An Interview with Daniel Kovalik
Alex Anfruns | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-18
In his last book on Venezuela, Daniel Kovalik, a lawyer and a long standing friend of Latin American people in countries such as Colombia and Central America, is tearing away the veil of war propaganda: "The humanitarian part of the intervention is now barely a fig leaf for the real and usual intention — the …
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How Corporate Media Are Fueling a New Iran Nuclear Crisis
Gareth Porter | commondreams.org | 2019-07-18
Screen shot of a recent Fox Business report about U.S.-Iran relations. (Photo: Fox Business via YouTube) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Vaccine Safety and Immunization: Suppressing Critique, Silencing Scientific Evidence
Richard Gale | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-18
During the past year there has been a deliberate assault on medical sanity by the Silicon Valley's internet giants and popular social media platforms to abolish and censor voices and websites challenging the orthodoxy of the CDC's vaccination policies. Last …
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Venezuela: Trump Diverts Central America Aid to Guaido as EU Threatens More Sanctions
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-18
Guaido's team is receiving over $40 million to fund salaries, travel, training, propaganda and technical assistance.
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Why the West is Determined to Ignore China's Success
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-18
It used to be comical, but suddenly it is not, anymore. In the past, blind hatred towards China could had been attributed to ignorance, or at least to indoctrination by the Western propaganda and mass media outlets. But now? China's tremendous leap forward, its excellent, humane social policies and determined people-oriented scientific research, as well …
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National Polls Don't Mean Much. Here's Why
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-18
"Here we go with the Fake Polls," President Donald Trump tweeted on July 15. "Just like what happened with the Election against Crooked Hillary Clinton." He's complaining about several polls that show him losing the national popular vote to various Democratic presidential aspirants, in some cases by double digits. He has a point. In 2016,…
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How a black farming community found justice
Debbie Weingarten | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-18
Shirley Sherrod co-founded New Communities, a Black farming community in rural Georgia. But at one time, she wanted to leave farming far behind. As a teenager, Sherrod dreamed of leaving the South. Her mind traveled North–away from the White sheriff, known as "The Gator," who ruthlessly and violently patrolled the area's Black residents. Away from her …
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Should We Have a Right to Troll Politicians on Twitter?
Alexis Grenell | thenation.com | 2019-07-18
Should We Have a Right to Troll Politicians on Twitter?
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An extraordinary Twitter exchange with Richard Tol
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-18
I had an extraordinary Twitter Exchange with Richard Tol over the last few days. I've written this post to preserve that exchange in case, at a future date, Tol decides to delete his tweets. They provide a superb window into the thinking that lies behind mainstream economic modelling of climate change, and why this has […] | Source…
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'4 horsewomen' of Dem 'squad' poll low amid Trump tweetfest, but their party is doing even worse
rt.com | 2019-07-18
The four Democratic congresswomen feuding with US President Donald Trump are not polling well nationwide, suggesting the president is right that "a lot of people love" his criticism of the women as anti-American "whack jobs." | …
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'Give us our river back'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-18
The Murray-Darling river system is the lifeblood of Australian agriculture, but it is now in serious crisis. | The river system is experiencing one of the worst droughts on record, and with mass fish deaths in the headlines and farmers struggling to survive, the water crisis is deepening. | But the current crisis has long-term roots in a river system that for years has been controlled by big business and corrupt governments. | In early July, we travelled to the far-western NSW towns of Broken Hill and Menindee and spoke to a number of Aboriginal and non-Indigenous locals who are at the forefront of the fight to s…
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Canada's Liberal government steps up internet censorship with creation of new media fund
wsws.org | 2019-07-18
Drawing on the language used by Google to justify its censorship, the Trudeau government plans to dispense $600 million to media outlets deemed to be producing "authoritative content."
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Election-meddling & 'good censorship': Google 'pushes the boundaries till its hand gets slapped'
rt.com | 2019-07-17
Senate Republicans tore into Google during a hearing, demanding accountability for its biased, election-skewing algorithms, while Democrats ran interference, denying the company was censoring anyone — and suggesting it should. | …
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Not yet: Vote on Trump impeachment fails in Democrat-controlled House
rt.com | 2019-07-17
The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly voted against a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump, sponsored by those hoping to capitalize on the backlash to Trump's attacks on four progressive congresswomen. | …
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"Our Squad Is Big": Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib and Pressley Condemn Trump's Racist Attack
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-16
Congressmembers Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar condemned President Trump's spate of racist attacks against them in a news conference Monday. Their public rebuke followed Trump tweeting Sunday telling them to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." The comments have been widely condemned as racist and xenophobic. We hear from the progressive congresswomen in their own words.
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A year after Nicaragua's coup, the media's regime-change deceptions are still unraveling
John Perry | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-16
Corporate media outlets blamed Nicaragua's government for a deadly arson attack during the 2018 coup attempt, but new information raises…
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The Guardian publishes, then censors Jewish open letter defending smeared pro-Corbyn Labour MP Chris Williamson
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-10
Britain's leading newspaper The Guardian, which has relentlessly attacked Jeremy Corbyn and his leftist allies, published but then quickly removed…
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Yemeni children 'dying right now' due to food aid diversions Beasley warns Security Council
United Nations | un.org | 2019-06-17
Food continues to be taken "from the mouths of hungry little boys and little girls" in many areas of Yemen controlled by Houthi rebels, warned the head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) on Monday, who said the agency would be forced to suspend some food assistance within days, unless agreements are finally honoured.
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Did a Coverup of Who Caused Flint Michigan's Contaminated Water Continue During Its Investigation?
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-17
For the first time in 16 years, Michigan elected a Democrat as their Attorney General and Dana Nessel's first major decision was to dismiss all pending criminal charges against the state and city officials responsible for Flint Michigan's polluted drinking water this past weekend. Mainstream media commentators were critical of her decision as well as…
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eSwatini bans live pigs imports from countries hit by African swine fever
David Ochieng Mbewa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-17
FILE PHOTO: Pigs are seen on a farm. REUTERS/Ryan Woo/File Photo | The Kingdom of eSwatini on Monday banned imports of live pigs from countries that test positive for African swine fever (ASF). | The move comes in the wake of a report of an outbreak of the disease in neighbouring South Africa nearly two months ago. | The country's director of veterinary and livestock services Xolani Dlamini told a local daily (Swazi Observer) that the movement of pigs between farms will be strictly controlled and a system put in place to track and identify the animals. | "Importations are only from slaughterhouses and establishme…
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