(2021-06-16). The American Working Class Must Come to Assange's Defence! orinocotribune.com By Thomas Scripps — Jun 9, 2021 | Julian Assange's father and brother, John and Gabriel Shipton, are touring the United States to call for the WikiLeaks founder's release. They are visiting several American cities including Miami, Boston, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, San Francisco and Denver, before finishing in Washington DC. | Assange is a multi-award-winning journalist. His most significant work, carried out through WikiLeaks with the heroic whistleblower Chelsea Manning, is the publication of the Iraq and Afghan war logs and the US diplomatic cables in 2010 and the Guantanamo files in 2011. These releases ex…
(2021-06-16). New York Times marks 50 years since Pentagon Papers, ignoring persecution of Julian Assange. wsws.org The New York Times marked the anniversary of its publication of documents exposing the government's lies and criminality in the Vietnam War with a complicit silence on the imprisonment of Assange for doing the same in relation to Iraq and Afghanistan.
(2021-06-16). NYT marks 50 years since Pentagon Papers, ignoring persecution of Julian Assange. indybay.org The New York Times marked the anniversary of its publication of documents exposing the government's lies and criminality in the Vietnam War with a complicit silence on the imprisonment of Assange for doing the same in relation to Iraq and Afghanistan.
(2021-06-16). Two Armed Drones Shot Down Over Iraq's Baghdad (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Source: the Iraqi Security Media Cell. | Early on June 16, security forces of Baghdad Operations Command shot down two armed drones over the southern outskirts of the Iraqi capital. | In two separate statements, the Iraqi Security Media Cell said that the first drone was shot down over al-Rashid Military Camp, while the second one was shot down a few minutes later over the Alkrtan district. | According to Iraqi sources, the first drone fired a small, unguided munition at al-Rashid Military Camp…
(2021-06-15). Home Run For Julian Tour Grows US Demand To Free Assange. popularresistance.org Julian Assange's father and brother, John and Gabriel Shipton, are currently on tour in the United States to help organize a unified US movement in support of freeing Julian Assange and protecting press freedom. Clearing the FOG speaks with Gabriel Shipton about the tour, about Julian and about the reasons why it is critical that the Biden administration reverse the Trump era position of prosecuting Assange. It would be very simple for the Biden Department of Justice to cancel the appeal of the United Kingdom judge's decision not to extradite Assange and he would be free.
(2021-06-15). Reality Winner's Release From Federal Prison Met With Calls for Full Pardon. truthout.org 
Press freedom advocates were among those celebrating the release of former National Security Agency contractor Reality Winner on Monday after her attorney announced Winner had been transferred from federal prison to a halfway house. | Alison Grinter Allen, Winner's lawyer, Winner's release was not part of a commutation but was the resul…
(2021-06-15). Publicity and Exploitation: Fortress Australia and the Family from Biloela. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | Australian officials and paper mad types are running out of ideas as to how to be cruel towards refugees. We need to give them some credit: for years they have tried to do what most autocratic and murderous regimes do in a heartbeat: ignore international law, treat it with disdain and use those feeble excuses in the service of sovereignty. | As with any system of harm and torture, the justifiers cite a h…