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Month: June 2019

Hands Off Assange
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The Shaving Kit – Manufacturing The Julian Assange Witch-Hunt

20th June 2019

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 →

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Buried In Broad Daylight – The ‘Free Press’ And The Leaked OPCW Report On Douma

14th June 2019

A defining feature of the propaganda system is that facts supporting the agenda of Western power are pushed to the forefront of the ‘mainstream’ media, while inconvenient facts are buried. A prime example is the →

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‘Mirthless Laugh’ – The Persecution And Torture Of Julian Assange

11th June 2019

For anyone persuaded by the state-corporate campaign of sneers and smears depicting Julian Assange as a shit-smearing narcissist and rapist, the comments made by Nils Melzer, the UN’s special rapporteur on torture, must be deeply →

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