2019-10-14: Social Media Postees

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A Coalition of Support: Parliamentarians for Julian Assange
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-14
Australian politicians, and the consular staff of the country, are rarely that engaged on the subject of protecting their citizens. In a couple of notorious cases, Australian authorities demonstrated not only an indifference, but a consciously venal approach to its citizens in overseas theatres. Mamdouh Ahmed Habib, a dual Australian-Egyptian national, was detained in Pakistan …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/a-coalition-of-support-parliamentarians-for-julian-assange/

Protest in New Zealand six months after Assange's arrest
wsws.org | 2019-10-14
The Socialist Equality Group's Tom Peters denounced the New Zealand government's support for US imperialism and the persecution of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/14/nzas-o14.html

Assange: Enema of the State
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-14
Crikey, he gives them the shits. Hillary once said — even before the 2016 election — "Can't we just drone him?" Maybe you're thinking she was just joking, like Obama that time at the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2010, when he cracked that he'd take out the Jonas Brothers with a Predator drone strike,…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/14/assange-enema-of-the-state/

M.I.A. visits Julian Assange in prison: "It's about truth–and that's something people have to uphold and fight for"
wsws.org | 2019-10-14
Speaking at a press conference outside Belmarsh late Saturday afternoon, M.I.A.–Sri Lankan-born Mathangi 'Maya' Arulpragasam–condemned Assange's tormentors, indicting the US and UK governments, the courts and the corporate media.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/14/belm-o14.html

Prominent Australian parliamentarian declares extradition of Julian Assange to US "totally unreasonable"
wsws.org | 2019-10-14
Barnaby Joyce admitted this morning that the attempt to extradite Assange is a flagrant attack on his rights as an Australian citizen.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/14/joyc-o14.html

The Sudden Martyrdom of the Government Whistleblower
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-10-14
This piece originally appeared on The American Conservative. | Few see the irony in the corporate mainstream media's love affair with the anonymous whistleblower in President Trump's alleged Ukraine-gate affair. Yet everyone should. | The whole impeachment charade, and that's what it is, rests on the paradoxical and ahistorical assertions that 1) the president's phone call with Ukraine's leader is Trump's worst crime, and 2) the "liberal" press has always supported government whistleblowers. Both…
truthdig.com/articles/the-sudden-martyrdom-of-the-government-whistleblower/

Six months since the brutal arrest of WikiLeaks' publisher Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2019-10-12
While Assange is subjected to what amounts to torture in a British prison, the war criminals he has done so much to expose walk free.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/12/pers-o12.html

Ecuador: 'Drones' revolt against Moreno's neoliberal policies
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-11
Latin America Denis RogatyukIssue 1240 Ecuador IMF rejection of neoliberalismOctober 11, 2019″Se acabó la zanganería" ("the bludging is over with"). | With this phrase, President Lenin Moreno announce…
greenleft.org.au/content/ecuador-drones-revolt-against-moreno-neoliberal-policies

CIA spied on Julian Assange 24/7 in Ecuadorian embassy
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-10
The CIA was given 24/7 video and audio surveillance of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange while he lived under asylum at…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/10/cia-spied-on-julian-assange-in-ecuadorian-embassy/

'Political Interference in the Whistleblower Disclosure Process Is Horrifying' – CounterSpin interview with Dana Gold on whistleblower protection
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-10-08
Janine Jackson interview the Government Accountability Project's Dana Gold about whistleblower protection for the October 4, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
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Dana Gold on Whistleblower Protections, Craig Aaron on Net Neutrality Setback
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-10-04
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