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The History of US and British Support to Mussolini’s Fascism By Shane Quinn, January 14 2021

A figure like Benito Mussolini could only have taken power in a nation plagued by severe illness. Italy, a resource poor state, had been virtually bankrupted by expenditure in World War One, with the Liberal-led Italian governments dispensing with more

“What Happened at the Capitol Could Not Happen Unless Police Allowed It to Happen” By Mara Verheyden-Hilliard and Janine Jackson, January 14 2021

Janine Jackson interviewed the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund’s Mara Verheyden-Hilliard on police responsibility for the January 6 insurrection for the January 8, 2021, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript.

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China’s International Development Cooperation, A Stunning Success By Andrew Korybko, January 14 2021

One of the most significant chapters in China’s newly released white paper concerns its support of developing countries’ endogenous growth, which crucially contradicts the US’ information warfare narrative that Beijing is laying so-called “debt traps” for its partners.

Xinhua reported

International Support Continues for Protesting Farmers in India By Colin Todhunter, January 14 2021

On 5 January, British MP Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi wrote a letter to Boris Johnson urging him to convey to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi the “heartfelt anxieties” of MPs’ constituents (many emanating from Punjab) regarding the treatment of protesting farmers

No One Is Listening: A Country Divided Against Itself By Philip Giraldi, January 14 2021

The U.S. may morph into two nations with the increasingly impoverished helot “deplorables” under the heel of the empowered social justice warriors.

In a recent article Catholic University professor Claes G. Ryn wrote

“Few people are really open to persuasion …

Trump Impeached Again, Nearly Half the Country Opposed By Stephen Lendman, January 14 2021

There’s no ambiguity about Trump’s legion of supporters.

On average, polls show that nearly half of voting-age Americans oppose impeaching Trump and removing him from office.

Yet Wednesday on the House floor, lynch mob “justice” triumphed over the rule of …

9/11 Was the Prelude. 1/6 Is the Holy Grail By Pepe Escobar, January 14 2021

Whether civil war is coming will depend on the degree of stoicism prevalent among the Deplorable multitudes.

I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed
Get down, get undressed
Get pretty but you and me
We got the kingdom,

Campaigners Call for Closure of EU’s Wildlife Trafficking Loopholes and Criminalisation of Wildlife Smuggling, to End “Stolen Wildlife” Crisis By Humane Society International, January 14 2021

Animal protection campaigners have called for the urgent closure of gaping loopholes in EU wildlife trade regulations that fail to prevent the trafficking of protected wild species.

At Stolen Wildlife, an online conference, Humane Society International/Europe and Pro Wildlife …

The Pentagon, Corporations and Slave Labor in U.S. Prisons By Sara Flounders, January 14 2021

This article was originally published by Workers World on June 11, 2011.

It is not only federal prisons that contract out prison labor to top corporations. State prisons that used forced prison labor in plantations, laundries and highway chain gangs

Can China Lead a World Economic Recovery? By F. William Engdahl, January 14 2021

At the beginning of December China’s Xi Jinping officially declared that China had eliminated poverty entirely, part of his priority program. Western financial pundits have praised the remarkable economic recovery of China following the severe lockdowns a year go to

Looming Large: The Middle East Braces for Fallout of US–China Divide By James M. Dorsey, January 14 2021
The Trump Administration’s Parting Outrage Against Cuba By Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores, January 13 2021

On January 11, in his final days before leaving office, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo added one parting blow to the series of bludgeons his administration has inflicted on Cuba for four years: putting the island on the list of

Video: Mysterious Aircraft Pound Turkish Oil Smugglers in Syria. US Supply Convoys Are Blown Up in Iraq By South Front, January 13 2021

The first month of 2021 was marked by a new round of violence in Syria. The situation was especially complicated in Greater Idlib, northern Aleppo and in the central desert.

