FALSE DEMOCRACY

JAY JANSON—The real target for the Western sponsors of the Nazi war machine was an attack on the Soviet Union in order to destroy, in their view, the source of international revolutionary socialism. In the 1930s, the very existence of capitalism was teetering on the edge amid the Great Depression, massive poverty and seething popular discontent in the US, Britain and other Western countries. The entire Western capitalist order was under imminent threat from its own masses. This is the historical context for the Western-backed rise of European fascism. 

MIKE HEAD—In the US itself, now that Assange is behind bars, through a conspiracy between the governments of Australia, Britain, the US and Ecuador, whisleblower Chelsea Manning has been re-imprisoned, indefinitely. She has refused to testify at a grand jury established to concoct evidence and bring further frame-up charges against the WikiLeaks publisher. The only supposed “crime” committed by Assange and Manning has been to reveal to the people of the world the war crimes, spying, regime-change operations and mass murder carried out by the US and its allies, including Australia.

CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—“The arrest and espionage charges against Assange was just the beginning, as many in the media, even those who hate Assange, feared,”  tweeted Consortium News editor-in-chief Joe Lauria in response to the News Corp raid. “The home of a mainstream Australian journalist was raided Wed. morning by police because of a story she worked on.”

“Shameful news from Australia as the police raid journalists’ offices and homes,” tweeted legendary Australian journalist John Pilger. “One warrant allows them to ‘add, copy, delete or alter’ computer files at the ABC. The assault on Julian Assange was a clear warning to all of us: it was only the beginning.”

PHILIP A. FARRUGGIO—Let’s not single out Mr. Holder please. He is just a ‘ raindrop in the ocean of empire’s servants’. What about those (so called) news talk shows that many working stiffs rely on for their up to date info. Well, right wing ‘ bulldog ‘ Sean Hannity of Fox  earns $ 36 million a year to represent all those  ‘ Make America Great Again ‘ viewers who frequent his show. In the ( so called) middle of political news talk, CNN, nice guy Anderson Cooper earns $ 12 million. (His net worth is also close to $130MM, as heir to the Vanderbilt fortune).