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Assange Seeks Asylum In France As Extradition Trial Approaches…

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Julian Assange will seek asylum in France, according to the Associated Press. Lawyers for the WikiLeaks founder are currently preparing for his lates hearing, where he faces extradition to the United States on 17 criminal charges for unlawfully publishing the names of classified sources, as well as conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning […]

John Conyers, Longest-Serving Black Member of Congress in History, Dies…

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John Conyers Jr., a Korean War veteran who was the longest serving African American member of Congress in U.S. history, died Sunday at age 90, Detroit police have confirmed. Arnold Reed, a lawyer for Mr. Conyers, was shaken by the news. “Well, the only thing I can do is confirm his passing,” Reed said Sunday. […]

Weep for Catalonia, Weep for Liberalism in Europe by Craig Murray…

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The vicious jail sentences handed down today by the fascists (I used the word with care and correctly) of the Spanish Supreme Court to the Catalan political prisoners represent a stark symbol of the nadir of liberalism within the EU. That an attempt to organise a democratic vote for the Catalan people in pursuit of […]

Mexico-U.S. Migration Accord Will Bring 50k Asylum-Seekers from U.S….

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A senior government official has predicted that the United States will return as many as 50,000 asylum seekers to Mexico in the coming months, a figure that would represent a nearly fivefold increase on the number of migrants already returned under the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy. With the number of migrants seeking asylum […]

America Has Spent a Whopping $5.9 Trillion on Wars in the Middle East and Asia Since 9/11. 244k Have Been Killed. 10 Million Have Been Displaced…

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The U.S. wars and military action in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan have cost American taxpayers $5.9 trillion since they began in 2001, according to a new study. That total is almost $2 trillion more than all federal government spending during the recently completed 2017-18 fiscal year. The report, from Watson Institute of International and […]

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