Today, DiEM25 has every reason to celebrate. Tomorrow we get down to work, again – Message to our magnificent activists – Yanis Varoufakis

Today, DiEM25 has every reason to celebrate. Tomorrow we get down to work, again – Message to our magnificent activists – Yanis Varoufakis

 

 

"We
have planted a beautiful, radical idea in the minds of Europeans. Our
task is now to help this seed of hope grow. Feel proud for what you have
achieved. Rest for a day or two. After
that, we shall all get back to work, planning for the next steps that
must surely include a paneuropean DiEM25 get-together where we shall
spend days and nights mapping out the road ahead." - Yanis Varoufakis, Diem25.official co-founder.

 

Watch | Abby Martin & UN Rapporteur Expose Venezuela Coup

Watch | Abby Martin & UN Rapporteur Expose Venezuela Coup

 

 

Abby Martin debunks the most repeated myths about Venezuela with UN investigator and human rights Rapporteur Alfred De Zayas.

European Elections - Read what you want from these statistics they only add up to this... - TruePublica

European Elections - Read what you want from these statistics they only add up to this... - TruePublica

 

 

The
European elections were always going to be interesting if nothing else.
We’ve put lots of stats together so you can see them in a different
way. It only goes to show one thing in the end though!

https://truepublica.org.uk/…/european-elections-read-what-…/

Verts allemands : dans le laboratoire de l’écolo-bourgeoisie, par Olivier Cyran (Le Monde diplomatique, août 2011)

Verts allemands : dans le laboratoire de l’écolo-bourgeoisie, par Olivier Cyran (Le Monde diplomatique, août 2011)

 

 

Les
écologistes ont fortement progressé en France et en Finlande, mais leur
succès est plus spectaculaire encore en Allemagne, où les Verts sont
les grands gagnants des élections
européennes. En 2011, Olivier Cyran décrivait dans nos colonnes
l’évolution de ce parti d’origine contestataire, dont les dirigeants se
sont peu à peu adaptés au jeu institutionnel.

An Attack on Iran Would Violate US and International Law - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

An Attack on Iran Would Violate US and International Law - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 

PROF.
MARJORIE COHN: It was Trump who threatened genocide, tweeting, “If Iran
wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran.” The Pentagon is
now considering sending 10,000 additional troops to the Gulf region for
“defensive” purposes and not in response to a new threat by Iran.

The War Racket Continues... 84 Years Later! - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

The War Racket Continues... 84 Years Later! - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 

PHILIP A FARRUGGIO: General Butler acknowledged that he became a ‘Gangster’ for the US corporate interests internationally.

Macron Suffers Huge Blow With Defeat To Le Pen — Strategic Culture

Macron Suffers Huge Blow With Defeat To Le Pen — Strategic Culture

 

 

To the shock of globalists and statists everywhere, this is Le Pen’s second straight victory in the EU vote.

Vivre en troupeau en se pensant libres, par Dany-Robert Dufour (Le Monde diplomatique, janvier 2008)

Vivre en troupeau en se pensant libres, par Dany-Robert Dufour (Le Monde diplomatique, janvier 2008)

 

 

La
contrainte permanente à consommer doit être constamment accompagnée
d’un discours de liberté, fausse liberté bien sûr, entendue comme
permettant de faire «tout ce qu’on veut». Archive (2008).

