Police Raid Venezuelan Embassy in DC, Arrest Last Remaining Members of Embassy Protection Collective

The activists from the Embassy Protection Collective have been living inside the embassy since 10 April in a bid to protect it from US attempts to seize the facility and hand it over to supporters of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido.

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By Sputnik News
US Venezuela

Police have broken into the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington, DC and arrested four protesters from the Embassy Protection Collective, according to Medea Benjamin, an activist from the anti-war group CODEPINK. Among the four who were arrested during the raid are anti-war activists Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers. A US Secret Service spokesman

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TPP: The US Empire’s Soft Power Play Against China

In the first episode of MintPress News’ “Behind the Headline,” host and MPN editor-in-chief Mnar Muhawesh talks to Popular Resistance’s Kevin Zeese about the TPP, how it fits into Obama’s soft power “pivot to Asia,” and what it means for the future.

Mnar Adley
By Mnar Adley
Surrounded by Cabinet officials and members of Congress, President Barack Obama signs H.R. 2146, which sandwiched in other measures, provided a 'fast track; to implementing the TPP. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMibWyB6p04 MINNEAPOLIS --- Prior to its signing in New Zealand in February, the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership was the subject of years of top-secret negotiations. Of course, it’s hard to keep a big secret, secret for long. In November 2013, WikiLeaks released the draft of the entire chapter on

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People Are Stopping The TPP; Time To Finish Off Corporate Trade

With the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its European equivalent, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, both moving in a downward spiral, the time is right for those against these corporate-rigged trade deals to stop them completely.

Kevin Zeese
Margaret Flowers
By Kevin Zeese
And Margaret Flowers
Credit Eleanor Goldfield/Art Killing Apathy.

WASHINGTON -- (Opinion) There has been a remarkable turn of events recently when it comes to the Trans-Pacific Partnership and its European equivalent, the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. They are faltering and moving in a downward spiral, if the movement keeps doing its job this will continue for the duration of the Obama

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Video: The War On The War On Drugs

Kevin Zeese is a well known fighter of the system and has been on the front lines of many fights – from health care to digital rights. But it all started with an internship at NORML 36 years ago. So, what did marijuana politics look like back then, where are we now and how do we keep going in this fight against senseless prohibition?

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