We’re all freer now
We’re all freer now
The Russian proverb is confirmed. God’s mills grind slowly but surely. Julian, and the rest of us, are freer, but the enemy never sleeps. Neither must we.
We must buy back our freedom every day.
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JULIAN ASSANGE IS FREE
Julian Assange is free. He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of 24 June, after having spent 1901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and was released at Stanstead airport during the afternoon, where he boarded a plane and departed the UK.
This is the result of a global campaign that spanned grass-roots organisers, press freedom campaigners, legislators and leaders from across the political spectrum, all the way to the United Nations. This created the space for a long period of negotiations with the US Department of Justice, leading to a deal that has not yet been formally finalised. We will provide more information as soon as possible.
After more than five years in a 2x3 metre cell, isolated 23 hours a day, he will soon reunite with his wife Stella Assange, and their children, who have only known their father from behind bars.
WikiLeaks published groundbreaking stories of government corruption and human rights abuses, holding the powerful accountable for their actions. As editor-in-chief, Julian paid severely for these principles, and for the people's right to know.
As he returns to Australia, we thank all who stood by us, fought for us, and remained utterly committed in the fight for his freedom.
Julian's freedom is our freedom.
[More details to follow]
6:50 PM · Jun 24, 2024
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Julian Assange clip from the past:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1755610664092217651
My advice: Go to Russia, Julian! Stay there.
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Children especially targeted, shot in Gaza.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/gaza-palestinian-children-killed-idf-israel-war
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https://www.thenational.scot/news/24402478.corbyn-says-asked-automatically-support-israel/
Corbyn says he was asked to "automatically support" Israeli military actions
Our politicians are expected to show allegiance to a foreign power
JUN 24
Corbyn says he was asked to "automatically support" Israeli military actions
Our politicians are expected to show allegiance to a foreign power
JUN 24, 2024
Jeremy Corbyn recently gave an interview to journalist Matt Kennard which was eye opening, but not exactly surprising. In the interview, Corbyn spoke of his time in charge of the Labour Party and the pressure placed on him to unequivocally support Israel’s military:
“During one extremely hostile meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party committee, they confronted me and said, ‘Will you give a blanket undertaking that you, as party leader and potentially prime minister, will automatically support any military action Israel undertakes?”
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https://consortiumnews.com/2024/06/24/the-treachery-of-the-nazi-zionist-alliance/
The Treachery of the Nazi-Zionist Alliance
June 24, 2024
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By collaborating with the Nazis, a small group of Zionists weakened anti-fascist resistance and contributed to the genocide of Europe’s Jews, writes Stefan Moore.
Adolf Hitler, at a window of the Reich Chancellery, receives an ovation on the evening of his inauguration as chancellor, Jan. 30, 1933. (Robert Sennecke, German Federal Archive, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain)
By Stefan Moore
Special to Consortium News
As uncomfortable as it may be to many, Israel’s current apartheid policies took shape in the lead up to the Holocaust when Nazi Germany and a small group of influential Zionists formed an alliance to build their ethno-nationalist states.
On Aug. 25, 1933, German Zionists signed an agreement with the Nazi government that allowed some wealthy German Jews to immigrate to Palestine in exchange for purchasing German goods that were then exported to the Jewish community in Palestine.
As part of the deal, the Zionists also agreed to lobby the global Jewish community to end their boycott of German goods that began when Hitler came to power.
A 1933 memo from the Zionist Federation of Germany to the Nazi party promised:
“should the Germans accept the cooperation of the Zionists, these (sic) would try to dissuade Jews abroad from supporting the anti-German boycott.”
The so-called Transfer or Haavara Agreement (named for the Tel Aviv company where the funds were transferred) was endorsed by top Nazi officials including Adolph Eichmann and Hitler and future Israeli prime ministers David Ben Gurion, Moshe Shertok and Golda Meir.
For the Zionists, the deal allowed affluent German Jews to keep some of their capital and resettle in Palestine. For the Nazis, the agreement not only helped rid Germany of a small portion of its Jewish population (60,000 between 1933-1939) but, critically, it doomed the boycott movement to failure and opened up the global export market for German goods to boost its economy.
