(2019-06-21). After Approving Strike on Iran Backed by Bolton, Pompeo, and Haspel, Trump Reportedly Called Off Attack at Last Minute. commondreams.org "This ought to put an end to dismissal of a U.S. war of choice with Iran as too idiotic to happen, and an end to the idea that if it did happen it would be an 'accident,' as opposed to immoral madness." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_bolton_pompeo_iran.jpg…
(2019-06-21). 11-hour live reading of Mueller report in DC keeps the dream alive for collusion cultists. rt.com 
A Washington DC theatre is bringing the Mueller report to life for the #Resistance faithful, inviting hundreds of D-list politicians and actors to read the entire second volume over a marathon 11-hour session.
(2019-06-21). The Shaving Kit: Manufacturing The Julian Assange Witch-Hunt. dissidentvoice.org 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 the hands of the British justice system. Javid 'consistently voted for use of UK military forces in combat operations overseas', …
(2019-06-21). Australian workers and youth support SEP rallies defending Assange. wsws.org The hostility of ordinary people to the US attempts to prosecute Assange stands in stark contrast to the complicity of the political and media establishment.
(2019-06-21). Is Socialism Possible in America? counterpunch.org "I was, I am, I shall be!" — Rosa Luxemburg The U.S. government has charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with violating the Espionage Act of 1917 (extended by the Sedition Act of 1918). The act targeted "whoever, for the purpose of obtaining information respecting the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information to be obtained is More
(2019-06-21). London: Julian Assange Defence Committee lobbies Jeremy Corbyn's Constituency Labour Party. wsws.org The Julian Assange Defence Committee urged rank-and-file Labour Party members in leader Jeremy Corbyn's constituency to oppose US extradition proceedings against WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.
(2019-06-21). The war on journalism is a war on the humanities. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site received this statement opposing the persecution of Julian Assange from Monika Eisenhauer, an independent historian and medievalist living in Germany.
(2019-06-21). Laborfest: Free Press, Julian Assange,Chelsea Manning, Bryan Carmody. indybay.org 518 Valencia, San Francisco. 16th St BART.
(2019-06-21). Laborfest: O.S.H.A. Whistleblowers, Workers & Public Safety. indybay.org ILWU Local 34 Hall, 801 Second St., San Francisco. Across 2d St from baseball stadium. Diagonally across King St from MoMo's Restaurant. Walk the one mile from Market on Second or on the Embarcadero to 801 Second Street or take public transportation as follows: | T or N train from Embarcadero Station to Second and King Station, go to stadium side of King St, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium; | 30 or 45 bus from Market and Fifth Streets (Powell Station) to end of line at Townsend between Fourth and Third, then walk one block to 2d Street, then 1 blocks south on 2d to King St, cross King St to stadium side…
(2019-06-21). The US as Rogue Nation Number 1. counterpunch.org President Trump's National Security Advisor John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are saying that they have proof that Iran blew holes in two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz linking the Persian Gulf to the Arabian Sea, and so, we're being told in a report in the Jerusalem Post and earlier in Newsweek magazine, they are More
(2019-06-20). Exposed: The Pentagon's Cyberwar Against Russia. globalresearch.ca Five years before Robert Mueller was appointed Special Counsel to investigate the allegation that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and had conspired with the Trump campaign, the Pentagon had been waging secret cyberattacks against Russia's electrical grid. The cyberwar …
(2019-06-20). For a worldwide campaign to prevent Julian Assange's rendition to the US! wsws.org An international mass movement must be organized to stop the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States.
(2019-06-20). Laborfest: Free Press, Julian Assange,Chelsea Manning, Bryan Carmody. indybay.org 518 Valencia, San Francisco. 16th St BART.
(2019-06-20). Professor Stuart Rees to speak at SEP rally to defend Julian Assange. wsws.org "The rally must increase public awareness of the outrageous injustice if Julian is extradited to the US to face a possible 170 years in prison."
(2019-06-20). Basta !!! Free Chelsea Manning & Julien Assange Oakland Weekly Friday Vigil. indybay.org MacArthur & Fruitvale Oakland…
(2019-06-20). Punk band files lawsuit against surveillance by German intelligence agency. wsws.org The injunction seeks to ensure that the 2018 intelligence agency report, which lists the band in the category "left-wing extremist music scene," should no longer be published.
