WakingTimes:
Statement by Julian Assange:
"I have been isolated from all ability to prepare to defend myself: no laptop, no internet, ever, no computer, no library, so far, but even if I get access it will be just for half an hour, with everyone else, once a week. Just two visits a month and it takes weeks to get someone on the call list and a Catch-22 in getting their details to be security screened. Then all calls except lawyers, are recorded and calls are max 10 minutes and in a limited 30-min window each day in which all prisoners compete for the phone. And credit? Just a few pounds a week and no one can call in.
The other side? A superpower that has been preparing for 9 years with hundreds of people and untold millions spent on the case. I am defenseless and am counting on you and others of good character to save my life.
I am unbroken, albeit literally surrounded by murderers, but the days when I could read and speak and organize to defend myself, my ideals, and my people are over until I am free! Everyone else must take my place."
-->The silencing of Julian Assange shows that Western democracies are entering a new era of censorship and conformity. Assange's words, however can get out to Americans, through independent media, your best source for news that is free from corporate influence.
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Popular Resistance:
"At the end of May, the Trump administration announced new unilateral economic coercive measures against Venezuela, this time sanctioning people involved in the food distribution program called CLAP. The program delivers basic foods and supplies to over 7 million families every month for about $0.40 each. It has helped to sustain people who are struggling because of hyperinflation, which makes basic goods unaffordable. But, the Venezuelan people remain undeterred. They will now use the civilian militia, composed of almost 2.2 million women and men, to distribute food and goods to those who are most vulnerable.
The CLAP program is one example of the ways the Venezuelan government works to meet the basic needs of its people. Another is the Great Housing Project Venezuela (GMVV). The UN recognized Venezuela as a top country for its work to provide housing as a human right. Since 2011, Venezuela has built over 2.6 million social housing units."
-->The media's coverage of Venezuela will help readers understand the limits of the "free press" in the good old USA. Going against the Pentagon and its military objectives is simply forbodden. The empire's interests always come first.
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Common Dreams:
"Citing Fears of Americans Getting 'Screwed,' Progressive Democrats Call Out Pelosi for Crafting Pharma-Friendly Drug Pricing Bill in Secret. ... Amid concerns that the House Democratic leadership is crafting a drug pricing bill that is far too friendly to the pharmaceutical industry, progressives in Congress this week publicly called out House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for writing the legislation in secret and ignoring those who favor a more aggressive approach to lowering out-of-control prescription drug costs.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was among the progressive Democrats who spoke out Wednesday, telling reporters that the House Democratic leadership has left 'most members' completely in the dark on the details of the prescription drug bill."
-->This is the type of story that is typically covered up by the NYT. Big corporations calling the shots in the Democratic Party establishment. The revolution will start with the overthrow of Nancy Pelosi.
