February 21, 2024

Informed Leftist

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Tossed-Aside Headlines

The UN fears an “explosion” of child deaths in Gaza due to hunger and disease, as the US vetoed a fourth UN Security Council ceasefire. Meanwhile, Israel started building a fortified highway to cut Gaza in half, while its soldiers continue to execute, torture and sexually assault Palestinian civilians.

In London court, journalist Julian Assange faces extradition to the US, where he would likely be tortured for the rest of his life through measures like long-term solitary confinement for having exposed the country’s war crimes.

The Ukrainian army failed to execute an “orderly withdrawal” from Avdiivka, the key bastion city recently conquered by Russia, leading to the capture of about 1,000 troops.

A non-binary child was beaten to death in a school bathroom in Oklahoma, where rising State-sanctioned transphobia saw the enactment of an anti-trans bathroom law in 2022.

 

Non-Taught History

In 2010, world-renowned journalist Julian Assange published on WikiLeaks a series of leaks exposing countless US war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has since lived a life of extreme isolation and separation from his family due to the unrelenting pursuit of the US, where the war criminals exposed by the journalist enjoy impunity.

Learn more on Al Jazeera’s short article or in Al Mayadeen’s documentary.

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