Monthly Archives: August 2022

2022-08-25: News Headlines

Ted Kelly (2022-08-24). Bradford Gamble, liberated activist and prison whistleblower. workers.org When Bradford Gamble died, he was surrounded by his family. The 65-year-old had been imprisoned for nearly a lifetime — 46 years — before he learned he was dying of cancer. With the help of activists on both sides of the prison walls, Gamble fought relentlessly to win his freedom. . . . |

2022-08-25 15:38 | 11:38 EST | tr | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 

2022-08-23: News Headlines

SAM (2022-08-22). Julian Assange Was Illegally Surveilled By Pompeo And The CIA. progressivehub.net MARJORIE COHN | TRUTHOUT…

____ (2022-08-22). Science, technology week gets underway nationwide. ecns.cn China's national science and technology week started on Saturday and will run until Aug 27, featuring exhibitions and events showcasing the latest scientific and technological achievements, from giant drones shaped like a dragonfly, to tiny artificial intelligence chips.

____ (2022-08-22). Assange Attorneys and Journalists Sue the CIA over Spying. transcend.org 18 Aug 2022 – "Journalists are allowed to request documents that have been stolen and to publish them." So wrote U.S. federal Judge John Koeltl in a 2019 opinion dismissing a lawsuit filed by the Democratic National Committee against Julian Assange, Wikileaks and others.

_____ (2022-08-21). The Biden-Trump Persecution Of Julian Assange. popularresistance.org For a good while one could blame Trump for the prosecutorial monstrosity perpetrated on journalist Julian Assange. But now it's time for Trump to move over. The single worst assault on the first amendment and a free press in recent centuries is no longer solely his. Biden owns it. Biden could end this state persecution of a journalist today, if he felt like it. A persecution that a U.N. expert has called torture. A persecution that could easily lead to Assange's death. | But maybe that's the point. Indeed, if killing Assange isn't the point, Biden should prove it, by pardoning him now. Biden doesn't feel like it.

2022-08-23 15:52 | 11:52 EST | jz | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0