On January 8, ISIS terrorists launched a large attack on

What’s the Future of Afghanistan After Trump? US Troops Replaced by Private Military Contractors? By Andrew Korybko, January 13 2021

Biden’s Foreign Policy

Many questions are swirling about President-Elect Biden’s foreign policy upon his impending inauguration next week, but one of the most relevant for all of Eurasia is what his stance will be towards the US’ seemingly never-ending War

Biden’s Patriot Act 2.0: Exploiting the Chaos to Impose More Surveillance and Censorship By Rainer Shea, January 13 2021

GR Editor’s Note

With regard to the coverage of the Wednesday Capitol Event, Global Research will be publishing opposing and contradictory points of view by several of our authors.

We are dealing with a complex and far-reaching political process. We …

Trump Impeachment: Democrats Launch Their Assault on “Red State America” By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 13 2021

GR Editor’s Note

With regard to the coverage of the Wednesday Capitol Event, Global Research will be publishing opposing and contradictory points of view by several of our authors.

We are dealing with a complex and far-reaching political process. We …

Video: “Lockdown” Public Health Policies in Ontario: Dr. Naomi Wolf Talks to Courageous Physician Dr. Patrick Phillips By Dr. Patrick Phillips and Dr. Naomi Wolf, January 13 2021

Dr. Patrick Phillips, a family physician and front liner in health care in Ontario, talks with Dr. Naomi Wolf of Daily Clout on the devastating impacts of COVID-19 lockdown. 

He firmly believes that the consequences outweigh the benefits and

Why Does the US Department of Justice Want to Worsen the Split in the US Population? By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, January 13 2021

The initial charges against those few who entered the Capitol during the Trump rally were “entering a restricted building without permission and engaging in disorderly conduct while inside.”  This charge does not carry sufficient punishment for the kind of example

Will Trump Be First US President Removed From Office or Convicted Post-Tenure? By Stephen Lendman, January 13 2021

Only three US presidents were impeached — Andrew Johnson for sacking his war secretary Edwin Stanton, Bill Clinton for lying about sex, and Trump twice.

The first time was for winning an election he was supposed to lose and unorthodox …

Britain to Issue Vaccine Passports By Stephen Lendman, January 13 2021

According to the London Telegraph, UK vaccine passports “could be rolled out across the UK” if Boris Johnson’s “trial” run goes as planned.

Biometrics firm iProov and cybersecurity firm Mvine developed a digital passport for the trial in two …

Why Are People Going Hungry in India Despite a Massive Grain Surplus? By Prof Prabhat Patnaik, January 13 2021
Saudi-led Embargoes Against Qatar Failed By Paul Antonopoulos, January 13 2021

2021 began with a historic decision in the Middle East as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain and Egypt decided to end their diplomatic and economic embargo against Qatar. The decision to end the embargo, that has been

Agroecology and Post-COVID Plunder By Colin Todhunter, January 13 2021

Contingent on World Bank aid to be given to poorer countries in the wake of coronavirus lockdowns, agrifood conglomerates will aim to further expand their influence. These firms have been integral to the consolidation of a global food regime that

New Research: Nitrous Oxide Emissions 300 Times More Powerful than CO₂ Are Jeopardising Earth’s Future By Pep Canadell, Prof. Eric Davidson, Glen Peters, and et al., January 13 2021

Nitrous oxide from agriculture and other sources is accumulating in the atmosphere so quickly it puts Earth on track for a dangerous 3℃ warming this century, our new research has found.

Each year, more than 100 million tonnes of nitrogen

The Top 10 Weather and Climate Events of a Record-setting Year By Dr. Jeff Masters and Dana Nuccitelli, January 13 2021

Calendar year 2020 was an extreme and abnormal year, in so many ways. The global coronavirus pandemic altered people’s lives around the world, as did extreme weather and climate events. Let’s review the year’s top 10 such events.

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How much rainforest is being destroyed? By Rhett A. Butler, January 13 2021

This article was originally published in June 2020 by Mongabay.

