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2019-04-15: Social Media Postees

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Wikileaks Reveals: CIA's UMBRAGE Allows Agency to Carry out 'False Flag' Cyber Attacks
Whitney Webb | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
This Mint Press article was first posted on Global Research on March 10, 2017 | A new release of CIA documents by Wikileaks indicates that the intelligence agency has the means and the intent to mask the cyber-attacks it commits by …
globalresearch.ca/wikileaks-reveals-cias-umbrage-allows-agency-to-carry-out-false-flag-cyber-attacks/5578786

Chomsky: Assange and Lula the Same Case to Silence Their Voices
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-15
U.S. intellectual Noam Chomsky voiced his concerns Friday over the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange during an interview with Democracy Now, calling the situation a "scandalous in several respects." | RELATED: | The Assange Arrest is a Warning From History | The world-renowned linguist and academic said that this is just a new case of "efforts to silence" dissident voices. Chomsky compared Assa…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chomsky-Assange-and-Lula-the-Same-Case-to-Silence-Their-Voices-20190414-0028.html

The Assange Arrest is a Warning from History
John Pilger | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-15
The glimpse of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London is an emblem of the times. Might against right. Muscle against the law. Indecency against courage. Six policemen manhandled a sick journalist, his eyes wincing against his first natural light in almost seven years. That this outrage happened in the heart of …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/the-assange-arrest-is-a-warning-from-history/

Victor Laszlo: Role Model for Assange, Manning and Snowden
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
This writer's favorite film of all time, right ahead of Seven Days In May and JFK is of course Casablanca. The film had it all, from WW2 suspense to old fashioned romance… with a good dose of twists and turns. …
globalresearch.ca/victor-laszlo-role-model-for-assange-manning-and-snowden/5674444

Ecuador's Moreno Says Assange Tried to Use Its Embassy to Spy
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-15
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange repeatedly violated his asylum conditions and tried to use the Ecuadorian embassy in London as a center for spying, Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno told Britain's Guardian newspaper. | RELATED: | Chomsky: Assange and Lula the Same Case to Silence Their Voices | London police dragged Assange out of the embassy on Thursday after his seven-year asylum was revoked, paving the way for his extradition to the United States for one of the biggest ever…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ecuadors-Moreno-Says-Assange-Tried-to-Use-Its-Embassy-to-Spy-20190415-0004.html

Julian Assange Is Guilty Only of Revealing the Evil Soul of US Imperialism
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
Julian Assange was bundled away by British police after Lenin Moreno, the president of Ecuador, gave the green light for the expulsion of the Wikileaks publisher from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Assange's arrest represents an abuse of power, …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-guilty-revealing-us-imperialism/5674433

Punishing the Past, Impeding the Future: the Arrest of Assange
Giorgio Agamben | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-15
I met Assange two years ago at the Embassy of Ecuador in London, and remembering what he had told me during our encounter I think one can understand why he was arrested today. Assange mentioned to me that he was investigating how Google was planning to make use of the immense quantity of information at…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/15/punishing-the-past-impeding-the-future-the-arrest-of-assange/

Is Assange to be the Sacrificial Lamb to the Slaughter?
Britt Bartenbach | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
With the unlawful seizure of the Wikileaks publisher and founder Julian Assange the powerful have established an ominous prelude to this year's upcoming Easter holidays. | And how is the world reacting to this demonstration of power? Those who question the …
globalresearch.ca/assange-sacrificial-lamb-slaughter/5674441

Why the Assange Allegation Is a Stitch-up
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
I am slightly updating and reposting this from 2012 because the mainstream media have ensured very few people know the detail of the "case" against Julian Assange in Sweden. The UN Working Group ruled that Assange ought never to have …
globalresearch.ca/assange-allegation-stitch-up/5674521

A Marriage of Conscience: Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
"About suffering they were never wrong," wrote W. H. Auden in the poem "Musée Des Beaux Arts." | These lines occurred to me last week when all eyes were focused on the brutal British seizure of Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-chelsea-manning/5674446

Delegitimising Journalism: The Effort to Relabel Julian Assange
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
"Your honour, I represent the United States government". The Westminster Magistrates Court had been left with little doubt by the opening words of the legal team marshalled against the face of WikiLeaks. Julian Assange was being targeted by the imperium …
globalresearch.ca/effort-relabel-julian-assange/5674460

