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UK High Court Allows US to Appeal Ban on Assange Extradition;Doctors Tell Biden: Let Assange Go
“Because western media are designed to protect the powerful, most people are more aware of smears about Assange being a Russian agent or a rapist than of his victimization by a tyrannical assault on world press freedoms…”
UN Says Assange Tortured: Watch the Webcast
Julian Assange was “psychologically tortured” by four nations ganging up on him, said the UN special rapporteur on torture. Watch the replay with Pentagon Papers whistle blower Dan Ellsberg, and other guests. Note: Included below after the video is the article “UN Torture Report: ‘Demonized’ Assange Has Faced ‘Psychological Torture’” by Consortium News Editor-in-Chief Joe […]
Assange Arrested: Call for protests and phone calls; also links to articles
The prosecution of Julian Assange is an attack on Freedom of the Press in the 21st Century. WikiLeaks is democratizing journalism, redistributing power and increasing transparency. Publishing the truth is not a crime.
When You Reject Class-Based Politics, ‘Thoughtful’ Appeals to Racism Are All You’ve Got Left
“Put away those rainbow flags, guys—you’re just riling up the neo-Nazis.”
John Pilger | A Blow for Peace and Democracy: Why the British Said No to Europe
The pith helmets may have long gone, but the blood has never dried. A nineteenth century contempt for countries and peoples, depending on their degree of colonial usefulness, remains a centrepiece of modern “globalisation”, with its perverse socialism for the rich and capitalism for the poor–
How Western Military Interventions Shaped the Brexit Vote (Video)
On the economy in Britain, European austerity, middle class and working class Britons who voted for Brexit, against neoliberalism.
Truthdig: 442 Mental Health Experts Call for an End to Austerity
Counsellors and psychotherapists in the public and private sectors find themselves at the coalface in responding to the effects of austerity politics on the emotional state of the nation [Great Britain]. By Alexander Reed Kelly truthdig.com April 19, 2015 potamos.photography (CC BY-ND 2.0) Austerity cuts and “neoliberal thinking” among policymakers are having a “profoundly […]
Chomsky: America Acts Like It Owns the World, While Endangering the Planet from Nuclear War and Climate Change
Chomsky: America Acts Like It Owns the World, While Endangering the Planet from Nuclear War and Climate Change Inability to face the truth about ourselves in this country is all too common a feature across American society. By Noam Chomsky October 26, 2012 Democracy Now via AlterNet.org Note: In a recent speech, Professor Chomsky examined topics largely ignored […]
John Pilger> The World War on Democracy
The World War on Democracy Thursday 19 January 2012 truthout by John Pilger, Truthout | News Analysis B-1B Lancer Bombers on a runway at Diego Garcia, November, 2001, during the bombing campaign in Afghanistan. (Photo: Senior Airman Rebeca M. Luquin, U.S. Air Force) Lisette Talate died the other day. I remember a wiry, fiercely intelligent […]
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