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/

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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Ecuadorian President's Motives for Surrendering Assange: Vengeance & IMF Loan?
The Real News Network | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-04-13
$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.
dissidentvoice.org/2019/04/ecuadorian-presidents-motives-for-surrendering-assange-vengeance-imf-loan/

There's a critical flaw in the US indictment against Julian Assange. It changes everything
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2019-04-13
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…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/04/13/theres-a-critical-flaw-in-the-us-indictment-against-julian-assange-it-changes-everything/

What Wikileaks and Assange have revealed to the world
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-04-13
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 …
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Emergency Action To Free Julian Assange At UK Consulate
BAACFJA | indybay.org | 2019-04-13
San Francisco UK Consulate | #1 Sansome St. off Market St | San Francisco…
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Assange Has Been Arrested for US Extradition
Caitlin Johnstone | indybay.org | 2019-04-13
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

Julian Assange of Wikileaks was arrested by cops in London
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-04-13
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!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/11/18822687.php

The Assange arrest is a warning from history
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-13
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/13/pilg-a13.html

Prominent Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis speaks out for Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-13
"Journalists, all over the world, who have published material that WikiLeaks made available, should stand up for Julian's rights."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/13/kost-a13.html

John Pilger: Assange arrest is a warning from history
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-04-13
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…
greenleft.org.au/content/john-pilger-assange-arrest-warning-history

Australian PM and Labor Party leader both reject any defence of Julian Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-13
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/13/aust-a13.html

Julian Assange's life is in danger
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-13
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/13/pers-a13.html

German interior minister tables Intelligence Services "Enabling Act"
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-13
The new law would provide the three intelligence agencies with almost unlimited powers to monitor and spy on domestic and foreign citizens.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/13/germ-a13.html

In 3 A.M. ruling, Supreme Court allows Alabama execution to proceed
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-13
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/13/cour-a13.html

Australian intelligence chief says no need for "reset" after New Zealand fascist attack
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-13
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/13/asio-a13.html

Supporters to rally in defence of Assange outside Belmarsh Prison, London
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-13
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/13/ints-a13.html

SEP (Australia) rallies demand freedom for Julian Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-13
"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."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/13/ausr-a13.html

Demonstration in Palo Alto Raises Public Awareness About Mueller Report
Text: RR Photos: Teri Vershel | indybay.org | 2019-04-13
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.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/10/18822678.php

SGP Chairman Ulrich Rippert addresses free Assange rally in Berlin
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-04-13
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/13/ulri-a13.html

Protesters Call on UK to #FreeAssange Outside British Embassy in DC
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-12
"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…
mintpressnews.com/protest-call-on-uk-to-freeassange-outside-british-embassy-in-dc/257345/

The Martyrdom of Julian Assange
Chris Hedges | commondreams.org | 2019-04-12
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Open Letter to President Trump on the Arrest of Julian Assange
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
Mr. President, | Your Deep State handlers have finally managed to have WikiLeaks publisher and editor Julian Assange dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London and arrested. He faces extradition to the United States where more than a few people …
globalresearch.ca/open-letter-president-trump-arrest-julian-assange/5674203

USA v. Julian Assange: DOJ Indictment on Phony Charge Revealed
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
Following Assange's Thursday arrest by UK police in Ecuador's London embassy after his asylum status was illegally rescinded by President Lenin Moreno, acting in cahoots with the US and Britain, the DOJ confirmed what's widely known. | Its spokeswoman Nicole …
globalresearch.ca/usa-julian-assange-doj-indictment-phony-charge-revealed/5674255

Assange's Arrest Criminalizes Truth-Telling Journalism
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
In August 2012, Assange sought and was granted asylum in Ecuador's London embassy (by then-President Correa) to avoid arrest, extradition to Sweden on phony rape and sexual assault charges. | They were all about wanting him handed over to the US …
globalresearch.ca/assanges-arrest-criminalizes-truth-telling-journalism/5674248

Civil Rights Groups and Pro-war Republicans–An unholy Alliance in the Soft War Against China
Julia Kassem | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
Last month, Mike Pompeo, amidst his soft war campaign to undermine the governments of Venezuela, Iran, and Lebanon, expressed concern for the 'abhorrent' allegations of Chinese Muslim internment. Pompeo, currently working to destabilize a number of Global South nations and groups, did not suddenly develop a moral consciousness for the plight of Muslims. Rather, his…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/civil-rights-groups-and-pro-war-republicans-an-unholy-alliance-in-the-soft-war-against-china/

