(2019-07-20). Basta !!! Free Chelsea Manning & Julien Assange Oakland Weekly Friday tabling. indybay.org MacArthur and Fruitvale oakland…
(2019-07-20). Scottish National Party supports the witch-hunting of Julian Assange. wsws.org The statements of Scottish National Party representatives on the hounding and torture of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange make clear the party supports his jailing and extradition.
(2019-07-20). Consortium News website taken down by a malware attack after streaming program defending Julian Assange. wsws.org The independent investigative journalism website Consortium News was brought down on Monday by a malware attack following the inaugural episode of CN Live!
(2019-07-19). Spying on Julian Assange. counterpunch.org History's scope for the absurd and tragic is infinite. Like Sisyphus engaged in permanent labours pushing a boulder up a slope, the effort of making sense of such scope is likewise, absurdly infinite. To see images of an exhausted and world-weary Julian Assange attempting to dodge the all-eye surveillance operation that he would complain about More
(2019-07-19). Twitter Restores Assange Activism Account In Response To Backlash. dissidentvoice.org After a week of vocal protests from online supporters of Julian Assange, Twitter has reversed its unjust removal of the prominent pro-Assange activism account @Unity4J. After the account was suspended without any explanation being presented to its operators, Assange supporters drew a clear line in the sand against internet censorship and began making a big …
(2019-07-19). In a Crisis of Democracy, We Must All Become Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org 
The US government's indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange marked the worst attack on press freedom in modern history. Assange has been charged with 18 counts, including 17 violations of the Espionage Act. James Goodale, former general counsel of the New York Times, who urged the paper to publish the Pentagon Papers during the Nixon …
(2019-07-19). In 2003, This U.K. Whistleblower Almost Stopped the Iraq Invasion. A New Film Tells Her Story. democracynow.org 
In 2003, Katharine Gun, a young specialist working for Britain's Government Communications Headquarters, exposed a highly confidential memo that revealed the United States' collaboration with Britain in collecting sensitive information on United Nations Security Council members in order to pressure them into supporting the Iraq invasion. Gun leaked the memo to the press, setting off a chain of events that jeopardized her freedom and safety, but also opened the door to putting the entire legality of the Iraq invasion on trial. ‚Ä®‚Ä®Acclaimed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsb…
(2019-07-19). New Film Shows How UK Whistleblower Almost Stopped the Iraq Invasion in 2003. truthout.org | | In 2003, Katharine Gun, a young specialist working for Britain's Government Communications Headquarters, exposed a highly confidential memo that revealed the United States' collaboration with Britain in collecting sensitive information on United Nations Security Council members in order to pressure them into supporting the Iraq invasion. Gun leaked the memo to the press, setting off a chain of events that jeopardized her freedom and safety, but also opened the door to putting the entire l…
(2019-07-19). Iran Denies Trump Claim That U.S. Destroyed Iranian Drone. truthdig.com TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Friday denied President Donald Trump's claim that a U.S. warship destroyed an Iranian drone near the Persian Gulf in another escalation of tensions between the two countries less than a month after Trump nearly launched an airstrike. | The Iranian military said all its drones had returned safely to their bases and denied there was any confrontation with a U.S. vessel the previous day. | The country's Revolutionary Guard said on its website it would release before-and-after images from the drone — it did not say when — to prove it was not destroyed. | "We have not lost any…
(2019-07-19). Iran Releases Video Disproving US Claims of Downed Drone. telesurenglish.net The Iranian government has released a new video on Friday showing one of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' (IRGC) drones following the USS Boxer as it sailed through the Strait of Hormuz. | RELATED: | Gibraltar to Detain Iranian Oil Tanker for Another Month | This new video, which was released on state-owned Press TV, showed the USS Boxer before and after it sailed through the imperative waterways of the Strait of Hormuz. The video supposedly proves Iran's claims that their dron…
(2019-07-19). Indian Trotskyists to hold "Free Julian Assange" rallies in Chennai and Kolkata. wsws.org Rallies in two of India's biggest cities will take forward the call issued by the World Socialist Web Site international editorial board for the formation of a Global Defence Committee.
(2019-07-19). Calling Trump Claim 'Delusional,' Iran Says US May Have Shot Down Its Own Drone by Mistake. commondreams.org "All drones belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz have returned to their bases," said a spokesman for the Iranian armed forces | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/drone_4.jpg …
(2019-07-18). Spying on Julian Assange: UC Global, CNN and Russian Couriers. dissidentvoice.org History's scope for the absurd and tragic is infinite. Like Sisyphus engaged in permanent labours pushing a boulder up a slope, the effort of making sense of such scope is likewise, absurdly infinite. To see images of an exhausted and world-weary Julian Assange attempting to dodge the all-eye surveillance operation that he would complain about …
(2019-07-18). Torture tactics? 'Baby Shark' played on repeat at night to deter homeless from Florida city building. rt.com 
Florida officials have reportedly been playing a selection of children's songs, including the toddler hit 'Baby Shark', on repeat throughout the night to keep homeless people from sleeping outside a city-owned community building.
(2019-07-16). How Israeli-Designed Drones Became Russia's Eyes in the Sky for Defending Bashar al-Assad. theintercept.com 
Last summer, Israel shot down yet another military drone near the line that separates the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights from the rest of Syria. The confrontation would have been business as usual, if not for a twist: Images of the destroyed drone showed Cyrillic tail markings and other identifiable components of a Forpost belonging to Russia. The findings presented an awkward geopolitical moment: Syria and Russia are allies, and Syria and Israel are bitter enemies — but the Russ…
(2019-07-12). Then CIA is Invoking Wikileaks to Push for the Expansion of a Cold War Era Secrecy Law. mintpressnews.com 
Three decades ago, the CIA mobilized to protect itself from radical acts of transparency, and now, with the internet and organizations like WikiLeaks, it hopes to be able to further isolate and criminalize those who challenge it.
(2019-07-09). UAE's Yemen Troop Withdrawal Follows New Houthi Weapons and Threats of Attack on Dubai. mintpressnews.com 
The Houthi strategy of striking the Saudi-led Coalition on its own territory appears to be working, as Saudi Arabia's main partner in its war on Yemen, the UAE, recently announced it would begin a drawdown of troops from the country.
(2019-06-28). Working in Prison, I Witnessed the Inhumane Conditions of Solitary for Incarcerated Women. aclu.org Solitary confinement can amount to torture. One practitioner witnessed this first hand, and shares her story and her journey to action. | At the first checkpoint at Tennessee Prison for Women, there was a large, scrolling television screen behind the desk displaying the image of two pairs of hands — one pair with a key and one pair in handcuffs. The message read, "You can either be one of us or one of them." I had been working in the facility for less than a year, but this message exemplified an uneasiness I had long felt without articulating: The prison's faàßade of "rehabilitation" masked a system s…