Should I Speak of Distant Oppression?
Andrés Castro | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-01
Should I Speak of Distant Oppression? Generations of my people were never butchered for their land or turned into roaming refugees; my elders were not tortured for talking back; I was not forced to see a sister or mother raped; my son and daughter never ran for their lives; they could simply walk to school…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/01/should-i-speak-of-distant-oppression/

Julian Assange's lawyer briefs Australian parliamentarians on his persecution
wsws.org | 2019-08-01
The event reflected concerns within the ruling elite over popular opposition to the Trump administration's bid to prosecute the WikiLeaks founder.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/01/robi-a01.html

US federal court exposes Democratic Party conspiracy against Assange and WikiLeaks
wsws.org | 2019-07-31
The decision exposes the Democratic Party in a conspiracy to attack free speech and cover up the crimes of US imperialism and the two parties of Wall Street.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/31/assa-j31.html

US federal court exposes Democratic Party conspiracy against Assange and WikiLeaks
wsws.org | 2019-07-31
The decision exposes the Democratic Party in a conspiracy to attack free speech and cover up the crimes of US imperialism and the two parties of Wall Street.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/01/assa-j31.html

Mike Pompeo Is Donald Trump's De Facto Intelligence Czar
James Risen | theintercept.com | 2019-07-29
Haspel has little room to maneuver to maintain her independence from Trump, or even from Pompeo. The CIA's independence and integrity have been threatened as a result. | Haspel, whose ties to the CIA's torture program made her anathema to Democrats, has been in an unfavorable political position since she became CIA director. She was chief of base at a secret CIA black-site prison in Thailand in 2002, when a detainee was subjected to waterboarding and other torture tactics. In 2005, w…
theintercept.com/2019/07/29/mike-pompeo-is-donald-trumps-de-facto-intelligence-czar/