UK
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Churchill & British Imperialism
Even patriotic Brits know that their hero Winston Churchill did not win World War 2 or fly a Spitfire. What they, and others, may not know is how his statements often shed a clear light on British imperialism. From Britain’s reliance on colonies, to the political rationale for giving the working class some welfare services,… Continue reading
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DAY TWO — ‘CIA Tried to Kill Assange;’ US: ‘He’s Only Moderately Depressed & Won’t Go to Isolation’
The United States vowed that only a “moderately depressed” Julian Assange would serve time in a humane U.S. prison if he is extradited, while lawyers for Assange told the High Court that the Central Intelligence Agency plotted to assassinate him, as a two-day U.S. appeal hearing came to a close on Thursday in London. Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 28 October 2021
28 October 2021 • 22:00 — The New Dark Age Defense chronology surrounding Assange’s family and Dr Kopelman https://defend.wikileaks.org/2021/10/28/defense-chronology-surrounding-assanges-family-and-dr-kopelman/ Declaration of Assange attorney Gareth Peirce on Prof Kopelman https://defend.wikileaks.org/2021/10/28/declaration-of-assange-attorney-gareth-peirce-on-prof-kopelman/ Continue reading
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DAY ONE: Assange Lawyer in Fiery Rebuttal at Day’s Conclusion
A lawyer for Julian Assange responded forcefully to the U.S. presentation at the High Court in London on Wednesday, sweeping aside arguments that the lower court judge had followed the lead of a biased expert witness and that Assange was faking his suicidal urges. Continue reading
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UnHerd – Why is Tony Blair obsessed with vaccine passports?
He’s at it again. For the third time, Tony Blair and his Institute are calling on the Government to introduce Covid passes as “a matter of priority”, asserting that they will reduce cases to a “fraction” of their current rate. With so many things he might be turning his attention to at this time, the… Continue reading
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Democracy: The Government’s Dangerous Elections Bill Just Got Worse
By Josiah Mortimer: Proposals sneaked out during the reshuffle last month represent a big step backwards for voter choice and democracy in England and Wales. The plans, revealed exclusively in the PM’s former employer, the Telegraph, would see the current preference-based Supplementary Vote method used to elect Mayors and Police and Crime Commissioners removed and… Continue reading
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Cruel Britannia: Britain’s Real Role in the World, with Mark Curtis
Despite a number of embarrassing political events over the past number of years, Great Britain still likes to regard itself as a forward-thinking, world-leading country and a force for good. Surveys show that the United Kingdom retains a great deal of positive sentiment around the world. Continue reading
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We’re Live Blogging the Assange Appeal
It’s been more than 10 months since a UK court rejected the U.S. government’s request to extradite Julian Assange and ruled that he should be freed. Tomorrow, Britain’s High Court will hear the U.S. appeal of that stinging defeat. Access to the proceedings is restricted, but Assange Defense will be observing and live blogging at our website and on our social media accounts (Facebook | Twitter). Continue reading
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BREAKING: Police attempt to recruit Black Lives Matter activist as an informant
South Wales Police have been exposed while unsuccessfully attempting to recruit Lowri Davies, one of the co-founders of the Swansea Black Lives Matter group, as a police informant. This is the first publicly recorded instance of police attempting to recruit a mole within the Black Lives Matter movement in Britain. Continue reading
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On the horizon: drone spies coming to UK skies
On the horizon: drone spies coming to UK skies 26/10/2021Tim Street SkyGuardian flight trials over the UK in September 2021 In the last few months Drone Wars and UK Drone Watch have organised protests outside RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and RAF Lossiemouth in North East Scotland. We were protesting the decision to allow US arms… Continue reading
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WATCH: The Belmash Tribunal — The War on Terror on Trial
Inspired by the Russell-Sartre Tribunal of 1966, the Belmarsh Tribunal is putting the U.S. in the dock for its War on Terror crimes. Watch the replay. Continue reading
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Military applications at centre of Britain’s plans to be AI superpower
The UK government published its National AI Strategy in mid-September, billed as a “ten-year plan to make Britain a global AI superpower”. Despite the hype, the strategy has so far attracted curiously little comment and interest from the mainstream media. This is a cause for concern because if the government’s proposals bear fruit, they will… Continue reading
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Watch: GP Bob Gill Outlines the US Corporate Takeover of the British NHS
Lowkey: The British National Health Service (NHS) once stood as an internationally renowned example of a tax-funded health system that delivered public-health services to millions of British citizens, lifting a huge burden from the sick. Continue reading
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Big Brother Watch: ‘We’ve been censored by YouTube’
YouTube has censored a speech that David Davis MP gave during our event in Manchester last week. Shortly after I uploaded the brilliant speech the video was taken down, claiming that it “contradicts expert consensus”… Continue reading
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Watch: Academic David Miller Speaks Out Following Firing & Israel Lobby Smear Campaign
Ironically, Miller’s book, “Bad News for Labour: Anti-Semitism, the Party and Public Belief,” detailed how bogus charges of anti-Semitism were weaponized against Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in order to defame and destroy him. Continue reading
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Netflix To Launch WikiLeaks Smear Job Three Days Before Assange Court Date
Netflix will begin streaming a brazen hatchet job on Julian Assange and WikiLeaks for its American subscribers on October 24th, just three days prior to a significant court date in Assange’s fight against extradition from the UK to the United States on October 27th. Continue reading
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Watch: Warton’s War on Yemen
In this revealing film we investigate an arms factory in Warton, Lancashire making warplanes to bomb Yemen – the world’s worst humanitarian disaster. Interviewing local residents and a former Foreign Office lawyer, our team tracks down a secretive supply flight that Britain’s largest arms company BAE Systems sends every week from Warton to Saudi Arabia, and questions whether the… Continue reading
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COP26: will Police Scotland keep their promises?
With plans for 10,000 police officers on duty every day during the United Nations Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow next month, a concerted public relations campaign from Police Scotland has promised a “human rights-based approach” to the policing of protests. Continue reading
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Bellingcat funded by US and UK intelligence contractors that aided extremists in Syria
Supposedly “independent” website Bellingcat raked in money from scandal-ridden Western intelligence firms that wreaked havoc – and reaped massive profits – in Syria. Continue reading
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After success against Corbyn, Israel lobby ousts UK scholar
Britain’s pro-Israel lobby gained another important scalp last week after a prolonged campaign of intimidation finally pushed a major UK university into firing one of its lecturers. Continue reading