_____ (2023-01-30). Chris Hedges: Will Julian Assange Ever Be Freed? popularresistance.org The film Ithaka, the title taken from a poem by C.P Cavafy, chronicles the slow-motion torture and execution of the Australian journalist Julian Assange, currently awaiting extradition to the United States in a high security prison in London. It charts his journey from publisher of the most important revelations of our generation of fraud, war crimes, lies and corruption by the powerful to his refuge for seven years in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London from 2012 to 2019, his seizure and arrest by British police, who enter the embassy to detain him, and harsh imprisonment in Belmarsh prison where he currently fight…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-30). The Belmarsh Tribunals Demand Justice for Julian Assange. transcend.org 26 Jan 2023 – The US government's impulse to control information and manipulate public opinion to support war is deeply ingrained. The past twenty years 'War on Terror' is no exception. Sophisticated PR campaigns, a compliant mass media and the Pentagon's pervasive propaganda machine all work together.

_____ (2023-01-30). Chris Hedges: Will Julian Assange Ever Be Freed? popularresistance.org The film Ithaka, the title taken from a poem by C.P Cavafy, chronicles the slow-motion torture and execution of the Australian journalist Julian Assange, currently awaiting extradition to the United States in a high security prison in London. It charts his journey from publisher of the most important revelations of our generation of fraud, war crimes, lies and corruption by the powerful to his refuge for seven years in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London from 2012 to 2019, his seizure and arrest by British police, who enter the embassy to detain him, and harsh imprisonment in Belmarsh prison where he currently fight…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-30). The Belmarsh Tribunals Demand Justice for Julian Assange. transcend.org 26 Jan 2023 – The US government's impulse to control information and manipulate public opinion to support war is deeply ingrained. The past twenty years 'War on Terror' is no exception. Sophisticated PR campaigns, a compliant mass media and the Pentagon's pervasive propaganda machine all work together.

WSWS (2023-01-30). Israeli drones, warplanes strike Iran and Syria. wsws.org Israel appeared to be targeting nonnuclear Iranian military activities in both countries, in strikes closely coordinated with the US government.

_____ (2023-01-29). To US Papers, Iranian Weapons More Newsworthy Than Those Made In USA. popularresistance.org Russia's use of Iranian-made drones in the Ukraine war has garnered substantial attention in flagship US news outlets like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. These papers' first references to the matter came on July 11. Between then and the time of writing (January 24), the publications have run 215 pieces that mention Ukraine and the words "Iranian drones," "Iranian-made drones," "drones made in Iran" or minor variations on these phrases. That's more than one mention per day over six-and-a-half months. | The fact that some of Russia's drones are made in Iran is not only frequently menti…

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-29). Report: Israel Was Behind Drone Attack on Iranian Military Facility. news.antiwar.com The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that Israel was behind an overnight drone inside Iran that targeted a military facility in the city of Isfahan. Iranian authorities said three small quadcopter drones targeted a munitions factory in Isfahan and that its air defenses shot down one drone. The other two exploded above the building, …

Staff (2023-01-29). Avanza megaproyecto para el trasvase entre los ríos Toa y Yateras y el valle de Guantánamo. cubadebate.cu El Trasvase Norte-Sur, megaproyecto hidráulico para trasladar agua por gravedad desde los ríos Toa y Yateras hacia el valle de Guantánamo, que beneficiará a miles de personas en la capital provincial y comunidades cercanas y a la economía, avanza en su ejecución pese a limitaciones de recursos, incluidos cemento, áridos, combustible, lubricante y equipamiento.

Anonymous767 (2023-01-29). U.S. Air Force & "One More Country" Were Behind Attack On Iranian Military Infrastructure — Report. southfront.org The United States Air Force and "one more country" were behind the recent drone attack on a military industrial complex…

WSWS (2023-01-28). Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington D.C. makes bankrupt appeal to Biden to drop charges against Assange. wsws.org While there were important remarks from a number of journalists and whistleblowers, the tribunal was characterized by the bankrupt orientation of the "Progressive International" to the Biden administration and the Democratic Party.

Denis Moynihan (2023-01-28). Belmarsh Tribunal Makes the Case for Julian Assange's Immediate Release. commondreams.org

"The first casualty when war comes is truth," U.S. Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California said in 1929, debating ratification of the Kellogg-Briand Pact, a noble but ultimately failed attempt to ban war. Reflecting on World War I, which ended a decade earlier, he continued, "it begins what we were so familiar with only a brief period ago, this mode of propaganda whereby…people become war hungry in their patriotism and are lied into a desire to fight. We have seen it in the past; it will happen again in the future."Time and again, Hiram Johnson has been proven right. Our government's impulse to control…

WSWS (2023-01-28). Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington D.C. makes bankrupt appeal to Biden to drop charges against Assange. wsws.org While there were important remarks from a number of journalists and whistleblowers, the tribunal was characterized by the bankrupt orientation of the "Progressive International" to the Biden administration and the Democratic Party.

Denis Moynihan (2023-01-28). Belmarsh Tribunal Makes the Case for Julian Assange's Immediate Release. commondreams.org

"The first casualty when war comes is truth," U.S. Senator Hiram W. Johnson of California said in 1929, debating ratification of the Kellogg-Briand Pact, a noble but ultimately failed attempt to ban war. Reflecting on World War I, which ended a decade earlier, he continued, "it begins what we were so familiar with only a brief period ago, this mode of propaganda whereby…people become war hungry in their patriotism and are lied into a desire to fight. We have seen it in the past; it will happen again in the future."Time and again, Hiram Johnson has been proven right. Our government's impulse to control…

The Dissenter (2023-01-28). Every Official Everywhere With Classified Documents All At Once: A Conversation With John Kiriakou. thedissenter.org John Kiriakou, former CIA officer, breaks down the madness around presidents and vice presidents being caught with classified documents…