill Prospects for Arms Control By Andrei Akulov New START limits the US and Russia each to no more than 1,550 deployed strategic warheads and 700 deployed strategic delivery vehicles. Effective since 2011, the agreement covers a 10-year period until February 2021 with the possibility of a five-year Continue reading
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The Complete History of Monsanto, “The World’s Most Evil Corporation” By E Hanzai
First published by Waking Times, posted by Global Research in May 2014, this article provides a historical viewpoint. It is of particular relevance in relation to the Monsanto-Bayer merger and the recent $289 million judgment against Monsanto. Continue reading
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NATO’s Largesse: “Nuclear Sharing” By Ann Garrison
On November 10, a 5,290-ton Norwegian warship sank into one of the country’s inner fiords after colliding with a 62,557-ton tanker carrying almost 100 million liters of oil. CNN reported, “Now all that remains above the waterline is the frigate’s top, antennas and radar, leading local media to speculate how a ship designed for war… Continue reading
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Strategic Waterways and “The Kerch Strait Incident”: Towards Military Escalation? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
On November 25, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that : “three Ukrainian warships had illegally crossed Russia’s state border in the Black Sea and entered Russia’s territorial waters performing dangerous maneuvers… All three Ukrainian Navy vessels … were detained in the Black Sea” (TASS, November 25). Continue reading