Major Tulsi Gabbard says Assange's arrest is designed to send a 'dangerous' message to the press
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2019-04-12
Tulsi Gabbard has accused those involved in arresting Julian Assange of trying to send a "message" to "the people, especially journalists". Gabbard, a major … | Read more Major Tulsi Gabbard says Assange's arrest is designed to send a 'dangerous' message to the press | By Mohamed Elmaazi…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/04/12/major-tulsi-gabbard-says-assanges-arrest-is-designed-to-send-a-dangerous-message-to-the-press/

Free Julian Assange! Stand Up for Press Freedom!
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
The arrest by British Metropolitan Police of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, dragged unceremonially out of the Ecuadoran Embassy in London on a charge of failure to appear for a court hearing on an expired (and trumped-up) accusation in Sweden of sexual assault, is a grave and terrible threat to independent journalism and to the US Constitution's First…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/free-julian-assange-stand-up-for-press-freedom/

Noam Chomsky: America's Extraterritorial Reach Is Its Own Scandal
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-12
AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now! I'm Amy Goodman in Boston, as we sit down with Noam Chomsky for a public conversation. I asked him about the arrest of Julian Assange. | NOAM CHOMSKY: Well, the Assange arrest is scandalous in several respects. One of them is just the effort of governments–and it's not just the U.S. government. The British are cooperating. Ecuador, of course, is now cooperating. Sweden, before, had cooperated. The efforts to silence a journalist who was producing materials that people in power didn't want the rascal multitude to know about–OK?–that's basically what happened. W…
truthdig.com/articles/noam-chomsky-americas-extraterritorial-reach-is-its-own-scandal/

Chomsky: Arrest of Assange Is "Scandalous" and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of U.S
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-12
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, WikiLeaks and American power.
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/12/chomsky_arrest_of_assange_is_scandalous

Assange Arrested for Exposing U.S. War Crimes — Paul Jay
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-12
Wikileaks released Manning's leaked documents and exposed multiple crimes committed by the U.S. government and armed forces — Jay says this is getting lost in the corporate media coverage of Assange's arrest; when he was arrested, Assange carried a copy of TRNN's book "Gore Vidal on the History of the National Security State" which was…
therealnews.com/stories/assange-arrested-for-exposing-u-s-war-crimes-paul-jay

Assange Arrest Sparks Interest in Gore Vidal Book
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-04-12
By Brandon Soderberg. 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…
therealnews.com/columns/assange-arrest-sparks-interest-in-gore-vidal-book

Daniel Ellsberg: Assange's Arrest Is the Beginning of the End
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-04-12
The whistleblower warns we are witnessing an "assault on the First Amendment" and "a clear attempt to rescind the freedom of the press."
truthdig.com/articles/daniel-ellsberg-assanges-arrest-is-the-beginning-of-the-end/

Watch Assange Vigil Day After his Arrest
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-12
Among the guests were Daniel Ellsberg, Daniel McAdams, George Smazuely, Margaret Kimberely, Peter B. Collins and Michel Collon. Hosted by Elizabeth Vos and Joe Lauria. Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/12/watch-assange-vigil-day-after-his-arrest/

Roaming Charges: Tongue-Tied and Twisted
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
The main difference between the anonymous leaks from US intelligence officials about RussiaGate peddled nightly on MSDNC, CNN, the NYT and the Washington Post and Julian Assange's exposure of US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan is that what Wikileaks published turned out to be true. In this system, you're only held accountable for exposing the truth about imperial power.
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/roaming-charges-tongue-tied-and-twisted/

John Pilger: The Assange Arrest Is a Warning From History
John Pilger | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-12
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, writes John Pilger,…
mintpressnews.com/john-pilger-julian-assange-arrest-warning-history/257337/

JOHN PILGER: Assange Arrest a Warning from History
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-12
Real journalism is being criminalized by thugs in plain sight, says John Pilger. Dissent has become an indulgence. And the British elite has abandoned its last imperial myth: that of fairness and justice. By John Pilger The glimpse of Julian… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/12/assange-arrest-a-warning-from-history/