Monsanto, Scientific Deception And Cancer – OrientalReview.org

Monsanto, Scientific Deception And Cancer – OrientalReview.org

 

 

Money
may not be able to buy the purest love, but it can buy the best,
life-ending cancer. For Monsanto, giant of rule and misrule in matters
of genetically modified crops, known for
bullying practices towards farmers, things have not been so rosy of
late. Ever the self-promoter of saving the world an agricultural
headache (biotech crops being the earth’s touted nutritional salvation),
the company has run into a set of legal snags that have raided its
funds and risk sinking it, along with Bayer AG, the company that bought
it last year for $63 billion. [ 991 more words ]

https://orientalreview.org/…/monsanto-scientific-deception…/

How close are we to a War with Iran? | Interview with a Former Insider & Retired Army Colonel

How close are we to a War with Iran? | Interview with a Former Insider & Retired Army Colonel

 

 

acTVism Munich:
In this interview we talk to a retired U.S. retired Army Colonel (31
years) and the former Chief of Staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell
(2002-2005), Prof. Lawrence Wilkerson,
about the recent situation in Iran. We begin the discussion by providing
context on U.S.-Iran relations post World War II, the military
industrial complex and the forces that are influencing the Trump
administration to go to war with Iran. In addition we analyse the
effects that U.S. sanctions are having on Iran and examine the possible
consequences of a U.S, attack on Iran. Finally we talk about the role of
the anti-war movement during this period and whether it could prevent a
war with Iran.

Abuses show Assange case was never about law

Abuses show Assange case was never about law

 

 

My
latest: Here are 17 legal abuses Assange has suffered over the past
nine years, demonstrating how normal procedures have been systematically
violated by Sweden, the UK and US – a fact the corporate media
apparently never notices or comments on.

US-China Trade War: Are Rare Earths China’s "Ultimate Weapon"? - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

US-China Trade War: Are Rare Earths China’s "Ultimate Weapon"? - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 

F.
WILLIAM ENGDAHL: In the dramatic escalation of tariff escalations and
trade war tensions between China and the USA, China President Xi Jinping
made a well-timed visit to see the JL Mag Rare-Earth Company Ltd., a
state-owned complex in Ganzhou.

CATALONIA --- Puigdemont among three Catalan independence activists elected as MEPs | The National

Puigdemont among three Catalan independence activists elected as MEPs | The National

 

 

CATALONIA

EXILED former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont, his former deputy
Oriol Junqueras and Toni Comin – one of his ex-ministers who is also in
self-imposed exile –were all elected as MEPs as pro-independence parties
dominated in the European elections in Catalonia.

Their success overshadowed that of Pedro Sanchez, whose Socialists topped the poll across Spain.

https://www.thenational.scot/…/17667327.puigdemont-among-…/…

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CATALONIA -- Puigdemont says Brussels win shows strength of independence cause - VilaWeb

Puigdemont says Brussels win shows strength of independence cause - VilaWeb

 

 

CATALONIA

'Winning a seat in the European Parliament shows the strength of his
project from exile, said president Carles Puigdemont, who also stated
that the victory was the result of a “winning strategy” of the
independence movement. Puigdemont also said the result was a testament
to the “persistence” of the efforts towards independence, and pointed to
the defeat of Spanish foreign minister and unionist, Josep Borrell,
calling on him to listen to “the voice of the October 1 referendum.” '

https://english.vilaweb.cat/…/puigdemont-says-brussels-win…/

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CATALONIA -- Puigdemont and Maragall lead a pro-independence victory in Catalonia and Barcelona

Puigdemont and Maragall lead a pro-independence victory in Catalonia and Barcelona

 

 

CATALONIA

'A double victory for the Catalan independence movement in the May 26th
elections. Exiled president Carles Puigdemont has led JxCat (Together
for Catalonia) to a clear win in the EU elections in Catalonia, ahead of
the Catalan Socialists (PSC) and the Republican Left (ERC), and Ernest
Maragall has beaten Ada Colau in the municipal race in Barcelona. ERC is
the largest municipal force acorss Catalonia in votes and councillors,
although JxCat is ahead in the total number of mayoralties won. The Socialists have recovered some of the ground lost in recent years.'

https://www.elnacional.cat/…/puigdemont-wins-eu-catalonia-i…

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Des Gilets jaunes manifestent à Bruxelles, de nombreuses interpellations (VIDEOS) — RT en français

Des Gilets jaunes manifestent à Bruxelles, de nombreuses interpellations (VIDEOS) — RT en français

 

 

Ce 26 mai, jour de vote en France mais également en Belgique, des Gilets jaunes en ont profité pour manifester à Bruxelles

US Complementing Israeli Effort to Give Nuclear Weapons to Saudi Arabia

US Complementing Israeli Effort to Give Nuclear Weapons to Saudi Arabia

 

 

Trump’s energy secretary, Rick Perry, has secretly approved the sale of nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia.

