October 29, 2019
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Julian Assange News Links 29 October 2019
29 October 2019 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back ALERTS: We must act now to save Julian Assange and the Rule of Law https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/10/29/alerts-we-must-act-now-to-save-julian-assange-and-the-rule-of-law/ Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Headlines 29 October 2019
29 October 2019 — Information Clearing House Trump Wants Deal With Exxon or Other Company to Take Syrian Oil By Jason Ditz Trump now says he is seeking to go into occupied Syria and take the oil. – Continue ====== Continue reading
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In Ecuador, ‘Broken Windows Are Intolerable, but Broken People Are Fine’
Janine Jackson interviewed FAIR contributor Joe Emersberger about the Ecuador protests for the October 25, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Continue reading
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Wikileaks Reveals OPCW Falsified Reports to Blame Syrian Government Instead of Western Backed-Jihadis!
The revelations – studiously ignored by the mainstream media – shed a light on the tangled web weaved by the complicit media and the West’s shameless hypocrisy, involving the OPCW, Wikileaks and Julian Assange’s illegal detention. Continue reading
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Grenfell Report Phase 1 Seeks to Blame the Firefighters
One simple fact cannot be hidden. The firefighters did not cause the fire. Phase 1 of Judge Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report of the public inquiry into the Grenfell disaster has been released to relatives prior to publication tomorrow. According to the Guardian, it concentrates blame on the firefighters in charge of tackling the blaze. This… Continue reading
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Into the Tempest: Essays on the New Global Capitalism
Capitalism’s grow-or-die imperative is driving humanity to the brink of extinction. At the present rate of global greenhouse gas emissions, the climate crisis alone could soon end civilization and destroy the biosphere. Biologists report that up to a million species of plants and animals are on the verge of extinction. Global capitalism is not only… Continue reading
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UK: Johnson set to win vote to hold December general election
MPs voted last night to reject Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s motion to call a snap general election on December 12. Johnson won the vote by 299 to 70 but the Fixed Term Parliament Act (FTPA) requires that general elections can only be called with the votes of two thirds (434) of MPs. Continue reading
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Agrochemical Apocalypse: Interview with Environmental Campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason
The renowned author and whistleblower Evaggelos Vallianatos describes British environmentalist and campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason as a “defender of the natural world and public health.” I first came across her work a few years ago. It was in the form of an open letter she had sent to an official about the devastating environmental and human… Continue reading
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‘This charge is 100% false’: Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal arrested months after reporting on Venezuelan opposition violence
The Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal has been arrested on false charges after reporting on Venezuelan opposition violence outside the DC embassy. He describes the manufactured case as part of a wider campaign of political persecution. Continue reading
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Upcoming Events for Julian Assange
29 October 2019 — Defend Wikileaks 5 November LONDON: Rappers MIA and Lowkey to perform and Julian Assange’s father John Shipton to speak outside the Home Office Facebook event page Eventbrite page 6:00PM Continue reading
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OPCW Whistleblower Panel on the Douma attack of April 2018
Today WikiLeaks publishes a statement made by a panel that listened to testimony and reviewed evidence from a whistleblower from the OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) last week. To accompany this statement, Wikileaks is also publishing a previously leaked engineering assessment of the alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria on April 7th… Continue reading