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Reminiscent of his 2016 insurgent run for president that saw overflow and enthused crowds in nearly every town he visited, Sen. Bernie Sanders drew a "yuge" crowd to a rally in Los Angeles on Saturday as the 2020 presidential candidate made his first swing through the country's most populous state of California over the weekend. The Los Angeles Times put the estimated number of attendees at the rally in a sprawling city park at 12,000 people, but others suggested the number was much higher. According to Heavy.com 's reporting from Saturday evening: “ The rally took place ... at the Grand Park downtown, across from City Hall. Exactly how many people attended isn't yet known, but the numbers are significant since the park can hold from 25,000 to 50,000 people, depending on the setup. On top of that, 22,000 RSVP'd on Facebook for Sanders' event in LA, and crowd size photos show a significant turnout. In fact, so many people showed

While online audiences know YouTube comedian Joanna Hausmann from her videos making the case for regime change, her economist father has flown below the radar. His record holds the key to understanding what the U.S. wants in Venezuela. by Anya Parampil Part 5 - The Hausmann clan versus Chavismo During the Chávez era, the Hausmann family was not content to sit on the sidelines and watch him build a “21st-century socialism.” Joanna’s mother, Ana Julia Jatar, assumed a position as executive director of Súmate, a U.S.-backed “civil society group” formed by right-wing darling María Corina Machado in order to “build democracy” in Venezuela. In 2003, Súmate received $53,400 from the National Endowment for Democracy “ to work on referendum and general electoral activities, ” according to a U.S. diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks. The initiative represented Jatar and Machado’s attempt to remove Chávez from power through popular recall. Yet the public rejected th

by Jonathan Cook Part 6 - From lynching to witch hunt First, she produced a one-woman show about her treatment at the hands of the Labour party bureaucracy – framed in the context of decades of racist treatment of black people in the west – called The Lynching. And then her story was turned into a documentary film, fittingly called Witch Hunt. It sets out very clearly the machinations of the Blairite wing of MPs, and Labour’s closely allied Israel lobby, in defaming Walker as part of their efforts to regain power over the party. For people so ostensibly concerned about racism towards Jews, these witchfinders show little self-awareness about how obvious their own racism is in relation to some of the “witches” they have hunted down. But that racism can only be understood if people have the chance to hear from Walker and other victims of the anti-semitism smears. Which is precisely why Williamson, who was trying to organise the screening of Witch Hunt, had to be deal

The real tragedy of the implosion of Russiagate is it will help Trump in his 2020 campaign. This is precisely what us small handful of leftist skeptics have been warning for 2 years: Neoliberal centrist Democratic Russia-obsessed hacks have been *helping* the far-right president — Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) March 24, 2019

globinfo freexchange Caitlin Johnstone reported: The Robert Mueller investigation which monopolized political discourse for two years has finally concluded, and his anxiously awaited report has been submitted to Attorney General William Barr. The results are in and the debate is over: those advancing the conspiracy theory that the Kremlin has infiltrated the highest levels of the US government were wrong, and those of us voicing skepticism of this were right. The contents of the report are still secret, but CNN’s Justice Department reporter Laura Jarrett has told us all we need to know, tweeting, “Special Counsel Mueller is not recommending ANY further indictments am told.” On top of that, William Barr said in a letter to congressional leaders that there has been no obstruction of Mueller’s investigation by Justice Department officials. So that’s it, then. A completely unhindered investigation has failed to convict a single American of any

