Basta !!! Free Chelsea Manning & Julien Assange Oakland Weekly Friday Vigil
Orion Edmonson | indybay.org | 2019-06-09
MacArthur and fruitvale Oakland…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/06/18823782.php

G20 outcomes: High taxes and artificial intelligence
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-06-09
The Finance Ministers of the world's 20 leading economies came together before the annual G20 summit. The officials discussed global tax policy in the Japanese city Tsukuba before the conference began in Osaka on June 28. During the talks, representatives of the participating countries discussed the problems of artificial intelligence, social networks and the global …
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Basta !!! Free Chelsea Manning & Julien Assange Oakland Weekly Friday Vigil
Orion Edmonson | indybay.org | 2019-06-08
MacArthur and fruitvale Oakland…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/06/18823782.php

When the Journalists Ganged Up on Assange They Ganged Up on Themselves
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-08
Journalists did not appreciate the implications for themselves of the contrived and false indictment of Julian Assange by a corrupt US government. It was obvious to a few of us that the indictment by the US government, a government constrained …
globalresearch.ca/when-journalists-ganged-up-assange-they-ganged-up-themselves/5679909

Virginia Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, extends her conservative reach for 2020
Jessica Piper | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-08
Conservative activist Virginia "Ginni" Thomas plans to launch a new PAC and 501(c)(4) nonprofit, according to a report published in the Intercept this week. Dubbed "American D-Day," the groups will be part of a broader project called Crowdsourcers, with the goal of protecting President Donald Trump. | If Thomas's name sounds familiar, it may be because she is married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who has been on the bench for nearly three decades. But Ginni Thomas has long carved out her own place in conservati…
nationofchange.org/2019/06/08/virginia-thomas-wife-of-justice-clarence-thomas-extends-her-conservative-reach-for-2020/

Ginsburg Warns of More 5-4 Supreme Court Decisions Ahead
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-08
The justice's remarks come as high-profile cases involving the census and electoral maps are still pending before the term ends June 30.
truthdig.com/articles/ginsburg-warns-of-more-5-4-supreme-court-decisions-ahead/

WSJ Says CIA Chief Wouldn't Do Anything 'Inappropriate'—Despite Record of Torture and Coverup
Joshua Cho | commondreams.org | 2019-06-07
The most egregious part of Strobel's report is its whitewashing of Haspel's disturbing record in the CIA by uncritically transmitting glowing endorsements by other CIA officials. (Photo: FAIR) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-06-07_at_12.09.26_pm.png…
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/07/wsj-says-cia-chief-wouldnt-do-anything-inappropriate-despite-record-torture-and?cd-origin=rss

The Wall Street Journal's Disgraceful Defense of Gina Haspel
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-07
A Wall Street Journal report ( 5/25/19) by Warren Strobel whitewashed CIA Director Gina Haspel's career and put a positive spin on the CIA's insulation from public accountability with its turn towards its greatest opacity "in decades." | While one might expect CIA officials to support greater secrecy around the organization, it's odd that ostensibly independent journalists–with a mission to hold official organizations accountable by informing the public–would treat less inf…
truthdig.com/articles/the-wall-street-journals-disgraceful-defense-of-gina-haspel/

Bring Julian Assange home appeal
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-07
Below is an appeal, initiated by Michael Rubbo and signed by many journalists, to the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) to pull out all stops to do more to get Julian Assange released. | * * * | We are a diverse group of people, many of whom originally came together in 2018 to work for the release of James Ricketson from his Cambodian jail. We now reunite to push for the release of Julian Assange who is currently very ill in Britain's Belmarsh prison as he awaits extradition to either the United States or Sweden. | On May 9, he was visited by UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer: "Our finding…
greenleft.org.au/content/bring-julian-assange-home-appeal

WikiLeaks warns US Justice Department preparing more charges against Assange
wsws.org | 2019-06-07
The threat of new charges against the persecuted journalist, already facing 170 years in prison, comes amid fresh fears about his health after his father reported a "short notice" medical appointment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/07/assa-j07.html

