2 June 2019 — Caitlin Johnson
UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer has said that on the 31st of May he gave video interviews with both Sky News and the BBC on his findings that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is the victim of psychological torture. As of tis writing, footage of those interviews is nowhere to be found.
2 June 2019 • 15:00 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day
National Referendum on Elections: A Way Forward for Venezuela (3/7)
https://therealnews.com/stories/national-referendum-on-elections-a-way-forward-for-venezuela-3-7
Sweden’s probe made it impossible for Assange to ‘defend himself’ – UN rapporteur to RT
https://www.rt.com/news/460885-nilz-melzer-assange-sweden/
2 June 2019 • 20:15 — The New Dark Age
There may be some duplication due to cross-posting and may be updated throughout the day
Military Training for Social Movement Leaders in Venezuela: Caracas, Trench City of Bolivarian Militias
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/06/02/military-training-for-social-movement-leaders-in-venezuela-caracas-trench-city-of-bolivarian-militias/
Venezuela: El Cerro La Vieja’s People Demand that Their Sacred Territory be Respected and Protected
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2019/05/31/venezuela-el-cerro-la-viejas-people-demand-that-their-sacred-territory-be-respected-and-protected/
2 June 2019 — Terry Bell Writes
New dawn or false dawn? For the South African labour movement in particular this is very much the question as the country moves toward the second half of a tumultuous year.
2 June 2019 — Welfare Weekly
570,000 Universal Credit claimants are repaying tax credit overpayments through Universal Credit.
2 June 2019 — New Eastern Outlook
In its march toward yet another war, the United States accuses Iran of using military force to establish itself as a “regional hegemon.” It accuses Iran of being the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world. It accuses Iran of aiding rebels in Yemen, the government in Syria, and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
2 June 2019 — WSWS
Labour’s right-wing has intensified its efforts to assert undisputed control over the party after it registered a disastrous result in the European elections, coming third with 14 percent, behind the Brexit Party and the pro-Remain Liberal Democrats.
2 June 2019 — Caitlin Johnson
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has just given a speech extolling the virtues of a free media, praising the journalists who’ve been brave enough to expose the truth about wicked governments in the face of tyrannical oppression. While he was preparing to give this speech, without any indication of any self-reflection at all, he defended the torture of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
2 June 2019 — The New Dark Age
5G and the Chaotic U.S Led System: The U.S. Has Been Eclipsed in Every Sphere but War By Glen Ford
US rulers promised that technology would bring the return of the millions of jobs that were outsourced to low-wage countries, but America has lost the hi-tech race and excels only in weapons of war.
New York Times Denies Health Impacts of 5G Cellphone Technology
The New York Times continues to descend further into spewing fiction masquerading as news. Its most recent analysis challenges Judith Miller‘s delusional screed about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction as sheer nonsense. Evidently the Times has a propensity for disgracing itself. Now the newspaper’s latest low is William Broad’s essay, “Your 5G Phone Won’t Hurt You But Russia Wants You to Think Otherwise,” touting a wild conspiracy theory that 5G technology’s severe risks to human health and the environment is a covert Russian plot intended to sow confusion into the minds of the American public.
29 May 2019 — TRNN
Eugene Puryear and Paul Jay discuss the hypocrisy of Trump allying with Saudi Arabia, the largest sponsor of global terror, over concerns about alleged Iranian terrorism (inc. transcript)
2 Jun, 2019 — RT
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The US government has a tendency to hijack and weaponize revolutionary innovations, Edward Snowden said, noting that the natural human desire to communicate with others is now being exploited on an unprecedented scale.
30 May 2019 — Global Research – Syria News
American forces occupying Syrian territory entered the country illegally and their presence impedes efforts to restore peaceful life to the country and constitutes an obstacle to stability in southeastern Syria and causing the catastrophic conditions of the residents of al-Rukban camp who are being forcibly detained by terrorist groups controlled by the United States.