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Here’s your daily air strike update for June 25, 2024
Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
The Russian Aerospace Forces hit the aircraft assembly and storage plant for UAV drones in Kharkov
Author: Alena Zhilina
Photo: press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
June 25, 2024, 11:39 — Silovy Blok
Military correspondents of the Telegram channel “Idi i Smotri” report another successfully completed operation of Russian troops from the Northern Military District zone. Yesterday, Russian troops used aerial bombs to hit an aviation plant in Kharkov, where various types of drones were assembled and stored. Observers of the information resource do not provide details of the strike or the scale of destruction.
The Russian Aerospace Forces used a FAB-3000 air bomb to eliminate 60 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in Volchansk
In the last two weeks, the Russian army has increased its activity in carrying out air strikes with heavy bombs in the Kharkov direction. It is known that the four-story building where the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were located in Liptsy was hit by a powerful three-ton bomb, after which the house was razed to the ground. Russian troops are also attacking Volchansk with aerial bombs, where militants have entrenched themselves in high-rise buildings, making fortified areas in the basements and on the roofs of buildings.
No less powerful strikes were recorded in the Avdeevsky direction. There, in the zone of special attention of Russian aviation, there is Chasov Yar, which has already come 75 percent under the control of the Russian army.
Earlier, Silovy Blok reported that the Russian Navy carried “Caliber” across the country to strike an airfield near Kiev.
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
June 25, 2024
Russian missiles destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defense against drones at a cost of half a billion dollars
Former Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko complained about this
Photo: press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense, globallookpress.com
Russian missile strikes destroyed structures that were designed to protect the Ukrainian military from attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which cost $500 million to build. This was stated by former Prosecutor General and former Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko, as reported by RIA Novosti.
“Question: who made the decision to send 20 billion hryvnia to protect our substations - that’s half a billion bucks?” - Lutsenko inquired in an interview with former Verkhovna Rada deputy Borislav Bereza.
According to him, this money was spent exclusively on protection against UAVs. But, as Lutsenko noted, it was not drones that flew there, but Russian missiles and destroyed all the structures.
As the former Prosecutor General noted, this would have been understandable before the start of a special military operation - when it was unknown whether Russian troops would use missiles. But after many months of fighting, Lutsenko emphasized, Ukraine was still defending itself only from drones.
In March, it was reported that units of the Russian Armed Forces conducting a special military operation received the Groza.04.K complex to counter UAVs controlled using FPV (First Person View) technology. It was developed by specialists from the Radioelectronic Technologies concern (KRET) of the Rostec state corporation.
And before this, a columnist for the American edition of Forbes, David Ax, noted that during a special military operation, the Russian military is striking Ukrainian troops with FPV drones, without incurring losses. He added that most of the defense systems deployed by the Ukrainians against Russian UAVs operate far from the front line and are not intended for front-line infantry.
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
https://military.pravda.ru/news/2048852-kharkove/
They don't assemble UAVs there anymore. In Kharkov, Russian missiles flew at an aircraft plant
Today, June 25, strong explosions were heard in Kharkov in the morning.
Strong explosions are heard at an aircraft factory in Kharkov
HOTO: COMMONS.WIKIMEDIA.ORG BY STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE IS LICENSED UNDER CREATIVE COMMONS ATTRIBUTION 4.0 INTERNATIONAL
The head of the city of Terekhova announced the arrival of Russian missiles.
“An aircraft factory arrived in Kharkov,” writes the Telegram channel “Director for Ukraine.”
It is also reported that after a series of flights, thick columns of smoke rise in the city. The company's workshops previously assembled and stored unmanned aerial vehicles.
It was previously reported that three powerful stirkes nticed in Kharkov. It was previously reported that the strikes were carried out on the Kharkov Tractor Plant.
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First time ever
JUST IN: APPARENTLY RUSSIA SHOT DOWN US DRONE OVER BLACK SEA
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-us-spy-drone-black-sea-crimea-1916912
What the duplicitous Western press will, of course, not mention is that Russia strongly suspects that Ukrainian attacks like the recent one on the Sevastopol beach that killed several civilians, including children, must rely on US intel, provided from AWACS drones like the one just shot down, and that this is an act of war on the part of the US, which keeps pretending it is not a direct party to the Ukraine conflict.
