Daily Archives: July 10, 2021

2021-07-10: News Headlines

Cynthia Papermaster (2021-07-10). Sunday 7/11: Tell Pelosi: Stop Prosecutions of Assange & Hale; Stop Asian Hate. indybay.org Pelosi's residence, Broadway @ Normandie Terrace, Pacific Heights, San Francisco…

WSWS (2021-07-10). Democrats cover up links between fascist "trainers," US Capitol Police and other police departments. wsws.org Last month it was revealed that an emergency response unit of the US Capitol Police, which failed to deploy against the January 6 insurrection, was trained by Northern Red, a private neo-Nazi paramilitary contractor.

Rick Rozoff (2021-07-09). Excerpts. Turkey, Pakistan quid pro quo: drones for nuclear weapons? antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Excerpts. Turkey, Pakistan quid pro quo: drones for nuclear weapons? ThePrintJuly 7, 2021 Sources in the Indian defence and security establishment said possible procurement of armed drones, especially the Bayraktar TB-2 that helped Azerbaijan defeat Armenia last year, joint defence projects, collaboration in Afghanistan and greater Turkish investments in Pakistan are some of the issues …

Binoy Kampmark (2021-07-09). Rotten at the Core: the US Appeal of the Assange Ruling. counterpunch.org It took over half a year, but the US government's case against Julian Assange continues its draining grind. Even the Biden administration, which claims to tolerate a free press and truthful dialogue with the fourth estate, has decided to exhaust its legal options in seeking the publisher's scalp. On July 7, the UK High Court

_____ (2021-07-09). 95 Greek Parliamentarians Tell Biden: 'Drop All Charges Against Assange'. popularresistance.org As part of the international mobilisation to apply pressure on the US government to end the persecution of Julian Assange, MeRA25 invited members of Greece's Parliament to co-sign the letter below, addressed to President Biden. | The letter reminds the US President that, as Obama's Vice-President, he took the decision not to prosecute Julian. Indeed, the prosecution — and request to the UK authorities that he be extradited to the US — went ahead under President Trump. The letter also reminds Mr Biden that Julian is fading daily in solitary confinement because his Department of Justice chose to appeal…

_____ (2021-07-09). The Assange Case Isn't About National Security, It's About Narrative Control. strategic-culture.org The Assange case receives so much attention not because of interest in one man's fate, but because of interest in everyone's fate. If humanity is ever to turn away from its self-destructive patterns and create a healthy world, it will necessarily need to do so guided by the light of truth and transparency.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-07-09). UK court allows US appeal on Assange's extradition on limited grounds. peoplesdispatch.org Prosecutors said judge Vanessa Baraitser erred in determining what could be "oppressive conditions" in case Assange is extradited. They claimed she did not give the US enough opportunity to give "assurances" over her concerns about harsh prison conditions…

Kathy Kelly (2021-07-09). Why Whistleblower Daniel Hale Deserves Gratitude, Not Prison. counterpunch.org "Pardon Daniel Hale." These words hung in the air on a recent Saturday evening, projected onto several Washington, D.C. buildings, above the face of a courageous whistleblower facing ten years in prison. The artists aimed to inform the U.S. public about Daniel E. Hale, a former Air Force analyst who blew the whistle on the

Karen J. Greenberg (2021-07-09). Torture, Wars of Aggression, Violations of Bill of Rights: Will there ever be accountability for America's Orgy of War Crimes in the 21st Century. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com) — America has an accountability problem. In fact, if the Covid-19 disaster, the January 6th Capitol attack, and the Trump years are any indication, the American lexicon has essentially dispensed with the term "accountability." This should come as no surprise. After all, there's nothing particularly new about this. In the Bush years, those …

Global Voices (2021-07-09). 'A pandemic of impunity in a tortured land': Stalemate in Yemen War Worsens Human Rights Crisis. juancole.com By Saoussen Ben Cheikh | — (GlobalVoices.org ) — The latest peace talks in Oman fell apart apart, and for Yemenis, that means going back to square one. Escalations in Marib have worsened the dire humanitarian situation and the suffering of civilians in a conflict that has entered its sixth year. An activist speaking to …

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