Primary forests in the tropics are declining at an accelerating rate according to analysis of satellite data released last week by the University of Maryland (UMD) and World Resources Institute

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks and Australia’s Complicity By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 13 2021

Australia’s Foreign Minister, Marise Payne, said little in the statement from her department, which was a good thing, as it might have been dangerously useful.  The finding of a UK court on whether Julian Assange would be extradited

A Nation Imploding: Digital Tyranny, Insurrection and Martial Law By John W. Whitehead, January 13 2021

“In this difficult day, in this difficult time for the United States, it is perhaps well to ask what kind of a nation we are and what direction we want to move in. [Y]ou can be filled with bitterness, with

US Unemployed Rising, Evictions, Mortgages Crisis Brewing, Small Business Collapsing: Economic Consequences of a 2nd ‘Mitigation’ Bill By Dr. Jack Rasmus, January 13 2021

As of mid-December 2020 the US economy has begun showing increasing signs of an exceptionally weak 4th quarter, October-December, growth. After having collapsed -10.5% in the March-June 2020 period, followed by a partial ‘rebound’ (not sustained recovery) in the 3rd

Video: Masked Agenda: Dystopian Sci-Fi Short Film By Zachary Denman, January 12 2021

Masked Agenda is a dystopian sci-fi short film set after the masks were introduced into society to prevent the spread of the virus.

The vaccine has been found, but is only successful on a few…

Kain is a survivor after

The Main Form of Media Deception: Censorship by Omission By Rod Driver, January 12 2021

“We don’t understand how your government gets the media to repeat propaganda without question. In our country we have to tear finger nails out to get this level of co-operation.”(1) (Russian journalists visiting America during the cold war)

Censorship By

Violent Right Wing Forces Have Been Activated, It Requires Strategic Action to Stop Them By Margaret Flowers, January 12 2021

GR Editor’s Note

With regard to the coverage of the Wednesday Capitol Event, Global Research will be publishing opposing and contradictory points of view by several of our authors.

We are dealing with a complex and far-reaching political process. We …

January 6th at Capitol Hill: Blowback and the Ongoing Crisis of Legitimacy By Black Alliance for Peace, January 12 2021

Two Januarys ago, an obscure politician from a minor political party named Juan Guaido assumed a one-month chairmanship of the Venezuelan National Assembly. Then he promptly declared himself the interim president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

The bizarre declaration …

Twitter “Nukes Trump”. Accuses POTUS of “Incitement of Violence” By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 12 2021

This was Twitter Safety’s January 8 post, full of noble concern: “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them – specifically how they are being received and interpreted off Twitter – we

The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the “Jobs Reset Summit”- A New Outrage in Disguise By Peter Koenig, January 12 2021

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Jobs Reset Summit report (October 2020) starts out with some flowery wording. You have to give it to them.

They have a way with meaningless niceties, hardly anybody beats them.

Here we go for the

Life Today Seems Like a Dream, Surreal By Edward Curtin, January 12 2021

“Something is happening here,
But you don’t know what it is,
Do you, Mr. Jones?”

— Bob Dylan

It’s hard.

Life today seems like a dream, doesn’t it?  Surreal to the point where everything seems haunted and betwixt and between, …

For Whom the Bell Tolls: The State of Planet Earth at Year’s End 2020 By Robert J. Burrowes, January 12 2021

In 1624, English poet John Donne penned his famous poem ‘No Man Is an Island’, sublimely evoking the reality of human unity: ‘Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind.’ Therefore, he concluded his poem, ‘never

In Search of Enemies. Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy and National Security Team By Philip Giraldi, January 12 2021

What occurred at the United States Capitol last week was surely reprehensible, but to my mind the real enduring damage that was done to our form of government took place in a basement in Wilmington Delaware where president-designate Joe Biden

Can a Former US President be Impeached and Convicted? By Stephen Lendman, January 12 2021

The Constitution is unclear on this issue.

