June 2019
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‘Mirthless Laugh’ – The Persecution And Torture Of Julian Assange
For anyone persuaded by the state-corporate campaign of sneers and smears depicting Julian Assange as a shit-smearing narcissist and rapist, the comments made by Nils Melzer, the UN’s special rapporteur on torture, must be deeply shocking. The BBC headline: ‘Julian Assange subjected to psychological torture, UN expert says’ Continue reading
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The Omnipresent Surveillance State: Orwell’s 1984 Is No Longer Fiction By John W. Whitehead
Tread cautiously: the fiction of George Orwell has become an operation manual for the omnipresent, modern-day surveillance state. Continue reading
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4 TONS OF C-4 U.S. MANUFACTURED FOUND IN DER’AH AND STORED BY ISIS!!! SAA GRINDS NUSRA IN BOTH HAMA AND IDLIB by Ziad Fadel
Don’t you just love hypocrisy? Don’t you love it when Evangelicals like Mike Pompeo and Mike Pence pontificate about Christianity and their ideological love for all things Zionist? Isn’t it just beautiful when Syrian security services come upon 4 tons of C-4 all manufactured in the United States? On June 1, 2019, that’s exactly what… Continue reading
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Britain: Labour victory in Peterborough silences the cynics By Joe Attard
The Labour right wing were fully expecting and hoping for the party to lose a key by-election in Peterborough last week. This constituency voted strongly to leave the European Union, and the press had hyped up Nigel Farage’s right-wing Brexit Party, which everybody expected to win the seat. This would’ve given a boost to the… Continue reading
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Google update sees news web traffic plummet By Martin J. Young
As many publishers across the world know well, US search giant Google can make or break an online business. A tweak in its ranking algorithm can render a website invisible overnight and cause traffic to plummet, which is exactly what happened after a major Google search function update last week. Continue reading
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Sudan Newslinks 11-12 June 2019
12 June 2019 — The New Dark Age Sudan: Four More Killed as Total Civil Disobedience and Strike Begins US Africa envoy to visit Sudan amid crisis to encourage talks https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-48590148 Continue reading
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What Comes After Trump – World War III? By Federico Pieraccini
Those who are familiar with my articles would be aware that I am not given to catastrophism or alarmism. But perhaps the time has come to reflect on who will be president after Trump (whether after this or the next term) and what this will mean for relations with Russia and China. Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 11 June 2019
11 June 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Americans Pay Price for Criminal Wars From Mass Shootings at Home https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/06/11/americans-pay-price-for-criminal-wars-from-mass-shootings-at-home/ Syria: Western Media Glorification Of Syrian Jihadist Is A Sign That The War Is Far From Its End https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/06/11/syria-western-media-glorification-of-syrian-jihadist-is-a-sign-that-the-war-is-far-from-its-end/ Continue reading
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Secret tripartite summit in Jerusalem by Thierry Meyssan
A summit of the national security advisors from the USA, Israël and Russia has been announced in Jerusalem. The aim of this conference is to untangle the imbroglio around the Axis of Resistance, guarantee the security of all the States in the Middle East, and establish a shared suzerainty of the United States and Russia… Continue reading
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China Newslinks 11 June 2019
11 June 2019 • 13:45 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day US-China Relations: Trump Is Waging “Psychological Warfare” on Xi https://www.globalresearch.ca/trumps-waging-serious-psychological-warfare-xi/5680229 The SCO Summit in Bishek, to Address US Threats, Geopolitics of the Region, Cooperation https://www.globalresearch.ca/19th-sco-summit-expectations-high/5680233 Continue reading
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Iran Newslinks 10-11 June 2019
11 June 2019 • 13:33 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Russian Iranian strains raise spectre of US-Israeli-Russian deal on Syria https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/russian-iranian-strains-raise-spectre-of-us-israeli-russian-deal-on-syria Lavrov cautions against turning Iran’s isolation into military confrontation Continue reading
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Internet Free Speech All but Dead By Philip Giraldi
The Internet was originally promoted as a completely free and uncensored mechanism for people everywhere to exchange views and communicate, but it has been observed by many users that that is not really true anymore. Both governments and the service providers have developed a taste for controlling the product, with President Barack Obama once considering… Continue reading
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US Secretary of State Pompeo threatens “push-back” to prevent a Corbyn Labour government By Robert Stevens
In an audio recording of a meeting held last Tuesday with the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Pompeo is asked if Corbyn “is elected, would you be willing to work with us to take on actions if life becomes very difficult for Jews in the UK?” Continue reading
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Julian Assange Newslinks 10-11 June 2019
11 June 2019 • 17:10 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day ‘Mirthless Laugh’ – The Persecution And Torture Of Julian Assange INTERVIEW: CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou discusses the Julian Assange case Continue reading
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Dossier 17: Venezuela and Hybrid Wars in Latin America:
Dossier no. 17 reflects on the hybrid war unleashed against Venezuela. We document the repertoire of tactics, but also the motives behind them. We are interested not only in the recent attack on Venezuela, but in the similarities between this attack and others in Latin America over the past decades. This general onslaught in Latin… Continue reading
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Tens of Thousands of 5G Telecommunications Satellites. Escalating Tensions in a Contested and Congested Space Environment By Claire Edwards
The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 enshrined the principle of outer space being preserved as a common heritage of humankind,1 yet “lacks any provisions that would regulate the methods of the settlement of eventual disputes, which usually appear in law-making treaties, such as the 1959 Antarctic Treaty”.2 Outer space is now an “increasingly congested and contested environment”.3 Delegates at… Continue reading
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Isolated, Surveilled, Expelled: How Ecuador Betrayed Julian Assange
The expulsion of Julian Assange from Ecuador’s embassy in London on 11 April 2019 marked the culmination of President Lenín Moreno’s years-long effort to renege on Ecuador’s commitment to protect the WikiLeaks publisher from the United States’ persecution. By the time he took office on 24 May 2017, Moreno had already begun working on undermining… Continue reading
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Syria Newslinks 10 June 2019
10 June 2019 • 18:20 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Lavrov urges to separate terrorists and opposition in Syria’s Idlib soon as possible Military Situation In Syria On June 10, 2019 (Map Update) Continue reading
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Venezuela Newslinks 10 June 2019
10 June 2019 • 18:10 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day Venezuela: The Interlocking Game Venezuela: Apure Strengthens National Productive Alliance Continue reading
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