September 2020
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Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing Day 9
Things became not merely dramatic in the Assange courtroom today, but spiteful and nasty. There were two real issues, the evidence and the procedure. On the evidence, there were stark details of the dreadful regime Assange will face in US jails if extradited. On the procedure, we saw behaviour from the prosecution QC that went… Continue reading
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Why the UK could end up deploying risky gene drives while ignoring natural biological control
This summer 78 environmental, agricultural, animal welfare and development organisations from all over Europe called on the European Union to outlaw the release of Gene Drive Organisms in the EU and internationally, warning that reprogramming or eradicating entire animal populations posed grave risks. They’re hoping that the European Union will respect the precautionary principle and… Continue reading
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At Assange Extradition Trial, Prosecution Downplays Abusive Supermax Prison Conditions
The legal team for Julian Assange strongly believes if the WikiLeaks founder is extradited to the United States he will be detained in harsh and abusive conditions, and if convicted, he will be incarcerated in a supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, in conditions that amount to solitary confinement. Continue reading
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Julian Assange (and imperialism) on trial:
At the latest RT-livestreamed ‘Free Julian Assange/Imperialism on Trial’ event in London, a team of distinguished speakers discussed international events and the prospects of the WikiLeaks founder avoiding extradition to the US. Continue reading
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Endless War, The Militarized Police State, & The Transition Into Neo-Feudalism
If the capitalist ruling class get their way, the revolts that the U.S. and the other parts of the neoliberal world have been experiencing this last year will be only a blip in the march towards corporate domination. Their goal is to use militarism-both within the imperial core’s borders and abroad-to indefinitely keep the power… Continue reading
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Assange Hearing Update 14 September 2020
Julian’s extradition hearing resumed today after proceedings were interrupted last week due to a COVID false alarm. Today’s session was plagued by technical difficulties, so the witness’ testimony was cut short and will have to conclude tomorrow morning. For a full recap of the day’s hearing, visit our live blog. Continue reading
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WATCH: Justice Rising – 9/11 Truth Conference
14 September 2020 — Off Guardian * WATCH: Justice Rising – 9/11 Truth Conference Day 3https://off-guardian.org/2020/09/14/watch-justice-rising-9-11-truth-conference-day-3/* WATCH: Justice Rising – 9/11 Truth Conference Day 2https://off-guardian.org/2020/09/13/watch-justice-rising-9-11-truth-conference-day-2/ * WATCH: Justice Rising – 9/11 Truth Conference Day 1https://off-guardian.org/2020/09/12/watch-justice-rising-9-11-truth-conference-day-1/ * WATCH: COVID-911 – From Homeland Security to Biosecurityhttps://off-guardian.org/2020/09/13/watch-covid-911-from-homeland-security-to-biosecurity/ Continue reading
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The truth behind Netanyahu’s admission that police killing was a cover-up
Apology over portrayal of Bedouin citizen as a terrorist in 2017 incident does not just expose police crimes, it deepens the deception Continue reading
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The real state of affairs
14 September 2020 Source: https://twitter.com/JohnDStats Continue reading
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The Sudden Reversal on Facial Masks: Mandated Public Masking in Wisconsin, USA
There is apparently no science behind mandatory public masking. None. Multiple analyses of randomized controlled studies over the last decade have demonstrated the inability of facial masks to impede transmission of viruses, e.g., here, here, here, here, here, here, here. Continue reading
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A Conversation at the Edge of the Human Future
Prefatory Note: I am posting below a long interview with Konrad Stachnio on wide-ranging questions, which stretched by knowledge past its breaking point, especially in assessing where the technological innovations on the horizons will lead us. It is one of 17 conversations published by Clarity Press under the title, Civilization in Overdrive: Conversations at the… Continue reading
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The Sino-Russian Alliance Comes of age — Part 1
The joint statements between two countries are usually riveted on a particular event but in extraordinary circumstances involving great powers, it could assume an epochal character and can be viewed as diplomatic communication that reflects what the Germans call the zeitgeist — the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history — and… Continue reading
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Gates Foundation is Also Destroying Africa’s Food Economy
The same Gates Foundation which is behind every aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic from financing much of the WHO budget, to investing in favored vaccine-makers like Moderna, is engaged in a major project in Africa which is destroying traditional small farmer production of essential food crops in favor of monoculture crops and introduction of expensive… Continue reading
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Julian Assange Extradition Hearing: Weekly Recap
A lot has happened during Julian’s court hearings, so we wanted to catch you up on the week’s events! We’re also providing a brief look ahead as to what we expect as Julian’s fight against extradition continues. Continue reading
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WATCH: COVID-911 – From Homeland Security to Biosecurity
9/11, as we were told repeatedly in the days, weeks, and months after the attack, was the day that changed everything. And now a new event has come along to once again throw the world into chaos. But whereas the post-9/11 era introduced America to the concept of homeland security, the COVID-19 era is introducing… Continue reading
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Australia Goes Full Fascist: State Issues First Ankle Tracker for Quarantine Violator
This week, Australia took its burgeoning fascist police state to a new level, with officials in Western Australia now issuing electronic ankle bracelets and forced isolation in specially designated hotels to anyone it believes has violated the new raft of controversial new ‘COVID laws.’ Continue reading
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Russia blasts US’ Indo-Pacific strategy
The meeting between the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Moscow on September 11 took place at a particularly delicate juncture in regional politics. Russia is carefully ploughing a neutral line in the India-China standoff while also drawing closer to China to push back at US pressure. Continue reading
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A Truly Poisonous Foreign Policy: A Ridiculous Proposal from The New York Times
If one had been reading America’s leading newspapers and magazines over the past several weeks the series of featured stories suggesting that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is some kind of latter day Lucrezia Borgia would have been impossible to avoid. Putin, who was simultaneously being branded as some kind of totalitarian monster, apparently does not… Continue reading
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From 9/11 to the Great Reset. From Al Qaeda to Covid The Virus…
11 September 2020 — Asia Times Davos types issue a new ‘with us or against us’ ultimatum eerily reminiscent of the old 9/11 world By Pepe Escobar This article was originally published on Asia Times. 9/11 was the foundation stone of the new millennium – ever as much indecipherable as the Mysteries of Eleusis. A year Continue reading
The New Dark Age 