MARCH 11 THROUGH 21
March
21, 2019
Video:
As Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro Prepares to Meet Donald Trump, His Family’s
Close Ties to Notorious Paramilitary Gangs Draw Scrutiny and Outrage. Intercept
Manning
and the New Inquisition. ... The U.S. government, determined to extradite
and try Julian Assange for espionage, must find a way to separate what Assange
and WikiLeaks did in publishing classified material leaked to them by Chelsea
Manning from what The New York Times and The Washington Post did in publishing
the same material. TruthDig/Hedges
Trump
administration ignoring human rights monitors, ACLU tells UN. Guardian
ENVIROMENT
Rethink
Activism in the Face of Catastrophic Biological Collapse. TruthOut
Dead
whale washed up in Philippines had 40kg of plastic bags in its stomach. ... Marine
biologists horrified to find 16 rice sacks and multiple shopping bags inside Cuvier’s
beaked whale. Guardian
Citing
'Permanent Oil Price Decline,' Norwegian Fund's Fossil Fuel Divestment Could Spark
Global 'Shockwave' ... "The decision should sound like a red alert for private
banks and investors whose oil and gas assets are becoming increasingly risky and
morally untenable," say climate campaigners. CommonDreams
The
Ocean Is Coming. TruthOut
Why
eating less meat is the best thing you can do for the planet in 2019. ... Eating
meat has a hefty impact on the environment from fueling climate change to polluting
landscapes and waterways. Guardian
Concrete: the most destructive material on Earth. ... After water, concrete is
the most widely used substance on the planet. But its benefits mask enormous dangers
to the planet, to human health – and to culture itself. Guardian
Heatwaves
sweeping oceans ‘like wildfires’, scientists reveal. ... Extreme temperatures
destroy kelp, seagrass and corals – with alarming impacts for humanity. Guardian
Most US
coal plants are contaminating groundwater with toxins, analysis finds. ... Of
265 US power plants that monitor groundwater, 242 report unsafe levels of at least
one pollutant derived from coal ash. Guardian
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Saudis Join With
US to Kill EU Effort to Create Dirty Money Blacklist. ... "Governments must
ask themselves whether they are on the side of autocrats or their citizens!"
CommonDreams
The
Neoliberal Road to Serfdom. ... The oldest refrain of the Right is that socialism
leads to tyranny. Yet for the last four decades, it’s neoliberalism that’s
been inching us closer to a police state. Jacobin
Ricardo
Hausmann’s “Morning After” for Venezuela: The Neoliberal Brain
Behind Juan Guaido’s Economic Agenda. Gray
Zone
March
20, 2019
Fewer
Than 20 Percent Of Americans Say Trump Opposes White Nationalism. ... Most of
the president’s supporters said white Americans face a lot of discrimination.
HuffPost
'Why
Educate the Public When You Can Give Billionaires Tax Cuts': Trump Budget Would
Slash All Federal Funding for Media, Arts, Libraries, Museums. ... "We should
be spending more, not less," argued one critic. CommonDreams
Related: With Trillions in Safety Net Cuts, Bernie Sanders Says Trump
Budget 'Breathtaking in Its Degree of Cruelty' ... "This is a budget for
the military industrial complex, for corporate CEOs, for Wall Street, and for
the billionaire class." CommonDreams
Will
Decentralization of Neo-Nazism Spur More Right-Wing Terrorism? TruthOut
Brazil
President’s U.S. Visit Kicks Off With Steve Bannon-Sponsored Paranoia Fest.
... At the Trump hotel event, anti-globalist advocates pushed for even greater
influence over Jair Bolsonaro’s government. HuffPost
'One
of the World's Most Respected Intelligence Services': Bolsonaro's Bring-Your-Son-to-the-CIA
Day. ... "This is the perfect symbol for Latin America's far right, which
has for decades drowned the left in blood thanks to the help of its CIA benefactor."
CommonDreams
The
Rapid Decline Of The Natural World Is A Crisis Even Bigger Than Climate Change
... A three-year UN-backed study from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform
On Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services has grim implications for the future of
humanity. HuffPost
Social
Media Companies “Struggle” to Help Censors Keep us in the Dark. ...
