A new report from Yahoo News reveals that “discussions over kidnapping or killing Assange occurred ‘at the highest levels’ of the Trump administration.” It also shows how the US has been targeting other journalists for potential prosecution.
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Non-extradition ruling a win for Assange, not for press freedom
A U.K. judge’s ruling has spared Julian Assange for now, but advocates warn the court’s rejection of Assange’s free speech defense could stifle investigative journalism.
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Assange had stroke, says fiancee Stella Moris, warning of ‘dangerous impact’ of imprisonment
The “UK is literally torturing him to death,” said one human rights expert.
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Assange Arrest Sparks Interest in Gore Vidal Book
As police pulled Julian Assange out of the the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, the Wikileaks founder held on to a copy of “Gore Vidal: History of the National Security State,” a collection of interviews the late author and critic of the security state did with Paul Jay, CEO and editor-in-chief of The Real News Network. […]
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Remembering Kevin Zeese: A fighter for peace and justice
Zeese was known for organizing around many human rights issues, centering opposition to U.S. imperialism abroad and mass incarceration at home.
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The 1%’s hand-picked judge throws the book at Steven Donziger
Loretta Preska, the judge who did Chevron’s bidding in the case against activist Steven Donziger, has a history of conflicts of interest and pro-corporate rulings. And she’s not alone—corporate influence and conflicts of interest are rampant in the courts.
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Laura Poitras: A filmmaker who takes risks
The Oscar-winning documentarian discusses her new film Risk, about Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
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The Guardian’s Summary of Julian Assange’s Interview Went Viral and Was Completely False
By Glenn Greenwald. This article was first published on The Intercept. Julian Assange is a deeply polarizing figure. Many admire him and many despise him (into which category one falls in any given year typically depends on one’s feelings about the subject of his most recent publication of leaked documents). But one’s views of Assange are completely […]
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RussiaGate
By Andrew Levine / Conterpunch Photo by Carnaval.com Studios | CC BY 2.0 If Vladimir Putin is half as clever as his demonizers make him out to be, he must have figured out a long time ago that, to get inside Donald Trump’s head, clinical psychologists with expertise treating male adolescents would be more useful […]
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