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Peace Activist Nun Imprisoned
by Stephen Lendman
Sister Megan Rice is a Roman Catholic nun. She's an anti-nuclear activist. She's aged 84. She's committed for peace.
She's been involved in numerous anti-war protests. She was arrested more than three dozen times. She was imprisoned twice before. Each time for six months.
On February 18, she was sentenced to 35 months more for anti-nuclear activism. On May 9, 2013, she, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed were convicted.
Sentencing was scheduled for January 28. Inclement weather forced postponement.
In trial testimony, Sister Megan said "I regret I didn't do this 70 years ago." More on her case below.
Howard Zinn called dissent the highest form of patriotism. So is civil disobedience against government wrongdoing.
Sister Megan reflects exemplary patriotism. America honors its worst. It persecutes its best. It's longstanding policy. It's worse than ever now.
JAMES PETRAS PIDE CÁRCEL PARA LEOPOLDO LÓPEZ POR INCITAR AL GOLPE DE ESTADO EN VENEZUELA
El análisis de James Petras
Hay dos ejemplos en el tratamiento con oposiciones violentas. El caso de (Salvador) Allende en Chile, que toleró la oposición violenta hasta que dieron el golpe de Estado; y la otra es la respuesta de Fidel Castro en Cuba frente a los ataques violentos, que terminó quebrando la espalda al terrorismo y consolidó la revolución”, recordó el sociólogo norteamericano James Petras al analizar en CX36 (*) lo que está pasando en Venezuela. En ese sentido dijo que “o se rompe la cabeza de esta oposición para permitir la democracia o peligra que pase en Venezuela lo que pasó en Chile y otros países democráticos, que toleraron demasiado. Y las consecuencias de un golpe en Venezuela son terroríficas, porque lo que llaman fascistas van a lanzar una purga masiva y sangrienta. Yo prefiero 300 terroristas encarcelados que 30.000 militantes y pobres muertos”. En la oportunidad, Petras también analizó el fracaso de las negociaciones por la paz en Siria, la visita del presidente François Hollande a Estados Unidos y el creciente apoyo al levantamiento del bloqueo estadounidense a Cuba. A continuación transcribimos el análisis que Usted puede escuchar aquí: http://www.ivoox.com/james-petras-pide-carcel-para-leopoldo-lopez-por-audios-mp3_rf_2841456_1.html
James Petras: Estamos muy bien.
HV: Hoy queríamos comenzar con la situación en Venezuela. Hoy, se reunió aquí en Montevideo la Mesa Directiva del Parlasur (Parlamento del Mercosur); y allí el presidente uruguayo José Mujica dijo que “hay un caldo de cultivo muy embromado en Venezuela” y la declaración aprobada lamenta “la escalada de violencia que se desató en el país” y exhortan al diálogo para terminar con la violencia. ¿Quçe reflexión le merecen estas declaraciones?
Destabilizing Venezuela Continues
by Stephen Lendman
A previous article discussed multiple Obama regime change fronts. His rogue agenda exceeds the worst of his predecessors.
He heads a homeland police state apparatus. He's waging war on humanity. He's ravaging one country after another.
He wants independent governments in Syria, Iran, Ukraine and Venezuela toppled. He's got other targets in mind.
It's hard keeping track of his lawlessness. He's got multiple initiatives ongoing at the same time.
Tens of billions of taxpayer dollars fund efforts to destabilize governments en route to toppling them. Vital homeland needs go begging.
Washington Orchestrated Protests Are Destabilizing Ukraine
Paul Craig Roberts
The protests in the western Ukraine are organized by the CIA, the US State Department, and by Washington- and EU-financed Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that work in conjunction with the CIA and State Department. The purpose of the protests is to overturn the decision by the independent government of Ukraine not to join the EU.
The US and EU were initially cooperating in the effort to destroy the independence of Ukraine and make it a subservient entity to the EU government in Brussels. For the EU government, the goal is to expand the EU. For Washington the purposes are to make Ukraine available for looting by US banks and corporations and to bring Ukraine into NATO so that Washington can gain more military bases on Russia’s frontier. There are three countries in the world that are in the way of Washington’s hegemony over the world–Russia, China, and Iran. Each of these countries is targeted by Washington for overthrow or for their sovereignty to be degraded by propaganda and US military bases that leave the countries vulnerable to attack, thus coercing them into accepting Washington’s will.
Pakistan: Taliban Peace Talks, How to Make Sense, Out of Nonsense?
Dr. Mahboob A. Khawaja
Secretive peace talks between PM Nawaz Sharif Government and Taharak Taliban Pakistan (TTP) groups overflowing conspicuous media headlines hardly tell the truth full of hatred and fear of the unknown. Both represent willing suspicion of disbelief that talks could render peace which none have to offer? After political fanfare, Sharif appeared vulnerable to credibility gimmick lingering to his past corruption and missing leadership. Talibans are ruthless convergent groups of unknown changing loyalties to all directions of political and economic maneuverability for their interests and survival. Who will stand on a solid ground for the reality check? There is no formal agenda for talks, no publicly engaged representatives directly at the table and no peace talks as such except rudimentary symbolic gestures carved out of the nowhere to ensure mutual distrust and time killing exercises to protect individualistic interests of the few warlords on both sides of aisle. Pakistani Taliban as media calls them owe their superfluous existence to the emergence of Taliban movement in Afghanistan that previously fought against the occupation of the former Soviet Union and now fighting against the US led NATO occupation of Afghanistan.
