(2021-11-13). Guantánamo trial exposes brutality of CIA torture. themilitant.com In testimony before a sentencing jury of eight senior military officers Oct. 28, Majid Khan read a statement in court detailing his personal experiences being tortured by the CIA. Khan has been imprisoned for 15 years by the U.S. government at its notorious military facility at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which it occupies against the will of the Cuban people. | "I thought I was going to die," Khan said, describing the various torture techniques he was subjected to, including beatings, sexual assaults, being chained naked from a ceiling beam for long periods, starved, doused repeatedly with ice water to keep him awake…
(2021-11-13). Qué dolor que dolor que pena… (recuerda una vieja canción popular). cubadebate.cu Las redes "sociales" y sus algoritmos, utilizados como drones teledirigidos por las fuerzas del imperio, intentan lograr al peor estilo de Joseph Goebbels que las mentiras tantas veces repetidas se conviertan en verdades. Esto de intentar vulnerar a guayabazo limpio las neuronas hoy ansiosas del pueblo cubano, o al menos de una parte de este, es otro intento de una política fallida.
(2021-11-12). UK caves, allows Assange to get married in jail. rt.com 
Imprisoned WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange will tie the knot with the mother of his children at a maximum security UK prison, after Stella Moris sued the "creepy" British government for denying them the right to marry. | "Julian and I now have permission to marry in Belmarsh prison," Moris tweeted on Thursday evening, explaining that the UK government had "backed down" 24 hours before a legal deadline. | Good news: UK government has backed down 24h before the deadline. | Julian and I now have permission to marry in Belmarsh prison. | I am relieved but still angry that legal action was necessary to put a st…
(2021-11-12). Significance of Ukraine using Turkish combat drones against Russian allies in Donbass. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Eurasia Daily Monitor/Jamestown FoundationFirst Strike: The Political Consequences of Ukraine's Bayraktar Drone Attack on Russia-Backed Forces in DonbasYuri Lapaiev On October 26, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) for the first time used the Turkish-produced Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) to strike at forces. Donetsk People's Republic militia in Donbas. [T]he AFU's [Ukrainian …
(2021-11-12). Torn from Her Arms: The US government immigration policy that "rises to the level of torture" wsws.org The Lifetime channel film is based on the true story of a mother and child fleeing gang violence in El Salvador brutally separated at the US border by immigration officials.