25 May 2019 20:18 — The New Dark Age
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Julian Assange prosecution should be dropped, says specialist extradition lawyer
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCanary/~3/r7SzorhQeeI/
25 May 2019 — Black Agenda Report
– Bruce A.Dixon
A century ago, Republicans and Democrats passed ballot access restrictions to prevent socialists from getting on the ballot in the US. It’s time to organize to break those barriers.
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25 May 2019 — The New Dark Age
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War On Iran — What Can Be Done
https://journal-neo.org/2019/05/25/war-on-iran-what-can-be-done/
Venezuela: A Doctrine of Crisis Proof Services
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/05/25/venezuela-a-doctrine-of-crisis-proof-services/
25 May 2019 — The New Dark Age
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IRAN: Seeing Through Washington’s Thin Game
Iran resets its foreign policy calculus
https://indianpunchline.com/iran-resets-its-foreign-policy-calculus/
25 May 2019 — Verso Books
Municipal Dreams: The Rise and Fall of Council Housing John Boughton
“An elegant and compendious ongoing exploration of Britain’s social history through its council estate… There couldn’t be a better time for this book.” – Lynsey Hanley, Guardian
25 May 2019 — WSWS
The publication of the first report from the Grenfell fire inquiry has been delayed until at least October this year, nearly two and a half years after the devastating fire which claimed 72 lives.
24 May 2019 — In Defence of Marxism
[This is quite a good summation of the mess the British ruling class have got themselves into over the Brexit BS as it exposes the undercurrent of reaction at the heart of British capitalism. WB]
After three years of can kicking, Theresa May has finally run out of road. Giving a teary-eyed speech in front of Number 10 this morning, the Prime Minister announced that she would step down on 7 June. The race to succeed her will begin the following week. Then the fireworks will really begin.
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24 May, 2019 — RT
When President Volodymyr Zelensky won a landslide victory in the free and undisputed April elections, most accepted that he was given a fairly strong mandate to lead Ukraine. But it seems not everyone is so democratically-minded.
24 May, 2019 — RT
Moscow has blasted the US State Department’s claims about an alleged chemical attack in Syria’s Idlib province, saying the allegations totally lack proof and haven’t even been confirmed by Western-backed groups on the ground.
24 May 2019 — Caitlin Johnson
Rachel Maddow has aired a segment condemning the new indictment against Julian Assange for 17 alleged violations of the Espionage Act.
Yes, that Rachel Maddow.
24 May 2019 — Countercurrents Team
The World Health Organization (WHO) has cited the universal healthcare system in Bolivia as a model for all.
24 May 2019 — Mintpress
“The fact that we are handing over the keys of American democracy to the military-industrial complex — it’s like giving the keys to the henhouse to a fox and saying, ‘here come in and take whatever you want.’ It’s obviously dangerous.” — Investigative journalist Yasha Levine
by Whitney Webb
Earlier this month, tech giant Microsoft announced its solution to “protect” American elections from interference, which it has named “ElectionGuard.” The election technology is already set to be adopted by half of voting machine manufacturers and some state governments for the 2020 general election. Though it has been heavily promoted by the mainstream media in recent weeks, none of those reports have disclosed that ElectionGuard has several glaring conflicts of interest that greatly undermine its claim aimed at protecting U.S. democracy.
In this investigation, MintPress will reveal how ElectionGuard was developed by companies with deep ties to the U.S. defense and intelligence communities and Israeli military intelligence, as well as the fact that it is far from clear that the technology would prevent foreign or domestic interference with, or the manipulation of, vote totals or other aspects of American election systems.
25 May 2019 — Welfare Weekly
IPPR report claims it would also create 70,000 new jobs in the care sector.
24 May, 2019 21:30 — RT
In a handwritten letter from Belmarsh prison, WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange says he is being denied a chance to defend himself and that elements in the US that “hate truth, liberty and justice” want him extradited and dead.
24 May 2019 20:50 — The New Dark Age
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Julian Assange’s Attorney Decries Espionage Charges as Threat to Press Freedom
MintCast Episode 3: Iran, Chelsea Manning, ElectionGuard and the Embassy Protection Collective
New charges against Julian Assange under the Espionage Act criminalize journalism
https://www.greanvillepost.com/2019/05/24/new-charges-against-julian-assange-under-the-espionage-act-criminalize-journalism/
Amnesty International Hangs Julian Assange Out to Dry — or Possibly Just Hang
https://www.mintpressnews.com/amnesty-international-hangs-julian-assange-out-to-dry-or-possibly-just-hang/258780/
24 May 2019 — Jonathan Cook
By any reckoning, the claim made this week by al-Qaeda-linked fighters that they were targeted with chemical weapons by the Syrian government in Idlib province – their final holdout in Syria – should have been treated by the western media with a high degree of scepticism.
24 May 2019 — Strategic Culture Foundation
The US sent Energy Secretary Rick Perry to the inauguration of the new Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to announce the sanctions bill on Gazprom’s Nordstream 2 pipeline would pass.
23 May 2019 — Oriental Review
Money may not be able to buy the purest love, but it can buy the best, life-ending cancer. For Monsanto, giant of rule and misrule in matters of genetically modified crops, known for bullying practices towards farmers, things have not been so rosy of late. Ever the self-promoter of saving the world an agricultural headache (biotech crops being the earth’s touted nutritional salvation), the company has run into a set of legal snags that have raided its funds and risk sinking it, along with Bayer AG, the company that bought it last year for $63 billion.
23 May 2019 — Internationalist 360°
There is abundant evidence that exposes the intrusion of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) into the internal affairs of the Latin American region, in the form of coups d’état and the promotion of civil wars.
22 May, 2019 — SHTFplan.com
The United States Navy wants to archive 350 billion social media posts in order to conduct “research.” What exactly does the military want to study? “Modes of collective expression.”
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