Assange supporters in Manhattan reflected on Julian Assange’s captivity and cheered his release. With Margaret Kunstler, Margaret Kimberley, Aaron Maté, Katie Halper, Joe Lauria, Jim Kavanagh and more.
WATCH: New York Celebrates Assange’s Liberation
Year: 2024
JOE LAURIA: The Madness of Antony Blinken
Two years after the Pentagon shot down his ploy for a no-fly zone against Russia in Ukraine, the U.S. “top diplomat” has been at it again pushing an even more insane idea.
Patrick Lawrence: The ‘War Party’ Makes Its Plans
Volodymyr Zelensky now says he wants to show Biden, and subsequently Harris and Trump, his “plan for victory over Russia.”
The ‘Genocide Gentry’
Human rights groups are spotlighting weapons executives on the boards of schools and institutions to show the influence of the corporate, profit-fueled war machine on U.S. cultural life.
US Soldier Who Burned Himself to Death Over Gaza Wins Sam Adams Associates Award for Integrity in Intelligence
In presenting its 2024 award, the Sam Adams Associates says it salutes Aaron Bushnell’s courage in performing a vital public service at the greatest cost — martyrdom — for truth-telling.
SCOTT RITTER: 72 Minutes
Caitlin Johnstone: War Crimes & Western Hypocrisy
If some other governments — say Russia, China or Iran — were even suspected of being responsible for Israel’s terror attacks on Lebanon, U.S. officials would be churning out denunciations.
Gitmo & Politics
Andrew P. Napolitano on a state of affairs unheard of in American jurisprudence, where judges don’t have bosses telling them what guilty pleas to accept and what to reject.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Defending Humanity
In the face of the dangerous U.S. determination to prolong its global primacy, a reform movement to reconstruct our long-abused global institutions merits serious attention.
Two Men Who, if Allowed, Could Decide Humanity’s Fate
Edward Lozansky says that Zelensky — who will meet Biden in New York during the U.N. General Assembly — desperately wants the U.S. president to give approval for British missiles to fly into Russia.