Julian Assange's Nightmarish Future
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-15
The WikiLeaks publisher is in a maximum-security prison that has been called the UK's Guantanamo Bay, Elizabeth Vos reports. By Elizabeth Vos Special to Consortium News While Julian Assange waits for what comes next — sentencing on skipping bail in England… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/15/julian-assanges-nightmarish-future/

The Prosecution Of Julian Assange Is A Threat To Journalists Everywhere
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-15
Supporters of Julian Assange gather outside Westminster Court after Assange's arrest (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz for AFP-NurPhoto) Take action to protect Julian Assange. Click here to read about what you can do. Support the Embassy Protection Collective. The United States is recognizing its fake coup president, Juan Guaido, in Venezuela and we understand that his people …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/the-prosecution-of-julian-assange-is-a-threat-to-journalists-everywhere/

What Happened to "Journalism" in the "Greatest Democracy on Earth"?
Richard Galustian | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
Before discussing the arrest of Assange in some depth, by way of an introduction, its important to mention a Gore Vidal observation | "We Americans should stop going around babbling about how we're the greatest democracy on earth, when we're not …
globalresearch.ca/what-happened-journalism-greatest-democracy-earth/5674463

The Prosecution of Julian Assange Is a Threat to Journalists Everywhere
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-15
The arrest of Julian Assange not only puts the free press in the United States at risk, it puts any reporters who expose US crimes anywhere in the world at risk. As Pepe Escobar wrote | "Let's cut to the | …
globalresearch.ca/prosecution-julian-assange-threat-journalists-everywhere/5674505

ILPS condemns arrest of Julian Assange, Demands his immediate release as journalist
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-04-15
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following April 14 statement from the Office of the Chairperson, International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS). | We, the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS), strongly condemn the arrest of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange by British authorities under the direction of the US government. We defend his rights as a journalist and demand his immediate release. | Assange has earned the ire of the US for exposing the truth about US behind-the-scenes machinations in its drive to carry out foreign interventions and launch wars of aggression for regime chang…
fightbacknews.org/2019/4/14/ilps-condemns-arrest-julian-assange-demands-his-immediate-release-journalist

Iran Calls Pompeo's Accusations of Meddling in Venezuela 'Ridiculous'
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-15
The Spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Mousavi responded on Sunday to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's allegations of meddling in Venezuelan internal affairs. | RELATED: | Iran Orders 60,000 to Evacuate Flood-hit Oil City | Mousavi called Pompeo's accusations of Iran's alleged meddling in Venezuelan affairs 'ridiculous', while maintaining his country's support for a peaceful settlement, absent of foreign intervention. | "Donald Trump's U.S. wants to turn Latin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Calls-Pompeos-Accusations-of-Meddling-in-Venezuela-Ridiculous-20190415-0003.html

'Pompeo has Lost His Mind': Chinese Ambassador to Chile
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-15
telesurenglish.net/news/Pompeo-has-Lost-His-Mind-Chinese-Ambassador-to-Chile-20190415-0005.html

German media denounce Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-15
Reading the comments of the German media on the arrest of Julian Assange, one can only conclude that democracy and press freedom in Germany are in a dire state.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/15/germ-a15.html

Protest outside London's Belmarsh prison demands release of Julian Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-15
The WikiLeaks founder has been held at the maximum-security prison since his forcible seizure and arrest last Thursday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/15/belm-a15.html

Trump Is 'Going To Go Full Animal' Says Steve Bannon
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2019-04-15
Donald Trump's former chief adviser predicted Mr. Trump would "come off the chains" and use the Mueller Report to "bludgeon" his opponents and ignore congressional oversight requests for documents. Attorney General Barr's memorandum on Mueller's report left Trump feeling vindicated, triumphant and unleashed.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/15/18822746.php

Assange Has Been Arrested for US Extradition
Caitlin Johnstone | indybay.org | 2019-04-15
Extradited for journalism. In a blur, everything that Assange and WikiLeaks have been warning about for years has been proven correct, contrary to mountains of claims to the contrary by establishment loyalists everywhere. The same government which tortured Chelsea Manning is in the process of extraditing her publisher so that they can silence him forever.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/12/18822709.php

Secret Report Reveals Saudi Incompetence and Widespread Use of U.S. Weapons in Yemen
Alex Emmons | theintercept.com | 2019-04-15
Donald Trump says Saudi Arabia could turn to Russia or China for arms, but the French intelligence report emphasizes its dependence on the West.
theintercept.com/2019/04/15/saudi-weapons-yemen-us-france/

