(2023-06-13). Jonathan Swift's Lilliputian Reasoning. popularresistance.org Four years into Julian Assange's imprisonment at H.M.P. Belmarsh and four years since plain-clothed officers from London's Metropolitan Police Service dragged the WikiLeaks journalist and publisher out of Ecuador's London embassy, taking him from Kensington to a maximum-security prison, a British judge last week rejected two separate applications made by Assange's lawyers to appeal his extradition to the United States — striking down all submitted grounds. | In making his judgements, Justice Jonathan Swift, formerly a lawyer for the British government [whose favourite clients he says were the intelligence s…
(2023-06-12). The D-Notice: Very British State Censorship. scheerpost.com 
By Kit Klarenberg / Substack Julian Assange is "dangerously close" to being extradited to the US after losing his latest legal appeal. In a three-page judgment handed down on June 6th, British High Court judge Justice Jonathan Swift rejected all eight grounds of Julian's appeal against the US extradition order, signed by then-Home Secretary Priti Patel a …
(2023-06-12). UK Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer slanders Roger Waters, demands censorship. wsws.org Waters' steadfast criticism of NATO's war in Ukraine, defence of the Palestinians from Israeli state repression and support for the imprisoned anti-war journalist Julian Assange has earned him the ire of imperialist governments everywhere.
(2023-06-13). Airborne Drones War. Episode X. southfront.org 
The war in Ukraine is the biggest armed conflict in the world since the Korean War in 1950-1953. It can be argued with 90% probability that this is either the eve or the beginning of World War 3, regardless of the outcome of the war in Ukraine itself. | In Eastern Europe today, we are witnessing the formation of the shape of 21st century wars. The military doctrines of the second half of the 20th century are completely irrelevant, but will continue to be used by the warring parties by inertia. At the same time, e…
(2023-06-12). Why there should be a treaty against the use of weaponized drones. mronline.org 
Citizen activism to bring about changes in how brutal wars are conducted is extremely difficult, but not impossible.
(2023-06-12). Military Situation In Syria On June 12, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org 
On June 12, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded 1 case of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Aleppo region in the past 24 hours; | On June 12, Turkish drones targeted a vehicle near Ain al-Arab; | On June 12, Turkish drones targeted a Russian Military Police vehicle between the villages of Harbul and Umm al-Hosh. A Russian serviceman was killed; | On June 10, Turkish drones targeted an SDF vehicle near the city of Tal Rifa. Three SDF members were killed. | <...
(2023-06-13). Moroccan agents assault former Sahrawi political prisoner Mahfouda Lefkir, besiege her house in occupied territory. peoplesdispatch.org A trade unionist and prominent human rights defender, Mahfouda has been unrelentingly participating in the struggle for Western Sahara's liberation from Moroccan occupation despite torture, imprisonment, and threats of rape…
(2023-06-12). Neo-Nazi Regiments in the Ukraine Army? It's Perfectly Ok with U.S. State Department and CIA—and Its Reliable New York Times Echo Chamber—as Long as They Hide Those Nasty Neo-Nazi Insignia. covertactionmagazine.com Bellingcat is a Netherlands-based investigative research group that received funding from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a CIA cutout that promotes propaganda denigrating U.S. enemies and defending U.S.-NATO foreign policy. On June 6, one of its researchers, Michael Colborne, provided a tortured defense essentially of the adoption of Nazi insignia by Ukrainian soldiers on …
(2023-06-13). The Espionage Act Is Not The Answer To Donald Trump. shadowproof.com 
The following independent journalism was made possible by paid subscribers. Take advantage of this discount offer and subscribe to Shadowproof's Dissenter Newsletter today. While the United States Justice Department has increasingly wielded the Espionage Act to make an example out of government employees or contractors, federal prosecutors have been reluctant to charge current and former high-ranking …
(2023-06-13). The Democratic Party, Donald Trump and the Espionage Act. wsws.org Nothing progressive can come from prosecuting Trump based on the Espionage Act. For over a century, the Espionage Act has served as the sharpest legal implement in the toolshed of state reaction, used for the purpose of suppressing opposition to imperialist war.
(2023-06-13). Cuba Does Not Host a Chinese Espionage Center, FM Stresses. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Cuba described the claims of the U.S. government regarding the presence of a Chinese espionage center on the island as a new disinformation operation. | RELATED: | "The statements made by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the presence of a Chinese spy base in Cuba are false… Our position on this matter is clear and categorical… Blinken's statements 'lack evidence'," Foreign Affairs M…
(2023-06-12). Trump indictment: Pentagon upset over stolen plans for war against Iran. peoplesworld.org 
MIAMI—The federal government's 37-count indictment of former Republican Oval Office occupant Donald Trump—31 of the counts for violating the Espionage Act—is crammed with details of security breaches and other felonies by the one-term White House denizen. One of the items most upsetting to many in Washington is that Trump made out with documents related to …
(2023-06-13). Cuba Does Not Host a Chinese Espionage Center, FM Stresses. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Cuba described the claims of the U.S. government regarding the presence of a Chinese espionage center on the island as a new disinformation operation. | RELATED: | "The statements made by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the presence of a Chinese spy base in Cuba are false… Our position on this matter is clear and categorical… Blinken's statements 'lack evidence'," Foreign Affairs M…
(2023-06-12). Trump indictment: Pentagon upset over stolen plans for war against Iran. peoplesworld.org MIAMI—The federal government's 37-count indictment of former Republican Oval Office occupant Donald Trump—31 of the counts for violating the Espionage Act—is crammed with details of security breaches and other felonies by the one-term White House denizen. One of the items most upsetting to many in Washington is that Trump made out with documents related to …