Snow queen and Bremen hopes
Victor Grossman | mronline.org | 2019-07-11
In late June, some 5000 protestors camped out, as part of the "Stop Air Base Ramstein Campaign," drawing attention to Germany's increasing militarization via NATO. They demanded the U.S. Army base at Ramstein–where the top generals direct troop movements in Africa and the Near East, and deploy drones to murder anyone the Pentagon decides is […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/10/snow-queen-and-bremen-hopes/

Ongoing Atrocities in Syria. Missile Attacks Directed against Civilians
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
9 July was a particularly lethal day for Syrians in their homeland. As is their tendency, the choreographs of the warmongering, military industrial complex media have busily diverted eyes on the undiplomatic row between Trump and newly resigned British ambassador; …
globalresearch.ca/ongoing-atrocities-in-syria-missile-attacks-directed-against-civilians/5683283

7-6-19 Julian Assange and Press Freedom forum
DJ Mouse | indybay.org | 2019-07-11
Wikileaks: the Global Fourth Estate author Nozomi Hayase and award winning reporter Ann Garrison defended Julian Assange at last Saturday's 'Suds, Snacks and Socialism' at the Starry Plough…(142 min.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/08/18824550.php

Defend Media Freedom NO U.S.Extradition of Julian Assange
BAACFJA | indybay.org | 2019-07-11
British Consulate General San Francisco, 1 Sansome Street, San Francisco, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/09/18824564.php

Basta !!! Free Chelsea Manning & Julien Assange Oakland Weekly Friday Vigil
Orion Edmonson | indybay.org | 2019-07-11
MacArthur&Fruitvale Oakland 94602…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/11/18824587.php

Judge Emma Arbuthnot refuses to recuse herself in show trial of Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2019-07-11
Assange's scalp must be taken at all costs to further imperialism's colonial-style wars of conquest and global war on the social and democratic rights of the working class…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/11/assa-j11.html

UAE's Yemen Troop Withdrawal Follows New Houthi Weapons and Threats of Attack on Dubai
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-09
The Houthi strategy of striking the Saudi-led Coalition on its own territory appears to be working, as Saudi Arabia's main partner in its war on Yemen, the UAE, recently announced it would begin a drawdown of troops from the country.
mintpressnews.com/uae-yemen-troop-withdrawal-houthi-new-drones-missiles/260253/

An Hour with Noam Chomsky on Fascism, Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change, Julian Assange & More
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-05
In April, hundreds of people packed into the Old South Church in Boston to hear the world-renowned dissident and linguist Noam Chomsky speak. In this hour-long special, we air an excerpt of Chomsky's speech and his on-stage interview with Amy Goodman.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/5/an_hour_with_noam_chomsky_on

Working in Prison, I Witnessed the Inhumane Conditions of Solitary for Incarcerated Women
aclu.org | 2019-06-28
Solitary confinement can amount to torture. One practitioner witnessed this first hand, and shares her story and her journey to action. | At the first checkpoint at Tennessee Prison for Women, there was a large, scrolling television screen behind the desk displaying the image of two pairs of hands — one pair with a key and one pair in handcuffs. The message read, "You can either be one of us or one of them." I had been working in the facility for less than a year, but this message exemplified an uneasiness I had long felt without articulating: The prison's faàßade of "rehabilitation" masked a system s…
aclu.org/blog/prisoners-rights/solitary-confinement/working-prison-i-witnessed-inhumane-conditions-solitary