Daily Archives: November 4, 2021

2021-11-04: News Headlines

John Pilger (2021-11-04). Why Julian Assange's inhumane prosecution imperils justice for us all. mronline.org The damage done to the Wikileaks co-founder in his decade of incarceration and uncertainty, including more than two years in Belmarsh is beyond doubt. But so, too, is his courage beyond doubt.

_____ (2021-11-03). Justice For Assange Is Justice For All. popularresistance.org When I first saw Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison, in 2019, shortly after he had been dragged from his refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy, he said, "I think I am losing my mind". | He was gaunt and emaciated, his eyes hollow and the thinness of his arms was emphasised by a yellow identifying cloth tied around his left arm, an evocative symbol of institutional control. | For all but the two hours of my visit, he was confined to a solitary cell in a wing known as "healthcare", an Orwellian name. In the cell next to him a deeply disturbed man screamed through the night. Another occupant suffered from terminal cancer.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-03). Facebook whistleblower's revelation on 'profits over safety' model. peoplesdispatch.org Senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and tech expert Bappa Sinha discuss the Frances Haugen revelations on Facebook, the perils of its business model and what can be done to regulate the company…

Anonymous103 (2021-11-03). USA Versus Julian Assange — Extradition Appeal. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageSF foreword: our team expresses its full support to Julian Assange and all those who are fighting for justice and his immediate release. | On the 27th and 28th of October prosecutors for the United States tried to persuade two High Court judges that they should overturn the decision made in January not to extradite Julian Assange to the US. | Outside the court there was a lively protest that was addressed by various speakers including Jeremy Corbyn. He made an impassioned speech demanding the British…

Heather Digby Parton (2021-11-03). A US Military Jury Is Seeking Clemency for a Guantánamo Detainee. truthout.org Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of torture and sexual assault. | With all of the hoopla this past week over the off-year elections, President Biden's foreign trip, and the ongoing drama on Capitol Hill, there was very little discussion of the latest chapter in one of the most important and horrific stories of our time. | The New York Times

_____ (2021-11-03). Daniel Hale And America's Unending Persecution Of Whistleblowers. popularresistance.org Struggling with the moral injury of taking part in America's expanding drone wars, Daniel Hale took it as his civic duty to tell his fellow Americans the truth about what was being done in their name. In 2014, the former Air Force member and National Security Agency intelligence analyst leaked 17 documents to The Intercept that provided the basis for a series of articles detailing the full scope of the civilian deaths caused by U.S. drone strikes. | Despite being billed by President Barack Obama, whose administration greatly expanded the drone wars, as "exceptionally surgical and precise," what Hale's leaks revea…

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