(2023-05-26). Biden Missing, But Assange Sydney Rally Goes On. popularresistance.org Joe Biden was due in Sydney Wednesday where he's facing increased pressure to let Julian Assange go. Biden cancelled the trip but a rally in Hyde Park sent him the message anyway. | Stella Assange, Scott Ludlum, John Shipton, Gabriel Shipton, David McBride and Stephen Kenny addressed the rally Wednesday morning. Stella Assange, on her first trip to Australia, vowed that she would return with a liberated Julian Assange and their children to his home country.
(2023-05-26). Assange's brother and Australian lawyer speak out: "Julian must be brought home" wsws.org Lawyer Stephen Kenny warned: "If we don't have people telling us the truth like Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange, then we are going to be ignorant. Our democracy is at stake."
(2023-05-26). Stella Assange headlines rally to free Julian Assange. greenleft.org.au Stella Assange headlined a protest of up to 1000 people on May 24 calling for her husband Julian Assange to be freed. Alex Bainbridge reports.
(2023-05-26). Video: Sydney rally calls for Julian Assange to be freed. greenleft.org.au Video by Alex Bainbridge of the rally to free Julian Assange on May 24.
(2023-05-25). Stella Assange at Sydney rally: "It's not just Julian who has lost his freedom, but all of us" wsws.org Stella Assange, wife of imprisoned Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange, spoke at a rally in Sydney yesterday morning demanding his immediate freedom.
(2023-05-25). Attendees at Sydney protest defending Assange speak out. wsws.org "We need people like Julian, so we know what's really going on in the world. Biden is trying to get a US journalist out of Russia, and he said, 'Journalism is not a crime,' so why hasn't Julian been released?"
(2023-05-25). Exigen libertad para Julian Assange en Sídney, Australia. telesurtv.net La concentración en apoyo a Assange se había planeado en el contexto de la visita a Australia del presidente de EE.UU.
(2023-05-25). Sanders Leads Senate Call to Investigate Price-Gouging Military Contractors. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday led a group of senators in urging the Pentagon to investigate price gouging by military contractors after a CBS News probe that aired on "60 Minutes" earlier this week confirmed that private corporations are drastically overcharging the Defense Department for weaponry and other equipment, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in excess taxpayer spending and… |
(2023-05-27). Correspondence] An open letter from Syrian to Ukrainian war-displaced medical students. thelancet.com In my fifth year of medical school, staying in Syria was no longer safe. Medical facilities, including teaching hospitals, were systematically targeted and health-care providers were detained, tortured, and subsequently killed. The theme of those days was waiting for the unknown. I spent every minute preparing my mind for the worst. In the recollection of the why, when, and how, the recurring memory was the moment when I was forced to leave the only home I had ever known. The theme thereafter became foreignness.
(2023-05-25). Exigen libertad para Julian Assange en Sídney, Australia. telesurtv.net La concentración en apoyo a Assange se había planeado en el contexto de la visita a Australia del presidente de EE.UU.
(2023-05-25). Sanders Leads Senate Call to Investigate Price-Gouging Military Contractors. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thursday led a group of senators in urging the Pentagon to investigate price gouging by military contractors after a CBS News probe that aired on "60 Minutes" earlier this week confirmed that private corporations are drastically overcharging the Defense Department for weaponry and other equipment, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in excess taxpayer spending and… |
(2023-05-27). Correspondence] An open letter from Syrian to Ukrainian war-displaced medical students. thelancet.com In my fifth year of medical school, staying in Syria was no longer safe. Medical facilities, including teaching hospitals, were systematically targeted and health-care providers were detained, tortured, and subsequently killed. The theme of those days was waiting for the unknown. I spent every minute preparing my mind for the worst. In the recollection of the why, when, and how, the recurring memory was the moment when I was forced to leave the only home I had ever known. The theme thereafter became foreignness.
(2023-05-26). Judge sentences Anthony Gay to 7 years of torture; Anthony's fight continues. fightbacknews.org Peoria, IL – Activists, family members and supporters of Anthony Gay rallied outside the U.S. Central District Court in Peoria, Tuesday morning, May 23. Members of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression led the group in chanting, "Free, free Anthony Gay" and "The people united will never be defeated" before entering the courthouse for Anthony's sentencing hearing. | Anthony Gay is a political prisoner. He was incarcerated at 21 years old for a minor offense and held in solitary confinement for 22 years in Illinois prisons. Much of that time was spent in Tamms Correctional Center, a torture…
(2023-05-25). The US Continues to Try to Suppress Details About Its Torture Programs. truthout.org In the Blindman's Buff variation of tag, a child designated as "It" is tasked with tapping another child while wearing a blindfold. The sightless child knows the other children, all able to see, are there but is left to stumble around, using sounds and knowledge of the space they're in as guides. Finally, that child does succeed, either by bumping into someone, peeking, or thanks to sheer dumb… |
(2023-05-25). The War On Public Education, Tech & The Writers Guild West With Education Lawyer Kathleen. indybay.org Education lawyer and whistleblower Kathleen Carroll talks about the role of billionaire owner Reed Hastings in privatization education through charters and the introduction of testing, software and co-locations in schools throughout California and the country. She also talks about the collaboration of the AFT and NEA in pushing testing and charters in California through Proposition 39.