February 25, 2020
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‘Lies, lies and more lies’: Lawyer slams day 2 of Julian Assange’s US extradition hearing, here is how it went down
Day two of Julian Assange’s US extradition hearing saw his lawyers argue he made great efforts to ensure his leaks endangered no lives and even warned the White House when media outlets were about to dump unredacted files. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 25 February 2020
25 February 2020 • 23:00 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back UK inexplicably bars WikiLeaks editor from extradition hearing day after Assange handcuffed 11 times & STRIPPED twice Assange lawyer brings up claim US mulled ‘kidnapping and Continue reading
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Syria – Army Moves To Liberate M4 Highway – Turkish Russian Standoff Continues
Mark Summers QC, arguing for Julian Assange’s legal defense, spent the second day of Assange’s extradition hearing at Woolwich Crown Court thoroughly debunking two key allegations the US government makes against Assange in its extradition request. The US has alleged that Assange attempted to help Manning conceal her identity, and it has alleged that Assange… Continue reading
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Defense debunks US claims of reckless dump and Assange-Manning conspiracy
Mark Summers QC, arguing for Julian Assange’s legal defense, spent the second day of Assange’s extradition hearing at Woolwich Crown Court thoroughly debunking two key allegations the US government makes against Assange in its extradition request. The US has alleged that Assange attempted to help Manning conceal her identity, and it has alleged that Assange… Continue reading
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JP Morgan Economists Warn of ‘Catastrophic Outcomes’ of Human-Caused Climate Crisis
Climate campaigners on Friday expressed hope that policymakers who are stalling on taking decisive climate action would reconsider their stance in light of new warnings from an unlikely source: two economists at J.P. Morgan Chase. Continue reading
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Syria News Links 25 February 2020
25 February 2020 — The New Dark Age There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day, so please check back Overt Trump Regime Support for Al-Qaeda Offshoots in Syria, ISIS-Daesh Et Al are Pentagon/CIA Proxies https://www.globalresearch.ca/overt-trump-regime-support-al-qaeda-offshoot/5704675 Turkey’s Request for U.S. Patriot Missiles to Pressure Russia In Syria Will Not Continue reading
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Erdogan requests talks on Syria
February 2020 was an unfortunate period in Turkey’s policy towards Syria. A powerful offensive by the Syrian government army in the Idlib province entailed the capture of almost half of the province’s territory and control establishment over the international Damascus-Aleppo highway. At least four of Turkey’s largest observation posts found themselves deep in Syrian-controlled areas. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 24, 2020
24 February 2020 — Black Agenda Report Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford Black Oppression is Environmental Injustice / One Dollar Bail, But Still in Jail / Blacks Continue to Die on the Alter of White Womanhood / Mumia Speaks on the Cops and Today’s Deadly Economy Continue reading
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Switzerland at the Heart of a Far-Reaching Surveillance Network Facilitating the U.S.-Backed Operation Condor
The atrocities of Operation Condor – the U.S.-backed covert plan by Argentina, Chile, Brazil Paraguay, Uruguay and Bolivia to eliminate left-wing influence in Latin America – have been gradually revealed through declassified documents that detail the diplomatic manoeuvring and state terror that left tens of thousands of people killed, tortured and disappeared. Argentina is estimated… Continue reading
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Doctors treating Julian Assange in London faced intimidation and state surveillance
This week’s edition of the Lancet—the world’s pre-eminent peer-reviewed medical journal—carries a letter from 117 medical doctors in 18 countries, renewing their call for urgent action to save the life of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Their letter appears less than one week before the start of the US extradition hearing in London that may decide… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Headlines 24 February 2020
24 February 2020 — Information Clearing House Huawei in the Crosshairs By Mike Whitney The United States will risk anything, even a nuclear conflagration with China, to maintain its tenuous grip on global power. – Continue ==== Continue reading
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COLDTYPE EXTRA NOW ONLINE 25 February 2020
25 February 2020 — Coldtype COLDTYPE EXTRA IS BACK – Between 2008 and 2014 ColdType featured regular Extra publications, single subject essays, photoessays and book excerpts. Continue reading
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