23 February 2020 — Defend Wikileaks
When:
Part 1: 24th February -28th February
Part 2: 18th May – 5th June
Where:
Woolwich Crown Court/Belmarsh Magistrate’s Court, which is adjacent to HMP Belmarsh (See end of this briefing for travel advice)
Magistrate:
Vanessa Baraitser
Defence team:
Solicitor Gareth Peirce (Birnberg, Peirce & Partners); lead Barristers Edward Fitzgerald QC, Doughty Street Chambers, Mark Summers QC, Matrix Chambers
19 February 2020 — Asia Times
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi makes a speech at the 56th Munich Security Conference at on Feb 15, 2020. Photo: Abdulhamid Hosbas / Anadolu / AFP
“In the post-Cold War era, Western-led coalitions were free to intervene almost anywhere. Most of the time, there was support in the UN Security Council, and whenever a military intervention was launched, the West enjoyed almost uncontested freedom of military movement.” – Munich Security Conference Report
Few postmodern political pantomimes have been more revealing than the hundreds of so-called “international decision-makers,” mostly Western, waxing lyrical, disgusted or nostalgic over “Westlessness” at the Munich Security Conference.
23 February 2020 — The Electronic Intifada
On episode 15 of The Electronic Intifada Podcast, filmmaker and journalist Abby Martin discusses her recent free speech lawsuit against the state of Georgia and its anti-BDS law.
23 February 2020 • 19:30 — The New Dark Age
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Veteran Journalist Andrew Fowler Denounces Australian Government’s Refusal to Defend Assange
https://www.globalresearch.ca/andrew-fowler-denounces-australian-government-refusal-defend-assange/5704408
Julian Assange “Stop Extradition Protest” in London
https://dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/julian-assange-stop-extradition-protest-in-london/
23 February, 2020 — Craig Murray
Roger Waters has become one of the most eloquent and persistent supporters of Julian Assange. He is prepared to challenge the propagandists of the mainstream media head-on in a way that many more people should do.
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22 February 2020 — Welfare Weekly
Disabled gran ‘virtually housebound’ after DWP slashed her vital benefits lifelineShe says the cruel decision has left her feeling “anxious” and “isolated” after she was also forced to return her mobility car.
21 February 2020 — Jonathan Cook
In declaring their support for Zionism, the three contenders for Corbyn’s crown are offering only the cynical politics of old
Middle East Eye – 21 February 2020
In recent years the British Labour party has grown rapidly to become one of the largest political movement in Europe, numbering more than half a million members, many of them young people who had previously turned their backs on national politics.
The reason was simple: a new leader, Jeremy Corbyn, had shown that it was possible to rise to the top of a major party without being forced to sacrifice one’s principles along the way and become just another machine politician.
The New Dark Age 