Julian Assange’s father John Shipton joined CN Live! Thursday night to discuss several developments this week in the case of the imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘Beginning of the End’
Category: International
Chris Hedges: Reclaiming the US
“At what point does a beleaguered population living near or below the poverty line rise up in protest?” From the author’s talk on April 4 at the Independent National Convention in Austin, Texas.
WATCH: Protest at Australian Nuke Sub Port
Australians against deployment of nuclear submarines in their country protested Tuesday at the port where the AUKUS subs would be docked if Australia goes ahead with the A$368 billion plan.
Oil Giant Knew About Climate Impacts Even Earlier
Newly unveiled records show that Shell began collecting knowledge about climate change in the 1960s, Jessica Corbett reports.
Craig Murray: Evan Gershkovich & Julian Assange
Some of us have warned again and again that the prosecution of the WikiLeaks publisher made life more dangerous for journalists operating in difficult conditions worldwide. We were ignored.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Happiness of Others
For Americans, admitting that people in other parts of the world have and want different things from what they have and want can, in its subtle way, be devastating to their view of the world.
US Diplomacy — War, Never Peace
The neocons’ exceptionalist rhetoric — now standard fare — leads Washington into conflicts all over the world, in an unequivocal, Manichean way, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.
‘Significant Portion’ of UK Lethal Aid for Ukraine Stays Secret
The announcement raises suspicion that Britain is sending more controversial weaponry to Ukraine that it does not want made public, Matt Kennard reports.
French Governments Have a History of Bypassing Parliament
Far from constituting an exception, March 16 marks the 100th time under France’s Fifth Republic that the executive has drawn on special powers to force through an unpopular measure, writes Mathias Bernard.
Row Breaks Out Over Assange in Australian Senate
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong was asked point blank whether the prime minister raised Julian Assange with Joe Biden in San Diego last month. Chaos ensued.