26 June 2019 — Defend Wikileaks
The Courage Foundation announces #WeAreMillions, a massive photo campaign to demonstrate global support for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange as he fights extradition to the United States, where he would face unprecedented prosecution. The campaign has been launched at defend.wikileaks.org/freeassange/.
25 June 2019 — Climate & Capitalism
An Ecosocialist classic
Decades ago, he showed that environmental, energy and economic crises had a common cause: a system that demands increased profits at all costs
Martin Empson, a frequent C&C contributor, regularly reviews new and old books on his blog, Resolute Reader. Recently, he reviewed Barry Commoner’s 1971 classic The Closing Circle, calling it “an important contribution to our understanding of the struggle we need.” He says he wishes he had read it years ago.
26 June 2019 — Off Guardian
The tragedy of the Grenfell Tower blaze affects every person in the country, not just those living in tower blocks. Many of the safety issues potentially reach into every home, not just high-rise dwellers.
25 June 2019 — Defend Wikileaks
WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has been granted the 2019 Danny Schechter Global Vision Award for Journalism & Activism by not-for-profit educational foundation The Global Center. As a press release announcing the award explains, The DANNY is “awarded annually to an individual who best emulates Schechter’s practice of combining excellent journalism with social advocacy and activism.”
25 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
The National Endowment for Democracy – Supporting America’s Democratic Agenda
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/tTbKB/~3/lluXbrTcBrU/the-national-endowment-for-democracy.html
Venezuela Newslinks 19-24 June 2019
https://williambowles.info/2019/06/25/venezuela-newslinks-19-24-june-2019/
25 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
Socialist Equality Group (New Zealand) calls rally to demand freedom for Julian Assange
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/25/segn-j25.html
Parti de l’égalité socialiste meeting in Paris demands freedom for Julian Assange
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/25/pesp-j25.html
25 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
Cost of potential US war with Iran? $250 oil & another [much much bigger] Afghanistan
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/06/25/cost-of-potential-us-war-with-iran-250-oil-another-much-much-bigger-afghanistan/
Will the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Extend into the Middle East?
https://www.globalresearch.ca/trumps-tweet-good-pretext-operationalize-arabian-aspect-w-cpec/5681679
25 June 2019 — Voltaire Network
Even more than Syria, Iran is now at the heart of the confrontation between East and West. The astounded public is witnessing Washington’s daily about-turns in what seems – mistakenly – to be an escalation towards war between the two countries. But this is not what it is about. Fortunately, the two Great Powers have demonstrated for the last 75 years that they are reasonable, and have always managed to stand down before they arrive at the point of mutual destruction.
20 June 2019 — Black Agenda Report
– Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The whole point of the austerity project is to disempower workers and concentrate wealth at the top. The rulers will kill to keep that dream alive.
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24 June 2019 — Global Research
Parts of the documentary Modified are spent at the kitchen table. But it’s not really a tale about wonderful recipes or the preparation of food. Ultimately, it’s a story of capitalism, money and power and how our most basic rights are being eroded by unscrupulous commercial interests. Read more…
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24 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
The Economic Entrails at the Heart of the ‘Deal of the Century’
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/06/25/economic-entrails-at-heart-of-deal-century/
As Conflict With Iran Escalates, Path To Peace Can Be Found
https://dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/as-conflict-with-iran-escalates-path-to-peace-can-be-found/
24 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
Lying by Omission Is Still Lying
https://www.globalresearch.ca/lying-omission-still-lying/5681538
The Crisis of Multilateralism and the War Against Venezuela
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/the-crisis-of-multilateralism-and-the-war-against-venezuela/
Commune of Che Guevara: Model of Self-Government and Productivity
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/commune-of-che-guevara-model-of-self-government-and-productivity/
20 June 2019 — Media Lens
Last week, UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid signed the US extradition request to hand over Julian Assange, who is charged with 18 counts of violating the US Espionage Act. Assange’s immediate fate now lies in the hands of the British justice system.
Following the announcement last week by the US Defense Department of its biggest ever arms deal involving the purchase of nearly 500 F-35 fighters, Europe replied in kind on Monday. At the world’s largest air show in Le Bourget near Paris, the German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen, together with her colleagues from France, Florence Parly, and Spain, Margarita Robles, signed major agreements to develop a joint European air combat system (Future Combat Air System—FCAS).
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22 June 2019 — WSWS
Minutes of Ministry of Defence (MoD) meetings have confirmed the role of Britain’s Guardian newspaper as a mouthpiece for the intelligence agencies.
24 June 2019 — WSWS
On June 19, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) set up in 2014 to investigate the crash of the MH-17 Malaysian Airlines flight over East Ukraine on July 17, 2014, which resulted in 298 deaths, announced the criminal prosecution of four individuals for murder by the Public Prosecution Service of the Netherlands.
24 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
Trump Threatening the World’s Most Eco-Sensitive Habitats https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/06/24/trump-threatening-the-worlds-most-eco-sensitive-habitats/
Punitive fines threaten whistleblower Chelsea Manning with bankruptcy http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/24/chel-j24.html
24 June 2019
How could I keep away? Let me catch up with things here, mail to read, articles to source and as I’ve been writing once more as things here in this messed up world seem to be reaching some kind of terminal watershed, I think it’s time to start putting out some ideas that I hope will find traction amongst my readers and hopefully, elsewhere.
Think Collective, think Analogue (yes I know it’s a paradox).
Watch this space
Bill
20 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day
US refutes reports on reconnaissance drone allegedly being shot down over Iran
https://tass.com/world/1064637
Growing war danger as Pentagon presents new “evidence” Iran struck tankers
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/20/iran-j20.html
US-Turkey conflict nears breaking point
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/20/ustu-j20.html