The ruthless murder of children, such as the genocidal slaughters in Gaza, is a hallmark of US-supported countries like Ukraine and Israel.
Russia had strongly hinted that it might in fact shoot down one of these drones in retaliation. (A report on this threat appears below in this issue).
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Moscow should rally the global community against U.S.-sponsored terrorism, bring formal charges against White House and Pentagon officials, and bring them to justice.
JOHN VAROLI
JUN 24
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How Likely Is It That The US Replaces Zelensky In The First Half Of Next Year?
Written by Andrew KORYBKO on 24/06/2024
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Zelensky’s only use right now is to legitimize radical policies and he’ll then be cast aside once he’s done what’s needed of him, though it’s unclear when that’ll be since everything depends on whether NATO conventionally intervenes in Ukraine.
President Putin shared his view during a press conference in Hanoi that the US will replace Zelensky during the first half of next year after they use him to make unpopular decisions such as further lowering the draft age. His prediction coincided with Russia’s foreign intelligence service publishing its latest such report about this scenario, which claimed that Zaluzhny is being seriously considered by the US as his replacement and is also deemed to be more suitable for negotiating peace with Moscow than others.
It was explained last month how “Russia Hopes To Influence Ukraine’s Possibly Impending US-Backed Regime Change Process” after that same service released a related report about this at the time. This strategy continues unfolding as evidenced by President Putin declaring two weeks ago that the Rada Speaker is now the legitimate leader of Ukraine if the Constitution is still being followed. Accordingly, he said that Russia could negotiate with him or someone else if Kiev is interested in peace, but not Zelensky.
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Pepe Escobar
Alexander Dugin and Pepe Escobar join us to discuss how Russia, China, North Korea, and the Islamic world can defeat Western hegemony.
https://x.com/NewRulesGeo/status/1805217162035925068
Will the BRICS Shockingly Defeat Israel's Strategy? | Pepe Escobar – YouTube
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The Clash of the Two Japans: From the Meiji Restoration to the Murder of Shinzo Abe
In this video, Tish Conlin and I talk about the clash of the two Japans stretching from Japans 1868 “opening up” under the Meiji Restoration to the recent murder of Shinzo Abe. Or watch on Bitchute here or Odyssee here Watch the full un-redacted program and subscribe to…
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Alexander Dugin and Pepe Escobar
with host Dimitri Simes Jr
https://x.com/NewRulesGeo/status/1805217162035925068
Couldn’t find this anywhere else. The part about Hind, the little girl deliberately SHOT TO DEATH by the Israelis starts at 2:03.
Please see it. (Our thanks to our French friend Joelle for this tip)
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Jeffrey Sachs smacks down imbecile Piers Morgen
https://x.com/ricwe123/status/1803806214679056386
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Your vote means NOTHING!
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IVAN EVSEEV
PUNISHMENT OVER THE BLACK SEA - RUSSIA'S PATIENCE IS ENDED, THE "IMPOSIBILITY" MODE WILL BE ENABLED FOR DRONES
During the Ukrainian Armed Forces' strike in Sevastopol, a NATO UAV was circling in the Black Sea - five minutes before the attack by ATACMS missiles with cassettes on the city beach, the reconnaissance officer disappeared in the direction of Turkey. Experts believe that inaction is no longer an option. Read more in the material from Tsargrad.
On Sunday, June 23, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Sevastopol with five American ATACMS missiles, one of which, as a result of the impact of air defense systems, “deviated from the flight path” and exploded over the city, the other four were shot down, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
The number of victims, according to the latest data, is 153 people, 27 of them children. Four people died, including two children. Presumably, they were all on the beach at the time of the attack.
The Pentagon refused to comment on the shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of Sevastopol with ATACMS missiles; they said that they were aware of what happened, but they had nothing to report on this matter.
It should be noted that the American reconnaissance drone RQ-4B Global Hawk was circling in the airspace over the Black Sea during the attack on Sevastopol. According to the Flightradar portal, from 12:05 it began to rapidly move south towards Turkey. The APU strike on the city occurred at 12:10 Moscow time.
