(2022-12-01). Australian PM Tells US to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-01). Julian Assange and Albanese's Intervention. dissidentvoice.org The unflinching US effort to extradite and prosecute Julian Assange for 18 charges, 17 of which are chillingly based upon the Espionage Act of 1917, has not always stirred much interest in the publisher's home country. Previous governments have been lukewarm at best, preferring to mention little in terms of what was being done to …
(2022-12-01). Albanese must act to free Julian Assange. greenleft.org.au Anthony Albanese publicly revealed that he had been lobbying the Joseph Biden administration to stop proceedings against Julian Assange, reports Binoy Kampmark.
(2022-12-01). Australian PM says "legal action" against Assange should end. wsws.org Albanese broke a longstanding silence on Assange, but his comments fell far short of a demand for the immediate and unconditional freedom of the persecuted Australian journalist.
(2022-12-01). Scotland: British court blocks independence referendum. greenleft.org.au The British Supreme Court has ruled that the Scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for an independence referendum. Dick Nichols reports.
(2022-11-30). Brazil's President-Elect Lula Calls To Free Julian Assange. popularresistance.org Brazil's left-wing President-elect Lula da Silva has called for journalist Julian Assange to be freed from his "unjust imprisonment." | Assange, the founder of whistle-blowing journalism publication WikiLeaks, has languished since 2019 in a maximum-security British prison, where he has suffered from prolonged torture that could threaten his life, according to the top United Nations expert. | The United Kingdom is preparing to extradite the Australian journalist to the United States, where he is facing up to 175 years in prison on politically motivated charges based in part on illegal CIA spying and threats. | On…
(2022-11-30). Cryptome Founder Asks To Be Indicted With Assange. popularresistance.org The founder of a U.S.-based website that earlier published the same un-redacted documents that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange was later indicted for has invited the U.S. Department of Justice to make him a co-defendant with Assange. | "Cryptome published the decrypted unredacted State Department Cables on September 1, 2011 prior to publication of the cables by WikiLeaks," John Young wrote in a Justice Department submission form, which Young posted on Twitter on Tuesday. | "No US official has contacted me about publishing the unredacted cables since cryptome published them," he wrote. "I respectfully request t…
(2022-11-30). The Guardian Could Help Assange By Retracting All The Lies It Published About Him. thealtworld.com
(2022-11-30). Media Serve the Governors, Not the Governed. orinocotribune.com 
By Joe Lauria Nov 24, 2022 | [Joe Lauria gave the original version of this speech at a rally for Julian Assange in Sydney on March 3, 2019. The video of the speech can be watched In his 1971 opinion in the Pentagon Papers case, US Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black wrote: | In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government's power to censor the press was…
(2022-11-30). PKK senior member killed in northern Iraq: Turkey. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 30 (MNA) — Turkish intelligence forces neutralized a senior PKK terrorist in northern Iraq, security sources said on Wednesday.
(2022-11-30). Republican presidential wannabe Pompeo uses teachers, Weingarten as punching bag. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—How do you know the presidential campaign season is upon us? When a right-wing presidential hopeful, Mike Pompeo, uses U.S. teachers, in general, and Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten, in particular, as a punching bag to harvest votes. Left unsaid is that Pompeo, former Oval Office occupant Donald Trump's last Secretary of State, is catering …
(2022-11-30). Biden's Student Debt Relief Program Is Now in the Hands of the Supreme Court. scheerpost.com 
By Marjorie Cohn / Truthout More than 40 million lower-income people burdened with student loans are still waiting for clarity about how much they will owe and when their next payments will be due, as the Supreme Court decides if it will rule on whether to allow President Joe Biden's student debt relief program to …
(2022-11-30). What's really at stake in a politically charged Supreme Court case on elections. nationofchange.org Moore v. Harper could transform the law—but not in the way that many pundits, or even politicians, anticipate.
(2022-11-30). Historic same-sex marriage bill wins Senate passage. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed bipartisan legislation Tuesday to protect same-sex marriages, an extraordinary sign of shifting national politics on the issue and a measure of relief for the hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples who have married since the Supreme Court's 2015 decision that legalized gay marriage nationwide. The bill, which would ensure …
(2022-11-30). The Weekly Round-up: Scottish independence referendum, retained EU law and social media. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the News… The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously that the Scottish parliament does not have the power to pass legislation that would allow for a second referendum on Scottish independence. Such legislation, the Supreme Court found, would touch on 'reserved matters', that is, matters affecting the United Kingdom as a whole. The Scottish government unsuccessfully argued …
(2022-11-30). Execution of Kevin Johnson goes forward after US and Missouri Supreme Courts deny stay. wsws.org Missouri executed Kevin Johnson Tuesday evening after the US Supreme Court denied Johnson's request for last-minute stay despite a special prosecutor's finding that race played a "decisive factor" in his death sentence.
