_____ (2021-05-25). A People's Guide To The War Industry. popularresistance.org Profit alone drives the war industry, leaving behind piles of corpses, writes Christian Sorensen. First in a series of five articles about the military industrial congressional complex.

Editor2 (2021-05-25). Belarus-Ryanair Plane Case is Outrageous? America & its European Allies set Precedent when They Tried to Get Snowden, Critics say. orinocotribune.com Western governments have blasted Belarus for allegedly forcing a plane to land on its soil in order to arrest an opposition activist. But they sang a different tune in 2013, when a similar attempt was made to grab Edward Snowden. | On Sunday, a Ryanair commercial flight from Greece to Lithuania was diverted from its course shortly before leaving Belarusian airspace and made an emergency landing in Minsk. This allowed the Belarusian authorities to take Roman Protasevich, former chief editor of Polish-based opposition Telegram channel NEXTA Live, into custody. In his home country, he is facing serious charges of…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-05-25). New Book Accusing CIA Whistleblower Philip Agee of Treason Proves That He Was Not a Traitor. covertactionmagazine.com In 1975, former CIA agent Philip Agee delivered a bombshell with the publication of Inside the Company, an exposé of nefarious CIA activities in Latin America. Growing up in a conservative middle-class family in Tampa Bay, Florida, Agee had joined the CIA in 1957 after graduating from Notre Dame University believing in the virtues of …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-05-25). Alex Saab v. The Empire: How the US Is Using Lawfare to Punish a Venezuelan Diplomat. libya360.wordpress.com Roger D. Harris PRAIA, CABO VERDE — The case of Alex Saab raises dangerous precedents in terms of extraterritorial judicial abuse, violation of diplomatic status, and even the use of torture to extract false confessions. This is according to Montréal-based international human rights lawyer John Philpot. He spoke on May 19 at a webinar sponsored…

Roger Harris (2021-05-25). US Trying to Extradite Venezuelan Diplomat for the 'Crime' of Securing Food for the Hungry: The Case of Alex Saab v. The Empire. counterpunch.org The case of Alex Saab raises dangerous precedents in terms of extraterritorial judicial abuse, violation of diplomatic status, and even the use of torture to extract false confessions. This is according to Montréal-based international human rights lawyer John Philpot. He spoke on May 19 at a webinar sponsored by the Alliance for Global Justice and

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-05-25). New Book That Tries to Brand CIA Whistleblower Philip Agee As a Traitor Winds Up Proving Exactly the Opposite. covertactionmagazine.com In 1975, former CIA agent Philip Agee delivered a bombshell with the publication of Inside the Company, an exposé of nefarious CIA activities in Latin America. Growing up in a conservative middle-class family in Tampa Bay, Florida, Agee had joined the CIA in 1957 after graduating from Notre Dame University believing in the virtues of …