John Pilger has watched Julian Assange’s extradition trial from the public gallery at London’s Old Bailey. He spoke with Timothy Erik Ström of Arena magazine, Australia: Q: Having watched Julian Assange’s trial…
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LABOUR SUPPORTS TORTURE
24 September 2020Labour has sacked three junior shadow ministers who joined with Jeremy Corbyn and 14 other Socialist Campaign group MPs in breaking the party’s whip by voting against the second reading…
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licence to kill
24 September 2020Undercover informants working for the police and MI5 are going to be explicitly permitted for the first time under British law to commit crimes. The unprecedented legislation to authorise and…
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Ellen not so generous
13 September 2020Something strange is happening to the reporting on the crisis imperiling Ellen DeGeneres’s long-running talk show. Reading about it now, you might get the impression that the crisis is solely…
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Seasiders Goodship sunk by a small sub from Leeds
12 September 2020Southend United became the strongest side in the football league on the very first day of the new season as they straight away found themselves propping the whole league up.…
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CLARITY ON COVID RULES
10 September 2020For the sake of clarity the British Government has issued the following easy to follow picture guide on what is and what is not allowed You may entertain up to…
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Julian Assange Trial
10 September 2020The second day of the resumed British show-trial of Julian Assange included powerful witness testimony from Clive Stafford Smith, a US attorney who has represented Guantanamo Bay detainees. He likened…
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The end of Southend?
9 September 2020Are Southend United football club going to be another case of a small town side not surviving? The Shrimpers were relegated in a disastrous unfinished last season hardly winning a…
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Some laws don’t matter
9 September 2020The British Government has decided that the recently made leave agreement with the EU will no longer be upheld. The Tories insisted they would only break the agreement “in a…