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THE JUDICIAL KIDNAPPING OF JULIAN ASSANGE
In the crudest, most political judgement in memory, two High Court judges in London have ordered the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, where a trial in a kangaroo court awaits him, followed by a life lost in a barbaric prison system. Continue reading
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Your Man Back in the Public Gallery: Assange Extradition, US Appeal Result
On Thursday afternoon I was in Edinburgh High Court to get back my passport, which had been confiscated during my own court proceedings avowedly to stop me going to Spain to testify in the trial of David Morales of UC Global. He stands accused by whistleblowers in his own company of spying on Julian Assange,… Continue reading
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Julian Assange News LInks 11-13 December 2021
13 December 2021 — The New Dark Age A Day in the Death of British Justice https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/12/a-day-in-the-death-of-british-justice/ The Assange Case Is the U.S. Defending Its Right to Lie https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2021/12/12/assange-case-us-defending-its-right-lie/ Journalism, Assange and Reversal in the UK High Court. The Extradition Procedure https://www.globalresearch.ca/journalism-assange-reversal-high-court/5764386 Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 11 December 2021
11 December 2021 • 16:30 — The New Dark Age Chris Hedges: Julian Assange Could Soon Be Extradited To The United States https://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2021/12/11/chris-hedges-julian-assange-could-soon-be-extradited-to-the-united-states/ MPs blast government inaction on Julian Assange https://www.rt.com/news/542911-mps-australian-government-inaction-julian-assange/ John Pilger: A Judicial Kidnapping https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2021/12/11/john-pilger-a-judicial-kidnapping/ Continue reading
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Julian Assange
I’m writing to share our statement on today’s UK court ruling on the extradition of Julian Assange. I hope you’ll join us in speaking out for press freedom and human rights. A British court today ruled that Julian Assange can be extradited to the United States to face Espionage Act charges. We condemn this decision, and reiterate our condemnation of… Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 10 December 2021
10 December 2021 • 21:30 — The New Dark Age Assange ruling a dangerous precedent for journalists and British justice https://dissidentvoice.org/2021/12/assange-ruling-a-dangerous-precedent-for-journalists-and-british-justice/ U.K. court permits Assange extradition to U.S. on spying charges https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/12/10/u-k-court-permits-assange-extradition-to-u-s-on-spying-charges/ Continue reading
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No to Covid Passes
10 December 2021 — Big Brother Watch URGENT: PROTEST TOMORROW Tomorrow, Saturday 11th December, we’re staging an urgent protest against Boris Johnson’s plans for mandatory Covid passports on Parliament Squareat 12pm. The time to stand up and be counted is now. Continue reading
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Concentration of Power
Well, it is nice to be free again, though as I said on release, I shall never really feel free while Julian is still imprisoned and while Scotland is still part of an imperialist United Kingdom. I expect most of you have seen my release, but for those who have not: Continue reading
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US Empire Seizes UK’s National Health Service
One of the recent roles of the Parliamentary Healthcare Committee has been to reassure the British public that any claims regarding the ‘Americanization’ of the National Health Service (NHS) were wildly overstated, “creating a climate that risks blocking the joining up of services in the interests of patients.” In fact, the penetration of the healthcare… Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: They want to derail us
This year, Good Law Project has exposed cronyism right at the heart of Government. It’s perhaps not surprising that those who benefit from these cozy arrangements are trying to derail us. Continue reading
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Democracy: More Dictatorial Powers Sought By Johnson
2 December 2021 — True Publica TruePublica Editor: Make no mistake, the principles of democracy are being dismantled in Britain. I have written many articles making that very point. Continue reading
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Dehumanisation, doublespeak and death: Countering Europe’s lack of humanity
2 December 2021 — Institute of Race Relations The phrase ‘liquid graveyard’, often applied to the Mediterranean, is now applicable to the English Channel, where the 43 boat-related deaths in the last 18 months are the result of Europe’s increasingly militarised border regime. The latest of these avoidable deaths occurred on 24 November, when seventeen… Continue reading
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New update: Let’s stop Covid passes across the UK
Last week, Scotland dropped plans to expand their vaccine passport scheme and in fact added testing as an option. We’ve reviewed their new 70 page Covid passport report, and it’s damning – it found no evidence at all, in two months of their vaccine passport scheme, that it had any benefit to public health. We’re telling them… Continue reading
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Go private for the treatment you need, NHS tells patients
One in five patients has been told by a doctor or another NHS professional that they would have to go private to get the treatment or test they need. That’s just one of the shocking results from a survey of nearly 7,000 openDemocracy readers – backed up by separate polling commissioned by openDemocracy. Continue reading
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Authoritarianism is on the rise
Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and large parts of the US are sliding into a dark period of authoritarianism. We’ve seen a sudden imposition of vaccine mandates (which are soon to require boosters), domestic vaccine passports, and Austria even put millions of unvaccinated citizens under lockdown. As I told the BBC, this is a stain on… Continue reading
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Safe Passage Breaking News: UK dis-invited to EU meeting
You may have seen that Priti Patel has been dis-invited to an upcoming summit of European Ministers this weekend to discuss the tragedy in the Channel. As the Home Secretary won’t be meeting with European Ministers to discuss policy, it’s more important than ever that the Government hears our calls for safe routes now loud… Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: They’re undermining Parliament
No 10 reportedly made these threats to force MPs to spare Tory MP Owen Paterson from suspension, after he broke parliamentary rules by lobbying for a private firm that paid him £100,000 a year. One backbencher said MPs were told “they would lose funding for their constituency” if they failed to vote with the Prime Minister. Continue reading
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UK: Priti must resign
Yesterday 24 November 2021, at least 27 men, women and children died attempting to reach safety in the UK. Our hearts go out to the families and loved ones of all those who have lost their lives. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Government is appealing
Tomorrow, we’re in Court. The Government is appealing the High Court’s ruling that it acted unlawfully – that there was apparent bias – in its award of a contract to associates of Dominic Cummings and Michael Gove. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 