(2019-06-20). Veteran Navy Officer Exposes Flaws in US Version of Iran Oil Tanker Narrative. mintpressnews.com According to Dr Gwynne Dyer who has served as a Reserve Naval Officer in the Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, US Naval Reserve, and British Royal Navy Reserve for a total of 17 years, alleged US intelligence about the incident does not add up…
(2019-06-20). Will Our Domination be Our Downfall? dissidentvoice.org 
For those of us who've been paying attention to the general state of the world and human society, it's readily apparent that we as a species have sent ourselves hurtling into the depths of a global crisis that has the potential to wipe ourselves out along with many of our fellow Earthlings. So how exactly …
(2019-06-20). Supreme Court Undermines Religious Neutrality In Permitting Giant Governmental Cross. aclu.org The decision ignores our constitutional commitment to official religious neutrality. | Today, the Supreme Court announced that a governmental display of a 40-foot-tall Latin cross as a war memorial for all veterans does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The decision ignores our constitutional commitment to official religious neutrality and is a slap in the face to non-Christian veterans.
(2019-06-20). Centrists within US Democrats fear a leftward political slide if Trump impeached. greenleft.org.au 
No matter how reprehensible one considers former US president Bill Clinton's actions to have been in the Monica Lewinsky case, they dwarf in comparison to the actions of Donald Trump. The Republicans impeached Clinton and then moved to remove him from office. Hasn't Pelosi heard of tit for tat? | Similarly, Mitch McConnell, Republican leader of the Senate, has stated that if a Supreme Court vacancy occurs in 2020, the Republicans would fill it — the exact opposite of what the party did in 2016, with the argument that regardless of who former president Barack Obama chose to fill the court's vacancy, let vote…
(2019-06-20). Americans United Condemns U.S. Supreme Court's Decision to Allow Bladensburg Cross to Remain on Public Land. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2019-06-20). Attorney General James Joins State AG's In Arguing For Unanimous Verdicts In State Felony Trials. blackstarnews.com 
New York Attorney General Letitia James Leads Coalition of Nine AG's in Amicus Brief to U.S. Supreme Court… | New York State Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of nine Attorneys General in an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to recognize that the U.S. constitution requires unanimous verdicts by juries for convictions in state felony trials. | "We have fought hard to guarantee that every American has the right to serve as a juror, and that every jury is drawn from a fair cross-section of our local communities," said Attorney General Letitia James. "Setting a nationwide standard that…
(2019-06-20). Laborfest: O.S.H.A. Whistleblowers, Workers & Public Safety. indybay.org ILWU Local 34 Hall, 801 Second St., San Francisco. Across 2d St from baseball stadium. Diagonally across King St from MoMo's Restaurant. Walk the one mile from Market on Second or on the Embarcadero to 801 Second Street or take public transportation as follows: | T or N train from Embarcadero Station to Second and King Station, go to stadium side of King St, 801 2d St is to the left of the stadium; | 30 or 45 bus from Market and Fifth Streets (Powell Station) to end of line at Townsend between Fourth and Third, then walk one block to 2d Street, then 1 blocks south on 2d to King St, cross King St to stadium side…
(2019-06-20). US Senate Blocks Trump's $8B Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia. telesurenglish.net With a vote of 53-45, members of the United States Senate passed a bill that would block President Donald Trump's plan to complete a US$8 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia Thursday. | RELATED: | Saudi Crown Prince Liable for Murder of Khashoggi: UN Expert | In May, President Trump bypassed Congress by invoking a rare emergency provision to declare threats t…
(2019-06-20). Trump Against War on Iran? globalresearch.ca Trump's geopolitical record shows he yielded to regime hawks Pompeo, Bolton, and in the war department on escalating aggression in multiple theaters. | Bolton pushed for war on Iran long before he became Trump's national security advisor. Pompeo largely favors war …
(2019-06-20). Technotyranny: the iron-fisted authoritarianism of the Surveillance State. mronline.org 
"There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me.'" ― Philip K. Dick | Source
(2019-06-19). Basta !!! Free Chelsea Manning & Julien Assange Oakland Weekly Friday Vigil. indybay.org MacArthur & Fruitvale Oakland…
(2019-06-19). John Pilger urges participation in SEP (Australia) rallies to defend Assange. wsws.org "In my career, there has never been a more important case. If we lose Julian and Chelsea Manning to the dungeons of a rogue America, once-liberal societies will never be the same again; democracies will be in name only."
