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Archives for May 2018

The Reelection of Maduro – Venezuelan Voters Defiant Answer to US Empire

Roger D. Harris, former president of the human rights organization, Task Force on the Americas, recently returned from monitoring the recent presidential elections in Venezuela.

Roger D. Harris
By Roger D. Harris
Supporters of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro hold a poster of late President Hugo Chavez during Maduro's closing campaign rally in Caracas, Venezuela, May 17, 2018. Ariana Cubillos | AP

The Venezuelan people reelected Nicolas Maduro for a second presidential term on May 20. A US-backed political tide of reaction had been bucked, which had swept away previously left-leaning Latin American governments – often by extra-parliamentary means – in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Honduras, and even Ecuador. The US and the

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Mystery of MBS’ Fate Deepens as an Exiled Saudi Prince Calls for Coup

MBS’ rise to power has caused unprecedented in-fighting within the Saudi royal family, in large part because of MBS’ ruthless efforts to gain allegiance from family members, efforts which even led him to imprison and torture many of his relatives in an alleged “corruption probe.”

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Saudi Arabia ministers enter the Moncloa Palace for ceremony presided by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, in Madrid, Spain, April 12, 2018. Paul White | AP

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – A shocking interview of an exiled Saudi prince calling for regime change in his home country has gone viral as in-fighting within the Saudi royal family and simmering domestic discontent with the current government’s policies may have reached a breaking point. Exiled Saudi Prince Khalid bin Farhan, in a videotaped

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Trump Set to Recognize Israel’s Claim to Occupied Golan Heights and Its Sizable Oil Reserves

Exporting Golan oil is problematic under international law but, were the U.S. to unilaterally recognize the Golan as Israel’s, that oil could potentially be exported to the U.S. Major U.S. oil investors and lobbyists are therefore pushing hard for Trump to make that move.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, talks with Israeli soldiers at a military outpost during a visit at Mount Hermon in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights overlooking the Israel-Syria border on, Feb. 4, 2015. Baz Ratner | AP

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – While President Trump has reneged on many of his campaign promises -- namely, those more populist and non-interventionist in nature -- he has undeniably fulfilled those that appealed to his pro-Israel, Zionist supporters. First, Trump announced late last year that his administration would officially recognize Jerusalem as the

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“Unusually Bad” Situation: Ecuador May Evict Assange “Any Day Now”

In a nutshell, Ecuador elected a new President who is working with the U.S. military-banking complex in order to shore up their debt, beef up their military and ostensibly in exchange, may be handing Assange over to the West within days.

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By ZeroHedge.com
The Ecuadorian flag flies outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Friday, Sept. 16, 2016.

Julian Assange may be at the end of the line in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, as the WikiLeaks founder may be evicted "any day now," according to CNN, citing sources familiar with the matter. While Assange has in the past claimed his position in the embassy was under threat, sources say his current situation is "unusually bad" and that he

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Workers Are Prepared to Shut Down Entire Las Vegas Strip

If 50,000 workers, who toil at 34 big hotels on the Las Vegas strip and downtown, must walk out, it would be the union’s largest strike in decades.

Mark Gruenberg
By Mark Gruenberg
las vegas

LAS VEGAS—Las Vegas casino owners’ threats to subcontract or automate thousands of workers’ jobs – among other issues — forced the workers, employed by Unite Here Locals 226 and 165, to vote almost unanimously to authorize a strike if bargainers fail to agree on a new pact by June 1. If 50,000 workers, who toil at 34 big hotels on the Las Vegas

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Elon Musk to Fight Fake News with New Website Called Pravda

Musk created a poll asking people to vote as to whether or not they felt Pravda was a good and useful idea. Eighty-eight percent of the 68 thousand asked supported its creation.

Matfey Shaheen
By Matfey Shaheen
elon musk battles fake news with pravda

Elon Musk is creating a website where “…the public can rate the core truth of any article & track the credibility score over time of each journalist, editor & publication,” as he said in a tweet. Interestingly enough, he plans on naming it

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