The New York Times is pushing for regime change in Venezuela, and supported a failed coup attempt this summer against President Maduro, who it calls a dictator who won a “tainted election.” Of course, the Times celebrated the short-lived 2002 US-backed coup against Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, and has continued to openly call for another ever since. In fact, “the Paper of Record” has supported virtually every U.S.-backed coup since 1945 and the end of World War Two.
Democracy Now! Eleven peace activists and one journalist on board the Gaza Freedom Flotilla ship, the "Madleen," were detained by Israeli soldiers as their ship carrying vital humanitarian aid for starving Palestinians approached Gaza. The ship was intercepted by Israeli forces in the middle of the night in international waters. Its supplies were seized and communications jammed. The unarmed activists will likely be transported to Israeli detention or "immediately deported," says Ann Wright, a U.S. military veteran who has participated in four Freedom Flotilla journeys and now serves on the steering committee of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition. She calls on citizens of countries around the world to push for the activists' release and an end to Israel's war on Gaza.
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