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Category: Democracy and Consent

Venezuelans Re-Elect President Maduro Despite U.S. Organized Coup Attempt

coup, Democracy and Consent, Food Sovereignty, Hybrid Warfare, Neocolonial Economic Dominance, petroleum, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Gloria Guillo, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 30, 2024 Sanctions are a misnomer when it comes to Venezuela. Here, the U.S. isn’t “just” illegally punishing a nation-state to effect regime change by withholding necessary resources and key inputs that cause food shortages, grave illness, death and economic instability. In Venezuela, the United States is also committing racketeer-level crimes against[…]

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Maduro Celebrates Victory With Massive Chavista Demonstration at Miraflores Palace

Breaking News, Democracy, Democracy and Consent, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Venezuela

from the Orinoco Tribune, July 29, 2024 The President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, celebrated his re-election to office alongside a massive crowd that gathered at the Miraflores Palace on Sunday night, to await the first announcement of the National Electoral Council (CNE). “National independence triumphed,” said the re-elected president, while emphasizing that “they could not defeat[…]

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Silent Sanctions Weapon Used Against Venezuela Elections

Democracy and Consent, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, Venezuela

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, July 22, 2024 Flounders, a coordinator of the SanctionsKill Campaign, will moderate the July 23 webinar described at the end of this article.  The upcoming elections in Venezuela, scheduled for July 28, are in the crosshairs of another attempted U.S.-orchestrated regime change operation. U.S. politicians have already intentionally created years of economic hardship[…]

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Demagogue Trump’s “Restraint” at Republican Party Convention: Biden Drops Out

Abuses of Empire, Colonialism, Democracy and Consent, Democrats and Republicans, Imperialism, Nicaragua, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen

by Jeff Mackler, published on Socialist Action, July 22, 2024 As with France’s newly moderated and re-imaged proto-fascist Marine Le Pen a few weeks earlier, Donald J. Trump took the floor of the Republican National Convention for a 93-minute “unifying” nomination acceptance speech. Friendly, relaxed, complementary, “family-oriented,” thanking God for saving his life five days earlier from an assassin’s near[…]

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For 75 Years, NATO Has Been Terrorizing the Globe

Anti-Imperialism, CIA, Cold War, Colonialism, Democracy and Consent, Imperial Wars, Imperialism, NATO, Political Analysis, U.S. Aggression, US Meddling in Europe, War and Peace

by Jeremy Kuzmerov, published on CovertAction Magazine, July 13, 2024 Will a formidable peace movement ever emerge that can succeed in stopping it? This past week, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) celebrated its 75th anniversary by hosting a summit in Washington, D.C., where its founding treaty was signed. A declaration issued at the summit made clear NATO’s intent to[…]

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AFGJ Strongly Condemns The Attempted Military Coup In Bolivia

Bolivia, coup, Democracy and Consent, Hybrid Warfare

By the Alliance for Global Justice, published on Popular Resistance, June 26, 2024 The Alliance for Global Justice commends the Arce Administration for its swift action to restore popular democracy. Alliance for Global Justice congratulates the Arce Administration for its swift action to restore popular democracy in Bolivia just hours after its National Army surrounded the Palacio Quemado with tanks[…]

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Call for A Palestine Liberation Movement and One Democratic State of Palestine

Action!!, Colonialism, Democracy and Consent, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Statement

This statement comes from a Palestinian group called the One State Assembly.   The petition isn’t new, but you can still sign and join an increasingly relevant and important movement .  [editor] Please sign our statement calling for a single Democratic State of Palestine within the boundaries of historic Palestine. Only then, can there be a peaceful, democratic multi-ethnic society in[…]

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The Biggest Obstacle to Free and Fair Elections in Venezuela is the US

Censorship and Propaganda, Democracy and Consent, Economic Blockade, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, U.S. Aggression, Venezuela

by Roger Harris, published on Counterpunch, May 22, 2024 For all the hullabaloo about “free and fair elections” in Venezuela by the US government, its sycophantic corporate press deliberately ignores the elephant in the room – namely, the so-called sanctions designed to make life so miserable that the people will acquiesce to Washington’s plan for regime change. As Foreign Policy[…]

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Anti-Coup Rebellion In Eastern Ukraine Completes 10 Years

coup, Democracy and Consent, Imperial Wars, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, US Hypocrisy, US Incited Protests

by Dmitri Kovalevich, published on Popular Resistance, May 8, 2024 As Russian Forces Continue Advancing In Donetsk. April 2014 was a pivotal month for the people of the Donbass region in what was then still part of Ukraine. It was then that the governing regime was newly installed in Kiev by a coup d’état on February 20/21embarked on military hostilities[…]

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U.S. Student Encampments Demand: Divest From Israeli Apartheid!

Anti-War, Civil Resistance, Democracy and Consent, Free Speech, Israel, Israel-Palestine, Occupation, Palestine, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, War on the Poor

by Monica Moorehead, published on Workers World, April 23, 2024 April 22 – The global struggle in solidarity with the Palestinians against the horrific U.S./Israeli genocide since October 7 has become a major focus on U.S. college campuses. Prestigious Columbia University, located in Harlem, New York, has become ground zero in the campaign to divest funds supporting the apartheid Israeli[…]

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