Daily Archives: August 18, 2019

2019-08-18: News Headlines

Alex Anfruns (2019-08-17). "In the US Prison Industrial Complex, slavery can be used as form of punishment" dissidentvoice.org On the 31st July 2019 a group of incarcerated people at Scotland Correctional, North Carolina, started a hunger strike in order to protest against the use of torture in the correctional facility. In the United States, there are more than 2 million people incarcerated. To know more about the hunger strikers' conditions, Alex Anfruns has …

Nozomi Hayase (2019-08-16). The Prosecution of Julian Assange Affects Us All. counterpunch.org With the indictment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the imprisonment of whistleblower Chelsea Manning, we are seeing the US government's blatant attack on the First Amendment. This assault now is officially acknowledged by a US federal court, where the judge dismissed a Democratic National Committee (DNC) civil suit against WikiLeaks on the grounds of More

RT (2019-08-15). 'Bankruptcy waiting to happen' or 'market manipulation'? Madoff whistleblower slams GE 'fraud'. rt.com General Electric is a fraud "bigger than Enron and Worldcom combined," according to the whistleblower who exposed fraudster Bernie Madoff – but GE's CEO has accused him of manipulating the market.

2019-08-18: Social Media Postees

"In the US Prison Industrial Complex, slavery can be used as form of punishment"
Alex Anfruns | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-17
On the 31st July 2019 a group of incarcerated people at Scotland Correctional, North Carolina, started a hunger strike in order to protest against the use of torture in the correctional facility. In the United States, there are more than 2 million people incarcerated. To know more about the hunger strikers' conditions, Alex Anfruns has …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/in-the-us-prison-industrial-complex-slavery-can-be-used-as-form-of-punishment/

The Prosecution of Julian Assange Affects Us All
Nozomi Hayase | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-16
With the indictment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the imprisonment of whistleblower Chelsea Manning, we are seeing the US government's blatant attack on the First Amendment. This assault now is officially acknowledged by a US federal court, where the judge dismissed a Democratic National Committee (DNC) civil suit against WikiLeaks on the grounds of…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/16/the-prosecution-of-julian-assange-affects-us-all/

'Bankruptcy waiting to happen' or 'market manipulation'? Madoff whistleblower slams GE 'fraud'
rt.com | 2019-08-15
General Electric is a fraud "bigger than Enron and Worldcom combined," according to the whistleblower who exposed fraudster Bernie Madoff – but GE's CEO has accused him of manipulating the market. | …
rt.com/usa/466600-ge-fraud-markopolos-madoff/