Meet Ten Corporate Giants Helping Israel Massacre Gaza Protesters

Meet Ten Corporate Giants Helping Israel Massacre Gaza Protesters

 

 

"These
companies are knowingly supporting war crimes, and are complicit in
state-orchestrated murder," Tom Anderson, a researcher for Corporate
Occupation, told MintPress News.

Glyphosate Worse Than We Could Imagine | New Eastern Outlook

Glyphosate Worse Than We Could Imagine | New Eastern Outlook

 

 

Glyphosate Worse Than We Could Imagine

#GMO #Monsanto

https://journal-neo.org/…/glyphosate-worse-than-we-could-i…/

Trump Regime Heightens Middle East Tensions — Strategic Culture

Trump Regime Heightens Middle East Tensions — Strategic Culture

 

 

Since WW II, the US waged wars of aggression against nations threatening no one, the highest of high crimes gone unpunished.

Rand Corp: how to destroy Russia — Strategic Culture

Rand Corp: how to destroy Russia — Strategic Culture

 

 

The
conclusions of the latest confidential report by the Rand Corporation
were recently made public in a «Brief». They explain how to wage a new
Cold War against Russia. Certain
recommendations have already been implemented, but this systemic
exposure enables us to understand their true objective.

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Nope, Guccifer 2.0 Was Not a Russian Creation

The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity : Nope, Guccifer 2.0 Was Not a Russian Creation

 

 

Former
CIA officer Larry Johnson explains why the Mueller Report assertions
that Guccifer 2.0, which it is claimed hacked the Democrats in the 2016
election, is a Russian intelligence operation makes no sense at all.
This is the central tenet of the Russia hysteria.

 

Les classes moyennes entre soumission et rébellion, par Dominique Pinsolle (Le Monde diplomatique, mai 2012)

Les classes moyennes entre soumission et rébellion, par Dominique Pinsolle (Le Monde diplomatique, mai 2012)

 

 

Les
classes moyennes n’étant pas toujours conservatrices ni le prolétariat
nécessairement progressiste, à quelles conditions un projet de
transformation radicale de la société
serait-il susceptible de réunir deux groupes sociaux numériquement
majoritaires, mais dont les intérêts peuvent diverger ?

Nationalisme hindou, libéralisme économique et populisme high-tech, par Christophe Jaffrelot (Le Monde diplomatique, avril 2014)

Nationalisme hindou, libéralisme économique et populisme high-tech, par Christophe Jaffrelot (Le Monde diplomatique, avril 2014)

 

 

Malgré
un bilan économique et social désastreux, le premier ministre indien
Narendra Modi et son parti le Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), au pouvoir
depuis mai 2014, ont remporté haut la
main les élections législatives (entre 53 et 55 % des sièges). Ce
triomphe risque d’entraîner de nouvelles violences à l’encontre des
musulmans — tels ces Indiens « lynchés au nom de la vache sacrée ».
L’Inde se transforme en « démocratie ethnique », selon l’expression du
spécialiste Christophe Jaffrelot qui, dès avril 2014, mettait en garde
contre le nationalisme hindou de M. Modi.

New Syria Chemical Attack Blamed on Government. Reports Fostered Divisions Among U.S. Allies - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

New Syria Chemical Attack Blamed on Government. Reports Fostered Divisions Among U.S. Allies - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 

FIRAS
SAMURI: On May 19, 2019, several Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (ex. Jabhat
al-Nusra) militants reported on the use of the chemical weapons in
settlement of Al-Kabina by the Syrian
Army (SAA). The mainstream media immediately replicated this news and a
number of states brought charges against Damascus.

