Tag: UK
Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg blasts Espionage Act charges against Julian Assange as “declaration of war” on the free press
26 May 2019|The Interregnum| Mohamed Elmaazi
The US Department of Justice has unveiled 17 more criminal charges against Julian Assange, which make clear he is being targeted for his role in exposing war crimes committed by the US government and allied forces.
Claims that anti-racist Jewish peace activist is an antisemite are debunked by video made by the accuser
15 May 2019|The Interregnum|Mohamed Elmaazi
The Pro-Corbyn group Jewish Voice for Labour has slammed the “twisted” mischaracterisation of comments made by its secretary, by the Jewish Chronicle and Luciana Berger, among others. A further examination of the evidence shows how baseless these claims really are.
WitchHunt: The smearing of the anti-racist Left
4 March 2019|The Canary|Mohamed Elmaazi
Right-wing and even liberal forces are levelling false charges of racism and antisemitism to destroy ‘the Left’ in the UK. This alliance of forces, which includes pro-Zionist Labour Party members, is also specifically targeting anti-racist campaigners who are critical of the State of Israel. This is one of the key messages to come out of a powerful new documentary called WitchHunt.
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Inside the Temple of Covert Propaganda: The Integrity Initiative and the UK’s Scandalous Information War
17 December 2018| The Grayzone project|
MOHAMED ELMAAZI AND MAX BLUMENTHAL
The Grayzone entered the carefully concealed offices of a covert, British government-backed propaganda mill that is at the center of an international scandal the mainstream media refuses to touch.
Featured image via Mohamed Elmaazi
Recent hacked documents have revealed an international network of politicians, journalists, academics, researchers and military officers, all engaged in highly deceptive covert propaganda campaigns funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), NATO, Facebook and hardline national security institutions.
UK black and minority ethnic groups blast Labour Party antisemitism debate for seeking to defend Israel by erasing Palestinian history
23 August 2019|Mondoweiss|Mohamed Elmaazi
Feature image via WithHunt documentary
Last week an unprecedented intervention occurred into the debate in the UK over the definition of antisemitism. Over 80 community, professional and rights-based organisations representing black, minority ethnic and diaspora peoples decried what they say is the framing of antisemitism in a way to ‘silence’ Palestinians, and other migrant groups, from speaking about their history.