Daily Archives: May 1, 2023

2023-05-01: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-05-01). "Journalism is not a crime," says Biden—except for Julian Assange. wsws.org Biden's remarks at the White House Correspondents Association dinner embraced freedom of the press, but only for journalists working in countries where Washington is seeking to overthrow the government.

Marjorie Cohn (2023-04-30). Biden Hypocritically Slams Arrest of US Journalist in Russia But Pursues Assange. truthout.org May 3, 2023, will mark the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, which the United Nations established to remind governments about the need to respect their commitment to freedom of the press. But as the Biden administration proclaims the centrality of press freedom globally, its hypocrisy in pursuing journalist and publisher Julian Assange is stunning. The Biden administration recently… |

Binoy Kampmark (2023-04-30). Foiled Escape: UC Global, the CIA, and Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org However described, the shabby treatment of Julian Assange never ceases to startle. While he continues to suffer in Belmarsh prison awaiting the torments of an interminable legal process, more material is coming out showing the way he was spied upon while staying at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Of late, the Spanish daily El País …

Anonymous103 (2023-04-30). Foiled Escape: UC Global, the CIA and Julian Assange. southfront.org

Anonymous669 (2023-04-30). Russian Lancet Drones Decimate Five More Howitzers Of Kiev Forces (Videos). southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military continues to hunt down Ukrainian howitzers in the special operation zone with Lancet loitering munitions. | Between April 28 and 30, videos surfaced online showing recent Lancet strikes against an American-made M777 towed 155 mm howitzer, a Soviet-made 2A36 Giatsint-B to…

Rania Khalek (2023-05-01). New Report On The US Military Industrial Complex's Revolving Door. thealtworld.com In this free clip from the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast, Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola discuss a report on the U.S. military industrial-complex, particularly the revolving door between the government and military contractors. | As of 2021, 672 former government officials, military officers, members of Congress, and senior legislative staff were working for major military contractors like Boeing, Raytheon, or Lockheed Martin.

WSWS (2023-05-01). "Journalism is not a crime," says Biden—except for Julian Assange. wsws.org Biden's remarks at the White House Correspondents Association dinner embraced freedom of the press, but only for journalists working in countries where Washington is seeking to overthrow the government.

Marjorie Cohn (2023-04-30). Biden Hypocritically Slams Arrest of US Journalist in Russia But Pursues Assange. truthout.org May 3, 2023, will mark the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, which the United Nations established to remind governments about the need to respect their commitment to freedom of the press. But as the Biden administration proclaims the centrality of press freedom globally, its hypocrisy in pursuing journalist and publisher Julian Assange is stunning. The Biden administration recently… |

Binoy Kampmark (2023-04-30). Foiled Escape: UC Global, the CIA, and Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org However described, the shabby treatment of Julian Assange never ceases to startle. While he continues to suffer in Belmarsh prison awaiting the torments of an interminable legal process, more material is coming out showing the way he was spied upon while staying at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Of late, the Spanish daily El País …

Anonymous103 (2023-04-30). Foiled Escape: UC Global, the CIA and Julian Assange. southfront.org

Anonymous669 (2023-04-30). Russian Lancet Drones Decimate Five More Howitzers Of Kiev Forces (Videos). southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military continues to hunt down Ukrainian howitzers in the special operation zone with Lancet loitering munitions. | Between April 28 and 30, videos surfaced online showing recent Lancet strikes against an American-made M777 towed 155 mm howitzer, a Soviet-made 2A36 Giatsint-B to…

Rania Khalek (2023-05-01). New Report On The US Military Industrial Complex's Revolving Door. thealtworld.com In this free clip from the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast, Rania Khalek and Kevin Gosztola discuss a report on the U.S. military industrial-complex, particularly the revolving door between the government and military contractors. | As of 2021, 672 former government officials, military officers, members of Congress, and senior legislative staff were working for major military contractors like Boeing, Raytheon, or Lockheed Martin.

teleSUR (2023-04-30). Mayo Square Mothers Celebrate 46 Years of Fighting for Justice. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, the "Mothers of Plaza de Mayo" celebrated the 46th anniversary of their first demonstration in front of the Argentine government headquarters during the military dictatorship (1976-1983). | RELATED: | On April 30, 1977, fourteen women took over Mayo Square to demand the appearance alive of their children who had been kidnapped, detained, tortured and murdered by the dictatorship headed by General Jorge Rafael Vide…

Staff (2023-05-01). Daniel Ellsberg Warns Risk of Nuclear War Is Rising as Tension Mounts over Ukraine & Taiwan. democracynow.org As we continue our in-depth conversation with Daniel Ellsberg, the famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower talks about his lifelong antiwar activism and responds to the more recent leak of Pentagon documents about the war in Ukraine. Ellsberg also reflects on the many people who inspired him and says others who look up to his example should know that the sacrifices for building a better world are worth it. "It can work," he says. Ellsberg, who was recently diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer and given just months to live, spoke to Democracy Now! last week from his home in Berkeley, California.

Staff (2023-05-01). After Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Daniel Ellsberg Reflects on Leaking Pentagon Papers & His Legacy. democracynow.org We spend the hour with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who recently announced that he has been diagnosed with inoperable pancreatic cancer with only months left to live. Ellsberg, who turned 92 on April 7, may be the world's most famous whistleblower. In 1971, The New York Times began publishing excerpts of the Pentagon Papers — 7,000 pages of top-secret documents outlining the secret history of the Vietnam War. The Times exposé was based on documents secretly photocopied by Ellsberg and Anthony Russo while they worked as Pentagon consultants at the RAND Corporation. The leak ultimately…

Scott Ritter (2023-05-01). What Would Daniel Ellsberg Do? dissidentvoice.org Illustration by Sam Poling Daniel Ellsberg — the Pentagon Papers whistleblower who has been an inspiring activist for peace since the early 1970s — recently wrote a public letter disclosing that he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, with a prognosis that he has only three to six months to live. Join us for "Daniel …

Kevin Gosztola (2023-04-30). US Government Jails Leakers Before Trial Because They 'Know' Classified Information. thedissenter.org The United States Justice Department requested that a federal court in Boston keep Jack Teixeira, the Air National Guard reservist accused of leaking Pentagon documents, in detention while he awaits trial on Espionage Act charges.

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