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Tide of public opinion is turning in Assange’s favor

Corporate media & some politicos who opposed Assange after the 2016 election have radically changed their tune, favorably influencing public opinion after the Espionage Act indictment of the WikiLeak‘s founder, reports Joe Lauria. by Joe Lauria The indictment of Julian Assange under the Espionage Act has profoundly affected press coverage of the WikiLeaks founder, with much of the media turning suddenly and decisively in his favor after  years of vilifying him. The sharp change has also come from some politicians, and significantly, from two Justice Department prosecutors who went public to express their dissent about using the Espionage Act to indict Assange. To the extent that public opinion matters, the sea-change in coverage could have an effect on the British or Swedish governments’ decision to extradite Assange to the United States to face the charges.  Part 6 - Unmasking Informants  Rusbridger said: “ We fell out, as most people eventually d

Extradition order to send Assange to US poses existential threat to all truth seekers

Julian Assange’s extradition to the US would be a deathblow for all truth seekers, George Galloway told RT, warning that anyone who fails to support Assange will one day share the same fate as the persecuted Wikileaks co-founder. Britain’s Home Secretary Sajid Javid revealed on Thursday that he had signed a request for the extradition of Assange to the US, where he is accused of violating the Espionage Act. The order will go before the UK courts on Friday. Galloway, a former MP who has campaigned tirelessly for Assange’s freedom, quipped that the “dark” episode shows that Theresa May’s “ zombie ” government was “ not content with all the other disasters for which it’s responsible. ” He insisted that Assange’s supporters would “ never give up ” the fight to stop his extradition to the US and secure his safe release from UK custody. Failing to support Assange now will have disastrous consequences for journalism and all who profess to hold progressive values, Galloway warned. H

Το σύστημα της διαπλοκής παίζει τα ρέστα του, αλλά ο Τσίπρας δεν φαίνεται να βάζει μυαλό ...

failed evolution Η εικόνα αρχίζει σιγά-σιγά να γίνεται όλο και πιο ξεκάθαρη. Όσο πλησιάζουμε προς την ημέρα των εθνικών εκλογών το σύστημα της διαπλοκής παίζει τα ρέστα του. Τα ιδιωτικά κανάλια των ολιγαρχών συνεχίζουν την προπαγάνδα και σε συνδυασμό με την Τρόικα εσωτερικού και εξωτερικού προωθούν 'με τα χίλια' το νεοφιλελεύθερο οδοστρωτήρα, Κυριάκο Μητσοτάκη. Η απόπειρα σαμποτάζ ξεκίνησε από ένα κομμάτι της Τρόικας εσωτερικού, προκειμένου να δημιουργήσει σύγχυση και επιπλέον αγανάκτηση στους πολίτες μέσω του ευαίσθητου τομέα της υγείας. Προς το παρόν, η συγκεκριμένη φράξια της Τρόικας εσωτερικού αποφάσισε την αναστολή των κινητοποιήσεων , μετά τις αντιδράσεις που προκάλεσε το εκβιαστικό lock out με την υπογραφή του Γιώργου Πατούλη , σύμφωνα με το οποίο απαιτούσε από τους ασφαλισμένους να καταβάλλουν το 85% του κόστους των εξετάσεων. Φαίνεται ότι το σαμποτάζ δεν είχε πολύ μεγάλη επιτυχία.   Στη συνέχεια είχαμε τις καταγγελίες Αγγελή , ο οποίος εμφαν

Bernie Sanders says former Brazilian president Lula da Silva should be freed after leaked documents expose 'politicized prosecution'

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday called on Brazilian authorities to immediately release former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from prison and drop all charges after an enormous trove of leaked documents confirmed suspicions that the case against Lula was a politically motivated effort to prevent him from winning the 2018 election. " Today, it is clearer than ever that Lula da Silva was imprisoned in a politicized prosecution that denied him a fair trial and due process, " Sanders told The Intercept , which reported on the explosive documents on Sunday after obtaining them from an anonymous source. " During his presidency, Lula oversaw huge reductions in poverty and remains Brazil's most popular politician, " added Sanders, a 2020 presidential candidate. " I stand with political and social leaders across the globe who are calling on Brazil's judiciary to release Lula and annul his conviction. " More: https://www.commondreams.org/ne

Η πολιτική μεθόδευση της φυλάκισης του Λούλα

Σοβαρότατες δημοσιογραφικές αποκαλύψεις θέτουν εν αμφιβόλω την αμεροληψία του δικαστή που καταδίκασε τον Λουίς Ινάσιο Λούλα ντα Σίλβα για διαφθορά - Υπενθυμίζεται πως ο ίδιος δικαστής σήμερα είναι υπουργός Δικαιοσύνης υπό τον ακροδεξιό πρόεδρο Μπολσονάρο. Χριστίνα Πάντζου Την άμεση απελευθέρωση του πρώην προέδρου της Βραζιλίας, Λουίς Ινάσιο Λούλα ντα Σίλβα, ζήτησαν οι συνήγοροί του μετά τις αποκαλύψεις του ψηφιακού ιστότοπου ερευνητικής δημοσιογραφίας The Intercept ότι βασικοί παράγοντες της επιχείρησης κατά της διαφθοράς «Lava Jato» έκαναν πολιτικά υποκινούμενες παρεμβάσεις με στόχο την καταδίκη και φυλάκιση του Λούλα. Στόχος ήταν να αποκλειστεί από τις εκλογές του Οκτωβρίου του 2018, τις οποίες σύμφωνα με όλες τις δημοσκοπήσεις θα κέρδιζε με μεγάλη διαφορά. Τα τρία εκρηκτικά ρεπορτάζ της βραζιλιάνικης έκδοσης του Intercept , βασισμένα σε πληροφορίες που έδωσε ανώνυμος χάκερ, περιέχουν αποσπάσματα από μηνύματα που (παράνομα κατά το Σύνταγμα) αντάλλασσαν σε όλη τη διάρκει

