24 May, 2019 21:30 — RT
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In a handwritten letter from Belmarsh prison, WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange says he is being denied a chance to defend himself and that elements in the US that “hate truth, liberty and justice” want him extradited and dead.
24 May 2019 20:50 — The New Dark Age
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Julian Assange’s Attorney Decries Espionage Charges as Threat to Press Freedom
MintCast Episode 3: Iran, Chelsea Manning, ElectionGuard and the Embassy Protection Collective
New charges against Julian Assange under the Espionage Act criminalize journalism
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/05/24/new-charges-against-julian-assange-under-the-espionage-act-criminalize-journalism/
Amnesty International Hangs Julian Assange Out to Dry — or Possibly Just Hang
https://www.mintpressnews.com/amnesty-international-hangs-julian-assange-out-to-dry-or-possibly-just-hang/258780/
24 May 2019 — Jonathan Cook
By any reckoning, the claim made this week by al-Qaeda-linked fighters that they were targeted with chemical weapons by the Syrian government in Idlib province – their final holdout in Syria – should have been treated by the western media with a high degree of scepticism.
24 May 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation
The US sent Energy Secretary Rick Perry to the inauguration of the new Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to announce the sanctions bill on Gazprom’s Nordstream 2 pipeline would pass.
23 May 2019 — Oriental Review
Money may not be able to buy the purest love, but it can buy the best, life-ending cancer. For Monsanto, giant of rule and misrule in matters of genetically modified crops, known for bullying practices towards farmers, things have not been so rosy of late. Ever the self-promoter of saving the world an agricultural headache (biotech crops being the earth’s touted nutritional salvation), the company has run into a set of legal snags that have raided its funds and risk sinking it, along with Bayer AG, the company that bought it last year for $63 billion.
23 May 2019 — Internationalist 360°
There is abundant evidence that exposes the intrusion of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) into the internal affairs of the Latin American region, in the form of coups d’état and the promotion of civil wars.
22 May, 2019 — SHTFplan.com
The United States Navy wants to archive 350 billion social media posts in order to conduct “research.” What exactly does the military want to study? “Modes of collective expression.”
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23 May 2019 — MROnline
Originally published: Mision Verdad (Translated by Orinoco Tribune by JRE\EF) by Franco Vielma (May 22, 2019) |
Juan Guiadó announced on Monday that he had authorized the hiring of expert Lee Buchheit, to advise on the “restructuring and refinancing” of Venezuela’s external public debt. The announcement occurred outside Venezuelan legality, since Guaidó does not have executive control of the Venezuelan institutions, while trying to usurp functions that do not correspond to him.
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24 May 2019 — TRNN
The US Department of Justice issued an 18-count indictment against Julian Assange for violating the 1917 Espionage Act. We speak to Daniel Ellsberg about the dangerous implications this move has for journalism in the United States
24 May 2019 — The New Dark Age
High Fives to Jimmy Dore for Laughing Russiagaters out of the Room
https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/high-fives-to-jimmy-dore-for-laughing-russiagaters-out-of-the-room/
Canada’s Five Year Campaign to Oust Venezuela’s Government
https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/05/canadas-five-year-campaign-to-oust-venezuelas-government/
23 May 2019 — TRNN
After several failed US-backed coup attempts, Juan Guaidó sent an envoy to Oslo to explore talks with the government. Former Chief of Staff to Nicolás Maduro, Temir Porras, joins Sharmini Peries for analysis (inc. transcript)
23 May 2019 — Sustainable Pulse
24 May 2019 — Defend Wikileaks
Today federal prosecutors unsealed a new, 18-count superseding indictment charging Julian Assange with violating the Espionage Act, the first use of the 1917 law against a publisher.
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