Professor of Politics Keith Whittington argued as follows:

“Impeachments are to protect the republic from dangerous officeholders…” 

“(T)he ability to disqualify a former officer who has been demonstrated to have committed grave abuses

Video: Police Allowing Some People into the Capitol By Justin Trouble, January 12 2021

More video footage of Wednesday January 6, 2021

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Hyperbolic COVID Modelling Oracle Predicts Nothing More than Typical Winter Flu Season By John C. A. Manley, January 12 2021

Yesterday, the CBC wrote:

“We are in a desperate situation, and when you see the [COVID] modelling, you’ll fall off your chair,” [Ontario Premier] Ford said Friday during a news conference filled with dire warnings of what Ontario faces

Impeaching Trump 2.0. By Stephen Lendman, January 12 2021

In December 2019, the Democratic Party initiated an impeachment process against Trump on two politicized counts with no merit.

Voting was almost entirely along party lines.

There were and remain justifiable reasons to impeach Trump and most of his predecessors

Twitter’s Ban on Trump Will Deepen the US Tribal Divide By Jonathan Cook, January 12 2021

Anyone who believes locking President Donald Trump out of his social media accounts will serve as the first step on the path to healing the political divide in the United States is likely to be in for a bitter disappointment.

“Beyond Vietnam”, Silence is Betrayal: Martin Luther King’s Historic 1967 Speech By Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., January 12 2021
Very few Americans are aware of the historical 1999 civil law suit of the King Family against the US Government. (Shelby County Court, Tenn.), Martin Luther King was assassinated in a high level conspiracy on the orders of key agencies of the US government
COVID Tests Scientifically Fraudulent, Epidemic of “False Positives” By David DeGraw, Torsten Engelbrecht, and Konstantin Demeter, January 12 2021

First published by GR on August 5, 2020

Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests are used worldwide to “diagnose” Sars-Cov-2 infection. An in-depth investigation reveals clear scientific evidence proving that these tests are not accurate and create a statistically significant

Conspiracy Theory
The Global Reset – Unplugged. “The Deep State” By Peter Koenig, January 12 2021
Imagine, you are living in a world that you are told is a democracy – and you may even believe it – but in fact your life and fate is in the hands of a few ultra-rich, ultra-powerful and ultra-inhuman oligarchs. They may be called Deep State, or simply the Beast, ...
Patriot Act 2, Censorship, and Other Notes from the Edge of the Narrative Matrix By Caitlin Johnstone, January 11 2021

Patriot Act 2.0 will be rolled out with a lot of mindless bleating about white supremacists and fighting fascism, and the actual policies and laws put into place will have virtually nothing to do with any of those things. They

China’s Mission to Nepal Gains Traction By M. K. Bhadrakumar, January 11 2021
Congressional Aid for COVID Victims Takes Lessons from Parliament’s Stingy Aid to Irish in the Great Famine of the 1840s By Dr. Barbara G. Ellis, January 11 2021

The parallel of the American economic landscape from COVID’s deathly sweep seems far more like Ireland’s in the great potato famine  of 1845-52 than the Great Depression of the 1930s. And the stinginess and indifference by the upper classes ruling

Trump, Insurrections and the 25th Amendment By Dr. Binoy Kampmark, January 11 2021

How strange it must have seemed for US lawmakers to be suddenly facing what was described as a “mob”, not so much storming as striding into the Capitol with angry purpose.  A terrified security force proved understaffed and overwhelmed.  Members

Storms of Protest in Washington and Hong Kong By Kim Petersen, January 11 2021

The coverage of groups of people, described as mobs, rioters, or protestors depending on one’s prejudice or adherence to accurate reporting, who “stormed” the Capitol in Washington and the Legislative Council in Hong Kong is revealing for how media and

America Under Censorship: Twitter Shutting Out Certain Voices and Ideas. Biden Presidency Certified, Free Speech May be No Longer By Catherine Shakdam, January 11 2021

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” ― George Washington

As of January 6, 2021 Twitter decided to suspend US President Donald Trump’s account, for all

Video: The Great Reset: Dystopian By Zachary Denman, January 11 2021

The Great Reset had to happen so the cashless society could be brought in and the one world government could be introduced…

With society now in a Police state and a Mandatory Vaccine now in place, Kain is finding refuge

India to Go Ahead with Purchase of Russia S-400 Air Defense System Despite US Sanctions Threat By Press TV, January 11 2021
For Martin Luther King Day: Let Us End His “Second Assassination” By Matthew Ehret-Kump, January 11 2021

Martin Luther King Jr. day has been celebrated every January 18 since it was a made a national holiday through the tireless efforts of Martin’s widow Coretta in 1983.

