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The smears against Corbyn and the left are part of a concerted effort to undermine a potential left government and must be opposed by Alex Snowdon Part 1 There is currently another round of attacks on Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour Party on the basis of alleged antisemitism - or failures to deal with it effectively. This is a long-running saga. The charges against the Labour leadership have become progressively harsher: we are now routinely being told that Labour is an ‘institutionally antisemitic’ party. While there have indeed been instances of antisemitism from some Labour members, the evidence shows overwhelmingly that it is not a widespread problem in the party, it has increasingly been addressed in a serious way, and the notion that Corbyn personally is complicit is absurd. In the US, meanwhile, there has been an outpouring of vitriol directed at Ilhan Omar, a newly-elected congress member, for critical comments of Israel that have been tendentious

US sanctions against Venezuela are like “going into microsurgery with a kitchen knife” and are holding an entire population hostage, the UN special rapporteur on the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures told The Grayzone. by Michael Selby-Green Part 2 - “If you block all their financial resources, how would they be fed?” Jazairy is most critical of measures imposed by the United States against PDVSA on January 28, which bar American individuals and companies from making transactions with the state owned oil giant, and blocks its interests and property in the US. He said the measures are causing starvation. Venezuela is heavily dependent on foreign imports of food and medicine which it often pays for through oil sales. These generate around 98 percent of the nations export earnings according to OPEC. By imposing sanctions on PDVSA, the largest company in Venezuela’s oil sector you’re starving the country, Jazairy said. “ If you block all their financial

While Venezuela’s government and the Chavista movement proclaimed victory over the worst blackouts to plague the country, Washington’s coup masters have promised more darkness until their goals are complete. by Misión Verdad Part 5 - Life during the blackout The blackout coincided with the end of workday for the majority of the population. Traffic was interrupted by the non operational lights. In cities with underground public transportation, such as Caracas, Los Teques, Valencia and Maracaibo, overground traffic was overloaded with the population that could not use the tunnels. Similarly, the collapse of the rail system that connected Valles del Tuy with Caracas made the transportation situation even more difficult. The telephone communication system was affected and only those who were within reach of radio repeaters with an alternative source of power could communicate by cell phone. Thanks to radio broadcasts, many knew that the blackout was nationwide. Those who

globinfo freexchange The neoliberal regime with financial mafia at the top of its hierarchical structure must be feeling a great danger right now. That’s because there is a crucial battle taking place in the UK, one of the motherlands of neoliberalism. On the one hand, the regime has to deal with Brexit, on the other, with Jeremy Corbyn. We have to assume that all alarms have been activated considering the ongoing smearing campaigns by the UK mainstream media against the current leader of the Labour Party. As mentioned previously, a Labour government under the Corbyn leadership after Brexit will be much more flexible to apply progressive policies that will benefit most of the Britons. Of course, with UK's power structure and the elites still in an advantageous position - after decades of policies that limited the power of state institutions - it will not be a piece of cake. Yet, without the additional tight scrutiny of the EU neoliberal monster, it

Progressive counterattack

" How can we keep giving more money to the Pentagon than it needs when 40 million live in poverty, 34 million have no health insurance, and 140 million can't afford basic needs without going into debt? " House Democratic leaders canceled a vote on the two-year spending measure late Tuesday afternoon amid progressive backlash over the Pentagon budget. "Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus cheered the outcome, saying they had forced leadership to listen to their demands," the Washington Post reported. Full report: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/04/09/progressive-democrats-threaten-tank-733-billion-crazy-pentagon-spending-if-social

In the densely populated area of Sa’wan northeast of Yemen’s capital city of Sana’a, a clouded sky framed the picturesque district as students, including Maha, listened to an announcement that, because of the fear of cholera spreading, their school would no longer be providing students with lunch. With the noon hour approaching, the picturesque sky would soon turn blood red as a Saudi aircraft bombarded the area with a barrage of airstrikes. A few minutes later, a deafening explosion echoed throughout Sa’wan and, when the thick black smoke finally began to dissipate, chaos, moans and screams filled the grounds outside of the school. “Do not worry, you will be fine,” a paramedic assured the first casualty he stumbled upon. Her name was Maha Melhah Jar Allah, a fifth-grade girl who took her last breath as she was being transferred into an ambulance. Maha was one of at least 14 schoolchildren who were killed, along with at least 104 injured, when Saudi airstrik

After the New York Times was slammed for obscuring comedian Joanna Hausmann’s family ties to the Guaido shadow regime, her coup-plotting father appeared online to defend her with a stream of insults. by Anya Parampil When the New York Times approached me seeking permission to use video I recorded of the Washington DC “Hands Off Venezuela” protest on March 16, I hoped that somebody at the paper was seeking to atone for the Gray Lady’s demonstrably one-sided coverage of the US coup attempt against the internationally recognized Maduro government. Maybe, just maybe, the editors had had a rare bout of self-reflection and decided to produce something that gave voice to the many Americans who rejected the Trump administration’s brazen regime change operation against Venezuela. But on April 1, I woke up to learn that my footage had been used to demonize the protesters as useful idiots by a YouTube comedian born to one of the family dynasties of Venezuela’s

Το Ανώτατο Συμβούλιο Εθνικής Ασφάλειας του Ιράν χαρακτήρισε χθες επίσημα τις δυνάμεις των ΗΠΑ στη Μέση Ανατολή (γνωστές και ως U.S. Central Command – Κεντρική Διοίκηση) ως «τρομοκρατική οργάνωση». Η κίνηση αυτή έρχεται ως απάντηση στην ένταξη από τις ΗΠΑ του Σώματος Επαναστατικής Φρουράς του Ιράν στις ξένες τρομοκρατικές οργανώσεις. Καταδικάζοντας την απόφαση των ΗΠΑ, το Ανώτατο Συμβούλιο Εθνικής Ασφάλειας του Ιράν σχολίασε: « Η Ισλαμική Δημοκρατία του Ιράν βλέπει αυτή την αβάσιμη κίνηση σαν μείζονα απειλή για την τοπική και διεθνή ειρήνη και ασφάλεια. Είναι εξώφθαλμη παραβίαση των κανόνων του Διεθνούς Δικαίου και του Καταστατικού Χάρτη των Ηνωμένων Εθνών. » Σχολίασε επίσης ότι οι αμερικανικές δυνάμεις της Κεντρικής Διοίκησης ήταν επιφορτισμένες με την εφαρμογή των τρομοκρατικών πολιτικών των ΗΠΑ εναντίον χωρών της Μέσης Ανατολής, με αποτέλεσμα να τίθεται σε κίνδυνο η ζωή των Ιρανών και όχι μόνο. Συγκεκριμένα, αναφέρθηκε στο παράδειγμα της Υεμένης, όπο