(2019-06-19). French workers, "yellow vest" protesters support fight to free Julian Assange. wsws.org For the last two weeks, the Parti de l'égalité socialiste has campaigned in Paris for this Sunday's public meeting in defense of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning.
(2019-06-19). UN Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer Becomes One of Assange's Most Vocal Advocates. mintpressnews.com 
"Here [in Assange's case] we are not speaking of prosecution but of persecution. That means that judicial power, institutions and proceedings are being deliberately abused for ulterior motives." — Nils Melzer, UN Rapporteur on Torture…
(2019-06-19). Synthesis Technology, Artificial Intelligence and "Deap-Fake" Videos: "I Don't Think the Public Is Aware of What's Coming" globalresearch.ca "I don't think we're well prepared at all. And I don't think the public is aware of what's coming," said the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. He was discussing the rapid advance of synthesis technology. This new artificial …
(2019-06-19). What About Venezuela's Hacked Power Grid? counterpunch.org Russia and the US are engaging in tit-for-tat hacking of each others' power grid, the New York Times is reporting, in what is really a kind of cyber "cold war" where the hackers from each country's military and intelligence services load electronic "explosives" in the computer systems of critical infrastructure of the other, that in More
(2019-06-19). We Are Destroying The One Thing That Could Save Us: Civic Intelligence. commondreams.org Civic intelligence requires citizen engagement. (Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1146138602.jpg…
(2019-06-19). Let's Shut Down the Authoritarian Machine. truthout.org "We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we can't have both." —Supreme Court Justice Louis D. BrandeisTrump's ominous tweet about how his supporters might "demand" that he stay in office for more than two terms is the latest proof that his authoritarian ideology has little regard for the law. The tweet also reflects Trump'
(2019-06-19). Iran stays firm as U.S. threatens attack. workers.org 
Are the days over when Washington could shake its big stick and the rest of the imperialist world would immediately fall in line? The Pompeo-Bolton-Trump gang of conspirators in Washington seems to be having a hard time lining up their imperialist partners/rivals behind an attack on Iran. Their attempt to . . . | Continue reading Iran stays firm as U.S. threatens attack at Workers.org
(2019-06-19). How to avert the impending war on Iran. nationofchange.org 
Since coming to power, the Trump administration has had Iran in its | crosshairs. The United States unilaterally pulled out of the 2015 | nuclear deal last year and reimposed harsh economic sanctions on Iran. With the other signatories doing little to cushion the blow, Iran now says it will breach part of the agreement. | In all likelihood, this is exactly how hawks — like Secretary of State | Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor John Bolton — hoped Iran would | r…
(2019-06-19). Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband insists Johnson's comments impacted on her. thecanary.co 
The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has insisted that comments made by Boris Johnson when he was foreign secretary "enabled a propaganda campaign" against her by Iran.Richard Ratcliffe directly contradicted claims by Mr Johnson in the Tory leadership TV debate that his remarks as foreign secretary had no bearing on the fate of the mother-of-one, who is in prison in Iran on spying charges.Apology: Mr Johnson was forced to apologise in 2017 after wrongly stating to a House of Commons committee that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been in Iran to teach journalists.Referring to the remarks, Mr Ratcliffe told BB…
(2019-06-18). US Foreign Policy Exposed. dissidentvoice.org 
Protest against US Foreign Policy in the Philippines (Source EPA) In the last week, the realities of US foreign policy have been exposed by a leaked audio tape, a leak about a US attack on the Russian electrical grid, and US attempts to extradite Julian Assange. All the information points to a foreign policy that …
(2019-06-18). Shrewsbury 24 flying picket Terry Renshaw: "Only the power of the working class, not the official courts, is going to provide any perspective for freeing Julian Assange." wsws.org The former building worker explains, "To defend class war prisoners like Julian Assange, the perspective has got to be to raise the awareness and mobilise the masses."