Accusations of Chemical Weapons Use by the Syrian Army Nullified by Fact-Checking - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Accusations of Chemical Weapons Use by the Syrian Army Nullified by Fact-Checking - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 

AHMAD
AL KHALED: Syrian government forces allegedly committed yet another
chemical attack, local opposition affiliated media reported last Sunday.

On War With Iran, It’s Trump Versus the Founding Fathers — Strategic Culture

On War With Iran, It’s Trump Versus the Founding Fathers — Strategic Culture

 

 

He seems to think he can launch an attack without congressional approval. The Constitution says otherwise.

CATALONIA -- Puigdemont and Maragall lead a pro-independence victory in Catalonia and Barcelona

Puigdemont and Maragall lead a pro-independence victory in Catalonia and Barcelona

 

 CATALONIA

'A
double victory for the Catalan independence movement in the May 26th
elections. Exiled president Carles Puigdemont has led JxCat (Together
for Catalonia) to a clear win in the EU
elections in Catalonia, ahead of the Catalan Socialists (PSC) and the
Republican Left (ERC), and Ernest Maragall has beaten Ada Colau in the
municipal race in Barcelona. ERC is the largest municipal force acorss
Catalonia in votes and councillors, although JxCat is ahead in the total
number of mayoralties won. The Socialists have recovered some of the
ground lost in recent years.'

https://www.elnacional.cat/…/puigdemont-wins-eu-catalonia-i…

Back to the Future: Authoritarian Neoliberal Regime versus Democratic Social State | Economic Sociology and Political Economy

Back to the Future: Authoritarian Neoliberal Regime versus Democratic Social State | Economic Sociology and Political Economy

 

 

"The
gradual transition of capitalism into socialism may be a myth: but the
gradual transition of ‘bourgeois democracy’ into more or less pronounced
forms of authoritarianism is not." Read Ralph Miliband’s bright and
powerful farsighted insights:

https://economicsociology.org/…/back-to-the-future-authori…/

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CATALONIA --- An attack on the separation of powers – barbaryfigs

An attack on the separation of powers – barbaryfigs

 

 

CATALONIA

Translation of “Atentado contra la división de poderes” by Javier Pérez
Royo, Professor of Constitutional Law at the University of Seville,
which appeared in eldiario.es on 23/05/2019

"Such cowardice from
the Spain’s Supreme Court is unprecedented. Passing the buck instead of
facing its responsibility is the worst thing any branch of government
wanting respect can do
Responsibility is non-transferrable. To cede it is to go against the separation of powers
The Supreme Court has made a political, not a judicial decision "

http://barbaryfigs.com/…/an-attack-on-the-separation-of-po…/

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CATALONIA -- 'Telepolis': "Spain, technically, is no longer a democracy" | Telepolis

Spanien "ist technisch gesehen keine Demokratie mehr" | Telepolis

 

 

CATALONIA

Spanien "ist technisch gesehen keine Demokratie mehr"

'Telepolis': "Spain, technically, is no longer a democracy"

https://www.heise.de/…/Spanien-ist-technisch-gesehen-keine-…

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Spurious US 18-Count Indictment of Julian Assange: A Mockery of Justice - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

Spurious US 18-Count Indictment of Julian Assange: A Mockery of Justice - Global ResearchGlobal Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

 

STEPHEN
LENDMAN: New charges and the above one are all about waging war on
truth-telling investigative journalism the way it should be conducted,
providing vital information on issues related to the rule of law,
fundamental rights, and the public welfare.

Video Shows Israeli Settlers Starting West Bank Fires

Video Shows Israeli Settlers Starting West Bank Fires

 

 

Video
shows illegal Israeli settlers setting fire to fields in the occupied
West Bank, contradicting the Israeli army’s claim that the blaze was
started by Palestinians.

