Craig Murray (2023-06-17). Assange: An unholy masquerade of tyranny disguised as justice. mronline.org Julian's persecution has nothing to do with the law. It is a simple demonstration of the crushing power of the state.

Maurizio Guerrero (2023-06-17). Immigrants Face Medical Neglect, Solitary Confinement and Torture in ICE Jails. truthout.org This story was originally published at Prism. CW: This story includes descriptions of torture in immigrant detention and mentions of death by suicide At least three facilities operated by the private prison company CoreCivic systematically use torture as retaliation against immigrants who denounce the conditions of detention, according to advocates, attorneys, researchers, and detainees. |

_____ (2023-06-17). Rest in Peace Daniel Ellsberg. strategic-culture.org One of America's most courageous men, who took on the most powerful government in the world to expose its lies about the Vietnam war, has died at 92. | Daniel Ellsberg died at 92 on Friday in hospice care after a battle with pancreatic cancer. | Ellsberg was considered the greatest whistleblower of certainly his generation if not in U.S. history. His decision to leak the top-secret government study of the Vietnam war to the press was clearly one of the most courageous acts in the nation's history. | The decision by the Nixon administration's Department of Justice to order the press to stop publishing the Pentagon…

_____ (2023-06-16). Assange: An Unholy Masquerade of Tyranny Disguised as Justice. strategic-culture.org

Editor (2023-06-16). Joe Lauria: Assange's Most Critical Moment. scheerpost.com

The Lever (2023-06-16). üéß LEVER TIME PREMIUM: David Sirota Interviews Daniel Ellsberg (2018). levernews.com Today, on a special bonus episode of Lever Time Premium exclusively for supporting subscribers, we're re-releasing David Sirota's 2018 interview with Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who exposed the U.S. government's lies about the Vietnam War by leaking the Pentagon Papers. Ellsberg just passed away at the age of 92.After the publication of the Pentagon Papers, Ellsberg was dubbed "The Most Dangerous Man in America." In his later life, Ellsberg became a vocal anti-war activist, speaking out against the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he defended other whistleblowers such as Edward Snowden and Chelsea…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-06-16). Legendary whistleblower and anti-war activist Daniel Ellsberg passes at 92. peoplesdispatch.org Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who made history in 1971 by releasing the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret study of the US military's invasion of Vietnam, passed away peacefully in his home in California on June 16. | The Pentagon Papers, a report prepared by the US government, revealed that the US state had lied to its people about the scope of the Vietnam War. The US had not bombed and invaded Vietnam to save the Vietnamese from communism, the papers revealed. | The New York Times was the first major newspaper to publish the papers, but others of its standing followed suit shortly after. The massive revelations…

Kevin Gosztola (2023-06-16). The Loving Truth-Teller That Was Daniel Ellsberg. thedissenter.org Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower and peace activist who released the Pentagon Papers that exposed the Vietnam War, has died at the age of 92. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on February 17, and doctors gave him three to six months to live.He was a subscriber to The Dissenter Newsletter. So it is only appropriate that I share some of my personal memories in honor of who he was and because he meant so much to so many people.Nearly two weeks after his diagnosis, Dan messaged his friends and supporters. That message was republished by various news media outlets as it circulated. | "I feel lucky and gr…

Kevin Gosztola (2023-06-16). New Research Examines Restrictions On Incarcerated Journalists In US Prisons. thedissenter.org A briefing from the Prison Policy Initiative documents many of the restrictions that prisons in the United States impose to prevent journalism from incarcerated individuals. | Fourteen states—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Virginia—have a "total ban on business and compensation." That means they do not allow incarcerated journalists or writers to receive payment for their work. The United States government's Federal Bureau of Prisons has what is described as an "explici…