Monthly Archives: July 2023

2023-07-03: News Headlines

African Stream (2023-07-03). The African Angle on WikiLeaks on Julian Assange's 52nd Birthday. towardfreedom.org Julian Assange turns 52 today. The WikiLeaks founder is spending a fourth year at Britain's Belmarsh prison and faces charges in the United States for violating the Espionage Act. But for many, he's an example of a journalist punished for exposing shocking truths about governments and the rich and powerful. African Stream looks at his revelations on Africa.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-03). World Whistleblower Day protest calls for Assange's release. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2023-07-03). Daniel Ellsberg's Dying Wish: Free Julian Assange, Encourage Whistleblowers & Reveal the Truth. democracynow.org Whistleblower Dan Ellsberg joined us after the Justice Department charged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act for publishing U.S. military and diplomatic documents exposing U.S. war crimes. Assange is locked up in London and faces up to 175 years in prison if extradited and convicted in the United States. Ellsberg died in June, and as we remember his life and legacy, we revisit his message for other government insiders who are considering becoming whistleblowers: "My message to them is: Don't do what I did. Don't wait 'til the bombs are actually f…

Jessica Buxbaum, MintPress News. (2023-07-04). With Drone Strike, The West Bank Could Turn Into War-Ravaged Gaza. popularresistance.org Last week, the Israeli military killed three Palestinians in its first aerial drone strike in the occupied West Bank in nearly 20 years — marking a grave escalation in state violence against the territory. | Using an Elbit Systems Hermes 450 drone, the military struck a vehicle in Jenin carrying Palestinians suspected of fatally shooting four Israelis the day before. According to the Israeli military, this was the first drone strike since 2006 during the Second Intifada, or Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation. | Drones have been mainly used in the West Bank for intelligence and surveillance purp…

Staff (2023-07-03). Jenin rises: Palestinian resistance confronts imperialist-backed Zionist aggression. samidoun.net In the early morning hours of Monday, 3 July 2023, Zionist forces began invading and assaulting Jenin city and refugee camp with a massive military presence involving 1,000 soldiers and at least 150 armored Caterpillar bulldozers, armed drones, armored vehicles and aerial military equipment. The aim of these attacks is to target the growing Palestinian …

teleSUR (2023-07-03). Israel's Large-Scale Military Operation in Jenin Leaves 8 Dead. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Israeli occupation forces launched a large-scale military strike early on the city of Jenin. So far, this offensive has left eight Palestinians dead and fifty wounded. | RELATED: | Dozens of armored vehicles backed by drones and helicopters stormed the city and the refugee camp, said Palestinian eyewitnesses, adding that airstrikes were carried out during the exchange of fire between Palestinian militants and Israeli s…

Editor (2023-07-03). Report Shows How Military Industrial Complex Sets Media Narrative on Ukraine. scheerpost.com By Bryce Greene / Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) Wealthy donors have long funded think tanks with official-sounding names that produce research that reflects the interests of those funders (Extra!, 7/13). The weapons industry is a major contributor to these idea factories; a recent report from the Quincy Institute (6/1/23) demonstrates just how much influence …

Bryce Greene, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-07-03). How Military Industrial Complex Sets Media Narrative On Ukraine. popularresistance.org Wealthy donors have long funded think tanks with official-sounding names that produce research that reflects the interests of those funders (Extra!, 7/13). The weapons industry is a major contributor to these idea factories; a recent report from the Quincy Institute (6/1/23) demonstrates just how much influence war profiteers have on the national discourse. | The Quincy Institute—whose own start-up funding came mainly from George Soros and Charles Koch—looked at 11 months of Ukraine War coverage in the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, from March 1, 2022, through January 31, 202…

Mnar Adley (2023-07-03). MintPress News Is Being Targeted: Join Us in Standing up to the War Machine. mintpressnews.com Stand up for truth. Stand up against war. Today, we invite you to join us in empowering MintPress News, the vanguard of fearless investigative journalism that unearths the hidden web of the military industrial complex.

Larry Johnson (2023-07-03). The Whatsapp Message Published by Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo. Purporting to be From Hunter Biden is likely a Forgery. sonar21.com THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED BY MY FRIEND YAACOV APELBAUM. HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ORIGINAL. Before you jump on the IRS whistleblower bandwagon and his narrative…

Amy Goodman (2023-07-03). Daniel Ellsberg Warned Crisis Over Ukraine and Taiwan Could Lead to Nuclear War. truthout.org Over the past 50 years, Daniel Ellsberg remained an antiwar and anti-nuclear activist who inspired a new generation of whistleblowers. In his last interview with Democracy Now!, in April, he spoke about the war in Ukraine and why it required a diplomatic solution, and about the latest leak of Pentagon documents by Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who has been indicted on six counts of… |

_____ (2023-07-03). "The Doomsday Machine": Confessions of Daniel Ellsberg, Former Nuclear War Planner. transcend.org 1 Jul 2023 – As we remember Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who died in June, we look at how he was also a lifelong anti-nuclear activist, stemming from his time working as a nuclear planner for the U.S. government.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-03). Daniel Ellsberg: the establishment whistleblower. greenleft.org.au

