Tag: Julian Assange
Corporate media have second thoughts about exiling Julian Assange from journalism
Corporate media dutifully laid the groundwork for the U.S. Department of Justice’s escalating political persecution of the WikiLeaks founder, and set the stage for a renewed assault on a free and independent press by the Trump administration.
Chomsky: Arrest of Assange is ‘scandalous’ and highlights shocking extraterritorial reach...
"Why is it acceptable for the United States to have the power to even begin to give even a proposal to extradite somebody whose crime is to expose to the public materials that people in power don’t want them to see?"
‘This is about attacking journalism,’ warn press freedom defenders as Trump...
"This is about retaliation for publishing evidence of U.S. war crimes and other crimes by the most powerful nation on Earth."
Ola Bini, Ricardo Patiño, Correa & Glas: The Moreno regime escalates...
This further illustrates the cruel irony of “justice” under neoliberalism – the jailing of activists, journalists and progressive leaders, as the cover for an implementation of the policies of austerity, and a distraction for the corrupt personal dealings of the ruling political elite.
Defending Julian Assange; Defending the Truth
On 11 April 2019, WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange was dragged from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London by UK police and arrested for...
Open letter from Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy, Dave Eggers, Pamela Anderson...
We can’t have privacy without agency.
‘I will not give up:’ Appeals court rejects Chelsea Manning’s bid...
"While disappointing, we can still raise issues as the government continues to abuse the grand jury process."
The dictator and the nihilist
Whistleblowers and protesters play a key role in ensuring accountability. But ultimately, democratic systems should be built to ensure institutional accountability.
To Ola Bini, a political prisoner caught up in the Assange...
My Swedish friend is sitting in a jail cell.
Chomsky: Arrest of Assange is ‘scandalous’ and highlights shocking extraterritorial reach...
Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman spoke to Noam Chomsky about Assange's arrest, WikiLeaks and American power.
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The Santa Ana by Joan Didion
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