Assange’s case is a testimony to the deepening crisis of Western liberal democracy, writes Nozomi Hiyase. What has been revealed is a widespread breakdown of systems of accountability and a dangerous trend toward authoritarianism.
Eight years of misdirection by the corporate media has laid the ground for the current public indifference to Assange’s extradition and widespread ignorance of its horrendous implications, writes Jonathan Cook.
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Looking beyond the distractions, one can see what really matters, like detecting cancer.
Those, like environmental lawyer Steven Donziger, who fight the corporate control of our society on behalf of the vulnerable find the institutions of power unite to crucify them.
John Wight says Britain’s historical songs and national anthem bear false witness to history, with ongoing diabolical consequences.
Lawrence Davidson responds to Caroline Glick’s tirade, picked up by Newsweek, against the late American-Palestinian scholar.
