January 5, 2021
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The Assange Verdict: What Happens Now
I fully expect that Julian will be released on bail this week, pending a possible US appeal against the blocking of his extradition. Continue reading
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Chris Hedges: The Empire is Not Done with Julian Assange
Shortly after WikiLeaks released the Iraq War Logs in October 2010, which documented numerous US war crimes — including video images of the gunning down of two Reuters journalists and 10 other unarmed civilians in the Collateral Murder video, the routine torture of Iraqi prisoners, the covering up of thousands of civilian deaths and the killing… Continue reading
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UK: New Bill Threatens Future of Free Expression and Civil Liberty
Big Brother Watch has warned that the recently proposed Online Harms Bill is yet another piece of legislation designed to deceive us into thinking the government is protecting us all when something more sinister is likely. Free expression and civil liberty are at stake. The result is a piece of proposed legislation which is as… Continue reading
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Black Agenda Radio for Week of January 4, 2021
5 January 2021 — Black Agenda Report Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford Pandemic Reveals Crisis of US Imperialism / Only a “Transformational” Electoral Politics is Useful / AFRICOM Causes Humanitarian Crises on Two Continents Pandemic Reveals Crisis of US Imperialism Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford “I think Continue reading
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Julian Assange News Links 4-5 January 2021
5 January 2021 — The New Dark Age Chris Hedges: The Empire Is Not Done With Julian Assange https://popularresistance.org/chris-hedges-the-empire-is-not-done-with-julian-assange/ Assange Wins. The Cost: Press Freedom Is Crushed https://popularresistance.org/assange-wins-the-cost-press-freedom-is-crushed/ Continue reading
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Julian Assange: Imminent Freedom
It has been a long and tiring day, with the startlingly unexpected decision to block Julian’s extradition. The judgement is in fact very concerning, in that it accepted all of the prosecution’s case on the right of the US Government to prosecute publishers worldwide of US official secrets under the Espionage Act. The judge also… Continue reading
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