Bernie Sanders silent on Assange, vocal in promoting nationalism at Michigan rally
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-15
Sanders' silence on Assange signals his support for the persecution of the former WikiLeaks editor.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/15/sand-a15.html

Stop the extraordinary rendition of Julian Assange!
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-15
What is being presented as an extradition request by the US is so loaded with illegality that it would be more precise to call it an extraordinary rendition.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/15/pers-a15.html

Workers and youth speak out at SEP (Australia) rallies in defence of Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-15
"What they are doing though won't stop us. We will find a way to free Julian and any other journalists who come under attack."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/15/assa-a15.html

Falsifying history and repudiating democratic rights: Floyd Abrams' attack on WikiLeaks
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-15
We are reposting David North's essay, first published over eight years ago, in defense of Julian Assange against efforts by the US media and government to discredit the WikiLeaks founder after the 2010 release of the Iraq War Logs.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/15/floy-a15.html

Socialist Equality Party (UK) member Robert Stevens speaks at rally to demand release of Assange from Belmarsh prison
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-15
Stevens said, "Join the fight to defend Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden. Workers and youth internationally must mobilise immediately to defend these class war prisoners."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/15/spee-a15.html

UK Labour leads "rape" smears against Julian Assange demanding Swedish extradition
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-15
This is the Blairites' answer to global public outrage over Assange's brutal seizure from the Ecuadorian embassy in London on Thursday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/15/ukas-a15.html

Supporters protesting outside Belmarsh prison speak out in defense of Julian Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-15
Protesters at Saturday's demonstration to demand the release of Julian Assange from Belmarsh prison spoke to the World Socialist Web Site.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/15/ints-a15.html

Emergency Action To Free Julian Assange At UK Consulate
BAACFJA | indybay.org | 2019-04-15
San Francisco UK Consulate | #1 Sansome St. off Market St | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/11/18822702.php

New Zealand rally demands freedom for Julian Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-15
Tom Peters from the Socialist Equality Group (NZ) told the rally that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's life will be in danger if he is extradited from Britain to the US.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/15/nzpr-a15.html

CHRIS HEDGES: The Martyrdom of Julian Assange
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-14
Assange and WikiLeaks allowed us to see the inner workings of empire — the most important role of a press — and for this they became empire's prey, writes Chris Hedges of Truthdig. By Chris Hedges Truthdig The arrest Thursday of… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/14/chris-hedges-the-martyrdom-of-julian-assange/

Why Julian Assange Matters for the Freedom of the Press
Julian Vigo | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-14
There is no one issue that unites those of us on the left so firmly with the right as the topic of freedom of the press. And the case of Julian Assange, Wikileaks co-founder, encapsulates perfectly this dilemma that seems to have many drinking the Kool-Aid of Russiagate which seems to have an endless season …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/why-julian-assange-matters-for-the-freedom-of-the-press/

Assange Indictment: A Threat to the Foundation of US Democracy?
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-14
A panel discussion between FAIR's Jeff Cohen and Jacqueline Luqman, with host Marc Steiner examines whether this is the beginning of an attempt to stop investigative journalists from working with whistleblowers and exposing corruption…
therealnews.com/stories/assange-indictment-a-threat-to-the-foundation-of-us-democracy

Assange and the Cowardice of Power
Michael Howard | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-14
Donald Trump has never heard of WikiLeaks, the publishing organization whose work he repeatedly and unequivocally touted during the 2016 election campaign. "I know nothing about WikiLeaks," he told reporters after Julian Assange was illegally arrested, after being illegally detained for seven years, in London. "It's not my thing and I know there is something …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/assange-and-the-cowardice-of-power/

WikiLeaks' Publication of the Collateral Murder Video, Afghanistan and Iraq Docs, US Diplomatic Cables: Why Assange's Extradition Must be Opposed at All Cost
Dr. Nozomi Hayase | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-14
On Thursday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by the UK police inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he was granted political asylum in 2012. This termination of asylum by Ecuador in violation of international law came a week …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assanges-extradition-opposed-all-costs/5674347

What Now Should People of Conscience Do to Protect Julian Assange?
Kim Petersen | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-14
Several headlines have blared "Julian Assange Arrested." This is misleading because Assange has been under de facto arrest ever since the Swedish authorities sought his extradition regarding sex-related allegations. Assange always stated that he was amenable to going to Sweden with a guarantee of no-further extradition to the United States. Sweden refused to accede to …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/what-now-should-people-of-conscience-do-to-protect-julian-assange/