While many people take the opportunity to treat Martin’s life as …

Video Footage from The Capitol Hill Protests By Mark Taliano, January 11 2021

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Video: Senator Jensen Under Investigation For Telling the Truth About COVID-19 By Sen. Scott Jensen, January 11 2021

In the following video, Senator Scott Jensen of Minnesota warns of a “danger that we need to talk about.”

“The cancel culture is happening, … but the fact of the matter is COVID-19 has opened a door into a tremendously

End of the Saudi Blockade of Qatar: Will Syria Benefit from the “Renewed Gulf Unity”? By Steven Sahiounie, January 11 2021

With an end to the Qatar blockade and a possible rapprochement with Turkey, Saudi Arabia may soon move towards reconciliation with Syria.

The Persian Gulf states’ opposition to Iran’s role in the region, while limiting Turkey’s influence, may bring Saudi …

I Was at the Washington, D.C. “Save America” Rally By Cat McGuire, January 11 2021

GR Editor’s Note

With regard to the coverage of the Wednesday Capitol Event, Global Research will be publishing opposing and contradictory points of view by several of our authors.

We are dealing with a complex and far-reaching political process. We …

False Positives: Evidence Based Fact, What is the Reliability of the PCR Test? By Dr. Gary G. Kohls, Prof. Stefan Homburg, and A. Castellitto, January 11 2021

“It is easier to deceive people than to convince them that they have been deceived.” — Mark Twain

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We bring to the attention of our readers a series of quotations by the CDC, FDA, scientists and medical doctors (emphasis

Video: Focus on Fauci. “This is Not A Vaccine” By Sacha Stone, Rocco Galati, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Dr. Judy Mikovits, and Dr. David Martin, January 11 2021

” Let’s make sure we are clear… This is not a vaccine. They are using the term “vaccine” to sneak this thing under public health exemptions. This is not a vaccine.”  Dr David Martin 

This means that all those ‘pushing

The Ends of Whiteness? White Supremacy Confronted By Dr. T. P. Wilkinson, January 10 2021

Thirty years ago this month I was preparing for what would be a three-month tour of the Republic of South Africa. The original research objective—conceived in 1990—had been to visit mission stations and other properties and operations of Christian churches

Dems Preparing Phony Impeachment Charges Against Trump By Stephen Lendman, January 10 2021

 

At this late stage, days before Trump’s tenure ends, what’s going on aims to discredit and humiliate him more than already — for unjustifiable reasons, not the other way around.

On Friday,  Dem House Speaker Pelosi said the following:

Cover Up: Fauci Approved Chloroquine, Hydroxychloroquine 15 Years Ago to Cure Coronaviruses; “Nobody Needed to Die” By True Pundit, January 10 2021

Among Global Research’s most popular 2020 articles

This article was first published in May 2020.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, whose “expert” advice to President Trump has resulted in the complete shutdown of the greatest economic engine in world history, has

Archbishop Viganò: Open Letter to Donald Trump, Warns About ‘Great Reset’ Plot to ‘Subdue Humanity,’ Destroy Freedom By His Excellency Carlo Maria Viganò, January 10 2021

First posted on Global Research in October 2020

His Excellency, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, has written yet another open letter to President Donald J. Trump. Read it in its entirety below. It is available in PDF by 

With Unilateral Censorship of a Sitting US President, Big Tech Has Proven It’s More Powerful than Any Government By Helen Buyniski, January 10 2021

Big Tech’s moves to muscle President Donald Trump off social media have been heralded by some as victory. But a corporate-run state with politicians serving as mere figureheads amounts to the very fascism they claim to oppose.

