Daily Archives: January 17, 2023

2023-01-17: News Headlines

Staff (2023-01-17). Rep. Ro Khanna on CA Flooding, Big Oil's Climate Denial, Debt Ceiling, Assange & Possible Senate Bid. democracynow.org The death toll from two weeks of flooding in California has reached at least 20. As climate scientists are predicting more extreme weather linked to climate change over the next two years, outrage is growing over how fossil fuel companies were fully aware of the link between fossil fuel emissions and global warming but spent decades obscuring the science in order to make maximum profits. We speak with Democratic California Congressmember Ro Khanna, who recently concluded a congressional investigation into the allegations and says the oil industry needs to be held accountable for the damage it has wrought. Khanna…

Leon Kunstenaar (2023-01-17). Local Code Pink Joins Organizations World Wide To Demand Closure of US Guantanamo Prison. indybay.org Action at UC Berkeley law school also demands prosecution for John Yoo, provider of legal "rational" for torture…

_____ (2023-01-16). Nato Deplatforms 'No To Nato'. strategic-culture.org There is considerable method in NATO's madness, the same madness that sees Julian Assange incarcerated and Gaza, Syria and far too many civilians and soldiers being bombed on a regular basis. | NATO's Irish Independent's 6th January edition

Berenice Galli (2023-01-16). Assange: The Decisive Moment. globalresearch.ca

Lee Camp (2023-01-16). "Something Is Going To Happen Soon" — Stella Assange on Julian Assange's Imprisonment. mintpressnews.com Stella Assange joins Lee Camp to discuss her husband, Julian Assange, his deteriorating condition and the impact of his confinement in Belmarsh prison in London.

_____ (2023-01-16). 21 Years Later, Guantánamo Is Still Open — And We Are Still Protesting. popularresistance.org The prison that started out as a provisional, secret, slapdash gulag on the lee side of the Cuban state of Guantanamo is now a rebar-enforced institution with hundreds of millions of dollars flowing into it every year for a dwindling but entrenched population. It survives despite Supreme Court rulings against it, the accumulation of literally millions of billable hours by some of the best legal minds in the United States and Europe, decades of fervent and smart and courageous protest, and four presidents. | Witness Against Torture is a small part of that protest movement. We were founded in 2005, when 25 of us we…

Editor (2023-01-16). 21 years later, Guantánamo is still open — and we are still protesting to shut it down. scheerpost.com Witness Against Torture continues to serve as a visible reminder to a forgetful U.S. public that Guantánamo is still a crime and an affront to humanity.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-16). New Evidence Of Torture Of Russian POWs By Ukrainians Emerged. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Several days ago, another video confirmed torture of Russian soldiers by Ukrainians was widely spread online. However, it was widely ignored by Ukrainian media and international MSM. Unidentified Ukrainians called mothers of two Russian prisoners of war (POW), threatening to kill their childs. Ukrainians demanded a large ransom for Russian soldiers. The Russian soldiers were tortured during the call. | On January 14, Russian High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova published video o…

oliviaalperstein (2023-01-16). Dynasty-Building Trusts: How the Getty and Walton Families Use Trusts To Dodge Taxes. ips-dc.org The more we learn from courageous whistleblowers like Marlena Sonn, the more outrage and pressure will build to reform trust law and eliminate the games that the Waltons and the Gettys are playing.

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