CATALONIA -- Violation of Fundamental Rights in Europe: The Catalan Trial as a Case Study

Violation of Fundamental Rights in Europe: The Catalan Trial as a Case Study

 

 

CATALONIA

'The question of independence may be more or less important for us. We
might even be totally against it but this is not the issue we wish to
draw attention to here.
The precision and excellence of the legal
arguments presented by Benet Salellas, lawyer for one of the accused in
the trial—Jordi Cuixart—provides a clear example of the dangers
presently threatening human rights in Spain and Europe.
Unlike the others accused (him and all of them in jail since almost 2 years,
before been convicted), his client has NEVER been a politician. He is a
businessman and president of the association Omnium Cultural, which is
pro-independence but always working within its traditional, totally
regularised framework of activities ever since the association was
founded in 1961. Since then, with dozens of branches throughout
Catalonia, it has engaged in a wide range of activities promoting
Catalan language and culture.
We have transcribed and subtitled part
of Salellas’ defence statement because what is happening in Catalonia
is not a problem of Catalonia but a problem of Europe and the democratic
principles on which it is supposed to be founded.
Catalonia is not
the only case with signs of a drift to authoritarianism in a country’s
institutions. These patterns are being repeated in Hungary, Poland, the
Czech Republic and elsewhere. This is why it is important to detect them
and make them known so that Europe and its peoples will be able to
respond and reaffirm the values of democracy and basic freedoms.'

https://xnet-x.net/…/violation-fundamental-rights-eu-catal…/

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CATALONIA -- Catalonia is a colony of Spain | Jaume Sobrequés i Callicó | Articles | El Punt Avui

Catalunya és una colònia d'Espanya | Jaume Sobrequés i Callicó | Articles | El Punt Avui

 

 

CATALONIA

Catalonia is a colony of Spain

Jaume Sobrequés i Callicó

Affirm that Catalonia is one Colony of Spain seems, even for the most
committed nationalists, a dialectical exaggeration. It is a concept that
independentism has not assumed in a regular way, as has been shown in
the election programs of September 27. The comparative historical
analysis of the features that characterized colonialism from the
sixteenth to the twentieth century allows the typology of contemporary
Catalan reality to be unequivocally colonial. What are these features?
For starters, the armies of the metropolis occupy without a right a
country that until then was sovereign. Catalonia was occupied by the
armies of Castile between 1705 and 1714. The Principality was then an
independent state integrated into a confederation, the Crown of Aragon.
Let us remember the occupation of America, Africa or Asia in the
centuries of colonialism. We note the existence of the Spanish flag on
the facade of Capitania, irrefutable testimony of the current presence
of the Spanish army in Catalonia. Second, the invasive power destroys
the institutions of the occupied country and imposes military control
over it. From the Bourbon decree of the New Floor of 1716 is what has
happened to Catalonia. The autonomous periods have been nothing more
than a lenitarian force of military occupation. Third, the occupying
power organizes the economic downturn of the colony. Let us remember the
drainage of American gold to Castile after the conquest. This is what
has happened with Catalonia. From the Bourbon Tax to the Cadastre in the
XVIII century to the Sixteen billion annual fiscal deficits in recent
times, Catalonia has been, for three hundred years, a country spoiled by
Spain. Fourthly, the colonizing power has found and promoted, within
the colony, political, social or economic organizations favorable to the
metropolis and, therefore, opposed to the liberation of that one. These
sectors have acted as the fifth column to support the power occupying
and curbing the aforementioned release movements. In Catalonia, this
fifth column has fought against the forces of the metropolis,
independentism. In the past 27-S elections, this fifth branch column has
personal names and political organizations that are in the minds of
everyone. Fifthly, the Settlers have attempted to disrupt the language
and culture of the conquered countries. The imposition has also
affected, with repressive or inquisitorial actions of great hardness,
the religious beliefs of the occupied countries. The attempt to make
Catalan language and culture disappear as an identifying element of the
first order of the Catalan state has been constant. The repression of
Catalan has been manifested permanently since the first Bourbon
arrangements after 1714, up to the Wert law. The decrees, laws,
regulations and provisions of the Madrid court against Catalan occupy
hundreds of pages and have been unalterable throughout the centuries
South American countries know what language repression meant for the
maintenance of their own languages. When the metropolis has not managed
to make these languages disappear, it is wrong to turn them into second
category languages. A last factor. The metropolis never allowed the
colony to freely decide on its destination through a referendum on
self-determination that allowed decolonization. This is the case of
Catalonia. History teaches that colonizing processes have only been
defeated when the countries victims of the destructive action of the
metropolis have achieved independence. Catalonia is one of the few
countries on the planet that has not yet been liberated from colonizing
oppression, and if we look only for Europe, we will see that Catalonia
continues to be, based on the features I have mentioned, the only colony
that still exists in the Old Continent From this there is a broad
collective consciousness, that which must allow the liberation National
of Catalonia that is already seen on a horizon that is closer to each
day.

