Daily Archives: April 13, 2020

2020-04-13: News Headlines

Binoy Kampmark (2020-04-13). Julian Assange: One Year in Belmarsh. counterpunch.org It should not be a matter of distinction, but Julian Assange is a figure who is becoming the apotheosis of political imprisonment. This seems laughable to those convinced he is an agent without scruple, a compromiser of the Fourth Estate, a figure best packed off to a prison system that will, in all assuredness, kill

Oscar Grenfell (2020-04-13). A Year Since the Arrest of WikiLeaks Publisher Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca Today marks 12 months since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police and security officers after being illegally expelled from Ecuador's London embassy, where he had lived and worked as a political refugee for seven years. | The sight …

WSWS (2020-04-13). Julian Assange's partner Stella Morris speaks out: "His life is on the brink" wsws.org Morris's comments are a moving refutation of the media smears directed against Assange and underscore the urgency of the fight for his immediate freedom.

Labor Video Project (2020-04-13). COVID-19 SF DPH Healthcare Workers Under Attack, Health & Safety, Racism & Retaliation. indybay.org The COVID pandemic is being used to violate union contracts and retaliate against whistleblowers. This pandemic is also hitting Black workers and their families even more heavily. There is also no enforcement by Governor Newsom's Cal-OSHA which has fewer than 200 inspectors for 18 million workers.

Nozomi Hayase (2020-04-11). Assange's Extradition: Incarceration in the Time of Covid-19 Threatens His Life. commondreams.org Demonstrators protest outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London on October 21, 2019. (Photo: Isabel Infantes/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/assange_coronavirus.jpg

2020-04-13: Social Media Postees

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A Year Since the Arrest of WikiLeaks Publisher Julian Assange
Oscar Grenfell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-13
Today marks 12 months since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police and security officers after being illegally expelled from Ecuador's London embassy, where he had lived and worked as a political refugee for seven years. | The sight …
globalresearch.ca/year-since-arrest-wikileaks-publisher-julian-assange/5709458

Julian Assange's partner Stella Morris speaks out: "His life is on the brink"
wsws.org | 2020-04-13
Morris's comments are a moving refutation of the media smears directed against Assange and underscore the urgency of the fight for his immediate freedom.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/04/13/assa-a13.html

Julian Assange: One Year in Belmarsh
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-13
It should not be a matter of distinction, but Julian Assange is a figure who is becoming the apotheosis of political imprisonment. This seems laughable to those convinced he is an agent without scruple, a compromiser of the Fourth Estate, a figure best packed off to a prison system that will, in all assuredness, kill…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/13/julian-assange-one-year-in-belmarsh/

COVID-19 SF DPH Healthcare Workers Under Attack, Health & Safety, Racism & Retaliation
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-04-13
The COVID pandemic is being used to violate union contracts and retaliate against whistleblowers. This pandemic is also hitting Black workers and their families even more heavily. There is also no enforcement by Governor Newsom's Cal-OSHA which has fewer than 200 inspectors for 18 million workers.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/09/18832221.php

Julian Assange: One Year In Belmarsh
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-12
It should not be a matter of distinction, but Julian Assange is a figure who is becoming the apotheosis of political imprisonment. This seems laughable to those convinced he is an agent without scruple, a compromiser of the Fourth Estate, a figure best packed off to a prison system that will, in all assuredness, kill …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/julian-assange-one-year-in-belmarsh/

Julian Assange: One Year in Belmarsh
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-04-12
It should not be a matter of distinction, but Julian Assange is a figure who is becoming the apotheosis of political imprisonment. This seems laughable to those convinced he is an agent without scruple, a compromiser of the Fourth Estate, …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-one-year-belmarsh/5709365

Assange's Extradition: Incarceration in the Time of Covid-19 Threatens His Life
Nozomi Hayase | commondreams.org | 2020-04-11
Demonstrators protest outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London on October 21, 2019. (Photo: Isabel Infantes/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/assange_coronavirus.jpg
commondreams.org/views/2020/04/11/assanges-extradition-incarceration-time-covid-19-threatens-his-life?cd-origin=rss