On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report:
A new article in Politico reports that senior Biden Administration officials have warned Lebanon that if Hezbollah retaliates to any Israeli attack in Lebanon, the US will become involved. Thus the Biden Administration commits the US to a possible major war in the Middle East while Congress blissfully sleeps.
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Zelenskyy’s Ukraine has had a long and egregious history of jailing political dissenters, particularly those opposed to the current “forever war”. From banning opposing political parties to censoring media critical of Zelenskyy’s leadership, it seems indisputable that Ukraine has increasingly resorted to despotic measures to control public opinion.
Continue reading “Ukrainian Anti-War Activist Jailed on Dubious Charges”
New York Congressman Jamaal Bowman lost a primary election Tuesday because of unprecedented spending against him by powerful forces that insist Israel does no wrong. By last week, AIPAC had already devoted more than $14 million to defeating Bowman, in retaliation for his outspoken support of human rights for all – including Palestinian – people.
Since last fall, most Democratic voters – especially young people – have recoiled at the ongoing slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. But despite the magnitude of the horrors inflicted on civilians, the vast bulk of the U.S. media and political establishment has remained on automatic pro-Israel pilot, while often tarring strong opponents of the mass murder as antisemitic.
Continue reading “Bowman Was Defeated by a Toxic Blend of Zionism and Militarism”
On COI #623, Kyle Anzalone discusses the end of Julian Assange’s years in detention.
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This Wednesday, June 26, Jack Gilroy, an 89-year-old veteran, will tell a court in Endicott, New York why he was compelled to deliver a letter to weapons manufacturer BAE Systems, protesting their weapons shipments to Israel, and why he should not be convicted of trespassing.
“This case is not about trespass,” said Jack Gilroy, who was a machine gunner in occupied Austria. “My intent was not to break the law but to uphold it. I was warning BAE Systems management and staff that they were complicit in genocide.”
Continue reading “Veteran’s Trial Will Highlight Weapons Manufacturers’ Complicity in Gaza Genocide”
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Monday evening (June 24), news broke that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, under indictment by the United States government since 2019 on Espionage Act charges related to his role in the exposure of US war crimes during the Iraq War, had reached a plea deal with American authorities. In return for pleading guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Obtain and Disclose National Defense Information (18 U.S.C. § 793(g)), Assange will be sentenced to time served in Belmarsh Prison, United Kingdom, where Assange has been held for over five years.
Continue reading “For Assange, the Process Was the Punishment”