According to CNN Business, “Facebook, YouTube and Twitter struggle to deal
with New Zealand shooting video.” CounterPunch
Saudi
Crown Prince’s Brutal Drive to Crush Dissenters Began Before Khashoggi. NY
Times
Raging
white woman spits at black people as she spews the N-word — and quickly loses
her job. RawStory
Ilhan
Omar Speaks Out On Israel In New Op-Ed
“A balanced, inclusive approach
to the conflict recognizes the shared desire for security and freedom of both
peoples,” the Minnesota Democrat wrote. HuffPost
March
19, 2019
Why
Trump’s comments about the New Zealand attacks are so disturbing.
AlterNet
Former
Neo-Nazi: Trump May Be Complicit in Growing Threat of White Supremacy.DemocracyNow
Related:
State-Sponsored Islamophobia & Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Embolden
Right-Wing Terrorists. DemocracyNow
Despite
Crackdowns, White Supremacist And Neo-Nazi Videos Take Stubborn Root On YouTube.
... The ideas in a treatise by Brenton Tarrant, the alleged gunman responsible
for the massacres at two New Zealand mosques, are also circulating on many of
the world’s most popular social media platforms.
HuffPost
Related:
Exclusive: 7 U.S. Military Members Identified As Part Of White Nationalist
Group, ,,, Leaked chat logs revealed military servicemen with ties to the extremist
group Identity Evropa. HuffPost
America's
Economy Is Rigged From Top to Bottom. ... The children of working stiffs learned
a brutal lesson this week as federal prosecutors criminally charged rich people
with buying admission to elite universities for their less-than-stellar children.
The lesson is that no matter how hard you work, no matter how smart or talented
you are, a dumb, lazy rich kid is going to beat you. TruthDig
Don’t
Let Mueller Restore Your Faith in the FBI.
TruthOut
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Conservatives Argue Adam And Eve Would Never Have Been Banished From Eden If They’d
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ICE
Is Illegally Detaining Kids As Young As 5, Who Are Suffering ‘Horrendous’
Effects. ... Lawyers said the children are experiencing depression, physical illnesses
and appetite loss. HuffPost
'Endless Trip to Hell': Israel Jails Hundreds of Palestinian Boys a Year. These
Are Their Testimonies. ... They’re seized in the dead of night, blindfolded
and cuffed, abused and manipulated to confess to crimes they didn't commit. Every
year Israel arrests almost 1,000 Palestinian youngsters, some of them not yet
13. Haaretz
Gold
King Mine wastewater contaminating the rivers once again. Navajo
Times
Trump
2020: a huge war chest, a million volunteers and a revamped digital campaign.
... He came into 2016 as an outsider but now he has the Republican party
support, big money donors and a new digital guru to power his 2020 campaign. Guardian
Establishment
Democrats Are Undermining Medicare for All. TruthOut
Trump
is cornered, with violence on his mind. We must be on red alert. ... Investigators
close in, the president invokes the support of the military, police and vigilantes.
This is a perilous moment.
Guardian
March
18, 2019
“A
Fundamentally Illegitimate Choice”: Shoshana Zuboff on the Age of Surveillance
Capitalism. Intercept
Related:
Zuboff
website
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goal is to automate us': welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism. Guardian
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Venezuela
Coup Leader’s Oil Plans Revealed: Guaidó Hopes to Privatize State-Controlled
Industry. ... US-appointed coup leader Juan Guaidó and his
right-wing economic advisers drafted plans to privatize Venezuela’s oil industry
and open up the oil-rich country to foreign corporations, Reuters reported. Gray
Zone
US
official reveals Atlantic drilling plan while hailing Trump’s ability to
distract public. ... Revealed: Interior department official says he is ‘thrilled’
by Trump’s ‘knack for keeping the attention of the media and public
focused somewhere else’ Guardian
‘Jesus
didn’t come to make us rich’ — and Trump’s popularity among
evangelicals exposes them for what they really are: Chris Hedges. RawStory
Don’t
Just Condemn the New Zealand Attacks — Politicians and Pundits Must Stop
Their Anti-Muslim Rhetoric. Intercept
GOP
congressman releases statement that appears sympathetic to the New Zealand shooter’s
motives. ... Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) suggests the New Zealand shooter had reasonable
concerns about immigrants. ThinkProgress
If
the Filibuster Remains, the Progressive Agenda Is Doomed. .. It takes 60 votes
for Democrats to build something, but only 50 for the GOP to tear it down.
The
Nation
US
to deny visas for ICC members investigating alleged war crimes. Washington
also threatened economic sanctions if war crimes court goes ahead with inquiry
into US troops in Afghanistan.