Our Ministry of Defense noted that all flight missions into ATACMS missiles are entered by American specialists based on US satellite reconnaissance data. Responsibility for the deliberate missile attack on civilians in Sevastopol lies primarily with Washington, which supplied these weapons to Ukraine, as well as the Kiev regime, from whose territory this attack was launched, the military department emphasized, promising that such actions will not go unanswered.just
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the US involvement in the terrorist attack in Sevastopol is not in doubt, since, according to him, the weapons supplied to Kyiv [in this case ATACMS] cannot be used without the direct participation of the US military and their satellite capabilities.
It is also noteworthy that the blow was struck during the day, on a holy holiday for us (the day of the Holy Trinity), on a busy city. It is known that the combat elements of the ATACMS cluster part hit the beach, which explains such a large number of casualties and deaths. But it’s scary to imagine how many casualties there could have been if four American missiles had not been shot down.
ATACMS have a maximum firing range of up to 300 kilometers. According to The New York Times, Ukraine has received more than 100 such missiles. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have already used them for attacks in Crimea. The missiles that hit Sevastopol were equipped with a cluster warhead. When detonated, it scatters hundreds of submunitions with a damage radius of 15 meters.
At the same time, as the Associated Press writes, Ukraine, which has already obtained permission to use weapons supplied by the Americans to carry out limited strikes on Russia in the Kharkov area, is asking to lift all restrictions on the use of long-range ATACMS missiles for strikes deep into our country.
The commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in a conversation with the agency, complained that their “hands are now tied,” and if they received permission, they “could target command posts” and airfields. But for now it can be assumed that the Ukrainians fought off American hands and began uncontrollably bombing Russian regions.
They study every meter of the territory of Crimea
Andrey Klintsevich, military expert, head of the Center for the Study of Military and Political Conflicts, in a conversation with Tsargrad, emphasized that the provision of operational intelligence information for Ukraine is a very high factor in successful attacks, including overcoming air defense systems.
According to him, the West may have an extensive satellite constellation capable of studying “every meter of the territory of Crimea,” so Russia needs to solve this problem.
It is necessary to create conditions for the impossibility of drones monitoring our space. This does not mean that they need to be shot down immediately [but it looks like they did in fact shoot down a drone immediately]. We need to influence them the way we influenced them before, with radio equipment or kerosene. If this doesn’t work, then move on to more serious actions, like the Houthis, to shoot them down simply by warning the Americans about this. Americans don't like losing their equipment, it hurts their reputation, and it's very expensive. Therefore, I think this will immediately have an effect, said Klintsevich.
"They'll get it in the teeth" [they DID]
In turn, military expert, reserve DPR officer Alexander Matyushin suggested that without the adjustments made by NATO reconnaissance drones, the Ukrainian army would not have the ability to strike Crimea.
We understand that after the kamikaze drone, which corrects Ukrainian fire and directs it at our peaceful cities, towns, as well as infrastructure, goes down, the situation can develop in two directions. As many assume, having been hit in the teeth, the Americans will stop raising their expensive intelligence.
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Iraqi resistance targets base housing US troops in southeastern Syria
Sunday, 23 June 2024 7:30 AM [ Last Update: Sunday, 23 June 2024 7:30 AM ]
In this file picture, US Green Berets conduct a medical evacuation exercise during a patrol within the 55km de-confliction zone in the al-Tanf region of southeastern Syria. (Via social media)
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has targeted a military base in southeastern Syria near the borders with Jordan and Iraq, where US occupation troops and their allied Takfiri militants are stationed.
The umbrella group of anti-terror fighters, in a statement, claimed responsibility for the Saturday drone strike.
It noted that the al-Tanf base, located in Syria’s Homs province, was targeted by several explosives-laden drones, and the designated targets were precisely struck and destroyed.
There were no immediate reports about possible casualties and the extent of damage caused.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq further noted that the aerial attack was in response to the death of one of an Iraqi resistance fighter in an apparent US airstrike on the Iraq-Syria border.
The Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada anti-terror resistance group said in a statement that the vehicle of one of its fighters, identified as Abdullah Razzaq al-Safi, was hit on Friday in “a treacherous American bombing,” adding that he was patrolling the Iraqi-Syrian border when the airstrike took place.
