31 May 2019 — Craig Murray
We are seriously worried about the condition of Julian Assange. He was too unwell to appear in court yesterday, and his Swedish lawyer, Per Samuelson, found him in a state where he was unable to conduct a conversation and give instructions. There are very definite physical symptoms, particularly rapid weight loss, and we are not satisfied that genuine and sufficient diagnostic efforts are being made to determine the underlying cause.
30 May 2019 — Statewatch
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30 May 2019 — Global Research
Many wonder why Israel continues to persecute the Palestinians in Gaza with such brutal repression.
The answer is simple; Palestinians in Gaza pose a demographic and, indeed, an existential threat to the Jewish state, which created the inferno that is Gaza today in order “to exist” as such.
30 May 2019 — TomoNews US
DOUMA, SYRIA — A leaked document is casting doubt on the official narrative of the 2018 Douma gas attacks which were later used to justify American, British and French airstrikes on Syria.
SOURCES: OPCW, Working Group on Syria, Propaganda, and Media
30 May 2019 — RT
French news and political bloggers were left unimpressed after the EU officials condemned “Russian disinformation” and encouraged online influencers to stick to a pro-EU narrative during a promo trip to the European Commission.
29 May 2019 — Electronic Intifada
King Hamad of Bahrain and the Trump administration are planning an economic summit with Israel in Manama that Palestinians see as part of an effort to liquidate their rights. (Wikimedia commons)
Ties between Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia, and Israel are warmer than ever as the United States beats its war drums against Iran and prepares to reveal its so-called “Deal of the Century.”
30 May 2019 — Novara Media
Two things are clear when entering France’s infamous Zone to Defend, or Zad: this is a reclaimed space and a divided territory.
The handmade cabins, the welcome messages scribbled over road signs and the empty tear gas canisters littering the fields show how these 4,000 acres have been salvaged from the states’ plans to turn them into an airport. Under this central struggle another one lurks. The defaced map of the zone and the spray-painted message ‘Zad for Sale’ on the lighthouse, show how the end of the airport project has divided the Zad’s inhabitants. When I asked a long-term inhabitant, he described this as the latest feature of the zone’s ongoing “civil war”.
30 May 2019 — Media Lens
‘Twas the night before Christmas. I’m heading back to the family home and enjoying a rare taste of my old life among the corporate sardines on the 17:11 from London Victoria. Appropriately enough, the tin can we’re in is packed and silent: a hundred opposable thumbs are twitching over a hundred touch screens. Not a word is spoken. I have a feeling that if I were to attempt to talk to any of the humanoids around me, it would be regarded as a situationist prank. You could hear an email drop.
30 May 2019 — The New Dark Age
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Tehran will ‘quickly’ restart nuclear program if EU fails to negotiate with Iran – Russian deputy FM
https://www.rt.com/news/460654-ryabkov-iran-restore-enrichment/
Washington’s Mighty Warriors: Draft Dodgers and Scoundrels
https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2019/05/30/washingtons-mighty-warriors-draft-dodgers-and-scoundrels/
Press review: US to bear guilt for Iran deal collapse and Xi goes to Russia to counter US
http://tass.com/pressreview/1060757
30 May 2019 — The New Dark Age
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Unequal Justice: Julian Assange Is an Enemy in Trump’s War on the First Amendment
https://www.globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-enemy-trumps-war-first-amendment/5679024
Human Rights Hypocrisy: Defending Billionaires, Destroying Journalists
http://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/2019/05/human-rights-hypocrisy-defending.html
Julian Assange ‘too ill’ to appear for court hearing, says lawyer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48459760
7 May 2019 — Lew Rockwell
There is great evil being perpetrated by Washington D.C. here and around the world.
A persistent terrible hate for life, liberty and humanity arrived on little cat feet and has taken over our country. This did not begin with Trump, but sadly it also is not going to end with him either.
30 May 2019 — Counter Currents
Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder now imprisoned in the UK, has been moved to the hospital wing of the Belmarsh prison in the UK, prompting concerns about his health pending the hearing on his extradition to the US.
29 May 2019 — TRNN
Sen. Lindsey Graham issued one of the most explicit threats of military intervention against Venezuela yet. But does he mean it and does he truly believe Venezuela is a threat to the United States or is he just trying to scare the Maduro government? We discuss the latest escalation with CEPR’s Alex Main (Inc .transcript)
29 May 2019 • 22:00 — The New Dark Age
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U.S. Government Seeks NGO Help For Removing Iran From Syria
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/05/29/u-s-government-seeks-ngo-help-for-removing-iran-from-syria/
Bolton Alleges Iran Maritime Sabotage But Evidence Points Elsewhere
https://www.mintpressnews.com/bolton-alleges-iran-maritime-sabotage-evidence-points-elsewhere/258856/
29 May 2019 — The New Dark Age
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Video: UNSC Gets Educated by Ambassador Jaafari
https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-unsc-gets-educated-by-ambassador-jaafari/5678887
On the OPCW response to the leaked engineers’ assessment
https://williambowles.info/2019/05/29/on-the-opcw-response-to-the-leaked-engineers-assessment/
29 May 2019 • 19:25 — The New Dark Age
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Sur del Lago: Productive Development or Latifundio. That is the Dilemma
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/05/29/sur-del-lago-productive-development-or-latifundio-that-is-the-dilemma/
Cerro La Vieja: A Struggle Sown in the Popular Soul
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/05/29/cerro-la-vieja-a-struggle-sown-in-the-popular-soul/
17 May 2019 — OurNHS
With typical hyperbole and disregard for accuracy, the Daily Mail published a headline earlier this month claiming that MPs had ‘caved in’ to ‘left-wing doctors and scrap[ped] plans to stop ‘health tourists’ coming to Britain for treatment they’re not entitled to’. Making no reference to the well documented harm caused by the policy, the piece focused instead on the alleged cost of so called ‘health tourists’ to the NHS, repeating a favourite refrain of a Government and media adept at directing the anger at enforced austerity towards migrants.
29 May 2019 — The New Dark Age
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Will America Go to War? Trump’s Middle East Troop Dispatch Is Nothing More than Chest-thumping
https://www.globalresearch.ca/will-america-go-to-war-trumps-middle-east-troop-dispatch-is-nothing-more-than-chest-thumping/5678931
China Has Three Trump Cards to Win the US-China Trade War
https://www.globalresearch.ca/china-three-trump-cards-win-trade-war-us/5678905
29 May 2019 — The New Dark Age
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Endless Procedural Abuses Show Julian Assange Case Was Never About Law
https://www.globalresearch.ca/endless-procedural-abuses-show-julian-assange-case-was-never-about-law/5678884
Despite Assange’s ill-health, Swedish court rejects delay to hearing
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/29/assa-m29.html
29 May 2019 — The New Dark Age
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Video: UNSC Gets Educated by Ambassador Jaafari
https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-unsc-gets-educated-by-ambassador-jaafari/5678887
On the OPCW response to the leaked engineers’ assessment
https://williambowles.info/2019/05/29/on-the-opcw-response-to-the-leaked-engineers-assessment/