Ryan Cristián (2023-07-03). France Is Being Used To Justify Total Information Control & Transgender Whistleblower Speaks Out. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (7/3/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Staff (2023-07-03). Months Before Death, Daniel Ellsberg Warned Crisis over Ukraine & Taiwan Could Lead to Nuclear War. democracynow.org Over the past 50 years, Daniel Ellsberg remained an antiwar and anti-nuclear activist who inspired a new generation of whistleblowers. In his last interview with Democracy Now!, in April, he spoke about the war in Ukraine and why it required a diplomatic solution, and about the latest leak of Pentagon documents by Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira, who has been indicted on six counts of willful retention and transmission of classified information. We asked Ellsberg about what the leaks say about the war in Ukraine, and discussed his decision in 2021 to leak a classified government report that he had kept in…

Staff (2023-07-03). RIP Daniel Ellsberg: "Most Dangerous Man in America" on Leaking Pentagon Papers, Exposing Gov't Lies. democracynow.org In a special broadcast, we remember the life and legacy of Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who died in June at the age of 92, just months after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, then a top military strategist working for the RAND Corporation, risked life in prison by secretly copying and then leaking 7,000 pages of top-secret documents outlining the secret history of the U.S. War in Vietnam. The leak would end up helping to take down President Nixon, accelerate the end of the War in Vietnam and lead to a major victory for press freedom. Henry Kissinger once called El…

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2023-07-02: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-02). World Whistleblower Day protest calls for Assange's release. greenleft.org.au

Matt Kennard (2023-07-01). Julian Assange Extradition: Britain's Crown Prosecutor Has Conveniently Destroyed All Records of Keir Starmer's Four Trips to Washington. globalresearch.ca

Cynthia Papermaster (2023-07-01). Monday 7/3: Julian Assange Birthday Banner Drop. indybay.org Pedestrian Overpass at Hwy. 880 in Berkeley, at the foot of University Avenue.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-07-01). Papa Francisco sostiene encuentro con familia de Julian Assange. telesurtv.net Recibió en audiencia privada a su esposa Stella Assange y sus dos hijos. La abogada ha encabezado la lucha por restituir los derechos al fundador del portal Wikileaks.

Anonymous669 (2023-07-02). Russia Says U.S.-led Coalition Drones Violated Flight Safety Protocols Over Syria 315 Times In June. southfront.org A MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle prepares to land after a mission in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson) | Drones of the United States-led coalition in Syria violated flight safety protocols 315 times in June, deputy head of Russia's Center for Reconciliation in Syria, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, said on July 1."There are continued gross violations of the deconflicting protocols and the bilateral Memorandum on Flight Safety in Syria by…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-01). Russia Unveils Two New Anti-Drone Electronic Warfare Systems. southfront.org File image. | Russia's Kaysant Research and Production Association unveiled two new anti-drone electronic warfare systems on the sideline of the Special Gear exhibition that was held in Moscow on June 29-30. | The association's director for development Alyona Balandina told TASS that the first system, dubbed Argus-Kupol, was designed to provide all-around protection against drones."The Argus-Kupol is capable of thwarting the flights of one or several unmanned aerial vehicles within its operational range a…

Anonymous669 (2023-07-01). U.S. Drones Are Violating Memorandum Of Understanding Over Syria, Russia Warns. southfront.org A fully armed MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxis down the runway at an air base in Afghanistan on its way to another wartime mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson). | The United States-led coalition's drones were spotted flying over Syria five times during the past day in violation of the memorandum of understanding with Russia, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria said on June 30. "During the day, five violations of the memorandum of…

ecns.cn (2023-07-01). Regulations address use of civilian drones. ecns.cn China has issued a set of rules to govern the use of civilian drones.

mforinoco (2023-07-02). UN expert demands immediate shutting down of Guantanamo prison, apology to inmates. orinocotribune.com

Editor (2023-07-01). New Docs Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-07-01). Torture with Impunity Runs Rampant in ICE Facilities. scheerpost.com

Noah Berlatsky (2023-07-01). Chicago Is Building a Police Torture Memorial, But Police Violence Continues. truthout.org Anthony Holmes was one of more than 100 Black men tortured by Chicago police detective Jon Burge and his men between 1972 and 1991. He's been waiting for the city to fully acknowledge the wrong done to him for almost 50 years. Now, Chicago may finally break ground on a memorial to survivors of police torture, assuring Holmes and other victims that the injustice inflicted on them won't be justified… |

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-02). Daniel Ellsberg: the establishment whistleblower. greenleft.org.au

Candice Norwood (2023-07-01). Ketanji Brown Jackson Spent Her First Year on SCOTUS as an Undaunted Dissenter. truthout.org In her first year sitting on the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ensured her voice was heard. She has spoken during oral arguments more than any other justice, written several solo dissents and pushed for historical context that is often dismissed in the nation's highest court. She stepped into her role as a justice, the first Black woman to do so, as the court took up cases… |

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