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France, presidential elections : ten proposals to beat the European Union

It is again clear from the current election campaign in France that a large proportion of the population wants left-wing radical solutions to exit the crisis. The impressive number of people attending Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s rallies and joining his movement La France Insoumise is evidence enough as well as poll survey results on voting intentions. This is indeed good reason to rejoice. Such upsurge of support for left-wing radical proposals to turn away from European treaties is a positive signal. Two other left-wing candidates, Philippe Poutou and Nathalie Arthaud, also benefit from a large-scale sympathy. Philippe Poutou’s attack on François Fillon and Marine Le Pen during the 4 April 2017 television debate also prompted a lot of interest , in and outside France. by Eric Toussaint , Teresa Rodríguez , Miguel Urbán Crespo , Angela Klein , Stathis Kouvelakis , Costas Lapavitsas , Zoe Konstantopoulou , Marina Albiol , Olivier Besancenot , Rommy Arce Part 1 This collect

Evo Morales: the US wants to overthrow Venezuela to steal oil

“ The plan of the empire is to overthrow the constitutional president elected by Venezuela ... as a warning to anti-imperialist governments,” Morales said. Bolivian President Evo Morales on Thursday slammed ongoing right-wing opposition protests in Venezuela, claiming they serve the interests of multinational elites looking to privatize the country’s oil resources. Morales also said foreign and domestic attacks against President Nicolas Maduro and the Bolivarian Revolution are intended to send a threatening message to anti-imperialist governments around the world. “ The plan of the empire is to overthrow the constitutional president elected by Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, as a warning to anti-imperialist governments, ” Morales said. “ Any internal conspiracy or external intervention is intended to steal Venezuelan oil. ” For weeks, opposition demonstrators have held violent protests in several cities across the country, calling for regime change and in

Venezuela is in a 'great battle against revived fascism': former OAS ambassador

The former OAS ambassador warned that continued the U.S. and right-wing opposition want to return the country to neoliberalism. Venezuela’s former ambassador to the Organization of American states, Roy Chaderton Matos, warned that the right wing in the country wants to return to the days of neoliberalism and that U.S. intervention was a legitimate threat to Venezuelan sovereignty. “ There are economic interests at stake and cultural powers have been magnifying over time, as are the media corporations that are the new forms of dictatorships, ” said Chaderton Matos to Venezuela state television. Chaderton Matos pointed out that the continued attacks from the OAS against Venezuela are a clear example of how outside forces working in concert with the opposition are planning to destabilize the country. He questioned Colombia’s decision to seek agreements with NATO and still had a number of troops in its territory. “ Venezuela is not a no man's land w

The US government declares war on Julian Assange

The U.S. government is dramatically ratcheting up its rhetoric against whistleblowing news collective Wikileaks, announcing on Thursday that authorities are preparing new charges on which to arrest the group’s founder, Julian Assange. Assange has lived at the Ecuadorian embassy in London for the last four years in order to avoid extradition and arrest. Now, in the wake of Wikileaks’ controversial Vault 7 releases, which exposed thousands of documents detailing the CIA’s use of domestic and international cyberhacking tools, it appears the government is out for blood. The Justice Department has sought charges against Assange for almost decade, since Wikileaks facilitated the release of files stolen by whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning. Tension between Wikileaks and U.S. intelligence agencies was further eroded during and after the 2016 presidential election, when U.S. authorities — citing no evidence — asserted Wikileaks had colluded with Russia to affect the outco

WikiLeaks - iPhones are iSpies

Most of us carry smartphones and watch web-enabled TVs without much thought. But the revelations found in Wikileaks’ “Vault 7” release warn that we should consider the sinister capabilities that such devices could lend to those who might abuse them. Since launching in 2006, Wikileaks has reportedly released over 10 million documents, including controversial disclosures that have helped unravel war crimes, uncover corporate secrets and even brought to light explosive revelations stemming from Hillary Clinton’s most recent presidential run. Despite facing widespread international denunciation, Wikileaks has remained faithful in blowing the whistle on information that would have remained hidden from the public. These secrets have helped to expose many layers of the global state security apparatus and aided in shaping the discourse surrounding government and corporate transparency. On April 7, Wikileaks released 27 documents from the CIA’s Grasshopper framewo