WikiLeaks warns US Justice Department preparing more charges against Assange
wsws.org | 2019-06-07
The threat of new charges against the persecuted journalist, already facing 170 years in prison, comes amid fresh fears about his health after his father reported a "short notice" medical appointment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/07/assa-j07.html

Extradition attempts against Assange turn to farce as US prosecution seeks help of convicted paedophile
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2019-06-07
US authorities are reportedly preparing to use a convicted paedophile as a prosecution witness against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.Discredited witness?: A WikiLeaks press release claims the US is now hoping to use Sigurdur Thordarson as a witness in its prosecution against Assange. It also states that, as part of the US extradition request, further charges are likely to be added to those already listed: | Press Release: DoJ preparing to file additional indictment against Assange. | The Trum…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/06/07/extradition-attempts-against-assange-turn-to-farce-as-us-prosecution-seeks-help-of-convicted-paedophile/

Bring Julian Assange home appeal
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-07
Below is an appeal, initiated by Michael Rubbo and signed by many journalists, to the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) to pull out all stops to do more to get Julian Assange released. | * * * | We are a diverse group of people, many of whom originally came together in 2018 to work for the release of James Ricketson from his Cambodian jail. We now reunite to push for the release of Julian Assange who is currently very ill in Britain's Belmarsh prison as he awaits extradition to either the United States or Sweden. | On May 9, he was visited by UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer: "Our finding…
greenleft.org.au/content/bring-julian-assange-home-appeal

UN Torture Expert Says Assange Is Victim of Psychological Torture
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-07
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer investigated the situation of Julian Assange, despite initial reservations. He says if Assange is extradited he faces a "politicized trial," part of the unprecedented international effort to silence and imprison him…
therealnews.com/stories/un-torture-expert-says-assange-is-victim-of-psychological-torture

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Warns Julian Assange Could Die in Prison
Kevin Reed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-07
In a June 1 interview with ABC Radio Adelaide, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer warned that Julian Assange could die in prison if his persecution is not stopped immediately. | Last week, Melzer issued a scathing denunciation of Assange's …
globalresearch.ca/un-special-rapporteur-torture-warns-julian-assange-could-die-prison/5679903

Julian Assange and the increasing threat to freedom of the press
Derek Royden | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-07
The continued persecution of Manning and Assange shows that while actual war criminals are showered with praise and given lucrative sinecures, those who reveal their crimes are the ones who will face punishment.
nationofchange.org/2019/06/07/julian-assange-and-the-increasing-threat-to-freedom-of-the-press/

Extradition attempts against Assange turn to farce as US prosecution seeks help of convicted paedophile
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2019-06-07
US authorities are reportedly preparing to use a convicted paedophile as a prosecution witness against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.Discredited witness?: A WikiLeaks press release claims the US is now hoping to use Sigurdur Thordarson as a witness in its prosecution against Assange. It also states that, as part of the US extradition request, further charges are likely to be added to those already listed: | Press Release: DoJ preparing to file additional indictment against Assange. | The Trum…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/06/07/extradition-attempts-against-assange-turn-to-farce-as-us-prosecution-seeks-help-of-convicted-paedophile/

Sri Lankan Trotskyists win strong support for Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
wsws.org | 2019-06-07
University students voice their concerns about the US-led assaults on Assange and Manning and speak out in defence of free speech.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/07/asan-j07.html

Basta !!! Free Chelsea Manning & Julien Assange Oakland Weekly Friday Vigil
Orion Edmonson | indybay.org | 2019-06-07
MacArthur and fruitvale Oakland…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/06/18823782.php

Four Ways to Expand the U.S. Supreme Court
Thomas Neuburger | commondreams.org | 2019-06-07
That the Supreme Court was failing its constitutional role had been clear to close observers since the 1976 decision in Buckley v. Valeo, which ruled that election spending was "speech." (Photo: Joe Ravi/CC-BY-SA 3.0) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/supremecourt_2.jpeg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/07/four-ways-expand-us-supreme-court?cd-origin=rss

