Jeffrey Sterling (2022-08-01). CIA Whistleblower Reflects on the Persecution of Julian Assange. indybay.org UK legal system puppets as US pulls strings. Media complicit.

Editor (2022-08-01). What the U.S. government and The New York Times have quietly agreed not to tell you about Ukraine. mronline.org Today, men like Danyial al-Takbir, a neo-Nazi, former ISIS member and convicted mass murderer, rapist (several of his victims were raped until dead) and arsonist stand at the vanguard of a war planned for seven decades. This is the true legacy of the OUN, from its roots as Holocaust perpetrators and CIA assassins to its return as the butchers of Donbas.

Jorge Majfud (2022-08-01). La libertad de expresión bajo vigilancia. globalizacion.ca Los rebeldes, disidentes o simplemente investigadores incómodos son el objetivo natural de la maquinaria del poder. Sus instrumentos más comunes (antes de la persecución y la cárcel, como es el caso de Julian Assange y Edward Snowden) son el acoso…

JANET (2022-08-01). Julian Assange defense files appeals, granted extension. iacenter.org July 29, 2022 By Tareq Haddad This excerpted article, which originally appeared July 16 in Popular Resistance, can be read in full at tinyurl.com/kfzvkh2c. London — Following a June 17 decision from British Secretary of State Priti Patel approving the order to extradite Julian Assange to the U.S., lawyers for the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher have since submitted filings indicating they intend to fight the decision on 16 legal grounds. As first revealed by The Wall Street Journal, lawyers for Assange submitted two separate appeal applications: one against Patel's decision; the second against a January 2021…

Staff (2022-08-01). Al-Shabaab terrorists publicly execute 7 in Somalia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group al-Shabab publicly executed seven people for alleged spying, including a soldier, in southwestern Somalia, according to local media.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-08-01). Iran's intelligence forces detain Israeli-linked Baha'i group. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) — The Iranian Ministry of Intelligence said in a statement on Monday that its forces arrested members of the Baha'i group linked with the Israeli regime.

Jamanetwork (2022-08-01). The Impending Crisis of Access to Safe Abortion Care in the US. jamanetwork.com If the recently leaked ruling from the US Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization is any indication of the future of abortion care in the US, Roe v. Wade will soon no longer be the law of the land, and access to care will be determined by state laws. It is estimated that about half of states will ban abortion, putting an essential, time-sensitive component of comprehensive health care out of reach.

Jeffrey Sterling (2022-07-31). A CIA Whistleblower Reflects on the Persecution of Julian Assange. commondreams.org This affront to accountability, press freedom, and freedom of speech is on stage for the entire world to see, yet I wonder who is paying attention.

Editor (2022-07-31). What Are The CIA And Special Ops Doing In Ukraine? scheerpost.com By Katie Halper /

_____ (2022-07-31). Rebuilding collective intelligence. popularresistance.org Economists, think tanks and journalists have spent billions of words trying to convince everyone that economic growth comes primarily from technological 'disruption' and investment by individuals in their own education and training, rather than from exploitation, imperialism and financial speculation. | This belief, a key tenet of neoliberalism, continues to shape education policy in England. The Tories hope that by turning education into a market, young people will begin to think of themselves as education consumers, making savvy choices about what degrees will get them the best paid jobs in the future. Meanwhil…

_____ (2022-07-31). Caracas Protests 'Astonishing' Ruling In Favor Of US-Backed Guaidó. popularresistance.org Venezuelan authorities have blasted the latest court ruling in the struggle for control over 31 tonnes of gold stored in the Bank of England (BoE). | On Friday, the High Court of England and Wales decided in favor of opposition politician Juan Guaidó and dismissed a new effort by the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) to regain control over the reserves worth an estimated US $1.7 billion. | Caracas had brought to court the Venezuelan Supreme Court decrees stating that the parallel BCV board appointed by the US-backed opposition was illegal. However, judge Sara Cockerill decreed that the British Court could not recogni…

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-30). Estadounidenses no confían en los medios, después de décadas de propaganda de guerra. multipolarista.com Por décadas la CIA ha manipulado los medios de comunicación para difundir desinformación para justificar las guerras de EEUU. Ahora solo el 11% de los norteamericanos confía en las noticias de televisión.

