September 2020
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The West Killed and Displaced Muslim Multitudes, Becomes So Worried with the Plight of the Uighurs
From Beijing, we had President Xi Jinping. From Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel. And from Brussels, President of the European Council Charles Michel and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. The Chinese billed it as the first summit “of its kind in history”. Continue reading
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Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 12
A less dramatic day, but marked by a brazen and persistent display of this US Government’s insistence that it has the right to prosecute any journalist and publication, anywhere in the world, for publication of US classified information. This explicitly underlay the entire line of questioning in the afternoon session. Continue reading
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Assange’s Extradition Trial: Court Hears About History Of Political Prosecutions Under Espionage Act
“There has never, in the century-long history of the Espionage Act, been an indictment of a U.S. publisher under the law for the publication of secrets,” declared Carey Shenkman, an attorney who has co-authored a first-of-its-kind peer-reviewed book on the Espionage Act. Continue reading
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WikiLeaks Revealed 15,000 Civilian Casualties
17 September 2020 — Assange Defense It was another day of explosive testimony in Julian’s extradition hearing, with two witnesses taking the stand. Journalist John Slobada explained to the court the important journalistic contributions of WikiLeaks in revealing civilian casualties, while legal scholar Carey Shenkman stressed how the U.S. indictment of Julian is for a “political offense” and that Julian’s human Continue reading
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CIA Intercepts Suggest U.S. Lied About Biological Weapon Use During Its War On Korea
During the early 1950s War on Korea the U.S. used biological weapons against North Korea and China. Bombs designed to spread leaflets were filled with plague infested rats and dropped on Korean towns. Various infecting insects were released. Leaflets were contaminated with small pox and then distributed. Several local epidemics were caused by these attacks. Continue reading
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Spontaneous Initiative that Unites Scientists, Doctors, Lawyers and Free Citizens from All over the World
The independent studies of various scientists have highlighted several issues on the virus. Many inconsistencies have emerged from many points of view which are summarized in these two letters. The reflections start from two complementary approaches and ask for explanations by offering new approaches and protocols. Continue reading
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The Novichoks story: chemical weapons programme or canary trap?
The poisoning incidents in Salisbury, England in 2018 with an unusual organophosphate compound designated A-234 gave rise to wide coverage of the story that a novel class of nerve agents named “Novichoks” had been discovered in the Soviet Union in the 1980s and that development of these agents as weapons had continued in Russia in… Continue reading
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Open letter from medical doctors and health professionals to all Belgian authorities and all Belgian media
We, Belgian doctors and health professionals, wish to express our serious concern about the evolution of the situation in the recent months surrounding the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. We call on politicians to be independently and critically informed in the decision-making process and in the compulsory implementation of corona-measures. We ask for an open… Continue reading
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Wise People Know That Winning a War Is No Better Than Losing One: The Thirty-Eighth Newsletter (2020)
17 September 2020 — Tricontinental Liu Bolin (China), Guernica, 2016 Dear friends, Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Dedicated to Soni Prashad, 1929-2020, who spent her life looking for a better world. US President Donald Trump and his ‘war council’ – led by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo – have amplified their aggression Continue reading
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Black Agenda Report 17 September 2020
17 September 2020 — Black Agenda Report Freedom Rider: Democrats’ Climate Change Lies Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist The Republicans lie about the harm they do to the planet, and the Democrats lie and pretend they’re not doing the very same things. Tribute to Kevin Zeese: Life and Loss in the Struggle for Liberation Danny Continue reading
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Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 11
Yet another shocking example of abuse of court procedure unfolded on Wednesday. James Lewis QC for the prosecution had been permitted gratuitously to read to two previous witnesses with zero connection to this claim, an extract from a book by Luke Harding and David Leigh in which Harding claims that at a dinner at El… Continue reading
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Good Ellsberg, Bad Assange: At Extradition Trial, Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Dismantles False Narrative
Opponents of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange often hold up Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg as an example of someone who was responsible for a good leak. They insist WikiLeaks is not like the Pentagon Papers because supposedly Assange was reckless with sensitive documents. Continue reading
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“A Disgrace”: Amnesty International Blocked From Monitoring Trial of Julian Assange
Amnesty International’s Europe Director described the hearings against Assange as an “assault on the right to freedom of expression” that would have a “chilling effect on media freedom.” Continue reading
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The Sino-Russian Alliance Comes of Age — Part 2
The Russian diplomacy, which has a glorious tradition in modern history, does not make its moves accidentally or impulsively. The historical consciousness is intense. Memories from the past and the present lie deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled in the collective consciousness. A little-noticed fact remains to be that the Russian-Chinese statement of September 11 was released… Continue reading
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The Great Scampede or The Iron Heel Revisited
It would appear that the major capitalist classes of the world have waged total war on the planet’s people without firing a shot and at the same time set up the infrastructure needed to enslave us, and all in order to preserve the rule of a bankrupt Capitalism. Continue reading
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Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Gives Powerful Defense of Assange
Julian’s extradition hearing in London today included powerful testimony from two key witnesses.The highlight of the day was the appearance of famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Dr. Daniel Ellsberg. You can read our full report on the day here, but here’s a brief recap: Continue reading
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Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 10
The gloves were off on Tuesday as the US Government explicitly argued that all journalists are liable to prosecution under the Espionage Act (1917) for publishing classified information, citing the Rosen case. Counsel for the US government also argued that the famous Pentagon Papers supreme court judgement on the New York Times only referred to… Continue reading
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Witnesses Slam Unfair “Political” Prosecution of Assange
15 September 2020 — Assange Defense Two experts testified in Julian’s hearing today, making important arguments against extradition. You can read a full recap of the day’s hearing at our blog. Let’s get right into today’s highlights: Continue reading
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Covid-19: “Staggering number” of extra deaths in community is not explained by covid-19
Only a third of the excess deaths seen in the community in England and Wales can be explained by covid-19, new data have shown. Continue reading
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Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 14, 2020
14 September 2020 — Black Agenda Report Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 14, 2020 Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford Only Community Control Can Stop Police Atrocities / Capitalism and Racism Entwined / First and Foremost, Malcolm X Was “Black Minded” Continue reading
The New Dark Age 