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John McEvoy
@jmcevoy_2
Investigative journalist @declassifieduk. Focus on UK foreign policy and Latin America. Working on documentary @BritainOther911. jmcevoy2@protonmail.com
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Oct 21, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
BBC Verify asked three "experts" about the bombing of the Al-Ahli hospital.

The "experts" concluded that the blast was "not consistent" with a "typical Israeli airstrike".

But who were these "experts"? Thread: Image One of the "experts" is Justin Bronk, who works as a "senior research fellow at the UK-based Royal United Services Institute" (RUSI).

RUSI is funded by the US state department, the UK Foreign Office, the British Army, and arms companies like BAE Systems. Image
Sep 15, 2023 • 15 tweets • 6 min read
The Economist has spent the past week blaming the left for the coup in Chile, and insisting that everybody move on from it.

Remember that The Economist helped to prepare the ground for Salvador Allende's removal, and welcomed the Augusto Pinochet regime.

Thread: During the 1970s, The Economist's Latin American editor was a man named Robert Moss.

Declassified UK files show that Moss was "an IRD contact". In other words, he was an asset of the Foreign Office's secret propaganda unit, the Information Research Department. Image
May 27, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Henry Kissinger turns 100 today. His role in the death of Chile's democracy should never be forgotten.

Thread: Image On 5 November 1970, Kissinger wrote that Salvador Allende "poses one of the most serious challenges ever faced in this hemisphere".

He thus recommended that the US "do all we can to keep him from consolidating power".
nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/… Image
Jan 24, 2023 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
Winston Churchill died on this day in 1965.

Thread on some of the appalling things that Churchill - "the greatest Briton" - said throughout his lifetime: Image Churchill on Benito Mussolini, 1926:

"If I had been an Italian I am sure I would have been wholeheartedly from start to finish with Fascismo's triumphant struggle against the bestial appetites and passions of Leninism".
Oct 8, 2022 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
New: With Venezuela's gold still frozen in the Bank of England, the UK courts have granted the "Maduro Board" permission to appeal a July judgment which ruled in favour of the "Guaidó Board".

Thread:
Justice Cockerill, the judge overseeing the case, noted that the legal issues at stake here are "effectively unprecedented".

She thus allowed the "Maduro Board" to appeal her own decision - a rare judgment. 2/
Aug 5, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Britain promised to help Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet "with medical treatment in London" in return for Chile's help during the Falklands War, according to a newly declassified UK file.

Thread: In 1998, Britain was served by Spain with an extradition request for Pinochet, who was receiving medical treatment in London.

The charges concerned crimes against humanity committed during Chile's military dictatorship (1973-1990), including murder, torture, & hostage-taking. 2/
Jul 29, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Breaking: The UK High Court has ruled in favour of the Juan Guaidó board in the Venezuelan gold case

Venezuela's highest court (STJ) quashed Guaidó's appointment of an "ad-hoc board" to the Central Bank of Venezuela, but the UK court ruled that STJ judgments cannot be recognised However, the judge did not accept that non-recognition of STJ judgments means that Guaidó can now give instructions to the Bank of England concerning Venezuela's gold reserves.

The gold thus remains frozen in the Bank of England, awaiting a further hearing in October 2022.
Jul 13, 2022 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Venezuela's gold is still frozen in the Bank of England. The issue returns to the UK courts this week, and the UK government just reaffirmed its recognition of Juan Guaidó.

The UK courts are effectively being asked to legitimate piracy.

Thread: This week's hearing will centre on whether the UK's recognition of Juan Guaidó allows it to transfer Venezuelan state assets to Guaidó's 'interim government'.

The UK courts thus have to decide whether they can ignore the judgments of the Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice.
May 30, 2022 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Happy Jubilee week. Here's a brief timeline of some of the Royal Family's greatest hits.

1953, the Queen signs an order suspending British Guiana's constitution and overthrowing Cheddi Jagan's government:
markcurtis.info/2007/02/12/the… 1960s, the Queen's courtiers banned "coloured immigrants or foreigners" from working in certain roles in the Royal household.

Some clauses which exempt Buckingham Palace from laws that prevent race and sex discrimination remain in place today.
dumptheguardian.com/uk-news/2021/j…
Apr 29, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
If Julian Assange is extradited to the US, it will be the end of press freedom as we know it. The British public is not being reliably informed about what's happening.