(2019-06-18). Ecuadorian government gives Pentagon a base in the Galapagos. wsws.org Inviting the Pentagon to use the world-renowned environmental site as a US aircraft carrier is of a piece with the Moreno government's betrayal of Julian Assange.
(2019-06-18). US Foreign Policy Exposed. globalresearch.ca In the last week, the realities of US foreign policy have been exposed by a leaked audio tape, a leak about a US attack on the Russian electrical grid, and US attempts to extradite Julian Assange. All the information points …
(2019-06-18). Julian Assange Indictment "Criminalizes the News Gathering Process," Says Pentagon Papers Lawyer. democracynow.org 
A London judge has ordered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to appear before a court in February 2020 to face a full extradition hearing. Prosecutors in the U.S. have indicted Assange on 18 counts, including 17 violations of the Espionage Act. This is the first-ever case of a journalist or publisher being indicted under the World War I-era law. Assange said that his life was "effectively at stake" if the U.K. honors a U.S. request for his extradition. Assange is currently serving a 50-week sentence in London's Belmarsh Prison for skipping bail in 2012. We speak with James Goodale, former general counsel of The Ne…
(2019-06-18). Julian Assange Indictment "Criminalizes the News Gathering Process" truthout.org A London judge has ordered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to appear before a court in February 2020 to face a full extradition hearing. Prosecutors in the U.S. have indicted Assange on 18 counts, including 17 violations of the Espionage Act. This is the first-ever case of a journalist or publisher being indicted under the World War I-era law. Assange said that his life was "effectively at stake" if the U.K. honors a U.S. request for his extradition. Assange is currently serving a 50-week sentence in London's Belmarsh Prison for skipping bail in 2012. We speak with James Goodale, former general counsel of The…
(2019-06-18). Prominent Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis calls for campaign to free Assange. wsws.org "We must not wait till it is too late to recognise the broader significance of the persecution of Julian Assange and fail to defend his human rights."
(2019-06-18). False Flags: The Process of "False Flagging" the World towards War. The CIA Weaponizes Hollywood. globalresearch.ca Almost all wars begin with false flag operations. The coming conflicts in North Korea and Russia are no exception. Mass public hysteria is being manufactured to justify aggression against Moscow and Pyongyang, in retaliation for acts attributed to the North Korean and Russian governments, but orchestrated and carried out by the CIA and the Pentagon.
(2019-06-18). WikiLeaks' Vault7 CIA leaker tried to start 'information war' against govt — prosecutors. rt.com 
The ex-CIA leaker who gave WikiLeaks the 'Vault7' documents smuggled phones into a Manhattan jail with the intention of waging an "information war" against the US government and "finally revers[ing] US jingoism" from behind bars.
(2019-06-18). Have You Heard of the CIA's Iran Mission Center? commondreams.org In 2017, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) created a special unit—the Iran Mission Center—to focus attention on the U.S. plans against Iran. The initiative for this unit came from CIA director John Brennan, who left his post as the Trump administration came into office. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-687308576.jpg…
(2019-06-18). Have you heard of the CIA's Iran mission center? mronline.org 
In 2017, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) created a special unit—the Iran Mission Center—to focus attention on the U.S. plans against Iran. This predated the Trump administration. | Source
(2019-06-18). Without a shred of evidence, U.S. accuses Iran of attacking tankers. mronline.org 
Mike Pompeo, in a press conference, accused Iran of engineering the attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Oman. However, he cited unnamed intelligence reports and other vague references in support of his claim. | Source
(2019-06-18). Rory Stewart denies working for 'intelligence'; says 'I've always worked for the Tories'. thecanary.co Potential Tory leader Rory Stewart has (potentially) been exposed as a spy: | Tuesday's Daily TELEGRAPH: "Mystery of Stewart's past links with MI6" #bbcpapers #tomorrowspaperstoday pic.twitter.com/MuPuM3GluW | — Allie Ho…