The nature of the war against Americans in the past, is the nature of the war now.
THE ANGRY ARAB: How Western Media Came to Mirror That of Gulf Despots
Among the locals in the Middle East who work for foreign media, you won’t find anyone who criticizes Saudi Arabia or supports resistance to Israel, writes As`ad AbuKhalil. They simply won’t be hired.
Accepting Boris Johnson’s Lies
A deceitful prime minister is a price that a majority of British voters seem prepared to pay for one that represents their values, writes Johanna Ross.
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The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — 5: The Pentagon Papers
Merkel Is Sent Letter on Assange Before Her Visit to Biden
On her way to the White House, the German chancellor has a received a letter from Bundestag members, journalists and artists telling her to bring up Assange with the U.S. president.
EDITORIAL: US Offer on Assange is New Evidence & Should Have Been Rejected
The U.S. offer to keep Julian Assange out of SAMS and to let him to serve time in Australia if convicted amounted to new evidence not normally allowed under appeal procedures.
Our ‘Obsessive’ Coverage of Assange
Some readers have asked us why we are “obsessed” with the case of Julian Assange.
95 Greek & 10 Icelandic MPs Join Call to Biden to Free Assange
The Greek and Icelandic MPs have joined British and Australian counterparts in telling President Joe Biden to drop the charges against the WikiLeaks publisher.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: DOJ Promises Ring Hollow
The U.S. government hates Julian Assange. Can we trust the Justice Department to not put him in a SAM unit or to keep him out of an ADX super max prison?
Advanced Technologies, American Empire, Commentary, Constitution, Intelligence, Media, Secrecy, Surveillance
Sham Surveillance Safeguards Vs. Tucker Carlson
James Bovard skewers the civil liberties watchdog board, calling it the same kind of lap dog as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
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The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — 4: In Hot & Cold War
Afghanistan, American Empire, Commentary, Foreign Policy, Gun Violence, Iraq, Militarism, U.S., Until This Day--Historical Perspectives on the News
US Wars Come Home to Roost
The Drugging of American Politics
Alfred McCoy rounds up 50 years of racist U.S. policymaking on drug abuse, first by Republicans Nixon and Reagan and then by Democrat Bill Clinton.
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The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — 3: Passing the Espionage Act
Desperate to Get Assange, US Promises No SAMS & Prison Time in Australia
To fight its appeal, the U.S. is now promising not to put Julian Assange in Special Administrative Measures isolation and to allow him to be imprisoned in Australia if convicted.
Sweeping It Under the Carpet
Because western media are designed to protect the powerful, most people are more aware of smears about Assange being a Russian agent or a rapist than of his victimization by a tyrannical assault on world press freedoms, writes Caity Johnstone.
The Espionage Act & Julian Assange — 2: The Espionage Act’s UK Origins
UK High Court Allows US to Appeal Ban on Assange Extradition
The High Court in London on Wednesday accepted the U.S. application to appeal the Jan. 4 Magistrate Court’s judgement that Julian Assange should not be extradited because of his health and the condition of U.S. prisons.
Doctors Tell Biden: Let Assange Go
More than 250 doctors around the world have written to Joe Biden to tell him to drop the Espionage Act charges against Julian Assange in retaliation for publishing critical information about the United States.
The Silence of ‘Global Music’ About Vaccine Apartheid
It’s shameful that the music industry has not uttered a collective word of protest about rich, primarily Western countries hoarding doses, writes Vik Sohonie.