US-Stoked Violence Rocks Ukraine
by Stephen Lendman
Washington bears full responsibility for three months of street protest violence. At issue is toppling Ukraine's democratically elected government. More on this below.
On Sunday, Ukraine offered amnesty to anti-government protesters. It did so provided they vacated occupied public buildings. An official statement said:
Amnesty "comes into force from February 17, 2014 and stipulates that charges against the people having committed offenses will be dropped."
It took effect after protesters met authorities half-way. They left some occupied Kiev buildings. They evacuated others in Lvov, Ivano-Frankovsk and Ternopol.
Ukrainian authorities agreed to let OSCE ambassadors control the buildings. Unblocking Grushevsky Street began. Traffic was partly restored.
Municipal services began removing debris. Under amnesty agreed on terms, 268 people arrested from December 27 - February 2 were scheduled for release.
Britain Harasses Human Rights Lawyer
by Stephen Lendman
Snowden attorney Jesselyn Radack interrogated at
Heathrow Airport
Britain, America and Israel are likeminded. They're rogue states. They're axis of evil partners.
They operate ruthlessly. They mock democratic values. They trash rule of law principles. They tolerate no one challenging their lawlessness.
They vilify them. They imprison some. They do so to threaten others. Most often they harass. They do it no-holds-barred.
The Government Accountability Project (GAP) calls itself "the nation's leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization."
Jesselyn Radack is a prominent human rights lawyer/whistleblower. She's GAP's National Security & Human Rights director.
She's involved mainly with national security and intelligence community whistleblowers. She focuses on torture, lawless surveillance, secrecy and political discrimination. She represented former senior NSA official Thomas Drake. He won awards for truth-telling and intelligence integrity. On April 15, 2010, he was wrongfully indicted. Obama prosecutors did so under the 1917 Espionage Act.
He faced multiple charges. They included willful retention of classified information, obstruction of justice and making false statements.
Iran Nuclear Talks Resume in Vienna
by Stephen Lendman
On November 24, 2013, Iran and P5 + 1 countries agreed on Joint Plan of Action (JPA) terms. A previous article said hold the cheers. It asked if it matters.
Longstanding hardline US/Israeli policy won't change. Anti-Iranian AIPAC pressure is relentless.
Obama twice breached JPA terms. He did so unilaterally. On February 18, talks resumed. Focus is on agreeing on a comprehensive "permanent resolution." Prospects aren't encouraging.
Longstanding US policy calls for regime change. Iran's nuclear program is entirely peaceful. No evidence suggests otherwise.
It doesn't matter. "My goal is to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon," says Obama. "All options are on the table."
Obama's Multiple Regime Change Fronts
by Stephen Lendman
Previous articles discussed Obama's rogue agenda in detail. His destructive pattern continues unabated. Throughout his tenure, he did what supporters thought impossible.
He exceeded the worst of George Bush. His policies replicate Republican hardliners. Neocons infest his administration.
He's waging war on humanity. He's doing at home and abroad.
He wrecked America's economy. He looted the nation's wealth. He handed Wall Street crooks multi-trillions of dollars. He gave trillions more to war profiteers.
Other corporate favorites benefitted hugely. So did super-rich elites. Ordinary Americans struggle through protracted Depression level conditions.
Hard times keep getting harder. They persist. They show no signs of ending. Growing millions face impoverishment without jobs or futures.
Freedoms are disappearing in plain sight. Police state ruthlessness targets dissent. Abuse of power is institutionalized.
Multiple regime change fronts target foreign leaders. Independent ones aren't tolerated. Obama wants Syria's Assad replaced.
He's waging proxy to oust him. He's responsible for three years of bloody conflict. Mass slaughter, destruction and unspeakable human misery define it.
Millions of internally and externally displaced Syrians attest to his ruthlessness. War rages without end.
Washington v. Chavismo
by Stephen Lendman
Destabilizing Venezuela is longstanding US policy. Chavez denounced it many times. President Nicolas Maduro does now.
After his April 2013 election, he accused opposition candidate Henrique Capriles of coup plotting against him.
"Preparations are under way for an attempt to de-recognize democratic institutions," he said.
Dark forces never quit. Washington prioritizes regime change. Venezuela is a prime target.
At the time, Maduro accused US embassy officials of plotting "acts of violence." He expelled two Obama military attaches.
He accused another embassy employee of plotting sabotage against Venezuela's electrical grid.
"I will use a hard hand against fascism and intolerance," he said. "I declare it. If they want to overthrow me, come and get me."
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