Daily Archives: July 13, 2022

2022-07-13: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2022-07-13). Iran Responds to US Claim That It Is Preparing to Send Drones to Russia. news.antiwar.com Iran on Tuesday Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that Russia and Iran have a history of cooperation that dates back before the war in Ukraine and that there haven't been any new deals made recently. | "The history of cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation in the field of some new technologies da…

Labor Video Project (2022-07-13). WorkWeek Rally Against Billionaire John Fisher's Stadium & Prisoners Strike Over $1 Wage. indybay.org WorkWeek on 7-7-22 covers rally against billionaire John Fisher's stadium & Immigrant prisoners strike over $1 A Day, and rally to top the extradition of journalist Julian Assange on his birthday…

Staff (2022-07-13). Pentagon reacts to supply of Iranian drones to Russia. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) —John Kirby says supplying the drones would not necessarily affect US' ongoing attempts to negotiate a return to the JCPOA.

Anonymous103 (2022-07-12). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 12, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Berezan with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Artemovsk with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Matveevka with high-precision missiles; | Russia struck military assets of the AFU near Dzerzhinsk with high-precision missiles; | Russian air defense systems shot down 7 Ukrainian drones near Izyum, Malye Prokhody, Pitomnik in the Kharkov region, Slavyansk,…

Editor (2022-07-12). Whistleblower Relief: Dropping the Collaery Case. scheerpost.com By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch The Anglo-Australian legal system has much to answer for. While robed lawyers and solemn justices proclaim an adherence to the rule of law, the rule remains a creature in state, more fetish than reality. Had the farcical prosecution of former ACT Attorney General Bernard Collaery gone on, all suspicions about …

Editor (2022-07-12). Craig Murray: The Film About Julian Assange. scheerpost.com By Craig Murray / Away from the Tory Babel over who will be the top "world-leading" sociopath, I just spent two evenings in the company of decent people. John and Gabriel Shipton, Julian's father and brother, were in Glasgow and Edinburgh for the screening of Ithaka, the documentary that follows the fight by Julian Assange's family to have him freed. I was moderating the Q & A. | The odd pub may also have been visited. | Ithaka is heart-rending, and it has an important message in rehumanizing Julian after over a decad…

_____ (2022-07-12). Sit-Ins Mark New Stage Of Protests Against Sudan's Military Junta. popularresistance.org Revolutionary slogans and music defying the military junta continue to resonate from at least four sit-in protests in Sudan as on Monday, July 11, eleven days after security forces injured over 600 during the landmark anti-coup protests on June 30. Efforts are underway to organize a total civil disobedience campaign and political general strike. | Sudan's pro-democracy protest movement is arguably at its strongest since the coup on October 25, 2021, and growing despite the continuing attacks on sit-ins and the custodial torture of detainees. The over 5,000 neighborhood Resistance Committees (RCs) across Sudan, wh…

_____ (2022-07-12). Palestine Action Occupy And Dismantle Thales Weapons Factory In Glasgow. popularresistance.org Glasgow, Scotland – Palestine Action Scotland have made their way back on the roof of weapons company Thales' factory in Glasgow. A team of activists scaled the roof at dawn, and began causing severe damage to site facilities, forcing workers to evacuate the building. Their occupation is ongoing, rendering Thales' conveyor belt of weapons inoperable. | Thales is one of the world's largest arms companies, producing military drones, armoured vehicles, missile systems and more. Amongst the assorted warfare-related hardware made by Thales, the Watchkeeper drone project stands out. The project seeks to further the pol…

Staff (2022-07-12). US claims Iran plans to send Moscow armed drones. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) — National security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Monday that US intelligence suggests Iran will be providing Russia with a rushed delivery of "weapons-capable" UAVs and other unmanned aircraft.

WSWS (2022-07-12). Australian government drops charges for lawyer who exposed spying on East Timor, but maintains anti-whistleblower laws. wsws.org Collaery's only supposed "crime" was exposing the unlawful actions of the intelligence agencies, as part of Australia's neo-colonial thuggery in the Pacific.

WSWS (2022-07-12). Strong response to SEP online meeting on the fight to free Julian Assange. wsws.org "The crucial question is political perspective, and that requires an assessment of governments, political parties and an analysis of why Assange is being persecuted with such ferocity and effort."

____ (2022-07-11). German Parliament Condemns Psychological Torture of Julian Assange. transcend.org In a historic vote on July 6, the German parliament voted in favor of a petition condemning "in the strongest possible terms the psychological torture of journalist Julian Assange and the associated attack on press freedom in Germany and Europe."

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