(2022-10-10). The Military Industrial Media Complex Wants You to Be More Media (I)Literate! transcend.org 4 Oct 2022 – A true media literacy education empowers students to be autonomous and sophisticated media users, who ask their own questions about who controls media messaging and interrogate the power structures behind them. When a student is left dependent on the military industrial complex to analyze content for them, it is not education, it is indoctrination.
(2022-10-10). The Call Heard Around The World. popularresistance.org On Saturday, October 8, thousands of people in the UK gathered for a massive act of solidarity with political prisoner and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Protestors formed a human chain around the Parliament in London to demand that the government cancel Assange's looming extradition to the US, and for him to finally be freed. Stella Morris, Assange's partner, told The Independent that the action had been organized because Parliament was the "seat of democracy" and that Assange represented "democracy at its strongest— government accountability and democratic movement…It is to remind people that this is…
(2022-10-10). Putin Grants Russian Citizenship to US Whistleblower Edward Snowden. transcend.org 26 Sep 2022 – Vladimir Putin signed a decree today granting Russian citizenship to the US whistleblower Edward Snowden, 39, a former intelligence contractor who has been living in Russia since 2013 after leaking secret files that revealed vast domestic and international surveillance operations by the NSA.
(2022-10-10). 'End the War on Journalism and Free Assange': Thousands Demand Release of WikiLeaks Founder. transcend.org 9 Oct 2022 – Supporters of Julian Assange held a massive transatlantic protest yesterday to demand his freedom. In London, thousands formed a giant human chain around Britain's parliament; in Washington D.C., people gathered outside the Department of Justice demanding that Attorney General Merrick Garland end U.S. attempts to extradite Assange.
(2022-10-10). Julian Assange tests positive for COVID-19. wsws.org Assange's wife, Stella, told the press, "I am obviously worried about him and the next few days will be crucial for his general health. He is now locked in his cell for 24 hours a day."
(2022-10-10). Guantanamo Detainee Used as 'Prop' for Torture Training Losing Battle for Medical Care. globalresearch.ca
(2022-10-10). World Socialist Web Site interviews CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou about Julian Assange's extradition. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site spoke with Mr. Kiriakou at a recent rally in Washington D.C. about the implications of the US attempt to extradite Assange, the defense of democratic rights, as well as the importance of Assange's plight for working people…
(2022-10-10). The Puppets and the Puppet Masters. commondreams.org The judicial proceedings against Julian Assange give a faux legality to the state persecution of the most important and courageous journalist of our generation.
(2022-10-10). Alameda County Sheriff Drones Flew Over the Solano Stroll. indybay.org In September, the next door cities of Berkeley and Albany hold a street fair called the Solano Stroll, along the avenue that crosses both cities. The event attracts thousands of people.
(2022-10-10). Cafetaleros de Guantánamo por lograr más calidad en la cosecha. cubadebate.cu Más de 47 500 latas de café acopiaron los cafetaleros desde que comenzó la cosecha en Guantánamo a mediados de septiembre, en una zafra que, aunque se estima pequeña en comparación con la del año anterior, motiva a los caficultores con precios incrementados para el arábigo, a la vez que aportan a la economía nacional.