Daily Archives: April 2, 2023

2023-04-02: News Headlines

Anonymous103 (2023-04-01). Inglorious Inertia: The Albanese Government and Julian Assange. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | The sham that is the Assange affair, a scandal of monumental proportions connived in by the AUKUS powers, shows no signs of abating. Prior to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese assuming office in Australia, he insisted that the matter dealing with the WikiLeaks publisher would be finally resolved. It had, he asserted, been going on for too long. | Since then, it is very clear, as with all matters regarding US policy, that Australia will, if not agree outright with Washi…

Defending Rights, Dissent. (2023-04-01). Take Action: End The Persecution Of Julian Assange. popularresistance.org Australian publisher Julian Assange is a political prisoner. After being abducted out of the Ecuadorian embassy, he has languished in Belmarsh prison for nearly four years. In the intervening time, press freedom groups, major newspapers, and civil libertarians have all condemned the US's unprecedented charges against Assange. | After years of grassroots advocacy, now members of Congress are starting to speak out. But they need to hear your voice. | Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is currently circulating a sign-on letter calling for Attorney General Merrick Garland to drop the charges against Assange.

WSWS (2023-04-01). Australian Labor government refuses to defend Assange as it backs US plans for war against China. wsws.org Foreign Minister Penny Wong contemptuously rejected calls to intervene in defence of Assange, the Australian citizen and journalist persecuted for exposing the war crimes of the US and its allies.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-04-01). Australia Isn't A Nation, It's A US Military Base With Kangaroos. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | One of the many, many signs that Australia is nothing more than a US military and intelligence asset is the way its government has consistently refused to intervene to protect Australian citizen Julian Assange from political persecution at the hands of the US empire. | In a new article titled "

Editor (2023-04-01). Some Congress Members Need To Sit Down and Shut Up. scheerpost.com By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch Not too long ago, senator Marco "Bring Back Aerial Dogfights" Rubio took to the airwaves to inform the American people that their military must send fighter jets to escort drones near Russia's border. About the same time as Rubio's idiotic recipe for global nuclear annihilation, senator Tom "Invade Mexico!" Cotton …

Wei Yu, Nuvpreet Kalra, Melissa Garriga, LA Progressive. (2023-04-01). Warmongers In Congress Use Tik-Tok To Justify Aggression Towards China. popularresistance.org Last Thursday, a Congressional hearing took place where the TikTok CEO was grilled for five hours on the grounds of "security concerns." This was days after the FBI and DOJ launched an investigation on the Chinese-owned American company. Isn't it ironic that while the US government is putting TikTok under the magnifying glass, it's turning a blind eye to its own surveillance programs on the American people? | Ten years ago, Edward Snowden told the whole world the truth about the US global surveillance programs. If Congress cares about our digital privacy, it should first begin by investigating the surveillance po…

Anonymous103 (2023-04-01). Inglorious Inertia: The Albanese Government and Julian Assange. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | The sham that is the Assange affair, a scandal of monumental proportions connived in by the AUKUS powers, shows no signs of abating. Prior to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese assuming office in Australia, he insisted that the matter dealing with the WikiLeaks publisher would be finally resolved. It had, he asserted, been going on for too long. | Since then, it is very clear, as with all matters regarding US policy, that Australia will, if not agree outright with Washi…

Defending Rights, Dissent. (2023-04-01). Take Action: End The Persecution Of Julian Assange. popularresistance.org Australian publisher Julian Assange is a political prisoner. After being abducted out of the Ecuadorian embassy, he has languished in Belmarsh prison for nearly four years. In the intervening time, press freedom groups, major newspapers, and civil libertarians have all condemned the US's unprecedented charges against Assange. | After years of grassroots advocacy, now members of Congress are starting to speak out. But they need to hear your voice. | Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) is currently circulating a sign-on letter calling for Attorney General Merrick Garland to drop the charges against Assange.

WSWS (2023-04-01). Australian Labor government refuses to defend Assange as it backs US plans for war against China. wsws.org Foreign Minister Penny Wong contemptuously rejected calls to intervene in defence of Assange, the Australian citizen and journalist persecuted for exposing the war crimes of the US and its allies.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-04-01). Australia Isn't A Nation, It's A US Military Base With Kangaroos. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | One of the many, many signs that Australia is nothing more than a US military and intelligence asset is the way its government has consistently refused to intervene to protect Australian citizen Julian Assange from political persecution at the hands of the US empire. | In a new article titled "

Editor (2023-04-01). Some Congress Members Need To Sit Down and Shut Up. scheerpost.com By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch Not too long ago, senator Marco "Bring Back Aerial Dogfights" Rubio took to the airwaves to inform the American people that their military must send fighter jets to escort drones near Russia's border. About the same time as Rubio's idiotic recipe for global nuclear annihilation, senator Tom "Invade Mexico!" Cotton …

Wei Yu, Nuvpreet Kalra, Melissa Garriga, LA Progressive. (2023-04-01). Warmongers In Congress Use Tik-Tok To Justify Aggression Towards China. popularresistance.org Last Thursday, a Congressional hearing took place where the TikTok CEO was grilled for five hours on the grounds of "security concerns." This was days after the FBI and DOJ launched an investigation on the Chinese-owned American company. Isn't it ironic that while the US government is putting TikTok under the magnifying glass, it's turning a blind eye to its own surveillance programs on the American people? | Ten years ago, Edward Snowden told the whole world the truth about the US global surveillance programs. If Congress cares about our digital privacy, it should first begin by investigating the surveillance po…

The Dissenter (2023-04-01). April Update For Paid Subscribers Of The Dissenter. thedissenter.org

scorinoco (2023-04-01). Wall Street Journal Reporter Arrested in Russia on Suspicion of Espionage. orinocotribune.com A Wall Street Journal correspondent working in Russia, Evan Gershkovich, was arrested in the city of Ekaterinburg in the Urals by the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia on suspicion of espionage. The Russian security agency announced the news of the arrest through a statement issued on Thursday, March 30. | The FSB explained that Gershkovich, who previously worked for the Moscow Times and AFP in Moscow, has been accused of trying to "collect classified information" about a military industry factory, in violation of Russian laws on state secrets. | The FSB alleged that the WSJ reporter, a US citizen who has…

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