The Assange Arrest Is a Warning from History
John Pilger | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
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 …
globalresearch.ca/assange-arrest-warning-history/5674239

The Assange Arrest is a Warning From History
John Pilger | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-12
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. | RELATED: | Ecuador Failed to Notify Assange's Defense of Asylum Withdrawal: Lawyer | That this outrage happened in the heart of London, in the land of Magna Carta, ought to sh…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-Assange-Arrest-is-a-Warning-From-History-20190412-0017.html

The Assange Arrest is a Warning From History
John Pilger | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
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 clear…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/the-assange-arrest-is-a-warning-from-history/

Investigation Nation: Mueller, Russiagate, and Fake Politics
Jim Kavanagh | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/investigation-nation-mueller-russiagate-and-fake-politics/

US's Pompeo Visits Latam, Increases Pressure Against Venezuela
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-12
The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived Friday in Santiago to meet Chile's President Sebastian Piñera and Foreign Affairs Minister Roberto Ampuero. | RELATED: | Mike Pompeo Plans Anti-Venezuela Tour in Latin America | Although th…
telesurenglish.net/news/USs-Pompeo-Visits-Latam-Increases-Pressure-Against-Venezuela-20190412-0009.html

Russia Warns Bolton: 'Monroe Doctrine' Remarks Insulting to Latin America
Andre Vltchek | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-12
The Trump administration is re-deploying old and fatal Cold War warriors, elevating them to high positions. The same people who were murdering, plotting and cheering assassins. The list reads like a "Wanted for Genocide" catalog: Elliott Abrams, Michael Pompeo and yes: John Bolton.
mintpressnews.com/russia-warns-bolton-monroe-doctrine-remarks-insult-latin-america/257331/

Women Will Face Disproportionately Negative Consequences from AI
Michelle Chen | thenation.com | 2019-04-12
Women Will Face Disproportionately Negative Consequences from AI…
thenation.com/article/women-artificial-intelligence-technology/

Video: Turkey Aims to Seize Tell Rifaat after Russian Forces Withdrawal
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-12
On April 11, the Syrian Military Intelligence Directorate prevented a terrorist attack in the city of Homs. Local sources said that intelligence agents dismantled a remotely-controlled heavy improvised-explosive device, which was attached to a civilian vehicle near the Akramah al-Makhzomeh …
globalresearch.ca/turkey-aims-seize-tell-rifaat-russian-forces-withdrawal/5674269

Assange's 'Conspiracy' to Expose War Crimes Has Already Been Punished
Joe Emersberger | fair.org | 2019-04-12
by Joe Emersberger | 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 he…
fair.org/home/assanges-conspiracy-to-expose-war-crimes-has-already-been-punished/

Pardoning Assange Would be the First Step Back Toward Rule of Law
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
On April 11, the ongoing saga of journalist and transparency activist Julian Assange took a dangerous turn. Ecuador's president, Lenin Moreno, revoked his asylum in that country's London embassy. British police immediately arrested him — supposedly pursuant to his "crime" of jumping bail on an invalid arrest warrant in an investigation since dropped without charges…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/pardoning-assange-would-be-the-first-step-back-toward-rule-of-law-2/

The U.S. Government's Indictment of Julian Assange Poses Grave Threats to Press Freedom
Glenn Greenwald, Micah Lee | commondreams.org | 2019-04-12
Thursday's arrest of Assange is clearly the culmination of a two-year effort by the U.S. government to coerce Ecuador—under its new and submissive president, Len√≠n Moreno. (Photo: Reuters) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/assange5.jpeg…
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Assange's Indictment Treats Journalism as a Crime
STAFF | truthout.org | 2019-04-12
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 to international conventions and daily-life protocols." After an anonymous source revealed the "INA Papers," a dossier that implicated Moreno in money laundering and contained personal photos of his family,…
truthout.org/articles/assanges-indictment-treats-journalism-as-a-crime/

Shredding Asylum: the Arrest of Julian Assange
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-04-12
The man seemed like a bearded emissary, a holy figure nabbed in his sleep. He looked similarly pale as to how he did in 2013, but he cut a more shocking figure. Most prisoners would have had room to move in a compound. The Ecuadorean embassy in London only offered modest space and access to…
counterpunch.org/2019/04/12/shredding-asylum-the-arrest-of-julian-assange/