The Belmarsh Tribunal is all about trying those who are guilty of crimes against humanity and those who are trying to cover them up by persecuting Julian Assange. (With transcript).
WATCH: Varoufakis — Try Those Guilty of Persecuting Assange
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Chris Hedges: Know Thine Enemy
The expedited legislation passed by Congress to avert a strike by railroad unions dealt one more blow in the decades long war waged by the two ruling parties against the working class.
Craig Murray: The Power of Lies
The press has been neither humiliated nor found out because most of the country still believes the lies they were told and have not seen corrected.
Chris Hedges: America’s Fate — Oligarchy or Autocracy
The competing systems of power are divided between alternatives which widen the social and political divide — and increase potential for violent conflict.
COVID-19: Pentagon Secrecy on Virus at Guantanamo Another Reason to Shut Offshore Prison, Democratic Senators Say
Lawmakers raised the case for closure days after the international Red Cross canceled its visit to Guantanamo Bay, citing concerns over the pandemic.
37 Senate Dems Join GOP to Approve $740 Billion War Budget
Progressives reacted with disgust at the misplaced priorities made evident by the Senate’s approval of the Pentagon budget and the GOP’s proposal on Covid-19 relief.
Why the Lesser-Evil Argument for Biden Sounds Hollow
It is evident that neither candidate is actually going to do anything substantive to save us from ecological catastrophe, writes Jonathan Cook.
The Smearing of Ken Loach & Jeremy Corbyn
Jonathan Cook says the vilification campaigns against the two men — both passionate defenders of Palestinian rights and champions of unabashed class struggle — is the face of our new toxic politics.
‘Bernie Bros’ Were Invented as Sexist, Racist and Anti-Semitic
The Establishment uses identity politics to divide those who might otherwise find a united voice and a common cause, writes Jonathan Cook.
Apparent US Intel Meddling in US Election, With ‘Report’ Russia is Aiding Sanders
Without any proof, The New York Times and Washington Post run “Russia helping Sanders” stories, and Sanders responds by bashing Russia, writes Joe Lauria.