Guardian
Did
Dallas Police and Local Media Collude to Cover Up Terrorist Threats against Journalist
Barrett Brown? CounterPunch
Weekend
of March 15-17, 2019
Regime
Change Via Sanctions? U.S. Uses International Finance System to Strangle Venezuelan
Economy. DemocracyNow
US
backed coups/invasions in Latin America Guatemala,
1954
Bolivia, 1963
Brazil, 1964
Dominican Republic, 1965
Chile, 1973
Argentina, 1976
El Salvador, 1980s
Nicaragua, 1980s
Grenada, 1983
Panama, 1989
Honduras, 2009
Uruguay, 1973,
Paraguay (twice)
Venezuela, 2002, 2019 (in progress)
Haiti, 1991 and
2004 (Elected president kidnapped by US embassy staff and flown to Africa on a
US Steel executive jet) No
matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually
doing is far worse than you can imagine - William Blum, US State Department |
Tribunal
Declares Trump and Duterte Guilty of Crimes Against Humanity. ...Philippine President
Rodrigo Duterte and his government committed war crimes and crimes against humanity,
aided and abetted by U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration, according
to a recent ruling from the International Peoples’ Tribunal on the Philippines.
TruthOut
Will
New Mexico’s Historic Labor Win Spark Change in Other States?. TruthOut
The
Boeing 737 Max 8: a Case Study in Uncreative Destruction. CounterPunch
Related:
(2016) Crash: how computers are setting us up for disaster. Guardian
Animal
Right is the Nex Frontier for the Left. ... As the left hardens its commitment
to fighting climate change, social injustice, and rampant capitalism, the question
of what to do about animals will become inescapable. The
New Republic
Brazil
to Open Indigenous Reserves to Mining Without Indigenous Consent. ... For many
years, international and Brazilian mining companies have dreamed of getting access
to the mineral wealth lying beneath indigenous lands. Finally, the government
of Jair Bolsonaro seems determined to give them that opportunity. CommonDreams
Who
ordered Marielle Franco's murder?
David Miranda. ... Finding who ordered her
death is key to the most important political cause of our time: stopping authoritarianism
in Brazil. Guardian
Republican
congressman says Green New Deal is ‘tantamount to genocide’. ... Calling
the Green New Deal resolution a “fantasy-land proposal” and “tantamount
to genocide,” House Republicans said they want to have a public debate on
the plan in order to “pull the curtain back.” ThinkProgress
March
14, 2019
Intercept
Investigation Leads to Record Fines Over Foreign Campaign Contributions Intercept
Trump’s
New Budget Slashes Medicare and Bolsters Military in an “Attack on the Poor
& Middle Class”. DemocracyNow
Right-Wing
State Legislators Working to Destroy Climate and Science Education, Analysis Warns.
... "The only way to be sure they don't pass is to raise public awareness."
CommonDreams
Military
Moves into Environmental Management in South America. CounterPunch
The
High-Powered Names In The College Admissions Bribery Scandal. ... The scheme involves
a slew of wealthy parents, from Hollywood actresses to Wall Street and Silicon
Valley executives. HuffPost
The
American Machine: Police Torture to Drone Assassinations. Intercept
As
Web Turns 30, Pioneer Tim Berners-Lee Says 'You Should Have Complete Control of
Your Data'. ... "The fight for the web is one of the most important causes
of our time." CommonDreams
Exxon,
Big Pharma, and Wall Street Lobbyists to Host Fundraiser for Mark Kelly in Washington.
Intercept
A
Tribal Camp in South Texas Is Vowing to Resist Trump’s Wall. TruthOut
March
13, 2019
"Privacy
is a threat to surveillance revenue"
“I
Know No One More Patriotic”: Daniel Ellsberg Praises Chelsea Manning After
She Is Jailed Again. DemocracyNow
While
Hiking Bloated Military Spending, Trump Budget Would Slash Medicaid By $1.1 Trillion.
CommonDreams
China
approves Donald Trump-branded spas, escort services, hotels and massage parlours
without US Congress permission. ... Preliminary approval has been granted for
38 trademarks which raises further questions about conflicts of interest.
