The War on Drugs in Mexico is Also a War on Journalists
Susie Day | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-05
What is press freedom and how do we know what it looks like? While we in the United States are absorbed in Julian Assange-related quandaries about just who is a journalist, and whether leaked information can or should compromise national security, reporters in Mexico are harassed and killed daily for covering a "drug war" launched in…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/05/the-war-on-drugs-in-mexico-is-also-a-war-on-journalists/
Assange's father speaks to the WSWS: "Julian's resolve is fierce"
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2019-08-05
John Shipton tells the World Socialist Web Site: ordinary people can take a stand in the defence of his son, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/05/18825220.php
Assange's father speaks to the WSWS: "Julian's resolve is fierce"
wsws.org | 2019-08-05
John Shipton condemned the Australian government's refusal to raise the issue of Assange with the US, or to take any action in his defence, declaring: "Silence is complicity."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/05/ship-a05.html
Press Freedom, Whistleblowers & The Case Of Assange, Manning & Carmody
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-08-05
On July 20, 2019 a forum was held on Press Freedom, Whistleblowers & the Case of Assange, Manning and Carmody. The panelists discussed these cases and the fight to defend journalists and whistleblowers including the fight in the labor movement.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/04/18825203.php
The Trump Administration Is Using the Full Power of the U.S. Surveillance State Against Whistleblowers
Micah Lee | theintercept.com | 2019-08-04
An examination of the court filings in all seven leak cases filed under Trump yields a detailed picture of the methods the government uses to unmask confidential sources.
theintercept.com/2019/08/04/whistleblowers-surveillance-fbi-trump/
Despite briefing by Julian Assange's lawyer, Australian politicians still refuse to defend him
wsws.org | 2019-08-03
Intensive lobbying in Canberra this week failed to convince any parliamentarian to oppose the Trump administration's bid to extradite the WikiLeaks founder.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/03/assa-a03.html