April 16, 2019
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Julian Assange and the Agenda for Global War James Petras
For almost a decade Washington has sought to silence, jail and eliminate the world’s most prominent investigative journalist, Julian Assange (JA) and his team of co- workers at Wilkileaks. Never has the mass media been so thoroughly discredited by official documents which directly contradict the official propaganda, mouthed by political leaders and parroted by ‘leading’… Continue reading
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CIA Director Used Fake Skripal Incident Photos To Manipulate Trump
An ass kissing portrait of Gina Haspel, torture queen and director of the CIA, reveals that she lied to Trump to push for more aggression against Russia. Continue reading
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The Overthrow of Omar el-Bechir by Thierry Meyssan
Certain pockets of Sudan are still at war, and the Khartoum government is still military. Nothing has changed despite the fact that President Omar el-Bechir has been toppled. For Thierry Meyssan, Sudan’s problem, after 30 years of dictatorship by the Muslim Brotherhood, is above all cultural. Current events have no relation with an aspiration for… Continue reading
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Julian Assange and the Problem of ‘Solidarity’ by Ash Sarkar
It’s been almost a week since Julian Assange had his asylum revoked by the Ecuadorian government. As a result, he was arrested by the Metropolitan policefor his failure to appear in court in June 2012 regarding allegations made by two Swedish women in which they accused him of sexual molestation, coercion and rape. Continue reading
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Media Lens: Assange Arrest – Part 1: ‘So Now He’s Our Property’
If ‘journalism’ meant what it is supposed to mean– acting as the proverbial ‘fourth estate’ to challenge power and to keep the public informed – then Julian Assange and WikiLeaks would be universally lauded as paragons. So would Chelsea Manning, the brave former US Army whistleblower who passed on to WikiLeaks more than 700,000 confidential… Continue reading
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Defiant Resistance: The Venezuelan Crises and the Possibility of Another World By Jeremiah Gaster
There is great urgency as an ever-increasing escalation of violence is being perpetuated by those who would destroy Venezuela, including several attacks on Venezuela’s electrical grid over the last few weeks. But let me be clear: the Venezuelan poor are resilient, and any change will be on their terms. Most importantly, Venezuelan politics is collective,… Continue reading
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It’s worse than we thought
Last week the Government unveiled ambitious new plans to protect UK Internet users from digital threats including “behaviours which are harmful but not necessarily illegal.” Open Rights Group agrees that companies deal with material that is illegal or breaks their own community guidelines, but the way the White Paper on Online Harms is pushing is a huge step… Continue reading
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Where next for the student climate strikes?
Months later, on 15 March, over 1.5 million students in 125 countries (in more than 2,000 locations worldwide) went on strike together to demand systemic and radical change to stop global warming. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 16 April 2019
16 April 2019 20:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting Julian Assange’s Victory https://journal-neo.org/2019/04/16/julian-assange-s-victory/ From Tribe, to King, to ‘Democracy’ to Mafia. The Criminalization of US Politics https://www.globalresearch.ca/tribe-king-democracy-mafia/5674526 Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 14-16 April 2019
16 April 2019 20:50 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting What I saw in Venezuela revealed a horrifying gap between reporting and reality http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/lW5aNCyB1g4/ Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela? What Crisis? https://www.globalresearch.ca/humanitarian-crisis-venezuela-what-crisis/5674525 Continue reading
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Extinction/Rebellion News 15 April 2019
16 April 2019 — extinction/rebellion Webversion After so many months of preparation and planning, today our Rebellion has begun! In 25 countries around the world, rebels of all kinds and backgrounds have begun taking non-violent direct action in a bid to save our planet from catastrophe. From today onwards we will be writing history. Continue reading
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Military & civil cooperation between Moscow & NATO nonexistent – Russian deputy FM
NATO has reverted to Cold War behavior and virtually no cooperation between the bloc and Moscow exists, the Russian deputy FM says. There are no signs the situation will improve, since the alliance is craving a new arms race. Continue reading
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Julian Assange’s Nightmarish Future
The WikiLeaks publisher is in a maximum-security prison that has been called the UK’s Guantanamo Bay, Elizabeth Vos reports. Continue reading
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