Articles by Kevin Zeese
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Mistrial Is another Blow to U.S. Coup in Venezuela–Our Work Continues
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | Popular Resistance – TRANSCEND Media Service,
24 Feb 2020
16 Feb 2020 – Last week, we along with Adrienne Pine and David Paul were unsuccessfully prosecuted by the Trump administration for our protection of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC from April 10 to May 16, 2019. The jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision and so we remain innocent of the charge of interfering with the protective functions of the US Department of State. The judge declared a mistrial.
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The World Is Uniting for International Law, against US Empire
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | Popular Resistance – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Aug 2019
11 Aug 2019 – “We oppose the extraterritorial application of unilateral measures.” That is not Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Russia, or China talking about the most recent unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States against Venezuela, i.e. economic sanctions that have become an economic blockade, but the European Union. Even allies who have embarrassed themselves by recognizing the phony “interim president” Juan Guaido are saying the US has gone too far.
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Venezuela: What Activists Need to Know about the US-Led Coup
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | Popular Resistance - Countercurrents,
4 Feb 2019
28 Jan 2019 – First, we will correct the falsehoods so readers are all working from the same facts. Second, we will describe how this coup is being defeated. It will be another major embarrassment for the Trump administration and US foreign policy. It is important to understand Venezuela has become a geopolitical conflict as Russia and China are closely allied with Venezuela.
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Violent Coup Fails in Nicaragua, US Continues Regime Change Efforts
Kevin Zeese | Popular Resistance – TRANSCEND Media Service,
23 Jul 2018
21 Jul 2018 – The violent coup in Nicaragua has failed. This does not mean the United States and oligarchs are giving up, but this phase of their effort to remove the government did not succeed. The coup exposed the alliances who are working with the United States to put in place a neoliberal government that is controlled by the United States and serves the interests of the wealthy. People celebrated the failure of the coup but realize work needs to be done to protect the gains of the Sandinista revolution.
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Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance – TRANSCEND Media Service,
19 Oct 2015
As we celebrate Columbus Day, we can’t help but think about the deep levels of cultural violence in the U.S. But what can be done to change a country dominated by war culture into one of a humanitarian culture?
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Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
16 Mar 2015
Humankind is proceeding on a path to global corporate rule where transnational corporations would not just influence public policy, they would write the policies and vote on them. The power of nation-states and people to determine their futures would be weakened in a system of corporate rule.
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Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers – Popular Resistance,
24 Nov 2014
As Use of GMO’s Crops Glyphosate Rise So Do Critical Diseases
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Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
29 Jul 2013
We do know that we are in a time of transition, an era that will define the next economy. The effects of the neo-liberal economic agenda of privatization are becoming obvious. One thing is clear: it is going to take action from below to create an economy that puts people and the planet before profits.
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Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Occupy – TRANSCEND Media Service,
22 Jul 2013
The media black-out is quite impressive since this is the largest corporate trade agreement to be negotiated since the World Trade Organization got underway in 1995. Commonly called a global corporate coup, the TPP makes transnational corporations more powerful than governments. Others call it “NAFTA on steroids” because it will multiply the failures of NAFTA.
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Kevin Zeese – War Is a Crime.org,
18 Apr 2011
Americans are recognizing the link between the military-industrial complex and the Wall Street oligarchs—a connection that goes back to the beginning of the modern U.S. empire. Banks have always profited from war because the debt created by banks results in ongoing war profit for big finance; and because wars have been used to open countries to U.S. corporate and banking interests.
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