A Marriage of Conscience: Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-14
"About suffering they were never wrong," wrote W. H. Auden in the poem "Musée Des Beaux Arts." These lines occurred to me last week when all eyes were focused on the brutal British seizure of Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. No one should have been surprised by this despicable spectacle carried out …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/a-marriage-of-conscience-julian-assange-and-chelsea-manning/

Sell Out: How Corruption, Voter Fraud and a Neoliberal Turn Led Ecuador's Lenin to Give Up Assange
Denis Rogatyuk | thegrayzone.com | 2019-04-14
Desperate to ingratiate his government with Washington and distract the public from his mounting scandals, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno has…
thegrayzone.com/2019/04/14/lenin-moreno-julian-assange-wikileaks-ecuador/

Venezuelan Govt Reveals Plans of Far-Right 'Terrorist' Cell
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-14
Vice President of Communication, Tourism, and Culture of Venezuela, Jorge Rodriguez, revealed Thursday the members and plans of a far-right "terrorist" group called Cocoon 2.0, based off of information provided by Roberto Marrero Borgas and other found in his cellphone after his March 21 capture. | RELATED: | Guaido's 'Terrorist' Collaborator Arrested in Venezuela: Govt | Marrero Borgas alleged "chief of staff" for lawmaker Juan Guaido, was arrested after the Venezuelan intelligence…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-Govt-Reveals-Plans-of-Far-Right-Terrorist-Cell-20190414-0021.html

Phoenix in Knightsbridge
T.P. Wilkinson | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-14
(Photo: Screengrab) If the circumstances surrounding the seizure of Mr Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy in London are correctly viewed, that is compared to appropriately comparable phenomena, then what we have is an audacious daylight act of state terrorism, comparable to the routines developed in Vietnam during the war the US waged against that …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/phoenix-in-knightsbridge/

Julian Assange Languishes in Prison as His Journalistic Collaborators Brandish Their Prizes
Charles Glass | theintercept.com | 2019-04-14
If Trump's Justice Department ups the ante to charge Julian Assange under the Espionage Act, he may spend the rest of his life in prison.
theintercept.com/2019/04/14/julian-assange-languishes-in-prison-as-his-journalistic-collaborators-brandish-their-prizes/

Chinese Ambassador to Chile Rejects Pompeo's Allegations
plenglish | plenglish.com | 2019-04-14
Santiago de Chile, Apr 14 (Prensa Latina) China's Ambassador to Chile, Xu Bu, has slammed allegations by US State Secretary Mike Pompeo during his recent visit to Santiago and termed them absurd and baseless.
www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=40908&SEO=chinese-ambassador-to-chile-rejects-pompeos-allegations

'Clearly a joke': White House explains away Trump's 'I love WikiLeaks' comments
RT | rt.com | 2019-04-14
The recent arrest of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has put the White House in the awkward position of having to explain away US President Donald Trump's previous praise for the whistleblowing website. | …
rt.com/usa/456501-trump-love-wikileaks-assange-joke/

Noam Chomsky takes apart the 'scandalous' arrest of Julian Assange
James Wright | thecanary.co | 2019-04-13
Renowned author Noam Chomsky took apart the arrest of Julian Assange on 12 April. "Scandalous" Speaking to Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Chomsky said: Well, … | Read more Noam Chomsky takes apart the 'scandalous' arrest of Julian Assange | By James Wright…
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Chomsky: Arrest of Assange Is "Scandalous" and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of U.S
Democracy Now! | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-13
Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are vowing to fight his possible extradition to the United States following his arrest in London, when British police forcibly removed Assange from the Ecuadorean Embassy, where he had taken asylum for almost seven years. On Thursday night, Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman spoke to Noam Chomsky about Assange's arrest, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/chomsky-arrest-of-assange-is-scandalous-and-highlights-shocking-extraterritorial-reach-of-u-s/

