25 April 2019 — extinction/rebellion
There are a lot of brave people willing to risk imprisonment involved in XR, here’s one of them, an 82 year-old man camped out on top of a DLR train in London.
Category: UK
BREAKING: Extinction Rebellion – The world has changed
24 April 2019 — extinction/rebellion
Extinction Rebellion will voluntarily end the Marble Arch and Parliament Square blockades tomorrow (Thursday). There will be a closing ceremony at 5pm 25 April at Speaker’s Corner, Hyde Park.
Feminists Responsible for Mass Murders: UKIP Leader
22 April 2019 — Telesur
Carl Benjamin (left) the UKIP leader said in a video that feminists are responsible for misogyny and murders. | Photo: Reuters
“It is a fucking feminist system that’s doing this,” said UKIP leader Carl Benjamin while commenting on a mass murder case by a man rejected by women sexually.
A candidate from the UK Independence Party (UKIP) said that feminism is the reason for femicides. According to Carl Benjamin, the UKIP candidate for the May 23 European Union elections, men are murdering women en masse because they felt disenfranchized and are “out of options.”
Wiki-Gate: Julian Assange Was Framed by the People Who Supported Him By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
22 April 2019 — Global Research
Julian Assange’s arrest (after almost seven years in the Ecuadorian Embassy) constitutes a hideous and illegal act. He is imprisoned in Britain’s Belmarsh maximum security prison, pending his extradition to the United States.
Julian Assange’s Victory By Andre Vltchek
22 April 2019 — Off Guardian
Throughout history, dark and reactionary forces have always attempted to control the world; by violence, by deceit, by kidnapping and perverting the mainstream narrative, or by spreading fear among the masses.
As the Israel lobby in the US weakens, its UK counterpart grows more fearsome
22 April 2019 — Jonathan Cook
Mondoweiss – 22 April 2019
For decades it was all but taboo to suggest that pro-Israel lobbies in the United States like AIPAC used their money and influence to keep lawmakers firmly in check on Israel-related issues – even if one had to be blind not to notice that that was exactly what they were up to.
World Press Freedom Index: “UK remained one of the worst-ranked Western European countries”
22 April 2019 — True Publica
The World Press Freedom Index ranks 180 countries and regions according to the level of freedom available to journalists. It is a snapshot of the media freedom situation based on an evaluation of pluralism, independence of the media, quality of legislative framework and safety of journalists in each country and region. It does not rank public policies even if governments obviously have a major impact on their country’s ranking. Nor is it an indicator of the quality of journalism in each country or region.
Welfare Weekly Newsletter 21 April 2019
21 April 2019 — Welfare Weekly
DWP spend £120 MILLION trying to deny sick and disabled people benefits
At least 70% of benefit appeals are overturned at tribunal in favour of claimants.
Brexit Delay: the Soviets Would Have Understood It By Seth Ferris
20 April 2019 — New Eastern Outlook
So the Brexit saga has taken another twist, and become even more confusing and uncertain. All we can predict is that whatever the UK government says will happen is the one thing which won’t. May has failed to deliver Brexit. Instead she keeps coming back to parliament with an appalling deal. She’s now delaying Brexit and trying to get her deal passed again.
Julian Assange Newslinks 19 April 2019
19 April 2019 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting
Ecuador turns to Interpol to arrest former foreign minister & Assange supporter Patino
https://www.rt.com/news/456972-ecuador-foreign-minister-patino-assange/
WikiLeaks calls for unredacted Mueller report
https://www.rt.com/news/456955-wikileaks-assange-mueller-report/ Continue reading
Julian Assange Newslinks 18 April 2019
18 April 2019 16:20 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting
In less than three minutes, the BBC broadcasts seven apparent fabrications about Julian Assange
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/FpwtKrTL9bA/
Assange: Defamers and defenders slugging it out on divers media platforms (Part 1)
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/04/18/assange-defamers-and-defenders-slugging-it-out-on-divers-media-platforms-part-1/ Continue reading
Hundreds of peaceful climate change protesters arrested in UK By Paul Mitchell
18 April 2019 — WSWS
Around 400 peaceful climate change protesters have been arrested in the UK over the past three days.
According to the Metropolitan Police Service, 290 protesters at Oxford Circus, Marble Arch, Piccadilly Circus and Parliament Square were taken into custody in London on Monday and Tuesday. Protests in the Scottish capital Edinburgh led to 29 arrests.
Oxford Circus brought to a standstill
