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
Category: Civil Rights
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.
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.
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.
‘Faith in Dialogue’ Won’t Stop Zionist Violence
Lawrence Davidson responds to a recent commentary in The New York Times by two heirs of the Black-Jewish alliance of the 1960s.
India’s Motive in Prosecuting Arundhati Roy
The Modi government plans to try the globally renowned author under a draconian anti-terrorism law, reports Ullekh NP.
The Dangerous ‘Anti-Semitism Awareness’ Act
The real goal of the bill is to suppress free speech, writes Richard Eskow. If enacted it would ultimately infringe everyone’s civil liberties.
Chiquita Liable for Banana Worker Murders
Jurors in West Palm Beach, Florida, found the banana giant responsible for funding a right-wing paramilitary group in the 1990s and 2000s and awarded $38.3 million in damages to eight families.
Academia Only as Free as Powerful Donors Allow
Jonathan Cook comments on The Intercept‘s coverage of two prestigious law reviews’ censorship of a Palestinian scholar.
Harvard’s Punitive ‘Palestine Exception’
Members of the university’s medical faculty call out the Harvard Corporation’s disproportionate punishment of 13 seniors for participating in the school’s Gaza solidarity encampment.