Chomsky: Arrest of Assange Is "Scandalous" and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of US
Democracy Now! | commondreams.org | 2019-04-13
WikiLeaks was producing things that people ought to know about those in power. People in power don't like that, so therefore we have to silence it. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/chomsky-assange-arrest.jpg…
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Assange's 'Conspiracy' to Expose War Crimes Has Already Been Punished
Joe Emersberger | commondreams.org | 2019-04-13
A van with a billboard in support of American whistleblower Chelsea Manning and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is parked outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on April 5, 2019. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/freespeech_1.jpg…
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Julian Assange outside the Gate of Hell
Tariq Ali | mronline.org | 2019-04-13
I've been to see Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy several times, mainly when Rafael Correa was President and the Embassy felt like a liberated space. A few weeks ago I met him again. By now Correa's successor, Lenín Moreno, had capitulated on every level to the American Empire. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/04/13/julian-assange-outside-the-gate-of-hell/

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2019-04-14: News Headlines

Consortiumnews (2019-04-14). CHRIS HEDGES: The Martyrdom of Julian Assange. consortiumnews.com Assange and WikiLeaks allowed us to see the inner workings of empire — the most important role of a press — and for this they became empire's prey, writes Chris Hedges of Truthdig. By Chris Hedges Truthdig The arrest Thursday of… Read more →

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2019-04-14). Assange's Indictment Treats Journalism as a Crime. globalresearch.ca After living under a grant of asylum in London's Ecuadorian embassy for nearly seven years, WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange was forcibly ejected and arrested by British police on April 11. Ecuador's president, Lenin Moreno, accused Assange of "repeated violations …

Kim Petersen (2019-04-14). What Now Should People of Conscience Do to Protect Julian Assange? dissidentvoice.org Several headlines have blared "Julian Assange Arrested." This is misleading because Assange has been under de facto arrest ever since the Swedish authorities sought his extradition regarding sex-related allegations. Assange always stated that he was amenable to going to Sweden with a guarantee of no-further extradition to the United States. Sweden refused to accede to …

STAFF (2019-04-14). Assange Indictment: A Threat to the Foundation of US Democracy? therealnews.com A panel discussion between FAIR's Jeff Cohen and Jacqueline Luqman, with host Marc Steiner examines whether this is the beginning of an attempt to stop investigative journalists from working with whistleblowers and exposing corruption…

Stephen Lendman (2019-04-14). Assange's Arrest Affirms US/UK Speech, Media, and Academic Freedoms Are Null and Void. globalresearch.ca The US First Amendment affirms fundamental speech and media rights without which all others are threatened. No society is free without them. Eliminating them assures totalitarian rule. | In her 1951 book, titled "The Origins of Totalitarianism," Hannah Arendt said it's …

Pepe Escobar (2019-04-14). The Assange Arrest: You Have the Right to Remain Silent. globalresearch.ca The date — April 11, 2019 — will live in infamy in the annals of Western "values" and "freedom of expression." The image is stark. A handcuffed journalist and publisher dragged out by force from the inside of an embassy, …

Julian Vigo (2019-04-14). Why Julian Assange Matters for the Freedom of the Press. dissidentvoice.org There is no one issue that unites those of us on the left so firmly with the right as the topic of freedom of the press. And the case of Julian Assange, Wikileaks co-founder, encapsulates perfectly this dilemma that seems to have many drinking the Kool-Aid of Russiagate which seems to have an endless season …

Kim Petersen (2019-04-14). What Should People of Conscience Do to Protect Julian Assange? globalresearch.ca Several headlines have blared "Julian Assange Arrested." This is misleading because Assange has been under de facto arrest ever since the Swedish authorities sought his extradition regarding sex-related allegations. | Assange always stated that he was amenable to going to Sweden …

Jonathan Cook (2019-04-14). After 7 Years of Deceptions About Assange, the US Readies for Its First Media Rendition. globalresearch.ca For seven years, from the moment Julian Assange first sought refuge in the Ecuadorean embassy in London, they have been telling us we were wrong, that we were paranoid conspiracy theorists. We were told there was no real threat of …

Mairead Maguire (2019-04-14). Mairead Maguire Requests Permission to Visit Assange, Nominated for Nobel Prize. globalresearch.ca Mairead Maguire has requested UK Home Office for permission to visit her friend Julian Assange whom this year she has nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. | "I want to visit Julian to see he is receiving medical care and to …

Massoud Nayeri (2019-04-14). Drop Invalid Charges Against Julian Assange! globalresearch.ca Right after Julian Assange was arrested by the U.K. secret police at the Ecuadorian embassy in London which was his refuge for almost 7 years, the corrupted media in the U.S. joyfully gloated about this arrest. Their message to the …

Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War (2019-04-14). The Arrest of Julian Assange: "Send a Chill into the Bones of Investigative Journalists and Whistle-Blowers around the Globe" globalresearch.ca The Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War condemns the governments of Ecuador, the UK, and USA, for their collaboration in arresting and extraditing journalist Julian Assange. This was not a secretive operation carried out under the cover of darkness. …

Paul Antonopoulos (2019-04-14). Major Revelation: Assange Was Bought for $4.2 Billion — Former Ecuadorian President Confirms IMF Loan In Exchange For Assange. globalresearch.ca Former and much loved Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has accused Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno of suspending the asylum of cyber-activist Julian Assange in order to obtain a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). | Correa said that there is evidence …

Text: RR Photos: Teri Vershel (2019-04-14). Demonstration in Palo Alto Raises Public Awareness About Mueller Report. indybay.org On April 4, a coalition of organizations activated a nationwide protest in response to Attorney General William Barr's failure to meet a deadline set by House Democrats to release special counsel Robert Mueller's full Russia report to Congress. Amongst many participating locations in the San Francisco Bay Area, Palo Alto was one. | Photos by Teri Vershel, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer.

Lynda Carson (2019-04-14). Julian Assange of Wikileaks was arrested by cops in London. indybay.org Double crossed by the Ecuadorian Ambassador and the Ecuadorian government's withdrawal of asylum, in an urgent tweet from WikiLeaks it said, "Ecuador has illegally terminated Julian Assange's political asylum in violation of international law. He was arrested by the British police inside the Ecuadorian embassy on April 11, 2019!

Caitlin Johnstone (2019-04-14). Assange Has Been Arrested for US Extradition. indybay.org Extradited for journalism. In a blur, everything that Assange and WikiLeaks have been warning about for years has been proven correct, contrary to mountains of claims to the contrary by establishment loyalists everywhere. The same government which tortured Chelsea Manning is in the process of extraditing her publisher so that they can silence him forever.

T.P. Wilkinson (2019-04-14). Phoenix in Knightsbridge. dissidentvoice.org (Photo: Screengrab) If the circumstances surrounding the seizure of Mr Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian embassy in London are correctly viewed, that is compared to appropriately comparable phenomena, then what we have is an audacious daylight act of state terrorism, comparable to the routines developed in Vietnam during the war the US waged against that …

BAACFJA (2019-04-14). Emergency Action To Free Julian Assange At UK Consulate. indybay.org San Francisco UK Consulate | #1 Sansome St. off Market St | San Francisco…

Tariq Ali (2019-04-13). Julian Assange outside the Gate of Hell. mronline.org I've been to see Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy several times, mainly when Rafael Correa was President and the Embassy felt like a liberated space. A few weeks ago I met him again. By now Correa's successor, Lenín Moreno, had capitulated on every level to the American Empire. | Source

unitedEditor (2019-04-13). What Wikileaks and Assange have revealed to the world. uwidata.com UWI reviews Wikileaks most important revelations On April 11, 2019, Wikileaks co-founder and editor Julian Assange was imprisoned. After his Ecuadorian citizenship being annulled, he was arrested inside the South American country's embassy in London where he had lived for 7 years. His next court date is set to take place on May 2. While …

Democracy Now! (2019-04-13). Chomsky: Arrest of Assange Is "Scandalous" and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. dissidentvoice.org Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are vowing to fight his possible extradition to the United States following his arrest in London, when British police forcibly removed Assange from the Ecuadorean Embassy, where he had taken asylum for almost seven years. On Thursday night, Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman spoke to Noam Chomsky about Assange's arrest, …

James Wright (2019-04-13). Noam Chomsky takes apart the 'scandalous' arrest of Julian Assange. thecanary.co Renowned author Noam Chomsky took apart the arrest of Julian Assange on 12 April. "Scandalous" Speaking to Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Chomsky said: Well, … | Read more Noam Chomsky takes apart the 'scandalous' arrest of Julian Assange | By James Wright

teleSUR (2019-04-13). US: Paraguay is Partner in Strategy Against Venezuela. telesurenglish.net The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Saturday in Asuncion, Paraguay from Chile to continue with his diplomatic tour to consolidate support to the administration's strategy to take down the Venezuelan government under Nicolas Maduro. | RELATED: | US's Pompeo Visits Latam, Increases Pressure Against Venezuela | After a private conversation…

