https://media.blubrry.com/last_american_vagabond/content.blubrry.com/last_american_vagabond/Regime_Change_In_Iran_Government_Internet_Takeover_Assange_Asked_to_Testify_Systemic_Pedophilia.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWelcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (8/8/18). John Bolton has been ramping up his television appearances recently to assure the Read More…
Censorship
In A Corporatist System Of Government, Corporate Censorship Is State Censorship
Last year, representatives of Facebook, Twitter, and Google were instructed on the US Senate floor that it is their responsibility to “quell information rebellions” and adopt a “mission statement” expressing their commitment to “prevent the fomenting of discord.” “Civil wars don’t start with gunshots, they start with words,” the representatives were told. “America’s war with Read More…
Second Ship In Freedom Flotilla Hijacked By Israel In Gross Violation Of International Law
On July 29th, the ship Al Awda, meaning “Return,” was violently and illegally taken by Israeli forces over 50 nautical miles out at sea. This may still come a shock to some, as this was completely ignored by both the current US administration and the whole of western media. According to the eye-witness testimony of Read More…
Israel Sends Palestinian Woman To Prison For Posting A Poem On Social Media
Israel sentenced Palestinian writer and poet Dareen Tatour to five months in prison on Tuesday after convicting her of “inciting violence” over a poem she posted on social media that prosecutors claimed urged violence against the occupation. Nazareth magistrates’ court in May found Tatour, a Palestinian citizen of Israel, guilty over the poem “Resist, My Read More…
In Refusing To Defend Assange, Mainstream Media Exposes Its True Nature
Last Tuesday a top lawyer for the New York Times named David McCraw warned a room full of judges that the prosecution of Julian Assange for WikiLeaks publications would set a very dangerous precedent which would end up hurting mainstream news media outlets like NYT, the Washington Post, and other outlets which publish secret government documents. “I think the prosecution Read More…
Ecuador Prepares To Hand Julian Assange Over To British Authorities
Amid new reports that Ecuador is preparing to withdraw asylum protections from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and hand him over to British authorities within the next few weeks, journalists are raising alarm at the serious threats to press freedom such a move could spawn, given that the U.K. may decide to extradite Assange to the Read More…