12 July 2019 — Global Research
It comes as no surprise that the American public remains oblivious to a not-so-slight glitch in the 5G Race with China as the US strives to be the first, the best and most technologically advanced country in the world with its guarantee of a Brave New World. But then, many Americans are unaware of the true nature of 5G in the first place. In its haste to win, the telecom industry, its friends in Congress and the Federal bureaucracy are intent on foisting 5G on a largely unsuspecting American public before all the technological kinks have been worked out.
Day: July 12, 2019
Black Agenda Report 12 July 2019: Sanders vs the Austerity Regime / Time for Russiagate to End / Bruce Dixon: A Giant Walks On
12 July 2019 — Black Agenda Report
Sanders vs the Endless Austerity Regime
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Bruce Dixon was anti-empire, anti-capitalist, and a champion of working-class Black America and the people at large.
Freedom Rider: Time for Russiagate to End
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Russiagate is a scheme meant to give Democrats popular support without doing anything the public want them to do.
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Julian Assange News Links 12 July 2019
12 July 2019 — The New Dark Age
Then CIA is Invoking Wikileaks to Push for the Expansion of a Cold War Era Secrecy Law
https://www.mintpressnews.com/then-cia-is-invoking-wikileaks-to-push-for-the-expansion-of-a-cold-war-era-secrecy-law/260521/
Swedish Prosecutors: ‘It’s Not on the Cards’ to Interview Assange – After Hanging Arrest Warrant Over Him for Seven Years
https://truepublica.org.uk/other-news/swedish-prosecutors-its-not-on-the-cards-to-interview-assange-after-hanging-arrest-warrant-over-him-for-seven-years/
Venezuela News Links 12 July 2019
12 July 2019 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back
The Bachelet Report Will Be Another Instrument to Intensify Regime Change
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/07/12/the-bachelet-report-will-be-another-instrument-to-intensify-regime-change/
Office of the U.N. High Commisioner for Human Rights Receives a Letter from President Maduro Rejecting the Report on Venezuela
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/07/12/12-07-2019-office-of-the-u-n-high-commisioner-for-human-rights-receives-a-letter-from-president-maduro-rejecting-the-report-on-venezuela/
Syria News Links 12 July 2019
12 July 2019 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back
Eyewitness interviews show there was no chemical attack in Syria’s Douma
Restoration of ancient Palmyra bas-reliefs begins in Syria’s Damascus
https://tass.com/society/1068298
BBC’s anti-Corbyn hatchet job fails to land blow By Asa Winstanley
12 July 2019 — The Electronic Intifada
Israel supporters protest alleged anti-Semitism outside Labour Party headquarters. Henry Nicholls Reuters
The BBC heavily trailed details from Wednesday night’s Panorama program, “Is Labour Anti-Semitic?”
The papers were full of headlines about it over the weekend, and it was supposed to prove just how anti-Semitic Labour has become under left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Iran News Links 12 July 2019
12 July 2019 • 19:30 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so check back
UK Deploys Second Warship In Persian Gulf Amid Tension With Iran (Infographics)
Iran says ‘foreign presence’ from tens of thousands of miles away destabilizes Middle East
https://www.rt.com/news/464030-iran-warns-foreign-powers/
RussiaGate Coming Undone: “Russian Meddling” Not Proven By Simply Indicting Russian Companies
12 July 2019 — South Front
The “RussiaGate” scandal, Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 US Presidential Elections appears to be falling apart even further, following a decision by Federal Judge Dabney Friedrich.
The decision deems that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s claim of “multiple, systematic efforts to interfere in our election,” was not proven by the indictment of a Russian “troll farm.”
Trump’s raids and the stench of fascism
12 July 2019 — WSWS
On Saturday night, undocumented immigrants across America will say goodnight to their spouses, parents and children, fearing it may be the last time they are able to do so. Beginning Sunday, the Trump administration plans to launch the largest immigration raids in US history, targeting 2,000 families for arrest and deportation in 10 of the country’s most populous cities.
Hypocrisy Taints UK’s Media Freedom Conference Russian Media Ban and Assange’s Arrest Demonstrate Doublethink
12 July 2019 — Off Guardian
By Kit Knightly
The UK is currently hosting the inaugural Global Media Freedom Conference, a joint project between the British and Canadian governments. You can read the aims and itinerary on the government’s website, here.
Here’s the introduction:
Chrystia Freeland, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Jeremy Hunt, the UK Foreign Secretary, will co-host the conference. It is part of an international campaign to shine a global spotlight on media freedom and increase the cost to those that are attempting to restrict it.
With Panorama’s hatchet job on Labour antisemitism, BBC has become the Tory’s attack dog By Jonathan Cook
11 July 2019 — Jonathan Cook
Score-settling may make for lively TV, but it is execrable journalism
Middle East Eye – 11 July 2019
It is difficult to describe as anything other than a hatchet job the BBC Panorama special this week that sought to bolster claims that the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn has become “institutionally antisemitic”.
Iran Keeps Calm While U.S. And Britain Continue Their Provocations
11 July 2019 — Moon of Alabama
Great Britain has joined the U.S. pressure and provocation campaign against Iran. It is creating incidents to put Iran into a defensive position and to provoke into a violent reaction.