Consortiumnews (2019-04-13). The Assange Arrest: You Have the Right to Remain Silent. consortiumnews.com The arrest of Julian Assange was an act of revenge by the U.S. government that strikes at the heart of journalism, writes Pepe Escobar. By Pepe Escobar Asia Times The date — April 11, 2019 — will live in infamy… Read more →

Democracy Now! (2019-04-13). Chomsky: Arrest of Assange Is "Scandalous" and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of US. commondreams.org WikiLeaks was producing things that people ought to know about those in power. People in power don't like that, so therefore we have to silence it. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/chomsky-assange-arrest.jpg…

The Real News Network (2019-04-13). Ecuadorian President's Motives for Surrendering Assange: Vengeance & IMF Loan? dissidentvoice.org $4.2 billion IMF loan, submission to the US, and vengeance appear to have been President Moreno's true motives for revoking Assange's asylum in Ecuador's London embassy, says Ecuador's former foreign minister Guillaume Long.

Jonathan Cook (2019-04-13). UK Media, MPs Unveil Latest Assange Deception. dissidentvoice.org In my last blog post, I warned that the media and political class would continue with their long-running deceptions about Julian Assange now that he has been dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy. They have wasted no time in proving me right. The first thrust in their campaign of deceit was set out on the Guardian's …

Joe Emersberger (2019-04-13). Assange's 'Conspiracy' to Expose War Crimes Has Already Been Punished. commondreams.org A van with a billboard in support of American whistleblower Chelsea Manning and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is parked outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on April 5, 2019. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/freespeech_1.jpg…

teleSUR (2019-04-13). Rape Case Against WikiLeaks' Assange Could Reopen in Sweden. telesurenglish.net Julian Assange is facing possible legal action in Sweden as an abandoned rape case investigation against him could be reopened. He is already awaiting charges in the United Kingdom and possible extradition to the United States. | RELATED: | Alleged WikiLeaks Collaborator Ola Bini Arrested in Ecuador | The lawyer of a woman who has accused the WikiLeaks fou…

Tom Coburg (2019-04-13). There's a critical flaw in the US indictment against Julian Assange. It changes everything. thecanary.co Following the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, The Canary has examined the evidence available in relation to the US indictment against him. And … | Read more There's a critical flaw in the US indictment against Julian Assange. It changes everything | By Tom Coburg

Alexandra Ellerbeck, Avi Asher-Schapiro (2019-04-13). Why the Prosecution of Julian Assange Is Troubling for Press Freedom. commondreams.org Placards and messages in support of Julian Assange sit outside Ecuadorian Embassy stands in South Kensington on April 5, 2019 in London, England. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/julian_assange-troubling.jpg…

teleSUR (2019-04-13). Ghana, Google to Open Africa's First AI Research Lab. telesurenglish.net In a historic first for the continent, Ghana and Google have cooperated to open Africa's first artificial intelligence research laboratory, which, experts hope, will take on some of the region's struggles. | RELATED: | Nigeria's Affordable Solar Energy-Using ISP Expands to Ghana | "Africa has many challenges where the use of AI could be beneficial, so…

teleSUR (2019-04-13). Sudan's Intelligence Chief Quits, Protesters Keep up Pressure. telesurenglish.net Sudan's security and intelligence chief quits Saturday, one day after the defense minister stepped down abruptly as the nation's interim leader and following the military overthrow of autocratic president, Omar al-Bashir. | RELATED: | Sudan: Military Council Promises a Civilian Government in 2021 | Salah Abdallah Mohamed Saleh, known as Salah Gosh, who headed the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and was once the most influential person in the country after Bashi…

Christopher Brauchli (2019-04-13). Trump and High Level Intelligence. commondreams.org "Mr. Trump's comments on matters scientific certainly show that he has an instinct," the author writes. (Photo: Shane Adams/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/instinct-trump.jpg…

WSWS (2019-04-13). German interior minister tables Intelligence Services "Enabling Act" wsws.org The new law would provide the three intelligence agencies with almost unlimited powers to monitor and spy on domestic and foreign citizens.

WSWS (2019-04-13). Julian Assange's life is in danger. wsws.org The official indictment by the US government against Assange is a transparent lie, aimed at providing the UK with a legal cover to extradite the WikiLeaks founder.

WSWS (2019-04-13). SGP Chairman Ulrich Rippert addresses free Assange rally in Berlin. wsws.org Ulrich Rippert, the chairman of the Socialist Equality Party, addressed a rally in front of the British embassy in Berlin, Germany, demanding the freedom of WikiLeaks Publisher Julian Assange.