CNN covers up genocidal crimes of US-backed Syrian rebels

Through selective reporting, the omission of facts and reliance on dubious sources of information, media outlets have sought to twist the facts and whitewash crimes committed by the rebels. This week, Syria saw one of its most deadly attacks against civilians fleeing al-Qaeda-held areas in Al-Fu’ah and Kafrayah through a government-rebel civilian swap. Rebels targeted and killed 126 people, including dozens of women and children, after a blast hit a convoy of evacuee buses Saturday. The evacuees, all of whom were Muslim Shiites, were scheduled to be bussed from the al-Nusra-Front-dominated Idlib Province as part of an evacuation deal between the rebels and the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Strangely, the fact that the victims targeted in the blast were all Muslim Shiites was either outright ignored by the media or construed as proof that they were “pro-Assad,” a term that much of the mainstream media uses as a pejorative. The rebels in Idli

Russia reportedly sending troops, tanks to border with North Korea

Following China’s reported deployment of 150,000 troops to its border with North Korea only days ago, it appears Russia is now following suit. Thursday morning, footage surfaced that appears to show Russian tanks, helicopters, and troops being moved to the country’s tiny 11-mile border with North Korea by train. “ Railway trains loaded with military equipment moving towards Primorsky region via Khabarovsk have been noticed by locals, ” reported a news outlet in Russia’s far East, as translated by the Daily Mail. One video seems to show military helicopters and army combat trucks performing maneuvers near the Korean Peninsula, and the Daily Mail writes that other reports from the region are coming in claiming more Russian equipment is being moved to the border via roads. Full report: http://theantimedia.org/russia-troops-north-korea/

Armed gangs attack maternal and child hospital in Venezuela

Several violent incidents occurred in the El Valle neighborhood today as right-wing opposition protests continued, according to RT. Venezuela's Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez announced on her Twitter account that " armed bands hired by the opposition attacked a maternal and child hospital with 54 children (inside). " She also said that President Nicolas Maduro ordered the evacuation of the hospital, adding, " We will defeat the coup attempt. " The Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias Maternal and Child Hospital is located in the El Valle neighborhood of Caracas. The minister also blamed right-wing governments for the violence, " The small group of governments that have expressed their public support for the Venezuelan opposition has encouraged this vandalism and extreme violence. " Jorge Rodriguez, mayor of Caracas, said in a Twitter post, " As a human being and as a doctor I denounce the terrorist attack on the maternal

Άρης Χατζηστεφάνου: Οι ελίτ θα προτιμήσουν την Λεπέν από τον Μελανσόν

Τι συνδέει τις εκλογές στη Γαλλία με την επικράτηση – Τραμπ στις ΗΠΑ; Απειλείται η ύπαρξη της ΕΕ και την ΟΝΕ από τις γαλλικές κάλπες και αν ναι πως θα αντιδράσουν οι πολίτες αλλά και οι οικονομικές ελίτ στο ενδεχόμενο μιας μονομαχίας Λεπέν – Μελανσόν στον Δεύτερο γύρο; Τι σημαίνουν τα «συμβολικά» χτυπήματα του Τραμπ σε Συρία, Αφγανιστάν και Βόρεια Κορέα και τι μηνύματα στέλνει στο βαθύ κράτος των ΗΠΑ; Αυτά και πολλά άλλα θέματα διεθνούς επικαιρότητας συζήτησε ο Γιώργος Σαχίνης στον 9.84 Κρήτης με τον δημοσιογράφο Άρη Χατζηστεφάνου. http://info-war.gr/aris-chatzistefanou-i-elit-tha-protimisoun-tin-lepen-apo-ton-melanson/ Οι διαρκείς εκλογικές αναμετρήσεις στην Ε.Ε. , είναι προϊόν των πιέσων από τα «κάτω» των λαών να βγουν από τον στενό κορσέ των καταστάσεων ζουρλομανδύα αυτής της Ε.Ε. και της επιδίωξης από τα «πάνω» και μέρους των οικονομικών ελίτ , να αλλάξουν το υπόδειγμα, λέει ο Άρης Χατζηστεφάνου , μιλώντας στον 9.84 . Η Γαλλία είναι καθοριστικής σημασ

Trump's smaller state will be ... 0.0000004% smaller

globinfo freexchange The old good propaganda tricks of liberal America about the wasteful public sector, are being used by president Trump. At the same time he magnifies state's role in the economy through military spending, he promised to save taxpayers from $ 70,000 over a four-year period. That's the cost of posting on the internet the details of those who visit the president in the White House. Essentially, Trump wants his meetings not to be known with other politicians and particularly with businessmen, something that was considered to be standard for every president of the United States. Yet, liberal logic always has a unique ability to treat transparency as a waste of public money. According to the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, given that the US government will spend $ 16 trillion over the next four years, the reduction promised by Trump corresponds to 0.0000004% of its spending. That is, each taxpayer will save 0.007 cents annu