2020-05-05: News Headlines

Aaron Maté (2020-05-05). US refuses to extradite CIA agent who killed UK teen Harry Dunn. thegrayzone.com As the US government hunts Julian Assange, it refuses to extradite a CIA agent who killed UK teen Harry Dunn…

WSWS (2020-05-05). Assange extradition hearing rescheduled for September. wsws.org The British state continues to obstruct both Assange's ability to conduct his defence and journalists' ability to report on the case in detail.

Dave DeCamp (2020-05-05). OPCW Insiders Denounce Latest Syria Report. globalresearch.ca Over the past year, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been quietly facing a crisis of credibility. The crisis started when whistleblowers within the organization shared information that contradicted the findings of an OPCW investigation into …

RT (2020-05-04). Top engineer quits Amazon in protest over firings of Covid-19 whistleblower employees. rt.com Vice-president and top engineer at Amazon Web Services Tim Bray has resigned in protest over the firings of workers, mainly from minorities, who complained over conditions at the company's warehouses during the Covid-19 pandemic. | "I quit in dismay at Amazon firing whistleblowers who were making noise about warehouse employees frightened of Covid-19," Bray wrote in an open letter titled Bray admitted working with…

Staff (2020-05-04). Germany Plans To Arm Drones Under Cover Of COVID-19 Crisis. therealnews.com Peace groups in Germany are alarmed that the German defense ministry is planning to arm drones while the legally-required debate can't be held under the COVID-19 shutdown.

acTVism Munich (2020-05-02). Wikileaks Chief Editor on Assange: "People need to care" dissidentvoice.org

Ted Kelly (2020-05-02). PA prisoners tortured for protesting racist policies. workers.org Eric McGill was locked up in Lebanon County Correctional Facility in Lebanon, Pa., on Jan. 19, 2019. For 15 months now he has been held there, not because he has been convicted of a crime, but because he cannot afford the preposterous $1 million bail the judge set. And during . . . |

Staff (2020-04-30). Stir Crazy! Episode #25: Schools Out For…Ever? therealnews.com On today's show: TRNN Executive Producer Lisa Snowden-McCray, "By Any Means Necessary" co-host Jacqueline Luqman, and special guest Center for American Progress Managing Director for K-12 Education Policy Dr. Khalilah Harris. Hosted by Kim Brown.

Staff (2020-04-27). Stir Crazy! Episode #22: Another Day in Paradise. therealnews.com On today's show: TRNN Managing Editor Marc Steiner, TRNN Executive Producer Lisa Snowden-McCray, and special guest political commentator Marcus Ferrell. Hosted by Kim Brown.

VINS (2020-04-03). Military-Grade Drones to Operate over San Diego in 2020. projectcensored.org As tensions between Iran and the United States remain high, the US military is preparing to conduct test flights of drones over major American cities, Truthout reported in January 2020….

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-05-04). Citing 'Vein of Toxicity' and Firing of Whistleblowers, Amazon VP Resigns in Disgust. commondreams.org Now-former Amazon engineer Tim Bray won praise from labor rights advocates on Monday after resigning from his high-ranking position over the company's treatment of whistleblowers during the Covid-19 pandemic, publishing a "scathing" letter on his personal blog. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1211479571_1.jpg