WSWS (2019-04-13). Australian intelligence chief says no need for "reset" after New Zealand fascist attack. wsws.org The ASIO director-general's testimony raises further questions about how the violent plans of an Australian fascist supposedly went unnoticed by the state agencies.

WSWS (2019-04-13). Supporters to rally in defence of Assange outside Belmarsh Prison, London. wsws.org The protests organised by the Julian Assange Defence Committee and supported by the Socialist Equality Party (UK) and the WSWS will be held from 4pm today.

susan_p (2019-04-13). John Pilger: Assange arrest is a warning from history. greenleft.org.au The glimpse of Julian Assange being dragged from the Ecuadorean embassy in London is an emblem of the times. Might against right. Muscle against the law. Indecency against courage. Six policemen manhandled a sick journalist, his eyes wincing against his first natural light in almost seven years. | That this outrage happened in the heart of London, in the land of Magna Carta, ought to shame and anger all who fear for "democratic" societies. Assange is a political refugee protected by international law, the recipient of asylum under a strict covenant to which Britain is a signatory. The United Nations made this cle…

WSWS (2019-04-13). In 3 A.M. ruling, Supreme Court allows Alabama execution to proceed. wsws.org For the second time in as many weeks, the US Supreme Court has ruled that the execution of a death row inmate can proceed despite claims that the method of execution, lethal injection, will cause intense pain and suffering.

Tyler Durden (2019-04-13). Assange Held at "Britain's Guantanamo Bay" as UN Urges Fair Trial. theantimedia.com (ZH) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a likely extended extradition battle after this week's dramatic end to his seven-year asylum stay holed up in Ecuador's London embassy. He's now in a British jail, and though UK authorities have yet to confirm the precise place of his detention, multiple reports suggest that he's being held in what's dubbed "Britain's Guantanamo Bay" — or …

Tyler Durden (2019-04-13). Ecuador Hacked After Julian Assange Arrest. theantimedia.com (ZH) — Two days after the Thursday arrest of Julian Assange at Ecuador's London embassy, several government websites were hacked; including Ecuador's official website, the Central Bank of Ecuador, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ecuadorian Assembly in the UK, according to Gateway Pundit's Cassandra Fairbanks, who was in London last week and documented the run-up to Assange's arrest. Looks like at least one Ecuadorian …

Joe Emersberger (2019-04-13). Assange's 'Conspiracy' to Expose War Crimes Has Already Been Punished. theantimedia.com (FAIR) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should never have been punished for working with a whistleblower to expose war crimes. Chelsea Manning, the whistleblower, has done more time in prison, under harsher conditions, than William Calley, a key perpetrator of the My Lai massacre. Remarkably, Manning is in jail again, failed by organizations that should unreservedly defend her, as the US …

WSWS (2019-04-13). Australian PM and Labor Party leader both reject any defence of Julian Assange. wsws.org On the opening day of the federal election campaign, there was sickening bipartisan agreement to help hand the WikiLeaks publisher over to the Trump administration.

WSWS (2019-04-13). Prominent Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis speaks out for Assange. wsws.org "Journalists, all over the world, who have published material that WikiLeaks made available, should stand up for Julian's rights."

WSWS (2019-04-13). The Assange arrest is a warning from history. wsws.org John Pilger, well-known filmmaker and investigative journalist, issued the following statement on the arrest of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian embassy in London on April 11.

WSWS (2019-04-13). SEP (Australia) rallies demand freedom for Julian Assange. wsws.org "Assange has performed his duty as a journalist to workers, to youth, to the mass of ordinary people around the world. Now, we are obliged to repay that debt which we owe him."

Alexander Rubinstein (2019-04-12). Protesters Call on UK to #FreeAssange Outside British Embassy in DC. mintpressnews.com "It's totally backwards and we're calling for him to be freed. And I would like the people who got us into the wars to be the ones behind bars." – Codepink co-founder Medea Benjamin…

Jim Kavanagh (2019-04-12). Investigation Nation: Mueller, Russiagate, and Fake Politics. counterpunch.org So the Mueller investigation is over. The official "Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election" has been written, and is in the hands of Attorney General William Barr, who has issued a summary of its findings. On the core mandate of the investigation, given to Special Counsel Mueller by Rod Rosenstein as Acting Attorney General in May of 2017—to investigate "any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump"—the takeaway conclusion stated in the Mueller report, as quoted in th…

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