Εν όψει των επόμενων προγραμματισμένων κινητοποιήσεων των Κίτρινων Γιλέκων, η γαλλική κυβέρνηση ανακοίνωσε ότι θα χρησιμοποιήσει το στρατό προκειμένου να προστατεύσει συγκεκριμένες περιοχές του Παρισιού από τους διαδηλωτές. Στρατιώτες καταγγέλλουν την απόφαση αυτή, χαρακτηρίζοντάς την ως μια κακή ιδέα που θα μπορούσε να αποδειχθεί πολύ επικίνδυνη. Στο πλαίσιο της λήψης επιπλέον μέτρων ασφαλείας η γαλλική κυβέρνηση σχεδιάζει να εντάξει στρατιώτες της επιχείρησης Sentinelle στην περιφρούρηση συγκεκριμένων μνημείων, αλλά και της περιοχής των Ηλισίων Πεδίων. Η αντιτρομοκρατική επιχείρηση Sentinelle έχει τεθεί σε εφαρμογή από το 2015, με σκοπό την ενίσχυση της ασφάλειας στο κέντρο της πολης με την παρουσία ένοπλων μονάδων του στρατού. « Οι άνθρωποι της επιχείρησης Sentinelle είναι όλοι στρατιωτικοί. Δεν γνωρίζουμε από επιχειρήσεις διατήρησης της τάξης », εξηγεί στρατιώτης που μίλησε ανώνυμα στο franceinfo. Θεωρητικά δεν προβλέπεται οι στρατιώτες να παρέμβουν στην

globinfo freexchange For one more year, the blog had the opportunity to watch new, interesting documentaries at the 21st Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, held on 1-10 March. Among them, the new documentary Make the Economy Scream by Aris Chatzistefanou, creator of impressively revealing documentaries such as Catastroika , Debtocracy , FASCISM INC and This is not a cou p . From the description: A Greek journalist travels to Venezuela trying to figure out why the politicians of his crisis-plagued country debate on whether there is enough toilet paper in Caracas or not. Through several trips, which bring him from the shanty towns to the borders of Colombia and back to Europe, he discovers a reality that differs from the mainstream media narrative. https://www.filmfestival.gr/en/movie-tdf/movie/12080 The creator travels not only in Venezuela, but also in other places, seeking answers about the real causes behind the problems th

“ The definition of insanity, ” Einstein didn’t say, “ is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. ” Have the Democrats gone mad? Are they really planning on putting up the same type of candidate against Donald Trump in 2020 that they put up against him in 2016? Is the party bent on nominating Hillary 2.0? How else to describe Joe Biden, the former vice president and ex-senator from Delaware, who is leading in the polls and has hinted that he’d reveal whether he’s running for president in “ a few weeks ” and might select a running mate early in the process? Forget, for a moment, his “blue-collar-uncle-at-the-end-of-the-bar persona.” Ignore also his recent, and ridiculous, claim to have the “ most progressive record of anybody ” running for president. Consider, instead, the sheer number of similarities he seems to have with the vanquished Democratic presidential candidate of 2016. Iraq War supporter? Check. Clinto

Venezuela’s Interior Minister has confirmed the arrest of self-proclaimed ‘interim president’ Juan Guaido’s chief of staff. The opposition claims he was ‘kidnapped’ while authorities say he was the leader of a ‘terrorist cell.’ Roberto Marrero was taken into custody on Thursday as part of the government raid against a “terrorist cell” that plotted to carry out attacks against top Venezuelan politicians, the Minister of the Interior, Justice and Peace, Néstor Reverol, said in a statement. “ Together with the Public Prosecutor's Office, the investigations led to the detention of the citizen, Roberto Eugenio Marrero Borgas, who is directly responsible for the organization of criminal groups, ” he said. The government also released images of two rifles allegedly seized by the Venezuelan Bolivarian National Intelligence Service (SEBIN) during the raid on Marrero’s house. Full report: https://www.rt.com/news/454445-venezuela-terrorist-cell-gu

Bernie Sanders, who has announced his intention to run in the Democratic primaries ahead of the 2020 presidential election, posted a campaign video featuring a supporter praising him for his condemnation of the “apartheid-like” conditions imposed on Palestinians by Israel. “ He spoke out against apartheid in South Africa when crazily that was an unpopular thing to do and even today he speaks out against apartheid-like conditions in Palestine even though it’s not popular, ” Shaun King said in the clip posted on Monday on the presidential campaign’s Facebook page. King, “a columnist and activist”, was speaking at the formal launch of Sanders’ campaign on 2 March. The video then breaks away from King’s speech to a highlighted online CNN headline, “ Bernie Sanders smashes the Israel status quo ”. Sanders was “ the first Jewish candidate to win major nominating contests when he ran for the Democratic nomination in 2016 ”, and has also “ been among the