The Guardian in the frontline of the establishment media that have declared a dirty and ruthless war against Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and real journalism
The
Guardian has stepped up its contemptible role as one of the main
media conduits for the persecution of Julian Assange, publishing
unsubstantiated and sensationalist allegations that the WikiLeaks
publisher met with American political lobbyist, Paul Manafort.
One of
the two authors of the Guardian article was, predictably, Luke
Harding. Harding has penned a stream of material aimed at undermining
support for Assange and WikiLeaks and attempting to justify the
efforts of the US government to prosecute him for espionage or
conspiracy. Assange aptly described an error-filled 2014 book written
by Harding about whistleblower Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks as a
“hack job in the purest sense of the word.”
The
allegation that Assange met with Manafort is another desperate effort
to implicate WikiLeaks in the lurid claims of the Democratic Party,
US intelligence agencies and much of the media that the Russian
government “interfered” in the 2016 US presidential election to
promote the victory of Donald Trump.
Recall
that when - nearly a year ago - Aaron Maté asked some tough and
"annoying" questions in an interview with Luke Harding
concerning his book Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and
How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win, Harding lost his temper and
left from the interview without giving a straight answer.
Maté
was repeatedly asking about serious evidence that proves the
conclusion and Harding was avoiding to give a straight answer through
almost childish responses like "maybe you could read the rest of
the book when you finish the interview", or, "but you're
clearly a collusion rejectionist". In the end, he became
extremely nervous and left from the interview. Watch to draw your own
conclusions:
BREAKING: @WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has instructed his lawyers to sue the Guardian for libel over fabricated Manafort story and launched a legal fund to boost the action https://t.co/VaoMESN5RO
Beyond parody: Politico just published an ex-CIA officer, using a pseudonym, who posits that Russia or some other cunning actor planted the Manafort story “to make [Luke] Harding look bad.” (https://t.co/R0WYRwSgSw). Btw, they should probably watch this: (https://t.co/P52sVQT2B2) pic.twitter.com/m7MiPuafEP
Recall
also that on Sept. 21, 2018, The Guardian published an article titled
“Revealed: Russia’s secret plan to help Julian Assange escape
from the UK.” In that story, Guardian reporters Stephanie
Kirchgaessner, Dan Collyns and Luke Harding asserted that Russia had
devised a plot to “smuggle” Assange out of the embassy in a
diplomatic car and then whisk him out of the U.K. The authors also
claimed that Moscow had negotiated the alleged plot with a close
Ecuadorian confidant of Assange and suggested that the scheme raised
“new questions about Assange’s ties to the Kremlin.”
But the
story was an obvious fabrication, intended to justify the agreement
to deprive Assange of his asylum in the embassy by linking him with
the Kremlin. The only alleged evidence it offered was the claim by
unidentified sources that the former Ecuadorian consul on London and
confidant of Assange, Fidel Narvaez, had “served as a point of
contact with Moscow” on the escape plan—a claim that the
Narvaez had flatly denied.
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There is so much misinformation in mainstream corporate media about recent events in Nicaragua that it is a pity that Mary Ellsberg’s article for Pulse has added to it with a seemingly leftish critique. Ellsberg claims that recent articles, including from this website, often “ paint a picture of the crisis in Nicaragua that is dangerously misleading. ” Unfortunately, her own article does just that. It looks at the situation entirely from the perspective of those opposing Daniel Ortega’s government while whitewashing their malevolent behavior and downplaying the levels of US support they have relied on. Her piece is an incomplete depiction of what is happening on the ground, ignoring many salient facts that have come to light and which have been outdated by recent events. The following is a brief response to Ellsberg’s main points from someone who lives in Nicaragua and has observed the situation directly and intimately: https://grayzoneproject.com/2018/08/15/a-res...
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globinfo freexchange Η εκστρατεία δαιμονοποίησης της πιθανότητας επιστροφής σε εθνικό νόμισμα συνεχίζεται αμείωτη, ακόμα και επί κυβέρνησης Τσίπρα. Η κυβέρνηση ΣΥΡΙΖΑ-ΑΝΕΛ είναι σίγουρο ότι δεν έχει την πραγματική εξουσία στη χώρα και αυτό φάνηκε τόσο από το οικονομικό πραξικόπημα Ντράγκι το περασμένο καλοκαίρι, όσο και από το γεγονός ότι επιβάλλονται στην παρούσα κυβέρνηση άνθρωποι σε θέσεις-κλειδιά, όπως για παράδειγμα ο τωρινός διοικητής της Τράπεζας της Ελλάδος, Γιάννης Στουρνάρας. Η προπαγάνδα της εγχώριας τραπεζομιντιακής δικτατορίας που διατηρεί ακόμα την πραγματική εξουσία, ως παράρτημα της Ευρωπαϊκής Χρηματοπιστωτικής Δικτατορίας (ΕΧΔ), δαιμονοποιεί με κάθε μέσο και με κάθε ευκαιρία, μέσα από τα γνωστά σενάρια ολέθρου, την πιθανότητα επιστροφής σε εθνικό νόμισμα. Όπως έχει επανειλημμένα τονιστεί σε παλαιότερα άρθρα, ο μόνος τρόπος για να σταματήσει η καταστροφική πορεία της χώρας, η οποία επιβάλλεται συστηματικά από τους μηχανισμούς της ευρω-δικτατορίας κ...
globinfo freexchange 1. The nature of war has changed dramatically since the Iraq war, due to technological developments. A ground invasion, especially against Iran, would be catastrophic for the US empire with unpredictable consequences, even if the regime-change mission successfully completed. 2. The Iran allies in the region are still active, despite their losses. This is connected with the first reason in a way because armed groups dispersed in the Middle-East and affiliated with Iran, can lead to an asymmetric, out-of-control conflict to the point where US forces may suddenly find themselves trapped in a wider deadly warzone with no exit. The new, relatively cheap technology of drones and small/middle range missiles, is easily accessible to these groups. The Ansar Allah group in Yemen, already demonstrated their ability to sabotage US military operations. 3. Iran is not Iraq. Not only due to its size and the fact that we live now in a very different period, but also be...
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