Judith Bello

Punitive fines threaten whistleblower Chelsea Manning with bankruptcy

July 1, 2019 Judith Bello Political Prisoners, Whistleblowers

By Oscar Grenfell, Published on World Socialist Website, 24 June 2019 Last Thursday, lawyers for the courageous whistleblower Chelsea Manning issued a legal challenge to punitive fines that were imposed upon her by a federal district court judge last month. Her legal team has warned that the unprecedented financial penalties threaten her with imminent bankruptcy. Manning has been imprisoned by[…]

Call for A Palestine Liberation Movement

February 9, 2019 Judith Bello Israel-Palestine, Palestine

Call initiated by the One State Assembly, February 9, 2019 We are calling for signatures on the statement which is an attempt to create national and global public opinion specially among Palestinians, Arabs and international supporters about the genuine, just and long lasting solution to the seven decades of the ethnic cleansing war and catastrophe of 1948. The One Democratic[…]

Pilger Excoriates Media on Assange

August 11, 2018 Judith Bello Censorship and Propaganda, The War at Home, Whistleblowers

By Dennis J. Bernstein and Randy Credico, from Flashpoints radio show, originally in print on Consortium News DB: John, what is the latest we know about how Julian Assange is being treated and his current state? John Pilger: His state of health is just about the same, as I understand it. He needs medical attention, the kind of treatment you[…]

The Russians are Coming?

March 8, 2018 Judith Bello Hybrid Warfare, Propaganda

Kevin Zeese of Popular Resistance circulated the following article by Mike Whitney in their daily newsletter about a week ago with the personal note below. I thought about replacing the note with one of our own, but but what Kevin has to say is important and I can’t say it better. But I do want to add a brief comment[…]

A Brief Analysis of the Turkish Invasion of Syria

January 22, 2018 Judith Bello Middle East Wars, Syria

Behind the Headlines: Turkish F-16s attack the Kurdish held city of Afrin in Syria ~photo from Ruptley by Judith Bello All the news today is about Turkey attacking Afrin, a Kurdish governed city in northern Syria and threatening another Kurdish run city named Manbj. This is a very dangerous situation and another devastating assault on the Syrian people who[…]

Increasing US Aggression in Syria Leads to Chaos

January 20, 2018 Judith Bello Middle East Wars, Syria

Syrian Internal Security Forces are sworn in during their graduation ceremony, at Ain Issa desert base, in Raqqa province, northeast Syria, Thursday, July 20, 2017. Some 250 residents of Syria’s Raqqa province are the latest batch to graduate from a brief U.S-training course that is preparing an internal security force to hold and secure areas as they are captured from[…]

Syrian Victory, The Last Gate

September 21, 2017 Judith Bello Imperial Wars

By Judith Bello, Originally published on Deconstructed Globe Syria Has Won According to an interview by Kevork Almassian of Syriana Analysis with Lebanese reporter Marwa Osman, the SAA and their allies have now restored sovereignty to 85% of Syria, This is a hard won victory, and worth celebrating. The liberation of the great cities of Syria along with much of[…]

Social Media Fake News Campaigns Suffocate Public Discourse

August 23, 2017 Judith Bello Censorship and Propaganda

By Judith Bello of DeconstructedGlobe.com People do need to understand how challenging the current environment is for everyone. I was talking yesterday to a friend about how the background information is becoming more and more difficult to access. Even alternative news sites have a cycle of sorts related to what information they focus on. Drone information in particular has been[…]