A thread on the web of state secrecy surrounding Julian Assange: The British Foreign Office can neither confirm nor deny if/how it responded to news that the CIA plotted to kidnap or murder Assange on British soil.

Senior British officials knew such a plot existed, and reportedly agreed to "do the shooting".
Mar 5, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
John Pilger, legendary foreign correspondent, was the subject of a recent hit piece in the Guardian.

What's not known: Pilger has been a long-time target of the British security state. In 1975, Britain's Cold War propaganda unit, the IRD, opened a file on him.

Thread: "We have been asked by the Prime Minister's Office for information on Pilger's journalistic background, with details of any books he may have written", reads a 1980 file from the British embassy in Bangkok.
Feb 23, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The US and UK position on Ukraine might be taken more seriously if both countries hadn't spent the entire post-WWII period making a mockery of international law. In 2002, President George W. Bush signed a law authorising the US to use "all means necessary" to free a US national detained by the International Criminal Court.

It became known as the "Hague Invasion Act".
versobooks.com/blogs/4025-us-…
Dec 20, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Breaking -- After a three-day hearing to decide the fate of the Venezuelan gold held in the Bank of England, the UK Supreme Court has ruled that the UK gov legally recognises Juan Guaidó as President of Venezuela.

The case has now been bounced back to the UK Commercial Court. 2/ The Supreme Court declared that the UK government and UK Courts must speak with "One Voice" - i.e. the courts must recognise whoever the head of state formally recognises.

This precedent would allow the UK gov to asset strip any foreign state upon a change of recognition.
Sep 26, 2021 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
Will the Guardian, which spent years arrogantly disparaging Julian Assange's concerns for his own safety, report on the latest revelations that the CIA plotted to murder him and members of his team?

A lot of journalists conspicuously silent today. Nothing today from James Ball Image
Jul 18, 2021 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
Thread: Tomorrow the UK Supreme Court will begin proceedings relating to the US$2bn of Venezuelan gold held in the Bank of England.

The UN independent expert on sanctions recently urged the UK to unfreeze the gold so Venezuela can buy food, medicine.
supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-202… 2/ The Court will consider who the UK government formally recognises as the President of Venezuela, and therefore whether the Maduro or Guaidó board has the power to represent and control the assets of the Central Bank of Venezuela.
Apr 7, 2021 • 11 tweets • 7 min read
Enjoyed talking about Britain's role in the coup against Venezuela this evening, streamed by @TheCanaryUK, @venanalysis, @alboradanet and others.

Here's a short thread of some of the articles referenced, including British interference across the region:
pscp.tv/w/1ypJdgYjleYGW Revealed: Secretive British unit planning for ‘reconstruction’ of Venezuela

in @TheCanaryUK
thecanary.co/exclusive/2020…
Mar 15, 2021 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
278,000 Brazilians have died from Covid-19.

New documents show that the US pressured the Brazilian government not to buy the Russian vaccine, likely killing thousands of Brazilians.

My latest in @BrasilWire:
brasilwire.com/exclusive-wash… The documents also show that the US encouraged Panama not to accept Cuban doctors into the country.

Panama now has one of the worst Covid-19 rates in the region.
brasilwire.com/exclusive-wash…
Oct 26, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The British establishment protected Augusto Pinochet from extradition for crimes against humanity

The British establishment is now pursuing Julian Assange for exposing them The lawyer that brought the case against Pinochet to the UK courts, Baltasar Garzón, was also on Assange's legal team.

Clare Montgomery QC defended Pinochet in the late 1990s, and represented the Swedish prosecution against Assange in the early 2010s.
Jul 2, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
The UK high court has just ruled that Juan Guaido, who has never ran for presidential office in his life, is the legitimate president of Venezuela.

This makes a total mockery of the UK courts system. Thread: Most countries, including the UN security council, recognise Maduro, and many of those that don't were aggressively lobbied by the US.

aljazeera.com/news/2019/02/v…
Dec 3, 2019 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
What’s going on with the latest smear piece about Jeremy Corbyn? (round 2: thread)

The Daily Telegraph’s front page tomorrow will claim that ‘Corbyn’s dossier’ on selling the NHS to US corporations ‘points to Russians’:

pbs.twimg.com/media/EK0JqCSX… 2/The Daily Telegraph is owned by the billionaire Barclay brothers. Its article on Corbyn is based on research done by the Atlantic Council and social media analytics firm Graphika.