Benjamin Norton (2022-07-30). Polls show almost no one trusts US media, after decades of war propaganda and lies. multipolarista.com The CIA has long manipulated the media, spreading disinformation to justify US wars. Today just 11% of North Americans trust television news.

Binoy Kampmark (2022-07-31). Penal Assassination: The Gradual Effort to Kill Assange. dissidentvoice.org They really do want to kill him. Perhaps it is high time that his detractors and sceptics, proven wrong essentially from the outset, admit that the US imperium, along with its client states, is willing to see Julian Assange perish in prison. The locality and venue, for the purposes of this exercise, are not relevant. …

Editor (2022-07-30). An interview with John Pilger: "Assange is the courageous embodiment of a struggle against the most oppressive forces in our world" mronline.org Last month, British Home Secretary Priti Patel approved Assange's extradition to the U.S., where he faces 175 years imprisonment under the Espionage Act for publishing true information exposing American war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Ana Perdigón (2022-07-30). UK Court Insists on Withholding Venezuelan Gold Reserves, Venezuela Denounces Ruling. orinocotribune.com This Friday, July 29, the British judiciary ruled in favor of the "ad hoc board of directors" of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), appointed by former deputy Juan Guaidó, who never had any power to appoint any directive body of the BCV. This ruling reiterates the British policy of withholding the Venezuelan gold reserves in Bank of England, valued at about $2 billion. | The ruling was issued by Judge Sara Cockerill of the High Court of London, who determined that the British judiciary does not recognize the resolutions of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Venezuela that had declared Guaidó's illegitimate d…

Emanuel Pastreich (2022-07-30). The Future of "Global Governance" and The "Earth Congress". Transform the United Nations. globalresearch.ca

English.alaraby.co.uk (2022-07-30). Iran arrests Sweden citizen on espionage charges: IRNA. english.alaraby.co.uk "The intelligence ministry announced that a citizen of the Kingdom of Sweden was arrested on espionage charges," IRNA quoted a ministry statement a saying. It did not say when the arrest was made. | Sweden's foreign ministry said it was aware of the case. | "This is a known and ongoing case which the Foreign M…

Puja Mehta, Boghuma K Titanji (2022-07-30). [Comment] Baricitinib in COVID-19: a coming-of-age from artificial intelligence to reducing mortality. thelancet.com Immunomodulatory therapies targeting excessive host immune responses,1 vaccination, and immunity from natural infection have changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the rapid emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variants has stymied progress towards ending the pandemic. An unmet need remains for accessible therapies that reduce mortality. In The Lancet, the RECOVERY Collaborative Group assessed the use of baricitinib, a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, for the treatment of patients hospitalised with COVID-19, in the randomised, controlled, open-label platform trial (Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy [RECOVE…

Hendrik Sybrandy (2022-07-30). Demand for abortion pills soaring in the U.S. america.cgtn.com It's been a little over a month since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, the law upholding a woman's right to an abortion. Today, many abortion clinics in states where the procedure remains legal report a surge of patients. One telemedicine clinic …

Christopher Brauchli (2022-07-30). The Death Penalty Returns to the Supreme Court. commondreams.org In the U.S. the person facing the prospect of execution has to take it upon himself to make sure it is done in a "humane" way.

A Guest Author (2022-07-30). Julian Assange defense files appeals, granted extension. workers.org By Tareq Haddad This excerpted article, which originally appeared July 16 in Popular Resistance, can be read in full at tinyurl.com/kfzvkh2c. London — Following a June 17 decision from British Secretary of State Priti Patel approving the order to extradite Julian Assange to the U.S., lawyers for the imprisoned WikiLeaks . . . |

Jeffrey Sterling (2022-07-30). CIA Whistleblower Reflects on the Persecution of Julian Assange. indybay.org UK legal system puppets as US pulls strings. Media complicit.

Staff (2022-07-30). Swedish national charged with spying detained. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) — Iran intelligence forces managed to identify and detain a Swedish national accused of spying.

WSWS (2022-07-30). Top Trump Homeland Security officials deleted January 6 messages. wsws.org The deletion of text messages by the leadership of the Department of Homeland Security underscores the complicity of all the major police and intelligence agencies in Trump's efforts to overthrow the government.