The Pentagon Papers whistleblower joins the NYT general counsel at the time of that leak, and a Pulitzer Prize winner to discuss the fate of journalism as Julian Assange faces extradition.
WATCH: Ellsberg, Hedges, Goodale on Assange Extradition
Category: Commentary
Tens of Millions Displaced By ‘War On Terror,’ the Greatest Scam
The “War on Terror” is just high-budget, mass-scale terrorism, and it creates more terrorism of the ordinary variety as well, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Craig Murray: Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing—Day Three
Former British diplomat Craig Murray was in the public gallery at Old Bailey for Julian Assange’s hearing and here is his report on Wednesday’s events.
Chris Hedges: American Bloodlands
The enraged, polarized segments of the population are rapidly consolidating as the political center disintegrates.
WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing–Day 3
Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria presents a live 10-minute report every night during the resumed extradition hearing. Here is his recap of the third day’s dramatic events.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Australia Suddenly Cares About Its Journalists When They Get in Trouble in China
Human rights are only ever a concern for member states of the U.S. empire — such as the home country of the WikiLeaks founder — when they can be leveraged against nations outside the power alliance, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
WATCH: CN Live! Daily Video Report on the Assange Hearing–Day 2
Editor-in-Chief Joe Lauria presents a live 10-minute report every night during the extradition hearing. Here is his recap of the second day’s dramatic events.
PEPE ESCOBAR: Julian Assange, Prometheus Bound
He is being punished not for stealing fire – but for exposing power under the light of truth and provoking the god of Exceptionalism.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Craig Murray: Your Man in the Public Gallery–Day One
Here is Craig Murray’s report on the first day of the resumption of Julian Assange’s hearing, the fifth day overall continuing from the start of the substantive hearing in February.
Kevin Zeese, a Fighter for Truth, Dies at 64
Kevin died while planning to write about the extradition trial of Julian Assange, writes Margaret Flowers. He understood the great importance of this prosecution as a battle that will define journalism in the 21st century and our right to know.