Press-freedom advocates this week flagged the damage done by the U.S. government’s pursuit of a journalist who helped expose state secrets and evidence of war crimes.
Assange Celebrations Mixed With Rebukes of White House
Year: 2024
Chris Hedges: You Saved Julian Assange
After 14 years of persecution, the WikiLeaks publisher is free. We must honor the hundreds of thousands of people across the globe who made this happen.
Wikipedia Calls Key Zionist Lobby ‘Unreliable’
Robert Inlakesh says the pushback against the ADL is a rebuke to the definition of anti-Semitism adopted by U.S. universities, companies, governments, political parties and lawmakers.
US Supreme Court’s Anti-Immigrant Ruling
Dissenting members of the court accused the majority of issuing an unnecessarily broad ruling that could be used to strike down the right to same-sex marriage, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Assange: I Broke the Law But the Law Is Wrong
Julian Assange’s plea deal with the United States was completed before a U.S. federal judge Wednesday on the U.S. possession of the Mariana Islands, reports Joe Lauria.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Putin — Behind the Shoji
The Russian president’s time in Pyongyang and Hanoi gave clear evidence of the turn away from the West that Lavrov, the country’s foreign minister, announced at the start of the year.
Why Netanyahu Has No ‘Next Day’ Plan for Gaza
For a post-war plan that fits Israeli interests, the Palestinian territory would have to be militarily subdued, which seems more distant than ever, writes Ramzy Baroud.
Caitlin Johnstone: Assange Free, But No Justice
We all still live under a globe-spanning power structure that has shown the entire world that it will destroy your life if you expose its criminality.
JULIAN ASSANGE IS FINALLY FREE
The WikiLeaks publisher left Belmarsh Prison on Monday morning and departed the U.K. headed to Australia, WikiLeaks said.
The Treachery of the Nazi-Zionist Alliance
By collaborating with the Nazis, a small group of Zionists weakened anti-fascist resistance and contributed to the genocide of Europe’s Jews, writes Stefan Moore.