(2022-12-02). U.S. Is Considering Supplying Ukraine With Rocket-Propelled Bombs That Can Hit Russia's Crimea. southfront.org 
The GLSDB system. Source: Saab Group | The Pentagon is considering a proposal by Boeing to supply Ukraine with rocket-propelled precision-guided bombs that would allow Kiev forces to strike far behind Russian lines, Sources in the United States military industrial complex told the news agency that B…
(2022-12-02). Major Outlets Call on the US To Drop Charges Against Assange. orinocotribune.com "Holding governments accountable is part of the core mission of a free press in a democracy," the New York Times and European media said. | Through a joint letter published on Monday, The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, and El Pais asked the United States to the Espionage Act charges against Julian Assange because it undermines press freedom. | Twelve years ago, those American and European media released excerpts of the revelations obtained in 2 ,000 documents, which were leaked to WikiLeaks by the then American soldier Chelsea Manning. Following that leak, Washington began proceedings to ind…
(2022-12-01). Australian PM Tells US to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-01). Julian Assange and Albanese's Intervention. southfront.org 
Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | 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 convince Washington to change course in dealing with Assange. | Before coming to power, Australia's current Prime Minister Anthon…
(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). Four British Ministries Refuse To Say if They've Discussed Assange With US. scheerpost.com 
(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). Turkey's MİT 'Neutralized' PKK Intelligence Commander In Special Operation. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Anadolu Agency (aa.com.tr) | Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MİT) has "neutralized" a senior intelligence commander of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq, the Anadolu Agency reported on November 30. | A Turkish security sources told the state-run news agency that the commander, Fatma Onur, was targeted while she was moving from Qandil Mountains, a stronghold of the PKK, to the district of Sinjar.
(2022-12-01). House Ways and Means Committee Obtains Trump's Tax Records. truthout.org The Treasury Department has reportedly handed over six years of Donald Trump's federal tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee, about a week after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to entertain an appeal from the former president to prevent the transfer of his records. The committee had formally requested Trump's tax documents in 2019 and 2021. After years of legal opposition from Trump… |
(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.
(2022-12-01). Trump's troubles keep piling up. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Donald Trump's troubles keep piling up, pointing the way ever more towards holding the former Republican Oval Office occupant accountable for his misdeeds and malfeasance in and out of the White House. On Nov. 29 alone, the Supreme Court, in a one-sentence order, ended Trump's long struggle to keep six years of his tax returns …
(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). The Guardian Could Help Assange By Retracting All The Lies It Published About Him. thealtworld.com
(2022-11-30). Cryptome Founder Asks to be Indicted With Assange. scheerpost.com 
John Young, the founder of the Cryptome website, has asked the U.S. Justice Department to also indict him as he published un-redacted State Dept. files before WikiLeaks did, reports Joe Lauria.
(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). Canada's Indo-Pacific Strategy is Pro-Military and Anti-China. libya360.wordpress.com William Ging Wee Dere After teasing Canadians for years, the Indo-Pacific Strategy, released November 27, disappoints on many levels in terms of substance and cold war mentality in attitude. The policy strengthens Canada's commitment to the military industrial complex with half a billion dollars being allocated over five years. The money will be used to…
(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.