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"Twitter Restores Assange Activism Account In Response To Backlash" by Caitlin Johnstone

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I'm not putting the whole article up here because for some reason the tweets won't show up at all and I'm sick of trying. But here's the beginning; continue with the URL:  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ July 19, 2019 After a week of vocal protests from online supporters of Julian Assange, Twitter has reversed its unjust removal of the prominent pro-Assange activism account @Unity4J. After the account was suspended without any explanation being presented to its operators, Assange supporters drew a clear line in the sand against internet censorship and began making a big noise that couldn’t be ignored. The account’s suspension drew condemnations from high-profile Assange supporters like  Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters , World Socialist Website , RT  and  Lee Camp , as well as a sustained social media campaign by grassroots supporters which included artwork, memes, and of course relentless “tagging” of Twitter Support and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. Political

"Reason Why West Is Determined to Ignore China's Success" by Andre Vltchek

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It used to be comical, but suddenly it is not, anymore. In the past, blind hatred towards China could had been attributed to ignorance, or at least to indoctrination by the Western propaganda and mass media outlets. But now? China’s tremendous leap forward, its excellent, humane social policies and determined people-oriented scientific research, as well as its march towards a so-called “ecological civilization” are well-documented, to the point that if anyone really wants to know, he or she has plenty of opportunities to learn the truth. But it appears that very few want to learn. At least very few in the West. China is seen negatively in almost all Western countries and their satellites. While surveys in places like Africa, where China intensively interacts with the people, helping them to break the chains of dependency on their neo-colonialist masters from Europe and North America, clearly indicate that it is admired and liked. Last year (2018), a survey by the i