If the U.S. wins its appeal, Julian Assange will face prosecution under a severe espionage law with roots in the British Official Secrets Act that is part of a history of repression of press freedom, reports Joe Lauria.
Tag: Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson’s Racism & His Support For Zionism
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Espionage is the Charge, But He’s Really Accused of Sedition
Reassessing American ‘Heroes’
How a Classic Movie Fueled US Racism
Learning No Lessons About War
Reasons for Intellectual Conformity
A History of False Fear
How America Became an Empire
Exclusive: Director Oliver Stone and historian Peter Kuznick offer a major reexamination of modern American history in “The Untold History of the United States,” which has many strengths amid a few shortcomings, writes Jim DiEugenio in this first of a two-part…
Stumbling into Disastrous Wars
The pundits say America’s economic angst will trump worries about war in the Nov. 6 election. However, as Americans learned a decade ago, careless foreign policies can have disastrous consequences, a lesson that ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar also traces…