Meanwhile, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a Britain-based war monitor, said on Friday that an unknown airstrike targeted a site in the Albu Kamal area, killing an Iraqi resistance fighter and wounding two others.
Iraqi resistance vows to assist Hezbollah if Israel attacks Lebanon
Fighters from Iraqi anti-terror resistance groups have voiced readiness to fight alongside Hezbollah if the Israeli regime decides to wage a new war on Lebanon.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has been launching several attacks on Israeli targets ever since the occupying regime started the genocidal war on Gaza last year in October.
Israel has been waging an atrocious onslaught against the Gaza Strip, targeting hospitals, residences, and houses of worship after Palestinian resistance movements launched a surprise attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, on October 7.
At least 37,551 Palestinians have been killed, most of them women and children, and another 85,911 individuals have sustained injuries in Gaza so far. More than 1.7 million people have been internally displaced during the war as well.
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Children targeted and murdered by US-backed Israel
https://israelpalestinenews.org/missing-children-gaza-drones-bombs-us-complicity-day-262/
Save the Children’s horrific new report; Palestinian children detained in Israel subject to sexual violence and broken bones; Israeli drones that “target anyone walking”; food poisoning; healthcare crisis; banned items that Gazans really need; 50,000 Israeli bombs (many made in US) have hit Gaza; US placates Netanyahu after his outburst; Israel has killed 54 children in West Bank in 2024, arrested 7 in 24 hours, re-arrested several Palestinian leaders; news on notorious Sde Teiman prison, ICC arrest warrants; Israel reportedly used white phosphorus in Lebanon; more.
By IAK staff, from reports.
THE MISSING CHILDREN OF GAZA:
Save the Children reports: In Gaza, at least 10,000 people are reported missing under the rubble, presumed dead. Children are reported to make up 43% of total casualties in this devastating war.
So, it’s reasonable to estimate that at least 5,160 children are dead under the rubble.
As of February, an estimated 17,000 children were unaccompanied and separated from their families. This number is likely much higher now, with our team in Gaza finding more unaccompanied children every day.
Furthermore, the bodies of children have been among those recently found in mass graves with many showing signs of torture.
The spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights described bodies “buried deep in the ground and covered with waste”, and that some were bound and stripped of their clothes.
Up to 3,000 people have been detained in Gaza including an unknown number of children. Detainees have reported being held in secret locations with no way of contacting loved ones, being forcibly transferred to Israel, having their identity documents confiscated, and being treated with extreme physical, psychological, and sexual violence.
More and more Palestinians, including children, have reported facing violence and abuse – including having their bones broken – after being detained without charge.
The Israeli attacks on hospitals have made it extremely difficult for medical staff to report death tolls and identify those killed. Hospitals must not become battlegrounds.
As Israeli forces continue to block an adequate humanitarian response, it’s almost impossible to find, identify, and support separated children – many of whom have been alone for months. It’s also hugely challenging to give unaccompanied children safe, temporary alternative care, as already-exhausted communities and families have such limited resources.
This means that the true number of missing children in Gaza is even higher. (Read the full report here.) Up to 21,000 children are estimated to be missing in #Gaza.
https://israelpalestinenews.org/missing-children-gaza-drones-bombs-us-complicity-day-262/
Is he REALLY 'FREE"??
I say.......NO!
Assange is leaving one prison, and then headed to an ULTRA-MAX SECURITY Prison......AUSTRALIA!
As soon as he was released, and I read, 'Boarding a plane to Australia', I screamed.....'ARE YOU INSANE?!'. If I were Assange, there would only be ONE place that I would be heading off to.......RUSSIA!!
Assange will get to Australia, and in no time, 'THEY' will find a reason, or, more likely, MAKE ONE UP, to put his ass BACK into prison, in Australia!
Julian Assange is NOT FREE!
I do not know if we are freer, let us say that our chest has been liberated, not much of the yoke of oppression. However, this liberation allows us to appreciate the weight and power of the masses when they cease to obey the injunctions of power.
“You believed until now that there were tyrants? You are mistaken, there are only slaves: Where no one obeys, no one commands.” Anselme Bellegarrigue.