2022-11-15: News Headlines

Who Watches… Y'know (2022-11-15). Berkeley PD Whistleblower Leads to Call in Delaying Confirmation of Police Chief. indybay.org An unnamed whistleblower, formerly from the ranks of the Berkeley Police Department, has come forward with allegations against department members and the interim police chief. The whistleblower has been in contact with the Police Accountability Board. The board is now asking Berkeley city council to delay the promotion of the interim police chief to permanent status.

____ (2022-11-14). Letter from Manuel Zelaya, former President of Honduras, to the British PM about Julian Assange. transcend.org 11 Nov 2022 – Your Excellency PM Sunak, I am writing to you in my capacity as Former President of the Republic of Honduras to request the review of the extradition to the USA and the immediate release of the Australian cyber journalist and activist Julian Assange. I base this request on humanitarian reasons, since as is public knowledge the prolonged confinement and the current conditions of detention have seriously affected Mr. Assange's health; also on reasons that warn of the violation of rights not only of the aforementioned but of civilised society as a whole.

Editor (2022-11-14). A Father Fights for His Son & What's Left of Democracy. scheerpost.com The film Ithaka, about the quest of Julian Assange's father to save his son, made its U.S. premiere on Sunday in New York City. It is reviewed by Joe Lauria.

Editor (2022-11-14). US Labor Agency's Top Lawyer Fights Corporate Spying That Discourages Whistleblowers. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter The top lawyer for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in the United States has come out strongly against workplace surveillance and management technology that may be used to disrupt union organizing and discourage whistleblower complaints. Jennifer Abruzzo, who is general counsel for the NLRB, wrote a memo in …

Anonymous103 (2022-11-13). Military Situation In Ukraine On November 13, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck the AFU positions near Dubiyevka with high-precision missiles; | The Russian Army repelled the AFU attacks near Novosyolovskoye; | The Russian Army repelled the AFU attacks near Makeyevka; | The Russian Army repelled the AFU attacks on Pavlovka; | The Russian Army took control of the village of Mayorsk; | Clashes between the Russian Army and the AFU continue near Bakhmut; | Russian air defense systems shot down 6 Ukrainian drones near Kamenka in the Kharko…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-11-13). Ukraine Threatens War with Iran. libya360.wordpress.com Alex Rubinstein Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has called for attacks inside Iran as the country's drones cause setbacks for the Ukrainian military. On November 5, Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has advocated for military strikes on drone production sites located in Iran. President Zelensky echoed Podolyak's…

_____ (2022-11-13). Drones are changing the nature of armed conflicts. journal-neo.org The last few years the use of remotely controlled unmanned aerial vehicles has radically changed the way armed conflicts are being waged. However, this approach cannot be described as new, as the first experiments with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in combat took place during the Second World War, although the technology was …

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