The smug, palpable

Genetic Engineering, Agriculture and Brexit: Treachery in Our Midst By Colin Todhunter, January 10 2021

The UK government has launched its public consultation on the deregulation of gene editing in England. To kick things off, somewhat predictably Environment Secretary George Eustice recently spun a staunch pro-industry line at the Oxford Farming Conference by stating:

“Gene

How the Media Distort Reality – Filtering Out the “Important Stuff” By Rod Driver, January 10 2021

“The sinister fact about literary censorship in England is that it is largely voluntary. Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and inconvenient facts kept dark, without any need for an official ban” (George Orwell(1))

If our media were trying to cover

Prominent Italian Lawyer: US November 2020 Elections Rigged by IT Defence Contractor Leonardo SpA By Global Research News, January 10 2021
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Joe Biden and the Post-Corona “Great Reset”. The Protest Movement By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, January 09 2021

Author’s Note

In the wake of the Wednesday January 6, 2021 Capitol Hill Event, we must reflect on what a  Joe Biden Administration will look like.

Joe Biden was not duly elected, he was selected. He is a groomed

How the Left is being Manipulated into Colluding in its own Character Assassination By Jonathan Cook, January 09 2021

There was a fascinating online panel discussion on Wednesday night on the Julian Assange case that I recommend everyone watch. The video is at the bottom of the page.  

But from all the outstanding contributions, I want to highlight a

Video: The Capitol Hill Fiasco 2021 By David W. Mathisen, January 09 2021
The supposed “Storming of the Capitol” on January 06, 2021 does not make any sense on its face: there is simply no way a gaggle of “protesters” can burst into the Capitol Building unless they are deliberately allowed to do so. Footage shown during the event has all the appearances of drama: stage-acting.
Evidence Mounts of a Capitol Hill False Flag By Stephen Lendman, January 08 2021

GR Editor’s Note

With regard to the coverage of the Wednesday Capitol Event, Global Research will be publishing opposing and contradictory points of view by several of our authors.

We are dealing with a complex and far-reaching political process. We …

What is the China Threat? America’s Ruling Ideology By Dr. Richard Hanania, January 08 2021

Across the political spectrum, there is widespread agreement that America must get serious about the threat posed by China. As the Trump administration comes to a close, the State Department has just released a document called ‘The Elements of

Censorship in America: The New Abnormal. President Trump Censored by Twitter By Stephen Lendman, January 08 2021

Speech, media and academic freedoms are too precious to lose.

Without them, all other rights are threatened — totalitarian rule replacing them, enforced by police state harshness.

What happened on Capitol Hill Wednesday has clear earmarks of an orchestrated false …

More War by Other Means: Sanctioning the Wife of Syria’s President Makes No Sense to Anyone By Philip Giraldi, January 08 2021

I am a recipient of regular, usual weekly, emails from the Department of the Treasury providing an “Update to OFAC’s list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) and Blocked Persons.” OFAC is the Office of Foreign Assets Control, which is tasked

The Assange Saga: Practicing Real Journalism Is Criminally Insane By Pepe Escobar, January 08 2021

Synchronicity is definitely fond of mirror wonderwalls. The Julian Assange saga seemed to have entered a new chapter as he was, in thesis, on his way to – conditional – freedom this past Monday, only one day after the first

The Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) Intrusion in Albania, Threatens Regional Stability in Middle East and Balkans By Robert Fantina, January 08 2021

One can only imagine the risk when some citizens of a small country conceal hundreds of thousands of weapons and explosives. The nation becomes a powder keg, awaiting one small mistake to spark a deadly explosion.

This is the situation …

Immunization with SARS [1] Coronavirus Vaccines Leads to Pulmonary Immunopathology on Challenge with the SARS Virus By Chien-Te Tseng, Elena Sbrana, and et al., January 08 2021

This study was originally published in April 2012.

It pertains to the Severe acute respiratory syndrome, SARS-CoV (2002) which has, according to the WHO and the CDC similar features to SARS-CoV-2.

A vaccine was envisaged in relation to SARS-1. The …

The US and UK May Not Want Assange’s Death, but Everything They Are Doing Makes It More Likely By Jonathan Cook, January 08 2021

There was a hope in some quarters after Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled on Monday against an application to extradite Julian Assange to the US, where he faced being locked away for the rest of his life, that she might finally