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Jeremy Corbyn: Julian Assange a real journalist, US extradition a threat to all journalists

Going Underground   Going Underground Social Media Producer Farhaan Ahmed speaks to former UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on the persecution of Julian Assange and the US’ attempts to extradite him for 175 years in a supermax prison. Jeremy Corbyn discusses what he would say to Boris Johnson regarding the case, what kind of pressure needs to be applied for Assange to be freed, the wider war on whistleblowers and press freedom and much more! 

Breaking down the "Code Red" IPCC Climate Change report

Thom Hartmann Program The IPCC report screams from the rooftops that we have reached the code red point in the climate change crisis. The dots have been connected and the extreme weather events, from fire to flood, is only happening due to human carbon emissions.

Julian Assange persecution by US encourages dictators, could set dangerous precedent

The Hill   Ryan Grim argues that the United States' attempt to extradite and prosecute Julian Assange is being used globally by dictators to justify their own human rights crackdowns.  

Meet Toka, the most dangerous Israeli spyware firm you’ve never heard of

The mainstream media’s myopic focus on Israel’s Pegasus spyware and the threats it poses means that other companies, like Toka, go uninvestigated,  even when their products present an even greater potential for abuse and illegal surveillance. by Whitney Webb Part 4 - World Bank, IDB aid Toka in targeting Palestine’s allies   While the ties between Toka and Israel’s national security state are clear as day, what is also significant and unsettling about this company is how its entry into developing and developed countries alike is being facilitated by global financial institutions, specifically the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. Notably, these are the only deals with governments that Toka advertises on its website, as the others are not made public. Several projects funded by one or another of these two institutions have seen Toka become the “cyber designer” of national cybersecurity strategies for Nigeria and Chile since last year. Significantly, both countries’ pop

COVID-19: Why liberals suddenly love the lab leak theory

The lab leak theory bears a striking resemblance to the WMD hoax of 2002, not only in the fact that one of its key players is literally the same journalist using potentially the same anonymous sources, but also in the bipartisan political and media support it enjoys. by Alan Macleod  Part 5 - The coming war on China The backdrop of the Biden administration’s sudden change of heart to parrot its predecessor is the increased U.S. buildup of hostilities against Beijing. President Joe Biden recently stated that the defining struggle of the 21st century will be that of the U.S. against China. Throughout 2020, the President’s team quietly stated that their entire industrial and foreign policy would revolve around “ compet[ing] with China, ” with their top priorities being “ dealing with authoritarian governments, defending democracy and tackling corruption, as well as understanding how these challenges intersect with new technologies, such as 5G, artificial intelligence, quantum computing an

How the GameStop hustle worked

How hedge funds and brokers have manipulated the market   by Lucy Komisar   Part 7 - An SEC Loophole Allows FTDs to Continue   In spite of knowing how fails to deliver represent sham trades, the SEC has facilitated big brokers and hedge funds continuing the con, using a system where FTDs go to die: dark pools, which began in the 1980s and now handle more than 40 percent of trades. Dark pools are opaque private exchanges run by the major banks and prime dealers, and they are inaccessible to other investors. They were created to settle large trades by hedge funds and institutional investors without moving the markets. As the SEC said in 2015: “ The close-out requirement applies only to fail to deliver positions in an equity security at a registered clearing agency. ” So unsettled trades could migrate to dark pools, out of the sunlight where investors can’t see what is going on, and never be closed out. It is called “ ex-clearing, ” off exchange. It is naked shorters’ “ get out of jail fr

How a network of UK intel-linked operatives helped sell every alleged Syrian chemical weapons attack

While Western media covers up their credibility issues, these pseudo-experts and spooks have helped drive the dirty war on Syria.    by Kit Klarenberg   Part 1   A tight-knit cast of characters has sought to destabilize the Syrian government by convincing Syrians, Western citizens, foreign states, and international bodies that the CIA-backed Free Syrian Army is a legitimate, “moderate” alternative, while flooding news across the globe with opposition propaganda. Its key actors have also played a central part in high-profile chemical weapon deceptions, participating in the attacks’ staging, generating media coverage, orchestrating official investigations and even legal actions, all with the clear goal of cultivating Western support for regime change.     Despite facing official investigation into corrupt practices and being exposed for serious credibility issues, these figures have been treated with adulation by a Western mainstream media that appears just as committed to destabilizing

Key witness in Assange case admits to lies in indictment

A maj­or wit­n­ess in the United States’ Depart­ment of Justice ca­se against Ju­li­an Assange has admitted to fabricat­ing key accusati­ons in the indict­ment against the Wiki­leaks found­er.   Bjartmar Oddur Þeyr Alexandersson / Gunnar Hrafn Jónsson  Part 6 - Not a hacker but a sociopath   Thordarson has been nicknamed Siggi the hacker in Iceland. That is actually an antonym as several sources Stundin has talked to claim that Thordarson's computer ability is menial. This is supported by several chat logs and documents where he is requesting assistance from others doing rather uncomplicated computer jobs. Once he even sought FBI expert help in uploading a video from his own phone. The meeting in Denmark was the first of a few where the FBI enthusiastically embraced the idea of co-operation with Thordarson. He says they wanted to know everything about WikiLeaks, including physical security of staff. They took material he had gathered, including data he had stolen from WikiLeaks em

Day 850: Julian Assange still in prison

failed evolution   World's number one political prisoner, Julian Assange, still in high security prison for exposing horrendous war crimes carried out by the US imperialists and their allies.      

Apple's mass surveillance tool for iPhones

Naomi Brockwell   Apple plans to modify iPhones to constantly scan for contraband. Matthew Green, the renowned security expert and cryptography professor who first broke the story about Apple's new plan to roll our photo scanning on iPhones speaks about Apple being a bastion of privacy advocacy to descending into a dangerous realm of surveillance overreach. As Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering, said, “ It is an absolutely appalling idea, because it is going to lead to distributed bulk surveillance of our phones and laptops. ”     Read also:   "Training" societies in tolerating interceptions