<<< http://www.elpuntavui.cat/…/913544-catalunya-es-una-colonia… >>

CATALONIA -- Catalonia: Nobody knows what to do with the four newly installed prisoner MPs | The National

Catalonia: Nobody knows what to do with the four newly installed prisoner MPs | The National

 

 

CATALONIA

Catalonia: Nobody knows what to do with the four newly installed prisoner MPs

By Greg Russell

https://www.thenational.scot/…/17659355.catalonia-nobody-…/…

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CATALONIA ---- Puigdemont: 'The Catalan republic is under construction, it’s a work in progress' - VilaWeb

Puigdemont: 'The Catalan republic is under construction, it’s a work in progress' - VilaWeb

 

 

CATALONIA

Puigdemont: ‘The Catalan republic is under construction, it’s a work in progress’

An interview with Carles Puigdemont, president of Catalonia and candidate to the European Parliament

https://english.vilaweb.cat/…/puigdemont-ill-come-back-to-…/

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CATALONIA -- Spain's Speaker intervenes in row over Catalan prisoner MPs | The National

Spain's Speaker intervenes in row over Catalan prisoner MPs | The National

 

 

CATALONIA

What a farce

https://www.thenational.scot/…/17657901.spains-speaker-in…/…

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CATALONIA ---- Spanish parliament bureau suspends elected Catalan political prisoners - VilaWeb

Spanish parliament bureau suspends elected Catalan political prisoners - VilaWeb

 

 

CATALONIA

'Spanish parliament bureau suspends elected Catalan political prisoners'

https://english.vilaweb.cat/…/spanish-parliament-bureau-su…/

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CATALONIA -- New legislature starts in Spain's Congress with political prisoners as deputies

New legislature starts in Spain's Congress with political prisoners as deputies

 

 CATALONIA

 The Catalan political prisoners arrived in the Spanish
Congress this Tuesday from Soto del Real prison under guard. There's no
seating plan for the opening session of a new legislature, instead
deputies-elect take places on a first-come, first-served basis. With
places saved by their party colleagues, this meant JxCat's Jordi Sànchez, Josep Rull and Jordi Turull ended up sitting just behind the Spanish government, and ERC's Oriol Junqueras
was on the second row. The prisoners could greet and speak to fellow
deputies from a range of parties, from acting prime minister Pedro
Sánchez and outgoing foreign minister Josep Borrell to Cs' number two,
Inés Arrimadas. Podemos' leader Pablo Iglesias made a point of being the
first to shake Junqueras' hand.

