Daily Archives: July 14, 2022

2022-07-14: News Headlines

Labor Video Project (2022-07-14). WorkWeek Rally Against Billionaire John Fisher's Stadium & Prisoners Strike Over $1 Wage. indybay.org WorkWeek on 7-7-22 covers rally against billionaire John Fisher's stadium & Immigrant prisoners strike over $1 A Day, and rally to top the extradition of journalist Julian Assange on his birthday…

Jessica Buxbaum (2022-07-14). As Anti-BDS Bills Become the Norm, ACLU Takes Free Speech Fight to the Supreme Court. towardfreedom.org If certain pro-Israel and pro-fossil fuel advocates get their way, U.S. residents will lose a fundamental right to free speech and protest, reports Jessica Buxbaum.

Kathy Durkin (2022-07-14). Abortion access; don't agonize — organize! WW commentary. workers.org Women's March "Summer of Rage" kicked off in Washington, D.C., July 9. Thousands of women and people of all genders, nationalities and ages, who gathered in Washington, D.C., on July 9, turned out to protest the outrageous decision handed down by the Supreme Court on June 24, outlawing abortions. By . . . |

WSWS (2022-07-14). Australian academics attack Julian Assange on ABC program. wsws.org The ABC broke its usual silence on Assange, but only to give a platform to pseudo-academic defenders of his state persecution.

TeleSUR, SH (2022-07-14). Condenan a un exempleado de la CIA por filtración a Wikileaks. telesurtv.net De acuerdo a la fiscalía de Nueva York, Joshua Schulte filtró alrededor de 8.760 documentos de la CIA a Wikileaks.

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2022-07-13). CovertAction Bulletin: Judicial Coup? The Supreme Court Case that Could End the Facade of U.S. Democracy. covertactionmagazine.com On today's show we discuss the deep implications that the Supreme Court's decision to take up Harper v Moore could have on the fundamental institution of so-called U.S. democracy. The Supreme Court's ruling on this case could rip the mask off the sham of U.S. democracy and reveal the clear dictatorship of the rich. The recent overturn of Roe, the ongoing January 6th committee hearings, and now the turn towards overturning the fundamental democratic principle of one-person, one-vote marks a new period of political struggle in the United States.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-07-13). Latuff: "Defending Assange is defending the freedom of expression" peoplesdispatch.org The cartoonist Carlos Latuff produced a series of illustrations in support of Julian Assange as well as many others depicting some of the key revelations of his organization Wikileaks…

Editor (2022-07-13). Mexico President To Raise Assange Case in July Meeting With Biden. scheerpost.com By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Note: The meeting between President Biden and President Obrador took place the day before this article was published on ScheerPost. More information will be provided shortly. When Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador meets with United States President Joe Biden on July 12, he plans to once again urge …

Kevin Gosztola (2022-07-13). Jury Finds Former CIA Programmer Guilty Of Leaking CIA Hacking Materials To WikiLeaks. thedissenter.org Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse in the Southern District of New York (Photo: Heather Paul) | A federal jury in New York convicted former CIA employee Joshua Schulte of violating the Espionage Act when he allegedly released materials on the CIA's hacking capabilities to WikiLeaks. | This was the second trial against Schulte. In March 2020, his first trial ended in a mistrial on several Espionage Act charges, but he was found guilty of contempt of court and lying to the FBI. | Unlike the first trial, Schulte represented himself and argued his case. He again maintained he was not the source of the leaks published by…

Jon Queally (2022-07-13). Analysis Details How Anti-Democratic Supreme Court Has 'Hit Rock Bottom'. commondreams.org "The Court's track record on democracy is particularly woeful and concerning, given that a strong democracy is essential to a functioning America."

Staff (2022-07-13). Terrorist group dismantled in NW Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) — Iranian Ministry of Intelligence announced that the members of a terrorist network affiliated with the separatists in the northwest of the country have been identified and detained.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-07-13). Arizona troopers tear-gas 1, 0 peaceful abortion rights advocates. peoplesworld.org PHOENIX—In an extremely negative reaction to women's rights, Arizona state troopers, stationed atop the state Capitol in Phoenix, teargassed 1,000-1, 0 peaceful demonstrators the day after the U.S. Supreme Court's right-wing majority tossed a woman's constitutional right to abortion overboard, an Arizona woman caught in the barrage says. Liz Perrachio, an AFSCME retiree from Mesa, told …

Editor (2022-07-12). Whistleblower Relief: Dropping the Collaery Case. scheerpost.com By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch The Anglo-Australian legal system has much to answer for. While robed lawyers and solemn justices proclaim an adherence to the rule of law, the rule remains a creature in state, more fetish than reality. Had the farcical prosecution of former ACT Attorney General Bernard Collaery gone on, all suspicions about …

Editor (2022-07-12). Craig Murray: The Film About Julian Assange. scheerpost.com By Craig Murray / Away from the Tory Babel over who will be the top "world-leading" sociopath, I just spent two evenings in the company of decent people. John and Gabriel Shipton, Julian's father and brother, were in Glasgow and Edinburgh for the screening of Ithaka, the documentary that follows the fight by Julian Assange's family to have him freed. I was moderating the Q & A. | The odd pub may also have been visited. | Ithaka is heart-rending, and it has an important message in rehumanizing Julian after over a decad…

Reynard Loki (2022-07-12). With the Supreme Court's EPA Ruling, Can Trump's Damage to the Environment Ever Be Repaired? independentmediainstitute.org Trump's impact on the EPA reveals the frightening power of a corrupt president. By Gregg Barak, Independent Media Institute 6 min read This excerpt is adapted from "Criminology on Trump" (Routledge, 2022) and was produced for the web by Earth | Food | Life (a project of the Independent Media Institute). Grasping the enormity, the …

Editor (2022-07-12). Roe v. Wade is Gone. A Wave of Criminalization is Coming. scheerpost.com Police arrest four women protesters who chained themselves to the columns at the steps of City Hall to denounce the US Supreme Court decision that ended federal abortion rights protections on July 6, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. David McNew/Getty Images | By Marc Steiner / | The recent Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case achieved something the right has pursued for decades—overturning Roe v. Wade. From legislation recognizing "fetal personhood" in Georgia and Alabama to…

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