Virginia Thomas, Clarence Thomas's Wife, Is Launching Nonprofit to Protect Trump
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-07
Conservative activist Virginia "Ginni" Thomas plans to launch a new PAC and 501(c)(4) nonprofit, according to a report published in The Intercept this week. Dubbed "American D-Day," the groups will be part of a broader project called Crowdsourcers, with the goal of protecting President Donald Trump. | If Thomas's name sounds familiar, it may be because she is married to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who has been on the bench for nearly three decades. But Ginni Thomas has long carved out her own place in conservati…
truthout.org/articles/wife-of-justice-clarence-thomas-extends-her-conservative-reach-for-2020/

Nuclear Disarmament: The View from Moscow
Reese Erlich | thenation.com | 2019-06-07
Nuclear Disarmament: The View from Moscow…
thenation.com/article/inf-trump-putin-pompeo-lavrov/

WSJ Says CIA Chief Wouldn't Do Anything 'Inappropriate'–Despite Record of Torture and Coverup
Joshua Cho | fair.org | 2019-06-06
by Joshua Cho A Wall Street Journal report (5/25/19) by Warren Strobel whitewashed CIA Director Gina Haspel's career and put a positive spin on the CIA's insulation from public accountability with its turn towards its greatest opacity "in decades." While one might expect CIA officials to support greater secrecy around the organization, it's odd that …
fair.org/home/wsj-says-cia-chief-wouldnt-do-anything-inappropriate-despite-record-of-torture-and-coverup/

Chelsea Manning's Coming of Age
Pamela Rafalow Grossman | progressive.org | 2019-06-06
In the new film "XY Chelsea," director Tim Travers Hawkins keeps the whistleblower's vulnerability front and center: "I hope she can flourish as a free woman."
progressive.org/dispatches/chelsea-manning-xy-chelsea-documentary-grossman-190606/

Trump's Tariff War Is Bad for Everyone But His Friends
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-06
Since time out of mind, presidents have deployed the "Hey, look over here!" tactic to distract the public from politically damaging stories. In less than three years, Donald Trump has raised the practice nearly to the level of performance art. His latest wingding over tariffs against Mexico, however, could have lasting repercussions both for his political standing and the national economy at large. | It began, as it so often has since 2017, with former special counsel Robert Mueller, who gave a nine-minute statement on Ma…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-tariff-war-is-bad-for-everyone-but-his-friends/

Cults of Impeachment
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-06
It is a giddy intoxicant, and making all who partake fall over in puddling nonsense. The Mueller Report is not turning out to be the cleansing agent any of its readers were hoping for. Originally encouraged to identify the cause behind Trumpland and its dark side, the agent of disaffection, the root of madness, it…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/06/cults-of-impeachment/

How the U.S. Navy Sold the Vietnam War
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-06
Dr. Tom Dooley, whose best-selling book "Deliver Us From Evil" helped create a favorable climate of opinion for U.S. intervention in South Vietnam, has long been linked to legendary CIA officer Edward G. Lansdale and his black operations in …
globalresearch.ca/how-u-s-navy-sold-vietnam-war/5679662

The Long Arm of the Bilderberg Group. Created by the CIA and MI6
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-06
Three Italians were invited to this year's meeting of the Bilderberg Group, which was held in Montreux, Switzerland, (30 May to 2 June). Another journalist was invited with Lili Gruber, the host of the TV channel La7, and now the …
globalresearch.ca/long-arm-bilderberg-group/5679805

Behind the US Espionage Act
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-06-06
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces 17 counts of violating the United States Espionage Act, for publishing material given to him by former US soldier Chelsea Manning. | The material included documents that exposed US war crimes and other material about Washington's wars against Afghanistan and Iraq, which the military wanted to keep secret from the public. | The Espionage Act was passed in 1917 as the US entered the First World War. A product of wartime hysteria, it was first used against the Socialist Party (SP) and against anarchists and the anarcho-syndicalists of the Industrial Workers of the World, who op…
greenleft.org.au/content/behind-us-espionage-act