 

https://www.elnacional.cat/…/new-legislature-spain-congress…

Military Spending: The “Great Power Competition” – OrientalReview.org

Military Spending: The “Great Power Competition” – OrientalReview.org

 

 

Researchers
at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) have
concluded that military spending is skyrocketing around the world.
According to a report published by the
institute in April, the world spent $1.8 trillion on military
expenditure in 2018 (2.1 per cent of global GDP), which is 2.6 per cent
higher than in 2017 and 76 per cent higher than in 1998 after the end of
the Cold War. [ 1,259 more word ]
https://orientalreview.org/…/military-spending-the-great-p…/

Julian Assange : New information you did not know - until today - TruePublica

Julian Assange : New information you did not know - until today - TruePublica

 

 

What
an extraordinary revelation about how the state is working against the
type of justice we all thought we had in Britain. Just look at this
statement by a former ambassador:

"... immediately after Assange lost his case against the warrant in the
Supreme Court, the British government changed the law to specify that
future warrants must be from a judge and not a prosecutor. That is just
one of the incredible facts about the Assange case that the mainstream
media has hidden from the general public..."

https://truepublica.org.uk/…/julian-assange-new-informatio…/

Long Read: Real populism is the answer to climate crisis - TruePublica

Long Read: Real populism is the answer to climate crisis - TruePublica

 

 

Settle down for a 15 minute read (click Save for later) You know it's worth when the first two paragraphs go like this:

"It is worth considering what “populism”
represents outside the kneejerk scaremongering of the liberal media.
Conditions are created for populism when there is widespread loss of
faith in a society’s traditional organs of authority: the political
class, the “mainstream” media and expert institutions.

Those most exercised about populism, unsurprisingly, are the
professional class in charge of those very same institutions. Their job
has always been to guard the economic interests of the ruling elite."

https://truepublica.org.uk/…/long-read-real-populism-is-th…/

Who will suffer most from Brexit? Effects by region, sector, skill level and income group - TruePublica

Who will suffer most from Brexit? Effects by region, sector, skill level and income group - TruePublica

 

 

A
really interesting article by the London School of Economics on the
effects of Brexit. They give the results to the main types of Brexit.

It explores the potential
consequences of Brexit drawing on existing research and evidence, how
the UK has been affected by EU membership, and hence the likely
implications and challenges arising from the decision to leave. Well
worth the read.

https://truepublica.org.uk/…/who-will-suffer-most-from-bre…/

CATALONIA -- Catalan political prisoners collect parliamentary credentials | The National

Catalan political prisoners collect parliamentary credentials | The National

 

 CATALONIA

Catalan political prisoners collect parliamentary credentials

  

From left: Catalan politicians Josep Rull, Jordi Sanchez and Jordi Turull

CATALONIA --- Los observadores acusan a Marchena de perder la “imparcialidad” y favorecer la acusación

Los observadores acusan a Marchena de perder la “imparcialidad” y favorecer la acusación

 

 CATALONIA

🔴
International observers of the "Trial Watch (ITW)" platform confirm
that the judge is not impartial. The trial of the independence movement
does not respect fundamental human rights for which a full democracy
should watch. It also insists that this is a political trial.

CATALONIA --- 'Victory against repression' as Catalan prisoners take seats at parliament | The National

'Victory against repression' as Catalan prisoners take seats at parliament | The National

 

 CATALONIA

'Victory against repression' as Catalan prisoners take seats at parliament

  

Oriol Junqueras added ‘as a committed republican’ and ‘political prisoner’ to his oath

CATALONIA -- The prisoners take Catalonia's exceptional political situation into Spain's Congress

The prisoners take Catalonia's exceptional political situation into Spain's Congress

 

 

CATALONIA

'Amid tight security and huge anticipation, Oriol Junqueras, Jordi
Sànchez, Jordi Turull and Josep Rull entered Spain's Congress today to
formalise their registration as new deputies. The four arrived under
guard from Soto del Real prison and completed all the formalities under
the watchful gaze of the police.'

https://www.elnacional.cat/…/prisoners-catalonia-political-…

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