The Assange saga: Practicing real journalism is criminally insane

By Pepe Escobar

January 07, 2021

https://thesaker.is/the-assange-saga-practicing-real-journalism-is-criminally-insane/

Synchronicity is definitely fond of mirror wonderwalls. The Julian Assange saga seemed to have entered a new chapter as he was, in thesis, on his way to – conditional – freedom this past Monday, only one day after the first anniversary of the start of the Raging Twenties: the assassination of Maj Gen Qassem Soleimani. The fate of the journalist the Empire seeks to terminate was just juxtaposed to the fate of the warrior/diplomat the empire already terminated. Two days later, Julian Assange was de facto re-incarcerated exactly as the Empire was hit by an “insurrection” which, whenever instigated in that distant “Third World”, is celebrated in Exceptionalistan as “people power”. The invaluable Craig Murray, from inside Westminster Magistrates Court No. 1 in London, meticulously presented the full contours  of the insanity this Wednesday. […]

 

How the Left is being Manipulated into Colluding in its own Character Assassination

By Jonathan Cook

January 09, 2021

https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-the-left-is-being-manipulated-into-colluding-in-its-own-character-assassination/5734006

There was a fascinating online panel discussion on Wednesday night on the Julian Assange case that I recommend everyone watch. The video is at the bottom of the page.  But from all the outstanding contributions, I want to highlight a very important point made by Yanis Varoufakis that has significance for understanding current events well beyond the Assange case. […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuaohhDxIG4&feature=emb_title