Corporate Media Have Second Thoughts About Exiling Julian Assange From Journalism
John O'Day | commondreams.org | 2019-06-06
The problem of journalistic demarcation is no less ideologically motivated and, through their effort to discredit Assange and WikiLeaks, corporate media have snugly aligned themselves with the contemporary brokers of US imperial power against a journalistic movement. (Photo: Matt Dunham / AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/assangeee.jpeg…
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After Assange's Espionage Act Indictment, Police Move Against More Journalists for Publishing Classified Material
Joe Lauria | commondreams.org | 2019-06-06
"These raids are all about intimidating journalists and intimidating whistle blowers so that mistakes made by the Government, including potential crimes, by the military, remain covered up, remain secret, and don't fall in to the public domain." (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/messenger.jpeg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/06/after-assanges-espionage-act-indictment-police-move-against-more-journalists?cd-origin=rss

Corporate media have second thoughts about exiling Julian Assange from journalism
John O'Day | nationofchange.org | 2019-06-06
Corporate media dutifully laid the groundwork for the U.S. Department of Justice's escalating political persecution of the WikiLeaks founder, and set the stage for a renewed assault on a free and independent press by the Trump administration.
nationofchange.org/2019/06/06/corporate-media-have-second-thoughts-about-exiling-julian-assange-from-journalism/

The global war on journalism
wsws.org | 2019-06-06
The arrest of Julian Assange has set a precedent for the state persecution of journalists, triggering police raids in Australia and France against reporters documenting government crimes and corruption.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/06/pers-j06.html

Hacking Dirty Government Secrets Is Not a Crime
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-06
British goon cops acting at the request of the United States government entered Ecuador's embassy in London, dragged out WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and prepared to ship him across the pond. After this event last month most of the mainstream media reacted with spiteful glee about Assange's predicament and relief that the Department of Justice…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/06/hacking-dirty-government-secrets-is-not-a-crime/

Corporate Media Will Regret Abandoning Julian Assange
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-06
After British police arrested Julian Assange on April 11, the first instinct of corporate journalists was to perform a line-drawing exercise. In so doing, corporate media dutifully laid the groundwork for the US Department of Justice's escalating political persecution of the WikiLeaks founder, and set the stage for a renewed assault on a free and independent press by the Trump administration. | Following the philosopher of science Karl Popper, I'll call this the problem of journalistic demarcation. Facing his own demarc…
truthdig.com/articles/corporate-media-will-regret-abandoning-julian-assange/

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture warns Julian Assange could die in prison
wsws.org | 2019-06-06
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture said in an Australian radio interview on June 1 that Julian Assange could die in jail if his persecution is not ended here and now.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/06/06/assa-j06.html

Islamic State says it has moved into Mozambique, police say no
CGTN Africa | cgtn.com | 2019-06-06
The Islamic State group claims it was involved in an insurgent clash in Mozambique for the first time, but analysts expressed doubt and Mozambican police dismissed the claim outright. | According to SITE Intelligence, a company that monitors extremist activity, Islamic State issued a statement late Tuesday claiming involvement in an apparent gunfight with the Mozambique military in Cabo Delgado. | "The soldiers of the Caliphate were able to repulse an attack by the Crusader Mozambican army in Metubi village, in the Mocimboa area," said the statement, according to a SITE translation. | "They clashed with them w…
africa.cgtn.com/2019/06/06/islamic-state-says-it-has-moved-into-mozambique-police-say-no/

The GOP's White Supremacy Now Has a Smoking Gun
Sonali Kolhatkar | commondreams.org | 2019-06-06
Immigration activists rally on April 23 outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. as the justices hear arguments over the Trump administration's plan to ask about citizenship on the 2020 census. (Photo: J. Scott Applewhite / AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/supreme_0.jpeg…
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Why it's necessary: Unite and fight against abortion bans
Sue Davis | workers.org | 2019-06-06
The criminal anti-abortion network in the U.S., praised and promoted by the racist, reactionary Don in the Oval Office, was hard at work the last two weeks of May. A Missouri abortion ban was signed into law on May 24. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a split decision in an . . . | Continue reading Why it's necessary: Unite and fight against abortion bans at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/06/06/why-its-necessary-unite-and-fight-against-abortion-bans/

