June 14, 2019
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Julian Assange extradition hearing recap
At Julian Assange’s extradition hearing today at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London, which Assange attended via videolink from HMP Belmarsh, the full substantive proceedings were scheduled for five days in February 2020. Assange will also have a hearing in October this year. Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 13-14 June 2019
14 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Julian Assange extradition case ‘outrageous assault on journalism’ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48633682 ‘Assange extradition should be warning to liberals who believe in American democracy’ – Zizek https://williambowles.info/2019/06/14/assange-extradition-should-be-warning-to-liberals-who-believe-in-american-democracy-zizek/ Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 13-14 June 2019
14 June 2019 • 14:40 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day ‘Iran written all over it’: Trump accuses Tehran of carrying out tanker attacks https://www.rt.com/news/461864-iran-written-all-over-trump-tankers/ Iran says it rescued 44 sailors after 2 tankers were ‘reportedly attacked’ in Gulf of Oman Continue reading
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Israel blames “bots” for Eurovision boycott Asa Winstanley
Last month, Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs released a report titled “The Big Scam.” In it, the ministry claimed to have exposed “bots” and “fake accounts” allegedly used by Palestinians and their supporters during the boycott campaign against the Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv. Continue reading
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‘Assange extradition should be warning to liberals who believe in American democracy’ – Zizek
The UK’s decision to extradite WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US should be taken as a warning to all liberals who still have any faith in ‘American liberal democracy,’ says cultural philosopher Slavoj Zizek. Continue reading
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James Bridle | Videos: The New Dark Age
Internet fibre optic cables around the world trace out the routes of former empires. Imperialism didn’t stop with decolonisation: it just moved up to infrastructure level. Continue reading
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Britain: Home Secretary signs US extradition request for Assange By Rob Smith
The day before yesterday, the UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid certified the request from the US to extradite Julian Assange for allegations of hacking and sharing classified American government documents. We wholeheartedly oppose his extradition and defend Assange’s freedom of speech. Continue reading
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False Flag Incident in the Gulf of Oman? By Stephen Lendman
The Gulf of Oman lies east of the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, bordering Iran, Oman, and the UAE. It’s close to Saudi territory and Pakistan. It’s a potential flashpoint area because around two-thirds of world oil passes through these waters en route to world markets. Continue reading
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Two years since the Grenfell inferno: The case for socialism
“In years to come,” wrote the Socialist Equality Party, “it will be necessary to refer to the political life of Britain in terms of ‘before’ and ‘after’ Grenfell. This is because the tragedy has so cruelly exposed the underlying reality of social relations between the classes—and it did so in London, one of the richest… Continue reading
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Chavez the Radical XXIV: “The Land Belongs to Those Who Work It, not to the Large Landowners”
In this video Hugo Chavez discusses the fallacies of previous land reforms, the importance of democratic collective control over farmsteads, coexistence with nature, how the urban slums proliferated as peasants fled to the cities in the 20th century, and the struggle for control of the countryside as the large landowners organized armed groups to assassinate… Continue reading
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US stages provocation in the Persian Gulf
The Trump administration’s thuggish secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, made a presentation to the media Thursday afternoon in which he asserted that Iran was responsible for suspected attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman near the strategic Strait of Hormuz. Continue reading
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Sabotage diplomacy: Zarif says no need to be ‘clairvoyant’ to see US ‘plan B’ for Iran
Washington’s claim that Tehran carried out the attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman is unsurprising, Iran’s FM has said, warning that the US has resorted to “Plan B” to sabotage the Islamic Republic’s diplomatic efforts. Continue reading
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Iran: The Gulf of Credibility By Craig Murray
I really cannot begin to fathom how stupid you would have to be to believe that Iran would attack a Japanese oil tanker at the very moment that the Japanese Prime Minister was sitting down to friendly, US-disapproved talks in Tehran on economic cooperation that can help Iran survive the effects of US economic sanctions. Continue reading
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5G Danger: 13 Reasons New Millimeter Wave Tech Will Be a Catastrophe for Humanity
5G (5th Generation) is now being actively rolled out in many cities around the world. Simultaneously, as awareness over its horrific health and privacy impacts is rising, many places are issuing moratoriums on it or banning it, such as the entire nation of Belgium, the city of Vaud (Switzerland) and San Francisco (USA). Radiofrequency radiation… Continue reading
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