Independent
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Carlson Spends Entire Show Screaming Over Child Bride He Invited On To Debate
Him. >
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Deus Ex…Artificial
Intelligence? WAMU
audio
Trump
impeachment: Pelosi rules out attempt to oust president from office because ‘he’s
not worth it’. ... House speaker prefers getting political,
Independent
Journalists,
Lawyers & Activists Targeted in Sweeping U.S. Intelligence Gathering Effort
on Border. DemocracyNow
GOING
BACKWARDS: Trump To Slash Renewables Funding in New Budget. ... Trump Escalates
War On Renewable Energy, Slashes DOE Budget By 70%. CommonDreams
Pure:
Ten Points I Just Can’t Believe About the Official Skripal Narrative. Craig
Murray
Why
record job growth in America hides a troubling reality. ... High employment rates
gloss over a ‘much more complicated story’ of stagnant wages and vanishing
mid-level jobs. Guardian
March
12, 2019
Israel’s
Stranglehold on American Politics. ... The Israel lobby’s buying off of nearly
every senior politician in the United States, facilitated by our system of legalized
bribery, is not an anti-Semitic trope. It is a fact. TruthDig/Hedges
Netanyahu:
Israel Is The National State ‘Only Of The Jewish People’ ... The prime
minister addressed “slightly confused people” after an Israeli celebrity
defended the rights of Israel’s Arab population. HuffPost
Facebook’s
new move isn't about privacy. It’s about domination. Mark Zuckerberg
announced on Wednesday that Facebook would be ‘pivoting to privacy’.
That’s an empty pledge. Guardian
Yes,
Let’s Defeat or Impeach Donald Trump. But What If He Refuses to Leave the
White House? Intercept
Defense
Tech Startup Founded by Trump’s Most Prominent Silicon Valley Supporters
Wins Secretive Military AI Contract. Intercept
Russell
Brand, Henry Giroux and Brad Evans on Fighting Fascism. TruthOut
We
Are Being Lied Into War Again . TruthDig
Rebellious
southern women face stigmatization for rejecting Trump: ‘White men aren’t
going to want you'. RawStory
Judging
U.S. War Crimes. CounterPunch
NYT’s
Exposé on the Lies About Burning Aid Trucks in Venezuela Shows How U.S.
Government and Media Spread Pro-War Propaganda. Intercept
Hillary
Clinton Is Still Deeply Confused About What Happened in Wisconsin. Here’s
Why That Matters. Intercept
March
11, 2019
‘She
was decapitated a block from a police station’: Indigenous women are going
missing and no one listens. ... Thousands of Native American females disappeared
last year – so where is the international outcry for justice. Independent
Robert
Reich: America Is Rotting From the Top. TruthDig
Chelsea
Manning jailed for 'refusing to testify before grand jury' in Wikileaks case.
... Former intelligence officer tells judge she 'will accept whatever you bring
upon me' Independent
Related: A Tale of Two Incarcerated Women Craig
Murray
ISRAEL This
Jew Tells Speaker Pelosi: “You May Well Prove Ilhan Omar Correct”. CounterPunch
Israel
is Playing a Big Role in India’s Escalating Conflict with Pakistan. CounterPunch
U.N.
Finds Israel Intentionally Shot Children, Journalists & the Disabled During
Gaza Protests. DemocracyNow
It
Is Time to Indict Israel: Norman Finkelstein on Growing Push for ICC to File War
Crimes Charges. DemocracyNow
Breaking
the Silence
Inside the Israeli Right’s Campaign to Silence an Anti-Occupation
Group. Intercept
Kevin
McCarthy Promises ‘Action’ Against Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. ...
Republican leader in House says statements by the congresswomen are equal to ones
by Steve King, who said he doesn't understand why 'white supremacy' is stigmatized.
Haaretz
Here’s
The Pro-Israel Lobby’s New Plan To Preserve Its Political Influence. ...
AIPAC allies are launching a group aimed at collecting small-dollar donations
for pro-Israel politicians. HuffPost
In
Latest Assault on Palestinian Rights, US Shutters Jerusalem Consulate. ... Critics
say so-called merger "is nothing more than a smokescreen trying to camouflage
what is essentially an opening of American embassy in Jerusalem" CommonDreams
The
“Humboldt Three” Take Israel to Court. TruthOut
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A Plan to Win Socialism
In America. Jacobin
In
Condemning Ilhan Omar, Democrats Have Proved Her Right. TruthOut
Related:
Ilhan Omar’s Critics Are Not Your Friends. TruthDig
Trump
supporters portrayed as the stupidest, most gullible people on earth in merciless
column. RawStory
Two
NYPD Cops Coerced Sex With a Teen in Their Custody — and Prosecutors Just
Dropped Rape Charges. Intercept
Andrew
Bacevich: The US-Saudi Relationship Is a Principal Source of Instability in the
Middle East. DemocracyNow
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