Monthly Archives: June 2023

2023-06-07: News Headlines

Kevin Gosztola (2023-06-07). Attorneys, Journalists Who Visited Assange Respond To CIA Push To Dismiss Their Lawsuit Against Alleged Spying. thedissenter.org The following independent journalism was made possible by paid subscribers. Take advantage of this discount offer and

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez (2023-06-07). 'Enough is enough': Australian PM throws support behind movement to free Julian Assange. nationofchange.org

WSWS (2023-06-07). El Pais reports proof that the CIA illegally spied on Julian Assange. wsws.org Computer files show that the Spanish company responsible for security at the Ecuadorian Embassy was secretly spying on Assange. The files name the client of the surveillance: "CIA."

Staff (2023-06-06). "Enough Is Enough": Australian PM Throws Support Behind Movement to Free Julian Assange. democracynow.org A growing number of politicians, including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, are calling on the United States to drop its case against WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange, who has been locked up for four years in London's Belmarsh prison awaiting possible extradition to face espionage and hacking charges for publishing leaked documents about U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Among Assange's supporters is Australian human rights attorney Jen Robinson, who has been a legal adviser to Assange since 2010. She joins us from London, where she calls for the case against A…

Ann Wright (2023-06-07). Why There Should be a Treaty Against the Use of Weaponized Drones. covertactionmagazine.com Citizen activism to bring about changes in how brutal wars are conducted is extremely difficult, but not impossible. Citizens have successfully pushed through the United Nations General Assembly treaties to abolish nuclear weapons and to ban the use of landmines and cluster munitions. Of course, countries that want to continue to use these weapons will not …

Center For Constitutional Rights. (2023-06-07). Close Guantanamo Monthly Vigils. popularresistance.org Monthly vigils — or even weekly vigils — for the closure of Guantánamo were a noticeable feature of the London protest scene for many years, while British prisoners were still held there, although, with the release of Shaker Aamer, the prison's last British resident, in October 2015, it became impossible to sustain the impetus, and the Trump years, of course, were bleak for protestors, because Trump had tweeted, even before he took office, that "there must be no more releases from Gitmo," and he was largely true to his word, releasing only one man in his nearly 1,500 days in office.


Sam Pizzigati (2023-06-06). Could we actually end the CEO defense contractor gravy train?Ôøº. nationofchange.org FDR put the kibosh on military contractor windfalls during World War II. We could do the same.

Captain Liner (2023-06-06). Kiev Regime's "Upcoming Counteroffensive", Assessing Russia's "Military Industrial Complex". globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-06-06). Lie, cheat, and steal: The CIA's disastrous scientific legacy. mronline.org Under the leadership of noted black site torture overseer Gina Haspel, it has also adopted a tech start-up model via its new "CIA Labs," which entices would-be innovators with lucrative patent opportunities.


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2023-06-06: News Headlines

Kevin Gosztola (2023-06-05). Breakthrough In Lawsuit Against Alleged CIA Spying On Assange Visitors. thedissenter.org

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-06-06). Acusado expresidente salvadoreño por masacre de padres jesuitas. telesurtv.net El ente judicial concluyó que posee pruebas suficientes de que el crimen perpetrado por escuadrones de la muerte el 16 de noviembre de 1989.

Karen J. Greenberg (2023-06-05). Blindman's Buff: America's Continuing Quest to Hide Torture. globalresearch.ca


Alan MacLeod, Mintpress News. (2023-06-05). International Law, Human Rights And Ukraine, With Alfred De Zayas. popularresistance.org You can indict Vladimir Putin over war crimes in Ukraine. But if you do, you'd better indict Joe Biden as well. That is the message that Professor Alfred de Zayas, world-renowned human rights and international law expert, gave "MintCast" host Alan MacLeod on today's episode of the series. | A Swiss-American lawyer, academic and United Nations official with over 50 years' experience in the field of human rights, de Zayas joins us for a wide-ranging discussion about international law and Ukraine, U.S. sanctions, whistleblowers, the successes and failures of the United Nations and its bodies, and the growth of a new…

WSWS (2023-06-05). Why hasn't alleged Australian war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith been charged? wsws.org While prosecuting whistleblowers who exposed war crimes with zeal, Australian authorities are refusing to charge those credibly accused of murdering Afghan civilians.


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