Instead of a US Peace Plan for the Middle East, How about a US Peace Plan for the US?
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-06
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo describes the Trump administration's plan for peace between Israel and Palestinian Arabs as "unexecutable." President Trump says Pompeo "may be right." Good! As addiction counselors say, the first step is admitting you have a problem. With addiction, the way out is not…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/06/instead-of-a-us-peace-plan-for-the-middle-east-how-about-a-us-peace-plan-for-the-us/

From Guatemala to Moscow to Washington, Neoliberalism and Privatization Driving Our Crises
John Buell | commondreams.org | 2019-06-06
These exculpatory views survived even amidst the elevation of Elliott Abrams, the war criminal architect of brutal Central American policy late last century. (Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/abrams_pompeo.jpeg…
commondreams.org/views/2019/06/06/guatemala-moscow-washington-neoliberalism-and-privatization-driving-our-crises?cd-origin=rss

Venezuela: Pompeo Exposes Frustration Over Opposition Divisions as China, Russia Call for Non-Interference
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-06-06
The US Secretary of State claims efforts to unify the opposition have been "devilishly difficult."
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14525

But we're diverse! NSA roasted over appropriating Pride Month, reminded of mass surveillance sins
rt.com | 2019-06-06
Efforts by the National Security Agency (NSA) to pose as diverse during Pride Month have attracted scorn and outrage on social media, where people have not forgotten about bulk spying on Americans and the world. | …
rt.com/usa/461254-nsa-pride-tweet-backlash/

Technotyranny: The Iron-Fisted Authoritarianism of the Surveillance State
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-06
"There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me.'" ‚Äï Philip K. Dick Red pill or blue pill? You decide. Twenty years after the Wachowskis' iconic 1999 film, The Matrix, introduced us to a futuristic world in which…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/06/technotyranny-the-iron-fisted-authoritarianism-of-the-surveillance-state/

It's Time to Move on From Mueller
Aaron Maté | thenation.com | 2019-06-05
It's Time to Move on From Mueller…
thenation.com/article/mueller-impeachment-russiagate-trump/

The EU Votes and the CIA Wins Again
Aidan O'Brien | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-05
The European Union voted last month but not one of its 21st century war crimes and war criminals were a topic of conversation. The real possibility of a nuclear war between the EU and Russia wasn't an issue either. The | …
globalresearch.ca/eu-votes-cia-wins-again/5679587

After Assange's Espionage Act Indictment, Police Move Against More Journalists for Publishing Classified Material
consortiumnews.com | 2019-06-05
Less than two months after the arrest of journalist Julian Assange, and two weeks after his indictment under the Espionage Act, emboldened governments have sent the police after journalists who've challenged the state. Joe Lauria reports. By Joe Lauria in… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/06/05/after-assanges-espionage-act-indictment-police-move-against-more-journalists-for-publishing-classified-material/

Journalists now fair game as police raid public broadcaster following US hounding of Assange
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2019-06-05
In April, US authorities issued an extradition request for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, with warnings from The Canary and other m…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/06/05/journalists-now-fair-game-as-police-raid-state-broadcaster-following-us-hounding-of-assange/

Following US Lead on Assange, Australia Goes on Assault Spree Against Free Press
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-06-05
SYDNEY — Since the United States charged journalist Julian Assange with 17 counts of Espionage Act violations — charges that could see Assange facing the death penalty — Australia appears to be following America's lead and cracking down on free press, particularly journalists and publications that publish government secrets. | Australia — Assange's nation of origin and a Five Eyes member — has conducted two raids in as many days. The first was on Tuesday, when Aus…
mintpressnews.com/australia-assange-assault-free-press/259000/

Corporate Media Have Second Thoughts About Exiling Julian Assange From Journalism
John O'Day | fair.org | 2019-06-05
"Democracy dies in darkness," reads the Washington Post slogan–though apparently sometimes it's good to put people in prison for exposing government wrongdoing ( 4/11/19). | After British police arrested Julian Assange on April 11, the first instinct of corporate journalists was to perform a line-drawing exercise. In so doing, corporate media dutifully laid the groundw…
fair.org/home/corporate-media-have-second-thoughts-about-exiling-julian-assange-from-journalism/