(2022-11-30). Exige Lula que Assange sea liberado de su "injusto encarcelamiento" cubadebate.cu El presidente electo de Brasil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, exigió que el periodista australiano Julian Assange sea liberado de su "injusto encarcelamiento", luego de reunirse con dos miembros de WikiLeaks. El líder progresista reafirmó su defensa de Assange y de la libertad de prensa.
(2022-11-29). Brazil's President-elect Lula calls to free Julian Assange from 'unjust imprisonment,' sends 'solidarity'. multipolarista.com 
Brazil's left-wing President-elect Lula da Silva called for journalist Julian Assange to be freed from his "unjust imprisonment" and said he "sent my solidarity," after meeting with his colleagues from WikiLeaks.
(2022-11-29). New York Times and Other Major Media Urge US to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange. scheerpost.com 
(2022-11-29). UK Government Deployed 15 Staff on Secret Operation To Seize Julian Assange. scheerpost.com 
(2022-11-29). WikiLeaks Delegation in Latin America to Rally Support for Assange's Release. scheerpost.com 
(2022-11-29). Because 'Publishing Is Not a Crime,' Major Newspapers Push US to Drop Assange Charges. globalresearch.ca
(2022-11-29). Former Consul of Ecuador: Latin American Leaders 'Have the Key' to Free Assange. orinocotribune.com The support of Gustavo Petro, Lula, and other Latin American leaders for the freedom of Julian Assange may be crucial for his release, former Ecuadorian consul in London, Fidel Narváez, told. For the diplomat, the Assange case is "a political case" that requires "increasing international pressure" against the US. | In dialogue with, Fidel Narváez, who accompanied Assange during his refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in the United Kingdom, acknowledged the importance of the support of Colombian President Gustavo Petro for Wikileaks and the demand for freedom for the Australian cyberactivist and journ…
(2022-11-29). Thuggish Ways: Mike Pompeo, Punishing Leakers and Getting Assange. orinocotribune.com
(2022-11-29). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — November 29, 2022. southfront.org 
This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier air w…
(2022-11-29). China Keeps Aggressively Surrounding Itself With US Bases: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | Facts: | There are Chinese people with real grievances against their government. | The US empire's propaganda machine will spin current protests in China to advance imperial agendas. | Western intelligence agencies will become more and more involved in these protests the longer they go on. | ‚ùñ | It still amazes me how many people who fancy themselves anti-establishment critical thinkers will spend all day mindlessly regurgitating mainstream media lines about China. | I cannot emphasize enough how little respect I have for anyone who parrots US empire…
(2022-11-29). Universities Australia volunteers to channel students into war drive. wsws.org The UA submission to the Labor government's "strategic review" marks a new stage in integrating Australian universities into the military-intelligence apparatus.
(2022-11-29). Calls for SCOTUS Ethics Probe Grow as Court Lawyer Defends Alito. commondreams.org "Supreme Court justices have avoided accountability for too long," said one critic. "It's time for our elected officials to do their job, and serve as a true check on the judiciary."
(2022-11-29). Evangelical Lobbying Threatens Supreme Court's Independence. truthout.org Recent exposés have uncovered an emerging pattern of improper lobbying of right-wing Supreme Court justices by wealthy evangelicals. They reveal serious threats to the independence of the judiciary. But equally alarming is that the Supreme Court is unconstrained by a code of judicial ethics. |
(2022-11-29). Supreme Court Wrestles Over Biden's Immigration Enforcement Policy. latinorebels.com The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the Biden administration has the right to decide which undocumented immigrants federal agents should prioritize for deportation.
(2022-11-29). Exigen a EE.UU. retirar cargos contra Julian Assange. telesurtv.net De ser declarado culpable de espionaje, Assange podría ser condenado a 175 años de prisión.
(2022-11-29). Lula exige la libertad de periodista Julian Assange. telesurtv.net "Les pedí que enviaran mi solidaridad. Que Assange sea liberado de su injusto encarcelamiento", manifestó el exmandatario (2003-2011).
(2022-11-29). What took them so long? New York Times, Guardian finally call for Assange's freedom. wsws.org Ten years after Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange was forced to seek refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, and three years after he was arrested and subjected to solitary confinement, the editors and publishers of the New York Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, El País and Der Spiegel have issued an open letter calling on US President Joe Biden to end his prosecution.