June 1, 2019
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Brainwashing in Action: Pence Hails Virtue of ‘Certain War’ By Finian Cunningham
In an address to West Point military graduates, US Vice President Mike Pence told them they will one day fight for America. “It’s a virtual certainty,” said Pence who was swelling with pride as he spoke, rather than lamenting. Continue reading
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Jeremy Hunt Works That Rogue State Status By Craig Murray
When Jeremy Hunt decided to attack the United Nations on twitter yesterday, he didn’t expect them to respond. He got owned. Continue reading
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Opposition Demand for Maduro’s Resignation a Non-Starter, Says Norwegian Official
An unnamed Norwegian official with inside knowledge of the talks between the Venezuelan opposition and government in Oslo said the opposition “needs to be more realistic.” We discuss the talks with Norwegian Venezuela specialist Eirik Vold (inc. transcript) Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 1 June 2019
1 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day How the persecution of Julian Assange by US could spectacularly backfire, explains lawyer UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Exposes Anti-Assange Smear Campaign https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/06/01/un-special-rapporteur-on-torture-exposes-anti-assange-smear-campaign/ Continue reading
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UN Special Rapporteur On Torture Exposes Anti-Assange Smear Campaign By Caitlin Johnson
Democracy Now has conducted a thorough interview with the UN Special Rapporteur who found that a collaboration between multiple governments in “a relentless and unrestrained campaign of public mobbing, intimidation and defamation” has placed such severe stress on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and done so much damage to his psychological well being that it can only… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 31 May 2019: Why The Poor Can’t Be Trusted To Form Their Own Party; Black Caucus Endorses Israeli Position on Syria; No Chemical Attacks in Syria
31 May 2019 — Black Agenda Report We Can’t Have A Party of Our Own Because Poor People Can’t Be Trusted? – Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor Poor people shouldn’t try to build their own party in the U.S. We just can’t afford It, and can’t be trusted. Continue reading
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WATCH: Israeli Diplomat offering MP £1 million: Video proves NEC member was suspended for telling the truth
The Labour Party have suspended Pete Willsman, a member of their National Executive Committee, for being “antisemitic”. Continue reading
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The UN Torture Report On Assange Is An Indictment Of Our Entire Society By Caitlin Johnstone
On the eighth of April, shortly before London police forcibly carried WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange out of the Ecuadorian embassy, a doctor named Sondra S Crosby wrote a letter to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights requesting that the office look into Assange’s case. Today, following a scorching rebukeof multiple governments by UN Special Rapporteur… Continue reading
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“Technotyranny”: The Iron-Fisted Authoritarianism of the Surveillance State By John W. Whitehead
Twenty years after the Wachowskis’ iconic 1999 film, The Matrix, introduced us to a futuristic world in which humans exist in a computer-simulated non-reality powered by authoritarian machines—a world where the choice between existing in a denial-ridden virtual dream-state or facing up to the harsh, difficult realities of life comes down to a red pill… Continue reading
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Revolt on the horizon? How young people really feel about digital technology
As digital technologies facilitate the growth of both new and incumbent organisations, we have started to see the darker sides of the digital economy unravel. In recent years, many unethical business practices have been exposed, including the capture and use of consumers’ data, anticompetitive activities and covert social experiments. Continue reading
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Agricultural Memory and Sustainability By Dr. Kelly Reed
A significant overhaul of the current global food system is needed to meet the challenges of feeding a growing world population and many stress that this is only achievable by changing diets, food production and reducing food waste. Continue reading
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