(2021-08-13). Death and abuse of a child swept under the rug in New Mexico, whistleblowers punished. liberationnews.org 
The treatment of children, and their lack of protection by the capitalist state, is particularly appalling.
(2021-08-13). The Filmmaker Who Chronicles National Security Whistleblowers (Exclusive For Paid Subscribers). thedissenter.org In special edition of "Dissenter Weekly," filmmaker Sonia Kennebeck discusses her films profiling Reality Winner, Matt Dehart, and Daniel Hale.
(2021-08-13). Targeting the Medical Evidence: the US Challenge on Assange's Health. counterpunch.org The desperate attempt by the US imperium to nab Julian Assange was elevated to another level on August 11 in a preliminary hearing before the UK High Court. The central component to this gruesome affair was the continuing libel of the expert witness upon which District Justice Vanessa Baraitser placed so much emphasis in her
(2021-08-13). Jeremy Corbyn and the political dead-end of the official Don't Extradite Assange Campaign. wsws.org The DEA makes no appeal to the working class whatsoever, or to any broader layers of the population. It has produced a near hermetically sealed campaign of more or less prominent individuals, held in high regard by each other, who attend each other's events, and repost each other's comments.
(2021-08-13). A Day in the Death of British Justice. counterpunch.org I sat in Court 4 in the Royal Courts of Justice in London yesterday with Stella Moris, Julian Assange's partner. I have known Stella for as long as I have known Julian. She, too, is a voice of freedom, coming from a family that fought the fascism of Apartheid. Today, her name was uttered in court by a barrister and a judge, forgettable people were it not for the power of their endowed privilege.
(2021-08-12). US Wins Right To Appeal Health Grounds On Assange Extradition. popularresistance.org Two judges at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Wednesday sided with the United States to allow it to appeal the judgement by District Judge Vanessa Baraitser in January that Julian Assange was at too high a risk of suicide to be extradited to the United States. | The U.S. on July 5 was granted the right to appeal the decision not to extradite but not on the grounds of Assange's health. That was reversed on Wednesday. | The U.S. now has the right to argue that the testimony of the defense's key expert witness on suicide, Prof. Michael Kopelman, should be deemed inadmissible or granted little weight because…
(2021-08-12). Wikileaks Julian Assange and Free Press Setback. strategic-culture.org 
It is imperative that everyone who understands the need for a free press, the people's fundamental-democratic right to know, must act to defend Julian Assange. | Julian Assange, Wikileaks founder, is in greater danger of being extradited to the United States for publishing its crimes, and those of many other countries' governments. | Assange lost a high court decision yesterday, which allows the U.S. government to expand the reasons for its appeal to the January ruling of Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser. She had ruled against extradition to the United States to face charges of espionage in a Virginia court where whi…
(2021-08-12). Turkish combat drone maker to build research center, assembly plant in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkish Bayraktar TB2 combat drones — used with deadly effect in Nagorno-Karabakh, Iraq, Syria and Libya — are now being employed by Ukraine for the war in the Donbass. Turkey's Baykar intends to invest in creating scientific center, drone production in Ukraine The Turkish manufacturer of drones Baykar is developing an investment project to build a …
(2021-08-12). The Taliban Captured Advanced US-Made Drones At Kunduz Airport (Photos). southfront.org 
AL ASAD, Iraq—ScanEagle UAV sits on the catapult prior to launch. 16 April 2005, By Gunnery Sergeant Shannon Arledge of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. | The Taliban captured a number of US-made Boeing Insitu ScanEagle drones after taking over Kunduz Airport in northeastern Afghanistan on August 11. | On August 12, the group shared photos showing at least one of the captured drones as well as other weapons which were left behind by government forces at Kunduz Airport. The other…
(2021-08-12). Antiwar Group Blocks Entry to Raytheon Facility to Protest Killing of Civilians. truthout.org 
A group of anti-war activists blockaded the entrances to a Raytheon facility in Portsmouth, Rhode Island on Thursday morning to protest the role the weapons-maker plays in the killing of civilians in Yemen, the occupied Palestinian territories, and elsewhere around the world. | The demonstration was organized and live-streamed on Facebook by Resist and Abolish the Military Industrial Complex (RAM INC) and The FANG Collective, a direct-action organization based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. (…