This is how war with Iran is manufactured

Withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal was a top campaign priority for President Trump, one he accomplished in 2018. In a May 8 speech from the White House, he said the agreement was “ a horrible one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made. ” He also claimed in a tweet the agreement increased Iran’s military budget, which CNN called misleading. When reporters from The Washington Post asked the source of the claim, the White House provided a Forbes article by an Iranian writer named Heshmat Alavi. Alavi is described in his Forbes contributor biography as “ an Iranian activist with a passion for equal rights. ” His byline also appears in The Hill , The Daily Caller and The Federalist. The problem, however, is not only that President Trump may be using a misleading claim to support his decision to withdraw from an international nonproliferation agreement, but that the person who wrote about the claim may not exist, according to new reporting from The Intercept . “

Pompeo declares war (again). This time on Her Majesty's Opposition

by George Galloway Foreign interference in other people's elections is rightly abhorred by all who care about national sovereignty and the principle of non-interference in other people's internal affairs. More so surely when the country in question is not just your ally but, as expressed repeatedly by US President Donald Trump on his recent state visit to the UK, your closest ally with whom you are in a “special relationship.” Yet as the president plighted his troth before the Queen in Buckingham Palace last week his Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was secretly pledging to US ‘Jewish leaders’ that he planned action to stop the leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn PC MP ever coming to power. A blatant, brazen and wholly illegal intention to subvert British democracy. It doesn't get much bigger than that. A recording emerged this week of an “off the record” briefing given to the Jewish leaders in New York. In answer to a question –  itself a grote

Έρχεται ο νεοφιλελεύθερος "οδοστρωτήρας" Κούλης που θα ισοπεδώσει τους εργαζόμενους

globinfo freexchange « Επταήμερο εργασίας. Όχι ο εκβιασμός που γίνεται από τους ελέγχους εδώ πέρα, όχι εξαήμερο, επταήμερο! Απαιτούμε να γίνει πιο εύκολο, πιο ευέλικτο το θέμα των 7 ημερών και όχι να επικρέμεται η σπάθη των προστίμων », απαίτησε ο "ευγενής" επιχειρηματίας από τον Κυριάκο Μητσοτάκη που επισκέφτηκε την Κω.  Δηλαδή, το "αφεντικό" δεν θέλει να έχει κανένα έλεγχο πάνω από το κεφάλι του και να κάνει ότι γουστάρει με τους εργαζόμενους. Αν μπορεί δηλαδή να τους βάζει να δουλεύουν και δωδεκάωρα (όπως πέρασε με νόμο στην Αυστρία η συντηρητική δεξιά) και να τους δίνει ένα ξεροκόμματο, ίσα-ίσα για να μπορούν να δουλεύουν.  Θεωρεί τον έλεγχο, δηλαδή αν τηρείται με λίγα λόγια η εργασιακή νομοθεσία, "εκβιασμό". Καταλάβατε νοοτροπία;  Προσέξτε το ύφος του: το "αφεντικό" με θράσος απαιτεί, χτυπώντας σχεδόν το χέρι στο τραπέζι, να μπορεί ουσιαστικά να εφαρμόζει συνθήκες σύγχρονης δουλείας, όχι μόνο χωρίς καμία επίπτωση, αλλά ούτε κ

Trump's top hawkish neocon gives signs that the US could possibly participate in a military coup against Jeremy Corbyn

globinfo freexchange US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt held a joint press conference in London after meeting for talks in the UK capital. Pompeo condemned what he described as the support of certain UK and US leaders for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. " It is disgusting to see leaders, not only in the United Kingdom but in the United States as well, who continue to support the murderous dictator [Nicolas] Maduro, " said Pompeo. What's disgusting is that Pompeo has gone so far as even to launch indirect threats against US/UK leaders who refuse to align with the empire's typical regime change operations against legitimate governments. It's obvious that these warnings are targeting progressive anti-war leaders like Tulsi Gabbard, Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders. Pompeo depicts the anxiety of the empire, as it finds more and more difficult to make countries and leaders align behind US reg

Microsoft’s ElectionGuard a Trojan Horse for a military-industrial takeover of US elections

“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  Part 4 - From mind control to vote control? It’s worth briefly describing why DARPA’s role at Galois is of concern. This stems mainly from the fact that DARPA is currently developing Orwellian and nightmarish “Terminator” technologies — including efforts to implant chips into soldiers’ brains, replace most human soldiers with robot soldiers, and create killer “Terminator” robots — and autonomous artificial-intelligence targeting systems that will use social media to identify potential targets. In 2015, Michael Goldblatt — then-director of the DARPA subdivision Defense Sciences Office (DSO), which oversees the “super soldier” program — told journalist Annie Jacobsen that he saw n